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no calls or data
I have an xt1031 flashed to page plus. I have bootloader 41.19 from a failed lollipop update attempt. I flashed the 4/8 build and I can't make calls and do not have 3g. The network shows as 31000. What should I do?
I have been trying each of his builds and anything newer than 4/8 data hasnt worked I'm on boost if that makes any difference
Verizon?
Good morning,
I'm on an XT1028 still with service through Verizon Prepaid; my bootloader is unlocked and I'm on an optimized KK stock ROM at the moment. I've been following the development of Meticulus' CM12.1 through the primary thread and there has been a lot of discussion as to problem solving and issues on the XT1031 and various carriers but little mention as to the status of the latest weekly builds on the XT1028 still on Verizon in terms of functionality or hiccups from users. Does anyone have the latest versions running on their 1028? Are any of the data or service issues present when running it on Verizon?
Thanks.
Followup: Installed the latest 4/25 weekly on my XT1028 on Verizon Prepaid. Installed fine, got phone and SMS, but the network is identified as Boost Mobile and I have no mobile data. Is there a fix? Is a build.prop edit necessary for Verizon? Thanks.
Reboot then bootloop
Hi, I've been trying to get my installation of this ROM working for two days now, but keep running into an issue that I cannot seem to solve
My device is a 2013 Moto G XT1031 (Boost Mobile) with Bootloader version 41.05 and the latest CWM recovery.
The issue has been occurring on build 4/8, 4/25, and 5/2.
The exact steps I have been taking to install this ROM (for all builds) and then what happens:
Bootloader is unlocked
Going into recovery and wiping dalvik cache then factory reset (wipe)
Installing CM11 (latest snapshot) [on my first attempts only, not afterwards since it made no difference anymore]
Factory reset again (just to be certain)
Installing the zip for a build specified above
Installation always succeeds with no errors
Installing gapps-L-3-28-15 with success
Reboot into android
First boot always succeeds (and takes appropriate length of time)
Set up the phone (connect to wifi, google account, restore my apps [18 of them, just common popular ones, mostly Google actually], and apply a theme
Use it for a couple minutes (enable root and usb debug in Developer Settings, set my apps up, etc)
Restart two or three times without any hiccups
Suddenly, after a random reboot, the boot animation happens twice (instead of only once how it supposed to be)
Phone boots and shows "Android is starting..." and optimizes the apps (104 of them) one by one
Goes to "Starting apps..." and succeeds
The phone shows the lockscreen, but only for approximately 1-2 seconds
Phone reboots
CM boot animation runs twice, once for a long time then again for a shorter period of time
Phone goes through process described above (Android is starting, optimizes, then flashes lockscreen)
This just happens again and again and again
Steps I've taken to try and remedy the issue:
Run: "adb reboot" from computer while phone is optimizing apps
Hard reset the phone by holding the power button for 15 seconds
Run: "adb reboot bootloader" from computer when possible, then go into recovery and wipe both dalvik and normal cache
Swipe on the lockscreen as soon as I see it to see if I can get in (lockscreen does not respond though)
Go into recovery and shut the phone off, then start again
Let it loop for about 2 hours
I had also tried leaving the phone overnight looping, and when I woke, it was still looping, but after a eight or so more hours, I came back and found that it had booted and stayed on (and was working completely normally).
The phone was running stock 4.4.2 completely fine before this (with no reboot issues). I attempted installing the latest version of BlissPop, which exhibits a similar but still different issue (it would always boot into android [and not loop], but after a couple restarts, it showed an error about the System UI crashing that would pop up every time I dismissed it, and continued doing so after each restart after that). CM11 seems to be running well on the phone (but only in my very limited test while transitioning between ROMs and such).
I unfortunately cannot provide a log due to not being able to run any logging app during bootup, but hopefully I have provided enough details above to allow understanding of the issue and maybe bring suggestions on how to fix it. I can provide any more information needed on request. I really would like to get this phone back up and running (and especially on this ROM as I do love the work the creator has put into it).
Sorry for the very large wall of text :| Thank you in advance for any suggestions on how to proceed from here
tartilc said:
My device is a 2013 Moto G XT1031 (Boost Mobile) with Bootloader version 41.05 and the latest CWM recovery.
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Having not experienced your issue I can't say for certain, but it may be possible you need to update the bootloader to at least 41.13, which is the 4.4.4 KitKat BL? I'd run it past @Meticulus and see if he might have some direction, there. Also, does the theme you apply have a different bootanimation, by any chance? There is a known issue/potential memory leak related to large boot animations on Lollipop that can cause failures at boot or bootloops.
