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Help installing GB rom. May be bricked.

I'm a noob and I wiped my phone before trying recovery! DERP. Not sure what to do next.
So... I need a little help. I've been looking around and havent been able to find a situation like mine. I've got a completely wiped/factory reset HTC Inspire 4g. SD card is good and reformatted to fat32. Heres the basics. When I press the power button I get 3 vibrate and orange light, when I press volume down and power I get 5 vibrates and green light. When I plug phone in with usb (to computer or charger) I get clockworkmod recovery v5.0.2.7. I am able to toggle through options, all works fine.
This is where I need help and I get easily confused. What do I do to get this phone back to stock settings? I've tried putting the stock pd98img.zip file onto the sd card, then installing via clockwork recovery. When I do this, I get failed installation EVERY time. I've also tried connecting through ace hack kit on my lap top and running the stock settings flash. Whenever it resets the phone it does the 3 vibrates/orange light and stops.
I would really appreciate someone with a little more experience to walk me through what I need to do to recover.
Update: When I try to download the zip from the sd card via clockworkmod I get the error E:Signature Verification Failed. I'm not sure what this means.
If someone can solve my problem I'll buy them lunch or coffee! Some kind of gift card to your favorite place? I'd really like my android back!

Drdandy said:
I'm a noob and I wiped my phone before trying recovery! DERP. Not sure what to do next.
So... I need a little help. I've been looking around and havent been able to find a situation like mine. I've got a completely wiped/factory reset HTC Inspire 4g. SD card is good and reformatted to fat32. Heres the basics. When I press the power button I get 3 vibrate and orange light, when I press volume down and power I get 5 vibrates and green light. When I plug phone in with usb (to computer or charger) I get clockworkmod recovery v5.0.2.7. I am able to toggle through options, all works fine.
This is where I need help and I get easily confused. What do I do to get this phone back to stock settings? I've tried putting the stock pd98img.zip file onto the sd card, then installing via clockwork recovery. When I do this, I get failed installation EVERY time. I've also tried connecting through ace hack kit on my lap top and running the stock settings flash. Whenever it resets the phone it does the 3 vibrates/orange light and stops.
I would really appreciate someone with a little more experience to walk me through what I need to do to recover.
Update: When I try to download the zip from the sd card via clockworkmod I get the error E:Signature Verification Failed. I'm not sure what this means.
If someone can solve my problem I'll buy them lunch or coffee! Some kind of gift card to your favorite place? I'd really like my android back!
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You only flash pd98 files from fast boot not from CWM recovery. Boot in bootloader and it will find it

I am going to come off as the biggest noob here, but its got to be done. How do you boot in bootloader?
EDIT: Alright. So Bootloader is Volume down and power. My phone won't boot into bootloader. Phone vibrate 5 times and green led comes on. Screen stays black the whole time.

Drdandy said:
I am going to come off as the biggest noob here, but its got to be done. How do you boot in bootloader?
EDIT: Alright. So Bootloader is Volume down and power. My phone won't boot into bootloader. Phone vibrate 5 times and green led comes on. Screen stays black the whole time.
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Ok i dont use CWM but there maybe an option in there to reboot into bootloader. Try holding volume up and power. Could be confusing devices on that though

zelendel said:
Ok i dont use CWM but there maybe an option in there to reboot into bootloader. Try holding volume up and power. Could be confusing devices on that though
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Nah, no other combo's work for getting into bootloader or rebooting it. From what I've read on other forums, if I can't get into bootloader, I'm bricked. Do you think since the phone is wiped back to factory settings that HTC would replace it under the warranty?

Since you can boot into recovery, adb should still work. Enter recovery then plug in your phone to PC and run adb reboot bootloader
Have you tried reflashing a rom in recovery aswell?

Drdandy said:
Nah, no other combo's work for getting into bootloader or rebooting it. From what I've read on other forums, if I can't get into bootloader, I'm bricked. Do you think since the phone is wiped back to factory settings that HTC would replace it under the warranty?
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If you are booting into CWM your not back to factory. As stated above you can use adb to boot into bootloader

Just making sure I'm doing this right as its the first time I've ever use adb commands to me phone. Do I need to downloand Android SDK to write commands to the phone?

Okay. I've learned how to use the adb commands. That was cool. haha. So I popped the battery out, then back in to get to CWM. With phone connected to computer I tried adb reboot bootloader. My phone rebooted itself, but it did the 3 vibrates with a flashing orange LED. Adb reboot recovery does the same thing.
For being in recovery. Are you guys talking about the volume down power combination, when I do this and connect the phone to the pc, the pc doesn't detect the phone. So there is no abd commands/flashing roms to it in recovery.

