[Q] How to restore droid 4 to stock firmware - Motorola Droid 4

First i'd like to say i hope im posting this in the correct forum.
I got a second hand verizon motorola droid 4 xt894 that has been rooted i was going to have it flashed to be put on Page plus carrier. But first i need to have it put back to stock. I have tried to use this method on http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1623997. When Rsd lite is running the decompress and flash it failed at 14/18 now it fails at around 3/18 just wondering if someone could help me out to get this problem fixed would be greatly appreciated thanks.

ackabim2012 said:
First i'd like to say i hope im posting this in the correct forum.
I got a second hand verizon motorola droid 4 xt894 that has been rooted i was going to have it flashed to be put on Page plus carrier. But first i need to have it put back to stock. I have tried to use this method on http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1623997. When Rsd lite is running the decompress and flash it failed at 14/18 now it fails at around 3/18 just wondering if someone could help me out to get this problem fixed would be greatly appreciated thanks.
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Try unzipping the file and RSDlite flashing the uncompressed files. I had a similar issue flashing my Droid 4 with the compressed .zip file but was able to successfully flash the uncompressed files with no issue.
Unzip to a folder, browse to that folder and select the .xml file and it'll pull the files as needed without having to also uncompress them.

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[FXZ] Flash 5.9.902 to Stock / Unbrick

