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[Q] [SOLVED] AP Fastboot Flash Mode (s) (Boot Failure)

Ok so here's the rundown. I was trying my hand at making the elder scrolls:daedric runes font work for my phone. Got it pretty close, was using fresh type to change some of the preinstalled system fonts. (if you have any idea how i can install a custom font package that would be wonderful as well). but anyway, it asks me to reboot then bam, won't start up.
after reboot after reboot, i decide to say screw it, i pop it into recovery mode and factory reset it. I figure oh well, not much gets lost. turn it back on, still no luck. I give it another go, no luck that time either, i remove both the sim and the SD card and go again, still no money.
At this point i download the full fxz, and RSD lite 5.5 and i boot up into AP fastboot mode and procede to start flashing. Goes well till it hits about step 13 or 14 when then it says fail. I try to restart the phone thinking no big, it probably doesn't need webtop just to boot, now it says
Invalid CG OTV (CG: system): Invalid SP Data
Invalid CG OTV (CG: webtop): Invalid SP Data
Invalid CG Version (CG: webtop)
Invalid CG OTV (CG: webtop)
To make matters worse, regardless of what i try to flash ( at this point i'm not even sure if it's flashing) nothing seems to bring it past the AP Fastboot start screen. I've tried the minimal version, the full version with rsd lite. I've tried the standalone fastboot transfer method by moving each image file individually with the ADB daemon. What's infuriating is that each flash says success except for the full FXZ... yet it still never boots past the AP fastboot screen. I might be missing something, i was browsing the forum looking for answers nothing is coming up.
Ran across a few posts about a locked bootloader. Would that have any affect on this? Another few bits of useful info, my battery is full, i have an external charger, i'm running this on a laptop, i have access to a desktop but it's my room mate's and is in his room so i want to disturb him as little as possible, so unless it makes a profound difference i'd like to use my laptop. Any info would be great guys.
Looking forward to some help. I'm about exhausted.

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I've already tried that, and just tried again, finishes, says okay on all steps then when it asks me to root it reboots and goes to the same screen as i mentioned in OP.

bump?............

Solved it. For future reference, if the problem isn't solved with one click root you'll need to use the full version of the fxz. In addition, using the back of a desktop vs a Laptop makes ALL the difference! USE A DESKTOP.

Generalkenobi_2 said:
Solved it. For future reference, if the problem isn't solved with one click root you'll need to use the full version of the fxz. In addition, using the back of a desktop vs a Laptop makes ALL the difference! USE A DESKTOP.
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where can you find the full fxz anymore? every link i click on for it says to contact administrator....can only find the minimal one without problem

Generalkenobi_2 said:
Solved it. For future reference, if the problem isn't solved with one click root you'll need to use the full version of the fxz. In addition, using the back of a desktop vs a Laptop makes ALL the difference! USE A DESKTOP.
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i was able to get my Bionic to the point where i want it..however, whenever the phone powers up or reboots, it ALWAYS goes to the AP Fastboot Screen with the "flash failure" message...i have to turn the phone back off, hold both volume buttons down, press the power button, go into the menu screen and choose "normal POWERUP" and things go along fine.....what can i do to repair my Fastboot function so i don't have to go through this procedure every time. Have tried RSD Lite, but get the same flash failed message

kbatrph said:
i was able to get my Bionic to the point where i want it..however, whenever the phone powers up or reboots, it ALWAYS goes to the AP Fastboot Screen with the "flash failure" message...i have to turn the phone back off, hold both volume buttons down, press the power button, go into the menu screen and choose "normal POWERUP" and things go along fine.....what can i do to repair my Fastboot function so i don't have to go through this procedure every time. Have tried RSD Lite, but get the same flash failed message
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I need help with this as well my bionic is doing the same thing. Im supposed to be selling it has anyone found a fix for this..?

all you have to do is successfully flash any file and it will stop giving you the flash failure message
IE pick a file flash it using fastboot and voila problem solved. I know this because i ran into this issue when messing with my bootloader research.

Flashing
I went back to stock and applied the update. I tried to root and failed so I tried to flash back to stock. I am stuck entering fastboot like you guys. I can start the phone in recovery but I am looking for a fix. I see that you wrote flash any file to get it to stop. Can you provide some specifics on how you did this and what file you flashed. The one I tried to flash will end in flash failure.

yeah sure:
put the files from the fxz in same folder as adb and fastboot. Reboot into fastboot mode make sure you have drivers for phone.
fastboot flash devtree device_tree.bin
simple and will not loose a thing doing this one.
should clear up your flash failure.