Drdandy said:
Okay. I've learned how to use the adb commands. That was cool. haha. So I popped the battery out, then back in to get to CWM. With phone connected to computer I tried adb reboot bootloader. My phone rebooted itself, but it did the 3 vibrates with a flashing orange LED. Adb reboot recovery does the same thing.
For being in recovery. Are you guys talking about the volume down power combination, when I do this and connect the phone to the pc, the pc doesn't detect the phone. So there is no abd commands/flashing roms to it in recovery.
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OK looks like your bootloader is messed up. Go to the ace hack kit thread. There you will find a link foe the IRC chat room. Go there and tell them what you did. They maybe able to help you.

Stuck no recovery. No nothing.

I have a sl101. I only get eeepad screen. My son did something to the machine. I can get it to say booting recovery but nothing happens. I also can get a text that says cold booting Linux. Again nothing happens. Nvflash says USB write fail. But when I check adb the device is recognized. Is there a way for me to adb push a recovery in there for me to boot too, so I can reflash a rom. I have a little dilema here. I also was wondering if I can flash rom thru adb. I read once that's how they used to do it on g1. I don't know if I am speaking accurately though. Any kind of light shed on me will be greatly appriciated
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not sure about the slider but i had a customer return yesterday with this exact issue on the tf101 and i couldnt get out of it. the tf just kept switching itself back on and getting stuck on the splash screen.
found this set of instructions but im not sure if its what you need or if it will work:
http://androidroot.mobi/technical/asus-eee-pad-transformer-tf101-root-cwm-recovery/
good luck

That is exactly what is going on with mine. The slider is basicly the same thing. I plug it in and I tries to boot. I thought you had to be booted into recovery or the rom for adb to work? That's why I believe this method you just revealed to me. Or some variation of it will work. I will be trying shortly.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I997 using xda premium

not working transformer
i have asus tranfrormer 9.x.x.x, recovery 5.8.x.x, after i did superwipe , every thing is gone and i cant flash any rom through adb/nvflash saying cant write to sdcard (read only). any suggestions?

HELP : Same problem, no apx, recovery strange, no boot
I still have access to clockwork but nothing seems to install, i tried update clockwork nothing worked, reboot gives me clockwork, APX don't work...
please HELP !!!!

densleonis said:
I still have access to clockwork but nothing seems to install, i tried update clockwork nothing worked, reboot gives me clockwork, APX don't work...
please HELP !!!!
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nvflash if your TF101 is compatible model.. (must B60 and below).
Or read Wolf's thread HERE. It might helped everyone here..

Thanks but everything needs adb connexion and as apx is not working, i can't connect ADB..
I have a B50 model

Nobody have a clue ?
well, I have to send it back to my reseller that will change it but before that I need to delete clockwork mode or brick it, how can i do ?
I tried every thread here, update rom does nothing, looks like it does not write anything on the tablet
Thanks in advance

try to follow this procedure...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=25636698&postcount=5
let me know

Hello, thanks, but as I can't get to apx mode, I can't use nvflash, so still stuck with my recovery, I tried to modify super Wipe package to do things but can't get through...
If someone can make a package to delete recovery, then I can try it on my tablet, I really yneed it to be bricked cause now it load with Rogue's recovery on and on, so the reseller will new it has been modified and I will have to pay to get it back ...
Thanks in advance

with the procedure posted in the previous link you don't need APX mode and don't need NVflash...
Just boot your TF in recovery mode and plug it to your pc...
remove all previous drivers and install the new one that you can find in the post
ciao
ps... at the end of the procedure you will have your TF101 with stock rom and stock recovery

I will try but even when I am on recovery, nothing appears in Hardware management, no recognition from My computer, still strange... And when I power + vol down key, It never says to presse vol up in the text in the upper left corner, just says booting linux kernel...
When I try to boot pressing vol up + power, nothing happens, not even the clics that can be heard when it powers up...