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Having not experienced your issue I can't say for certain, but it may be possible you need to update the bootloader to at least 41.13, which is the 4.4.4 KitKat BL? I'd run it past @Meticulus and see if he might have some direction, there. Also, does the theme you apply have a different bootanimation, by any chance? There is a known issue/potential memory leak related to large boot animations on Lollipop that can cause failures at boot or bootloops.
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Thank you for the advice I have downloaded a file with the name of falcon_boost_user_4.4.4_KXB21.14-L1.57_57_release-keys-cid9.xml.zip, unzipped it, then flashed according to the directions posted on how to restore the stock firmware. Everything during installation seemed to go smoothly, but at this point, I am stuck again. When I try to boot up, it just shows the splash screen ("Warning Bootloader Unlocked") and stays there indefinitely :| I have hard reset the phone and got into boootloader, which states that I am now on 41.13, but it just stays at that splash screen Should I boot into TWRP and try flashing an update.zip of the stock 4.4.4 Boost ROM? What else can I try?
EDIT: Flashing the stock update did not work, but I was able to install CM11 (so I'm am on bootloader 41.13 with CM11 currently)
EDIT TWO: Yes! I'm on bootloader 41.19 now and official CM12.1 nightly is booting!!
EDIT THREE: NOOOO It just started bootlooping again! CM animation twice, "Android is starting...", lockscreen, then cycle again. It happened after I changed my DPI from 320 to 280 (never restarted, just looped from then on).
I now have a logcat! I'm having trouble understanding what it is talking about, but I started logging as soon as the "Android is starting..." box changed status from "Optimizing apps x of x" to "Starting apps" and then stopped logging after a couple seconds of the boot animation. It is attached below (split into three parts).
EDIT: Attached what might be a better logcat reading (recording started right before lockscreen showed, I tried unlocking it, then stopped as soon as I saw the blue animation)
tartilc said:
Thank you for the advice I have downloaded a file with the name of falcon_boost_user_4.4.4_KXB21.14-L1.57_57_release-keys-cid9.xml.zip, unzipped it, then flashed according to the directions posted on how to restore the stock firmware. Everything during installation seemed to go smoothly, but at this point, I am stuck again. When I try to boot up, it just shows the splash screen ("Warning Bootloader Unlocked") and stays there indefinitely :| I have hard reset the phone and got into boootloader, which states that I am now on 41.13, but it just stays at that splash screen Should I boot into TWRP and try flashing an update.zip of the stock 4.4.4 Boost ROM? What else can I try?
EDIT: Flashing the stock update did not work, but I was able to install CM11 (so I'm am on bootloader 41.13 with CM11 currently)
EDIT TWO: Yes! I'm on bootloader 41.19 now and official CM12.1 nightly is booting!!
EDIT THREE: NOOOO It just started bootlooping again! CM animation twice, "Android is starting...", lockscreen, then cycle again. It happened after I changed my DPI from 320 to 280 (never restarted, just looped from then on).
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Whoa, that's a lot of jumps! Be careful with the bootloader, as once you're on the Lollipop BL (and it appears you've already made that jump), you're kind of locked into LP ROMs from this point out. The point you were failing on the 4.4.4 stock would probably have been a good time to go in and manually restore things via fastboot just to make sure all your partitions were straight. What did you use to update your bootloader to 41.19? And have you tried a ROM specifically designated for the CDMA-only XT1031/Boost? I've only used the Meticulus and the unofficial Linaro CM12.1 buld by Cody on my XT1028 specifically because I know they're CDMA compatible, so I'm not sure where the official CM12.1 sits on that right now.
I know there exists an actual legitimate stock 5.0.2 Boost ROM and it's possible that may be able to be restored manually as a last resort, so don't move too hastily.
XPOSED on Meticulous Rom?
Is there any way to get XPOSED working? I really want gravity box for LL.
Awesome. I was going to download this from your site today but it is showing an error with connecting to its database. None of the computers i have access to can get on your site.
no wifi no cellular network
and after i flashed cynogenmod 12.0 in my moto g 2014, there is no wifi nor network :'( what am i suppose to do now?
Ui crash
Is there anything special i need to do to flash this update? i'm running on the 408 build and every time i try ti go the next version there is an issue. Either data stops working or i get a system Ui crash like on the 530 build. I would love to get this issue fixed with the 606 build. Besides that, great job.
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Whoa, that's a lot of jumps! Be careful with the bootloader, as once you're on the Lollipop BL (and it appears you've already made that jump), you're kind of locked into LP ROMs from this point out. The point you were failing on the 4.4.4 stock would probably have been a good time to go in and manually restore things via fastboot just to make sure all your partitions were straight. What did you use to update your bootloader to 41.19? And have you tried a ROM specifically designated for the CDMA-only XT1031/Boost? I've only used the Meticulus and the unofficial Linaro CM12.1 buld by Cody on my XT1028 specifically because I know they're CDMA compatible, so I'm not sure where the official CM12.1 sits on that right now.