See attached file

denpth said:
yeah sure:
put the files from the fxz in same folder as adb and fastboot. Reboot into fastboot mode make sure you have drivers for phone.
fastboot flash devtree device_tree.bin
simple and will not loose a thing doing this one.
should clear up your flash failure.
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ii get an error
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DDRR2 said:
See attached file
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wont flash...wonder what someones suppose to do with that rar file???

can someone post the fill FXZ and how to flash it? I am hosed at Boot Failure

smilepak said:
can someone post the fill FXZ and how to flash it? I am hosed at Boot Failure
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just got done fixing this isue myself with the bionic pathsaver method. make sure you read and follow all directions and it will work

DDRR2 said:
See attached file
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I don't think anybody acknowledged that this works. Thank you to the developer.
I'm having the same issue updating from 886 to 893. The flash fails then boots up to the flash failure screen every time. This is fixed easily with the app above.

DDRR2 said:
See attached file
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I can't thank you enough for this. When we get to heaven we'll meet Jesus, St. Peter, all the awesome devs out there and you my friend.

thanks that worked like a charm.

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wrong place sorry

Need Boot Help

I have two droid 3's and I rooted them both and went to install a blue theme on one of them from the rom manager app and it worked great, so I did it on my second one, too. When it was in the reboot process it never finished bootoing and it stopped at the red M. All it shows is the boot logo, not the boot animation. I have tried flashing it with rsd lite, but it always fails. Is there any other ideas as to what I should do?

You need to get rsdlite working(does it work on the other phone?). Get the drivers installed from motohelper (or reinstall) if needed, get the phone into ap fastboot and sbf to stock and go from there. Check this thread on users with the same issue.

Willis111 said:
You need to get rsdlite working(does it work on the other phone?). Get the drivers installed from motohelper (or reinstall) if needed, get the phone into ap fastboot and sbf to stock and go from there.
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Yes, the theme works on the other phone. I will get the drivers and try again and will get back to you. Thanks for the help so far.

RaTTeDH said:
Yes, the theme works on the other phone. I will get the drivers and try again and will get back to you. Thanks for the help so far.
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I meant rsdlite, have you ever used it with either phone without having an issue? I edited my previous post, added a link you might want to check out.

Instead of RSD Lite, I'd suggest using the quick unbricking script. It works for XT862 (maybe why Willis didn't recommend it). I have a mirror of it below. It's a ~450MB .zip file that is NOT flashable from the phone, but must be unzipped onto your desktop where you then boot into AP Fastboot, connect with the stock cable, and run a batch file from the download and it'll restore the phone's software to box stock in about 5 minutes.
http://minus.com/mB0zknQrL/

I have never used RSDLite before. So I do not know if it works. But when I am flashing it with the stock 5.6.890 it fails at step 5. It reboots the bootloader. But it fails always at step 5. Let me try the other replys...

redsox985 said:
Instead of RSD Lite, I'd suggest using the quick unbricking script. It works for XT862 (maybe why Willis didn't recommend it). I have a mirror of it below. It's a ~450MB .zip file that is NOT flashable from the phone, but must be unzipped onto your desktop where you then boot into AP Fastboot, connect with the stock cable, and run a batch file from the download and it'll restore the phone's software to box stock in about 5 minutes.
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I have downloaded this and tried this. When I run the application moto.fastboot.exe it takes like 30 seconds and when I run the batcch file it immediately finishes and says moto fastboot is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable file or command. And finishes immediately. Sigh.

redsox985 said:
Instead of RSD Lite, I'd suggest using the quick unbricking script. It works for XT862 (maybe why Willis didn't recommend it). I have a mirror of it below. It's a ~450MB .zip file that is NOT flashable from the phone, but must be unzipped onto your desktop where you then boot into AP Fastboot, connect with the stock cable, and run a batch file from the download and it'll restore the phone's software to box stock in about 5 minutes.
http://minus.com/mB0zknQrL/
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The unbrick script will flash a vzw rom to your xt860 and have you stuck at the M logo anyways so I wouldn't suggest trying that. If you haven't used rsdlite before and are having trouble with it now you probably need to install the drivers from the motohelper software.
1./ download the drivers (from motorola)
2./ shutdown phone and turn it on by hold m + power
3./ select ap fastboot mode, enter and plug your phone into the computer ignoring any add new hardware
4./ start the driver install and follow it through
5./ unplug and replug your phone with computer leaving it fastboot mode.
Rsdlite should show your device under listed devices when you start it up at this point and allow you to flash w/e rom. I would suggest using the iucell or brazil retail fastboot files from the xt860 fastboot thread to get your phone up.

