Hi, all . . .
Quick version in bold below.
I've enjoyed my rooted Razr Maxx for many months now, but recently I did some tinkering of the kind that involved the warnings we're all familiar with, i.e., you might mess up your device. And, well, I did--but not in a way that was completely beyond redemption. I don't know what actually happened, but what I know is that after the Safestrap menu disappeared my phone no longer displayed anything, and it would hang during the boot sequence. I'd hear the Drooooid, see nothing, and then the phone would just remain in that non-displaying, unresponsive state until the battery was drained.
I have Safestrap 3.11 installed, thankfully, and I have a backup from several months ago I've been working with. I began hunting around for advice on how to rectify the problem. I tried wiping the cache, then restoring the system and data, then just the system, and each time I got the same problem. Finally, I created a new ROM slot and restored my backup to it--just the system. (System and data didn't work--I don't really know why.) Interestingly, this booted up just fine. Everything was as normal, except that I had to rebuild my profile/data/etc. from scratch.
So I thought, if that worked, then maybe I could wipe the stock ROM and restore just the system to it after the wipe. I tried it, and then had the same issue: no display after Safestrap, and then a hang.
So my question is, is there some way to get that stock ROM straightened out so I can use it as normal? Can I delete and recreate the stock ROM in Safestrap? Is there an obvious explanation for what is happening here?
I really do appreciate any advice you can give, because I'm a dabbler and not a developer, and that's probably a good part of the reason why I'm in this situation to begin with. Thanks!
Quick Version: I'm using Safestrap 3.11 and I messed up my stock ROM in such a way that I have no display after the Safestrap menu, and the phone hangs during boot. I managed to restore just the system to a different ROM slot and was able to start from scratch there, but I want to find out if there is a way to make my stock ROM whole again.
Thanks!
Can you try Matt's Utility to reinstall the stock rom and safestrap?
sherri said:
Can you try Matt's Utility to reinstall the stock rom and safestrap?
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I haven't yet, but I certainly can! I assume I can find a link to it here somewhere. If I can't find it, I'll let you know. Thanks!
KT
KilgoreTrout71 said:
I haven't yet, but I certainly can! I assume I can find a link to it here somewhere. If I can't find it, I'll let you know. Thanks!
KT
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Here is that utility but updated
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2861798
Just in case,if you can't find it
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Thanks, @welder73! Crazy day at work, didn't have time to look.
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Thanks, @welder73! Crazy day at work, didn't have time to look.
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No problem @Sherry,I have free time
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Thanks, both of you! I got the utility. I plan to try it out today sometime. We'll see how it goes!
Just so you know, the solution you suggested worked! What an excellent utility that is. Now I have my stock ROM back in working order and I have a ROM mod in ROM Slot 1 that I'm messing around with. Thanks again!
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I upgraded my Razr to the early ICS release months ago. I did lose some features that I had came to love in gingerbread. The guide I used said that at the time it unable to be reverted back, so I just lived with it.
I used my son's Razr that used the OTA upgrade, and it had the other features working correctly, so I was wanting to go to the newest version.
I followed the guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1735935 and got the "Preflash validation failure" on a couple of lines and an unable to find cdrom error during step 5.
Now it shows the dual core logo, and goes no-where else. I can see that the screen is on if I turn the lights off, but I am not able to get anywhere. I have also read the atrix forum http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1504323 about the errors. This site is becoming so massive that things are getting hard to find. I also followed some other suggestions on other sites, but still nothing.
There are so many people here saying that it was fixed in other ways, but I cannot tell which are considered out of date, and which I should try.
I do not currently care If I go to the newest version, or go to gingerbread and then accept the OTA from Verizon.
Please help.
Thanks for any help in advance.
Liquidd
Just fastboot to .211 then install .215 if you want. Done.
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I upgraded my Razr to the early ICS release months ago. I did lose some features that I had came to love in gingerbread. The guide I used said that at the time it unable to be reverted back, so I just lived with it.
I used my son's Razr that used the OTA upgrade, and it had the other features working correctly, so I was wanting to go to the newest version.
I followed the guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1735935 and got the "Preflash validation failure" on a couple of lines and an unable to find cdrom error during step 5.
Now it shows the dual core logo, and goes no-where else. I can see that the screen is on if I turn the lights off, but I am not able to get anywhere. I have also read the atrix forum http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1504323 about the errors. This site is becoming so massive that things are getting hard to find. I also followed some other suggestions on other sites, but still nothing.
