I've bricked it. Help! - Motorola Droid Bionic

So, after receiving a Droid-Bionic from a friend, I skipped registration and basically used it as an MP3 player/Game Player. I love the way CM runs on my NookColor, so I decide to flash it on my Bionic. So i root, bootstrap CWR, and flash. Behold, it bootloops. After much trying to reflash the stock ROM using the stock recovery (Now unable to get into CWR), I always get errors about failing to verify the ZIP.
Fine. If its gonna be that way, its gonna be that way. I leave it plugged in, bootlooping, overnight after reading how people's Bionics stopped looping after like 10 hours of being plugged in. No luck, and now it's out of batteries too, and only turns on when plugged in. (now it never gets past the red "M")
The ROM was called STOCK-CM10-Targa.zip, and I don't remember where I got it. I'll get more info on that later.
Can anybody give me (very) detailed instructions on how to un-brick? I've searched everywhere. I'm lost.

Mineturtle33 said:
So, after receiving a Droid-Bionic from a friend, I skipped registration and basically used it as an MP3 player/Game Player. I love the way CM runs on my NookColor, so I decide to flash it on my Bionic. So i root, bootstrap CWR, and flash. Behold, it bootloops. After much trying to reflash the stock ROM using the stock recovery (Now unable to get into CWR), I always get errors about failing to verify the ZIP.
Fine. If its gonna be that way, its gonna be that way. I leave it plugged in, bootlooping, overnight after reading how people's Bionics stopped looping after like 10 hours of being plugged in. No luck, and now it's out of batteries too, and only turns on when plugged in. (now it never gets past the red "M")
The ROM was called STOCK-CM10-Targa.zip, and I don't remember where I got it. I'll get more info on that later.
Can anybody give me (very) detailed instructions on how to un-brick? I've searched everywhere. I'm lost.
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Download Motorola's RSD lite program.
When it was working was it on an ICS or JB build?
If it was on ICS then download the .246 FXZ file
Boot phone into fast boot, hold volume up/down and power
Run RSD lite and use FXZ.

I would have done that but I have a Mac. Any suggestions?
Hellooo! *Explosion FX*

Mineturtle33 said:
I would have done that but I have a Mac. Any suggestions?
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Sell the Mac

Get a friend who has a pc and use it for 5 minutes. I'm sure if it means fixing your phone they will help.

or you could run Winblows through bootstrap. tis what I do. Anywho, you still will need to FXZ that badboy to unbrick it. You can do a search for the House of Bionic, cool utility that was written to assist with stuff like this. Make sure you FXZ back to the right OS - depending on if you were on ICS or JB. and if you were on JB, do NOT, repeat do NOT, install nor use bootstrap - it F's up the bionic on JB.

Sir_Eagle said:
Sell the Mac
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LOL. Yeah. I prefer Windows, but unfortunately I only have a Mac now. I would sell it, but I need it for other stuff.
Hellooo! *Explosion FX*

I was coming from ICS. Can somebody give me an (ordered) list of what I need to do.
I'm good with Android, and I understand most of the stuff you guys are telling me, but the bootstrap/ROM slot stuff is something I don't often encounter in the NookColor forums.
Hellooo! *Explosion FX*

Mineturtle33 said:
I was coming from ICS. Can somebody give me an (ordered) list of what I need to do.
I'm good with Android, and I understand most of the stuff you guys are telling me, but the bootstrap/ROM slot stuff is something I don't often encounter in the NookColor forums.
Hellooo! *Explosion FX*
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Why don't you research dual boot for mac and get a lite version of windows xp or something to boot on your mac? Or as I said ask a friend for 5 minutes, download this stuff mentioned and put on flash drive so it's ready to go at their house. I can't imagine this is your primary device if you have let it go this long without asking another person with a PC for help.
Google and download .246 FXZ file for Bionic/Targa
Then dl RSDlite a motorola program, install.
Download "Droid Bionic Drivers" google it will get motorola site with drivers for windows on there.
Then hold vol up and down and hit power, press vol down until on ADP Fastboot then press volume up to select
Plug phone into computer, RSDlite should recognize it on line 1.
Click the three periods "..." up top to search for the FXZ, select the FXZ (still in zip don't unzip) and click "Decompress and Flash".
Wait, sometimes up to 30 minutes or longer. If over an hr something is wrong.
That's as much as I can help good luck.

neo1738 said:
Why don't you research dual boot for mac and get a lite version of windows xp or something to boot on your mac? Or as I said ask a friend for 5 minutes, download this stuff mentioned and put on flash drive so it's ready to go at their house. I can't imagine this is your primary device if you have let it go this long without asking another person with a PC for help.
Google and download .246 FXZ file for Bionic/Targa
Then dl RSDlite a motorola program, install.
Download "Droid Bionic Drivers" google it will get motorola site with drivers for windows on there.
Then hold vol up and down and hit power, press vol down until on ADP Fastboot then press volume up to select
Plug phone into computer, RSDlite should recognize it on line 1.
Click the three periods "..." up top to search for the FXZ, select the FXZ (still in zip don't unzip) and click "Decompress and Flash".
Wait, sometimes up to 30 minutes or longer. If over an hr something is wrong.
That's as much as I can help good luck.
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his instructions are solid. that will reset the device back to "factory".. as for being a mac go download a free trial of VMware fusion then download Win 7 iso from microsoft dont worry you need no key since you will have 30 days to activate anyways and you will only be using it for 10 minutes.. then follow neo1738's instructions.. it seems there is a 4.1.2 fxz file out now and just google for RSD lite 7.5.. I have had to do this before and it is really straight forward. Looks like this will be my first post on here so I cannot provide outside links.. been a member since 2010, guess I lurk too much haha! but if you need links to that stuff PM me and I will give em to ya.
Josh

DaMadOne said:
his instructions are solid. that will reset the device back to "factory".. as for being a mac go download a free trial of VMware fusion then download Win 7 iso from microsoft dont worry you need no key since you will have 30 days to activate anyways and you will only be using it for 10 minutes.. then follow neo1738's instructions.. it seems there is a 4.1.2 fxz file out now and just google for RSD lite 7.5.. I have had to do this before and it is really straight forward. Looks like this will be my first post on here so I cannot provide outside links.. been a member since 2010, guess I lurk too much haha! but if you need links to that stuff PM me and I will give em to ya.
Josh
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Just wanted to say fast boot works too in Ap fast boot you can use fastboot flash partition partition.IMG if any of the RSS halt or fail to get past errors you can also delete those IMG in the fxz.XML that are giving you errors just edit the .XML in the fxz.zip and delete anything you don't want flashed I had to do this a few times to save my bionic

I ended up selling the device. But thanks for your help! I learned a lot from this experience.