I fixed it using CMD in Windows flashing some stuff. Thanks guys!

[Q] yet another soft bricked bionic

I love my bionic, and it has plenty of life left in it. Except for the fact that I screwed it up. Here's what happened: I had it rooted, had bootstap installed, backed up my system using the bootsrap recovery, and then tried to install a CM 10.1 zip file I found from somewhere on these forums. It gets to the load screen and then I see the blue CM wheel that NEVER stops turning (at least not within the 4 hours or so I let it run). No problem I say, I'll just reload my backup. Oh wait, you need a working system to do that. DOH!! So now, if I let it boot normally I get the perpetual CM boot screen. I've downloaded several other ROMs and tried to use the stock recovery to install them but it keeps saying "signiture not verified" or some such other nonsense which leads me to believe that's not an option. I've spent quite a bit of energy googling and going through forums on how to fix this, but all I can find are how to's with old outdated links.
If someone has a current link to whatever .xfz file I need or some other magical way to fix this, I would be indebted to you. As I said, I love this phone (it still looks and functions like new otherwise) and it seems like in it's current state I should be able to fix it somehow but I may be on my way to the Verizon store a little earlier than planned if I cant figure this out. Any takers?

Sounds very similiar to my issue.. no response to mine yet either.

Here's a link for your RSD
http://sbf.droid-developers.org/cdma_targa/VRZ_XT875_6.7.246.XT875.Verizon.en.US_CFC_01.xml.zip
Use RSD Lite to restore your phone. Google is your friend. Read & follow all instructions. I am in no way responsible for what you do to your phone.
Best of luck!

Low battery when trying to program bootloader.
Ok, I made somewhat of a noob mistake here. I read somewhere that there was an ICS ROM that could be flashed on the safe side using Bootstrap. Thing is, I couldn't remember or find the one I'd read about. Long story short, I flashed Icarus 1.8.3 on safe side using Bootstrap, which didn't work. I wiped everything there is to, including System. Big No No. Phone no likey Icarus on safe side (I know, the instructions said Safestrap 3.11 only). My question, other than buying a spare battery charger to charge the battery without the phone, can I charge it using the phone? I can boot into stock recovery, bootloader, and the screen where you select Normal Boot, Fast Flash, etc. I'll buy the charger if need be, but I'd rather not shell out the $50 or so for it if I don't have to. Thanks in advance.

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Edited to reflect personal unbrick success:
For those of you looking for a way to flash the SBF/FXZ file from within a Linux environment:
There's a "manual" method suggested at a different site using fastboot; unzip the zip archive (SBF file) and flash the listed/pertinent files/images individually to the device. It's still written up with windows-users in mind, but I don't see why it wouldn't work in Linux. Hope that helps someone.
Here's the jist of the commands that were involved in succesfully unbricking my Droid Bionic using the appropriate SBF file for my Android version:​
Code:
fastboot flash mbm allow-mbmloader-flashing-mbm.bin
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash mbmloader mbmloader.bin
fastboot flash mbm mbm.bin
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash cdt.bin cdt.bin
fastboot erase cache
fastboot erase userdata
fastboot flash lbl lbl
fastboot flash ebr ebr
fastboot flash mbr mbr
fastboot flash devtree device_tree.bin
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot flash cdrom cdrom
fastboot flash preinstall preinstall.img
fastboot flash webtop grfs.img (skip this step if you are using a JB fxz)
fastboot flash radio radio.img
fastboot reboot
Obviously, don't forget that you have to be in fastboot mode to use the `fastboot` command (Hardware keys: VolUp +Power)
**Once again, I was lucky enough to stumble upon a posting by someone else on androidforums. Feel free to check it out at the above-mentioned link, perhaps you could adapt it to your own situation in times of despair.