Got this From Our Friends Over At Droidmodderx
First Post.
1. Download .902 FXZ zip and extract to desktop here
2. Install the Motorola Mobile Drivers here
3. Install RSD Lite 5.6. here.
4. Make sure your Motorola Droid Bionic is powered on and backed up.
5. Plug your Motorola Droid Bionic into a back USB port on your computer.
6. Open the zip and copy EVERYTHING inside to the desktop(inside the zip there is a folder, you can either put the folder on the desktop it Everything inside it your choice)
7. Run “RSD Lite” on your computer
8. Press the “. . .” button next to the box labeled “Filename”
9. Browse and open the FXZ file
10. Wait for the program to read the file, then choose “Uncompress And Start Flashing”
11. Now, the device will slowly flash the FXZ file.
12. When flashing completes, the device will reboot into recovery and install the two radio images.
13. Congratulations! You’ve restored your Motorola Droid Bionic.
downside..... wipes INTERNAL Sdcard
So save the stuff you want to keep on your PC
Did you not realize that this was released here by daywalker04 first and that everyone else got it here? Just saying...give credit where due and understand how and where valuable files like the full xml.zips come from.
cellzealot said:
Did you not realize that this was released here by daywalker04 first and that everyone else got it here? Just saying...give credit where due and understand how and where valuable files like the full xml.zips come from.
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Well...(sarcastically) as you can see I don't have a problem giving due credit. I assumed that the people at Droidmodderx released this first. If I knew daywalker04 released this first I would have initially gave him credit.
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iNsAnEmOd said:
Well...(sarcastically) as you can see I don't have a problem giving due credit. I assumed that the people at Droidmodderx released this first. If I knew daywalker04 released this first I would have initially gave him credit.
Sent from my DROID BIONIC using Tapatalk
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Not to mention, the search function shows devices that are not even close... Great post, thank you for the refresh
SMILE It's Not Illegal Yet
get to .902 stock from what?
is this from anything?
I am at 901 rooted. with Ecliplse 2.1. (nice!)
If as and when I want to get to 902 stock, unrooted, I use this FXZ, right?
theoretically, wherever you are, rooted, unrooted, from 886 all the way up, this FXZ process will bring you to stock 902?
thanks
Very nice, thanks.
idivorceyou said:
is this from anything?
I am at 901 rooted. with Ecliplse 2.1. (nice!)
If as and when I want to get to 902 stock, unrooted, I use this FXZ, right?
theoretically, wherever you are, rooted, unrooted, from 886 all the way up, this FXZ process will bring you to stock 902?
thanks
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good question i'll try it out
Yep i just went to stock 5.8.886 and then used this FXZ and now I'm on .902.!!! Super Easy!! No CDT Failure or any thing. I didnt even have to flash those updates!!
Very nice I will try this now, I am currently on Eclipse V2.0 and looking to update to either 2.1 or ICS so this will be a good start.
Failed. I have never been able to get fxz to work for me. did a fresh driver install and everything. I actually thought it was going to work too. it failed at 5/12 that seems to be the spot all of them fail for me. Oh well guess i will have to try something else. Thanks for the file though
likwidsoul said:
Failed. I have never been able to get fxz to work for me. did a fresh driver install and everything. I actually thought it was going to work too. it failed at 5/12 that seems to be the spot all of them fail for me. Oh well guess i will have to try something else. Thanks for the file though
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Did you extract the zip?
Sent from my XT875 using Tapatalk
i let rsd uncompress and flash. i will try uncompressing and flashing the xml
likwidsoul said:
i let rsd uncompress and flash. i will try uncompressing and flashing the xml
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You have to open the zip and place that folder to the desktop
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got stuck in boot loop afterwards. it said it 'PASS'ed but it didn't.. idk i've never had problems with FXZ'ing my Bionic until now
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RSD Lite would not recognize anything in the unzipped folder, it recognized my original download file and when flashing that file it makes it all the way through the steps and says PASS, but then a bootloop
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it finally worked, and booted up fine, but it is saying that I am on 5.5.886, while the file that I flashed is the one that I downloaded from this thread...im going to re-download it and try again, maybe something went wrong in my system. do you have an md5 i can get please?
this is the md5 i have: 96e10ae9b00b696e8efed0e076632a53
Question
Alright, I must be missing something really obvious, because this has not been discussed:
I have installed Moto Drivers, installed RSD Lite 5.6, downloaded the .902 filed mentioned in the OP. Phone is on, working just fine, has USB debugging on, etc. I plug the phone in, and start-up RSD. When I try to find the FXZ file, I cannot find anything with FXZ, I have no idea what I am looking for.
Once I have downloaded the .902 file- I have tried to install with just the file, and then tried to find this "FXZ" file after extracting it with WINRAR.
I reviewed the video instructions by Droidmodderx that was listed in the OP. But the video just makes it seem like I am finding one file called "FXZ". I can never find any right file like that when I am running RSD. When when I try to use the un-extracted file in RSD, it does not give me the option of uncompressing and install, it only allows me to uncompress.
I cannot find the right file.
I know I am missing something very obvious, but I just can't find it.
Thanks for your help
Dukeuni said:
Alright, I must be missing something really obvious, because this has not been discussed:
I have installed Moto Drivers, installed RSD Lite 5.6, downloaded the .902 filed mentioned in the OP. Phone is on, working just fine, has USB debugging on, etc. I plug the phone in, and start-up RSD. When I try to find the FXZ file, I cannot find anything with FXZ, I have no idea what I am looking for.
Once I have downloaded the .902 file- I have tried to install with just the file, and then tried to find this "FXZ" file after extracting it with WINRAR.
I reviewed the video instructions by Droidmodderx that was listed in the OP. But the video just makes it seem like I am finding one file called "FXZ". I can never find any right file like that when I am running RSD. When when I try to use the un-extracted file in RSD, it does not give me the option of uncompressing and install, it only allows me to uncompress.
I cannot find the right file.
I know I am missing something very obvious, but I just can't find it.
Thanks for your help
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xml file is what your looking for...
put phone on Ap Fastboot
FXZ is a made up abbreviation of Full XML Zip that started on XDA when the Droid 3 was released and we first saw this new file format come into use with fastboot bootloader support for the dual core Motorolas.
People still often wrongly refer to them as SBF files because that was the common firmware file format for prior generations of Motorola devices.
The XML.zip format and fastboot is a far more versatile, flexible and safer flash interface so it is an important distinction to make to understand how these files work and what they are.
These files are a set of signed partition images with an XML file that runs them in sequence in RSD Lite.
They can also be flashed with the fastboot.exe in command line as individual files, giving a much more finite control over the flashing process and the ability to selectively fix or change only what is needed rather than completely flash the entire device.
The XML files themselves are scripts that can be modified to perform certain operations like wiping user data or not.
They are very powerful tools and the ability to use them effectively to restore your phone is critical if you want to be able to have fun and mod your device safely.
Ugh
Well, looks like this will be a great learning experience- I not have a "bricked" phone.
I finally was able to get RSD to recognize the phone- I did not have the phone set to "PC Mode", it was only set to "Mass Storage". Once RSD saw the phone I started the process as described in the video- clicked the .tar file, clicked on uncompres and install, and let it go. The uncompress took some time, but once it was done it start the install process-
Bam- fail. Does not seem like it installed a single thing, just automatic fail. The status bar reads:
"Failed flashing process. Failed flashing process. 1/15 flash cdt.bin "cdt.bin" -> Phone returned FAIL.; phone connected"
I disconnect my phone, turn it off, and then try to turn it back on. I am forced to do the fastboot (Power button and volume down). I try it again, same result. I uncompress the file myself with WINRAR, and then select just the XML File- "default_flash_targe"- same result.
Well, what do I do now? my phone is dead, but I am excited to finally learn some more about this phone and how to deal with this type of stuff.
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Not sure if it makes a difference, but I am not sure which version I was on prior to attempting to do the fxz. I am looking at downloading the .893 stock and going from there. See if that will work at all.
Well I figured out why everyone using this thread is having difficulty.
THE OP HAS THE WRONG XML.zip LINKED!!! PLEASE EDIT THIS POST IMMEDIATELY WITH THE CORRECT LINK!
cellzealot said:
Well I figured out why everyone using this thread is having difficulty.
THE OP HAS THE WRONG XML.zip LINKED!!! PLEASE EDIT THIS POST IMMEDIATELY WITH THE CORRECT LINK!
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THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG..... NONE OF YOU GUYS ARE EXTRACTING THE ZIP.(or Tar). INSIDE THE TAR, THERE IS ANOTHER ONE. EXTRACT THAT TOO. INSIDE THAT THERE IS A FOLDER LABELED "p2d_targa_cdma_targa-user-2.3.4-5.5.1_84_DBN-55-110814-release-keys-Verizon-US". PUT EVERYTHING INSIDE THAT FOLDER ON THE DESKTOP AND RUN RSD.
That is the wrong file. That is the original stock release xml.zip
That is why everyone is hosing their using this file. You can't flash back to the original firmware with the original cdt.bin anymore.
Look at the error in Dukeuni's post above!
What is wrong is that you are posting the wrong files and people with even less experience than yourself are unaware and getting stuck.

