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[Q] Razr Maxx HD - Need to go back to stock or a stock-based ROM

My dad has a Droid Razr Maxx HD and I currently have the bootloader unlocked and a custom Recovery and Rom on there.
He keeps having problems with whatever ROM I put on (forgot by now) and I'd like to put him back to stock or a ROM that based on stock system.
What version of Android is stock on now? I read that they will be rolling out a 4.4 upgrade sometime soon.
Any advice on which ROM to use or how to restore to stock?
Thanks

scottocs said:
My dad has a Droid Razr Maxx HD and I currently have the bootloader unlocked and a custom Recovery and Rom on there.
He keeps having problems with whatever ROM I put on (forgot by now) and I'd like to put him back to stock or a ROM that based on stock system.
What version of Android is stock on now? I read that they will be rolling out a 4.4 upgrade sometime soon.
Any advice on which ROM to use or how to restore to stock?
Thanks
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You should use RSD Lite and go back to this version: http://sbf.droid-developers.org/download.php?device=5&file=75

scoobaspeaz said:
You should use RSD Lite and go back to this version: http://sbf.droid-developers.org/download.php?device=5&file=75
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Ah, that's a useful site. Thanks.
If you had to choose a 4.4.2 ROM, which would you choose?
Also, what version of RSDLite?

scottocs said:
Ah, that's a useful site. Thanks.
If you had to choose a 4.4.2 ROM, which would you choose?
Also, what version of RSDLite?
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I am partial to CyanogenMod myself. I think CM 11 is at a point now you could use it daily. They have an "M" build out there for it currently which they consider as stable as can be at the time and they allow bug reports on it.
One thing to take into consideration about these roms is they are all using the drivers from the 4.1.2 build thats official for the phone. All of them are waiting on the 4.4.2 update being released to have current Android 4.4 drivers tested to work for the device.
In a nutshell expect some sort of buggyness on roms but especially with custom roms on devices that are using old 4.1 based drivers.

Thanks again. I'll stick with Stock for my dad. I told him to get the HTC One M8 since he can't get the Nexus 5 for Verizon.
He'll be happy soon enough!

Upgrading firmware to 4.4

is there a way to upgrade my firmware to the 4.4 version. im having issues upgrading to roms now because apparently i still have stock firmware/bootloader but im running a 4.4 rom.

ashtreylil said:
is there a way to upgrade my firmware to the 4.4 version. im having issues upgrading to roms now because apparently i still have stock firmware/bootloader but im running a 4.4 rom.
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There is no stock firmware for the Photon Q which is 4.4. The only 4.4 stuff available are aftermarket ROM's.
The latest stock firmware image is 4.1.2, JellyBean.

arrrghhh said:
There is no stock firmware for the Photon Q which is 4.4. The only 4.4 stuff available are aftermarket ROM's.
The latest stock firmware image is 4.1.2, JellyBean.
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So is there a way I can avoid the "4.4 bootloader needed" message when flashing roms?
Sent from my PHOTON Q running pacman

ashtreylil said:
So is there a way I can avoid the "4.4 bootloader needed" message when flashing roms?
Sent from my PHOTON Q running pacman
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You shouldn't be flashing ROM's which require the 4.4 bootloader, you should only be flashing ROM's for the JBBL or JellyBean Bootloader, a bit of a misnomer but it just represents when the bootloader was released.
Motorola updated some of the msm8960's (Razr HD, Razr M and I think Atrix HD now too) but our Photon Q never saw any official update to 4.4 - so we do not have a 4.4 bootloader, and it looks like we never will.
Hence the need for the moto_msm8960_jbbl moniker/device.

arrrghhh said:
You shouldn't be flashing ROM's which require the 4.4 bootloader, you should only be flashing ROM's for the JBBL or JellyBean Bootloader, a bit of a misnomer but it just represents when the bootloader was released.
Motorola updated some of the msm8960's (Razr HD, Razr M and I think Atrix HD now too) but our Photon Q never saw any official update to 4.4 - so we do not have a 4.4 bootloader, and it looks like we never will.
Hence the need for the moto_msm8960_jbbl moniker/device.
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ah i see i think moto thinks people dont want qwerty phones anymore tbh. i'd love for them to release the droid 5 though. thanks anyway argh :highfive:

[Q] What is the latest official release? Did the one get 5.1.1?

as title says

benyben123 said:
as title says
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Not 'officially' yet, although its not far away (a few weeks hopefully).
You can flash the cm nightlies, which are the latest of the latest. Or many other roms that are 5.1.1.

my understanding is that a non-official roms doesn't always "sit" well. So what is the latest official? 5.0.1? Thanks!

