[Q] I'm Bricked - Motorola Droid 3

Droid 3 is Bricked
I used Pete's One Click to root phone, achieved root, unrooted, and generally had no problem. I installed Bootstrap, removed it, then installed Safestrap. Then I tried to use Pete's One Click again to try to unroot the phone. It said I could not use it on this phone. I tried it again, it started working, completed step one and then it went into a bootloop, past the twin core and into the red flashing Droid beacon and then repeat.
I read the boards, I downloaded Pete's Droid3 OTA 5.6.890 OneClick.zip and I believe I did it all correctly. My battery was charged, I got to fastboot and the following occured:
erasing userdate...OKAY
erasing cache...OKAY
sending "recovery" (9216 KB> ... _ (flashing)
And it stopped! I let it sit for hours, I retried, I emailed psouza4, he was responsive, suggested I post problem here. Help please, Thanks.

Do you have the updated drives on your computer? I'd hunt down the freshest ones and try re-running the unbrick script.

Drivers are up to date
Believe I have the latest drivers, been fooling around with my phone using different programs and never had a driver problem. Used MyPhoneExplorer to link phone to laptop, PDANet to tether and no problem. Thank for your suggestion.

Chrissell said:
Droid 3 is Bricked
I used Pete's One Click to root phone, achieved root, unrooted, and generally had no problem. I installed Bootstrap, removed it, then installed Safestrap. Then I tried to use Pete's One Click again to try to unroot the phone. It said I could not use it on this phone. I tried it again, it started working, completed step one and then it went into a bootloop, past the twin core and into the red flashing Droid beacon and then repeat.
I read the boards, I downloaded Pete's Droid3 OTA 5.6.890 OneClick.zip and I believe I did it all correctly. My battery was charged, I got to fastboot and the following occured:
erasing userdate...OKAY
erasing cache...OKAY
sending "recovery" (9216 KB> ... _ (flashing)
And it stopped! I let it sit for hours, I retried, I emailed psouza4, he was responsive, suggested I post problem here. Help please, Thanks.
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Did you remove safestrap before you unrooted the phone (i.e., from the safestrap app on the phone, tap the button to remove recovery)? If not, you may have two bootstraps on the phone?

Not sure, believe so
I am not sure on this. I remember opening Safestrap and having two choices. I believe one of them was remove recovery and I believe I did this, then tried to unroot. But, if I assume I didn't and I assume I have two Safestraps on there, is there a solution? Thanks.

Seems like you need to SBF.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/61707107/Ve...izon+DROID+3+OTA+5.6.890+to+phone_psouza4.zip
After you've connected the phone with the stock cable and booted up with M+Power and used volume down to highlight AP Fastboot and up to select it, double click the thing that says "CLICK HERE TO FLASH...etc." Let it run and your phone will be box stock

kapilthio said:
Seems like you need to SBF.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/61707107/Ve...izon+DROID+3+OTA+5.6.890+to+phone_psouza4.zip
After you've connected the phone with the stock cable and booted up with M+Power and used volume down to highlight AP Fastboot and up to select it, double click the thing that says "CLICK HERE TO FLASH...etc." Let it run and your phone will be box stock
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Haha, copy paste much? I'll take credit for being the author of this. (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1555418)
redsox985 said:
Create a Nandroid backup and place it on your PC for when you get your replacement. Then download and run this...
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/61707107/Ve...izon+DROID+3+OTA+5.6.890+to+phone_psouza4.zip
After you've connected the phone with the stock cable and booted up with M+Power and used volume down to highlight AP Fastboot and up to select it, double click the thing that says "CLICK HERE TO FLASH...etc." Let it run and your phone will be box stock. The only thing it can't fix is the radio hack, but no rep will ever be able to see that since RadioComm is proprietary to Motorola.
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Regardless, I hope this fixes your problem!
New DL link...
http://bit.ly/D3UnBrick

Already tried that
I thank the above posters for their suggestions but I already tried and described above what you are suggesting. I did download two versions of Pete's SBF routein and it did not work. That was why I was seeking further help.

There's only one Pete's SBF?? Did you try RSD Lite?

Got unbricked
Despite multiple efforts (an e-mails to Pete) the .bat provided in the suggestions above stalled after step 1. I finally figured out that I could download 906update.zip (230,242 kb) to my computer, place it on my SD card using an adapter (does not matter where you place it) and then placed SD back into the phone. I pushed power button down as well as the up and down vol buttons with the power buttons at the same time to get to the Boot Selection menu, pressed the down volume key, then the up key to go into recovery. You get the green robot and an ! in a triangle, hold power button and vol buttons in and down vol to "apply update from sdcard". Let it run and was fine.
if anyone knows of a post that describes the use of the items under the Boot Menu such as BP Tools et cetera, I would appreciate it. Thanks.