Remember, that RSD file is an ICS ROM. If you already have JB on your Bionic, (most do) do not attempt flashing the ICS RSD or you will most likely "hard brick" your Bionic

Mr. HQ said:
Remember, that RSD file is an ICS ROM. If you already have JB on your Bionic, (most do) do not attempt flashing the ICS RSD or you will most likely "hard brick" your Bionic
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Yup...they have a neatly organized list view of the SBF files, for all of the different android versions for the Droid Bionic (XT875), as well as a huge number of other devices.
Here's the section for the Bionic: http://sbf.droid-developers.org/cdma_targa/list.php

I can't exactly speak for how to solve the original problem, but for others who may search here. I use safestrap on my phones (3 between the kids and I all Bionics) and I put a newer version of Cyanogenmod on one phone just yesterday and I had the same problem. after trying a few things and still having the stuck boot, I deleted the ROM1 (this was the ROM slot I was using) slot and re-created it. Next I reinstalled CM10.1.3 and it booted. Safestrap is a great way to flash custom ROMS in my opinion I would recommend it highly!

Thanks for this one
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Remember, that RSD file is an ICS ROM. If you already have JB on your Bionic, (most do) do not attempt flashing the ICS RSD or you will most likely "hard brick" your Bionic
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Glad I read this post....

Xt875 hard brick
I know that this thread is pretty old and I figure I'd try it out just incase. I hard brick my droid bionic and now it does not boot up at all i tried to install a firmware and I believe it was the wrong one and now the screen is blank there's still a lot of battery life in it before it brick how can I fix this. Is this where I use the jtag or whatever it's called to unbrick. Phone does not boot up can't access ab fastbooy or recovery

SPheDaGhost said:
I know that this thread is pretty old and I figure I'd try it out just incase. I hard brick my droid bionic and now it does not boot up at all i tried to install a firmware and I believe it was the wrong one and now the screen is blank there's still a lot of battery life in it before it brick how can I fix this. Is this where I use the jtag or whatever it's called to unbrick. Phone does not boot up can't access ab fastbooy or recovery[/
are you sure your battery is good? you need to externally charge your bat, sometimes when phone is not functioning properly the bat will rapidly discharge, i dont know how clever you are but you can cut the end off an old charger and achieve a recharge by cleverly connecting the cut off leads to the bat
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Have a external battery charger
hugh a said:
SPheDaGhost said:
I know that this thread is pretty old and I figure I'd try it out just incase. I hard brick my droid bionic and now it does not boot up at all i tried to install a firmware and I believe it was the wrong one and now the screen is blank there's still a lot of battery life in it before it brick how can I fix this. Is this where I use the jtag or whatever it's called to unbrick. Phone does not boot up can't access ab fastbooy or recovery[/
are you sure your battery is good? you need to externally charge your bat, sometimes when phone is not functioning properly the bat will rapidly discharge, i dont know how clever you are but you can cut the end off an old charger and achieve a recharge by cleverly connecting the cut off leads to the bat
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I have a external batter charger (see attachment) already, although I do know how to make one myself. It was less time consuming to go to the store and buy one. Plus it was only 5 bucks which isn't that bad. This external battery charger also displays the percent of battery life remaining. But I'll do what you suggest and see if that works out. Another strange thing is that if I plug the usb cord without the battery the charging (white) light comes on, which before it never did.
I know that the bionic droid xt875 uses the targa firmwares. I crashed my device flashing the spyder given to me by a source here on this forum. I was trying use my bionic with a gsm network so I follow this other guide. before I had followed this guide I had run through the proper proceedures of edit build.prop and radiocomm nv edit...etc.etc.. I was only managing to get no service on the HWB so I found an article pertaining to my particular model and tried it and subsequently it failed and now I'm stuck with a nice little paper weight.
Any other suggestions with this matter would be greatly appreciated. I'll keep you posted if the conditions changes.
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[Q] Flash back to Stock

