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Newbie NEED HELP FOR SAFESTRAP!!

I recently bought my xt894 from china and wish to flash it with ics
I've it rooted and installed safestrap
But after I switched to safe mode enable, whatever rom I flashed, I got into the bootloop tht either blank screen or stucked in android logo.
I am new to droid 4, any help would be appreciated!!:beer:
Is it related to my gsm unlocked with chinese rom?
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disablewong said:
I recently bought my xt894 from china and wish to flash it with ics
I've it rooted and installed safestrap
But after I switched to safe mode enable, whatever rom I flashed, I got into the bootloop tht either blank screen or stucked in android logo.
I am new to droid 4, any help would be appreciated!!:beer:
Is it related to my gsm unlocked with chinese rom?
Sent from my DROID4 using XDA
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The first time I flashed an ICS ROM on my D4 it bootlooped as well. I had to wipe data and cache and then it booted right up.

Yes I know I gotta wipe both cache and data and I done it twice, but still nothing show up.....it is just the blank black screen, no any animation at all...
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Please Help!
disablewong said:
Yes I know I gotta wipe both cache and data and I done it twice, but still nothing show up.....it is just the blank black screen, no any animation at all...
Sent from my DROID4 using XDA
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I'm freaking out because mine is stuck on the black screen too... I was trying to flash the XML file for Fastboot. and it just went blank (blackscreen) can someone please help. I don't know if letting the battery die is the way to go? I have it connected to a laptop at the moment. I know they said that the XML file takes a whille, but it has been an hour. I do not have any warranty as this was a trial unit given to me.
I'm not that much of a Noob, but I'm not sure what to do at this point. <<<<---- Fixed using Volume down and Power to do a "battery pull" Although I almost Removed the battery physically.

Can you still boot into the unsafe system?
If so, is the unsafe system currently ICS or Gingerbread?

