I was trying to flash my phone with Cherry blur. I was going from Gingerblur to Cherry blur. I probably done something very wrong. After flashing the phone wouldnt boot. It just stuck at the motorola dual core logo with the "failed to boot 4 starting RSD mode" message on the top left side corner. Anyone know how to fix it this? thanks in advance.
I had the same problem (not by doing the same thing, but the same message message anyway), don't worry it is just a "soft brick", you can use RSD lite (5.10) to flash a stock SBF (or another one).
You should search this forum. Stock SBF can be found in the dev thread.
If I am wrong I hope someone will correct me.
arachneon said:
I had the same problem (not by doing the same thing, but the same message message anyway), don't worry it is just a "soft brick", you can use RSD lite (5.10) to flash a stock SBF (or another one).
You should search this forum. Stock SBF can be found in the dev thread.
If I am wrong I hope someone will correct me.
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+1 that should do the trick.
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IF YOU ARE UNLOCKED MAKE SURE YOU FLASH 2.3.4 SBF WITH PUDDING OR YOU MIGHT HARDBRICK!!!!
DO NOT FLASH BACK TO 1.8.3!!!!
lol, can't be overly careful with this things.
Now im facing another issue. My battery is low and it say "the battery is too low to do a flash" or something like that. Could i still flash it? I tried to charge it for couple hours but everytime i connected the phone to charger it turn on by itself and the srceen on the whole time saying failed to boot 4 ...
xploited said:
IF YOU ARE UNLOCKED MAKE SURE YOU FLASH 2.3.4 SBF WITH PUDDING OR YOU MIGHT HARDBRICK!!!!
DO NOT FLASH BACK TO 1.8.3!!!!
lol, can't be overly careful with this things.
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Thanks. Unlocked u mean by carrier unlocked or boot loader unlocked? My phone is carrier unlocked to use with tmobile but i dont know if its bootloader unlocked. The last time the phone was on gingerblur 3.5 if it matter. Thanks
Bump. Should i flash with or without pudding?
If you were on GingerBlur that pretty much means that you did not update to 2.3.4 via OTA updates.
And since you did not update via OTA, you will NOT hard brick your phone
Same thing happened to me... GinglerBlur to CherryBlur = Failed to Boot 4
See this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=16332003
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Bump. Should i flash with or without pudding?
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Could you clarify what steps exactly did you do to get to the "Failed to boot Error.."?
This will help people help you more accurately.
oocutioo said:
Thanks. Unlocked u mean by carrier unlocked or boot loader unlocked? My phone is carrier unlocked to use with tmobile but i dont know if its bootloader unlocked. The last time the phone was on gingerblur 3.5 if it matter. Thanks
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I meant Bootloader Unlocked. Gingerblur is a P-ROM so looks like you didn't unlock the bootloader to use it.
If you have the failed to boot error, i would do rsf flash of 2.3.4 with pudding.
If you can boot into Gingerblur, i would first flash a pudding sbf for your phone, do the unlock bootloader commands, installed CWM, and from there modding is a breeze.
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Now im facing another issue. My battery is low and it say "the battery is too low to do a flash" or something like that. Could i still flash it? I tried to charge it for couple hours but everytime i connected the phone to charger it turn on by itself and the srceen on the whole time saying failed to boot 4 ...
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I have the same problem
you have a solution
help !
mrill said:
I have the same problem
you have a solution
help !
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Same problem!...
Seems the battery cannot be charged when screen says "failed to boot"
I saw a solution
by sacrificing a USB cable .. by opening the cable just put the red wire on the + symbol on the phone with battery to make it appear that he has the atrix is fully charged
sorry for my english
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Now im facing another issue. My battery is low and it say "the battery is too low to do a flash" or something like that. Could i still flash it? I tried to charge it for couple hours but everytime i connected the phone to charger it turn on by itself and the srceen on the whole time saying failed to boot 4 ...
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Unfortuately for us, the not so bright people who designed the motorola flashing interface designed it so that the device will not charge unless booted into an OS. To get past this screen, you must find another user with an atrix, and place your battery into that phone until it is charged and try again.
If this is not an option, try the display model at the AT&T store (what I did ) or try purchasing a Dev-cable that will charge the device.
a solution with a universal battery charger, found on the web
wugeo said:
Same problem!...
Seems the battery cannot be charged when screen says "failed to boot"
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I solved it by buying a generic battery with charging dock that can also charge thr oem battery for $8 off ebay. Now im learning to flash the phone
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I meant Bootloader Unlocked. Gingerblur is a P-ROM so looks like you didn't unlock the bootloader to use it.
