Boot Loop When Flashing ROMs - Motorola Atrix HD

Hey guys I'm not exactly experienced with troubleshooting these kinds of problems. Hopefully I can learn something with the help of the community. I'll go ahead and lay out the situation and problem.
Problem:
Whenever I flash a rom with CWM, the phone will either A: Get stuck on a blank screen with the green LED on or B: Go through the boot animation and crash on "preparing android" and loop the process.
Info:
My AT&T Atrix HD has an unlocked bootloader, I have had several successful flashes in the past, and they have all worked well. I am able to flash the stock firmware back to the phone and it will load just fine. I have tried to go back to stock and start over, but I keep getting the same result. I've tried multiple roms with no change. This started happening when I was trying to load HoloBlur X according to the directions. It went through the whole installation in CWM without errors, but boot looped until it went dead. I did format and clear all the caches and all that too.
I'm not really sure what I'm missing here. I just hope someone might have a suggestion for me.
Thanks in advance for any help!

you could try format system in cwm

frog1982 said:
you could try format system in cwm
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Thank you, and I appreciate the suggestion, but I have done that multiple times with no change in result.

Your positive your unlocked? Rooted?
Sent from my PACMAN MATRIX HD MAXX

deeje00 said:
Your positive your unlocked? Rooted?
Sent from my PACMAN MATRIX HD MAXX
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Absolutely positive.
I unlocked using the Motopocalypse method, and have rooted using Motochopper with the Mythtools tool.

does cwm say that it cannot mount the cache after flashing the rom

Safestrap VS. CWM
Austin Connell said:
Absolutely positive.
I unlocked using the Motopocalypse method, and have rooted using Motochopper with the Mythtools tool.
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Are you using a version of Safestrap recovery or are you ABSOLUETLY positive that you are using a custom recovery? Most newer ROMs (4.1 and up) usually require you to use a custom recovery.

I'm sure he knows the difference between the 2.
Sent from my PACMAN MATRIX HD MAXX

Wipe and Restore
Hey guys I'm not exactly experienced with troubleshooting these kinds of problems. Hopefully I can learn something with the help of the community. I'll go ahead and lay out the situation and problem.
Problem:
Whenever I flash a rom with CWM, the phone will either A: Get stuck on a blank screen with the green LED on or B: Go through the boot animation and crash on "preparing android" and loop the process.
Info:
My AT&T Atrix HD has an unlocked bootloader, I have had several successful flashes in the past, and they have all worked well. I am able to flash the stock firmware back to the phone and it will load just fine. I have tried to go back to stock and start over, but I keep getting the same result. I've tried multiple roms with no change. This started happening when I was trying to load HoloBlur X according to the directions. It went through the whole installation in CWM without errors, but boot looped until it went dead. I did format and clear all the caches and all that too.
I'm not really sure what I'm missing here. I just hope someone might have a suggestion for me.
Thanks in advance for any help!
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If you indeed are positive that you flashed the correct custom recovery, then follow these steps to fully Wipe, Restore to stock, and reflash.
Please read all of these steps before attempting to follow them!
** Note: I am not responsible for any damage done to your phone by following these instructions. **
Charge your device to a reccomended 80% (at least)
Make sure you have a Windows computer
Download the latest USB drivers from Motorola
Boot into your current recovery and make a nandroid backup, just in case.
Boot your device into Fastboot by powering off device and holding the Power+Volume Up+Volume Down and scrolling using the Volume Down button.
Plug your device into your computer
Download Fastboot if you don't already have it. (A simple Google search should result in a download link)
Type "fastboot erase data"
Type "fastboot erase cache"
Type "fastboot erase system"
Type "fastboot erase boot"
Type "fastboot reboot"
All of these commands should pass without conflict.
Your phone should reboot, but have no bootable OS. Don't panic if you get this error. Just manually power off your device and put it in bootloader mode once again (Power+Volume Up+Volume Down).
After that, follow these steps to flash to stock.
Download and install RSD Lite 6.1 here : www.mediafire.com/?3ckiknmwcpjolb2
Download the correct Fastboot Package for Jellybean here: http://sbf.droid-developers.org/dinara/list.php -- It should be MB886_att-user-4.1.1-9.8.0Q-97_MB886_FFW-20-27-release-keys-ATT-US_BuildA.xml.zip for 4.1.1 Jellybean on AT&T.
Make sure your phone is in bootloader mode with the directions in the first set of instructions and select Fastboot flash mode.
Open RSD Lite and select the downloaded Zip file in the box at the top.
Your device should appear at the list view towards the bottom of the screen. Click it and the "Start" button should be clickable. Click start and wait.
Wait for RSD Lite to say success and do not unplug it until the phone COMPLETELY BOOTS UP.
After all of this, you can now root, unlock bootloader, flash CWM, and install your custom rom. This should take care of any bootloops while installing Custom ROMs.
Click the thanks button if I helped!
PM me if you have any problems during this so I can help!

lol no, I'm not using a safestrap. I'm using a CWM Recovery.
I will give the rsd method a try tonight. thank you guys for all the help so far. luckily i have another phone to use in the meantime.