Chrissell said:
Despite multiple efforts (an e-mails to Pete) the .bat provided in the suggestions above stalled after step 1. I finally figured out that I could download 906update.zip (230,242 kb) to my computer, place it on my SD card using an adapter (does not matter where you place it) and then placed SD back into the phone. I pushed power button down as well as the up and down vol buttons with the power buttons at the same time to get to the Boot Selection menu, pressed the down volume key, then the up key to go into recovery. You get the green robot and an ! in a triangle, hold power button and vol buttons in and down vol to "apply update from sdcard". Let it run and was fine.
if anyone knows of a post that describes the use of the items under the Boot Menu such as BP Tools et cetera, I would appreciate it. Thanks.
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I'm glad it worked, but I don't want anyone to read this and think your button combos are exactly correct. You need...
Boot with X+Power
Push volume up and down simultaneously when at the triangle screen
Use volume keys and power to confirm selections in stock recovery

Thanks for clarity
Thanks for the above. I was going from memory.

Related

Help with nandroid restore

Hello, just installed the leaked sprint hero 2.1 rom on my phone. The rom works okay except that I have too restart my phone every time someone calls me or I try to call someone. This is rather annoying and now I would like to revert back to 1.5. I created a backup with nandroid but I can't seem to restore it properly. I have installed fastboot and followed the directions on how to use it with nandroid but fastboot.exe doesn't execute because it can't find the adbwinapi.dll file. I have this file (along with fastboot) both in my System32 directory and in the android-sdk/tools directory so I don't knowwhy fastboot can't find it. Is there any other way to restore with nandroid?
sketchfighter said:
Hello, just installed the leaked sprint hero 2.1 rom on my phone. The rom works okay except that I have too restart my phone every time someone calls me or I try to call someone. This is rather annoying and now I would like to revert back to 1.5. I created a backup with nandroid but I can't seem to restore it properly. I have installed fastboot and followed the directions on how to use it with nandroid but fastboot.exe doesn't execute because it can't find the adbwinapi.dll file. I have this file (along with fastboot) both in my System32 directory and in the android-sdk/tools directory so I don't knowwhy fastboot can't find it. Is there any other way to restore with nandroid?
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you cant boot into recovery? (home+power)
yes I believe I have the recovery screen with the androids on skateboards and it just gives me the option to clear all data.
sketchfighter said:
yes I believe I have the recovery screen with the androids on skateboards and it just gives me the option to clear all data.
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hmm the recovery screen has alot more than that....your 100% positive your holding the home button and then pressing power (while keeping home pressed in)
positive i wish i had more options. Also, my computer won't even recognize that my phone is plugged in when I'm in recovery mode or the bootloader.
sketchfighter said:
positive i wish i had more options. Also, my computer won't even recognize that my phone is plugged in when I'm in recovery mode or the bootloader.
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Clear data sounds like the bootloader.
Try this. Power off the phone. Hold down the HOME button. While holding the HOME button, press the POWER button. Wait for the phone to vibrate, then release the HOME button.
That should boot straight into recovery (if recovery is installed).
I think if you hold the home button too long, I think it will go into the bootloader menu.
tkirton said:
Clear data sounds like the bootloader.
Try this. Power off the phone. Hold down the HOME button. While holding the HOME button, press the POWER button. Wait for the phone to vibrate, then release the HOME button.
That should boot straight into recovery (if recovery is installed).
I think if you hold the home button too long, I think it will go into the bootloader menu.
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Tried that and got picture of my phone with a little hazard symbol maybe this means I need to install recovery mode? and how would I go about doing that?
hmm i know when i hold home and end key for short second it asks me to clear all data or end ... wat i do is hold home + end for a long time until the ra pops up
This sounds like a rooted phone without a Recovery Image flashed on there.
Did you Root the phone first or just install the leaked Rom RUU exe file?
gunnyman said:
This sounds like a rooted phone without a Recovery Image flashed on there.
Did you Root the phone first or just install the leaked Rom RUU exe file?
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I rooted my phone and then installed the RUU exe but since then I have wiped my phone does that mean I have to root my phome again?
sketchfighter said:
I rooted my phone and then installed the RUU exe but since then I have wiped my phone does that mean I have to root my phome again?
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I'm not sure. You probably still have root since the RUU is rooted, but you probably have to go through it again to get the recover image on there too. This is where my level of expertise ends.
Finally figured it out!
Turns out when I flashed the RUU rom I lost my recovery screen but I manged to figure out how to get it back.
This is how to do it
http://forum.androidcentral.com/htc-hero-roms-hacks/9542-how-repair-your-bootloader-after-using-2-1-ruu.html
Thanks for the help everyone!