Hi guys, I'll just start things off with saying that I am far from being anywhere near as technologically advanced as the majority of you so I would like your help if possible.
I had wanted to flash back to Stock and unroot my Moto X but for some reason I had gone into TWRP and decided to delete everything. Now every time I try to reboot from TWRP, it'll just say that the phone does not have an OS Installed and therefore if I reboot it, it will just stay on the 'Warning Bootloader Unlocked" screen.
I've read quite a few threads on various forums but I am unable to get my laptop to recognise the device in fastboot. That's my only problem so far as I've downloaded the Motorola Device Manager and all those other things but still cannot get my laptop to show the device for me to put the files into. When I plug it in, I am able to hear the sound and the device recognizes that it's been plugged in but I can't see it on my laptop.
Any and all help is GREATLY appreciated. Thanks guys and forgive my ignorance.
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boss. said:
Hi guys, I'll just start things off with saying that I am far from being anywhere near as technologically advanced as the majority of you so I would like your help if possible.
I had wanted to flash back to Stock and unroot my Moto X but for some reason I had gone into TWRP and decided to delete everything. Now every time I try to reboot from TWRP, it'll just say that the phone does not have an OS Installed and therefore if I reboot it, it will just stay on the 'Warning Bootloader Unlocked" screen.
I've read quite a few threads on various forums but I am unable to get my laptop to recognise the device in fastboot. That's my only problem so far as I've downloaded the Motorola Device Manager and all those other things but still cannot get my laptop to show the device for me to put the files into. When I plug it in, I am able to hear the sound and the device recognizes that it's been plugged in but I can't see it on my laptop.
Any and all help is GREATLY appreciated. Thanks guys and forgive my ignorance.
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You don't put files on the phone and you don't use twrp. Follow the instructions in the return to 100% stock thread.

samwathegreat said:
You don't put files on the phone and you don't use twrp. Follow the instructions in the return to 100% stock thread.
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I've tried following the steps but I was unsure of step 3 where it says to download and install the proper firmware for the device but still unsure on how to install it. RSD Lite won't pick up the device nor will it show up when I type 'adb devices' in CMD. And finally, how do I go about turning on USB debugging when it won't boot up past the bootloader unlock screen?
Appreciate the help
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boss. said:
I've tried following the steps but I was unsure of step 3 where it says to download and install the proper firmware for the device but still unsure on how to install it. RSD Lite won't pick up the device nor will it show up when I type 'adb devices' in CMD. And finally, how do I go about turning on USB debugging when it won't boot up past the bootloader unlock screen?
Appreciate the help
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Turn the phone off. Unplug it. Hold down VOL DOWN, and press power. The phone will boot into the bootloader. This is how you flash with rsd lite.
Adb does not work in bootloader, and isn't used for this. Once in bootloader (ap fastboot mode), rsd lite should recognize the device.
Make absolutely sure you do not downgrade to a previous version (you will brick), and make sure you flash the correct firmware for YOUR device/carrier.
You can only flash the same version or higher than what you were on before you erased everything.

samwathegreat said:
Turn the phone off. Unplug it. Hold down VOL DOWN, and press power. The phone will boot into the bootloader. This is how you flash with rsd lite.
Adb does not work in bootloader, and isn't used for this. Once in bootloader (ap fastboot mode), rsd lite should recognize the device.
Make absolutely sure you do not downgrade to a previous version (you will brick), and make sure you flash the correct firmware for YOUR device/carrier.
You can only flash the same version or higher than what you were on before you erased everything.
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Thanks for the help! Unfortunately RSD Lite doesn't recognise the device in bootloader. Am I supposed to put the files into a certain place for things to start working properly and is it also because I'm using windows 8.1? I've already installed the Motorola Device Manager as well.
Really sorry for all the questions - complete newbie right here
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boss. said:
Thanks for the help! Unfortunately RSD Lite doesn't recognise the device in bootloader. Am I supposed to put the files into a certain place for things to start working properly and is it also because I'm using windows 8.1? I've already installed the Motorola Device Manager as well.
Really sorry for all the questions - complete newbie right here
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You said you downloaded moto device manager... Did you install it? If so you are one of the unlucky ones and will have to use the manual method with fastboot and mfastboot. Take it slow and follow the instructions. Leave out the config carrier line.
To make sure fastboot is working, type fastboot devices while in bootloader mode.