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slosho said:
I'm freaking out because mine is stuck on the black screen too... I was trying to flash the XML file for Fastboot. and it just went blank (blackscreen) can someone please help. I don't know if letting the battery die is the way to go? I have it connected to a laptop at the moment. I know they said that the XML file takes a whille, but it has been an hour. I do not have any warranty as this was a trial unit given to me.
I'm not that much of a Noob, but I'm not sure what to do at this point. <<<<---- Fixed using Volume down and Power to do a "battery pull" Although I almost Removed the battery physically.
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ICS leaks are not fastbootable.AFAIK, unless you just meant that you were trying to fastboot flash to 6.13.219 before flashing to ICS. Either way, here we go.
Go into safestrap, safe mode menu, then disable safe mode, and restart your droid. I am assuming you at least went into safe mode before trying to flash. If so, this is why we love safestrap...makes sure you have a working OS. Let it boot up. Did it work?
If not, don't panic, there is still another solution, even if you didn't safestrap your unmodified OS (just make sure you do this next time!)
If you did backup and safestrap saved you, ignore this block below for now.
Code:
[LIST=1]Download [COLOR="Red"]VRZ_XT894_6.5.1-167_DR4-1_M1-219_1FF_01[/COLOR].
You might already have this if that's what you were trying to fastboot to. It's 1.18GB in size.
Download is here: sbf.droid-developers DOT org/cdma_maserati/VRZ_XT894_6.5.1-167_DR4-1_M1-219_1FF_01.xml.zip
(change DOT to . Can't post links yet.)
[*]dl.dropbox DOT com/u/76950573/RSDLite5.7.msi Download RSDLite and install it.
[*]Download the Droid USB drivers:
motorola DOT com/Support/US-EN/Support-Homepage/Software_and_Drivers/USB-and-PC-Charging-Drivers
Install them. [COLOR="SeaGreen"][B]RESTART YOUR COMPUTER.[/B][/COLOR]
[*]Turn your phone off.
Hold the two side volume buttons down together, press and hold the power button down.
Hold all 3 down until you get to the bootloader.
Press volume down to get to "recovery", press volume up to select it.
You'll see a sick looking android/red triangle icon soon.
When you do see him, press both volume buttons down at the same time.[/list]
[*]Volume down to "wipe data/factory reset", power button to select (not volume up this time.)
Confirm, delete everything. When it finishes, select "reboot system", press the power key to enter that choice.
Immediately press both volume keys together after the reboot begins and hold them until you see the bootloader menu again.
[*]Plug your USB cable into your phone and connect it to your computer.
Use volume down to select "AP Fastboot", volume up to confirm the choice.
Open RSDLite on your PC.
Press the "....." icon in the program, browse to and select the 1GB+ VRZ_XT894_6.5.1-167_DR4-1_M1-219_1FF_01 you downloaded earlier.
[*]Click "decompress/start flashing". Now wait for half an hour or so.
I believe there will be several phone restarts near the end, this is normal.
You're now back to stock GB. You no longer have to fastboot to this in order to go forward to ICS.[/list].
Now to get to ICS...
Go here. droidforums DOT net/forum/droid-4-hacks/212307-droid-4-utility-updated.html and download the tool. You don't need anything else but the main tool.
Grab your preferred ICS leak. 6.16.217 is the most recent: droidforums DOT net/forum/droid-4-roms/218610-ics-leak-6-16-217-update-zip-boot-img-crc.html
Flash to 6.13.219 if you didn't just do that.(follow the steps in the CODE block above).
Open the droid 4 tool (.bat file) after extracting from the archive. Plug your phone into the USB. Set it to debug mode. Install safestrap 1.09, root the droid.
Unzip D4 6.16.217.zip. Rename boot.img to ICSFIX.img and move it into the droid 4 utility subfolder named \files\
Copy Blur_Version.6.13.219.XT894.Verizon.en.US.zip (leave it zipped.) to your SDcard.
Go into safestrap and make a backup. Turn on safe mode. Reboot.
Reboot into Bootloader, select AP Fastboot. USB should still be connected and the droid utility open. Select option 16. (Errors might occur. This is fine.) Flash your blur.zip from sdcard. Follow prompts on utility. It will reboot, do some animations. When you see the motorola logo, let it do its thing. Once the moto logo fades out, force a reboot (hold VOL keys & power down.) Now hold vol down and press power, boot to bootloader, and select recovery. Press both power buttons when you see the dead sick android logo. Update from sdcard. Select the zip.
Let it flash. It'll reboot.
Open the droid utility. If you flash to another ICS version, UNINSTALL safestrap 1.09, and then install; the new version 2 one. Make backups. Root your phone. Use the last option on the droid utility to flash between ICS versions.
You cannot use it to flash between something like AOKP or CM9 to a normal ICS version (Yes I actually tried this, lol).
Sorry for wall of text, hopefully this helps you in some way, whether you're still bricked, or still want to go to ICS after fixing your brick.
Resources/relevant threads:
droidforums DOT net/forum/droid-4-roms/218610-ics-leak-6-16-217-update-zip-boot-img-crc.html
droidforums DOT net/forum/droid-4-hacks/212307-droid-4-utility-updated.html
droidforums DOT net/forum/droid-4-roms/209130-how-install-leaked-android-4-0-4-ics-build-droid-4-xt894.html
droidforums DOT net/forum/droid-4-tech-support/206972-how-restore-your-motorola-droid-4-xt894-stock-windows-only.html
droidforums DOT net/forum/droid-4-hacks/200945-safestrap-guide-droid-4-a.html
blog.hash-of-codes DOT com/how-to-safestrap
Read those. It'll be good information for you. I can't post links yet, but it's pretty clear they're not spam and only meant to help somebody out <3

[Q] Bricked After JB OTA Update and FXZ to .246

I installed the JB OTA updated and lost root, couldn't get it back for anything. I proceeded to FXZ back to .246 and somehow bricked my Bionic. I;m using RSD Lite 5.7 and the VRZ_XT875_6.7.246.XT875.Verizon.en.US_CFC_01.xml.zip FXZ file. I get to step 6/21 and it fails every time. it says "Failed flashing process. 6/21 flash cdt.bin "cdt.bin" -> Phone Returned FAIL.
Am I permanently bricked? Any Ideas? Thanks guys.

