Ok so heres the situation. I was running a Stock custom rom but was on 4.4 and was getting constant update notifications. so i decided to installed the updated 4.4.2 version of my custom rom. BTW my phone is a verizon locked bootloader phone. anyways i tried the workaround for retail phones and i ended up totally screwing my phone up. everything is wiped and i cant get anywhere but the fastboot screen. I have tried the Moto X toolbox but that fails and so does every other script i have tried. I thought that this would be my saving grace http://forum.xda-developers.com/mot...ty-windows-t2597625/post49119224#post49119224. but it looks like there server host is down so i cant download it. I have tried everything on both a Windows 8 with USB 3.0 and a Windows 7 with USB 2.0. both failed. My device only shows up at Fastboot ghost S in devices, i downloaded the PDAnet drivers but that didnt help. I can see the Fastboot in RSDlite though but the flash fails everytime. I keep getting "Partition (Boot) security version downgraded" and yes im using stock Verizon Roms.
baile508 said:
Ok so heres the situation. I was running a Stock custom rom but was on 4.4 and was getting constant update notifications. so i decided to installed the updated 4.4.2 version of my custom rom. BTW my phone is a verizon locked bootloader phone. anyways i tried the workaround for retail phones and i ended up totally screwing my phone up. everything is wiped and i cant get anywhere but the fastboot screen. I have tried the Moto X toolbox but that fails and so does every other script i have tried. I thought that this would be my saving grace http://forum.xda-developers.com/mot...ty-windows-t2597625/post49119224#post49119224. but it looks like there server host is down so i cant download it. I have tried everything on both a Windows 8 with USB 3.0 and a Windows 7 with USB 2.0. both failed. My device only shows up at Fastboot ghost S in devices, i downloaded the PDAnet drivers but that didnt help. I can see the Fastboot in RSDlite though but the flash fails everytime. I keep getting "Partition (Boot) security version downgraded" and yes im using stock Verizon Roms.
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If you can get into Fastboot and RSDlite you should be able to install the 4.4.2 Verizon files from http://sbf.droid-developers.org/phone.php?device=0
I figured it out, my problem was that i was trying to flash 4.4 and not 4.4.2. got it unbricked but now it looks like i lost my root and my safestrap... :/
baile508 said:
I figured it out, my problem was that i was trying to flash 4.4 and not 4.4.2. got it unbricked but now it looks like i lost my root and my safestrap... :/
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Yes, if you used RSDLite to flash you will loose root, etc.
But taking the OTA 4.4.2, you could have kept root, BUT would have lost write protect disable making root pretty useless (since any changes to /system or other protected folders would not survive power off/on)
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So I didn't read any guides and was following an old YouTube video on how to go back to stock and OTA. Unfortunately the link was for an older version of the Moto X Toolkit and it took me back to 4.2.2 and I accepted the OTA. gg.
I have tried flashing 4.4.4, 4.4.2, 4.2.2 again from fastboot and in the end the result is the same: a flashing dead android popping up every few seconds that says error. After reading the Q/A I think this is a hard brick but has there been any updates on ways to fix this?
I can't USB mount to put in a custom rom either and it won't let me sideload since the USB mounting isn't working. I can flash custom recoveries but that's about it.
Thanks.
Not researching first on any device is a mistake for sure... Especially the X. You've done the procedure that guarantees bricking a Moto X unfortunately.
This thread may be your only hope now...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2629057
Good luck!
I looked into this method but couldn't get it to work since it wasn't recognizing the phone when I plugged it in. I did manage to unbrick it somehow by flashing a 4.2.2 version again using the toolkit (post camera I believe). I managed to boot up again in 4.2.2 but not really sure how to upgrade to 4.4.4 at this point without bricking again.
Is it safe to RSDlite to 4.4.4 using the right carrier?
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nevermind... I turned the phone off to check the status of the bootloader and saw it was unlocked, did a normal power up. For some reason it said android is updating even though I didn't do any updates and it randomly turned off and now it's completely dead .
Hi, I just got my new phone yesterday, and I"m having issues actually turning the thing on. Yesterday, everything was going fine. Since I got the pure edition, I went ahead and unlocked the bootloader, and then ran the Auto Root program I found in the general section. After that, I installed some apps that I needed. I downloaded some videos to watch later, I downloaded some music, and then I installed AdAway.
Here's where I probably screwed up big time: I disabled some applications from the app picker (Help, E-Mail, and a few others). I was having some trouble with the Inbox app searching properly, so I re-enabled Gmail at least, but I left the others disabled. Then I connected the phone to my Coolstream Duo, which is a bluetooth audio device, and then went to sleep.
When I woke up, I was able to unlock my phone, but I unlocked it to only the back button available and Google+ on the screen. Nothing functioned, so I force powered off. Now I can't turn the device on, it either is stuck on the "Warning, unlocked bootloader" screen, or gets to the Motorola globe boot screen, playing half the animation before the screen goes black. Once, I booted and it got past all that to the "Android is upgrading" screen, and it optomized 38 apps, but then after it got to the unlock screen, the pattern wouldn't show up. I followed these factory reset instructions: https://motorola-global-portal.cust...detail/a_id/101072/p/30,6720,9197/reg/2380937 and they didn't seem to do anything. I also attempted to download the stock image for Android 4.4.4 but it said I wasn't allowed to access the file.