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[Q] wrong sbf? need proper one for (RTGB)

first post, yes, i'm new to this... (forum, not flashing, not entirely anyway, i did fiddle with Sony Ericssons and stuff, kindergarden compared to androids)... but not an idiot, to the point:
firmware config. version seems to be RTGB, great britain, right? wrong, a RTUK is not it. I am sort of lost, i bought the phone with 2.1-update1, the 2.2.1 update has not yet been rolled out in my backwards country, so i did an official update over the internet with motorola app etc etc. I have no idea what was the 2.1 fw config. ver., but it strikes me as weird that i have a RTGB one now, the packaging/box/manuals all were German or something that looks like German. And now, i got myself RTUK sbf file, and RDS lite fails to do anything. I require assistance, and an explanation if possible as to why this didnt work? if i chose the wrong sbf, why does it show me having RTGB? and finally which sbf to take and from where (two german one's are available on this forum), but i've seen only one RTGB and it was only 2.1. For comparison, the friend bought the same phone on the same day, but she got one with a qwertz keyboard, mine is normal qwerty, fw config. ver. shows VFDE, did not update hers, it's still 2.1-update1. I can only assume that VF is german for RT and that her phone did not come from an unknows source. The phone company selling these obviously imports them, possibly even from random countries or EU countries at least...
however something did happen, my battery in the notification seems to be not present, there's just a question mark inside what appears to be an empty battery... apps that show battery levels work fine... although, scratch this last one, a reboot fixed it, even though i have not seen it before.
also, help me rack up some posts ^^ ask for info or whatever, i'd like to give a shot at improving my android...
Check the link below. You will get both service and non-service versions of 2.2.1 sbf's.
http://and-developers.com/sbf:milestone221
VF would be vodafone ( service version) while RT would be retail version.
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Thanks, gonna try asap, will come crying if it explodes in my face...
SuicideTree said:
Thanks, gonna try asap, will come crying if it explodes in my face...
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It wont. I have done it many times and my face is still intact, as you can see from my avatar.
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now add a laptop that sometimes, actually recently starts bsoding not when you're gaming but when you're picking your nose... and now a serious question, how screwed am i if the laptop crashes WHILE doing something with RDS Lite or something similar ;]]
SuicideTree said:
now add a laptop that sometimes, actually recently starts bsoding not when you're gaming but when you're picking your nose... and now a serious question, how screwed am i if the laptop crashes WHILE doing something with RDS Lite or something similar ;]]
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which version of rsdlite and what OS? rsdlite should not cause your OS to crash.
oh no, it's not rsd lite related, it's just laptop hardware being faulty, that's my assumption anyway, this laptop is going to the warranty next monday, it bsods randomly and i mean really randomly... atm i have win7ult x64 and rsd is 4.9... however this is unrelated, i had a linux here and on it was screwing me over from day one.
SuicideTree said:
oh no, it's not rsd lite related, it's just laptop hardware being faulty, that's my assumption anyway, this laptop is going to the warranty next monday, it bsods randomly and i mean really randomly... atm i have win7ult x64 and rsd is 4.9... however this is unrelated, i had a linux here and on it was screwing me over from day one.
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Try it and see if it works.
Just finished. Seems to be good. Gonna Continue with the guide then ^^ Many thanks.
instead starting a new topic IDIOT QUESTION but... can someone give me a detailed dumbed down version of this instruction bellow:
If you applied an OTA update before, there is a script run at every system boot that checks and re-flashes the recovery when its checksum doesn't match. In such case, you have to avoid booting to android after the vulnerable recovery flash. Boot directly to recovery when RSD Lite restarts the phone (hold camera button) and from there remove the /system/etc/install-recovery.sh file.
rm -f /system/etc/install-recovery.sh
i am getting this
E:Cant open /cache/recovery/command
just upon entering AOR (power+x)
trying to apply the update regardless i get this
- install from sdcard
finding update package
opening update package
verifying update package
E:EOCD marker occurs after start of EOCD
E:signature verification failed
Instalation aborted
what is the meaning of this?
possible solutions:
"It seems that the key to successful recovery flash in some cases is to not let the phone to boot to android or recovery until the RSD Lite will signal PASS. When the RSD Lite is restarting the phone during flash, hold the D-Pad Up, so the phone enters the bootloader again immediately."
does this work? DIDNT WORK, so i still need help
i'm still combing through many threads mentioning this... either please tell me this works or point me in the right direction -_- thanks
Once you flash the official sbf, you need to flash the vulnerable recovery to enable you to run openrecovery which is used to flash custom roms and much more.
There is a script which checks your recovery image everytime it boots and replaces it with the original if it finds any changes. So you need to remove that script.
Procedure would be as follows.
1. Download and extract androidiani openrecovery to the root if your sdcard. You should have a update.zip file and openrecovery folder.
2. Flash official sbf.
3. Flash vulnerable recovery sbf. When the phone restarts and before it displays Moto logo, press and hold the 'x' key on your keyboard. You should see a triangle with exclamation mark. Press volume up + camera button and choose apply update menu option.
AOR should load up. Choose console option and type the following commands.
rm - rf /system/etc/install-recovery.sh
reboot
That's all.
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okay, so it seems i did all the steps EXCEPT flashing the original sbf... wait, the first link you provided was to a an official sbf - correct? then where do i get the vulnerability? or vulnerable_recovery_only_RAMDLD90_78.sbf is it? so, i have original flashed, when trying the vulnerability now it says failed, 0x7100, phone connected. what does that mean?
SuicideTree said:
okay, so it seems i did all the steps EXCEPT flashing the original sbf... wait, the first link you provided was to a an official sbf - correct? then where do i get the vulnerability? or vulnerable_recovery_only_RAMDLD90_78.sbf is it? so, i have original flashed, when trying the vulnerability now it says failed, 0x7100, phone connected. what does that mean?
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The RAMDLD90_78 is the Vulnerable Recovery.
RSD Lite is a buggy program sometimes. What you need to do is put the sbf you want to flash on the ROOT of your C:/ drive and try it again.
I suppose there's no harm in trying that, i already had to rename it to something shorter, cause it wouldnt even give me the Start button.... brb
skadude66 said:
The RAMDLD90_78 is the Vulnerable Recovery.
RSD Lite is a buggy program sometimes. What you need to do is put the sbf you want to flash on the ROOT of your C:/ drive and try it again.
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Buddy, please help him out with the rsdlite problem. I presume you had the same problem and someone helped you out, especially with the Windows 7 x64 error.
@SuicideTree : What is your ultimate goal? You want to have a Official ROM on your phone or you want to flash custom roms.
sileshn said:
Buddy, please help him out with the rsdlite problem. I presume you had the same problem and someone helped you out, especially with the Windows 7 x64 error.
@SuicideTree : What is your ultimate goal? You want to have a Official ROM on your phone or you want to flash custom roms.
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You helped me out with that sileshn!
Yeah, I'll keep this thread up and I'll see what issues he's got.
sileshn said:
Buddy, please help him out with the rsdlite problem. I presume you had the same problem and someone helped you out, especially with the Windows 7 x64 error.
@SuicideTree : What is your ultimate goal? You want to have a Official ROM on your phone or you want to flash custom roms.
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oh well, i was going for cyanogenmod, but for starters i'd like root to have some more control over my phone
EDIT: it also appears that once again it wont give me the START button, cant press it, moved files around, renamed and stuff... weird
EDIT2: by the way, is it normal for the vulnerability file not to show any file properties in RSD Lite?
SuicideTree said:
oh well, i was going for cyanogenmod, but for starters i'd like root to have some more control over my phone
EDIT: it also appears that once again it wont give me the START button, cant press it, moves files around, renamed and stuff... weird
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Once you get VR, rooting and flashing a custom ROM is a piece of cake, so it shouldn't be that bad once you get there.
SuicideTree said:
oh well, i was going for cyanogenmod, but for starters i'd like root to have some more control over my phone
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If you want to flash CM, just install GOT 2.2.1 from here and forget about VR. GOT has VR injected into it. Use the Retail UK sbf.
Once you have CM, you have root.
@skadude : Didn't know it was me.
is cm7 much better over cm6? cause i was looking into that ^^ however if the end goal can be achieved easier with got cm6 i should give that a try, but, what if i wanna play around with this stuff later or something? i'd like to understand what's happening at the moment... anyway, if i go with got solution what are the steps? flash uk sbf, then got or... then cm?
also, got or is better than aor? except apparently having vulnerability alreay in it... anything else?
thanks for all the help, sorry for being not too enlightened, i'll get there ;]]]