If you have the failed to boot error, i would do rsf flash of 2.3.4 with pudding.
If you can boot into Gingerblur, i would first flash a pudding sbf for your phone, do the unlock bootloader commands, installed CWM, and from there modding is a breeze.
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Can someone point me to where i download the 2.3.4 with pudding to flash with rsd lite please? I got my battery charged up and ready to flash. A link with guide even better. Just a notice here i have never updated to 2.3 OTA . Any help will be appriciated thanks
Anyway guys should i flash with the first firmware that i found on this thread here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1125944 . Its the att 2.3.4 one. The first one u see om that thread.
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Anyway guys should i flash with the first firmware that i found on this thread here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1125944 . Its the att 2.3.4 one. The first one u see om that thread.
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UPDATE: I got my phone back to life and unlocked bootloader/rooted with cherryblur. Thanks everyone that helped
I tried to update my MB860 with Motorola Software Update soft, but the process failed. Now I have the:
"failed to boot 4
Starting RSD mode"
I tried to reiniciate the process with Motorola Software Update again and - after 3rd attempt, it communicated a successful update. Anyway, phone doesn't start and I got the same "failed to boot...".
So, I went for RSDLite 5.6 and tried to flash 1FF-olympus_emara-user-2.3.4-4.5.2A-74_OLE-31-release-keys-signed-Orange-GB (phone was originally Orange UK). RSDLite finished successfully (due to the status information in the program", but the phone, after rebooting, is... "failed to boot 4
Starting RSD mode". I tried again "Motorola Software Update", it communicated me successful flashing and... nothing changed. So, whatever I do, I got the same boot failure.
The phone is not rooted nor the bootloader is unlocked. I bought it used and it was working ok. Anyhow, when I simunlocked it (yesterday) - the next day after buying - and installed several appz from the market, it started freezing (tens of times, mainly during booting or screen unlocking) and each time I had to pull the battery off to get it back to life.
That's why I tried to update it though - hoping it'd help.
What can I do now?
Related
I googled everywhere and the same problem comes up for the Axtrix 4g. Says something about use SBF to flash a stock rom. how do you do this for the Photon??? Can someone list the step? thanks
what happened? homebasephoton1.5 rom. I tried to install it but after I reboot I got failed to boot message........
It just means that the phone is unable to boot and is starting the fail-safe RSD mode... basically allowing you to use RSD Lite to flash a new SBF (basically phone image) to the phone to restore it. Are you rooted/unlocked?
mrinehart93 said:
It just means that the phone is unable to boot and is starting the fail-safe RSD mode... basically allowing you to use RSD Lite to flash a new SBF (basically phone image) to the phone to restore it. Are you rooted/unlocked?
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I think so i used MotorolaOneClic_oot_psouza4.zip method to root my phone. Later installed root applications like Wifi Tether... Unlocked? umm Not sure I guess so. I recently installed the Alien1 custom rom. so probably.
mines is saying Failed to boot 4 Starting rsd mode its been there for at least 1 hour am i bricked or can it be fixed
retry flash the sbf file, the unlocked bootloader is a semi-brick, retry flash sbf file complete for restore phone stock build
daniel129001 said:
retry flash the sbf file, the unlocked bootloader is a semi-brick, retry flash sbf file complete for restore phone stock build
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hey can you give me the SBF file to flash? I downloaded one but when i click start it says failed............so I'm currently downloading one off XDA but not sure if it will be the right one. thanks
Did this go anywhere? I have the same issue but my phone is now dead, and when I plug it on the charger it automatically starts and goes to this screen even though I dont turn it on.
After you charge your phone(instructions in other thread) flash 154 first then newest. Make sure to charge between
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Flash what? I am using this: 1FF-sunfire-user-2.3.4-4.5.1A-1_SUN-198_7-CM-release-keys-signed-Sprint-US.sbf
That's the newest, download the 154 one and flashed it after manually charging your phone. Then flash that one
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Flash what? I am using this: 1FF-sunfire-user-2.3.4-4.5.1A-1_SUN-198_7-CM-release-keys-signed-Sprint-US.sbf
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I havent been able to find that file. Also Im not sure which method I should charge my phone If you read my other post it explains why I say that.
nobody knows what to do??????
Fix
Nickdroid86 said:
nobody knows what to do??????
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Sorry that I didn't reply any sooner. This is what I did, since when the phone is with that problem won't charge the battery nor with charger nor with USB, so, I ran out of juice... I had to get an universal charger to charge the battery and then I flash it with RSD. I've flashed this file 154_5 sbf, once I got in, I flashed the updated one. It worked pretty good.
