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Hi All,
My droid stopped making and receiving calls, and 3g is usually out. Tried a bunch of different roms including going back to one I know it was always working with, so I don't think it's a software issue.
I also upgraded to basebane C_01.43.01P and that didn't help either. I found a thread on here about returning to stock for the milestone, but I couldn't find info on what I'd need to do so for a droid on verizon.
Any pointers would be great. Ideally, I'd like to do it on linux (as it's all I've got), but from what I've read it seems windows is required.
Cheers,
Alan.
its the same process for the droid as for the milestone. get the original sbf and flash it with RSDlite.
Thanks Daria. Where can I find the original sbf and the current stock rom? Google hasn't been my friend with the rom, I've not yet tried googling for the sbf.
Thanks,
Alan.
skyphyr said:
Thanks Daria. Where can I find the original sbf and the current stock rom? Google hasn't been my friend with the rom, I've not yet tried googling for the sbf.
Thanks,
Alan.
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http://and-developers.com/sbf:droid
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Thanks An email to vzw got things fixed, so I haven't needed to downgrade yet, but I've got it ready to verify it's not a rom issue.
The page won't load for me... I'm trying to reach the Milestone archive. Is there any mirror available?
Thanks.
Nordiques said:
The page won't load for me... I'm trying to reach the Milestone archive. Is there any mirror available?
Thanks.
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http://and-developers.com/sbf:milestone221
Looks like site is down ATM.
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Thanks, looks like I wasn't the only one. I ended up doing the update thru Motorola's updater...
And I now have a nice 599$ brick.
Fvck.
what happened?
What's your phone model?
A853 (Telus Canada).
It updated successfully, at the end of the process it asked me to unplug, reboot, replug.
So I unplugged it, and from now on... nothing. Power button doesn't do anything, and plugging it doesn't either.
If you are talking about Motorola software update, you don't need to manually reboot. It should reboot on its own. I don't know what went wrong there.
I dont have a telus sbf, but i have a SEA sbf. You can flash that and use OR to apply telus baseband to get your 3g working. Interested?
I never had to uplug it before, but it had been stuck on the Motorola logo for 25 minutes... a couple minutes is usual after an update, 25 isn't.
I'd like to be able to flash it, however now it just won't power up. Power button doesn't do anything, and same for plugging it.
(OP, sorry for the hijack, considering it's solved I hope you don't mind...)
Remove battery. Plugin phone to charger without battery. Does it show battery icon with ? in the middle?
No, nothing...
Hello everyone I have read around and still cant find a answer 100 percent.. I even searched the web. I read lots of guides how to root a milestone a854 but I'm getting different types of errors.. First sites wants you to run the update.zip file which you cant do because you have to use the exploit if im correct. Now, I cant find any help on this problem trying to run a sbf file in rsd lite. I get the this error.
critical error
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510b
My boot loader is 2c.6c, my phone is through alltel. I dont want to brick it. I tried to do a Motorola update and it screwed up my phone. Which i almost didn't get it replaced because i void the warranty. It actually reload onto the Verizon service, i didn't have internet access at all, and Alltel support couldn't fix it. I originally traded a htc wildfire for a milestone. Which the guy already had modded. Which it had a nano backups. My phone got stolen and ended doing a insurance claim. So now it has android 2.1 with the update1. I want to root it and be able to run a custom rom, like fire and ice, or like Cynanon mod. I would like to run open recovery, but dont need it if i can run the nanoid backups also. When i run the update.zip i get this error.
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/command
-- Install from sdcard...
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Verifying update package...
E:EOCD marker occurs after start of EOCD
E:signature verification failed.
Installation Aborted.
So if I'm not wrong you have to downgrade the software to run a exploit? Now what spf file should i use and is there any guide or forum with my ? already answered if anyone can point me please. I want to be able to use my milestone with my new hp touchpad. I want to be able to load up a hotspot or use the WiFi tether. Thanks for any help. If anyone needs more info you can pm me or even just post here. Thanks again.
Kordris
Install rom manager from market. Buy the premium version, its worth it. Install cwm recovery and the app will allow you to do anything. Flash roms, backup.
Your phone is basically a droid1.
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Check out this guide here on xda-developers.