Oxygen OS and Cyanogen OS are both on 5.0.2

Thank you

benyben123 said:
as title says
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BTW, questions should be posted here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/help

New Moto G...update from 4.4.2 before rooting?

I just got a new Boost Moto G that came with 4.4.2. Upgrade is available. I plan to root and flash CM13 as I have on my GS3. Can I just go from here or should I upgrade to 5.1 via carrier before rooting and flashing a ROM? Does it make a difference? I have everything downloaded and ready to go for rooting on 5.1 as the phone was advertised as coming with 5.1 installed, and I hadn't planned for this situation.
Thanks!

Hi,
Can i ask what's the exact model of your Moto G ? (XT10**)
If it's a 1031, i suggest you to look the great emptiness of available roms before doing something...
Always if it's a 1031, suggest you to do your update and root it...sadly, i think it will be the most you can do for it but i hope i'm wrong and some dev will do something for you and other owners.
You can also unlock it anyway, install a custom recovery and flash it with optimized rom from here :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g/development/rom-stock-motorola-lollipop-rom-t3017510
but i'm afraid it will be the best you can do for the moment...

satanas17 said:
Hi,
Can i ask what's the exact model of your Moto G ? (XT10**)
If it's a 1031, i suggest you to look the great emptiness of available roms before doing something...
Always if it's a 1031, suggest you to do your update and root it...sadly, i think it will be the most you can do for it but i hope i'm wrong and some dev will do something for you and other owners.
You can also unlock it anyway, install a custom recovery and flash it with optimized rom from here :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g/development/rom-stock-motorola-lollipop-rom-t3017510
but i'm afraid it will be the best you can do for the moment...
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I'm not sure, it says 175.44.1 falcon-cdma-boost, model Moto G. It was a "certified preowned" for 29 bucks from Boost lol
So CM13 nightly won't work on this one if it is 1031? I thought it was for falcon? Honestly, all I want to be able to do is apply CM themes and do a few tweaks to the status bar.

static.chaos73 said:
I'm not sure, it says 175.44.1 falcon-cdma-boost, model Moto G. It was a "certified preowned" for 29 bucks from Boost lol
So CM13 nightly won't work on this one if it is 1031? I thought it was for falcon? Honestly, all I want to be able to do is apply CM themes and do a few tweaks to the status bar.
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Sorry, i don't own one and i'm not from US, so i just report you things i read...
Take a look and try to find a rom for 1031...another one that what i've proposed, of course...
As you wrote : 29 bucks...
Sad to see Moto G's finishing their nice career in such harsh way but keep in mind that they came out in 2013...
Nice phone, love my XT 1039 but it's not given to every model to be an HTC HD2 like...

satanas17 said:
Sorry, i don't own one and i'm not from US, so i just report you things i read...
Take a look and try to find a rom for 1031...another one that what i've proposed, of course...
As you wrote : 29 bucks...
Sad to see Moto G's finishing their nice career in such harsh way but keep in mind that they came out in 2013...
Nice phone, love my XT 1039 but it's not given to every model to be an HTC HD2 like...
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Yeah I was looking through and the CM13 is for 1031 too, so I'll give it a shot. Thank you for your help!

static.chaos73 said:
Yeah I was looking through and the CM13 is for 1031 too, so I'll give it a shot. Thank you for your help!
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NICE, i've missed it but glad for you i have...
Try it, nice one...some minor bugs only...be careful, follow instructions and everything will be OK...
Try to avoid CM recovery if you can, prefer TWRP if it's available and let us know results

satanas17 said:
NICE, i've missed it but glad for you i have...
Try it, nice one...some minor bugs only...be careful, follow instructions and everything will be OK...
Try to avoid CM recovery if you can, prefer TWRP if it's available and let us know results
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I was actually wondering if I can use the newer version of TWRP. I have 2.8.6.0 on my other phone. Do you by chance know if 3.0.0.0 will work with CM13 on xt1031?

static.chaos73 said:
I was actually wondering if I can use the newer version of TWRP. I have 2.8.6.0 on my other phone. Do you by chance know if 3.0.0.0 will work with CM13 on xt1031?
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For CM13, sure (just done now a test flashing my previous CM12.1 based BlissPop and back on my daily driver MM CM13 Bean Stalk for another Mate who asked for in Peregrine (XT1039) section. Everything worked flawlessly !!!)
For your CDMA, not so sure...use the latest who's totally safe !!!
2.8.7.0 would be nice & enough if you can find it but 2.8.6.0 must be enough too imao...