Let me know, regards.
when I am flashing sbf I have to remove my external sd card otherwise it wont work at all.
I changed to Alien Rom.after changing to alien rom I was facing a lot of FCs.So tried RSD lite with latest SBF.Now I am stuck at "Failed to boot 4 starting RSD mode"
From what I read from forums my phone is soft bricked.
"Failed to boot 4" is when a filesystem is missing a signature
The solution is to flash 154 sbf using RSDlite 5.5 version with a fully charged battery using the usb at the back of your computer.
Once you are successful flashing 154 you can update with latest SBF.
The important points are below.
1. Fully charged battery. (use an external battery charger as Photon does not charge batery in boot mode.
2. Used RSDlite 5.5 version
3. Use USB at back.
4. Use 154 not the latest version of SBF.
5. Make sure the process is not interrupted until the process is completed
Failed to boot 2
Im having the same problem and reflashing 154-5 doesnt work. Instead phone says "SVF:106:1:2
sec_execption: b655, eddc, eb.
It always fails on flash and re-enumeration.
hello
mrinehart93 said:
It just means that the phone is unable to boot and is starting the fail-safe RSD mode... basically allowing you to use RSD Lite to flash a new SBF (basically phone image) to the phone to restore it. Are you rooted/unlocked?
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yes i have rooted my motorola photon, but he is working fine, today (15/07/12) I have searched update from phone update option after downloading update file he is start & off continue and giving error " failed to boot 2" - starting RSD mode.
Please help me
I am also having the same prob. made an OTA update to 254 and it got locked bootloader.
tried fastboot method and now getting Failed to boot 2 error. tried 154, 198_6 etc. no luck.
Motorola really screwed a lot of photon 4G users. for what?
parvezkhan.157 said:
yes i have rooted my motorola photon, but he is working fine, today (15/07/12) I have searched update from phone update option after downloading update file he is start & off continue and giving error " failed to boot 2" - starting RSD mode.
Please help me
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just see what you can do by visiting this thread. no guarantees.
OK fellas. Had newest version of CM7 on the phone (phone is unlocked, rooted, etc). Keep getting random shut-offs while in stand-by. Decided to go back to official AT&T ROM.
Started flashing phone via RSD Lite. Got an error, no changes were made. Flashed again, got a different error. Stuck in boot loop. Erased cache and userdata via Fastboot, flashed AGAIN. Stuck in boot loop STILL.
Basically I can't get into the phones stock recovery, I get to the triangle screen and pressing above the search button does nothing. The phone loads up to the AT&T screen, then reboots and keeps looping at the animated "M" logo - not the M Dual Core logo. Any ideas fellas? 'cause I'm out of them. I even tried flashing a different recovery with the Atrix Fastboot Tool I found on here and got an error.
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OK fellas. Had newest version of CM7 on the phone (phone is unlocked, rooted, etc). Keep getting random shut-offs while in stand-by. Decided to go back to official AT&T ROM.
Started flashing phone via RSD Lite. Got an error, no changes were made. Flashed again, got a different error. Stuck in boot loop. Erased cache and userdata via Fastboot, flashed AGAIN. Stuck in boot loop STILL.
Basically I can't get into the phones stock recovery, I get to the triangle screen and pressing above the search button does nothing. The phone loads up to the AT&T screen, then reboots and keeps looping at the animated "M" logo - not the M Dual Core logo. Any ideas fellas? 'cause I'm out of them. I even tried flashing a different recovery with the Atrix Fastboot Tool I found on here and got an error.
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reflash pudding, install newest recovery, flash a fruit cake to go back to stock.
Alcapone263 said:
reflash pudding, install newest recovery, flash a fruit cake to go back to stock.
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I just did this (completely unrelated to thread) and it gave me a totally fresh device. Perfect. Thanks!
My question: Can att still tell that at one point my Atrix was unlocked/rooted?
SielickiN said:
I just did this (completely unrelated to thread) and it gave me a totally fresh device. Perfect. Thanks!
My question: Can att still tell that at one point my Atrix was unlocked/rooted?
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once you unlock your bootloader, it burns a fuse that motorola can check on to see if the device has been tampered with. that's why people say once unlocked, always unlocked.
it's possible to hide the 'unlocked' text at boot, but it's not possible to hide the burned fuse.
Alcapone263 said:
reflash pudding, install newest recovery, flash a fruit cake to go back to stock.
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Trying to flash CWM, it's giving me an error..
Failed to process command flash:recovery error (0x180002)
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Ruh roh
Alcapone263 said:
once you unlock your bootloader, it burns a fuse that motorola can check on to see if the device has been tampered with. that's why people say once unlocked, always unlocked.
it's possible to hide the 'unlocked' text at boot, but it's not possible to hide the burned fuse.