The only thing you need to understand is the sequence in which the steps have to be performed. Basically:
1. flash a vulnerable bootloader
2. install a custom recovery like OpenRecovery (update.zip)
3. through the use of OpenRecovery install Cyanogenmod/MIUI ROMs
Ok.. what version am i running?? Im in the usa and got the phone here. The only close place would be canada but i dont know if thats the one. Might be able to use the uk one. What one should i use.. Now if this gets me same results which i have a feeling it will. Will just using the Clockworld mod just work?? I want to be able to use other roms I want to actually use the fire and ice mod. Also would like to be able to use a wifi tether because i just got a Hp touchpad. I can root my phone through z4mod, but i want to be able to do nano backups and stuff like that. Im going to try the canada one and if i get the same error in the rsd lite. What else can i try to get open recovery working?
Thanks ahead for anyhelp.
Kordris
Ok tried to flash the sbf file again.. I still get this error...
critical error
1337
510b
Any more suggestions?? Man this is driving me crazy.
Have you tried another sbf? Here are some more.
I&F is for the milestone, not the Droid. Did you try ROM Manager?
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Kordris said:
Ok.. what version am i running?? Im in the usa and got the phone here. The only close place would be canada but i dont know if thats the one. Might be able to use the uk one. What one should i use.. Now if this gets me same results which i have a feeling it will. Will just using the Clockworld mod just work?? I want to be able to use other roms I want to actually use the fire and ice mod. Also would like to be able to use a wifi tether because i just got a Hp touchpad. I can root my phone through z4mod, but i want to be able to do nano backups and stuff like that. Im going to try the canada one and if i get the same error in the rsd lite. What else can i try to get open recovery working?
Thanks ahead for anyhelp.
Kordris
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As Sileshn said, your phone is basically a droid. You will only be able to flash ROMs from the Droid Development forum, meaning Ice&Fire is out of the question.
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Yeah, didnt read carefully enough. Ignore my post about the Milestone sbf's.
From what i understand all milestones are droids... Milestone is just a different software and different from the droid in some ways. I use alltel service and when they sell me the phone its the milestone because thats the only phone they offer. They dont offer a driod or anything. But the id number for the phone is supposed to be droid number is what Motorola says. So what kinda options do i have for roms then? Can someone link me the roms that can be used. I have the rom manager but it doenst list any roms in the download area. Its supposedly the paid version. I also wouldnt mind just getting updated to the newer andriod so i can use flash, but alltel doenst offer updates yet. Should i try to root the phone like a driod? because i dont want to mess up the phone because it will void warranties. I like to make sure im doing it right and not going to brick the phone. I figure theres got to people that have the same phone as me and same issues. Thanks again..
Im going to mess with the Rom manager and see if i can get a rom from it. But last time i tried i had no luck with one. I also have the clockwork mod running and can do nanoriod backups.. when i try to recover like one of the fire and ice nanriods it gives me a md5 error.
Thanks. looking for some more help..
Kordris said:
From what i understand all milestones are droids...
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No brother. You got it wrong. Milestones are not droids. Two basic differences.
Milestone is GSM, Droid is CDMA.
Milestone has locked bootloader, Droid has an unlocked one.
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/motorola-milestone/121260-milestones-not-all-same-a853-a854.html
Alltel milestone A854 is a Droid. All Droid roms will work for it. Just be sure to make a backup of your phone before flashing anything becoz getting 3g to work has been very difficult if you get back to stock.
Cm6, cm7, miui for droid will work on your phone.
You will brick your phone if you try and nandroid restore I&F on your phone. You have been warned.
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Found this on Droidforums.net, at least my milestone doenst have a locked bootloader i guess. LOL Still having issues. But I did get rom manager working but when i loaded droid steel it would hang up on the boot screen and would only just replay the boot flash over and over and would not boot all the way up. Anyone else have the same problem?? What other custom rom out there that is good or popular?? Anyone have any suggestions? Thanks..
Milestones are not all the same (A853 / A854)
Something I have not seen mentioned much in this Milestone forum is that there are drastic differences in different models of Milestones. Motorola made things very confusing when they decided to make two phones which are very different have the same name. I started this thread to try and help clear it up a little. I wasted alot of time reading information that was totally irrelevant to my phone.
Milestone Model A853 is GSM and is the Milestone that is mentioned in most forums. Unlike the DROID, the A853 Milestone has a bootloader that only allows signed Firmware to load. There are other differences that I have not researched since this is not the model I have. Motorola is suppose to offer a 2.2 update for this phone at some point in the future.
