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[Q] Milestone a854 root, open recovery, custom roms help

Hello everyone I have read around and still cant find a answer 100 percent.. I even searched the web. I read lots of guides how to root a milestone a854 but I'm getting different types of errors.. First sites wants you to run the update.zip file which you cant do because you have to use the exploit if im correct. Now, I cant find any help on this problem trying to run a sbf file in rsd lite. I get the this error.
critical error
1337
510b
My boot loader is 2c.6c, my phone is through alltel. I dont want to brick it. I tried to do a Motorola update and it screwed up my phone. Which i almost didn't get it replaced because i void the warranty. It actually reload onto the Verizon service, i didn't have internet access at all, and Alltel support couldn't fix it. I originally traded a htc wildfire for a milestone. Which the guy already had modded. Which it had a nano backups. My phone got stolen and ended doing a insurance claim. So now it has android 2.1 with the update1. I want to root it and be able to run a custom rom, like fire and ice, or like Cynanon mod. I would like to run open recovery, but dont need it if i can run the nanoid backups also. When i run the update.zip i get this error.
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/command
-- Install from sdcard...
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Verifying update package...
E:EOCD marker occurs after start of EOCD
E:signature verification failed.
Installation Aborted.
So if I'm not wrong you have to downgrade the software to run a exploit? Now what spf file should i use and is there any guide or forum with my ? already answered if anyone can point me please. I want to be able to use my milestone with my new hp touchpad. I want to be able to load up a hotspot or use the WiFi tether. Thanks for any help. If anyone needs more info you can pm me or even just post here. Thanks again.
Kordris

Install rom manager from market. Buy the premium version, its worth it. Install cwm recovery and the app will allow you to do anything. Flash roms, backup.
Your phone is basically a droid1.
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Check out this guide here on xda-developers.
The only thing you need to understand is the sequence in which the steps have to be performed. Basically:
1. flash a vulnerable bootloader
2. install a custom recovery like OpenRecovery (update.zip)
3. through the use of OpenRecovery install Cyanogenmod/MIUI ROMs

Ok.. what version am i running?? Im in the usa and got the phone here. The only close place would be canada but i dont know if thats the one. Might be able to use the uk one. What one should i use.. Now if this gets me same results which i have a feeling it will. Will just using the Clockworld mod just work?? I want to be able to use other roms I want to actually use the fire and ice mod. Also would like to be able to use a wifi tether because i just got a Hp touchpad. I can root my phone through z4mod, but i want to be able to do nano backups and stuff like that. Im going to try the canada one and if i get the same error in the rsd lite. What else can i try to get open recovery working?
Thanks ahead for anyhelp.
Kordris

Ok tried to flash the sbf file again.. I still get this error...
critical error
1337
510b
Any more suggestions?? Man this is driving me crazy.

Have you tried another sbf? Here are some more.

I&F is for the milestone, not the Droid. Did you try ROM Manager?
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Kordris said:
Ok.. what version am i running?? Im in the usa and got the phone here. The only close place would be canada but i dont know if thats the one. Might be able to use the uk one. What one should i use.. Now if this gets me same results which i have a feeling it will. Will just using the Clockworld mod just work?? I want to be able to use other roms I want to actually use the fire and ice mod. Also would like to be able to use a wifi tether because i just got a Hp touchpad. I can root my phone through z4mod, but i want to be able to do nano backups and stuff like that. Im going to try the canada one and if i get the same error in the rsd lite. What else can i try to get open recovery working?
Thanks ahead for anyhelp.
Kordris
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As Sileshn said, your phone is basically a droid. You will only be able to flash ROMs from the Droid Development forum, meaning Ice&Fire is out of the question.
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Yeah, didnt read carefully enough. Ignore my post about the Milestone sbf's.

From what i understand all milestones are droids... Milestone is just a different software and different from the droid in some ways. I use alltel service and when they sell me the phone its the milestone because thats the only phone they offer. They dont offer a driod or anything. But the id number for the phone is supposed to be droid number is what Motorola says. So what kinda options do i have for roms then? Can someone link me the roms that can be used. I have the rom manager but it doenst list any roms in the download area. Its supposedly the paid version. I also wouldnt mind just getting updated to the newer andriod so i can use flash, but alltel doenst offer updates yet. Should i try to root the phone like a driod? because i dont want to mess up the phone because it will void warranties. I like to make sure im doing it right and not going to brick the phone. I figure theres got to people that have the same phone as me and same issues. Thanks again..
Im going to mess with the Rom manager and see if i can get a rom from it. But last time i tried i had no luck with one. I also have the clockwork mod running and can do nanoriod backups.. when i try to recover like one of the fire and ice nanriods it gives me a md5 error.
Thanks. looking for some more help..