[Q] LG Thrill GB w/ClockworkMod Recovery

(Obvious Noob warning---) A friend helped me root my Thrill, install ClockworkMod Recovery, and then install CM7 on my Thrill. But I would like to try the LG GB release. Is it necessary to backtrack all the way back to stock to do this (i.e. reinstall the stock ROM, reinstall the stock recovery, unroot, etc.)?
My friend tried using the LG upgrade tool on his LG phone without going back to stock and ended up bricking it. He says that usually within a few days of release, a CMR compatible zip file (usually already rooted) appears here on XDA (I haven't seen it), which makes things easier (but obviously he didn't wait for it himself).
Will a zip be possible for the Thrill GB? (The file seems quite large (420MB), so I'm guessing there is a lot of media included.) Or should I just bite the bullet and backtrack?
Rick
Rick Tillery said:
(Obvious Noob warning---) A friend helped me root my Thrill, install ClockworkMod Recovery, and then install CM7 on my Thrill. But I would like to try the LG GB release. Is it necessary to backtrack all the way back to stock to do this (i.e. reinstall the stock ROM, reinstall the stock recovery, unroot, etc.)?
My friend tried using the LG upgrade tool on his LG phone without going back to stock and ended up bricking it. He says that usually within a few days of release, a CMR compatible zip file (usually already rooted) appears here on XDA (I haven't seen it), which makes things easier (but obviously he didn't wait for it himself).
Will a zip be possible for the Thrill GB? (The file seems quite large (420MB), so I'm guessing there is a lot of media included.) Or should I just bite the bullet and backtrack?
Rick
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I'm assuming that the official update method was used.
Just use this method after downloading the update. No bricking.
SEE THREAD
The Dark Lestat said:
I'm assuming that the official update method was used.
Just use this method after downloading the update. No bricking.
SEE THREAD
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Thank you for your help!
Rick
Trojan?
Sorry, but as a noob, I can't post in that other thread.
It seems that the shttp3.exe in the LG Flash Package triggers Symantec's trojan detection. Some searching seems to indicate (assuming I'm reading all the cryptic virus sites correctly) that there is something to this, although it seems that different scanners find different trojans/viruses (can't post the link, but Google for "shttp3.exe" and "trojan"). I also found that the web site for this utility is blocked at work, because it's a "malicious site."
Has anyone seen this? Has anyone been able to verify/refute this?
Rick
There is no virus, Lestat would never do that
Sent from my LG-P925 using XDA
Just my .02 .....Get rid of Symantec !! They are known for scaring people into a virus frenzy.. Yes, it is possible that it is seeing it as a potential virus because shttp is a workaround from the usual porting of windows ip services. ...
Correct me if i'm wrong somebody please !!
Get yourself Comodo and save your money...
Regards,
Dwayne
PS: somebody on here has written a script that just uses shttp temporarily while
your doing the flash procedure, and then reverts your host files back automatically after your done. You should try it.
dwaynedman said:
Just my .02 .....Get rid of Symantec !!
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Symantec isn't really a choice on work PC.
Get yourself Comodo and save your money...
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I'm sorry I can't give the link yet, but if you'll Google you'll see Comodo classifies shttp3.exe as "ApplicUnwnt.Win32.ServerWeb.SmallHTTP.~A" or "UnclassifiedMalware" (I guess depending on the version). A number of scanners find issues with shttp3.exe. I'm not saying it is infected, only that it is doing something suspicious.
Rick
Rick Tillery said:
Sorry, but as a noob, I can't post in that other thread.
It seems that the shttp3.exe in the LG Flash Package triggers Symantec's trojan detection. Some searching seems to indicate (assuming I'm reading all the cryptic virus sites correctly) that there is something to this, although it seems that different scanners find different trojans/viruses (can't post the link, but Google for "shttp3.exe" and "trojan"). I also found that the web site for this utility is blocked at work, because it's a "malicious site."
Has anyone seen this? Has anyone been able to verify/refute this?
Rick
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shttp3.exe is in no way a virus. I've scanned with AVG and MalwareBytes Anti-Malware and they check out good.
Back to square one
OK, I seem to be stuck.
With paranoia in tow, I decided to take the long way back to stock. Unfortunately, when I tried to restore the backup of my stock image I made to SD card after installing CMR, the md5 checksum failed. I'm not sure what I can do about this.
So ok, I tried following the above link. The first step is to ensure the su binary is up-to-date. But when I tried this, I get a failure downloading the manifest. This is true for WiFi and HSPA+. I Googled and found a suggestion to delete the su binary. But that didn't help (I'm not sure how it would have helped anyway).
So back to the original question. Can I use the LG upgrade process to upgrade without going backwards (as you can see above, I can't) without bricking the phone? Can I start at step 3 in the link above and succeed?
Rick
The Dark Lestat said:
shttp3.exe is in no way a virus. I've scanned with AVG and MalwareBytes Anti-Malware and they check out good.
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Thank you, sir. I hope it didn't seem accusing.
Rick
Rick Tillery said:
Thank you, sir. I hope it didn't seem accusing.
Rick
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It's cool, my friend.
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S II w/ CM9
Rick Tillery said:
OK, I seem to be stuck.
With paranoia in tow, I decided to take the long way back to stock. Unfortunately, when I tried to restore the backup of my stock image I made to SD card after installing CMR, the md5 checksum failed. I'm not sure what I can do about this.
So ok, I tried following the above link. The first step is to ensure the su binary is up-to-date. But when I tried this, I get a failure downloading the manifest. This is true for WiFi and HSPA+. I Googled and found a suggestion to delete the su binary. But that didn't help (I'm not sure how it would have helped anyway).
So back to the original question. Can I use the LG upgrade process to upgrade without going backwards (as you can see above, I can't) without bricking the phone? Can I start at step 3 in the link above and succeed?
Rick
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Is it safe to ignore the su version update?
Short of this, can I override the MD5 checksum? I realize that image could be corrupt, but if I'm just going to replace it with the GB release, does that matter?
Rick
You should just put your phone in recovery mode and update through the tool
with your IMEI #. It will give you the latest update !
If you need some help on that I think Lestat or somebody has a write-up
on doing this.
Good luck,
Dwayne
dwaynedman said:
You should just put your phone in recovery mode and update through the tool
with your IMEI #. It will give you the latest update !
If you need some help on that I think Lestat or somebody has a write-up
on doing this.
Good luck,
Dwayne
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Can you be a bit more specific?
1. By "recovery mode," do you mean into ClockworkMod Recovery, or I should revert to stock (I made a copy of it after I rooted the stock ROM, but before I installed CMR)?