There are so many people here saying that it was fixed in other ways, but I cannot tell which are considered out of date, and which I should try.
I do not currently care If I go to the newest version, or go to gingerbread and then accept the OTA from Verizon.
Please help.
Thanks for any help in advance.
Liquidd
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im so sorry to see my guide didnt work for you ,
your actually the first one ive had say anything lolz
just use this http://crackflasher.com/dev/mattlgroff/XT912.Verizon.en.US/DroidRAZRUtility/DroidRazrUtility1.8.zip and FastBoot Back to .211 then go where every you need from there
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im so sorry to see my guide didnt work for you ,
your actually the first one ive had say anything lolz
just use this http://crackflasher.com/dev/mattlgroff/XT912.Verizon.en.US/DroidRAZRUtility/DroidRazrUtility1.8.zip and FastBoot Back to .211 then go where every you need from there
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That worked. THANK YOU so very much. I was worried that I might have a brick for a while.
What do you consider the easiest way to flash a rom like one of these? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1518519 I do like the verizon stock, I just hate the verizon apps being forced into my rom.
I do not mind reading and following directions if you can provide link I would be thankful, I am just so unsure with so many different people saying different things here and other sites.
I appreciate your help.
Thanks, Liquidd.
Im at work right now but when i get home ill right up a guide for you
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I too like the stock version. What I did and found it works pretty good is use matts utility to root it. I think there's a specific version for .211 and one for. 215. Then get titanium backup and freeze all the bloat ware apps you don't want running. If you do someday want them jut unfreeze them, that easy.
From how I understand it, is freezing them pretty much disables them from starting and ever running, pretty much like they aren't even installed on there. This method has worked great for me and maybe saves battery because your phone never even starts them in the background. Also when there's an OTA I think it checks for certain VZW apps and if they're not installed it won't take the OTA. with TI backup you can just unfreeze them and take the OTA. Hope this helps.
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I don't like to mess with the phone with leaks and custom roms.. So i use tibu to freeze things i don't use.
Remember, the key weird us freeze, nit delete or uninstall.. Or u will have hell of u need to update future ota..
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Root, install safestrap 2.0, open app and install recovery, reboot phone, when greeted by new recovery prompt press menu button, in recovery create a backup, scroll down and toggle safe system (enable safe system aka dual boot from sd card), format system, wipe data and cache, install the rom of your choice and enjoy!
If you ever want to run stock rom again, just toggle safe system again from recovery (disable it)...phone will boot phone rom again.
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Thanks for your help everyone. I appreciate everything.
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Ok, so my Droid RAZR MAXX is still on Android 4.0.4. It is rooted and I've tried SO MANY different things to do the OTA update. Most recently I backed everything up, temp un-rooted & did a factory data reset, then tried updating again. I may have removed a program with TitaniumBackup so the update may be failing the check. Though I don't know how to see which program was removed.
How do I manually update to stock 4.1.2? Yes, I searched but I either didn't find it or I did and it got lost among the many tabs I had open trying to find the answer.
help...
Have you tried this? http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php/t...inux-all-in-one/page__pid__227369#entry227369
I did see that before I was ready to wipe everything on my phone and forgot about it, I'll give it a try.
Ok, so that worked. Wow, wish I tried that a long time ago. Thanks!
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Ok, so my Droid RAZR MAXX is still on Android 4.0.4. It is rooted and I've tried SO MANY different things to do the OTA update. Most recently I backed everything up, temp un-rooted & did a factory data reset, then tried updating again. I may have removed a program with TitaniumBackup so the update may be failing the check. Though I don't know how to see which program was removed.
How do I manually update to stock 4.1.2? Yes, I searched but I either didn't find it or I did and it got lost among the many tabs I had open trying to find the answer.
help...
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Wow, I am having the exact same issue. Matter of fact I posted here too but did not get a reply but have seen the utility you used. Guess I will give that a shot. Of course I already did a factory reset and to no avail, it didn't work. Not sure what I could have done to cause the issue with no OTA success, but I will now try the Utility. Glad you posted and someone answered.