I know there exists an actual legitimate stock 5.0.2 Boost ROM and it's possible that may be able to be restored manually as a last resort, so don't move too hastily.
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Yeah that is a lot of jumps I'd be hella nervous myself lol
K well guys today is your day , as a_gert stated there is a boost 5.02 , and it does work fine on any cdma xt1031 so first flash that
-depending on signal you may wish to update your modem also there is only 4.4 modem for boost public
Buuuutttt nvm all that for now
The problem the ONLY problem I have had when bootlooping was that it was not prepped correctly and my phone came with 41.19 and came unlocked-
1.) Make sure you are on c/O SuperR-Developer -- PhilZ-Touch-6.59.0_LPK .img OR twrp * twrp-2.8.6.0.1-falcon_STOCK.img
**Notice For Even PhilZ I only Named the -IMG- Version which means flash it with adb properly please
***if ever after you flash it via recovery it will show partition mismatch which apparently is no problem just that the custom recovery does not match the factory one is all.. ..
1.) Download PhilZ-Touch-6.59.0-LPK.img to PC
2.) Reboot to bootloader
3.) Plug phone into PC
4.) Open terminal in directory where the img is located
5.) Issue the following command:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery twrp-2.8.6.0.1-falcon_STOCK.img
2.) Do a format of System w/EXT4 AND REBOOT INTO RECOVERY
3.) Format dalvik/art + Cache + Data w/EXT4 & REBOOT INTO RECOVERY
4.) Format Data PLUS data/media with f2fs then Do the 'factory wipe' then manually format data/media with f2fs again please ..
- SIDELOAD THE ATTACHED STOCK LOLLIPOP NO GAPPS GIVE IT TEN MINUTES REBOOT FEW TIMES/ POWER DOWN ONCE & REBOOT AGAIN
5.) Reboot into recovery and flash the first zip I have attached (I_nomodem is just IF you find your 4.4 radio baseband worked better and want to format it for LP again in the future WITHOUT LP radio included)
****EDIT - SEE VERY BOTTOM OF POST CENTERED AREA LOL
6.) Power off & reboot into recovery manually
7.) Flash your Rom (OR STOCK LOLLIPOP DEBLOATED AGAIN) + Kernel(if any custom one) + Gapps -wait 5-15 minutes for initial boot
* I recommend AeroKernel for the included stock lollipop 5.0 debloated if not the stock kernel or after flashing and few reboots to settle ,just follow instructions from that thread if any are needed..
Please anyone with any moto g don't think updating your bootloader is needed or even really safe whatsoever it is THE main reason moto phones get bricked or messed up otherwise it is not necessary or any kind of improvement yes once you are on an LP one leave it be..
Other flashing yeah okay, bootloader no if so proceed with utmost caution.
After this your modem will be updated with the cdma LolliPop one, if you have any signal issues or what not go to the stock modems section for your specific phone and flash the one for your specific carrier and/or find the "update RIL" flash thingie on here in moto G section and follow instructions but the boost modems work on all cdma variants of Moto G..
For whatever reason I could not upload files to xda I tried five times it kept dying so here there are on googldrive :good:
**Do not Click individual Item Use the Download Arrow At the Very Top of Page to DL the zip properly plz
1.) Falcon LolliPop Part Updater + Modem
2.) Falcon LolliPops Part Updater (No Modem)
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--EDIT #2-- LolliPop 5.0 Falcon XT1031 debloated
SIDENOTE: IF YOU FORMAT DATA/MEDIA & DO NOT KNOW HOW TO SIDELOAD THE ABOVE STOCK DEBLOATED ZIP I'M PRETTY SURE YOU'RE NOT GONNA LIVE TO TELL BOUT IT
BE PREPARED TO SIDELOAD - REBOOT IMMEDIATELY AFTER SIDELOAD THE ZIP ROM IS COMPLETE NOT INTO RECOVERY NOT ANYWHERE ELSE SYSTEM REBOOT
-And wait 5-10 Minutes For First Boot - You Only Need to Do this for the first LP rom loadin after that normal flashing do NOT format data/media anymore after this initial setup
--You can try to just use the script, but it did not work for me after many tries the above was the real solution and has been perfect since
2,3,4,5,6,7
·Install flashable (Boost Mobile/CDMA XT1031 only):
·Download falcon_PhilZ-Touch-6.59.0_LPK.zip to phone
·Reboot into current custom recovery
·Flash zip
·Enjoy!
Use the script again to prepare you partition properly anytime you are about to flash a new rom clean after factory wipe/ format is done..