[Q] HTC Hero Bootloop

A friend of mines son was installing roms on his HTC Hero and bootlooped it. I've followed all the methods I could find to put this thing in a flash mode, or a recovery mode but all it does is flash the HTC logo. Home/End seems to be the way to get into the recovery mode but it does nothing.
Can you put this thing into a flash only mode and at least get it to its original state? It is unknown as to what exactly he did to it. I was told that he had been installing lots of roms and eventually one made it do this.
I found this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=682551&page=2 but pushing the volume up/end keys only makes it vibrate 3 times then sit idle not doing anything.
thanks.
talktojer said:
A friend of mines son was installing roms on his HTC Hero and bootlooped it. I've followed all the methods I could find to put this thing in a flash mode, or a recovery mode but all it does is flash the HTC logo. Home/End seems to be the way to get into the recovery mode but it does nothing.
Can you put this thing into a flash only mode and at least get it to its original state? It is unknown as to what exactly he did to it. I was told that he had been installing lots of roms and eventually one made it do this.
I found this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=682551&page=2 but pushing the volume up/end keys only makes it vibrate 3 times then sit idle not doing anything.
thanks.
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The only way to effectively help you/him is to know how he got there, and what recovery/rom/kernel/theme/etc he is running. It would also help to know if this phone has an eng-spl fastboot or an s-off hboot.
il Duce said:
The only way to effectively help you/him is to know how he got there, and what recovery/rom/kernel/theme/etc he is running. It would also help to know if this phone has an eng-spl fastboot or an s-off hboot.
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theres no standard way to get to a flash mode with a sprint htc hero? what are some other key combinations i might try?
talktojer said:
theres no standard way to get to a flash mode with a sprint htc hero? what are some other key combinations i might try?
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you mean like this: hold home and then power?
il Duce said:
you mean like this: hold home and then power?
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yeah, so if that didnt work..screwed?
talktojer said:
yeah, so if that didnt work..screwed?
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Not really... in very rare cases has the hero been bricked.
If nothing else, you could always run the Sprint/HTC RUU through your computer, that will restore the Hero to "Out-of-Box" state. From there you could root back again and flash any ROM you would like.
With the phone turned off, press and hold the volume up button. Whole holding it press the power button. When you see the logo let go of the volume up button. If that doesn't work you'll have to run an ruu from fastboot or get a hercimg and flash it from fastboot.
Sent from my HERO200 using XDA App
unCoRrUpTeD said:
With the phone turned off, press and hold the volume up button. Whole holding it press the power button. When you see the logo let go of the volume up button. If that doesn't work you'll have to run an ruu from fastboot or get a hercimg and flash it from fastboot.
Sent from my HERO200 using XDA App
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how do I get into this fastboot mode? I'd love to restore it to factory software, but I'm unable to figure out how to get the phone into a mode that the PC will recognize. Volume up/end vibrates 3 times but never actually turns on or shows a logo. just stays black. If I could get this thing back to its original state that would be great.
unCoRrUpTeD said:
If that doesn't work you'll have to run an ruu from fastboot or get a hercimg and flash it from fastboot.
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Anyone know how to do this? I can't figure out how to get into the fastboot mode. I run the ruu executable, and it says it can't find the phone. I'm sure I need to put it in some kind of flash mode, but seem to be unable.
Not to hijack your thread, but I'm having this same problem. I've run several ROMs including cyanogen 6.0 and 6.1 and today was installing the cyanogen 7 with 2.3 android. I wiped everything and flashed the rom and the gapps and the phone went into constant reboot cycles. I could at that point, hold the power/home and get it back to the recovery menu. I had the Amon RA recovery and thought I would try the 3.0 clockwork, so I flashed that recovery image...rebooted without a problem. I tried wiping and reflashing, but still the constant reboot. So I took the advice on the wiki and flashed the DecaFuct-12222010-691.zip kernel. My phone rebooted and did not start the cycling, so I thought it was an improvement. However, 1/2 an hour later, it's still sitting at the HTC logo and the power/home does not reboot into recovery. Nor does trying to adb find any devices.
Apparently I haven't posted enough on these forums to be able to post to the dev thread. But I've done some base development work on the phone and have been using adb for over a year now. Any help on getting back to a working phone would be greatly appreciated!
Lynne
Ah, a coworker manager to get the buttons to respond. Yay! At least I'm back to recovery and can push a different ROM. Tho not CM7 since it keeps rebooting constantly!
lrandolph said:
Ah, a coworker manager to get the buttons to respond. Yay! At least I'm back to recovery and can push a different ROM. Tho not CM7 since it keeps rebooting constantly!
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any idea what he/she did to get the buttons to respond? I still am unable to get into the recovery mode.
talktojer said:
any idea what he/she did to get the buttons to respond? I still am unable to get into the recovery mode.
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First, power off and remove the battery. Make sure the USB is not plugged in
This is why you get 3 vibrations and no power on. If it does this again, remove the battery and start over
With the power off and the USB unplugged, hold Vol Up and press power on (End key)