I had a similar issue when I used SuperWipe and discovered my ROM on the external SD Card could not be accessed by CWM
I tried pushing the file with adb but kept receiving errors - protocol, etc. I suspected it was a driver issue along with the fact that 64 bit systems don't always play nicely with drivers. I actually dug up an old hard drive and did a very basic install of 32bit Win7. I booted the Transformer into CWM and when I connected it to my PC - I pointed it to the universal naked driver. I was then able to successfully push the rom to internal storage and used CWM to flash it

Hello,
I tried to connect my tablet to an old Windows 2000, but still nothing happens

Hello every one, I finally sendt back my transformer to my reseller, now I can buy a new one...
Thanks again

[Q] lg g2 d801 bricked, no download mode,no fast boot only stuck at lg logo

hi
i think i bricked my lg g2 d801 t-mobile by first installing stock d802(i know i messed up) after that my phone went to fast boot mode.i used adb to load img files to bring back download mode and then i tried tot method to install stock rom which failed, i then tried pushing img files from adb to get atleast custom recovery but that further bricked my phone which is basically living in this situation:
-no download mode
-no fastboot
-stuck at lg logo when i try to power it on
-no recovery
also i tried using linux to load the img files but linux wont recognize my lg g2 when i type in the commands
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE help me i am desparate

xtremepowered said:
hi
i think i bricked my lg g2 d801 t-mobile by first installing stock d802(i know i messed up) after that my phone went to fast boot mode.i used adb to load img files to bring back download mode and then i tried tot method to install stock rom which failed, i then tried pushing img files from adb to get atleast custom recovery but that further bricked my phone which is basically living in this situation:
-no download mode
-no fastboot
-stuck at lg logo when i try to power it on
-no recovery
also i tried using linux to load the img files but linux wont recognize my lg g2 when i type in the commands
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE help me i am desparate
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Have you tried this method?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2701799
Not sure if it's applicable.

pitchdarkice said:
Have you tried this method?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2701799
Not sure if it's applicable.
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Thanks for your reply but I don't think that works, cause the link you have me is how to root device.

It still restores the image, you can choose to root or not
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xtremepowered said:
hi
i think i bricked my lg g2 d801 t-mobile by first installing stock d802(i know i messed up) after that my phone went to fast boot mode.i used adb to load img files to bring back download mode and then i tried tot method to install stock rom which failed, i then tried pushing img files from adb to get atleast custom recovery but that further bricked my phone which is basically living in this situation:
-no download mode
-no fastboot
-stuck at lg logo when i try to power it on
-no recovery
also i tried using linux to load the img files but linux wont recognize my lg g2 when i type in the commands
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE help me i am desparate
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Any luck fixing it ?

Kdz flashtool could solve the problem or using an usb.... U could leave the phone until the battery goes off and then recharge a little bit and try download mode again... the first method should work ... press the buttons correctly and connect the usb... working in 95%

same problem
tried the mentioned comments but still nothing for me.
PLEASE PLEASE let me know if you fix the problem OP

lgg2 d801 stuck on lg logo
Nabuco76 said:
Kdz flashtool could solve the problem or using an usb.... U could leave the phone until the battery goes off and then recharge a little bit and try download mode again... the first method should work ... press the buttons correctly and connect the usb... working in 95%
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could you please explain what you did?
my lgg2 d801 simply boots into the LG logo screen and stays there til it dies.
I do not know too many technicalities when it comes to adb or ubuntu, in fact i dont even know if those programs go on the phone or the computer through usb..
simple clarifications would make the world of difference to me as my phone is useless now.
I can enter download mode using your "let phone die then try again method" but i dont know what to do from there..
Please help me restore my phone to the 4.4.2 kitkat i had previously
thannks in advance

d801 problems
I have a D801 that was rooted on 4.4.2, and I stupidly took the OTA update. I can still use my phone to make calls, but nothing associated with google works. The phone will not boot into download mode, there is no recovery and no fast boot. I have tried everything. It will no reroot or anything . Is there anything that I can do.

zorrozeek said:
I have a D801 that was rooted on 4.4.2, and I stupidly took the OTA update. I can still use my phone to make calls, but nothing associated with google works. The phone will not boot into download mode, there is no recovery and no fast boot. I have tried everything. It will no reroot or anything . Is there anything that I can do.
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I'm not sure if this will work for the G2 but it worked for my G Pad just last night.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2590185

spec4 said:
I'm not sure if this will work for the G2 but it worked for my G Pad just last night.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2590185
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Did you see where the directions say put the device in download mode. My device will not enter download mode.