Milestone Model A854 is CDMA and does not have a locked bootloader. The A854 is the same phone as the A855 Droid but branded with the Milestone name for licensing to small carriers. This model will not receive a official 2.2 update but most if not all the custom roms for the A855 Droid will work on the A854. I am currently running CyanogenMod-6.1.2-Droid which is Android Version 2.2.1 on a A854.
I am sure this is old news for some but like I mentioned before I wasted alot of time reading Milestone forums when I should have been reading Droid forums for information about the A854. I hope someone finds this information useful. If any of this information is incorrect please feel free to correct me.
Now for a question. This forum section is labeled "Verizon Android Phones > Motorola Milestone". Has Verizon ever carried a Milestone? I thought they were CDMA and have always sold the CDMA Motorola A855 Droid.
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Try miui. I am sure you will love it. Check miui android forums.
This should help in deciding.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6yY53Kcc0w
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sileshn said:
No brother. You got it wrong. Milestones are not droids. Two basic differences.
Milestone is GSM, Droid is CDMA.
Milestone has locked bootloader, Droid has an unlocked one.
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/motorola-milestone/121260-milestones-not-all-same-a853-a854.html
Alltel milestone A854 is a Droid. All Droid roms will work for it. Just be sure to make a backup of your phone before flashing anything becoz getting 3g to work has been very difficult if you get back to stock.
Cm6, cm7, miui for droid will work on your phone.
You will brick your phone if you try and nandroid restore I&F on your phone. You have been warned.
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LOL Sorry did see this post when i type my last one sorry. But thats where i read it at. Also i used rom manager to load Droid Steel which is really nice, but might try some other ones also. Also made backups of orginal rom so i can always go back and like you said if something screws up. I see what your saying on the 3g thing.. Do you know if they have had issues with the 3g on the droid steel because looks like im only getting 1g but i could be wrong. I dont get the best receiption in the house. Thanks for the help, which actually helped me alot. Thanks again.
Kordris
I also have a A854 milestone and one person will tell ya the droid roms work on it the next person says they wont?!! one person says rom manager wont work for the milestone another says it will! one says CWM will work another says it it wont that need mini mod or andrianai recovery who knows Im afraid to do anything cuz i cant afford a brick!
It's simple:
There was a Droid A855 (cdma, bootloader unlocked)
Only one month later there was a Milestone A853 (gsm/umts, bootloader locked)
So far so good, there's a Droid and there's a Milestone. Two similar, but actually very different, not ROM compatible phones.
And then, more than half year later, there was suddenly a Milestone A854, which is actually a Droid A855, only named differently. (cdma, bootloader unlocked).
Now there's confusion.
So: If you read Milestone, it usually means the GSM variant A853. Droid means A855/A854, cdma.
If you have A854, don't look for Milestone stuff, because you have a Droid.
I recently upgraded from my HTC Hero to an A854, but I'm having a problem getting Rom Manager. It's not in the market, and I've tried downloading it from the site, but I get an error saying "There is a problem parsing the package." Unfortunately I only have my phone on me, and I don't see any other way to flash Clockwork on it. Even if I did have my computer though, I still haven't been able to find a guide without broken links. Any help would be appreciated!
Scratch all of that. Just decided to do it on a laptop a little while ago because I found all the links. Followed the Droid instructions on Cyanogenmod's wiki, but replace the Clockwork .sbf file with a different recovery I found (only because the Clockwork link was broken). Flashed it and everything went fine! Put the good ol' Cyan on it and even though I had it on my hero, it still amazes me. Remember guys, follow DROID instructions if you have the A854!
OK now that my Droid Bionic is rooted I will like to make a ROM backup right away
What is the easiest way to flash Clockwork Mod on my Droid Bionic?
After I do that, hopefully I'll find a way to tether
The bootloader is currently locked.
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rafarataneneces said:
OK now that my Droid Bionic is rooted I will like to make a ROM backup right away
What is the easiest way to flash Clockwork Mod on my Droid Charge?
After I do that, hopefully I'll find a way to tether
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so which phone are you talking about the charge or the bionic?
devanmc said:
so which phone are you talking about the charge or the bionic?
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He was talking about the Bionic. Never mentioned the Charge
Terri M said:
He was talking about the Bionic. Never mentioned the Charge
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Look at the quote. The OP edited his post.