It should then boot into fastboot. (a white page with green letters) At this time, plug the USB in (should change from Fastboot to Fastboot USB) and run the RUU .5 or .6 from your computer.
AT some point the RUU install will say waiting for bootloader. When this happens, you will already be in bootloader (Fastboot USB)
This should work to get you back to fully unrooted stock ROM. From there, reroot, install a custom recovery and rom.
Let me know if this works
ccrosno said:
First, power off and remove the battery. Make sure the USB is not plugged in
This is why you get 3 vibrations and no power on. If it does this again, remove the battery and start over
With the power off and the USB unplugged, hold Vol Up and press power on (End key)
It should then boot into fastboot. (a white page with green letters) At this time, plug the USB in (should change from Fastboot to Fastboot USB) and run the RUU .5 or .6 from your computer.
AT some point the RUU install will say waiting for bootloader. When this happens, you will already be in bootloader (Fastboot USB)
This should work to get you back to fully unrooted stock ROM. From there, reroot, install a custom recovery and rom.
Let me know if this works
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here's what happens.
1. Remove battery
2. Replace battery
3. Press and hold volume up
4. While holding volume up, press and hold end key to turn unit on.
5. Unit vibrates 3 times and never powers on
This is without USB plugged in.
I asked the guy who owns the phone what he was doing, he said he had flashed ASOP Gingerbread or something and it never worked again.
talktojer said:
here's what happens.
1. Remove battery
2. Replace battery
3. Press and hold volume up
4. While holding volume up, press and hold end key to turn unit on.
5. Unit vibrates 3 times and never powers on
This is without USB plugged in.
I asked the guy who owns the phone what he was doing, he said he had flashed ASOP Gingerbread or something and it never worked again.
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Interesting. Mine only does the 3 vibrate thing when I have the USB plugged in and I am trying to enter Fastboot. I unplug the USB, remove the battery, replace the battery, hold vol up and press end. Bing, right into Fastboot.
Do you know if he has the ENG SPL/S-Off installed? If not, the issue may lay in that. Not for sure though.
Also, it may have to do with the way the phone was originally rooted, that has an affect on things as well. Some of the overclocked kernels have an affect on boot. Some Heros wont boot with the kernel set to over 691.
I have installed every build pf ASOP 2.3.2 GB that has been posted, now grated they each had there issues but none of them put me in a loop or froze the phone.
I would also suggest downloading android commander to your computer. Just Google android commander and you will find it. With this program you can boot to bootloader. If you are getting to the HTC screen then Android Commander should recognize the phone. It is a great program.
talktojer said:
Anyone know how to do this? I can't figure out how to get into the fastboot mode. I run the ruu executable, and it says it can't find the phone. I'm sure I need to put it in some kind of flash mode, but seem to be unable.
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Not sure, but you may try removing the sdcard and/or putting a different one in. Or when the phone first gets to the HTC screen press and hold the menu button and keep holding it.
Sent from my dual-booted liquidsense 2.1
unCoRrUpTeD said:
Not sure, but you may try removing the sdcard and/or putting a different one in. Or when the phone first gets to the HTC screen press and hold the menu button and keep holding it.
Sent from my dual-booted liquidsense 2.1
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ive removed the sdcard, results are no different.
ccrosno said:
Interesting. Mine only does the 3 vibrate thing when I have the USB plugged in and I am trying to enter Fastboot. I unplug the USB, remove the battery, replace the battery, hold vol up and press end. Bing, right into Fastboot.
Do you know if he has the ENG SPL/S-Off installed? If not, the issue may lay in that. Not for sure though.
Also, it may have to do with the way the phone was originally rooted, that has an affect on things as well. Some of the overclocked kernels have an affect on boot. Some Heros wont boot with the kernel set to over 691.
I have installed every build pf ASOP 2.3.2 GB that has been posted, now grated they each had there issues but none of them put me in a loop or froze the phone.
I would also suggest downloading android commander to your computer. Just Google android commander and you will find it. With this program you can boot to bootloader. If you are getting to the HTC screen then Android Commander should recognize the phone. It is a great program.
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android commander relies on adb..i've already tried adb and it can't see the device. already tried that the first night. I think I'm about out of options.
talktojer said:
android commander relies on adb..i've already tried adb and it can't see the device. already tried that the first night. I think I'm about out of options.
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Interesting you say that. Here are 2 snips taken at the same time. One of my ADB shell showing no devics found and the other of my android command shell clearly showing connection to the device.
Try the android commander. It is a great program and it is GUI based.
Let me know
Edit: Even stranger, although ADB shows no devices, if I type LS, a list of the phone directories shows up.
ccrosno said:
Interesting you say that. Here are 2 snips taken at the same time. One of my ADB shell showing no devics found and the other of my android command shell clearly showing connection to the device.
Try the android commander. It is a great program and it is GUI based.
Let me know
Edit: Even stranger, although ADB shows no devices, if I type LS, a list of the phone directories shows up.
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You would actually do
adb devices
You don't do it from inside adb.
Sent from my dual-booted liquidsense 2.1