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You said you downloaded moto device manager... Did you install it? If so you are one of the unlucky ones and will have to use the manual method with fastboot and mfastboot. Take it slow and follow the instructions. Leave out the config carrier line.
To make sure fastboot is working, type fastboot devices while in bootloader mode.
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Oh okay that makes sense. Yeah I had installed but still nothing. Okay, I'll try the manual method, thanks heaps!
I've typed it fastboot devices in CMD and it came up with T017500PDP fastboot. I assume that's good? Haha
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boss. said:
Oh okay that makes sense. Yeah I had installed but still nothing. Okay, I'll try the manual method, thanks heaps!
I've typed it fastboot devices in CMD and it came up with T017500PDP fastboot. I assume that's good? Haha
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Yes perfect.
Run one command at a time - copy/paste them.
Remember to use mfastboot for system.img - regular fastboot will NOT work. Also remember to skip the config carrier command.

samwathegreat said:
Yes perfect.
Run one command at a time - copy/paste them.
Remember to use mfastboot for system.img - regular fastboot will NOT work. Also remember to skip the config carrier command.
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You my friend are a legend. Last round (hopefully) of questions though: where the code says to type in fastboot flash .... .gpt.bin and all those other things, am I supposed to put the files somewhere in particular? Because just regularly typing them into CMD comes up with (bootloader) Variable not supported! Then error: cannot open 'gtp.bin' or cannot open 'recovery.img' and so on but on the phone it says getvar partition-type:recovery or boot and so on.
Also the when the instructions say to use mfastboot, CMD says that it is not recognized as an internal or external command. Thanks!
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boss. said:
You my friend are a legend. Last round (hopefully) of questions though: where the code says to type in fastboot flash .... .gpt.bin and all those other things, am I supposed to put the files somewhere in particular? Because just regularly typing them into CMD comes up with (bootloader) Variable not supported! Then error: cannot open 'gtp.bin' or cannot open 'recovery.img' and so on but on the phone it says getvar partition-type:recovery or boot and so on.
Also the when the instructions say to use mfastboot, CMD says that it is not recognized as an internal or external command. Thanks!
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First: yes, you have to put those files in the same folder as you are running the commands from. If your command prompt shows C:\users\jimmy\
Then that is where the files should be! You should have extracted the zip file you downloaded to the same folder you are running the commands from.
Second, you obviously have not download mfastboot.exe (it is linked in the return to stock thread) OR you didn't put it in the same folder as the rest of the files.
The "variable not supported" messages are normal. The error cannot open.... errors are NOT.
I'm attaching mfastboot.exe (it's zipped - extract it to the same folder as everything else) to this post so you don't have to go looking for it.
DON'T move on if the first command doesn't work. Make sure each one gives success before you move on.

Awesome!

samwathegreat said:
First: yes, you have to put those files in the same folder as you are running the commands from. If your command prompt shows C:\users\jimmy\
Then that is where the files should be! You should have extracted the zip file you downloaded to the same folder you are running the commands from.
Second, you obviously have not download mfastboot.exe (it is linked in the return to stock thread) OR you didn't put it in the same folder as the rest of the files.
The "variable not supported" messages are normal. The error cannot open.... errors are NOT.
I'm attaching mfastboot.exe (it's zipped - extract it to the same folder as everything else) to this post so you don't have to go looking for it.
DON'T move on if the first command doesn't work. Make sure each one gives success before you move on.
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Thanks so much, it worked great! The colours are a bit out of wack though (the blues are now orange and so on) and the bot animation is messed but still better than nothing. Thanks so much for your help!

boss. said:
Thanks so much, it worked great! The colours are a bit out of wack though (the blues are now orange and so on) and the bot animation is messed but still better than nothing. Thanks so much for your help!
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You're welcome....but that isn't normal. I suggest doing it again from the beginning. A full SBF to stock re-writes all the partitions and there shouldn't be anything "out of wack". Sounds like something went wrong....OR your device has physical damage?
Anyways, please consider hitting the "THANKS" button under any and all posts that help you. :good:

samwathegreat said:
You're welcome....but that isn't normal. I suggest doing it again from the beginning. A full SBF to stock re-writes all the partitions and there shouldn't be anything "out of wack". Sounds like something went wrong....OR your device has physical damage?
Anyways, please consider hitting the "THANKS" button under any and all posts that help you. :good:
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Re-did the whole thing from scratch again and now all problems are solved. Really appreciate the help my friend!
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[Pro Help Needed with restoring phone to factory settings]