Kordris said:
From what i understand all milestones are droids...
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No brother. You got it wrong. Milestones are not droids. Two basic differences.
Milestone is GSM, Droid is CDMA.
Milestone has locked bootloader, Droid has an unlocked one.
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/motorola-milestone/121260-milestones-not-all-same-a853-a854.html
Alltel milestone A854 is a Droid. All Droid roms will work for it. Just be sure to make a backup of your phone before flashing anything becoz getting 3g to work has been very difficult if you get back to stock.
Cm6, cm7, miui for droid will work on your phone.
You will brick your phone if you try and nandroid restore I&F on your phone. You have been warned.
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Found this on Droidforums.net, at least my milestone doenst have a locked bootloader i guess. LOL Still having issues. But I did get rom manager working but when i loaded droid steel it would hang up on the boot screen and would only just replay the boot flash over and over and would not boot all the way up. Anyone else have the same problem?? What other custom rom out there that is good or popular?? Anyone have any suggestions? Thanks..
Milestones are not all the same (A853 / A854)
Something I have not seen mentioned much in this Milestone forum is that there are drastic differences in different models of Milestones. Motorola made things very confusing when they decided to make two phones which are very different have the same name. I started this thread to try and help clear it up a little. I wasted alot of time reading information that was totally irrelevant to my phone.
Milestone Model A853 is GSM and is the Milestone that is mentioned in most forums. Unlike the DROID, the A853 Milestone has a bootloader that only allows signed Firmware to load. There are other differences that I have not researched since this is not the model I have. Motorola is suppose to offer a 2.2 update for this phone at some point in the future.
Milestone Model A854 is CDMA and does not have a locked bootloader. The A854 is the same phone as the A855 Droid but branded with the Milestone name for licensing to small carriers. This model will not receive a official 2.2 update but most if not all the custom roms for the A855 Droid will work on the A854. I am currently running CyanogenMod-6.1.2-Droid which is Android Version 2.2.1 on a A854.
I am sure this is old news for some but like I mentioned before I wasted alot of time reading Milestone forums when I should have been reading Droid forums for information about the A854. I hope someone finds this information useful. If any of this information is incorrect please feel free to correct me.
Now for a question. This forum section is labeled "Verizon Android Phones > Motorola Milestone". Has Verizon ever carried a Milestone? I thought they were CDMA and have always sold the CDMA Motorola A855 Droid.
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Try miui. I am sure you will love it. Check miui android forums.
This should help in deciding.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6yY53Kcc0w
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sileshn said:
No brother. You got it wrong. Milestones are not droids. Two basic differences.
Milestone is GSM, Droid is CDMA.
Milestone has locked bootloader, Droid has an unlocked one.
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/motorola-milestone/121260-milestones-not-all-same-a853-a854.html
Alltel milestone A854 is a Droid. All Droid roms will work for it. Just be sure to make a backup of your phone before flashing anything becoz getting 3g to work has been very difficult if you get back to stock.
Cm6, cm7, miui for droid will work on your phone.
You will brick your phone if you try and nandroid restore I&F on your phone. You have been warned.
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LOL Sorry did see this post when i type my last one sorry. But thats where i read it at. Also i used rom manager to load Droid Steel which is really nice, but might try some other ones also. Also made backups of orginal rom so i can always go back and like you said if something screws up. I see what your saying on the 3g thing.. Do you know if they have had issues with the 3g on the droid steel because looks like im only getting 1g but i could be wrong. I dont get the best receiption in the house. Thanks for the help, which actually helped me alot. Thanks again.
Kordris

I also have a A854 milestone and one person will tell ya the droid roms work on it the next person says they wont?!! one person says rom manager wont work for the milestone another says it will! one says CWM will work another says it it wont that need mini mod or andrianai recovery who knows Im afraid to do anything cuz i cant afford a brick!