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rafarataneneces said:
OK now that my Droid Bionic is rooted I will like to make a ROM backup right away
What is the easiest way to flash Clockwork Mod on my Droid Bionic?
After I do that, hopefully I'll find a way to tether
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no way no how at this time bro
TheBiles said:
Look at the quote. The OP edited his post.
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You are correct, I also read him say the charge. Your not going crazy
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Bootloader NOT = Recovery partition!!!
Wrong, wrong, wrong. Come on, folks: rooting it is so simple a moron could do it, and yes - the BOOTLOADER is locked, the recovery image is NOT.
I've managed to upgrade to ROM Manager v 4.4.0.7 this morning, and it appears that the latest (previously unpublished) version 5.0.2.0 of "recovery.img" is going to do the trick.
I've already flashed it with 5.0.1.0, but it seems flaky at best. Flashing it was as simple as hitting "Flash Clockwork Recovery" inside ROM Manager.
I suspect there was "one more thing" they needed to get into both programs to 'do' the Verizon version of the Motorola Droid Bionic.
ratledge said:
Wrong, wrong, wrong. Come on, folks: rooting it is so simple a moron could do it, and yes - the BOOTLOADER is locked, the recovery image is NOT.
I've managed to upgrade to ROM Manager v 4.4.0.7 this morning, and it appears that the latest (previously unpublished) version 5.0.2.0 of "recovery.img" is going to do the trick.
I've already flashed it with 5.0.1.0, but it seems flaky at best. Flashing it was as simple as hitting "Flash Clockwork Recovery" inside ROM Manager.
I suspect there was "one more thing" they needed to get into both programs to 'do' the Verizon version of the Motorola Droid Bionic.
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When I try to upgrade it asks me for my phone model, and the BIONIC was not one of the options.
smacinskyjr said:
When I try to upgrade it asks me for my phone model, and the BIONIC was not one of the options.
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True, just pick Droid X2 or something close, like the Aria - you're good.
There sure do seem to be a lot of Dinc owners moving over to the Bionic! Since it's only been out 16 months, how'd you guys come out with your trade-up? I managed to get one for $169 with the $100 rebate by upgrading my wife's phone and saving my "New every two" (yeah, I know - only one more time) for next year.
ratledge said:
True, just pick Droid X2 or something close, like the Aria - you're good.
There sure do seem to be a lot of Dinc owners moving over to the Bionic! Since it's only been out 16 months, how'd you guys come out with your trade-up? I managed to get one for $169 with the $100 rebate by upgrading my wife's phone and saving my "New every two" (yeah, I know - only one more time) for next year.
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i used my last annual upgrade for the bionic, cost 320 after it was all said and done
Hi I just bought a droid 3 on ebay. The phone comes with .906 by default, and I've been getting mixed results about being able to use it on AT&T. Some people seemed to have had issues with 906 when it first came out, while others say that the new radio works perfectly on gsm networks. Does anybody have any instructions/links on how to flash the updated radio to the Droid 3? Thanks.
shnish said:
Hi I just bought a droid 3 on ebay. The phone comes with .906 by default, and I've been getting mixed results about being able to use it on AT&T. Some people seemed to have had issues with 906 when it first came out, while others say that the new radio works perfectly on gsm networks. Does anybody have any instructions/links on how to flash the updated radio to the Droid 3? Thanks.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1406812
Jimmy8881 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1406812
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That's what I thought I would use. Sorry to be so annoying and post a question that, yet again, has this link as the answer. I searched everywhere for certain confirmation that everything works on 906 and there was always that one person who had an issue. Do I need to go back to .890 before flashing the radio?
shnish said:
That's what I thought I would use. Sorry to be so annoying and post a question that, yet again, has this link as the answer. I searched everywhere for certain confirmation that everything works on 906 and there was always that one person who had an issue. Do I need to go back to .890 before flashing the radio?
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no need to go back to 890, just make sure your phone is under Fastboot mode
Jimmy8881 said:
no need to go back to 890, just make sure your phone is under Fastboot mode
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Perfect. Thanks so much.