satanas17 said:
For CM13, sure (just done now a test flashing my previous CM12.1 based BlissPop and back on my daily driver MM CM13 Bean Stalk for another Mate who asked for in Peregrine section. Everything worked flawlessly !!!)
For your CDMA, not so sure...use the latest who's totally safe !!!
2.8.7.0 would be nice & enough if you can find it
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I am looking at the TWRP site and did some research...apparently the xt1032 version works on the 1031 but some roms won't install with TWRP because of the model number discrepancy. So I'm looking around to find out if CM13 checks for model number in recovery to flash...some require it and some don't, apparently.

static.chaos73 said:
I am looking at the TWRP site and did some research...apparently the xt1032 version works on the 1031 but some roms won't install with TWRP because of the model number discrepancy. So I'm looking around to find out if CM13 checks for model number in recovery to flash...some require it and some don't, apparently.
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Yep, i've heard about those tips...Think i've seen a trick too for modifying something to make it work but sorry, can't tell you what/where it is
Be careful, if you're not sure !!!
Maybe wait for another advice would be a smart thing...
We can try to ask help from @lost101 too, if he could help with this case...he is original/optimized roms Great Guru for all Moto G's & E's

satanas17 said:
Yep, i've heard about those tips...Think i've seen a trick too for modifying something to make it work but sorry, can't tell you what/where it is
Be careful, if you're not sure !!!
Maybe wait for another advice would be a smart thing...
We can try to ask help from @lost101 too, if he could help with this case...he is original/optimized roms Great Guru for all Moto G's & E's
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thanks! I'll keep searching around, sure I'll find something.

static.chaos73 said:
thanks! I'll keep searching around, sure I'll find something.
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:good: Keep the faith !!!

Before you do anything, unlock the Bootloader:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=47705438&postcount=6​
Then flash the 5.1 Factory Firmware Image: (Fastboot Tutorial)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g/general/index-moto-g-falcon-factory-firmware-t3110795​
From that point you can move on to custom ROMs if you wish.
To clarify, you have an XT1031 Moto G.

lost101 said:
Before you do anything, unlock the Bootloader:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=47705438&postcount=6​
Then flash the 5.1 Factory Firmware Image: (Fastboot Tutorial)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g/general/index-moto-g-falcon-factory-firmware-t3110795​
From that point you can move on to custom ROMs if you wish.
To clarify, you have an XT1031 Moto G.
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Thanks for your help, @lost101

Some help with a spanish phone

I bought a XT1541 on Amazon, but the phone received had a Spanish 5.1.1 ROM while I live in France. So i have flashed the "XT1541 OSPREY RETEU 5.1.1" rom and now it didn't find the Marshmallow update ..
I have the 8Gb version, setting says "System version: 23.41.47.osprey_reteu.reteu.en.EU retes" and a friend with the same phone show the right version ("23.41.47.osprey_reteu.reteu.en.EU retfr")
Some help required to change retes to retfr
Thank you in advance

Why don't you install the stock MM firmware instead of waiting an OTA update?
However, I just installed CM13

EvilHowl said:
Why don't you install the stock MM firmware instead of waiting an OTA update?
However, I just installed CM13
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I have already tried to install the stock MM firmware RETEU but same problem.. About system says "retes" and the correct one says "retfr" (for retail ?)
However .. I have installed CM13 too. If anyone have the solution, i remain interested :fingers-crossed:

lulu14150 said:
I have already tried to install the stock MM firmware RETEU but same problem.. About system says "retes" and the correct one says "retfr" (for retail ?)
However .. I have installed CM13 too. If anyone have the solution, i remain interested :fingers-crossed:
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I haven't ever seen "retfr" in any Moto G3, but you should forget this, CM13 is very good and very stable. What image of RETEU did you install?
PS: I am spanish and I bought my Moto G in Orange and I have received the OTA.

EvilHowl said:
I haven't ever seen "retfr" in any Moto G3, but you should forget this, CM13 is very good and very stable. What image of RETEU did you install?
PS: I am spanish and I bought my Moto G in Orange and I have received the OTA.
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All french Moto G3 with stock rom i have seen have "retfr" like this:
I have tried all RETEU firmware (5.1.1, 6.0 and 6.0.1) and same problem..
"retes" can't be edited in build.prop, i have only the line before ("23.31.22.osprey_reteu.reteu.en.EU" for exemple in the uploaded image)

lulu14150 said:
All french Moto G3 with stock rom i have seen have "retfr" like this:
I have tried all RETEU firmware (5.1.1, 6.0 and 6.0.1) and same problem..
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Oh, I see but I haven't found anything in Google.
Have you tried flashing this stock firmware?

EvilHowl said:
Oh, I see but I haven't found anything in Google.
Have you tried flashing this stock firmware?
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Yes, precisely this stock firmware
Thanks for the help