ryantrax said:
I installed the JB OTA updated and lost root, couldn't get it back for anything. I proceeded to FXZ back to .246 and somehow bricked my Bionic. I;m using RSD Lite 5.7 and the VRZ_XT875_6.7.246.XT875.Verizon.en.US_CFC_01.xml.zip FXZ file. I get to step 6/21 and it fails every time. it says "Failed flashing process. 6/21 flash cdt.bin "cdt.bin" -> Phone Returned FAIL.
Am I permanently bricked? Any Ideas? Thanks guys.
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Identical to a thread I already have going Sadly no one seems to have a solution yet. I'm hoping that if we get a FXZ file for JB that we can unbrick - but I have no clue where such files come from our how they're created - so looks like a waiting game.

ryantrax said:
I installed the JB OTA updated and lost root, couldn't get it back for anything. I proceeded to FXZ back to .246 and somehow bricked my Bionic. I;m using RSD Lite 5.7 and the VRZ_XT875_6.7.246.XT875.Verizon.en.US_CFC_01.xml.zip FXZ file. I get to step 6/21 and it fails every time. it says "Failed flashing process. 6/21 flash cdt.bin "cdt.bin" -> Phone Returned FAIL.
Am I permanently bricked? Any Ideas? Thanks guys.
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Power the unit off. Then hold VOL UP and VOL DOWN at the same time and then hold the power button for a second or two. You should get a menu. I believe the first value is normal boot. Press VOL UP when "normal boot" is highlighted (or press vol down until its highlighted then press vol up). Your phone should then boot into JB unfortunately you'll still be without root but you'll be back in the game with a phone that you can at least use.
~Brett

bretthoward said:
Power the unit off. Then hold VOL UP and VOL DOWN at the same time and then hold the power button for a second or two. You should get a menu. I believe the first value is normal boot. Press VOL UP when "normal boot" is highlighted (or press vol down until its highlighted then press vol up). Your phone should then boot into JB unfortunately you'll still be without root but you'll be back in the game with a phone that you can at least use.
~Brett
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Whooooly crap that worked. I can't believe that I did not try that. Thanks!

bretthoward said:
Power the unit off. Then hold VOL UP and VOL DOWN at the same time and then hold the power button for a second or two. You should get a menu. I believe the first value is normal boot. Press VOL UP when "normal boot" is highlighted (or press vol down until its highlighted then press vol up). Your phone should then boot into JB unfortunately you'll still be without root but you'll be back in the game with a phone that you can at least use.
~Brett
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Unfortunately this didn't work for me. I just get a blank screen after the moto logo pops up. I think I will have to wait for a JB fxz.
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bretthoward said:
Power the unit off. Then hold VOL UP and VOL DOWN at the same time and then hold the power button for a second or two. You should get a menu. I believe the first value is normal boot. Press VOL UP when "normal boot" is highlighted (or press vol down until its highlighted then press vol up). Your phone should then boot into JB unfortunately you'll still be without root but you'll be back in the game with a phone that you can at least use.
~Brett
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if fastboot writing "fastboot flash failure" then you need to recowery fastboot. I'm using script for changing boot animation he will correct this stuff.

Try this. put your sd card in a friends phone and upload the JB system update zip file to your sd card then put it back into your phone. Can you press and hold both volume keys THEN press power while holding the up down volume keys. instead of normal boot go down to recovery and press volume up to select it. Moto logo will apear then blank screen the the red triangle android. once that is on the screen hold both up down volume buttons again. at this time a menu should pop up and you can scroll down to system update from zip and load the JB zip file from your sd card. This is how I loaded JB on my phone. Hope things work out for you.

revazi said:
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if fastboot writing "fastboot flash failure" then you need to recowery fastboot. I'm using script for changing boot animation he will correct this stuff.
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What do you mean? I can't FXZ anything right now, I've tried all end in failure. I think its because of the new security level of the JB update. I think I'll have to wait for a JB FXZ. Haven't seen one yet.

zoompastu said:
Try this. put your sd card in a friends phone and upload the JB system update zip file to your sd card then put it back into your phone. Can you press and hold both volume keys THEN press power while holding the up down volume keys. instead of normal boot go down to recovery and press volume up to select it. Moto logo will apear then blank screen the the red triangle android. once that is on the screen hold both up down volume buttons again. at this time a menu should pop up and you can scroll down to system update from zip and load the JB zip file from your sd card. This is how I loaded JB on my phone. Hope things work out for you.
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Tried that, didn't work. It failed as well. I think my system files are totally bunked up.