2. By "the tool," do you mean the official LGMobile Software Update, or the LG Flash Package referenced in the link above?
3. By "latest update," do you mean the file directly from LG, or the copy (v20p) linked from the link above?
4. If the latter in both previous questions, which set of steps do I need to follow from the above link? Can I do only 3 (LG Flash Tool), or do I need to follow 1 (Recovery Manager), 2 (Returning to Stock), and 3?
My friend had a different LG phone, with ClockworkMod Recover and CM7 installed. He reverted the CM7 to stock, but did not replace CMR with the stock recovery. Then he used the official LG upgrade method and bricked his phone. I'm trying to avoid this.
Are you saying I don't have to worry about this on the LG Thrill 4G? Can I go straight from the current CMR+CM7 configuration to the LG GB release using the official LG process?
If you mean I should use a different process, can you point me to it? As I mentioned, I run into dead-ends using the method linked above. And I'm not even sure whether I should be doing steps 1, 2 and 3, or if I should just use step 3.
Any and all help is appreciated, but I guess I don't understand the shorthand you're using here, so if you could be a bit more specific, I wouldn't feel so lost.
Rick
Rick Tillery said:
Can you be a bit more specific?
1. By "recovery mode," do you mean into ClockworkMod Recovery, or I should revert to stock (I made a copy of it after I rooted the stock ROM, but before I installed CMR)?
2. By "the tool," do you mean the official LGMobile Software Update, or the LG Flash Package referenced in the link above?
3. By "latest update," do you mean the file directly from LG, or the copy (v20p) linked from the link above?
4. If the latter in both previous questions, which set of steps do I need to follow from the above link? Can I do only 3 (LG Flash Tool), or do I need to follow 1 (Recovery Manager), 2 (Returning to Stock), and 3?
My friend had a different LG phone, with ClockworkMod Recover and CM7 installed. He reverted the CM7 to stock, but did not replace CMR with the stock recovery. Then he used the official LG upgrade method and bricked his phone. I'm trying to avoid this.
Are you saying I don't have to worry about this on the LG Thrill 4G? Can I go straight from the current CMR+CM7 configuration to the LG GB release using the official LG process?
If you mean I should use a different process, can you point me to it? As I mentioned, I run into dead-ends using the method linked above. And I'm not even sure whether I should be doing steps 1, 2 and 3, or if I should just use step 3.
Any and all help is appreciated, but I guess I don't understand the shorthand you're using here, so if you could be a bit more specific, I wouldn't feel so lost.
Rick
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Remove your battery and keep the phone unplugged
Launch the mobile updater tool
Hold the volume+ button plug the phone in and keep holding the volume+ till the computer downloads the drivers your phone is now in download mode
Once the phone is picked up go to customer support on the LG updater tool and click on recovery phone put your imie number in click check (make sure its the right model) an let the updater tool do its job. Once its done flashing launch into recovery volume- plus power plus 3D button do a complete wipe and factory reset and reboot your phone ... you'll lose cwm and root and be back to full stock
Sent from my LG-P925 using XDA
Bricked?
No joy. Following the steps, the upgrade stopped at 6%. Trying a number of times, it eventually forced me to exit the program (no more restarts). Rerunning the updater (and downloading the 420 MB image yet again on a VERY slow connection) I tried again and again, with different combinations of battery and plug order with power and volume buttons, but nothing worked. Checking elsewhere I found some issues had been reported with Windows Vista/7, so I tried on an XP machine. Now the "Start Updating" bar is red (it was always gray with W7). But now when I try to restore (or even update for that matter), it asks for my S/N (it never did that before) and then says it is "no longer able to upgrade." Reading around, it seems this is an indication of the device being bricked.
Rick
It sounds like you are very close to getting it working Rick.
My update did the same thing, looped over and over until it
finally kicked me out. Just plugging and unplugging the phone etc....
And when my update stuck at 6% the last time, i took my battery out and then in real quick and that seemed to work.
Does the phone still vibrate when you plug the usb cable into it while holding volume..? If it does then I highly doubt that your phone is bricked, just in a semi flashed state....No worries
Should Rick be trying to run LG Updater as administrator ? I didn't, but it might not hurt.
Regards & Luck,
Dwayne
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=22417769
Have you tried this yet cause if you can get the LG logo to come up then you can reflash the phone and get it working send a pm to the dark lestat he may be able to team viewer you and help you out
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It sounds like you are very close to getting it working Rick.
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I wouldn't have believed you early this morning, but now maybe...
My update did the same thing, looped over and over until it
finally kicked me out. Just plugging and unplugging the phone etc....
And when my update stuck at 6% the last time, i took my battery out and then in real quick and that seemed to work.
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I tried a bunch of different combinations...none seemed to make the app happy. I finally punted Windows 7 and moved to an XP machine, only to get the "no longer able to update" message. At that point I assumed I was screwed (effectively bricked).
Does the phone still vibrate when you plug the usb cable into it while holding volume..? If it does then I highly doubt that your phone is bricked, just in a semi flashed state....No worries
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It never really vibrated, but I was able to get back into CMR. Unfortunately NONE of my backups work at all. They all have MD5 checksum failures. I tried a trick I found online and got past that step, only to have it say a failure restoring /system. So much for CMR.
JReeher said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=22417769
Have you tried this yet cause if you can get the LG logo to come up then you can reflash the phone and get it working send a pm to the dark lestat he may be able to team viewer you and help you out
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Which step? As I mentioned above, I can't even get the first step of the first section (updating the su binary). And if I start at the 3rd section, Symantec prohibits me from using shttp3.exe (I tried to unquarantine it, but it gives a permission error, even as Administrator, when I try to run it), so I'll have to use a different machine.
I was able to reinstall the CM7 3/15 release, so that's something. I was going to restore the stock recovery backup I made, but even that doesn't seem to work. I'm having issue with backups :-(
Rick
i have never been able to restore a backup. i dont know why... but i have tried several times in several different instances.
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rick tillery, if you want to get your phone back to alive and well i'd suggest doing this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1558723&page=3
4th post i think

Bionic Left to Die!?