Purchased used moto g6 (xt1925-6) US unlocked version (that's what the rom says).
I'm a total noob with roms and recovery and so on. I'm hoping someone will tell me the steps briefly and I'll try to look up the detailed steps and try to restore the phone to factory settings.
Here is the situation at hand:
-Phone has twrp recovery (I need to restore the factory recovery. Weird thing is can't seem to find the file to download).
-Has bootloader unlocked (I would prefer to relock it). Not rooted.
-Rom says its the unlocked version (don't know if the phone was actually a different version or not). It receives notification and downloads ota updates but can't install updates.
-Phone was purchased used and it was a hobby fixer project for me. Now I would like to sort out the android end and get rid of it as long as its in perfect condition.
Thanks for helping out with the steps to achieve factory settings. Also, if there is a chance that the phone might have been a different version and it has flashed unlocked rom or something, what would it mean? Can it be restored to factory settings of the unlocked version? Are there any catches to it?
EDIT: I think I have mistakenly used the phrase recovery. The issue in that respect is twrp and I need to remove it and restore default mode so that its back to factory settings.

e4noob said:
Purchased used moto g6 (xt1925-6) US unlocked version (that's what the rom says).
I'm a total noob with roms and recovery and so on. I'm hoping someone will tell me the steps briefly and I'll try to look up the detailed steps and try to restore the phone to factory settings.
Here is the situation at hand:
-Phone has twrp recovery (I need to restore the factory recovery. Weird thing is can't seem to find the file to download).
-Has bootloader unlocked (I would prefer to relock it). Not rooted.
-Rom says its the unlocked version (don't know if the phone was actually a different version or not). It receives notification and downloads ota updates but can't install updates.
-Phone was purchased used and it was a hobby fixer project for me. Now I would like to sort out the android end and get rid of it as long as its in perfect condition.
Thanks for helping out with the steps to achieve factory settings. Also, if there is a chance that the phone might have been a different version and it has flashed unlocked rom or something, what would it mean? Can it be restored to factory settings of the unlocked version? Are there any catches to it?
EDIT: I think I have mistakenly used the phrase recovery. The issue in that respect is twrp and I need to remove it and restore default mode so that its back to factory settings.
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Get the stock firmware from here and flash all of the partitions with either fastboot (commands are in the XML) or use RSDlite. Easy peasy
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Get RSDlite 6.2.4 from here
Or rsd light XML to batch to make a .bat file for fastboot.
If your using RSDlite and wiping data, select flashfile, if keeping data use servicefile.

madbat99 said:
Get the stock firmware from here and flash all of the partitions with either fastboot (commands are in the XML) or use RSDlite. Easy peasy
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Get RSDlite 6.2.4 from here
Or rsd light XML to batch to make a .bat file for fastboot.
If your using RSDlite and wiping data, select flashfile, if keeping data use servicefile.
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Hey man, thanks for the quick steps. Feels like it'll take days to decipher the steps. But I'm on it.

e4noob said:
Hey man, thanks for the quick steps. Feels like it'll take days to decipher the steps. But I'm on it.
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It really doesn't.
Install RSDlite on your PC.
Download the full firmware package.
Put phone in fastboot mode. Plug into PC. Open RSDlite.
Navigate to the firmware package.
RSDlite will extract it and everything.
RSDlite will ask either flashfile or servicefile
Flashfile wipes data, servicefile does not
Install (flash) package.
Done
Root if you want. Instructions are in the forum
Good luck!

madbat99 said:
It really doesn't.
Install RSDlite on your PC.
Download the full firmware package.
Put phone in fastboot mode. Plug into PC. Open RSDlite.
Navigate to the firmware package.
RSDlite will extract it and everything.
RSDlite will ask either flashfile or servicefile
Flashfile wipes data, servicefile does not
Install (flash) package.
Done
Root if you want. Instructions are in the forum
Good luck!
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Thanks. That helps a lot.

e4noob said:
Thanks. That helps a lot.
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Good luck!

madbat99 said:
Good luck!
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Again, appreciate the help a lot.
So I just tried it out and rsd lite doesn't see the device. Phone has debugging enabled. I browsed around for solutions and followed some common steps. I checked with minimal adb fastboot command 'fastboot devices" and the phone's serial number pops up. Phone is detected by pc (win10) device manager when on fastboot mode. I have installed motorola device manager as well. But so far rsd lite doesn't see the device. Any ideas?