As I said before data/media is never necessary again after this and MAY not be this time but it is the only thing that kept me out of bootloops ,and if you do it yeah it will force you to sideload your rom it erases all leftovers and your rom zips off the internal card and formats them for fresh start The script does not format /media guys k no worries
------TWRP 2.8.6..1 does not seem to restore properly- -system write only thing .. PhilZ-Touch is fine as is twrp-2.8.6..0 also
Nice, got 41.19 BL!
I tested this and works fine, now i have my shiny new moto g running AICP. Thanks @shoobiedoobiiwhompwop!
rammsteinaus said:
I tested this and works fine, now i have my shiny new moto g running AICP. Thanks @shoobiedoobiiwhompwop!
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K welcome
Arrite guys for a little clearer step by step see here please apologies carrying on and on I have been gone quite some time here http://forum.xda-developers.com/mot...-moto-g-xt1031-lollipop-t3132974#post61346260
It actually Runs really nice, really REALLY nice once the system app package I am adding shortly was used and tweaked out ..
Is it safe to flash cyanogenmod onto the verizon moto G - 1028 4.3 plus
Hello community ,
I had serious problems flashing cyanogenmod onto a galaxy S3 that was running stock 4.3 , verizon bricked my S3 , and said that the software was not authorized by Verizon. Does this problem exist across the board for any verizon phone running 4.3 or higher ?? If so ... then anything to do with flashing cyanogenmod onto a verizon phone should have warnings in BIG RED LETTERS ... because you cannot even buy a new phone with 4.2 on it anymore.
Issues flashing cm12.1 on XT1031 Please Help
Tried flashing the second to last release on 2 of my moto g xt1031's and I keep getting diff issues. This is what I did:
I had complete stock 4.4.4
unlocked bootloaders,
flashed latest TWRP,
Did a factory wipe
Flashed CM12.1
Flashed Gapps
Rebooted
Stuck in boot loop--> waited over 30mins and rebooted a few times. No luck.
I heard to try flashing CM11 first, then flashing 12.1 so I did this:
Back to TWRP -->factory wipe
Flash cm11
reboot to cm11
reboot to TWRP -->factory wipe
Flash CM12.1
Now I can get past the boot logo and begin setup, however, it will randomly reboot to the boot logo and then back to setup after a minute or so- erasing anything I've already input. Sometimes I could make it through the setup to the desktop, but then it would do the same thing. Had this same exact issue on both of my xt1031s with the same process used for both.
After this I tried doing a factory wipe and then also wiping /data and /system in the advanced wipe options and then flashing cm12.1 and still had the same issue of the rebooting. At some point I must have done somthing, but I started trying to just flash cm12.1 several times over to see if it would stick and I noticed when I did the factory wipe I was getting a parsing error so I tried doing a full data format, and fix data filesystem. I'm not sure what format it was supposed to be so I did a ex4. THat stopped the parsing error, but still having the same issues.. any help would be appreciated.
Moto G CDMA issues
citizen3rased said:
Tried flashing the second to last release on 2 of my moto g xt1031's and I keep getting diff issues. This is what I did:
I had complete stock 4.4.4
unlocked bootloaders,
flashed latest TWRP,
Did a factory wipe
Flashed CM12.1
Flashed Gapps
Rebooted
Stuck in boot loop--> waited over 30mins and rebooted a few times. No luck.
I heard to try flashing CM11 first, then flashing 12.1 so I did this:
Back to TWRP -->factory wipe
Flash cm11
reboot to cm11
reboot to TWRP -->factory wipe
Flash CM12.1
Now I can get past the boot logo and begin setup, however, it will randomly reboot to the boot logo and then back to setup after a minute or so- erasing anything I've already input. Sometimes I could make it through the setup to the desktop, but then it would do the same thing. Had this same exact issue on both of my xt1031s with the same process used for both.
After this I tried doing a factory wipe and then also wiping /data and /system in the advanced wipe options and then flashing cm12.1 and still had the same issue of the rebooting. At some point I must have done somthing, but I started trying to just flash cm12.1 several times over to see if it would stick and I noticed when I did the factory wipe I was getting a parsing error so I tried doing a full data format, and fix data filesystem. I'm not sure what format it was supposed to be so I did a ex4. THat stopped the parsing error, but still having the same issues.. any help would be appreciated.
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Hello Citizen 3 , You are farther along than me. I have only successfully flashed cyanogenmod once , and that was on an S3 so it was straightforward. I still have not unlocked my bootloader. I have not been able to copy and paste the long strings of characters from motorola , inside command prompt. It would be so nice if Meticulus or one of the other developers could get this to be an official release. The Moto G , and a few other inexpensive phones ( LG realm , Kyocera Hydro latest version ) would work like greased lightning , if they were running CM12. Any help that you could offer with pasting the strings of unlock code would be so appreciated.