Can someone help my poor Bionic? All the links to restore a bionic are dead and its like a cemetery here nowadays... The Bionic was the most valued phone at one point, with its duo core and LTE together for the first time. gee... How said that the Bionic gets no love...
Anyway if someone can point me in the direction of a solid restore I would really appreciate it. I have rsd and a file but for some reason my bionic doesnt show up in rsd. Any links would be great thanks guys...
Are all the current drivers installed on your computer? What system are you using? What bit?
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I feel ya man! I soft bricked mine the other day after flashing a gummy rom and trying to use bootstrap instead of safestrap to nandroid back to eclipse. I had a super hard time finding the sbf files as well and none of the one click methods worked. I'll try and find the link for you when I get home.
Oh, did you put your phone into fastboot first?
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Thanks for the replies... I eventually found what i needed but I honestly think my phone is done. No matter what I do my phone is not recognized in ap fastboot. it says battery ok ok to program but no programs can read it. I can flash via platform-tools fastboot img by img but released root wont recognize it, 902 path wont see it and rsd wont see it. I am so confused...
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Thanks for the replies... I eventually found what i needed but I honestly think my phone is done. No matter what I do my phone is not recognized in ap fastboot. it says battery ok ok to program but no programs can read it. I can flash via platform-tools fastboot img by img but released root wont recognize it, 902 path wont see it and rsd wont see it. I am so confused...
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What caused this mess to begin with?
What system version were you running? 902?
I might be able to help you get this phone up and running again. It is very hard to totally brick the bionic!
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Thanks for the replies... I eventually found what i needed but I honestly think my phone is done. No matter what I do my phone is not recognized in ap fastboot. it says battery ok ok to program but no programs can read it. I can flash via platform-tools fastboot img by img but released root wont recognize it, 902 path wont see it and rsd wont see it. I am so confused...
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I had the same problem several times with windows7 64
You should try using the Ubuntu! It is bulletproof... One step and does not rely stupid drivers.
I use it at least 4 times a week
how do i use Ubuntu is there a link? Thanks
Here is RSD Lite 5.6
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6725402/RSDLite5.6.msi
Here is the latest Motorola Driver
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6725402/MotoHelper_2.1.40_Driver_5.5.0.exe
Here's the FXZ for Bionic system .902
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6725402/VRZ_XT875_5.9.902.XT875.Verizon.en.US_CFC_01.xml.zip
Now you have all the tools you need to fix your Bionic.
projektorboy said:
Here is RSD Lite 5.6
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6725402/RSDLite5.6.msi
Here is the latest Motorola Driver
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6725402/MotoHelper_2.1.40_Driver_5.5.0.exe
Here's the FXZ for Bionic system .902
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6725402/VRZ_XT875_5.9.902.XT875.Verizon.en.US_CFC_01.xml.zip
Now you have all the tools you need to fix your Bionic.
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Yea um.. Those files are not going to work. Please refer to every other post.
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Yea um.. Those files are not going to work. Please refer to every other post.
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You never mentioned if you installed the newest drivers. Drivers will help RSD Lite see your phone when you plug it in.
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You never mentioned if you installed the newest drivers. Drivers will help RSD Lite see your phone when you plug it in.
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Sorry for the misunderstanding. I did install the latest drivers and my phone is not recognized by any fastboot program However I can command it manually. So I did so only thing is I hve restored to 886 and no radio. I tried mot-fastboot flash radio radio.img but i still dont have a radio. If I had a radio zip that would help maybe... Or if my stupid phone would just flash via rsd that would be great but doesnt look like that will happen. Thanks again
Edit: My new core i5 lenovo was the issue. My old Laptop fixed it like a charm. Thanks to all you faithful bionic owners lol. Seriously though why does the best network get such lack of development on its phones... Sad, Even the Droid Charge was left with no love...
enterfof which
brandonaspencer said:
Yea um.. Those files are not going to work. Please refer to every other post.
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They worked for me and actually I'm back to running Eclipse latest 904 build updated a few days ago after running the 902 rebuilds referenced previously and also figuring out my main problem with Motorola's FastBoot Recovery was USB cable and port related. I simply had to use a new cable and USB port on the back on my computer to finally get FastBoot recovery to work.
Either way, it saved my Bionic and I'm now running Eclipse 904 (build 4 - 04/30/12) - h t t p://eclipserom.com/vforum/showthread.php?1612-ROM-Eclipse-Bionic-Test-Build-05-5-1-12 without problems. Sorli...
edit, already solved
I'm thinking I've burned up some usb ports with my phones over the years...I only plug it into a powered hub now