It's simple:
There was a Droid A855 (cdma, bootloader unlocked)
Only one month later there was a Milestone A853 (gsm/umts, bootloader locked)
So far so good, there's a Droid and there's a Milestone. Two similar, but actually very different, not ROM compatible phones.
And then, more than half year later, there was suddenly a Milestone A854, which is actually a Droid A855, only named differently. (cdma, bootloader unlocked).
Now there's confusion.
So: If you read Milestone, it usually means the GSM variant A853. Droid means A855/A854, cdma.
If you have A854, don't look for Milestone stuff, because you have a Droid.

I recently upgraded from my HTC Hero to an A854, but I'm having a problem getting Rom Manager. It's not in the market, and I've tried downloading it from the site, but I get an error saying "There is a problem parsing the package." Unfortunately I only have my phone on me, and I don't see any other way to flash Clockwork on it. Even if I did have my computer though, I still haven't been able to find a guide without broken links. Any help would be appreciated!

Scratch all of that. Just decided to do it on a laptop a little while ago because I found all the links. Followed the Droid instructions on Cyanogenmod's wiki, but replace the Clockwork .sbf file with a different recovery I found (only because the Clockwork link was broken). Flashed it and everything went fine! Put the good ol' Cyan on it and even though I had it on my hero, it still amazes me. Remember guys, follow DROID instructions if you have the A854!

Am I bricked?

Well, I rooted my ATT JB via Ubuntu and attempted to flash a custom rom (cyanogenmod 10.1) The flashing process said it went well so I decided to go for the reboot. Since then, I have been stuck in Fastboot.
What I have tried:
Normal Powerup
Recovery
Factory
BP Tools
All of these lead back to the same Fastboot screen so logically, I try to use RSD Lite to flash the latest JB firmware. When I do, it fails on the first step and says it failed before it ever began due to the verification or something. So, am I SOL?

You can't just flash cm10. You have to use safestrap man. Was it at least the cm10 for the Atrix HD?
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Poecifer said:
Well, I rooted my ATT JB via Ubuntu and attempted to flash a custom rom (cyanogenmod 10.1) The flashing process said it went well so I decided to go for the reboot. Since then, I have been stuck in Fastboot.
What I have tried:
Normal Powerup
Recovery
Factory
BP Tools
All of these lead back to the same Fastboot screen so logically, I try to use RSD Lite to flash the latest JB firmware. When I do, it fails on the first step and says it failed before it ever began due to the verification or something. So, am I SOL?
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How did u flashed to flash u must use safe strap 3.12 in order to flash cm10.1 or any other ROMs...
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RSDLite can flash Motolorola-signed stock rom only.

I did use safestrap 3.11 to flash CM. I'm using RSDlite to try to flash it back to stock to have a functional phone again. I'm not that big a noob. I'm trying to flash the 4.1.1 official from ATT.

Poecifer said:
I did use safestrap 3.11 to flash CM. I'm using RSDlite to try to flash it back to stock to have a functional phone again. I'm not that big a noob. I'm trying to flash the 4.1.1 official from ATT.
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Did you create a new ROM slot to install CM? Because there's no way you could've bricked with an SS3 slot. On reboot you should be able to enter SS3, even if you mistakenly flashed to Stock like a noob.
Now if you for some reason tried Epinter's CM 10.1 on Stock, and if Safestrap allowed the custom updater to write over boot.img, then you are indeed screwed, hard bricked, SOL. That's the only hypothetical scenario for a hard brick with SS3. Gotta ask Hash if that's possible though. I don't know.

Was it the cm for the Atrix HD? And you installed it on rom slot 1 not the stock slot?
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[Q] Question regarding similar issue.
I rooted using motochopper one click.
installed SS3.12.
and then flashed epinter's unofficial CM10.1 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2243812 in ROM slot 1.
Everything said it was successful and finished and completed, but when I rebooted it just went to a black screen and nothing happened.
Any one have any idea where I went wrong or why it wouldn't work?
Posted here cuz it was the closest thing I could find on this other than epinter's post of cm10.1 but I can't post in development threads yet.
Thanks!

... I swear no one reads anything anymore. Do not use safestrap with our new custom roms that require unlocked bootloaders you need to use cwm. I feel like I should post this in every thread so people will have to see it.
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deeje00 said:
... I swear no one reads anything anymore. Do not use safestrap with our new custom roms that require unlocked bootloaders you need to use cwm. I feel like I should post this in every thread so people will have to see it.
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I was just gonna post that ^.^
DO NOT USE SAFESTRAP. This is the easiest way to root, unlock boot loader and install CMW
Anyone with safestrap installed should delete it and go through this processes.
Cheers
Sent from my PACman Atrix HD

Blackest Pain said:
I was just gonna post that ^.^
DO NOT USE SAFESTRAP. This is the easiest way to root, unlock boot loader and install CMW
Anyone with safestrap installed should delete it and go through this processes.
Cheers
Sent from my PACman Atrix HD
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Thank you so much for posting this link!