Alright so I have a 2013 Moto G, and basically in the past while on KitKat I've rooted my phone, given it custom recovery (TWRP), and messed around with the ROM (changed it to CM, PA and a few others and back). Now I've come to update to Lollipop and of course I need stock recovery to update my phone via OTA, and when it first prompted me to update, I had TWRP and I didn't really think, I just updated, this sent my phone into a bootloop, rebooting straight into TWRP every time I turned my phone on. Luckily I had a backup and I just restored to that and that fixed it. Recently I've been trying to fix the correct stock recovery for my phone so I can update, and I found some MotoTool AIO thing, and that changed my recovery back to KitKat stock (or so it says), now when I go into recovery it LOOKS like stock, can do everything you could normally do with stock recovery, but when I came to update it, about a quarter of the way though the update process, it errors and reboots my phone. Luckily this time my phone recognizes it has errored and just cancels the update instead of sending me into a boorloop. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
Tom.
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Alright so I have a 2013 Moto G, and basically in the past while on KitKat I've rooted my phone, given it custom recovery (TWRP), and messed around with the ROM (changed it to CM, PA and a few others and back). Now I've come to update to Lollipop and of course I need stock recovery to update my phone via OTA, and when it first prompted me to update, I had TWRP and I didn't really think, I just updated, this sent my phone into a bootloop, rebooting straight into TWRP every time I turned my phone on. Luckily I had a backup and I just restored to that and that fixed it. Recently I've been trying to fix the correct stock recovery for my phone so I can update, and I found some MotoTool AIO thing, and that changed my recovery back to KitKat stock (or so it says), now when I go into recovery it LOOKS like stock, can do everything you could normally do with stock recovery, but when I came to update it, about a quarter of the way though the update process, it errors and reboots my phone. Luckily this time my phone recognizes it has errored and just cancels the update instead of sending me into a boorloop. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
Tom.
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Try putting twrp back on and flashing stock Lollipop Rom. http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g/development/rom-stock-motorola-lollipop-rom-t3017510 You can also try aosp, cm12.1 or any other lollipop ROM.
The Lollipop OTA is very picky, I believe any modifications to the stock firmware will cause the update to fail. You will need to have a completely stock system for the OTA to install successfully. Find the correct KitKat firmware for your phone and flash it then try upgrading.
Hi.
I'm having a similar problem with te OTA being picky (topic here).
Is there a stock firmware "file map" so that we can check manually what is wrong and erase/add needed files ?
Maybe this could be done by checking a flashable stock rom ?
Thanks a lot guys.
EDIT : Found a solution here http://forum.xda-developers.com/mot...osing-apps-t2979971/post57658072#post57658072.
Worked perfectly !
OP, I am in the same situation. I did the same as you, and got the same results. Have you managed to solve it? It would be nice if you tell what you decide to do and what's the outcome. Thanks!
tomisalunatic said:
Alright so I have a 2013 Moto G, and basically in the past while on KitKat I've rooted my phone, given it custom recovery (TWRP), and messed around with the ROM (changed it to CM, PA and a few others and back). Now I've come to update to Lollipop and of course I need stock recovery to update my phone via OTA, and when it first prompted me to update, I had TWRP and I didn't really think, I just updated, this sent my phone into a bootloop, rebooting straight into TWRP every time I turned my phone on. Luckily I had a backup and I just restored to that and that fixed it. Recently I've been trying to fix the correct stock recovery for my phone so I can update, and I found some MotoTool AIO thing, and that changed my recovery back to KitKat stock (or so it says), now when I go into recovery it LOOKS like stock, can do everything you could normally do with stock recovery, but when I came to update it, about a quarter of the way though the update process, it errors and reboots my phone. Luckily this time my phone recognizes it has errored and just cancels the update instead of sending me into a boorloop. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
Tom.
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Update to 5.1 success..... erm, well it's all relative
Eventually managed to update my XT1039 to 5.1 via ota.
Started with a fully charged phone and flashed 4.4.4 stock firmware (http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g/4g-development/xt1039-moto-g-4g-stock-firmware-kxb21-t2805619).
Once completed, powered up phone and signed into google play then updated the motorola update services app.
DO NOT install a custom recovery or root yet or the update will fail!
Start the update by going into settings/about phone/system updates.
After first boot into 5.1, do a factory reset.
To root once the upgrade is completed, download cf autoroot (http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g/4g-development/root-xt1039-cf-auto-root-peregrine-t2942406) and unzip to a folder on your pc. Open a command prompt and change directory to this folder. Powerup handset in bootloader mode (hold vol down while switching on), connect USB and run 'root-windows.bat' from the command prompt.