Newbie NEED HELP FOR SAFESTRAP!!

I recently bought my xt894 from china and wish to flash it with ics
I've it rooted and installed safestrap
But after I switched to safe mode enable, whatever rom I flashed, I got into the bootloop tht either blank screen or stucked in android logo.
I am new to droid 4, any help would be appreciated!!:beer:
Is it related to my gsm unlocked with chinese rom?
Sent from my DROID4 using XDA
disablewong said:
I recently bought my xt894 from china and wish to flash it with ics
I've it rooted and installed safestrap
But after I switched to safe mode enable, whatever rom I flashed, I got into the bootloop tht either blank screen or stucked in android logo.
I am new to droid 4, any help would be appreciated!!:beer:
Is it related to my gsm unlocked with chinese rom?
Sent from my DROID4 using XDA
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The first time I flashed an ICS ROM on my D4 it bootlooped as well. I had to wipe data and cache and then it booted right up.
Yes I know I gotta wipe both cache and data and I done it twice, but still nothing show up.....it is just the blank black screen, no any animation at all...
Sent from my DROID4 using XDA
Please Help!
disablewong said:
Yes I know I gotta wipe both cache and data and I done it twice, but still nothing show up.....it is just the blank black screen, no any animation at all...
Sent from my DROID4 using XDA
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I'm freaking out because mine is stuck on the black screen too... I was trying to flash the XML file for Fastboot. and it just went blank (blackscreen) can someone please help. I don't know if letting the battery die is the way to go? I have it connected to a laptop at the moment. I know they said that the XML file takes a whille, but it has been an hour. I do not have any warranty as this was a trial unit given to me.
I'm not that much of a Noob, but I'm not sure what to do at this point. <<<<---- Fixed using Volume down and Power to do a "battery pull" Although I almost Removed the battery physically.
Can you still boot into the unsafe system?
If so, is the unsafe system currently ICS or Gingerbread?
pieeni age
slosho said:
I'm freaking out because mine is stuck on the black screen too... I was trying to flash the XML file for Fastboot. and it just went blank (blackscreen) can someone please help. I don't know if letting the battery die is the way to go? I have it connected to a laptop at the moment. I know they said that the XML file takes a whille, but it has been an hour. I do not have any warranty as this was a trial unit given to me.
I'm not that much of a Noob, but I'm not sure what to do at this point. <<<<---- Fixed using Volume down and Power to do a "battery pull" Although I almost Removed the battery physically.
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ICS leaks are not fastbootable.AFAIK, unless you just meant that you were trying to fastboot flash to 6.13.219 before flashing to ICS. Either way, here we go.
Go into safestrap, safe mode menu, then disable safe mode, and restart your droid. I am assuming you at least went into safe mode before trying to flash. If so, this is why we love safestrap...makes sure you have a working OS. Let it boot up. Did it work?
If not, don't panic, there is still another solution, even if you didn't safestrap your unmodified OS (just make sure you do this next time!)
If you did backup and safestrap saved you, ignore this block below for now.
Code:
[LIST=1]Download [COLOR="Red"]VRZ_XT894_6.5.1-167_DR4-1_M1-219_1FF_01[/COLOR].
You might already have this if that's what you were trying to fastboot to. It's 1.18GB in size.
Download is here: sbf.droid-developers DOT org/cdma_maserati/VRZ_XT894_6.5.1-167_DR4-1_M1-219_1FF_01.xml.zip
(change DOT to . Can't post links yet.)
[*]dl.dropbox DOT com/u/76950573/RSDLite5.7.msi Download RSDLite and install it.
[*]Download the Droid USB drivers:
motorola DOT com/Support/US-EN/Support-Homepage/Software_and_Drivers/USB-and-PC-Charging-Drivers
Install them. [COLOR="SeaGreen"][B]RESTART YOUR COMPUTER.[/B][/COLOR]
[*]Turn your phone off.
Hold the two side volume buttons down together, press and hold the power button down.
Hold all 3 down until you get to the bootloader.
Press volume down to get to "recovery", press volume up to select it.
You'll see a sick looking android/red triangle icon soon.
When you do see him, press both volume buttons down at the same time.[/list]
[*]Volume down to "wipe data/factory reset", power button to select (not volume up this time.)
Confirm, delete everything. When it finishes, select "reboot system", press the power key to enter that choice.
Immediately press both volume keys together after the reboot begins and hold them until you see the bootloader menu again.
[*]Plug your USB cable into your phone and connect it to your computer.
Use volume down to select "AP Fastboot", volume up to confirm the choice.
Open RSDLite on your PC.
Press the "....." icon in the program, browse to and select the 1GB+ VRZ_XT894_6.5.1-167_DR4-1_M1-219_1FF_01 you downloaded earlier.
[*]Click "decompress/start flashing". Now wait for half an hour or so.
I believe there will be several phone restarts near the end, this is normal.
You're now back to stock GB. You no longer have to fastboot to this in order to go forward to ICS.[/list].
Now to get to ICS...
Go here. droidforums DOT net/forum/droid-4-hacks/212307-droid-4-utility-updated.html and download the tool. You don't need anything else but the main tool.
Grab your preferred ICS leak. 6.16.217 is the most recent: droidforums DOT net/forum/droid-4-roms/218610-ics-leak-6-16-217-update-zip-boot-img-crc.html
Flash to 6.13.219 if you didn't just do that.(follow the steps in the CODE block above).
Open the droid 4 tool (.bat file) after extracting from the archive. Plug your phone into the USB. Set it to debug mode. Install safestrap 1.09, root the droid.
Unzip D4 6.16.217.zip. Rename boot.img to ICSFIX.img and move it into the droid 4 utility subfolder named \files\
Copy Blur_Version.6.13.219.XT894.Verizon.en.US.zip (leave it zipped.) to your SDcard.
Go into safestrap and make a backup. Turn on safe mode. Reboot.
Reboot into Bootloader, select AP Fastboot. USB should still be connected and the droid utility open. Select option 16. (Errors might occur. This is fine.) Flash your blur.zip from sdcard. Follow prompts on utility. It will reboot, do some animations. When you see the motorola logo, let it do its thing. Once the moto logo fades out, force a reboot (hold VOL keys & power down.) Now hold vol down and press power, boot to bootloader, and select recovery. Press both power buttons when you see the dead sick android logo. Update from sdcard. Select the zip.
Let it flash. It'll reboot.
Open the droid utility. If you flash to another ICS version, UNINSTALL safestrap 1.09, and then install; the new version 2 one. Make backups. Root your phone. Use the last option on the droid utility to flash between ICS versions.
You cannot use it to flash between something like AOKP or CM9 to a normal ICS version (Yes I actually tried this, lol).
Sorry for wall of text, hopefully this helps you in some way, whether you're still bricked, or still want to go to ICS after fixing your brick.
Resources/relevant threads:
droidforums DOT net/forum/droid-4-roms/218610-ics-leak-6-16-217-update-zip-boot-img-crc.html
droidforums DOT net/forum/droid-4-hacks/212307-droid-4-utility-updated.html
droidforums DOT net/forum/droid-4-roms/209130-how-install-leaked-android-4-0-4-ics-build-droid-4-xt894.html
droidforums DOT net/forum/droid-4-tech-support/206972-how-restore-your-motorola-droid-4-xt894-stock-windows-only.html
droidforums DOT net/forum/droid-4-hacks/200945-safestrap-guide-droid-4-a.html
blog.hash-of-codes DOT com/how-to-safestrap
Read those. It'll be good information for you. I can't post links yet, but it's pretty clear they're not spam and only meant to help somebody out <3