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Austin Connell said:
lol no, I'm not using a safestrap. I'm using a CWM Recovery.
I will give the rsd method a try tonight. thank you guys for all the help so far. luckily i have another phone to use in the meantime.
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Okay. Make sure to tell us the results! Good luck!

I had very similar problems because I unwittingly attempted to flash the wrong cwm recovery file... which seems to have affected the Boatloader behaviour. I made it to #6 of the RSD steps in the help offered by lucasantarella (I was using RSD Lite 6.1.4), but the flash fails with:
Model Port No. Port Type IMEI / ESN / MEID Status Progress Result
Fastboot QINARA S 1 USB N/A Failed flashing process. Unknown fastboot command. (getvar) FAIL
Here's the complete story on the phone:
Brand new Factory Atrix HD, 4.1.1.
Installed MythTools (V1.1) on Windows XP and downloaded the USB Motorola Drivers
Used MythTools to unlock the bootloader
Installed superuser-4.3-beta2.zip
Installed ROM Manager 5.5.2.0 (which I can't use until the customized CWM for AHD is installed)
Downloaded mb886-cwm-6.0.3.6-touch-recovery-flashable-signed.zip
Using MythTools, I selected the wrong recovery file (selected a stock cwm instead) which failed to flash,
and the bootloader is now reporting a Flash failure. Here's the entire screen:
AP Fastboot Flash Mode (S)
10.9B(*) (sha-2e68372, 2012-11-17 23:33:08)
eMMC Info: Size 8GB
Device is UNLOCKED. Status Code: 3
Battery OK
Transfer Mode:
USB Connected
Fastboot Reason: Flash Failure
usb connected
When I power it down and then hold the vol + and - together, I get the following menu:
Boot Mode Selection Menu (10.9B)
Vol Up Selects, Vol Down Scrolls
Available Boot Modes:
Normal Powerup
Recovery
AP Fastboot
Factory
BP Tools
Selecting any of those puts the AHD into the stock AT&T 4.1.1 normal screen and its ready for use.
Using Myth Tools to "Reboot normally" (option A) does the same thing as Option B, "Reboot to fastboot mode", which puts me back into the fastboot screen showing "Flash failure".
It appears that I'm locked to 4.1.1... because of Bootloader problems.
Any comments/thoughts/insight? It's been a year since I did any flash/RSD work and have poured over the various pages/threads on the AHD for the last three days... Apparently I didn't read enough...
Am currently using a Motorola Bravo running the CyanogenMod-72-20120506-NIGHTLY-Kobe and was hoping to migrate up to the AHD.
-ricer1

whew!!! The Atrix HD works!!!!
I thought my phone was crippled forever.. but I followed leanix's instructions here and am running epinter's rom on my Atrix HD:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=45306485#post45306485
Many thanks to leanix for posting his MUCH needed help.
- ricer1

lucasantarella said:
If you indeed are positive that you flashed the correct custom recovery, then follow these steps to fully Wipe, Restore to stock, and reflash.
Please read all of these steps before attempting to follow them!
** Note: I am not responsible for any damage done to your phone by following these instructions. **
Charge your device to a reccomended 80% (at least)
Make sure you have a Windows computer
Download the latest USB drivers from Motorola
Boot into your current recovery and make a nandroid backup, just in case.
Boot your device into Fastboot by powering off device and holding the Power+Volume Up+Volume Down and scrolling using the Volume Down button.
Plug your device into your computer
Download Fastboot if you don't already have it. (A simple Google search should result in a download link)
Type "fastboot erase data"
Type "fastboot erase cache"
Type "fastboot erase system"
Type "fastboot erase boot"
Type "fastboot reboot"
All of these commands should pass without conflict.
Your phone should reboot, but have no bootable OS. Don't panic if you get this error. Just manually power off your device and put it in bootloader mode once again (Power+Volume Up+Volume Down).
After that, follow these steps to flash to stock.
Download and install RSD Lite 6.1 here : www.mediafire.com/?3ckiknmwcpjolb2
Download the correct Fastboot Package for Jellybean here: http://sbf.droid-developers.org/dinara/list.php -- It should be MB886_att-user-4.1.1-9.8.0Q-97_MB886_FFW-20-27-release-keys-ATT-US_BuildA.xml.zip for 4.1.1 Jellybean on AT&T.
Make sure your phone is in bootloader mode with the directions in the first set of instructions and select Fastboot flash mode.
Open RSD Lite and select the downloaded Zip file in the box at the top.
Your device should appear at the list view towards the bottom of the screen. Click it and the "Start" button should be clickable. Click start and wait.
Wait for RSD Lite to say success and do not unplug it until the phone COMPLETELY BOOTS UP.
After all of this, you can now root, unlock bootloader, flash CWM, and install your custom rom. This should take care of any bootloops while installing Custom ROMs.
Click the thanks button if I helped!
PM me if you have any problems during this so I can help!
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Hey i tried this in bot rsd lite and myth tools but it won't work
I can't get back into recovery, or boot up the phone. it only boot into fast boot
my phone is locked and status code 0
I really don't know what to do.
when I use myth tools is says fastboot not found or as a command on internal or externel
or attrib internal or external
please help me

alki1979 said:
Hey i tried this in bot rsd lite and myth tools but it won't work
I can't get back into recovery, or boot up the phone. it only boot into fast boot
my phone is locked and status code 0
I really don't know what to do.
when I use myth tools is says fastboot not found or as a command on internal or externel
or attrib internal or external
please help me
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Follow this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2259661