[Q] Got five days to fix this,Please help

Ok I know there is a lot of post like this but I only got 5 days to fix this,I have rooted my phone,i have put a ROM on it, then unrooted the phone to fix a problem i was having with the phone.So all was fixed root was back on then my phone locked up,the only thing I could get to is fastboot,I looked all over the web and every form i could find to fastboot stock ROM back on my phone,either gave a me a no good link or the file was not working on the phone or there is a bigger problem with the phone than i think,pleas help me,
The phone I have is the Droid Bionic
I whent to recovery and did a rest on the phone,every thing came on ok but no 3g/4g net work and can not get the OTA up date,Power the phone off and turn it back on it goes to fastboot
Download RSDlite 5.6
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=784077&d=1321414457
Make sure your drivers are up to date.
http://api.viglink.com/api/click?fo...5.2.1 64-bit&jsonp=vglnk_jsonp_13160433711795
Then FXZ through RSDlite to stock 902.
http://www.fileserve.com/file/M7822Z4/VRZ_XT875_5.9.902.XT875.Verizon.en.US_CFC_01.xml.zip
You must be in AP Fastboot to do so.
(Make sure your phone is charged because if it dies while flashing this, you will have a very expensive paperweight....forever)
You will then be able to root without problems.
This may help.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1455888
Thank you I will give it try
skee43229 said:
I did use Google I have RSD LITE 5.6 but every FXZ file i find the link is gone or if i can find a good link and down load it, it will not flash to my phone , it fails after step 3 of the 15, so i don't know if its the phone or if it was a bad file.
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Check my updated post
Liiiinnkkkksss RAWRRR
Edit: Just checked and I was able to download the 902 fxz from that link.