Jimmy8881 said:
no need to go back to 890, just make sure your phone is under Fastboot mode
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Actually, how do I get the phone into fastboot mode? Does .906 have a special fastboot file or can I just follow what it says to type into the CMD box? The files included in that thread are for .890 so I don't want to screw anything up. I know moto phones are tough to brick, but better off safe.
boot to fastboot
power off then hold volume down and power buttons
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the radio.IMG file is good for .890 or 906
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dont think there is an issue with .906 and using domestic GSM networks. my first droid 3 was on .906 and it worked fine.
im currently on the build before and using att,im going to sbf back to stock and update to .906 though.
there are some build prop modifications that should be done,including one to fix a cosmetic error with the bar signals that shows less bars than there truly is.
there is also an updated GSM radio as well.I am going to flash that too to see if there is any improvement.
sd_shadow said:
boot to fastboot
power off then hold volume down and power buttons
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And, for people like me with a broken volume down button, slide open the keyboard while powered off and hold the "f" key while powering on to start fastboot....
Alright so I was able to gain root and am running stock 4.4. I was under the impression that I should be able to run safestrap recovery, although some places tell me it doesn't work on 4.4 but some do. Which is it? My bootloader is locked thanks to Big Red...
Also, is the bootloader still working on being unlocked for the VZW non-dev phone? Or has that been given up on?
Thanks for the help to a new guy in the community coming from the GS4.
bravesfan171 said:
Alright so I was able to gain root and am running stock 4.4. I was under the impression that I should be able to run safestrap recovery, although some places tell me it doesn't work on 4.4 but some do. Which is it? My bootloader is locked thanks to Big Red...
Also, is the bootloader still working on being unlocked for the VZW non-dev phone? Or has that been given up on?
Thanks for the help to a new guy in the community coming from the GS4.
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well this is a tricky question, according to the safestrap thread on rootwiki it is not 4.4 friendly but there are some people who say they have it installed on 4.4 and it works fine. so really all you can do is try installing it and see what happens.
as for bootloader unlock i am not sure but i would not get your hopes up.
dray_jr said:
well this is a tricky question, according to the safestrap thread on rootwiki it is not 4.4 friendly but there are some people who say they have it installed on 4.4 and it works fine. so really all you can do is try installing it and see what happens.
as for bootloader unlock i am not sure but i would not get your hopes up.
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I might will give it a try. Any risk in that?
bravesfan171 said:
I might will give it a try. Any risk in that?
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no u can just remove it via the app if you have issues worse case you have to flash the recovery.img in the stock firmware package
Did safestrap work ok for you?
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Yeah, I actually just installed it and was surprised to see it worked. I am running 4.4 and not 4.4.2 but I'm just glad I can make backups now to mess with some stuff in my stock rom. Anyone have any recommendations for safestrap roms?
Eclipse works perfectly. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2521509. There's also a stock rooted ROM over at the Rootzwiki forums (under CDMA Moto X development). Don't know of any others.
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bravesfan171 said:
Yeah, I actually just installed it and was surprised to see it worked. I am running 4.4 and not 4.4.2 but I'm just glad I can make backups now to mess with some stuff in my stock rom. Anyone have any recommendations for safestrap roms?
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Please post results. A while back I also saw that thread that says it is not 4.4 friendly, but after some were reporting it working I went ahead and installed it. I am on Verizon as well and it seems to have went fine. Boots into safestrap recovery and I made a backup - it all seemed to work. However, in that time, I haven't flashed any roms in any of the rom slots. So if you are going to can you please report back so we know that there were no errors involved with that?
I've been using it while on Kit Kat for a couple months now (including backups and restores). No problems. I only use the stock slot, not ROM slots.
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mercado79 said:
I've been using it while on Kit Kat for a couple months now (including backups and restores). No problems. I only use the stock slot, not ROM slots.
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This is good to hear. My last phone had unlocked bootloader so I didn't have to deal with safestrap before. You're Verizon also? And you've just been backing up, wiping stock slot and installing there?
somerandomname1 said:
This is good to hear. My last phone had unlocked bootloader so I didn't have to deal with safestrap before. You're Verizon also? And you've just been backing up, wiping stock slot and installing there?
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Yes. Exactly.
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Safestrap doesnt seem to be working for me. After i install it and open the app. It just sits on a blank screen forever. And if I try to press the menu button in the corner it says that app is not responding. Does anybody know whats going on?
bravesfan171 said:
Also, is the bootloader still working on being unlocked for the VZW non-dev phone? Or has that been given up on?
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Give that dream up, it's never gonna happen.