[Q] Rooting Lg Thrill ICS

I just updated my lg thrill p925 to ICS. To root this phone, does it matter if I used the megatron that I used to root it back when my phone was gingerbread? Thank you..
kelkoo987 said:
I just updated my lg thrill p925 to ICS. To root this phone, does it matter if I used the megatron that I used to root it back when my phone was gingerbread? Thank you..
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I am also wanting root for the latest software
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39338374
This post should have everything you need guys
Sent from my LG-P925 using xda premium
the ManaWhoney said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39338374
This post should have everything you need guys
Sent from my LG-P925 using xda premium
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I did figure out how to root it but where i found it on here should mention to flash the bootloader cause you will get a security error if ya didnt i primarily use root for my wifi tethering when i need it
So there's no other way to root without flashing a bootloader and another rom? I really don't want to get into that anymore.
Same here.
Just want to stay with the stock v30p after rooting.
It will be great if tjat can be done
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doesnt anyone know of another method, i was on that page last night for 4 hours trying to get it to work without any luck, updated drivers, was able to get phone to boot into fast mode, but whenever i tried to install the boot loader it would always just chill on waiting for device. few ppl said to unplug and replug, or manually put into fast boot but nothing worked for me, couldnt get it to install bootloader.
ok ive figured it out. I really hate when they dont post all the steps and cause so much chaos, this is what worked for me.
1.follow the links on post listed above,
2.install the flash program as admin on pc
3.with battery out plug in while device manager is open and right click on the driver that comes up and update it with the driver in hacker file
usb_drv_windows, a box will come up say install anyways.
4.reboot computer with phone unplugged then reopen device manager
5.run allinonep90.bat file, hit any button then when asked to wait 5 seconds put battery back into phone. the next page will pop up with a list of
options, select ICS bootload.er, i think it was 8 or 9 and click enter. it will say waiting for device.
6.now go back to device manager and there should be another problem driver cosmo, right click and install the same drivers as step 3, once
complete hacker will auto find it and install bootloader.
7.next step select option 6 for GB recovery. apparently ics recovery on this is for a custom rom. when its done reboot and put the ziped su_bbox
zipped file on your sd card and turn off phone by holding power untill its off.
8. while off hold volume down then hit power until it vibrates, may have to do a few times before it vibrates then release power button while still
holding volume down. when the silver lg logo comes up release volume down. and phone will boot into recovery.
9.from here navigate to where the zip file is and install, after it does it will reboot and you will now be rooted.
hope this helps ive seen sooooo many posts with ppl having same problem as me and no one posting accurate guides.
myths420 said:
ok ive figured it out. I really hate when they dont post all the steps and cause so much chaos, this is what worked for me.
1.follow the links on post listed above,
2.install the flash program as admin on pc
3.with battery out plug in while device manager is open and right click on the driver that comes up and update it with the driver in hacker file
usb_drv_windows, a box will come up say install anyways.
4.reboot computer with phone unplugged then reopen device manager
5.run allinonep90.bat file, hit any button then when asked to wait 5 seconds put battery back into phone. the next page will pop up with a list of
options, select ICS bootload.er, i think it was 8 or 9 and click enter. it will say waiting for device.
6.now go back to device manager and there should be another problem driver cosmo, right click and install the same drivers as step 3, once
complete hacker will auto find it and install bootloader.
7.next step select option 6 for GB recovery. apparently ics recovery on this is for a custom rom. when its done reboot and put the ziped su_bbox
zipped file on your sd card and turn off phone by holding power untill its off.
8. while off hold volume down then hit power until it vibrates, may have to do a few times before it vibrates then release power button while still
holding volume down. when the silver lg logo comes up release volume down. and phone will boot into recovery.
9.from here navigate to where the zip file is and install, after it does it will reboot and you will now be rooted.
hope this helps ive seen sooooo many posts with ppl having same problem as me and no one posting accurate guides.
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Got me through a good bit here, but I'm at the point where I can't boot into recovery. The phone loads just fine otherwise, but I can not for the LIFE of me get into recovery mode (to flash SU_BBOX). I've tried "Vol-Down + PWR", "Vol-down + 3D + PWR"... etc etc etc... I've practically tried every which way and button combination, but still nothing. What am I missing? Yes, I DID use the tool to flash a recovery. Also, when I try to shut the phone down, it won't stay off. It turns off for a few seconds, then boots itself back up. What have I DONE???
nti_hazard88 said:
Got me through a good bit here, but I'm at the point where I can't boot into recovery. The phone loads just fine otherwise, but I can not for the LIFE of me get into recovery mode (to flash SU_BBOX). I've tried "Vol-Down + PWR", "Vol-down + 3D + PWR"... etc etc etc... I've practically tried every which way and button combination, but still nothing. What am I missing? Yes, I DID use the tool to flash a recovery. Also, when I try to shut the phone down, it won't stay off. It turns off for a few seconds, then boots itself back up. What have I DONE???
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thats a bug with the bootloader, turn phone on and then hold the power button for like 8 seconds to turn it off, not t hrew the menu.