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Do they actually check that? Or is just theoretically they can...?
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Do they actually check that? Or is just theoretically they can...?
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it's a theoretically they can sort of deal.
NickS_ said:
Trying to flash CWM, it's giving me an error..
Ruh roh
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it's because you don't have an unlocked bootloader, flash pudding through RSDlite.
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it's a theoretically they can sort of deal.
it's because you don't have an unlocked bootloader, flash pudding through RSDlite.
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I had one, does flashing back to the AT&T stock rom re-lock it? I thought it didn't.. regardless I'm currently flashing pudding with the version of RSDLite in his thread which is slightly different than the one I was using. (red logo vs blue)
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it's a theoretically they can sort of deal.
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I'm sorry to reply so much and take your time, (by the way thanks for the information, really appreciate it)
I've been having (i'm assuming) hardware issues with this phone and I only got it yesterday so I want to swap it at a local ATT store tomorrow. Can I do that without worries in my current state? Will they eventually notice and bill me? Or will I be safe?
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I had one, does flashing back to the AT&T stock rom re-lock it? I thought it didn't..
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pudding has the 'fastboot oem unlock' function built into it, the stock bootloader doesn't. so when you reflashed gingerbread, you replaced the bootloader which caused the phone to believe that it's locked again (even though it isn't)
this causes your phone to have a 'locked' bootloader in every function, except that your fuse is still burned.
after flashing pudding, you should stay away from RSDlite completely and use fruitcakes for all of your stock needs.
SielickiN said:
I'm sorry to reply so much and take your time, (by the way thanks for the information, really appreciate it)
I've been having (i'm assuming) hardware issues with this phone and I only got it yesterday so I want to swap it at a local ATT store tomorrow. Can I do that without worries in my current state? Will they eventually notice and bill me? Or will I be safe?
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i personally hard bricked my first Atrix while attempting to unlock the bootloader, AT&T replaced it without any questions. not to say that they'll do this for anyone, but just my personal experience.
as far as i know, AT&T will replace your phone as long as it's a hardware malfunction, and not anything caused by flashing custom firmware onto your device.
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pudding has the 'fastboot oem unlock' function built into it, the stock bootloader doesn't. so when you reflashed gingerbread, you replaced the bootloader which caused the phone to believe that it's locked again (even though it isn't)
this causes your phone to have a 'locked' bootloader in every function, except that your fuse is still burned.
after flashing pudding, you should stay away from RSDlite completely and use fruitcakes for all of your stock needs.
i personally hard bricked my first Atrix while attempting to unlock the bootloader, AT&T replaced it without any questions. not to say that they'll do this for anyone, but just my personal experience.
as far as i know, AT&T will replace your phone as long as it's a hardware malfunction, and not anything caused by flashing custom firmware onto your device.
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Thanks SO much. Really appreciate your help.
Alcapone263 said:
pudding has the 'fastboot oem unlock' function built into it, the stock bootloader doesn't. so when you reflashed gingerbread, you replaced the bootloader which caused the phone to believe that it's locked again (even though it isn't)
this causes your phone to have a 'locked' bootloader in every function, except that your fuse is still burned.
after flashing pudding, you should stay away from RSDlite completely and use fruitcakes for all of your stock needs.
i personally hard bricked my first Atrix while attempting to unlock the bootloader, AT&T replaced it without any questions. not to say that they'll do this for anyone, but just my personal experience.
as far as i know, AT&T will replace your phone as long as it's a hardware malfunction, and not anything caused by flashing custom firmware onto your device.
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Thanks so much man. I have a replacement phone on the way due to the random shut offs considering people have been reporting it with the stock GB rom too, and it's believed to be a hardware malfunction, I just wanted it to appear more "stock" when they received it to avoid any question asking. Would really suck if I bricked it before hand haha.
I actually like the stock ROM on this phone anyway, probably won't be going back to CM7 once the new one comes in. It's rebooting now with the pudding SBF, we'll see if she still loops or not. If it still loops, I'll flash the modified CWM and the fruitcake ROM and report back. You guys are super helpful, thanks again!
you're welcome, both of you. glad i could help, when i was new i had a lot of help from the community here and i like to give back as much as possible. since i'm no programmer, all i can do is help answer questions for people and make sure they don't screw up their devices.
i hope you get your problems worked out, this is an amazing phone with awesome developers.
also, if you enjoy the stock ROM i would highly suggest for you to check out Aura, it's simply amazing for being a moto-based ROM.