Can we have mods or someone remove all threads relating to SS3 and sticky the unlock bootloader and CWM/Myth threads?

penser said:
Can we have mods or someone remove all threads relating to SS3 and sticky the unlock bootloader and CWM/Myth threads?
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We've tried. I've tried 3 times for the CWM thread, PM'd Mattlgroff and he tried. Youngunn2008 has tried....After a while ya give up.
Our guides that have the most important information are stickeied, so there's that.
We don't need to remove the SS3 threads -- it might be updated, nothing concrete, but its a possibility. Its also a needed and required tool for users who wish to stay locked for whatever reason they have for staying locked.
As is, the information is on here. Its not our fault that new users don't read the guides.
///OoOo, that looks neat, I'ma gonna flash and not read any guides on here. I've been around the android block befo....wha tha fu....am I bricked?
Help, Help, Help

please help

i have an att atrix hd and i installed the safestrap and since then decided it wasn't for me as of yet... i deleted the partition in slot1 NOT the stock and when i rebooted my phone i now only have 4 and some change gig instead of the 8 i had before.... please... i am begging.... how do i get my memory back? i flashed it with the flash and root and etc. that the myth team came up with and to no avail. i dont know where to post my question and i need the memory back badly. this is internal memory we are talking about and not external.. I just flashed the aokp_mb886_unofficial_2013-05-08
but still same issue..

im no expert
Hi there, other than my "Hello" post this is first, but maybe others will chime in. I used and screwed up my AHD with safestrap too, was all my fault, i believe it's a good tool.I too had lost memory, i believe it was something to do with the original stock partition, long story short, over a few weeks i really messed it up. Thanks to a lot of folks on this site, and LOTS of reading, i believe i finally got it right, so, here goes.....
First, I believe, again I'm no expert, that the Mythtools is for loading stock roms, i don't know if its ok for customs, but thats not the issue. Second, before I loaded my stock rom, which I got here, and made sure I had the latest drivers installed, if you've been messing around you should know how to do that.
Third, I made sure there was nothing on the phone i couldn't live without, because it was all going by by.....
Forth, I used option #1 in mythtools, when finished i booted into recovery.
Fifth, in recovery, (not safestrap, it is CMD), i used every wipe and format option available.
Sixth, I ran option #2 in Mythtools (to the letter) and installed my factory ROM
After that I re-rooted, re-unlocked the bootloader and had to fix fastboot, was stuck and not booting normaly, i found info here, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2260105,
......installed all my tools, ROM manager, TiBU, etc. and.......
MADE A RECOVERY FILE
I hope I helped, this place has helped me alot, like I said, maybe an expert will chime in.
One more thing, I bought a new phone before attempting, was silly, wasn't too hard

I already answered this in your other post.. Did it not work?
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I did the same thing and i installed stock with the same prog you used...
when i get stock up and running it says i have almost 5 gig but when i boot into recovery it says i have emmc or whatever of 8 gig... but when i boot it says my tot space of 4.86
i appreciate your response though... i really do....
i dont know what i have done... i am using cwm recovery now and i am just at wits end
please.... anyone...

Use rsd and flash back to stock.
Sent from my PACMAN MATRIX HD MAXX

deeje00 said:
Use rsd and flash back to stock.
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When I do that it gives the error due to it being partition incorrect.

I'm pretty sure that that is 4.86 USEABLE gigs not total. 8GB is just an estimate. Formatted space is less and the OS also makes it less
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[Q] Black screen after any custom rom

I have unlocked the bootloader and every boot yields the motorola bootloader warning message. I rooted installed safestrap. If I installay custom rom I only get a black screen after the safestrap screen on boot. I can revert to stock rom, it is fine.I searched th forum but did not see a similar problem.