You might be screwed. I know in the past that you would brick your device if you tried going backwards from ICS to gingerbread. I assumed the same would apply in this situation as well. If you have insurance, you may want to drop your phone in the toilet.
Sent from my DROID BIONIC using Tapatalk 2

smokedkill said:
You might be screwed. I know in the past that you would brick your device if you tried going backwards from ICS to gingerbread. I assumed the same would apply in this situation as well. If you have insurance, you may want to drop your phone in the toilet.
Sent from my DROID BIONIC using Tapatalk 2
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I ran one over once

The jb fxz is out now so those who tried to downgrade (smh) can fix it now.
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neo1738 said:
I ran one over once
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Lol.
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smokedkill said:
You might be screwed. I know in the past that you would brick your device if you tried going backwards from ICS to gingerbread. I assumed the same would apply in this situation as well. If you have insurance, you may want to drop your phone in the toilet.
Sent from my DROID BIONIC using Tapatalk 2
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That don't work, I let my son play with mine in the tub and it still worked. Just the battery got fried. Make sure you fry it good before you take it to them. Lol

neo1738 said:
I ran one over once
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I have a friend that was in the military - he set his on the ground & then ran over it with a tank! hahaha. He scrapped it off the ground a put it in a plastic baggy and mailed it Sprint..haha

Lol that's what I did... Just told them I was doing an update... (Was trying to JB)
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda app-developers app

Safestrap on Maverick 4.5 Issue

Recently I installed maverick 4.5 using safestrap 3.05. Now I am completely unable to access safestrap and the rom is unstable. As soon as I installed safestrap so I could back up my working rom, it automatically switched to the previous broken ROM slot. Is there any way to access safestrap now? When I hit the menu button it just boots into maverick 4.5. I really need help on this as I don't want to lose any of my data from the stock rom I was running. The phone is currently using the XT883 radio so I can use the phone on AT&T, but the acutal model is XT862. It's also running version .906. I know I could just sbf back to .906, but I really need to be able to access safestrap.
EDIT: I actually managed to fix it by using the BP tools option. I'm sure others have had this issue as well, but a mod can now close this.
"The EASIEST and most DEPENDABLE way I've found to boot into the new SS 3.05 is;
Shutdown the phone
Slide open keyboard
Hold M and press the power button to boot the phone (still holding M, release when it boots the next step)
Immediately a menu pops up
Press Volume DOWN to highlight "BP Tools" (tap several times, be quick, if you wait too long, it'll automatically select what is highlighted)
Press Volume UP to select it.
Phone will reboot showing the M logo, then proceed into SS Recovery."

This is a fairly known issue. The steps you've posted are what most of us do. I've also heard if, when the safestrap splash screen comes up, you wait a few seconds and the screen dims, to then hit the menu key. Some people claim to have a fairly good success rate using this method, although certainly via BP tools is mist dependable
Sent from my XT860 using xda premium

dead android w/ red exclamation point

I'm trying to flash the stock recovery so that I can install the 4.4.3 OTA update.
I'm following these steps:
1)Open a command prompt on your PC and change directory to the folder where mfastboot.exe is.
2)At the command prompt type:
mfastboot flash recovery recovery.img
to flash the stock recovery to your Moto X.
3)After the recovery has been flashed to your Moto X, at the command prompt type:
fastboot reboot-bootloader
to reboot into the bootloader.
When I boot into recovery I get a dead android with a red exclamation point.
Let sit for a minute it eventually boots into KitKat. What is up with this? How can I take the update with this messed up recovery.
I used the stock recovery from the OP in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x/general/xt1053-4-4-3-ota-update-zip-t2772613
please help.

pairustwo said:
I'm trying to flash the stock recovery so that I can install the 4.4.3 OTA update.
I'm following these steps:
1)Open a command prompt on your PC and change directory to the folder where mfastboot.exe is.
2)At the command prompt type:
mfastboot flash recovery recovery.img
to flash the stock recovery to your Moto X.
3)After the recovery has been flashed to your Moto X, at the command prompt type:
fastboot reboot-bootloader
to reboot into the bootloader.
When I boot into recovery I get a dead android with a red exclamation point.
Let sit for a minute it eventually boots into KitKat. What is up with this? How can I take the update with this messed up recovery.
I used the stock recovery from the OP in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x/general/xt1053-4-4-3-ota-update-zip-t2772613
please help.
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I had a difficult time( for some reason) trying to update to 4.4.3 the same way you are trying. I almost messed up my phone completely. Needless to say, I had to flash back to stock 4.4.2 manually with the help of others. Phone is now updated to 4.4.3 via OTA.