Matt's Utility is amazing. Saved me a lot of time trying to fix problems and its a one stop shop for the OTA update and rooting your phone. Just be aware that this puts you on the .16 kernel and I only know of 6 roms that will work with it right now and not put you in a boot loop (which was my orig problem.)
renrut23 said:
Matt's Utility is amazing. Saved me a lot of time trying to fix problems and its a one stop shop for the OTA update and rooting your phone. Just be aware that this puts you on the .16 kernel and I only know of 6 roms that will work with it right now and not put you in a boot loop (which was my orig problem.)
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http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php/t...l-switch-between-jellybean-kernels-with-ease/
You can use that to take you to the .8 leak so you can install ROMs based on the leak
Okay so I am a newbie to rooting and have safestrap and rom toolbox on my phone and a few other things. I backed up my data and system of my stock rom. I then booted back into my stock with no problem . I then proceeded to make boot back to safestrap and make a rom, because I realized that I needed a rom to fool around in. I made the rom and realized that I needed a an actual downloaded rom.zip to make it work. The video I watched was very misleading, and I didn't pay attention to well, so I feel very ****ty for possibly ending my phone. So I pressed on my stock rom to activate and resumed to press the reboot the system and saw NO OS! I thought easy fix and tried to restore from the back up I made when I started this. It did its thing and failed over and over saying unable to mount /data , /cache , /system. I now don't know what to do. Is there a way to get the OS back. What did I do wrong? I really need help, I know I'm so stupid for making these mistakes didnt know fully what I was doing. Please help me get this thing back up and runnin.
Btw The software is jellybean 4.1.2 if you need to ask me any questions feel free. Thank you
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Btw The software is jellybean 4.1.2 if you need to ask me any questions feel free. Thank you
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If you have an XT912, use Matt's Utility from the dev section to flash your stock ROM back.
Read carefully before proceeding.
You'll need to install Moto drivers.
neo.ank said:
If you have an XT912, use Matt's Utility from the dev section to flash your stock ROM back.
Read carefully before proceeding.
You'll need to install Moto drivers.
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Would I just run the jellybean no wipe data official software? . And I'm still in safestrap menu. Can't leave that.
Ok so I seem to have fixed the problem by shutting my phone down holding power, and booting in to ap fastboot, i realized my phone wasnt recognized by the computer, had a heart attack and booted back into normal mode. i then loaded into safestrap again and saw that all the memory was showing for my stock rom, then i rebooted the system and didnt get the no OS message , idk what happened or why it did this, can anyone possible explain? thank you
Glad you fixed..
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Short long story (well maybe not..) , a couple a days ago my Jelly Beans started acting weird, the issue was that my phone couldnt recognize the sim card and the cd card, I assumed it because I took pictures in the shower not a while ago, so I pulled out my sim card and my cd card off their deserved places, and I blew hair into the holes with my mouth, that wasnt the brightest idea since I could blew fluid into it, but, after that, my phone started repeatedly forcing closing com.android.phone, I toggled all the solutions on google I could find, but neither of them helped. so I just froze my phone app through Titanium Backup, and started looking for my own solution, like installing the app all over again through recovery and etc.
My final solution was to install the rom update I had on my int-card, hoping it would restore and recover the damaged phone application, but it ended up as my phone not booting at all.
So I went on installing a new clean Jelly Beans rom on my Razr through RSD, but no matter what I do, I keep getting the same issue.
My phone passes the M logo, but it wont even load the boot animation or the system it self.
I tried many things, and non of them worked.
I made a huge research on google and on this website to identify a way to get over my issue, but I have checked everything, and I couldnt even find someone who had the issue I am having.
But theres a strange thing, I apperently can go into boot only if I turn up my device only through BP tools, but I cant if I just turn on my phone in the normal mode!
If any of you ever encountered a thing like that, and ever solved the puzzle behind the problem, I'd glad and thankful for whoever shares it in the thread!
short long story:
UGHH MY PHONE WONT TURN UPPP ANYBODY PLEASE HLEP MEE GAHHHHHH MY PARENTS WILL KILL ME FOR SUREEEEE whAT DO I DOOOOOO I NEED MY WHATSUPPP
You erased you cid?
If not, you need the same JB version you were running before the issues.
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neo.ank said:
You erased you cid?
If not, you need the same JB version you were running before the issues.
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I am not quite sure if my action of applying an update on my current system through the recovery earased my cid.
I did try to reinstall the cid, but I couldnt find an cid image for my phone after a hopeless research on the forums.
I'll try to install a temporary recovery, install the update again, and if not, I'll try to restore a backup of my system and see what happens.