So far I'm hugely disappointed in the update as I use WiFi tethering alot and it appears to be a massive fail. I know it wasn't 100% in 4.4.4 or CM12 5.1 with both reqiuring an occasional reboot, but in 5.1, something's just not right and it's basically unusable (could it be updated radio or something?). Fortunately, USB tethering appears flawless.
Another obsrvation seems to be abscence of a + appearing in the HSPA signal indicator, I seem to be getting just the H appearing regardless.
Also no more bluetooth visibilty timeout setting.
After installing CWM 6.0.5.0, I got gliches with the display in recovery mode but it works.
Now after I have it rooted, ad free and de-bloated, fixed the power on logo and installed CWM 6.0.5.0, I'll stick with it for a while to just to see how the battery lasts.
In hindsight I should've stuck with CM12 5.1.
I figured out a way to get Android 7.0 on my Moto X Pure XT1575. These are the steps I did to get it working. I restored my moto x pure to stock android 5.1.1 then took all the OTA updates to the latest OTA version to Android 6.0. After I reinstalled TWRP and Installed the Moto X Style OTA update extracted from the XT1572 version. It worked perfectly fine except for dialing out in the U.S. I fixed this by installing the Band 12 OTA Modem update for the Moto X Pure. After that everything worked fine and everything is really fast compared to other roms. The only thing that does not work is Android Pay because I unlocked my bootloader but you could fix this buy just installing the stock bootloader and locking it. If you go to about device it says it is a Moto X Style but that is because you're basically running Moto X Style 7.0 OTA update. I made a TWRP backup of it and you can download and restore the backup to your device. This is meant for the Moto X Pure XT1575. This will work! This is my first ROM/Back Up post and I hope this works if it does not please leave a comment. I highly recommend to make a backup before you try this.
Make sure to fully wipe wipe your device before you restore the backup. Make Sure to rename the "Your Serial Number Here" folder to the Serial number of your Moto X Pure into the TWRP backup file you downloaded. Put the Backup folder into your TWRP folder on your device the directory should be this: TWRP/BACKUPS/YOUR SERIAL NUMBER/1970-01-02-06-22-57_NPH25.200-15. Then go to TWRP on your device and tap restore then the "1970-01-02-06-22-57_NPH25.200-15" restore this and it should work. It also will use the Pixel bootup screen instead of the moto boot screen. Feel free to flash your own boot screen.
Download the backup here:
drive.google.com/open?id=0B23tafesCDLcRDN6SWRHeE9xWWM
Sooo... basically you are telling us you have done what dozens of other users have done, except you went through an unnecessary OTA chain process prior to doing it and then flashing an older modem firmware?
Not trying to burst your bubble here, and I mean no offense, but did you read any of the Nougat threads here? Pure users have been doing this, and telling others how to do it, since the first Latin America OTA's were released a month or so ago.
Unless I am missing some secret nugget of info here, which is possible I suppose.
Apart from creating more than one thread and abandoning one ("Test" - now magically evaporated) and then deciding to use a ridiculous font size (now corrected) you also post about something that is old news.
Closed to preserve the sanity of many.
Hello everybody!
A couple of months ago, I successfully rooted my Mate 9 and we've been living happily ever since.
But since life is a big chunk of dirt and you'll have to get some of it at some point, I have to let my device go and sell it to a better owner.
So out of respect, I decided to restore the device to it's original state (e.g. unrooting and flash stock it).
But things got a bit out of control...
I downloaded the latest rom for my device, extracted the UPDATE.APP and flashed boot, recovery and system.
But from that point, the device went hectic:
*Bootlooping on the Huawei logo
*eRecovery indicating that there's a problem gathering the info
*Donwload Mode indicating that there's a problem with the software install
*TWRP Recovery accessible
*Fastboot still accessible with everything unlocked
I've been trying with almost a dozen of different firmwares (same region, same phone model) and nothing.
I looked over the forum, been trying some tricks here and there and still nothing good.
So here I am, waiting for your wisdom gents.
Thanks a lot !
jeanbono67 said:
Hello everybody!
A couple of months ago, I successfully rooted my Mate 9 and we've been living happily ever since.
But since life is a big chunk of dirt and you'll have to get some of it at some point, I have to let my device go and sell it to a better owner.
So out of respect, I decided to restore the device to it's original state (e.g. unrooting and flash stock it).
But things got a bit out of control...
I downloaded the latest rom for my device, extracted the UPDATE.APP and flashed boot, recovery and system.
But from that point, the device went hectic:
*Bootlooping on the Huawei logo
*eRecovery indicating that there's a problem gathering the info
*Donwload Mode indicating that there's a problem with the software install
*TWRP Recovery accessible
*Fastboot still accessible with everything unlocked
I've been trying with almost a dozen of different firmwares (same region, same phone model) and nothing.