Droid 3 Now What Do I Do?

OK, I have a Droid 3, that I messed up. I spent the last week searching to find a solution, but this has only left me more confused than ever. When I find what looks promising the links to the file don't work. I am a bit overwhelmed now and need help.
Here is what happened. I installed ClockWorkMod Rom Manager on my rooted Droid 3. I tried to make a backup, this did not work. I then found ClockWorkMod Droid 3 Recovery Bootstrap, this worked then I made a backup. I then tried to load cyanogenmod this failed. Now the phone is stuck on the Motorola Logo, I left it on overnight and it was still stuck. Now I can reboot +X , but I only get the Android System Recovery, but it doesn’t see the backup made by Droid 3 Recovery. The phone does not boot to the Droid 3 Recovery menu (or atleast I don’t know how).
I can also get to the “Boot Mode Selection Menu 0A.64” but I am more confused about all these options. I tried looking for file to flash but I can’t figure this out. The options I have on this menu are;
Normal Powerup
Recovery
AP Fast Boot
BP SBF Flash Mode
BP Only
BP HW Diag & Boot AP
BP Tools
I was able to connect my phone to the pc, but I don’t know how to use any of these options or what software I need on the PC to make this work. Yes I am a noob and this is my first post.
So, how can I get my phone to work again?
Please help, Thanks
The best idea is to use RSD Lite with AP Fastboot to restore an SBF to bring the phone to scratch.
sd_shadow has a great resource here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/...gVAeQXxSkaLPlBAAw/edit#heading=h.lpb8vdlj146l
But, to save some time, you'll find the SBF files that you want here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/...gVAeQXxSkaLPlBAAw/edit#heading=h.lpb8vdlj146l
You want the download link in the third line, under build number 5.5.1_84_D3G-66_M2-10
Blur_Version.5.7.906.XT862.Verizon.en.US
To get to AP fastboot mode, follow this: https://docs.google.com/document/d/...AeQXxSkaLPlBAAw/edit#bookmark=id.xj82g0jvczjr
For RSD Lite instructions, see this: https://docs.google.com/document/d/...AeQXxSkaLPlBAAw/edit#bookmark=id.77zigoazhz70
And give a big thanks to sd_shadow for collecting all of those instructions in one place. Totally awesome.
Thanks, that worked great. My phone is working again.
Now on a slightly paranoid note, how can you be sure that the file that was used to program the phone is truely the stock version from verizon and does not contain any malware?
sheatrek said:
Thanks, that worked great. My phone is working again.
Now on a slightly paranoid note, how can you be sure that the file that was used to program the phone is truely the stock version from verizon and does not contain any malware?
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The locked bootloader prevents anything that isn't official motorola from being flashed to the phone
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doogald said:
And give a big thanks to sd_shadow for collecting all of those instructions in one place. Totally awesome.
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thanks doogald
I started my list, for a few reasons, because like you I post on several other forum's, good threads don't get stickied, stickied threads get outdated very fast and don't get updated because the OP, has moved on to another device
I'm also working on uploading sbfs and xml file to
dev host and android file host
Sent from my XT862 using Tapatalk 2
Did you figure it out if not I did the sane to this phone and fixed it and I'll help you if you didn't fix it
Sent from my DROID3 using xda app-developers app
Sounds like he fixed it.