once its off hold vol down then press power button. and hold for about 4 seconds, if it doesnt vibrate to turn off, release all and repeat untill it does. it takes me about 2-3 times befor it vibrates to turn on. after the let go of power until grey lg screen, you will notice writing in the top left corner, then let go of volume button.
Help me.
myths420 said:
ok ive figured it out. I really hate when they dont post all the steps and cause so much chaos, this is what worked for me.
1.follow the links on post listed above,
2.install the flash program as admin on pc
3.with battery out plug in while device manager is open and right click on the driver that comes up and update it with the driver in hacker file
usb_drv_windows, a box will come up say install anyways.
4.reboot computer with phone unplugged then reopen device manager
5.run allinonep90.bat file, hit any button then when asked to wait 5 seconds put battery back into phone. the next page will pop up with a list of
options, select ICS bootload.er, i think it was 8 or 9 and click enter. it will say waiting for device.
6.now go back to device manager and there should be another problem driver cosmo, right click and install the same drivers as step 3, once
complete hacker will auto find it and install bootloader.
7.next step select option 6 for GB recovery. apparently ics recovery on this is for a custom rom. when its done reboot and put the ziped su_bbox
zipped file on your sd card and turn off phone by holding power untill its off.
8. while off hold volume down then hit power until it vibrates, may have to do a few times before it vibrates then release power button while still
holding volume down. when the silver lg logo comes up release volume down. and phone will boot into recovery.
9.from here navigate to where the zip file is and install, after it does it will reboot and you will now be rooted.
hope this helps ive seen sooooo many posts with ppl having same problem as me and no one posting accurate guides.
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Would you be able to help me through this so I can return to older OS versions? ICS really sucks, messed up my volume.
Walshe said:
Would you be able to help me through this so I can return to older OS versions? ICS really sucks, messed up my volume.
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i would really would not want to do that downgrading is the usual cause of bricking phones and the older firmwares have alot of issues ICS seems to been the best for the thrill
Re: [ROM] Official ICS 4.0.4 V30B AT&T Full 4G Works
Edit: removed because Nexus 7 bugged and posted in wrong thread.
here you go...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2205745
does anyone know how to remove the silver lg issue when it boots up.
Lg thrill ics
Serah-Farron said:
i would really would not want to do that downgrading is the usual cause of bricking phones and the older firmwares have alot of issues ICS seems to been the best for the thrill
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Ummm did any of you guys had a problem with the play store after updating to the ICS like not being able to download from the store for some reason???? Because when i update my thril from gingerbread to the ics... It give me an "error retriving information from server.
[RPC: S-5:AEC-0] an help?
Elk1ngz said:
Ummm did any of you guys had a problem with the play store after updating to the ICS like not being able to download from the store for some reason???? Because when i update my thril from gingerbread to the ics... It give me an "error retriving information from server.
[RPC: S-5:AEC-0] an help?
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You just have to set ur time and date correctly.
factory reset after rooting
myths420 said:
ok ive figured it out. I really hate when they dont post all the steps and cause so much chaos, this is what worked for me.
1.follow the links on post listed above,
2.install the flash program as admin on pc
3.with battery out plug in while device manager is open and right click on the driver that comes up and update it with the driver in hacker file
usb_drv_windows, a box will come up say install anyways.
4.reboot computer with phone unplugged then reopen device manager
5.run allinonep90.bat file, hit any button then when asked to wait 5 seconds put battery back into phone. the next page will pop up with a list of
options, select ICS bootload.er, i think it was 8 or 9 and click enter. it will say waiting for device.
6.now go back to device manager and there should be another problem driver cosmo, right click and install the same drivers as step 3, once
complete hacker will auto find it and install bootloader.
7.next step select option 6 for GB recovery. apparently ics recovery on this is for a custom rom. when its done reboot and put the ziped su_bbox
zipped file on your sd card and turn off phone by holding power untill its off.
8. while off hold volume down then hit power until it vibrates, may have to do a few times before it vibrates then release power button while still
holding volume down. when the silver lg logo comes up release volume down. and phone will boot into recovery.
9.from here navigate to where the zip file is and install, after it does it will reboot and you will now be rooted.
hope this helps ive seen sooooo many posts with ppl having same problem as me and no one posting accurate guides.
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This guide was awsome but can you use factory reset after you root and if you do will the boot loader
& twrp recovery still be on there please reply back also how do you unroot if they come out with an official update for jellybean
Can't figure out how to root this device
I have been trying for a long time to root my LG Thrill with ICS 4.0.4, but I am having trouble. I've tried countless times to root the device and followed the instructions precisely from the previous posts. I have also looked at other threads and can't find anything that helps. It would be greatly appreciated if somebody helped me out in rooting my device because a lot of the previous posts are slightly outdated. Maybe there is another method to rooting this device? All help is appreciated
The solution
i rooted mine with this http://www.lg-phones.org/how-to-root-lg-thrill-4g-with-android-4-0-ics.html
i recommend the second process. its much easier. Then i installed this rom. Its great!. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2392309

HELP! I bricked my G2!