Having a tough time going back to stock. Decided to give lucasantarella's wipe and restore process a go. At step #8 I got this:
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\>fastboot devices
TA30001GGN fastboot
C:\>fastboot erase data
erasing 'data'...
Invalid partition name data
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 0.105s
C:\>
I've ensured that I have the latest drivers installed and have the latest fastboot. Any help on what to try next would be appriciated. Thanks.
Edit: Would trying leanix's post on using the command lines be advisable for me at this time? PhilZ touch and CM 11 are currently installed on my device. PhilZ seems to run ok but clearing the dalvik cache doesnt seem to work and all I get is the arrow spinning around CM's head on bootup.

ifixgse said:
Having a tough time going back to stock. Decided to give lucasantarella's wipe and restore process a go. At step #8 I got this:
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\>fastboot devices
TA30001GGN fastboot
C:\>fastboot erase data
erasing 'data'...
Invalid partition name data
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 0.105s
C:\>
I've ensured that I have the latest drivers installed and have the latest fastboot. Any help on what to try next would be appriciated. Thanks.
Edit: Would trying leanix's post on using the command lines be advisable for me at this time? PhilZ touch and CM 11 are currently installed on my device. PhilZ seems to run ok but clearing the dalvik cache doesnt seem to work and all I get is the arrow spinning around CM's head on bootup.
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If you're trying to wipe user data/do factory reset through fastboot, try "fastboot -w". Also are you using the snapdragon fastboot?
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Related

stuck at red logo

Hey guys,
i did stupid things witch my razr i and now i'm completely lost…maybe someone can help?
I've been impatient enough to try to flash the leaked jb rom 3 days ago. That did'nt work
No, whenever i power up the phone it shows the red M logo and nothing happens.
I can power it down by holding vol+down and power for more than 4 seconds.
If i release the keys, it goes back to te red M,
If i keep holding vol+down it boot s into AP fastboot flash mode (secure boot) 20.0f
i can choose recovery and that'll work, but i don't have an update for external storage. rebooting from there leads to red M.
Normal Powerup, Factory and BP Tools are choosable, log says Booting into… but nothing happens after that, i'll stay in fastboot.
Power off works.
I tried to flash various images via »fastboot flash boot/recovery/system«, but nothing worked out.
I flashed the files from Razri_Root_Linux, two files (retail central europe) from here sbf.droid-developers, but nothing helped, every reboot leads to the red M.
I read about RSD-Lite, tried to install it under Win7, got it, but was lost after the Program always complained about an invalid xml.
Since i don't own that machine i went back to my linuxbox where i found sbf_flash, but i don't get it how to put the pieces together (which file/s to use)
Any hints on how to go from here?
[EDIT:] I downloaded 91.2.26001.Retail.en.EU.zip and did all the steps from flashandboot.bat, read
fastboot flash boot
fastboot flash system
fastboot flash recovery
next step ist to select recovery, did this an cwm comes up, sideloaded RAZRiRoot2.zip everything is pisitively quited, no errors are shown.
reboot leads to red M
wiped data/factory reset, reboot
red Logo.
I'm completely lost, please help
[\EDIT]
greetings, D.
I had same problem
Hello.
I had same problem because I did very stupid thing. I flashed homemade JB and because some apps don´t work I tried downgrade my i to ICS back....
My i stucked at the red M then I tried same thing as you and phone still booted into red M.
So I tried in windows cmd and FlashAndRoot.bat from this .zip "91.2.26001.Retail.en.EU - 4.1.2" it did nothing, but I tried to choose in fastboot mode BP Tools, then my i booted and started to flash JB what I can see in command window. Phone was still connected to PC. After next reboot my phone has work normally with JB.
I hope to help you. Let me know.
Lucki
Hi Lucki
thanks for jumping by.
Lucki_X said:
Hello.
So I tried in windows cmd and FlashAndRoot.bat from this .zip "91.2.26001.Retail.en.EU - 4.1.2" it did nothing, but I tried to choose in fastboot mode BP Tools,
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I tried this, and display on razr i says »Booting into BP Tools mode…«
and nothing more happens, display stays on…
and after some time pc automounts a "cd-rom drive" with some motorola files (Autorun.inf MDMSetup.xml MotorolaDeviceManagerSetup.exe MDMSetup.ini MotorolaDeviceManager_2.2.28)
but it still won't reboot…
i don't know.
Hi.
I had opened command window, "FlashAndRoot.bat" was running (I pressed any key) process was running (it means freezing ) and at this time I chose in fastboot booting into BP tools mode. My phone did restart and after it "FlashAndRoot.bat" process started to flash JB. After flashing my phone is going normally with JB. But some apps don´t work in JB.
Lucki
Lucki_X said:
Hi.
I had opened command window, "FlashAndRoot.bat" was running (I pressed any key) process was running (it means freezing ) and at this time I chose in fastboot booting into BP tools mode. My phone did restart and after it "FlashAndRoot.bat" process started to flash JB. After flashing my phone is going normally with JB. But some apps don´t work in JB.
Lucki
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Doesn't work. :crying:
since i use linux i opened FlashAndRoot.bat in texteditor and executed the comands from there in terminal
only chance for the script to stop and wait is IMHO(correct-me-if-i'm-wrong) "adb wait-for-device push RAZRiRoot2.zip /sdcard/RAZRiRoot2.zip & adb reboot bootloader"
but that message "Booting into BP Tools mode…" just stays there forever, or does it take longer than 5minutes?
dogo77 said:
but that message "Booting into BP Tools mode…" just stays there forever, or does it take longer than 5minutes?
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In my case it booted within 10 second and ran.
I am noob, I am writing just my experience. I couldn´t give you another advice, sorry.
I'm not sure how far the real installation went, but i would find Windows computer, get RSD (6.0-6.14) and try to flash ICS first. If failed due to impossibility of downgrading, then try JB. While you are able to boot to Recovery - don't loose hope yet
okaban said:
I'm not sure how far the real installation went, but i would find Windows computer, get RSD (6.0-6.14) and try to flash ICS first. If failed due to impossibility of downgrading, then try JB. While you are able to boot to Recovery - don't loose hope yet
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Yeah. I'm still stuck at the red logo, or indeed, at a blueish "Bootloader unlocked warnig" message since i was able to install parts of an image from sbf.droid-developers. But flashing always fails while trying to flash system.img_signed.
After reading and trying a lot these last days i think i have to install windows somewhere just to get rsd-lite to run.
sbf_flash for linux didn't work for me and fastboot gives stange warnings about "Invalid sparse file format at header magi"…
so i'll give rsd a try before i give up. As i read in posts by HSDPilot, this is the only tool that works
thanks for your help!