I looked over the forum, been trying some tricks here and there and still nothing good.
So here I am, waiting for your wisdom gents.To start:
Thanks a lot !
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Was it running a Nougat based ROM or an Oreo based ROM to start? That determines the firmware version you should be trying to restore: Oreo changes the partition table on the device, so loading an Oreo system.img and such won't get you back up and running if you were running a custom Nougat ROM.
Easy way to tell:
- If you tried "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img", was it successful? If so, you're on Nougat; if not, you're on Oreo - the "boot" and "recovery" partitions go away on Oreo and become "kernel", "ramdisk", and "recovery_ramdisk".
- If you tried "fastboot flash recovery_ramdisk recovery_ramdisk.img", was it successful? If so, that's Oreo.
If you _are_ on Oreo, the way I've gone about getting to a stock Oreo build:
Flash kernel, recovery_ramdisk, system from a relevant UPDATE.APP
Use HiSuite to roll back to Nougat
Upgrade back to Oreo.
It ends up working because the roll back to Nougat is a full device update image, meaning it'll put everything back into a like-new state, at which point the upgrade to Oreo goes off without a hitch.
There are more straightforward ways of doing it, but I haven't personally gotten into trying any of those:
- HWOTA (Nougat) and HWOTA8 (Oreo) would likely do the job, since you've still got TWRP there.
- /dload using stock recovery (putting the relevant update.zip files into the /dload folder on an SD card and booting with all buttons pressed, IIRC)
- FunkyHuawei via eRecovery
- If all else fails, DC-Unlocker / HCU Client.
The last of those, I recommend against UNLESS you're really and truly bricked - the device no longer comes up at all because xloader / ptable / trustfirmware / fastboot is screwed up.
irony_delerium said:
Was it running a Nougat based ROM or an Oreo based ROM to start? That determines the firmware version you should be trying to restore: Oreo changes the partition table on the device, so loading an Oreo system.img and such won't get you back up and running if you were running a custom Nougat ROM.
Easy way to tell:
- If you tried "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img", was it successful? If so, you're on Nougat; if not, you're on Oreo - the "boot" and "recovery" partitions go away on Oreo and become "kernel", "ramdisk", and "recovery_ramdisk".
- If you tried "fastboot flash recovery_ramdisk recovery_ramdisk.img", was it successful? If so, that's Oreo.
If you _are_ on Oreo, the way I've gone about getting to a stock Oreo build:
Flash kernel, recovery_ramdisk, system from a relevant UPDATE.APP
Use HiSuite to roll back to Nougat
Upgrade back to Oreo.
It ends up working because the roll back to Nougat is a full device update image, meaning it'll put everything back into a like-new state, at which point the upgrade to Oreo goes off without a hitch.
There are more straightforward ways of doing it, but I haven't personally gotten into trying any of those:
- HWOTA (Nougat) and HWOTA8 (Oreo) would likely do the job, since you've still got TWRP there.
- /dload using stock recovery (putting the relevant update.zip files into the /dload folder on an SD card and booting with all buttons pressed, IIRC)
- FunkyHuawei via eRecovery
- If all else fails, DC-Unlocker / HCU Client.
The last of those, I recommend against UNLESS you're really and truly bricked - the device no longer comes up at all because xloader / ptable / trustfirmware / fastboot is screwed up.
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Well I started working around with the phone and remembered I installed this custom rom [ROM] RomAur-v2.2-[16/10]-[UB][7.0_Fw.b197]-FAST-STABLE and, from what I understood, I'm still running Nougat.
So I came to this, after all this hustle, my device build number is MHA-L29C432B194 and even with some other B194 roms, I wasn't able to install anything except for the RomAur above.
So to update this whole mess:
*Phone is running RomAur 2.1 (Nougat 7.0)
*TWRP won't install any other rom (even with the correct build) showing me a "status 7 error"
So should I give the HWOTA method a go ?
Thanks a lot for replying !
That's probably what I'd go hunt down. I have no experience with it myself, so I can't say much except that I've read about it here, and it sounds like others have had good experience with it. (I didn't get mine until after Oreo had come out, chosen because it wasn't too expensive, still had good performance, and had Treble support, so it was likely that more ROMs would come for it.)
irony_delerium said:
That's probably what I'd go hunt down. I have no experience with it myself, so I can't say much except that I've read about it here, and it sounds like others have had good experience with it. (I didn't get mine until after Oreo had come out, chosen because it wasn't too expensive, still had good performance, and had Treble support, so it was likely that more ROMs would come for it.)