[Q] Having problems running 1 CLICK SBF .906

I actually found a thread on this but it didn't actually fully address the issue. My problem is I rooted my Droid 3 a few weeks ago without any issue using the Motofail method. I actually kept the stock OS, all I did was use Titanium Backup to freeze some apps and I performed the Radiocomm Hack, all without any issue. Well now it is a few weeks later and I notice I'm having some problems with my phone. The stock battery indicator is acting wonky. I plugged in the phone to charge and when I unplugged it, the indicator continued to stay animated like it was still charging. Also when I plugged in the phone to charge yesterday, it appeared to be charging fine but when I unplugged later that evening it actually hadn't charged at all as the battery indicator was not only in the red, but when I went into About Phone in the system setting it also said the battery was at a low percentage. Another issue I'm having is with the sudden disappearance of my Battery and Data Manger within the systems menu. I no longer have any Data Manager setting like I used to have. Infact all it shows when I go into there is what apps are using the most battery power. I don't even have an option to turn of the Background Data anymore or adjust battery saver settings. I'm not sure why all this is happening as I've kept the custom rom and only frozen a few apps that I confirmed to be safe by checking a safe list on several websites. I even went back and unfroze all the apps to see if maybe one of them was causing the issue. The only other thing I did was perform the Radiocomm Hack. Now I did follow a youtube video that told me that I need to apk a datamanagerservice file and also an oek (?) datamanager service file and also I had to go into Root Explorer and delete a database file of some kind. According to the gentleman who made the video, these were tracking programs that might be able to detect the radiocomm hack or some how detect that the phone was using tether. After everything was done in the video and I performed the hack, it worked perfectly. My phone worked fine and the the tethering was fine. Now a few weeks later and I'm having the problems I mentioned above. To fix this I decided I would unroot my phone and return it to factory setting then reroot again. To do this I decided to go with Overlay's 1-Click SBF.exe method. I did have the same problem as another poster in that the file had some sort of extended name on it (-dl=1). This prevented my computer from being able to read the file or recognize it. So I did what that post suggested and I deleted the "-dl=" part so that it said 1_CLICK_SBF.exe and low and behold it fixed the file. It went from a white paper icon to the green android man icon so I thought everything was ok. Well then I go to run the program and I keep gettin this "some files are corrupted" message "please close and find another download' or something of that nature. I've tried several times to redownload this file and I still keep getting this error. I tried disabling my virus protections and fire walls but still nothing worked. Can someone please tell me what I'm doing wrong and how I can get this working again. I'm not even sure if it's something with root that is causing my phone to act up, it could be the phone is bad which mean I need to contact the person I bought it from and send it back but I can't do that until I unroot the phone, return it to factory settings and see if that takes care of the battery issue and restores my data manager/battery settings to the system menu. Thank you in advance to anyone who can help me out with this.
fanofhan said:
I actually found a thread on this but it didn't actually fully address the issue. My problem is I rooted my Droid 3 a few weeks ago without any issue using the Motofail method. I actually kept the stock OS, all I did was use Titanium Backup to freeze some apps and I performed the Radiocomm Hack, all without any issue. Well now it is a few weeks later and I notice I'm having some problems with my phone. The stock battery indicator is acting wonky. I plugged in the phone to charge and when I unplugged it, the indicator continued to stay animated like it was still charging. Also when I plugged in the phone to charge yesterday, it appeared to be charging fine but when I unplugged later that evening it actually hadn't charged at all as the battery indicator was not only in the red, but when I went into About Phone in the system setting it also said the battery was at a low percentage. Another issue I'm having is with the sudden disappearance of my Battery and Data Manger within the systems menu. I no longer have any Data Manager setting like I used to have. Infact all it shows when I go into there is what apps are using the most battery power. I don't even have an option to turn of the Background Data anymore or adjust battery saver settings. I'm not sure why all this is happening as I've kept the custom rom and only frozen a few apps that I confirmed to be safe by checking a safe list on several websites. I even went back and unfroze all the apps to see if maybe one of them was causing the issue. The only other thing I did was perform the Radiocomm Hack. Now I did follow a youtube video that told me that I need to apk a datamanagerservice file and also an oek (?) datamanager service file and also I had to go into Root Explorer and delete a database file of some kind. According to the gentleman who made the video, these were tracking programs that might be able to detect the radiocomm hack or some how detect that the phone was using tether. After everything was done in the video and I performed the hack, it worked perfectly. My phone worked fine and the the tethering was fine. Now a few weeks later and I'm having the problems I mentioned above. To fix this I decided I would unroot my phone and return it to factory setting then reroot again. To do this I decided to go with Overlay's 1-Click SBF.exe method. I did have the same problem as another poster in that the file had some sort of extended name on it (-dl=1). This prevented my computer from being able to read the file or recognize it. So I did what that post suggested and I deleted the "-dl=" part so that it said 1_CLICK_SBF.exe and low and behold it fixed the file. It went from a white paper icon to the green android man icon so I thought everything was ok. Well then I go to run the program and I keep gettin this "some files are corrupted" message "please close and find another download' or something of that nature. I've tried several times to redownload this file and I still keep getting this error. I tried disabling my virus protections and fire walls but still nothing worked. Can someone please tell me what I'm doing wrong and how I can get this working again. I'm not even sure if it's something with root that is causing my phone to act up, it could be the phone is bad which mean I need to contact the person I bought it from and send it back but I can't do that until I unroot the phone, return it to factory settings and see if that takes care of the battery issue and restores my data manager/battery settings to the system menu. Thank you in advance to anyone who can help me out with this.
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I also just want to add that I did load the phone into App Fast Mode without any problems and everything was ok. It's just when it came time to actually run the 1 Click file, I kept getting the message about parts of the zip being corrupted and to please find another download. Also I should add that I am on the .906 ota, 2.3.4, kernel 2.6.35.7-g5a4155.
There is now a full SBF zip download for 5.7.906 that you can flash with RSD Lite; see here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=39268610&postcount=241
I used it last week without issue. I unzipped the file first to make sure that it was a good download (a bad download will not unzip properly.)
[edit: here is a good "how-to" for RSD Lite: http://wiki.howardforums.com/index.php/How_to_flash_with_RSD_lite ]
You may want to make sure that you have a well-charged battery. Amazon sells a Motorola external charger if your phone does not charge the battery properly. http://www.amazon.com/Motorola-Battery-Charger-Series-Batteries/dp/B005LFXBJ6
doogald said:
There is now a full SBF zip download for 5.7.906 that you can flash with RSD Lite; see here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=39268610&postcount=241
I used it last week without issue. I unzipped the file first to make sure that it was a good download (a bad download will not unzip properly.)
[edit: here is a good "how-to" for RSD Lite: http://wiki.howardforums.com/index.php/How_to_flash_with_RSD_lite ]
You may want to make sure that you have a well-charged battery. Amazon sells a Motorola external charger if your phone does not charge the battery properly. http://www.amazon.com/Motorola-Battery-Charger-Series-Batteries/dp/B005LFXBJ6
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First of all thank you for the reply because I really need help. The only way i've been able to do anything to my phone is mostly by watching youtube videos and following along. In other words I am a complete idiot to all of this and have no idea what i'm doing. With regards to your response about RSD Lite, I did go to the how to link but I still don't understand what to do. Unfortunately I don't have internet at my house so I can't even begin to attempt the rsdlite thing until tonight. I just feel like my nerves are shot. Nothing on this phone is working right. Infact im beginning to wonder if there is something wrong with the phone itself. This is the second d3 I've had and all the things i'm doing to this phone I did to the last and i'm having nothing but problems and I've done nothing major to the phone. I just tried tethering so I could access the internet on my laptop so I can try to fix this now and apparently the radiocomm hack didn't work either. It worked fine on my other droid3 that i ended up giving to my mom. Im beginning to think that the seller I purchased this phone from on ebay, lied about this phone not being. Refurbished or ever activated. Heck I knew it wasn't because it came already loaded with the. 906 update. Now if I can figure out how to factory restore I can see if I can get it working properly.
what is your battery level at, files will not flash if battery is too low
could cause the errors you are seeing
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sd_shadow said:
what is your battery level at, files will not flash if battery is too low
could cause the errors you are seeing
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Well a little while earlier my extended battery was in the red. Again I think this is a software issue as im sure the battery is good. Anyway I googled a fix and someone else who had the same issue accessed the Battery Manager app in settings and cleared the cache and the battery started to charge again. I cleared the cache and did a force sto then plugged the phone up and it hasn't died yet but im afraid to unplug the phone so im leaving it charged until I leave tonight to see if the battery charges. I do have the original battery as a bak up which when I placed it in the phone briefly this morning was at 80 or 90% so I think im ok battery wise. Im just freaking out about how to fix this. I know nothing about flashing roms or rsdlite or anything like that. I literally rooted the phone, froze some apps and did the radiocomm hack which doesn't seem to have worked with this phone. I just don't understand why this is happening. This all went perfectly without a hitch on the other droid 3 I had before I gave it to my mom and bought another one. Is there an easier way to unroor and restore to stock besides using rsdlite/ I don't know why Overlay's 1 click. 906.exe file is coming up as corrupted. That seemed like an incredibly easy fix. This rsdlite fix sounds incredibly complicated and as I said im an idiot to this kind of thing. I listen to the real creative geniuses and try to do what you all do.