Help me please! 0x56

Good people, help:
Trying to install a mod from the camera of Nexus, rebooted, I see the icon lying android.
Tried to install xenonhd (4.2.2), reboot, and see the inscription on a black background:
Device is LOCKED. Status code: 0
Battery OK
Connect USB
Data Cable
failed to hab check for boot: 0x56
fastboot reason: boot failure
Please help me!
Sorry for bad English
Well you tried to flash a rom through stock recovery with a locked bootloader. Not the best decision. Go look at the tutorial in general.
Sent from my PACMAN MATRIX HD MAXX
iv-med said:
Good people, help:
Trying to install a mod from the camera of Nexus, rebooted, I see the icon lying android.
Tried to install xenonhd (4.2.2), reboot, and see the inscription on a black background:
Device is LOCKED. Status code: 0
Battery OK
Connect USB
Data Cable
failed to hab check for boot: 0x56
fastboot reason: boot failure
Please help me!
Sorry for bad English
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Flash your stock rom with RSD....about all you can do.
Not true, but I'm not gonna write up a tutorial on how to dd back to the correct bootloader or make a stock bootloader in a flashable zip, etc. Not when the solution is plug phone into PC, Open RSD, click, click, clickity, click, reboot, and done.
//Unlock your bootloader and you won't have issues like this. If you don't wanna do that, ya gotta use the old roms, all the new ones are for unlocked devices.
skeevydude said:
Flash your stock rom with RSD....about all you can do.
Not true, but I'm not gonna write up a tutorial on how to dd back to the correct bootloader or make a stock bootloader in a flashable zip, etc. Not when the solution is plug phone into PC, Open RSD, click, click, clickity, click, reboot, and done.
//Unlock your bootloader and you won't have issues like this. If you don't wanna do that, ya gotta use the old roms, all the new ones are for unlocked devices.
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i have the same problem but flashing back to stock rom with rsd will not work
I get a 1/23 partition type erro
and myth will now work due to fastboot, adb and attrib is not known as and internal or external command
skeevydude said:
Flash your stock rom with RSD....about all you can do.
Not true, but I'm not gonna write up a tutorial on how to dd back to the correct bootloader or make a stock bootloader in a flashable zip, etc. Not when the solution is plug phone into PC, Open RSD, click, click, clickity, click, reboot, and done.
//Unlock your bootloader and you won't have issues like this. If you don't wanna do that, ya gotta use the old roms, all the new ones are for unlocked devices.
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Having this same problem when trying ota Kit Kat update from T-Mobile. The only way I can get back into 4.2.2 is to use Minimal Fastboot and give the command 'fastboot erase cache'. Even when I do this the phone never says if the cache erasure is complete but Minimal Fastboot says that it is. I have RSD lite installed on my CPU but can't seem to find a working link to the stock T-Mo images. Any help would be appreciated.
Just to add...if I attempt ota I get 'failed to hab check boot'. When trying to boot into recovery I get 'failed to hab check recovery'.
Edit: could I just unlock and root to solve this problem? If so, would someone point me to a different method than the Moto Toolkit found here? It doesn't recognize my moto even though all drivers and Motorola Device Manager are installed.
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Ota KitKat update?
What phone do you have?
I have the T Mobile motomaker. Solved the problem with RSD Lite and factory Kit Kat images.
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Took OTA with custom recovery