There is NOO WAYYY you searched. Every single noob does this. This is probably the 5th time in a week. You can't use safestrap with a unlocked bootloader. You have to use cwm..
I kind of understood before maybe people just didn't really research but shoot it's says for locked bootloader in the damn safestrap title now.
Not trying to be a **** but hell don't lie and say you searched and couldn't find anything when it's clearly everywhere. If you just said Iono what I did it just won't work even though clearly it says not to Ok fine but don't say you looked.
Sent from my PACMAN MATRIX HD MAXX

Same problem, but didn't unlock bootloader
deeje00 said:
There is NOO WAYYY you searched. Every single noob does this. This is probably the 5th time in a week. You can't use safestrap with a unlocked bootloader. You have to use cwm..
I kind of understood before maybe people just didn't really research but shoot it's says for locked bootloader in the damn safestrap title now.
Not trying to be a **** but hell don't lie and say you searched and couldn't find anything when it's clearly everywhere. If you just said Iono what I did it just won't work even though clearly it says not to Ok fine but don't say you looked.
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I didn't unlock my bootloader, but it happens to me too. After buying my Razr HD (XT925), I rooted with Motochopper, then installed Safestrap. When I flash a Custom ROM, nothing happens, just a black screen. I'm a noob, and really don't know what to do, could you help me?

obrunopietro said:
I didn't unlock my bootloader, but it happens to me too. After buying my Razr HD (XT925), I rooted with Motochopper, then installed Safestrap. When I flash a Custom ROM, nothing happens, just a black screen. I'm a noob, and really don't know what to do, could you help me?
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Probably because you tried to flash CM based ROMs with safestrap. You can only flash a select few with safestrap including Batakang, Joker, and Batakang Rises to name pretty much all of them. You need CWM, I prefer touch version so I don't wear my hardware buttons. Flash this in fastboot mode AFTER UNLOCKING BOOTLOADER: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2421418
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Neighbor808 said:
Probably because you tried to flash CM based ROMs with safestrap. You can only flash a select few with safestrap including Batakang, Joker, and Batakang Rises to name pretty much all of them. You need CWM, I prefer touch version so I don't wear my hardware buttons. Flash this in fastboot mode AFTER UNLOCKING BOOTLOADER: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2421418
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I would like to undestand why Safestrap doesn't work with CM based ROMs. A lot of tutorials in this site suggest Safestrap for flashing Custom ROMs. I liked it because it goes back to Stock any time, really simple for me. If I use CWM, will I be able to restore my stock ROM?

Because safestrap is meant for locked a bootloader. And cwm will let you return to stock just make a nanodroid backup of it.
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[Q] Fastboot on power-up

Apologies if this has been answered before, I searched the other threads and it seems so one has my exact same problem. I bought an Atrix HD from a local seller, unaware of this little problem that it boots into fastboot mode after powering down and back up. (seems he had been tinkering around with it with no success) I found out I could do the pwr+vol.up+vol.dwn trick, causing it to go to the boot menu screen and then booting up normally. I figured I could live with that small annoyance.
But after doing more research I found out that this AHD had been updated with the most recent OTA that irreversibly locks the bootloader and disables any possible rooting. I just dont want to keep this phone anymore if Im going to be stuck on stock JB ROM, and no flashing capabilities. And I really want to have that HDMI overscan option that apparently was in ICS and they took it away. (I know, stupid me for not researching this before buying). I just want to be able to sell this phone WITHOUT having to warn the buyer of this fastboot problem, which I think would really decrease the value of the phone.
Any ideas of a method to fix this?

Have you tried the Myth Tools?

moebius_2033 said:
Have you tried the Myth Tools?
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I had checked that out, and noticed it uses motochopper and motopocalypse for rooting and unlocking bootloader. I had already tried those methods with no success, and figured it was because of the July OTA locking it all up. But I got a private message from a member who said he was in my same situation and able to flash a ROM back with myth tools. So maybe I just wasnt doing it right. I'll try again, paying attention to detail...

Update: still no joy. Installed JDK and the adb-fastboot-apk I cant root or unlock BL with myth tools. It just hangs. Even tried just flashing a couple ROM's listed in the myth tools instructions thread, because hey, what could it hurt now? No success, just kind of formats my phone but still the same version.
If it's of any use, system version is: 98.4.20.MB886.ATT.en.US
build number: 9.8.0Q-97_MB886_FFW-20

Are you sure the bootloader was unlocked. Once unlocked, it can't be relocked.

have you tried flashing Mex retail using rsd lite to downgrade a version

I didn't know the atrix got an update. I thought it was only for the razr. To fix that issue re flash the boot image.
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Checkout my post on this thread. Just skip making a backup.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2394238
PM me and click Thanks if I helped.
Sent from my Atrix HD

Ya need to restore using rsd lite