I'll come back with results.
I might edit my comment, or reply if this thread would not get any new comments on it.
CID is the unique id of the device.
However, try to find the same JB version you were running.
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neo.ank said:
CID is the unique id of the device.
However, try to find the same JB version you were running.
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Apparently installing the BMM recovery fixed my issue.
lmao
Now it boots perfectly to the system in the normal mode.
Now I am going to restore my backup, and again, try find a solution for my phone prob-oh.. I apparently lost my backup and I cannot lost it anymore.
Well, it seems like I got to start everything...
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Is kitkat Cnayogen mod rom recommended yet?
Yes, it is recommended.
Coupled with JBX kernel, its runs butter smooth.
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Yes, it is recommended.
Coupled with JBX kernel, its runs butter smooth.
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Thanks friend!! Which JBX kernel should I also choose if my firmware stands right now on jelly beans? the 3.x for android 4.4? which should I install first? the cyanogen or the kernel?
And by the way, I got another question! my phone had this message "CustomerID error,Contact Dealer" text on startup for like an entire year since I installed the BMM, I guess its because I accidently erased my cid, but I dont think I even got the cid anymore.
Is there someway to regenerate a new one? I dont care much about the cid ID, I just want to get rid of the message if it isnt much of a big deal~
ExtraDan said:
Thanks friend!! Which JBX kernel should I also choose if my firmware stands right now on jelly beans? the 3.x for android 4.4? which should I install first? the cyanogen or the kernel?
And by the way, I got another question! my phone had this message "CustomerID error,Contact Dealer" text on startup for like an entire year since I installed the BMM, I guess its because I accidently erased my cid, but I dont think I even got the cid anymore.
Is there someway to regenerate a new one? I dont care much about the cid ID, I just want to get rid of the message if it isnt much of a big deal~
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After you flash the ROM. Chose the JBX for Kitkat.
However just make sure BMM supports latest KK Roms. It has not been updated for long..
As for the CID, you cannot recover it once deleted. You have to live with the error.
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neo.ank said:
After you flash the ROM. Chose the JBX for Kitkat.
However just make sure BMM supports latest KK Roms. It has not been updated for long..
As for the CID, you cannot recover it once deleted. You have to live with the error.
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Thanks! I installed it and every thing went fine, I am not sure if my BMM supported the latest roms, but if I cant boot into my system, then it does support, right?
And for the cid, well, alright, I can live with that error, it just would make my startup look less fancy I guess.
I am looking forward the Ara project anyway, so I wouldn't stay forever with my precious baby razr.
Yes, don't worry abt it. It should work fine
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neo.ank said:
Yes, don't worry abt it. It should work fine
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Thanks again mate, I am now enjoying my new fancy dandy system!
Thanks for cooping along!
Have a good day!
Hey Guys not sure if this is the right place to post this. I have an issue actually my Razr xt910 suddenly freezes or crashes and it's screen goes black and never get back to.it's normal state. I will have to reboot it every 5,10 minutes because of this problem. Also some of my apps are not working properly. I used Lagfix to fix these issue but Lagfix is also not working with my /system partition. It says that there is a problem with my Kernel or Hardware. Please help... Any help would be really appreciated.
SiB.PK said:
Hey Guys not sure if this is the right place to post this. I have an issue actually my Razr xt910 suddenly freezes or crashes and it's screen goes black and never get back to.it's normal state. I will have to reboot it every 5,10 minutes because of this problem. Also some of my apps are not working properly. I used Lagfix to fix these issue but Lagfix is also not working with my /system partition. It says that there is a problem with my Kernel or Hardware. Please help... Any help would be really appreciated.
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Have you tried SBFing or using the Droid Razr Utility to flash it to stock and start over again?
Is your device rooted?
What carrier are you on?
Have you tried to do a factory reset?
There is Greenify too for dealing with unruly apps. But it really depends on if you are rooted and the extent of what you are willing to try.
Personally when my ROMS go south. I use what you can find at this link to restore it back to default. You dont need to root or install SS if you dont like that. It uses FASTBOOT to start over.
I would try going to factory first. Then doing an SBF or using the Droid utility from the link above. But dont hate me if something goes wrong. Just trying to help.
I have problems all the time with my device and Im just holding on till I can afford to buy a developer edition phone or something.
If you havent ROM'd your phone the utility in the link above is a quick easy start.