Hi all, I did a dumb thing and I took the recent Verizon OTA on my dev ed moto x with a custom recovery installed (TWRP).
Now my phone seems to always stop booting at recovery, then if i hit 'reboot system' from recovery, I can get into my system for about 2-3 minutes, and then it reboots to recovery again.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
boot your phone into fastboot/bootloader mode, then flash stock Recovery on your phone and reboot normally.
KidJoe said:
boot your phone into fastboot/bootloader mode, then flash stock Recovery on your phone and reboot normally.
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Thanks KidJoe - I'm reading through your post on xda right now to see how you flash back to the stock recovery and I'm currently downloading the stock image from one of your links.
While I'm waiting, I'm going over my options for how to actually flash the stock recovery - your post said that i should try Rashr - however my device probably won't stay 'on' long enough for me to get through that process. After it boots into the system (e.g. I see my launcher and apps), it wants to restart since I guess it's trying to the upgrade. So I'm thinking of instead using adb to flash the recovery.img file. Is that the right path to take?
Also - would it be okay to use adb to flash the recovery.img using TWRP's adb sideload feature? I seem to be able to connect using adb that way, but for some reason 'adb devices' doesn't list anything under fastboot.
switch81 said:
Thanks KidJoe - I'm reading through your post on xda right now to see how you flash back to the stock recovery and I'm currently downloading the stock image from one of your links.
While I'm waiting, I'm going over my options for how to actually flash the stock recovery - your post said that i should try Rashr - however my device probably won't stay 'on' long enough for me to get through that process. After it boots into the system (e.g. I see my launcher and apps), it wants to restart since I guess it's trying to the upgrade. So I'm thinking of instead using adb to flash the recovery.img file. Is that the right path to take?
Also - would it be okay to use adb to flash the recovery.img using TWRP's adb sideload feature? I seem to be able to connect using adb that way, but for some reason 'adb devices' doesn't list anything under fastboot.
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First, if you can't boot your phone into Android, you can't use Rashr.
Next... ADB needs you to be up in Android, and have the "USB Debugging" options checked. Also, it can not be used to flash the components of the SBF/ROM like recovery.img.
Fastboot mode works with Fastboot.exe or mFastboot.exe... ADB commands do not work when the phone is in fastboot mode.
Here is what you want to do AFTER you have the stock reocvery.img you want to flash... (this is pretty much exactly what you did to flash TWRP on there in the first place, except you will be flashing a stock recovery.img instead)
have the latest Moto drivers installed. You can get them from -> https://motorola-global-portal.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/88481
Make sure you have the Android SDK/Platform Tools installed (don't know how, see -> http://mark.cdmaforums.com/ADB.htm )
You need the latest version of Moto's fastboot, and it needs to be put in your windows Path (there are steps on -> http://mark.cdmaforums.com/ADB.htm )
Once you have that... do the following...
Unplug phone
Power down phone.
Hold Volume Down and Power
After a few seconds release Power, you should be in fastboot menu on phone.
Connect to PC.
open command prompt file and change to the folder you have your recovery.img you want to flash
type the following, pressing enter after each command, and wait for it to finish before going onto the next...
mfastboot flash recovery recovery.img
mfastboot reboot-bootloader
The device will display different BOOT OPTIONS
Use the VOL DOWN Key to SCROLL to Recovery and VOL UP Key to select
The device will display the Motorola logo and then the Android in distress (logo with Exclamation mark)
Press and hold the VOL UP key for 10-15 seconds. While still holding the VOL UP key tap and release the POWER key
You should enter STOCK recovery.
use the VOL DOWN Key to scroll and the POWER Key to select reboot.
The phone should reboot and and be ready for the update
I did the same thing and was able to undo it by clearing the cache. Now I'm back to where I was before, with the constant notification to update.
Wondering what the correct way to go about updating is..
*Edit: Thanks!
Moto X Dev
Thanks! I'm back up and running!
Sorry for the confusion on the adb vs fastboot stuff - I always mix those kinds of things up since I do it once ages ago to get myself into this mess, then I forget how I did it and what tools I used.
So basically what I did was use fastboot like you said and first booted into fastboot, then did a 'fastboot flash recovery recovery.img' from a stock recovery.
After a full reboot, android ended up giving me a 'update was unsuccessful' which I am totally 100% okay with. I ended pushing 'update' the first time really because I was tired of getting nagged - this time i just said 'don't install' and hopefully it won't bother me agian.
Thanks again!
slynke said:
I did the same thing and was able to undo it by clearing the cache. Now I'm back to where I was before, with the constant notification to update.
Wondering what the correct way to go about updating is..
*Edit: Thanks!
Moto X Dev
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I'm sure KidJoe will respond, but I found this thread of his very useful:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x/general/ref-return-to-stock-recovery-rooted-t3027079
switch81 said:
Thanks! I'm back up and running!
Sorry for the confusion on the adb vs fastboot stuff - I always mix those kinds of things up since I do it once ages ago to get myself into this mess, then I forget how I did it and what tools I used.
So basically what I did was use fastboot like you said and first booted into fastboot, then did a 'fastboot flash recovery recovery.img' from a stock recovery.
After a full reboot, android ended up giving me a 'update was unsuccessful' which I am totally 100% okay with. I ended pushing 'update' the first time really because I was tired of getting nagged - this time i just said 'don't install' and hopefully it won't bother me agian.
Thanks again!
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I was able to flash back to stock recovery and take the 212.166.3 build KXA21.12-L1.26-3 (which is still 4.4.4) OTA that Verizon is pushing out.
I didn't even have to disable Xposed or anything else. Then again, other than Xposed, root and twrp, I'm running stock. No tethering hacks, build.prop changes, no system files removed or renamed, etc.
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slynke said:
I did the same thing and was able to undo it by clearing the cache. Now I'm back to where I was before, with the constant notification to update.
Wondering what the correct way to go about updating is..
*Edit: Thanks!
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Yup., Clearing cache will delete the OTA ZIP file that was downloaded. So the next time you reboot, it wont try to install, instead you'll be back to being notified that an update is available asking you if you want to download it.
But yup, those instructions I just typed should work...
This OTA seems so minimal in changes, any suggestions/recommendations if I should take it at all?
I'm also pretty much stock now as well - only root, xposed installed.
switch81 said:
This OTA seems so minimal in changes, any suggestions/recommendations if I should take it at all?
I'm also pretty much stock now as well - only root, xposed installed.
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The release notes on VZW's page only seems to mention bug fixes.. no real details.
So far I haven't noticed any changes.
It will likely be a required step to get to lollipop. So either take it now, or wait and take it later, just before you upgrade to Lolliop