zorrozeek said:
Did you see where the directions say put the device in download mode. My device will not enter download mode.
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I can confirm that that method worked for my G2. Make sure you press and hold volume up then plug the phone in. Hold volume up till you see the small box saying its in download mode.
The nice thing about this method it doesn't wipe your data.
Make sure you have downloaded the most current drivers first though before you plug in your phone. Then go to options and update recovery.
Sent from my LG-V500

spec4 said:
I can confirm that that method worked for my G2. Make sure you press and hold volume up then plug the phone in. Hold volume up till you see the small box saying its in download mode.
The nice thing about this method it doesn't wipe your data.
Make sure you have downloaded the most current drivers first though before you plug in your phone. Then go to options and update recovery.
Sent from my LG-V500
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It worked for you because your partitions were not messed up. I know the procedure for getting into download mode, I tell you that it no longer works. Volume up while plugging usb in now gets me a battery charging icon . When you have a rooted phone running 4.4.2 and apply OTA update, it screws the partitions up. I can still send and receive calls, just can't sign into google or use playstore .

zorrozeek said:
It worked for you because your partitions were not messed up. I know the procedure for getting into download mode, I tell you that it no longer works. Volume up while plugging usb in now gets me a battery charging icon . When you have a rooted phone running 4.4.2 and apply OTA update, it screws the partitions up. I can still send and receive calls, just can't sign into google or use playstore .
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Interesting.
In the other post I found this
ratchet26 said:
I had a similar problem with my T-Mobile LG G2 where I was rooted and accepted an OTA. It broke root and I couldn't get IOroot or Stumproot to work. Went to flash a downgrade and found the phone wouldn't go into download mode. It was NOT bricked. I finally tried playing around with the LG Mobile Support Tool (B2CAppSetup.exe). Of course it detected that my phone already had the latest firmware from T-Mobile, but then I clicked Options>Upgrade Recovery.
It downloaded for a while then I noticed it had put my phone into download mode (it said "Rooted" in red letters at the bottom). Then it flashed the same firmware over and I immediately tested, it entered download mode right away. But I didn't end up needing that as Stumproot was able to brute force it now after the recovery flash.
Anyway, I couldn't find an answer anywhere else. Most results also have a bricked phone, but that wasn't my issue. This solved my problem and maybe it could work for others.
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Seems like its possible to get into download mode. I don't know, maybe yours is just different.

spec4 said:
Interesting.
In the other post I found this
Seems like its possible to get into download mode. I don't know, maybe yours is just different.
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mine is not different, just corrupted. Even took it to a craigslist repairman. He said that he did not have the expertise to repair it. It can't be put in recovery, download or fastboot mode. It also can't be rerooted.

ill ready repaired one equal but need it "octoplus box sw" for it

[Q] Stuck in TWRP!!!!!

I have been scouring the internet for 2 days trying to find a fix for my TMO LG G2. Here's the issue:
I am rooted with Towelroot, with TWRP installed via Autorec. My phone was running 4.2.2 stock, but I flashed CM11. The last few nightlies were buggy, so I flashed my stock backup. I had planned to run stock for a while, so I accepted update (assuming knock code update) when prompted. That't when hell began. My phone will now only boot into TWRP, and I can't get into download mode to flash the stock KDZ file. Here is what I have tried to fix the problem:
* Re-flash CM nightly and GAPPS--didn't work
* Tried to restore all 3 backups I had on the phone--didn't work
* Type command in TWRP terminal--didn't work
*****dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/fota
then hit enter
type
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/misc
then hit enter and reboot.*****
In addition, I think I may have deleted some things on the phone while trying different things to fix it. This is my first non-Nexus phone that I have rooted and ROM'd, and I now see the risk is much greater. PLEASE HELP! My insurance deducible is $150.
Thanks,
Jeff

gulletjt said:
I have been scouring the internet for 2 days trying to find a fix for my TMO LG G2. Here's the issue:
I am rooted with Towelroot, with TWRP installed via Autorec. My phone was running 4.2.2 stock, but I flashed CM11. The last few nightlies were buggy, so I flashed my stock backup. I had planned to run stock for a while, so I accepted update (assuming knock code update) when prompted. That't when hell began. My phone will now only boot into TWRP, and I can't get into download mode to flash the stock KDZ file. Here is what I have tried to fix the problem:
* Re-flash CM nightly and GAPPS--didn't work
* Tried to restore all 3 backups I had on the phone--didn't work
* Type command in TWRP terminal--didn't work
*****dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/fota
then hit enter
type
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/misc
then hit enter and reboot.*****
In addition, I think I may have deleted some things on the phone while trying different things to fix it. This is my first non-Nexus phone that I have rooted and ROM'd, and I now see the risk is much greater. PLEASE HELP! My insurance deducible is $150.
Thanks,
Jeff
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Are you pressing and holding the volume up button while plugging in the USB when trying to get into download mode? There's a bit of misinformation on how to get into download mode and that's the only way to get into download mode. If so and you still can't get in, have you tried doing a hard reset? With the power off, press and hold the volume down and power buttons. When the LG logo comes on, release both buttons, then immediately press the power button again. You should get a screen that will confirming that you want to do a factory reset. This will delete EVERYTHING on your phone, including the "external" SD card. Not sure if that will work or make matters worse, but if you're stuck in TWRP, I can't imagine things being any worse.