rsd lite is very simple
download xml file
download rsd lite and install
down load moto drivers and install
open rsd lite
select the '...' button, select the xml file
boot phone to AP Fastboot, connect to pc
wait for windows to find correct drivers
select start on rsd lite, let it install xml file (10-25 min)
when rsd lite is done it will try to reboot phone,
if phone gets stuck in bootloop, wipe data in recovery and reboot
done
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How To Flash xml recovery files with RSD Lite
but you can not flash with a low battery, if software is corrupt battery will not charge
buy a Motorola Programing Adaptor by Team Black Hat
or Battery Desktop Charger for Motorola Droid 3 XT862
What are xml files and where do I get them? Are they specific to rsd lite or I have no idea what you're talking about with regards to xml files and which ones im supposed to download. Are you refering to the latest moto drivers for my device or some other drivers I need to download to run rsd lite? Seriously, explain it to me like you would to your 80 year old grandmother if you had one (unless you do have one). I usually watch videos of people doing what I need to do and I follow what they're doing so.....yeah i'm THAT noob.
read my how to flash xml file with rsd lite
links to every thing there
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Ah, ok. Ill check out your link about the xml filed tonight as well as looking into downloading one of the battery apps you were talking about but the good news is that I do have a spare battery incase the one in the phone now proves not to be charging. Do you have any idea why this would be happening? I did the exact same stuff on another droid 3 and everything was fine. The first phone which I bought from a person who was upgrading did great yet this one that I bought froma verizon dealer on ebay is acting up. This phone came with stock screen cover and all the booklets and sealed battery charger and everything. I know the box wasn't sealed but with the exception of the. 90ynupdate already installed t, the phone appeared to have not been used. Is it possible that I wont be able to restore phone back to original. 890 stock that was shipped originally? I'm just trying to understand what could of happened so I know its not a faulty phone issue. Thank you Shadow for being so helpful, thank both of you that have responded. Please keep them coming lol!
fanofhan said:
Ah, ok. Ill check out your link about the xml filed tonight as well as looking into downloading one of the battery apps you were talking about
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battery apps, will not help, and I did not suggest any
but the good news is that I do have a spare battery incase the one in the phone now proves not to be charging. Do you have any idea why this would be happening?
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if software is corrupt, phone can not charge battery, just that simple
... Is it possible that I wont be able to restore phone back to original. 890 stock that was shipped originally?
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even if 906 one click works, it flashes an unstable repacked 890, and recommended that 906 update is installed as part of the system restore
Yes im sorry, I had misunderstood you initially. I did have a chance to view the links so I realized what you meant after my post. Yes, I am also aware of the software possibly being corrupt, I just meant that fortunately I have z spare battery that I can pop in and use during the rsdlite fix but it does appear that my extended battery is charging since I emptied battery manager cache and force stopped. I will take it with me just in case though should I need to switch them out before I make the attempt tonight. Also I aware that the 1 click method would only be a temporary backup to .890 and that I would need to perform an update but I am just eager to see if my phone will revert back to. 890 because it came to me from a verizon authorized dealer with the latest update already installed even though they told me the phone had never been activated. It just makes me wonder if some how the operating system is locked from reverting to. 890 somehow. I just want to be able to return the phone to the condition it was when it arrived to me which was unrooted with the latest update already installed and all software functioning normally.
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Yes im sorry, I had misunderstood you initially. I did have a chance to view the links so I realized what you meant after my post. Yes, I am also aware of the software possibly being corrupt, I just meant that fortunately I have z spare battery that I can pop in and use during the rsdlite fix but it does appear that my extended battery is charging since I emptied battery manager cache and force stopped. I will take it with me just in case though should I need to switch them out before I make the attempt tonight. Also I aware that the 1 click method would only be a temporary backup to .890 and that I would need to perform an update but I am just eager to see if my phone will revert back to. 890 because it came to me from a verizon authorized dealer with the latest update already installed even though they told me the phone had never been activated. It just makes me wonder if some how the operating system is locked from reverting to. 890 somehow. I just want to be able to return the phone to the condition it was when it arrived to me which was unrooted with the latest update already installed and all software functioning normally.
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It's possible that the Droid 3 was never used. When a new update is released, the manufacturers tend to ship phones with updated software, rather than having the user go through an over the air update almost immediately.
A Droid 3 that has had 5.7.906 installed on it cannot revert back fully to an older version - the locked bootloader prevents it. I believe that the 1-click installs the system of the older version, as that can be managed, and then allows you to have the 5.7.906 upgrade installed, which you should do right away.
However, at this point I'd stay away from 1-click. This link has the SBF file that you need: http://sbf.droid-developers.org/cdma_solana/list.php
It's the third in that table, under the column "download", on the line with "5.5.1_84_D3G-66_M2-10
Blur_Version.5.7.906.XT862.Verizon.en.US" as the system build number.
You will download a zip file called VRZ_XT862_5.5.1_84_D3G-66_M2-10_1FF_01a.xml.zip. As you can tell by the name of the file, that file is a zip file. When you extract it, it will expand to 17 files, including one called VRZ_XT862_5.5.1_84_D3G-66_M2-10_1FF_01a.xml - this is the file that you will be looking for when you follow sd_shadow's instructions for RSD Lite.
In fact, just to be complete, the files that will be expanded are:
VRZ_XT862_5.5.1_84_D3G-66_M2-10_1FF_01a.xml
allow-mbmloader-flashing-mbm.bin
boot.img
cdrom
cdt.bin
device_tree.bin
ebr
emstorage.img
lbl
logo.bin
mbm.bin
mbmloader.bin
mbr
preinstall.img
radio.img
recovery.img
system.img
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RSD Lite uses the .XML file as a list of instructions about what to do with the rest of the files.
Thank you doogald, I'm about to begin downloading the stuff I need now so that I can begin. I'm hoping everything runs smoothly since I have to have this completed by the end of my shift in the morning. I really don't want to have to stay here all day tomorrow using my employers internet to try and figure this out. Thanks both of you guys for all your help. I'll let you know how it turns out. Geez, I hope it turns out right..
Ok so right now I already feel like screaming in frustration. I can't seem to find an RSD Lite download file. The RSDlite.rar download link that I found here on XDA, doesn't work on my computer, the same as the 1 click method. I did find a download on a sight called Tucows for RSDlite 5.7 but it seems to be stuck in the "installing" phase. I went to the link that Shadows posted, taking me to the how to page for RSD Lite but again, the link there took me to the XDA link, which doesn't work. The Tucows download for RSDLITE 5.7 is showing a Window that says Windows Mobility, and it has a light blue bar that is completely full but all it says is "RSDLITE is being installed" it doesn't appear to be doing anything else. I guess I can close it and try installing it again. Ok I tried downloading the Tucows 5.7 download again but it tells me the file did not install properly the first time and I need to try installing. What is going on? I am trying to reinstall it again. Why is nothing working for me, why is everything being so difficult. I'm trying to not have a melt down but seriously, why can't I find any files that work? They all seemed to be working at some point and are working for other people right now. I need help finding a working file I think.
what version of windows?
i have several links on my main page
sd_shadow's list of links for Droid FAQs, SBF, Rooting, ROMs.... https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Goawxdx_UBF4Y8lqzHYWf8Ha3yUcRK4faq0UWIlXLWA/edit
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try this one http://d-h.st/rLK
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Why can't I find a file that works?? None of the .rar files work. They all download and then have a paper icon and when I try to open and extract the files I get an error page about windows not being able to identify the files or something and then it asks me what program I want to use to open the download. The only one that unzipped was the Tucows file and that was an RSDLite5.7.msi (whatever that means) and when I extract the files and attempt the download it's a Windows Installer which I run and it looks like it's going to work but then it just stops doing whatever it's doing and does nothing until I close it at which point it asks me if I'm sure I want to close because the installation isn't complete. What is going on?? I can't believe I've been trying to find a working RSDlite file for the last 2 hours. I thought I'd be done by 3:30 and here it is 2:20am and I haven't even gotten to the first step yet because I can't find any working download.
i never let window unzip file, try 7zip link in my main page
.msi is a microsoft installer works like. exe, except alittle different
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sd_shadow said:
what version of windows?
i have several links on my main page
sd_shadow's list of links for Droid FAQs, SBF, Rooting, ROMs.... https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Goawxdx_UBF4Y8lqzHYWf8Ha3yUcRK4faq0UWIlXLWA/edit
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try this one http://d-h.st/rLK
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I'm running Windows Vista Home Premium SP 2 64bit, I'm checking your page now Shadow. Bless you for replying.
ok vista 64 should be fine
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STUCK on Android is Updating" Starting Apps Swirl"