[Q]Stuck in boot after root attempt, even after factory reset. Help!

Hey guys, last night I tried to root my device (XT1058) following the guide [here](http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x/general/howto-root-moto-x-ver-4-4-4-xt1060-t3118342). Stupid me decided I wouldn't need to go back to stock ROM like it says in the first step. I continue with the guide, follow every step, until I reboot. After rebooting my Moto X gets stuck at the white screen with the blue circle M. I panicked, read a lot of things online, followed them, and nothing worked. I reset the cache partition in recovery mode when rebooting into fastboot, still nothing. I also noticed that my device is no longer detected in ADB at all, even in fastboot. So after just giving up, I read online in multiple places going to recovery mode, and wiping the whole phone/factory resetting would fix it. It still is not recognized by ADB or finishing booting. I realize I should've been more careful. Please help!
First thing... when the phone is in Fastboot AP menu, you can't use ADB. ADB wont work and wont see your phone unless the phone is fully booted. (i.e. adb.exe and fastboot.exe use two different modes on the phone).
Next, I've seen that symptom before, but I don't recall how to fix.
I would really consider asking in the thread for the process you were following.
If no one gives you any suggestion, you could always try re-flashing the stock image for your phone that matches the highest version you've had installed on your phone. (On fastboot screen you can see bootloader version, so match you stock version to that. see the list of known bootloader versions at -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x/general/info-warning-risks-downgrading-impacts-t3058202 ) And use mfastboot to flash it (follow option 5 in the 2nd post at -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x/general/faq-how-to-prepare-ota-update-carriers-t3126425 )
I'm pretty sure I saw this on reddit. You had a mac right?
You need fastboot installed on your mac:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1917237
Assuming you have fastboot working on your mac and your phone this thread method two:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x/general/guide-moto-x-return-to-100-stock-using-t2446515
Use fastboot instead of mfastboot for the sytem.img file.
If you receive an error with flashing system you could try:
Code:
fastboot -S 0 flash system system.img
If u can still enter recovery mode, factory data reset from it , if u can't boot still after resetting , u have to flash the full stock ROM.....
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Unlocking / Rooting Nokia 1 stock rom guide