n0obpr0 said:
I had a difficult time( for some reason) trying to update to 4.4.3 the same way you are trying. I almost messed up my phone completely. Needless to say, I had to flash back to stock 4.4.2 manually with the help of others. Phone is now updated to 4.4.3 via OTA.
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Don't leave me hanging... How did you do it?

pairustwo said:
Don't leave me hanging... How did you do it?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=53228057&postcount=148
I used these steps.
You will need to download the right file for your phone: http://sbf.droid-developers.org/phone.php?device=0
And also have mfastboot in platform-tools if you have android-sdk in your pc.

pairustwo said:
When I boot into recovery I get a dead android with a red exclamation point.
Let sit for a minute it eventually boots into KitKat. What is up with this? How can I take the update with this messed up recovery.
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Android in distress ( logo with Exclamation mark) is normal when booting to stock recovery.
Press and hold the VOL UP key for 10-15 seconds. While still holding the VOL UP key tap and release the POWER key. That should put you in Recovery stock recovery.

Ugg. I'm dumb. Reading through the link you posted I realized the "Dead Android with Red Exclamation Point" is actually the stock recovery. I just need to hold the Vol up button for a few seconds and then tap the power button. Hmm. How did I not know that?
I thought I had a screwed up Recovery. Turns out it is fine.

pairustwo said:
Ugg. I'm dumb. Reading through the link you posted I realized the "Dead Android with Red Exclamation Point" is actually the stock recovery. I just need to hold the Vol up button for a few seconds and then tap the power button. Hmm. How did I not know that?
I thought I had a screwed up Recovery. Turns out it is fine.
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Don't be stressing android lol

n0obpr0 said:
Don't be stressing android lol
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I had the same problem and managed to fix it without erasing everything.
Here are my steps:
flashboot flash recovery recovery.img
flashboot reboot-bootloader
It will go to Recovery
See the dead android with exclamation mark
Press Volume-Up for 10 seconds and then click power (without releasing vol-up)
Enter Stock Recovery Screen
Apply update from sdcard
Get 4.4.3 update.zip file here

"Press Volume-Up for 10 seconds and then click power (without releasing vol-up)
Enter Stock Recovery Screen"
This method is not working on my Moto G XT 1033 (Dual sim version).
I am running 5.0.2
Please assist on how can i see my stock recovery from that red exclamation mark logo screen.
Ok... i got solution here!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g-2014/help/red-exclamation-mark-bug-droid-recovery-t3012842
Button combination changed in Lollipop.
Press the power button and tap the vol up button to enter recovery.

[Q] Broken Fastboot Menu

I rooted my phone yesterday, it will load the fastboot menu but if i select any option(like recovery or normal boot) the phone will simply power off, does anyone have any idea whats going on? other than that the phone is fine. Because of this I can't boot into recovery.
PS. i rebooted once and found the CFQtest app in the app drawer after a failed attempt to reboot into recovery via the fastboot menu, however in panic I didn't let it complete the test and switched off the phone.

meetXD said:
I rooted my phone yesterday, it will load the fastboot menu but if i select any option(like recovery or normal boot) the phone will simply power off, does anyone have any idea whats going on? other than that the phone is fine. Because of this I can't boot into recovery.
PS. i rebooted once and found the CFQtest app in the app drawer after a failed attempt to reboot into recovery via the fastboot menu, however in panic I didn't let it complete the test and switched off the phone.
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How you select recovery?
(Vol - for scrolling and for selecting vol +)

Thank you, Solved.
dani.galla said:
How you select recovery?
(Vol - for scrolling and for selecting vol +)
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yes, vol- for scroll and vol+ for selecting, that's what I did but turns out that the problem was with the improperly unlocked bootloader. I had unlocked the bootloader via the autoroot for windows and I remember an error screen appearing once. So i relocked and manually unlocked the bootloader. its all working fine now.