Okay, so now we have 3 Atrix HD's in the house and except for the unremoveable battery thing, and the short "battery life" when actively using it, I'd say we pretty much love them. However, I decided to remove some apps, etc. and managed to get my messages, camera and gallery to the "not working" and basically non-existent point. Now on startup I'm getting the Android is Updating message with the never-ending swirl of Starting Apps... I'm positive I've waited long enough as I set it down and went back to bed just to wake up and still see it.
Info - phone IS rooted
running the "jellybean" update
Unfortuanately a couple weeks ago, I UNCHECKED the sync photots for both facebook and gmail, so there are pictures I really don't want to lose.....
I'm definitely not a "pro" like lots of them up here, but am capable of following directions. I'm pretty sure I have to "unroot" my phone via USB/SD card through my laptop....Any help would be greatly appreciated... and the more specific the directions the better!! :cyclops: LOL... Thanks so much.
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Sounds like you deleted a critical OS file. You need to flash back to stock again. Is your boot loader locked or unlocked?
Don't remeber...
ai6908 said:
Sounds like you deleted a critical OS file. You need to flash back to stock again. Is your boot loader locked or unlocked?
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I Don't rememer if I unlocked the bootloader. Is there a way to check? Thanks.
Follow what's in the website to reload your stock image...
http://www.andromods.com/tips-trick...-qinara-stock-original-firmware-fastboot.html
ai6908 said:
Follow what's in the website to reload your stock image...
http://www.andromods.com/tips-trick...-qinara-stock-original-firmware-fastboot.html
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I've been trying and I've fallowed everything to the T but everytime it says it falls.
I'm not sure...I have used it before and was able to restore...are you sure it's not a hardware issue?
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Okay, here's where we're at.... it is no longer frozen on that screen and goes thru the setup w/ my gmail, etc.... but then I have a black screen (except for the top row icons...). I can pull down the settings menu and see everything there, but I have no "homescreen"....It's black. It seems like we're in the right direction and I know it's not dead. Anything??
Also wanted to thank you for the help. This place is ALWAYS amazing....
Hey, my son and I are wondering since it's already running 4.1.1 and we can't downgrade, what about flashing a custom rom? Will that flash a totally complete, full home page and everything?? Just a thought.
While trying to search for answers I came across a "xoom forums??" post with a tablet that was doing exactly the same thing....multiple people had that problem, but doesn't seem to have been answered...... not sure if I'm suppose to post links to that or not, but at least I know I'm not alone.....
If you're rooted, than I'm assuming ADB debugging is on. You should be able to unlock your boot loader and load CWM recovery. From there you can wipe cache and dalvik cache. If that doesn't help, you can reflash a stock ROM zip from Skeevys thread. Flashing a zip won't touch your SD card
There is official 4.1.1 available...you can try flashing that...you dont need to downgrade.
Okay, my son installed safetystrap (whatever that is...lol) and when you click Operating system, it says "there is no operating system installed are you sure you want to reboot????
Is this fixable?
Note: We have two other identical Atrix HD's in the house if that helps for any reason.....
Well that's what we are trying to figure out is how to install OS...Lol..
Try install system using fastboot... Look for skeevedudes guide...its in this forum somewhere...
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LOL....okay, so do yoiu see why my son says I'm not "ALLOWED" to have a rooted phone if this happens again..... Guess I was just glad to SEE it written out, so that it's a little more def what's going on - but I'm sure everyone up here (except me) already knew that!!!
He's not around today, so my phone is just "sitting" saying "creating rom slot" but never gets off that screen. The good thing is that we can see it's actually charging and we weren't sure before....... Does this sound like something that will eventually be repairable??
You have a soft brick...yes it is fixable...
Okay, thought I had already posted this before but I guess I never hit the submit ....
Before safety strap was installed, we could get the phone (minus the homescreen and os) to come on....the settings, wifi etc.....No we can't seem to get to that point with the safetystrap on. It just goes completely blank and won't let safestrap connect to the computer via usb.
Apparently there is also no way to remove SS without an opperating system. This doesn't sound promising.....ugggg..... I so want my phone back.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
OK dude. Follow my instructions.
Hold down power and both volume buttons all at once until the phone screen turns black, then continue holding the volume buttons. You will get a menu. Go to AP fastboot mode using the volume down button, select it with the volume up button. Plug your phone into your computer with a data cable. Download RSD lite and the MOTOROLA drivers from the MOTOROLA website. Install both. Download the 4.1.1 sbf file for your phone, there is a thread for it here in the AHD forum. Its a zip file, extract it to your desktop. Open RSD lite, click the browse for file button, select the XML file inside the folder you just unzipped. Hit flash. If you get any errors, let me know I'll send you a different XML file with the getvar lines removed.
Okay, will get it started..... Thanks so much. My son has been working on this for hours and hours. You have no idea how much I appreciate this place and everyone who helps out!! You guys rock! Will let you know what we get.
Here is the website for what youngunn mentioned...
http://www.andromods.com/tips-trick...-qinara-stock-original-firmware-fastboot.html
[FONT="Comic [SIZE="3"]Okay, my son (BlackestPain) is too new here to post the picture links, so I copied and pasted. They're just downloads from his camera pictures. This is where we are right now after following suggestions....[/SIZE]MS"][/FONT]
Okay, here is what I've (chixwithkidz5' son) tried.... Please cut me some slack because I haven't been doing this stuff long....
Getvar file
Getvar removed
RSD Lite connected
RSD Lite failed
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***** this is what the phone reads after everything
What am I missing ? Thanks - I can use all the decent help I can get.

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