Howie Dub said:
Are you pressing and holding the volume up button while plugging in the USB when trying to get into download mode? There's a bit of misinformation on how to get into download mode and that's the only way to get into download mode. If so and you still can't get in, have you tried doing a hard reset? With the power off, press and hold the volume down and power buttons. When the LG logo comes on, release both buttons, then immediately press the power button again. You should get a screen that will confirming that you want to do a factory reset. This will delete EVERYTHING on your phone, including the "external" SD card. Not sure if that will work or make matters worse, but if you're stuck in TWRP, I can't imagine things being any worse.
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I managed to get into download mode. I picked up the phone last night and figured I'd give it another shot. The phone happened to be plugged into the charger at the time. It went into download mode, and I was able to flash the kdz using the developer tool.
Thanks for replying,
Jeff

gulletjt said:
I managed to get into download mode. I picked up the phone last night and figured I'd give it another shot. The phone happened to be plugged into the charger at the time. It went into download mode, and I was able to flash the kdz using the developer tool.
Thanks for replying,
Jeff
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I am having the same problem! Tried to install the E update after getting TWRP and boom won't boot to anything but recovery. I managed to get into download mode but the phone immediately went to try to install an update but hangs at 0%. It . I can't get it to be recognized by the computer. Any ideas on what to do? My phone is currently completely useless.
Just to make sure I am clear. I can get into TWRP. I have tried a full wipe of the phone, installing a different ROM (cyanogen).
Please help!:crying:

NVM. I it was a driver issue. A different computer and a different result. Go figure. Oh and the drivers that are recommended in the thread on restoring. Well they are trash. Just let the phone install it's own in download mode.

[Q] Boot to black screen

Hi. I have been playing with a Moto G for three days now trying to get it fixed after it started booting to a black screen. Here's what I have tried so far. Hopefully somebody will be able to tell me which step I missed.
When I got into recovery on the Moto G I tried wiping the system back to factory. That didnt' work as it immediately went to do a reboot. The same thing happened when I tied wiping cash or settings. I could not boot from a new recovery because there was non on the SD card that I knew of and didn't know you could use ADB to push one there. This was a phone somebody had given me to try to fix so I didn't have any history on it.
To begin with I unlocked the boot loader because I thought if i could get an unlocked boot loader I could simply flash a new ROM. I went with TWERP. Flashing that went ok except it said something about partition size error. No biggie from what I read online. Then I selected boot from recovery. Now instead of just rebooting as it had done before I got the Android on it's back with No Command below it. I learned to hold up for 15seconds then tap Power. This got me to a recovery. Not the touchscreen recovery I had expected from TWERP but a recovery. So I went in and chose update with ADB after the other options failed to give me positive results.
After this, I had a big problem getting the Moto G listed in the ADB Devices. It jsut wasnt' there. Even after I rebooted and uninstalled drivers then reinstalled. Finally I was able to find another set of drivers and installed those. Those worked after I held Vol. Down and PWR for 2 minutes according to some instructions to reset it.
No when I try to sideload a ROM I get the ROM being pushed to the device then I get this I have tried several different ROMS
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Verifying update package...
Installation aborted...
Could it be because I was unable to enter the device settings and switch on developer options?
What can I try next?

Did you try to get a USB otg, load a custom or stock flashable zip and install from USB otg?

BBobby said:
Did you try to get a USB otg, load a custom or stock flashable zip and install from USB otg?
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I don't have an OTG cable. I can get or make one if needbe, but in the mean time, is there a command I can use to push the .zip file to the internal storage of the Moto G? I thought I had seen one yesterday in my searching, can't find it now.
Jonathan

I'm facing the same problem except that I haven't unlocked the bootloader. I've upgraded to 5.0.2. Is there a way I could reflash the update?
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jonawald said:
I don't have an OTG cable. I can get or make one if needbe, but in the mean time, is there a command I can use to push the .zip file to the internal storage of the Moto G? I thought I had seen one yesterday in my searching, can't find it now.
Jonathan
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adb devices ( to see if moto g is connected)
adb push name_of_file.zip /sdcard
Good luck