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you're welcome, both of you. glad i could help, when i was new i had a lot of help from the community here and i like to give back as much as possible. since i'm no programmer, all i can do is help answer questions for people and make sure they don't screw up their devices.
i hope you get your problems worked out, this is an amazing phone with awesome developers.
also, if you enjoy the stock ROM i would highly suggest for you to check out Aura, it's simply amazing for being a moto-based ROM.
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Will do, thanks!
Oh snap! Phone just rebooted. Flashed the modified CWM via fastboot, cleared the userdata, cache & dalvik cache once more and it booted up! No need for fruitcake I guess, but I'm off to check out those Aura roms haha.
I hard bricked my first one it was also rooted and unlocked and att sent me a new on on,the warrenty for free
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Will do, thanks!
Oh snap! Phone just rebooted. Flashed the modified CWM via fastboot, cleared the userdata, cache & dalvik cache once more and it booted up! No need for fruitcake I guess, but I'm off to check out those Aura roms haha.
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well i'm glad you got your problem sorted out! before you flash any ROMs though, be sure to do a complete backup of your phone as it is right now. it'll help you in case of PDS corruption later on.
What exactly is PDS corruption? And what do you recommend I do a backup with? I've actually never done a backup for any of my many android devices.
EDIT: guessing nandroid, lol google ftw
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What exactly is PDS corruption? And what do you recommend I do a backup with? I've actually never done a backup for any of my many android devices.
EDIT: guessing nandroid, lol google ftw
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i'm sure you have CWM installed by now, use Romracer's and do a full backup of your device. just keep it on your phone, with a copy of it backed up on your computer.
the PDS partition is a place on our phone that holds a lot of information about our device, if it gets corrupted you can experience a lot of touchscreen issues. just better to be safe. i flash my phone every 2-3 days and haven't experienced anything, but other people have, so like i already said; better safe than sorry
YET ANOTHER UPDATE 1/9/2012:
MAJOR SUCCESS VIA THE FOLLOWING LINK: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21015556&postcount=6
THIS IS ACTUALLY A US CELLULAR SBF FLASH BUT I SUCCESSFULLY FLASHED THAT FILE TO MY PHOTONSTEIN AND MANAGED TO GET BOOTED ALL THE WAY INTO THE ANDROID/GOOGLE SETUP WIZARD.
NOW I AM ATTEMPTING TO FLASH A SPRINT 198_7 SBF.
UPDATE 1/9/2012:
I RECENTLY PURCHASED A EVO 3D FROM CRAIGSLIST TO REPLACE MY PHOTON. THEREFORE, I WILL KEEP MY PHOTON AS A LAB MOUSE TO TRY TO GET A HEART BEAT BACK INTO IT. THANKS FOR ALL THE EFFORT TO EVERYONE! I WILL KEEP THIS THREAD UPDATED UNTIL I EITHER GET MY "PHOTONSTEIN" WALKING AGAIN OR BURRIED IN THE BONE YARD WHICHEVER COMES FIRST.
UPDATE! I have had successful communication with the photon through android-sdk. I don't however have the correct img file to flash to the phone. Does anyone have any ideas?
Okay, I know I am somewhat of a newbee at this. But I followed all the steps and wound up with a brick. All I get is "Failed to boot 3" then "Starting RSD mode".
I tried flashing the "1FF-sunfire-user-2.3.4-4.5.1A-1_SUN-154_5-CM-release-keys-signed-Sprint-US.sbf" and it fails telling me that it failed to re-enumerate.
Am I screwed or does anyone have a suggestion?
Thanks.
try flashing the 198_7 sbf on rsd 5.5
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try flashing the 198_7 sbf on rsd 5.5
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Thanks, I'm downloading now. I will repost if successfull.
treetolber said:
Okay, I know I am somewhat of a newbee at this. But I followed all the steps and wound up with a brick. All I get is "Failed to boot 3" then "Starting RSD mode".
I tried flashing the "1FF-sunfire-user-2.3.4-4.5.1A-1_SUN-154_5-CM-release-keys-signed-Sprint-US.sbf" and it fails telling me that it failed to re-enumerate.
Am I screwed or does anyone have a suggestion?
Thanks.
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You may wish to consult this thread and completely read/watch everything.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1250697
You may also want to reinstall the drivers for your photon. I had the same problem and a quick driver reinstall fixed it.
It appears that I have either damaged or deleted the bootloader. Sprint won't touch it with a 10 foot pole. Does anyone know how to get the bootloader back to the device?