Step 1 (Unlocking bootloader) :
Make sure you have adb and fastboot .
get your serial number.
Code:
adb shell getprop ro.serialno
calculate md5 of the serial number of device ( i used this https://passwordsgenerator.net/md5-hash-generator/).
Reboot bootloader.
Code:
adb reboot bootloader
Unlock using key (md5code=md5 of your serial number).
Code:
fastboot oem key md5code
Code:
fastboot oem unlock
Step 2 (flashing twrp fixing encryption problem):
Download twrp :=https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=1322778262903986803
Reboot bootloader by connecting power button + usb cable + volume down and type
Code:
fastboot flash recovery TWRP-3.2.3-TwrpBuilder-2018-08-21_14.img
.
Reboot recovery by using power button + usb connected + volume up at same time .
Download fstab:=> https://gist.githubusercontent.com/androidlover5842/e5fccc739251bb75ad7cf1d8ddc36e0d/raw/a4646983b481c02462cd0cfbf8decb9edf4f2ac9/fstab.mt6735 and go to mount menu in twrp => mount vendor and update fstab using this commnd .
Code:
adb push fstab.mt6735 /vendor/etc/fstab.mt6735
make backup of boot using backup option and flash stock recovery as boot (you can get stock recovery from here )
reboot system and it should reboot into stock recovery
wipe data using stock recovery
reboot back to twrp by pressing power + usb + volume button.
restore boot and flash magisk.
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Unlocking / Rooting Nokia 1 stock rom, Tool/Utility for the Nokia 1
Contributors
androidlover5842
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Status: Stable
Created 2018-08-21
Last Updated 2018-08-21
unlock failed
it seems the key did not work. Maybe imei is involved in generating key? (my Nokia 1 is dual sim)
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slim404 said:
it seems the key did not work. Maybe imei is involved in generating key? (my Nokia 1 is dual sim)
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SOLVED.
I had to allow OEM unlocking in Developer Settings
androidlover5842 said:
Step 2 (flashing twrp fixing encryption problem):
reboot system and it should reboot into stock recovery
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Hmm all good till this step, but the device stuck doesn't reboot into stock recovery but bootloop TWRP
Obviously i messed up something and i wonder what it is
ObviousSimple said:
Hmm all good till this step, but the device stuck doesn't reboot into stock recovery but bootloop TWRP
Obviously i messed up something and i wonder what it is
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I got the same problem. I found out the recovery file he linked to was that of a single SIM Nokia 1 (TA-1060) mine is a Dual Sim Nokia 1 (TA-1047)
I downloaded the TA-1047 original firmware (I googled it)
I used it to reflash boot and recovery. Then redid everything using this time the right original recovery.bin from the TA-1047 firmware and it worked
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I'm planning to buy this phone but I don't like the software. Can I install Android Kit Kat on it?
Hi! I have soft-bricked Nokia 1 ta-1047(recovery bootloop). How can i unlock bootloader without checkin OEM unlock in dev settings? Thks!
Hi! I had some trouble understanding the instructions. Step 1 worked without a hitch but I ran into some problems in step 2. I'd be really grateful for some help.
Do I copy the text in the link, paste it into a .txt file and then save it to "ftsab.mt6735" in the Minimal And Adb Fastboot folder on my pc?
Do I press cancel when twrp asks me for a password? Or do I need a password? I pressed cancel.
When I go into "mount" in twrp and click on "vendor" do I then go the command window on my pc (from the adb fastboot folder) and type "adb push fstab.mt6735 /vendor/etc/fstab.mt6735"? This is what I did and it might have come with an error I'm not sure.
What is the backup of boot for? I guess it's just a safety measure. For some reason I couldn't do that because it said something about encyption (I think, unless I'm getting mixed up with before) so I had to skip that step and go onto flashing the recovery. The instructions now say "flash stock recovery as boot (you can get stock recovery from here)". Is the stock recovery the "recovery.bin" file and do I put that in the adb and fastboot folder? I did that and typed "fastboot flash recovery recovery.bin" in the command window. Was that right or not?
The instuctions say "restart the system" Is that from the twrp menu? I restarted the phone via twrp but it didn't restart into stock recovery it restarted into the normal operating system. I knew then that I'd done something wrong. I then turned off the phone and tried accessing the stock recovery by pressing the volume up and power on and it started in twrp! Am I getting confused? Please can someone help me! Thank you!
anhadsingha said:
I'm planning to buy this phone but I don't like the software. Can I install Android Kit Kat on it?
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No you can't and why would you want KitKat. Kitkat was good 5 versions ago
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mountainair said:
Hi! I had some trouble understanding the instructions. Step 1 worked without a hitch but I ran into some problems in step 2. I'd be really grateful for some help.
Do I copy the text in the link, paste it into a .txt file and then save it to "ftsab.mt6735" in the Minimal And Adb Fastboot folder on my pc?
Do I press cancel when twrp asks me for a password? Or do I need a password? I pressed cancel.
When I go into "mount" in twrp and click on "vendor" do I then go the command window on my pc (from the adb fastboot folder) and type "adb push fstab.mt6735 /vendor/etc/fstab.mt6735"? This is what I did and it might have come with an error I'm not sure.
What is the backup of boot for? I guess it's just a safety measure. For some reason I couldn't do that because it said something about encyption (I think, unless I'm getting mixed up with before) so I had to skip that step and go onto flashing the recovery. The instructions now say "flash stock recovery as boot (you can get stock recovery from here)". Is the stock recovery the "recovery.bin" file and do I put that in the adb and fastboot folder? I did that and typed "fastboot flash recovery recovery.bin" in the command window. Was that right or not?
The instuctions say "restart the system" Is that from the twrp menu? I restarted the phone via twrp but it didn't restart into stock recovery it restarted into the normal operating system. I knew then that I'd done something wrong. I then turned off the phone and tried accessing the stock recovery by pressing the volume up and power on and it started in twrp! Am I getting confused? Please can someone help me! Thank you!
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If you're phone booted fine into system and you can access twrp then just flash magisk as you've done ok and the phone and twrp are working
How to "flash stock recovery as boot" ?
How to "flash stock recovery as boot" ? I went to fastboot mode and flashed recovery.bin then rebooted to recovery and it showed "no commands". No options were there.
ttocs99 said:
If you're phone booted fine into system and you can access twrp then just flash magisk as you've done ok and the phone and twrp are working