droid 3 radio issue

Ok I've become highly frustrated can anyone help me on this one? Droid 3 stock was working fine and all of a sudden no service what so ever. Can only connect via wifi. I've done: *228 (doesn't work no service), ## program (didn't work somehow my spc password has changed tried all vzw told me to try), tried factory reset (still didn't work), tried rooting phone cwm boot strapper etc (still no radio) even tried the stock flash from other threads where these phones have had this issue. (Still not working) I even tried cdma workdhop to read the memory to find the spc pw and the file said that the txt file did not exist. What's left to do? Pull the trigger? Really could use some help.... thanks!
By stock flash do you mean sbf via rsdlite or motofastboot. If you've flashed stock firmware and still have issues I would suspect it's a hardware issue
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Its the one named D3.906.SBF by overlayer I used ill try to find the post that has the file. Moto-fastboot I think where would I find the other (it'll be a pain if its hardware....)
liquidoutl4w said:
Its the one named D3.906.SBF by overlayer I used ill try to find the post that has the file. Moto-fastboot I think where would I find the other (it'll be a pain if its hardware....)
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Try toggling through Global/CDMA/GSM modes and end on CDMA (if you use Verizon). I sometimes have this issue, though usually after flashing a radio. Also if you SBF, remember to wipe data/cache. If you want it, I can upload the stock 890 radio and you can flash with moto-fastboot. The 890 radio DOES work with 906 system, I switch between the 890 and XT883 radio for CDMA/GSM.
Motofastboot and rsdlite are just 2 different ways of flashing firmware. Rsdlite is more user friendly and automated whereas motofastboot is a command line utility that allows you to flash single partitions instead of the whole device. Ovelayers tool uses motofastboot and a script I believe
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Ohhh ok got it yes if you could please upload the file I'd appreciate it i'll I've that a try then pull the trigger if that doesn't work. Shame too really liked the phone lol. Ill just have to get another one and root it next time right away to really enjoy it haha (I miss my droid 1 with bugless )
liquidoutl4w said:
Ohhh ok got it yes if you could please upload the file I'd appreciate it i'll I've that a try then pull the trigger if that doesn't work. Shame too really liked the phone lol. Ill just have to get another one and root it next time right away to really enjoy it haha (I miss my droid 1 with bugless )
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http://www4.zippyshare.com/v/77282840/file.html here you are, one stock radio image.

[Q] Cant update to JB

Bought my bionic a while back and rooted it and used safestrap to use a JB rom.
Now that JB is out for the bionic ive been trying everything i can think of to update it. I've tried unrooting, uninstalling safestrap via the app itself and multiple factory resets. I try to update and it will get to about 25% after rebooting then of course the lil droid will die and i get a software update failed message.
Is there something i missed?
Gabraham said:
Bought my bionic a while back and rooted it and used safestrap to use a JB rom.
Now that JB is out for the bionic ive been trying everything i can think of to update it. I've tried unrooting, uninstalling safestrap via the app itself and multiple factory resets. I try to update and it will get to about 25% after rebooting then of course the lil droid will die and i get a software update failed message.
Is there something i missed?
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Follow this thread: "http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2242075"
"mc_akiong" has the solution in the third post. Go and thank him for it.
pmrmx774 said:
Follow this thread: "http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2242075"
"mc_akiong" has the solution in the third post. Go and thank him for it.
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i cant seem to locate the file he is referring to. What general area of the phones files should it be in?
Gabraham said:
i cant seem to locate the file he is referring to. What general area of the phones files should it be in?
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You need the FXZ file from Verizon. You unzip it and open the file suggested. edit out the two entries in notepad and save. Then, run RSD to apply to your phone. this hould be a US based phone.
You can get the file cdma_targa_9.8.2O-72_VZW-22_cfc.xml.zip at "http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2240725"
Been having trouble getting rsd lite to recognize my phone . could these issues be related ?
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downloaded the cdma, properly booted my phone into fastboot with RSD lite, flashed the modified cdma zip ( sans step operation lines) worked like a charm, if not a bit overly complex. thanks much

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