I am able to connect to it with RSD Lite but I can't flash anything.
treetolber said:
It appears that I have either damaged or deleted the bootloader. Sprint won't touch it with a 10 foot pole. Does anyone know how to get the bootloader back to the device?
I am able to connect to it with RSD Lite but I can't flash anything.
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Are you still getting "starting RSD mode"?
If you are, I think you're safe. I guess you're one of the many of us who flashed 2.3.5 pudding into their Photons. If that's the case you can follow a small tutorial i did here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21015556&postcount=6
Give it a shot and let me know how it goes.
You shouldn't need the bootloader at all actually. I had the same issue with my phone. I had to remove the SIM card and the SD card. Then when you put the battery back in Hold down the Power button and the Volume up button until it says RSD lite mode or something along those lines. Then connect it to your computer and run the RSD lite and select the proper factory ROM that you need to install back on your MOPHO. You will lose root access but your phone should be right back to all of the factory settings. I have done this multiple times to fix error that I got because I am new to Rooting my device and everything as well. I will give you links to where I was able to find some addition support as well.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1373135
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1202666
If all else fails call sprint and ask for an advanced exchange from tech support
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treetolber said:
Okay, I know I am somewhat of a newbee at this. But I followed all the steps and wound up with a brick. All I get is "Failed to boot 3" then "Starting RSD mode".
I tried flashing the "1FF-sunfire-user-2.3.4-4.5.1A-1_SUN-154_5-CM-release-keys-signed-Sprint-US.sbf" and it fails telling me that it failed to re-enumerate.
Am I screwed or does anyone have a suggestion?
Thanks.
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Where do you find build 154 for the photon?
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Has anyone had their photon just show the pulse Motorola logo and the power cycle it self back to the same screen?
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Wow there's been a **** ton of threads with "bricked" in the titles lately what are you guys doing lol.
Also not to be a douche but this isn't development. This thread should be in general or q&a next time.
I had the boot loop prob pwr+vol down get to stock recovery and wipe the phone worked for me
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TheGman125 said:
Where do you find build 154 for the photon?
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I'm not sure. I followed a link somewhere in the threads on this forum.
firtermish said:
Are you still getting "starting RSD mode"?
If you are, I think you're safe. I guess you're one of the many of us who flashed 2.3.5 pudding into their Photons. If that's the case you can follow a small tutorial i did here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21003839&postcount=9
Give it a shot and let me know how it goes.
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Well now my battery is dead and I don't have any way of charging it unless I take it to a Sprint store and have them charge it over night.
Thanks for all the help!
treetolber said:
Well now my battery is dead and I don't have any way of charging it unless I take it to a Sprint store and have them charge it over night.
Thanks for all the help!
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You can cut the end off of a charger strip the wires red on pos+ black on neg- and plug it in but don't leave it on longer than 20 min at a time cuz battery might over heat
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I can start the flash process but after a while the following message appears on the screen of the Photon: "sec_exception: b655, eddt, eb".
Then the flas process out and displays the following:
"Failed flashing process. Phone(000): Phone did not re-enumerate after RAM-downloader was sent. (0x703E); phone connected.
Has anyone seen this and recovered from it?
P.S. This is all with or without the SIM card and SD card inserted or removed.
TheGman125 said:
Where do you find build 154 for the photon?
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ShabbyPenguin has critical photon files hosted (and linked in his signature)
Photon Files
Download RSD Lite and 198_7 SBF from.
http://www.holylivingfuck.com/ACS/SBFs/
You should read this thread on more information about 198_7
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1202666
Make sure you have proper USB drivers for OS 64 or 32 bit installed, install RSD lite and follow the directions below.
Make sure your battery is greater than 50percent before doing any of this.
1) Fire off RSD lite, select the SBF you need 198_7 .
2) Hold down power and vol up till RSD mode comes up
3) Plug into usb then start the flashing sequence.. ( the whole process will take a while)
4) The process is done when RSD lite says manually power up the phone.. You may need to take the back off and pull the battery to restart it incase it doesnt power up on its own.
I wonder if you downloaded an incomplete sbf. Try flash 198-7sbf one more time or see if you can enter android recovery and wipe. Also. Check the motorola driver is installed correctly.
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I'm concerned my Photon is bricked and wanted to reach out to the community for some help. I recently came across a Photon running 2.3.5 which I know can't be unlocked with pudding. I was searching around for options and I came across this post. I was able to find the two SBF files for electrify on motosunfire.com. I know it says not for the Photon but the post I read before said it worked for them. I first tried the 2.3.4 and it failed re-emnumeration (Spelling?) so I figured I would go ahead and try the other. I used RSD Lite to flash the 2.3.5 and it failed to but I can't remember what it error message was. Now when I try to boot up the phone it hangs on the Motorola Dual Core logo. I can't get it to boot into fastboot or rsd mode. Without either of those or a normal boot I feel like I maybe screwed.... Any assistance would be welcomed!