Hello, I am a NOOB, and...
I recently rooted my lg g2, vs9803aa, using the one click root, but haven't actually flashed any roms on it. I put autorec on to flash twrp, and also had titanium backup on there i was looking at to try to back it up. I restarted the phone and it is just blank screen now. I try the hard reset and it just buzzes in my hand once and no logo appears on the screen. When i plug it into the computer it generates a bunch of local drives that need formatting, and on device manager it shows as QHSUSB_BULK. I read in other threads that it matters what rom you are using for the possible fix, but i never got as far as flashing one, or recieved an OTA.
Thoughts please?! I really don't want to get a new phone, but at the very least for now I swapped the sim to an old phone, droid 4, for temporary use.
Thanks for any input.
cheetahx42 said:
Hello, I am a NOOB, and...
I recently rooted my lg g2, vs9803aa, using the one click root, but haven't actually flashed any roms on it. I put autorec on to flash twrp, and also had titanium backup on there i was looking at to try to back it up. I restarted the phone and it is just blank screen now. I try the hard reset and it just buzzes in my hand once and no logo appears on the screen. When i plug it into the computer it generates a bunch of local drives that need formatting, and on device manager it shows as QHSUSB_BULK. I read in other threads that it matters what rom you are using for the possible fix, but i never got as far as flashing one, or recieved an OTA.
Thoughts please?! I really don't want to get a new phone, but at the very least for now I swapped the sim to an old phone, droid 4, for temporary use.
Thanks for any input.
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Hi,
Have you tried download mode? If you dunno how to, here's how :
" press power button and select “power off”. Then, press the volume up button on your LG G2. While you are holding the volume up button, plug in your phone's USB cable. Keep pressing the Volume up button until the download mode is being displayed."
After you are in download mode, follow this guide to go to stock : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2432476
This should resolve your issue.
iubjaved said:
Hi,
Have you tried download mode? If you dunno how to, here's how :
" press power button and select “power off”. Then, press the volume up button on your LG G2. While you are holding the volume up button, plug in your phone's USB cable. Keep pressing the Volume up button until the download mode is being displayed."
After you are in download mode, follow this guide to go to stock : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2432476
This should resolve your issue.
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I get no screen prompts whatsoever, it stays black. I can hold the power button for a few seconds and there will be a single pulse of vibration, nothing else. It does the same if I hold volume down and power, as well as volume up and power. I even tried all 3 at the same time, same thing.
cheetahx42 said:
I get no screen prompts whatsoever, it stays black. I can hold the power button for a few seconds and there will be a single pulse of vibration, nothing else. It does the same if I hold volume down and power, as well as volume up and power. I even tried all 3 at the same time, same thing.
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Let me make it clear. Turn off your phone. Plug your USB on your phone and press & hold volume up button and connect the other and of the usb to your pc.
Just had the same thing happen to me. Installed recovery through autorec and then upon reboot I get a black screen and everything else mentioned above.
maceprimus said:
Just had the same thing happen to me. Installed recovery through autorec and then upon reboot I get a black screen and everything else mentioned above.
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I figured it out, as long as you don't mind wiping the device.
I used the SRK tool 2.1 to unbrick it. Link to post
After this I could get the LG splash screen again and enter download mode.
Then I used the LG Flash Tool 2014 to flash stock firmware back onto it. I actually downgraded to kitkat with the flash tool since it easier to root that way. Link to post
cheetahx42 said:
I figured it out, as long as you don't mind wiping the device.
I used the SRK tool 2.1 to unbrick it. Link to post
After this I could get the LG splash screen again and enter download mode.
Then I used the LG Flash Tool 2014 to flash stock firmware back onto it. I actually downgraded to kitkat with the flash tool since it easier to root that way. Link to post
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With the SRK tool I unzip it but the application file doesn't transfer into new file. How did you do it?
maceprimus said:
With the SRK tool I unzip it but the application file doesn't transfer into new file. How did you do it?
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It was there when i extracted the folder, maybe you need to re-download zip or get it from a different source. I dunno, mind you I am still a huge noob with about a weeks worth of experience trolling the how to/fix guides and no programming skills whatsoever.
cheetahx42 said:
It was there when i extracted the folder, maybe you need to re-download zip or get it from a different source. I dunno, mind you I am still a huge noob with about a weeks worth of experience trolling the how to/fix guides and no programming skills whatsoever.
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Got it to work. I for some reason had to use my pc in safe mode to keep it from blocking my access to the exe file.
maceprimus said:
Got it to work. I for some reason had to use my pc in safe mode to keep it from blocking my access to the exe file.
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Maybe you need to go change a setting to show hidden files. I had to do that recently. I am using windows 7, it is in folder options.

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