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Thanks. But I'm still not sure. I confess I'm a novice. I actually ended up bricking my phone because I went on to do something wrong. I'll get another phone this week to try and root again, hopefully successfully this time. Isn't the step to make a backup of the boot really important because we have to flash that boot near the end? I thought it was necessary. I also wonder whether I should have typed "fastboot boot recovery.img" instead of "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img" because the instructions say "flash stock recovery as boot"? Edit: Perhaps I'm wrong again
madmax786 said:
How to "flash stock recovery as boot" ? I went to fastboot mode and flashed recovery.bin then rebooted to recovery and it showed "no commands". No options were there.
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Did you manage to get a backup of the boot?
I can have no access in the udev/ etc.... Can you please explain the following steps how to do it? is it a linux command that needs to be done on a linux running computer or does it works on Windows too?
i was indeed happy that it completed the backup to my external SD Card made with Magisk a patched boot image, but doesn't seem to be rooted after all, what next? it says every time Magisk is not installed do i have to flash it in minimal ADB
Sincerely
Des.Coene said:
I can have no access in the udev/ etc.... Can you please explain the following steps how to do it? is it a linux command that needs to be done on a linux running computer or does it works on Windows too?
i was indeed happy that it completed the backup to my external SD Card made with Magisk a patched boot image, but doesn't seem to be rooted after all, what next? it says every time Magisk is not installed do i have to flash it in minimal ADB
Sincerely
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Rooting this for now is a gamble there is only 1 stock ROM to flash and it's for the UK single SIM varient of the Nokia 1 only thing you can have is root and twrp and maybe flash a gsi but most of them are still buggy if you can flash stock and stay that way untill further development.
ttocs99 said:
Rooting this for now is a gamble there is only 1 stock ROM to flash and it's for the UK single SIM varient of the Nokia 1 only thing you can have is root and twrp and maybe flash a gsi but most of them are still buggy if you can flash stock and stay that way untill further development.
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There seem to be buggy , certainly when 2 different chip sets are used in several Nokia 1 series
the mt6737 as i have & the mt6735 there's what i've been struggling with.
Thanks anyways for the advice
Sincerely
Des.Coene said:
There seem to be buggy , certainly when 2 different chip sets are used in several Nokia 1 series
the mt6737 as i have & the mt6735 there's what i've been struggling with.
Thanks anyways for the advice
Sincerely
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I have the mt6735 but shouldn't be long for a custom ROM as root and twrp have been achieved.
madmax786 said:
How to "flash stock recovery as boot" ? I went to fastboot mode and flashed recovery.bin then rebooted to recovery and it showed "no commands". No options were there.
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Hi,i got the exact same problem
ramnus said:
Hi,i got the exact same problem
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Hi, try holding the power button for a few seconds and then releasing it and pressing volume up.
For the record, I managed to root my ta 1060 phone. Thanks everyone. I think I had a problem initially because twrp asked for a password due to phone encryption and I ignored it. I managed to bypass that password screen by not rebooting after flashing twrp, instead going straight into twrp and following the instructions.
I've now got a problem getting usb otg to work. I've added the files android.hardware.usb.host.xml, handheld_core_hardware.xml and tablet_core_hardware.xmls. It's showing as enabled in all the app checkers but Usb Otg Helper says E: Mount directory could not be created, E: This app will not work, OTG mass storage not supported?, NTFS write support failed(no fuse). That's not a topic for here though. If anyone can help, can they pm me please
Nokia 1 root
mountainair said:
Hi! I had some trouble understanding the instructions. Step 1 worked without a hitch but I ran into some problems in step 2. I'd be really grateful for some help.
Do I copy the text in the link, paste it into a .txt file and then save it to "ftsab.mt6735" in the Minimal And Adb Fastboot folder on my pc?
Do I press cancel when twrp asks me for a password? Or do I need a password? I pressed cancel.
When I go into "mount" in twrp and click on "vendor" do I then go the command window on my pc (from the adb fastboot folder) and type "adb push fstab.mt6735 /vendor/etc/fstab.mt6735"? This is what I did and it might have come with an error I'm not sure.
What is the backup of boot for? I guess it's just a safety measure. For some reason I couldn't do that because it said something about encyption (I think, unless I'm getting mixed up with before) so I had to skip that step and go onto flashing the recovery. The instructions now say "flash stock recovery as boot (you can get stock recovery from here)". Is the stock recovery the "recovery.bin" file and do I put that in the adb and fastboot folder? I did that and typed "fastboot flash recovery recovery.bin" in the command window. Was that right or not?
The instuctions say "restart the system" Is that from the twrp menu? I restarted the phone via twrp but it didn't restart into stock recovery it restarted into the normal operating system. I knew then that I'd done something wrong. I then turned off the phone and tried accessing the stock recovery by pressing the volume up and power on and it started in twrp! Am I getting confused? Please can someone help me! Thank you!
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Have you found password ?
Help please
Des.Coene said:
There seem to be buggy , certainly when 2 different chip sets are used in several Nokia 1 series
the mt6737 as i have & the mt6735 there's what i've been struggling with.
Thanks anyways for the advice
Sincerely
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Buddy is there anyway I could get stock or custom rom to bootup my bricked MT6737 TA1056 ??
I’m stuck in a blank screen and vibration
xdakanwal said:
Have you found password ?
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No, when I found it asked for a password I realised I shouldn't have rebooted the system and so I wiped the data and flashed twrp again and no more password.
My TA-1066 is basically dead. Unlocked, doesn't boot into recovery, flashing the ROM fixed it last time this happened. Now it doesnt. In a bootloop with the NOKIA logo.
Help would be really appreciated.
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My TA-1066 is basically dead. Unlocked, doesn't boot into recovery, flashing the ROM fixed it last time this happened. Now it doesnt. In a bootloop with the NOKIA logo.
Help would be really appreciated.

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