PS I have tried Googling it and searching on XDA and nothing seems to work. RIght now I'm just letting the phone rest. I tried plugging it in to see if I can get the charging battery to show up and again it hung at the Motorola Dual Core screen. I know the battery should still have a good charge though.
WiredAnim said:
I'm concerned my Photon is bricked and wanted to reach out to the community for some help. I recently came across a Photon running 2.3.5 which I know can't be unlocked with pudding. I was searching around for options and I came across this post. I was able to find the two SBF files for electrify on motosunfire.com. I know it says not for the Photon but the post I read before said it worked for them. I first tried the 2.3.4 and it failed re-emnumeration (Spelling?) so I figured I would go ahead and try the other. I used RSD Lite to flash the 2.3.5 and it failed to but I can't remember what it error message was. Now when I try to boot up the phone it hangs on the Motorola Dual Core logo. I can't get it to boot into fastboot or rsd mode. Without either of those or a normal boot I feel like I maybe screwed.... Any assistance would be welcomed!
PS I have tried Googling it and searching on XDA and nothing seems to work. RIght now I'm just letting the phone rest. I tried plugging it in to see if I can get the charging battery to show up and again it hung at the Motorola Dual Core screen. I know the battery should still have a good charge though.
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I now have a similar problem. I'm a sprint User and was unlocked and rooted using Cyanogenmod 9 and needed to go back to stock. I followed QBKING77s guide on unbricking and going back to stock for your photon and it bricked my photon to rsd mode.
From there I tried flashing the other sbfs and still was bricked. I then saw that flashing another SBF file may get me out of the bootloop I was in on this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1849526
and now I can't get the phone into RSD mode to flash anything. The phone just hangs at the Dual core boot logo.
Any assistance in fixing my phone would be greatly appreciated.
Thank You.
You can check this. Hope this will Help.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1820371
daniel32 said:
You can check this. Hope this will Help.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1820371
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Thanks for the link but I have looked those over. My main issue is I can't get into RSD or fastboot...:crying:
What is the last SBF File that you have used? is it 2.3.5 usc_19? if thats the one, after you have SBF, it will say Failed but its OK. Next, Remove the Battery for some Minutes like 5mins, then put back on, wait some Minutes again, like 10mins, then it will continue, and you will have Electrify System. after that, you have too root, and bootstrap, and install stock rom of photon to get back.
1. RSD the USC_19.0 sbf
2. Root with Photon Torpedo
3. Install bootstrap apk
4. Bootstrap flash the Stock Photon 4.5.1A-1_SUN-254_13.zip
5. RSD the 2.3.5_45.4.13ota_unbrick.sbf
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30332325
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TRY THIS LINK:http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-hacks/62627-phone-wont-boot-stay-m-help.html
Some Important Files in this Link:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1798145
daniel32 said:
What is the last SBF File that you have used? is it 2.3.5 usc_19? if thats the one, after you have SBF, it will say Failed but its OK. Next, Remove the Battery for some Minutes like 5mins, then put back on, wait some Minutes again, like 10mins, then it will continue, and you will have Electrify System. after that, you have too root, and bootstrap, and install stock rom of photon to get back.
1. RSD the USC_19.0 sbf
2. Root with Photon Torpedo
3. Install bootstrap apk
4. Bootstrap flash the Stock Photon 4.5.1A-1_SUN-254_13.zip
5. RSD the 2.3.5_45.4.13ota_unbrick.sbf
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30332325
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Ya, that is the file I flashed. When I unplugged the phone and pulled the battery rsd lite stopped. I waited and hooked all back up but nothing started and I can't get in rsd to try and flash anything else. Thanks for all the help everyone I just want my photon to boot again!
WiredAnim said:
Ya, that is the file I flashed. When I unplugged the phone and pulled the battery rsd lite stopped. I waited and hooked all back up but nothing started and I can't get in rsd to try and flash anything else. Thanks for all the help everyone I just want my photon to boot again!
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Have you try This: Turn if off, then plug it in an outlet, wait to power it by itseft, then wait if it will continue to boot in System. Maybe the battery
seems not to be recognized or something.
Good news people it booted on its own. It is running Stock USC but it boots!!!
WiredAnim said:
Good news people it booted on its own. It is running Stock USC but it boots!!!
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The same thing just happened to me. Strange. Thanks for giving me hope and to wait it out.