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Well, even with the HWOTA method it's not doing anything :/
You should have a look at this, I messed up my mate 8 pretty badly, much worse than what you have described above, and this gave it life, and I had to mess it up over and over after just to get it back to what I wanted, lost my original Oeminfo, lol long story, anyway with this, you can flash pretty much any official update from Huawei, give it a try
https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-9/development/tool-flash-official-firmware-recovery-t3769279/
So first off I would say I am average in the world of modifications, I know the basics. I used to run a stock Nougat rom with Magisk.
Being the clumsy fool that I am, I dropped my phone and the screen broke. I went to a Samsung service center and deposited my phone there for screen replacement and they decided to update my phone for no reason...
As my phone was rooted, after forcing an update on my phone a soft brick happened and they had to flash a new firmware which meant that I lost everything. Now I am running latest stock Oreo 8.0.
I tried these things to root my phone again:
(The first thing I did was flashing twrp through odin)
#1: Downloaded Magisk and a decryptor for getting past the locked bootloader... flashed them both using recovery (twrp works 100%), and my phone got stuck on the Samsung S7 - powered by android after a reboot from recovery. Waited for a long time. Tried a lot of alternatives on this method but got stuck..
#2 After I gave up on rooting the firmware I was given, I decided to go back on my old Nougat firmware which used to work flawlessly... so I had the nougat firmware on my computer but this time Odin gave me an error along with some red text on top right in download mode. I looked up the error and it basically meant that I cannot revert back to Nougat anymore (which is surprising as I could easily swap between Nougat and Marshmallow but I can't do the same with Oreo and Nougat)
Quote from a person on the internet: ''SW REV CK FAIL usually means that you are not flashing the most current released firmware version. Most Samsung devices will not let you downgrade. You have to flash what was previously installed or higher Android version.''
#3 I was frustrated. I tried using a last resort.. downloaded a custom rom which has root included called ''Galaxy Project''... Flashed it using twrp and got a bootloop for 2 hours. To get past the bootloop I had to download Oreo stock rom and flashed it using Odin. That worked.. I'm back on stock Oreo again... back to square one.
Please help out a stumped Android enthusiast... I have spent 2 days on this... but no solution works. My phone is not in danger of a hard brick as I can always revert to stock Oreo using Odin but having root would be nice.
I am having average experience, I know just the basics... please help me out and tell me what to do in a step by step manner.. I will try everything and report the findings till I finally come across a method which works.
EDIT: My phone model is G930FD
Devansh_Droidgeek! said:
So first off I would say I am average in the world of modifications, I know the basics. I used to run a stock Nougat rom with Magisk.
Being the clumsy fool that I am, I dropped my phone and the screen broke. I went to a Samsung service center and deposited my phone there for screen replacement and they decided to update my phone for no reason...
As my phone was rooted, after forcing an update on my phone a soft brick happened and they had to flash a new firmware which meant that I lost everything. Now I am running latest stock Oreo 8.0.
I tried these things to root my phone again:
(The first thing I did was flashing twrp through odin)
#1: Downloaded Magisk and a decryptor for getting past the locked bootloader... flashed them both using recovery (twrp works 100%), and my phone got stuck on the Samsung S7 - powered by android after a reboot from recovery. Waited for a long time. Tried a lot of alternatives on this method but got stuck..
#2 After I gave up on rooting the firmware I was given, I decided to go back on my old Nougat firmware which used to work flawlessly... so I had the nougat firmware on my computer but this time Odin gave me an error along with some red text on top right in download mode. I looked up the error and it basically meant that I cannot revert back to Nougat anymore (which is surprising as I could easily swap between Nougat and Marshmallow but I can't do the same with Oreo and Nougat)
Quote from a person on the internet: ''SW REV CK FAIL usually means that you are not flashing the most current released firmware version. Most Samsung devices will not let you downgrade. You have to flash what was previously installed or higher Android version.''
#3 I was frustrated. I tried using a last resort.. downloaded a custom rom which has root included called ''Galaxy Project''... Flashed it using twrp and got a bootloop for 2 hours. To get past the bootloop I had to download Oreo stock rom and flashed it using Odin. That worked.. I'm back on stock Oreo again... back to square one.
Please help out a stumped Android enthusiast... I have spent 2 days on this... but no solution works. My phone is not in danger of a hard brick as I can always revert to stock Oreo using Odin but having root would be nice.
I am having average experience, I know just the basics... please help me out and tell me what to do in a step by step manner.. I will try everything and report the findings till I finally come across a method which works.
EDIT: My phone model is G930FD
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OEM unlocked???
cooltt said:
OEM unlocked???
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through developer settings? yes
Devansh_Droidgeek! said:
through developer settings? yes
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follow this guide here