madbat99 said:
Good luck!
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Hey man, any idea what might be the issue?
I just tried it out and rsd lite doesn't see the device. Phone has debugging enabled. I browsed around for solutions and followed some common steps. I checked with minimal adb fastboot command 'fastboot devices" and the phone's serial number pops up. Phone is detected by pc (win10) device manager when on fastboot mode. I have installed motorola device manager as well. But so far rsd lite doesn't see the device. Any ideas? I prefer to use rsd lite method for obvious reasons.
(Posting this question a second time. Hope I don't get banned or anything )

e4noob said:
Hey man, any idea what might be the issue?
I just tried it out and rsd lite doesn't see the device. Phone has debugging enabled. I browsed around for solutions and followed some common steps. I checked with minimal adb fastboot command 'fastboot devices" and the phone's serial number pops up. Phone is detected by pc (win10) device manager when on fastboot mode. I have installed motorola device manager as well. But so far rsd lite doesn't see the device. Any ideas? I prefer to use rsd lite method for obvious reasons.
(Posting this question a second time. Hope I don't get banned or anything )
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Not sure on that. Did you get the RSDlite that I linked to? Some versions dont recognize device with Windows 10. But the version I linked works for me. In RSDlite, the imei shows n/a but it does show a fastboot device connected.
You have the phone in fastboot mode when connecting?
On that same page I linked, there is an XML to batch program as well. You can turn the XML file from the firmware package into a .bat file. Then you just have to run the .bat file and will run all of the fastboot commands for you (which is what RSDlite does with the XML file)
May be an option if you can't get RSDlite to recognize, but fastboot does.

madbat99 said:
Not sure on that. Did you get the RSDlite that I linked to? Some versions dont recognize device with Windows 10. But the version I linked works for me. In RSDlite, the imei shows n/a but it does show a fastboot device connected.
You have the phone in fastboot mode when connecting?
On that same page I linked, there is an XML to batch program as well. You can turn the XML file from the firmware package into a .bat file. Then you just have to run the .bat file and will run all of the fastboot commands for you (which is what RSDlite does with the XML file)
May be an option if you can't get RSDlite to recognize, but fastboot does.
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Yes the same version. I have it on fastboot when connecting (also tried normal bootup and pc recognizes phone just fine). Good to know there is the bat file option for last resort. I'll try installing android sdk and may be it'll solve this driver issue. So I'll have to ask you for the steps to make the the bat file and how to make it work.

You could have also tried Lenovo Moto Smart Assistant. I've used it and it works pretty well.

Ragarianok said:
You could have also tried Lenovo Moto Smart Assistant. I've used it and it works pretty well.
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What does it do and how do you use it?

e4noob said:
What does it do and how do you use it?
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It has a Rescue function that returns the phone to stock firmware.
Here's the link if you want to try it:
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/downloads/ds101291
It's fairly intuitive.

Ragarianok said:
It has a Rescue function that returns the phone to stock firmware.
Here's the link if you want to try it:
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/downloads/ds101291
It's fairly intuitive.
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I'm gonna try it out if it works for moto g6. Thanks, man.

Ragarianok said:
It has a Rescue function that returns the phone to stock firmware.
Here's the link if you want to try it:
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/downloads/ds101291
It's fairly intuitive.
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Hey man, its very intuitive. It worked in first try and phone is back to stock with stock recovery. Only issue I have is bootloader is unlocked. Should I use minimal adb fastboot to perform a relock command? Are there any other steps to it or just the command?

e4noob said:
Hey man, its very intuitive. It worked in first try and phone is back to stock with stock recovery. Only issue I have is bootloader is unlocked. Should I use minimal adb fastboot to perform a relock command? Are there any other steps to it or just the command?
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You should be able to run "fastboot oem lock" to re-lock the bootloader.
You may get an error message though; something like "flash signed images" or something like that. Let me know if that happens.

Ragarianok said:
You should be able to run "fastboot oem lock" to re-lock the bootloader.
You may get an error message though; something like "flash signed images" or something like that. Let me know if that happens.
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I'm getting a warning message that it erases all user data and instructing to rerun command to continue. Should I proceed?

e4noob said:
I'm getting a warning message that it erases all user data and instructing to rerun command to continue. Should I proceed?
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Yup! That's completely normal.

e4noob said:
I'm getting a warning message that it erases all user data and instructing to rerun command to continue. Should I proceed?
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Do you really need it locked?

Ragarianok said:
Yup! That's completely normal.
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I'm getting this message.
(bootloader) Flash valid Android images now
(bootloader) Then re-run this command to lock
OKAY [ 0.010s]
finished. total time: 0.011s