I installed an app to change the boot animation on my Atrix 4g and when I rebooted to see it, all i get is the m logo with dual core technology under it. It is rooted and i didn't flash any new roms or anything. i wiped the cache partition from the recovery menu and also " wipe data/factory reset" but it still doesn't boot up.
its on android 2.3.6 build 4.5.141
please help me :crying:
Do you have recovery software?
Fervi
Just restore the system partition from the backup you SHOULD do before any modification and you will be good to go.
Otherwise, delete the faulty bootanimation and restore the original via adb on recovery and reboot.
There is also a no bootanimation option on build.prop, althrough I'm not sure if it's avaiable on 2.3
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i don't have any recovery software or backups made.
If you have fastboot option, you can install TWRP (or CWM) and then install other rom (like Motorola Atrix ICS [4.0])
Fervi
ferviverus said:
If you have fastboot option, you can install TWRP (or CWM) and then install other rom (like Motorola Atrix ICS [4.0])
Fervi
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and how would I accomplish this?
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Template:Recovery_install_fastboot
Remember - There is no guarantee that everything will go fine. You do it at your own risk
Fervi
ferviverus;54222742
Remember - There is no guarantee that everything will go fine. You do it at your own risk
Fervi[/QUOTE said:
whenever i type fastboot devices into command prompt even when it is connected and in fastboot it doesn't work.
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So I got fastboot and everything working. I think flashing the sbf with rsd lite might work, only problem is that whenever I try to download the sbf files it takes me to some ilivid download manager. Soo anyone know where I can download the actual sbf?
specter187 said:
So I got fastboot and everything working. I think flashing the sbf with rsd lite might work, only problem is that whenever I try to download the sbf files it takes me to some ilivid download manager. Soo anyone know where I can download the actual sbf?
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http://sbf.droid-developers.org/
Sent from my MB886 CM10.2/4.3.1
i think things just got worse
palmbeach05 said:
[ul]htt://sbfdroid-developers. org/[/url]
Sent from my MB886 CM10.2/4.3.1
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I tried flashing and now when I put my phone into rsd mode its says: failed to boot 1
PwrReason: PWR_KEY_PRESS
starting fastboot protocol support
and when I try to put it into fastboot my phone comes on says something and it turns off to quickly for me to see what the text says.
and when I just power on without pressing anything it says failed to boot 1 and that same confounded dooming m logo
I feel as though my atrix is unflashable or something.
specter187 said:
I tried flashing and now when I put my phone into rsd mode its says: failed to boot 1
PwrReason: PWR_KEY_PRESS
starting fastboot protocol support
and when I try to put it into fastboot my phone comes on says something and it turns off to quickly for me to see what the text says.
and when I just power on without pressing anything it says failed to boot 1 and that same confounded dooming m logo
I feel as though my atrix is unflashable or something.
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its actually in a state of i need to be unlocked and searching failed to boot 1 would have brought you to this - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1528729
the sbf download link from the forum link you posted doesn't work
A DEAD PAGE 404 ERROR
HIDE THE PIE!!!!
specter187 said:
the sbf download link from the forum link you posted doesn't work
A DEAD PAGE 404 ERROR
HIDE THE PIE!!!!
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Really? the mini sbf that I'm referring to is not a full sbf. it is a 1 MB file that you should get and do to obtain root.
Where in what you have said in this entire thread did you unlock the bootloader?
palmbeach05 said:
Really? the mini sbf that I'm referring to is not a full sbf. it is a 1 MB file that you should get and do to obtain root.
Where in what you have said in this entire thread did you unlock the bootloader?
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my bootloader isn't unlocked
specter187 said:
my bootloader isn't unlocked
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Then I would highly advise that you unlock your bootloader before any more help is given to you. I don't say that in a mean way, I say that in a strong recommendation way. Without that bootloader being unlocked, there is little help we can do to get you back up and running.
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Then I would highly advise that you unlock your bootloader before any more help is given to you. I don't say that in a mean way, I say that in a strong recommendation way. Without that bootloader being unlocked, there is little help we can do to get you back up and running.
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my bootloader is now unlocked
AVAAAAST YEE!
I HAVE SALVATION! MY PHONE IS ON! I HAVE SEEN THE MOTOBLUR SCREEN.
i am almost afraid now to root it
here goes nothing
specter187 said:
my bootloader is now unlocked
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delete, wifi on my end didn't post this when I originally did. congrats btw!
Update?
there is an update to upgrade it to 4.5.145 i tried and i got a failed to boot 4 starting rsd protocol support
but i fixed that. So can i not update a phone with unlocked bootloader? or is there some kind of run around?