If anyone could recognize what I did wrong to my phone, that would be great, and if anyone could provide a link to a factory image of the phone so I can attempt to restore it, that would be awesome as well.
Sounds like flashing the 4.4.4 system image may solve your problem. Here is a link where you can grab the fxz without asking for permission from Moto.
https://onedrive.live.com/?cid=227f...20267&ithint=folder,&authkey=!AMWPTB3ICDtezYs
Dark9781 said:
Sounds like flashing the 4.4.4 system image may solve your problem. Here is a link where you can grab the fxz without asking for permission from Moto.
https://onedrive.live.com/?cid=227f...20267&ithint=folder,&authkey=!AMWPTB3ICDtezYs
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Oddly enough, directly after writing this post, I stepped out of class to find my phone had booted and was on the welcome screen. But if anything bad happens again, I'll be sure to have this link ready! Thanks for the help!
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Sounds like flashing the 4.4.4 system image may solve your problem. Here is a link where you can grab the fxz without asking for permission from Moto.
https://onedrive.live.com/?cid=227f...20267&ithint=folder,&authkey=!AMWPTB3ICDtezYs
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Hi,
can this stock rom get flashed trough fastboot or rsd lite? Maybe you can solve my problem!
incrazyboyy said:
Hi,
can this stock rom get flashed trough fastboot or rsd lite? Maybe you can solve my problem!
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Either. The only thing with rsd lite is that it does not like USB 3.0. Your computer will need a USB 2.0 slot.
Dark9781 said:
Either. The only thing with rsd lite is that it does not like USB 3.0. Your computer will need a USB 2.0 slot.
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Great! I would prefer flashing trough fastboot. Could you give me the instructions please?
I'm a bit slow to realize this, but after updating to T mobile's latest 20b firmware (lollipop 5.0x), it lost root. I then tried to root it, using the three methods mentioned here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2732311.
Towelroot clearly doesn't work anymore. The zip file in the above thread couldn't be flashed since there's no recovery operation possible (just showing an android with ! in a triangle sign). I also tried the purpledrake, but the script doesn't run when the phone is connected with all drives installed and adb devices showing the phone. I then tried to get fastboot mode back (to install twrp/cwm recovery to flash the zip file) by following http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-l90/general/guide-fastboot-l90-d415-t2827825 which I have done successfully before, but then couldn't do it because it requires root (doh!).
So it seems that I just lost my ability to root, unless I downgrade to a stock kitkat (10e?) from tmobile, and then towelroot/etc. assume those work.
Anyone with experience on the stock 20b firmware? Can you root it and how? I'd love to use the beautiful 12.1 Cyanogen that's available here, but the camera doesn't work right on mine. Thus stock 5.0 seems to be the best option. Many thanks.
I got a bit further on the purpledrake method, in that I had to do a clean restart on the phone and connect to usb before the script will recognize. However, it ends up giving a really quick error message after trying a temp root: "your phone is not running a compatible software version. No vulnerable mode detected. Rebooting phone."
Anyway, many thanks to @brossovitch I followed http://highonandroid.com/android-smartphones/how-to-root-lg-g-flex-2-g2-g3-on-lollipop/ and it works like a charm. I can't seem to delete this very short thread so I thought I'd wrap it up with a solution. If it seems a bit useless please remove the thread (or tell me how to do it since I can't find the "easy button"). Thanks.
Hello everyone,
I ordered a Nexus 6 for our web developers. They needed it to run 5.1.1 so I was in the process of flashing it. I thought I had flashed everything but then realized I had forgotten the most important part - the system!!! Normally this would be OK, just flash the system.... except I issued the fastboot oem lock command. Now I'm stuck with a phone that has a 5.1.1 bootloader, recovery, modems, etc, but a 6.0.2 system partition..... And it just gets stuck on the Marshmallow booting screen. I've left it for an hour and it was still there.
Is there any way to get out of this? Have I bricked the phone? I can't see a way to get this phone usable again as I cannot flash anything from the bootloader since it requires I allow the BL to be unlocked from inside android.... the only thing I think I could do would be in recovery, but since it is stock, there's not much hope there either.
Thanks in advance.....
I tried sideloading c5b2b136f40a1551a5cc417cf90cadb582096a63.signed-shamu-MRA58R-from-LMY48T.zip but it came back with
"Package expects..... LMY48T... or ...MRA85R.... device has....LMY48Y.... Error in /sideload/package.zip (Status 7)"
have you checked out this thread?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6/general/to-save-bricked-nexus-device-t3334660
Wow that didn't even come up in any of my googling... I'll check it out.
Hopefully it works!
did the nexus 6 originally come with 6.0.2 on board? the latest now is 6.0.1
So that worked - I had to download the OTA downgrade to 6.0.1 but I got out of it. The FRP screwed me for 72 hours though because I was forced to reset the password on the account I was using for it.
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I just got a n6 today, and its running on 5.1.1. The marshmallow update came a long time ago so i thought it would update, but it showed that phone is up to date. Why is this so and how do i update?
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I just got a n6 today, and its running on 5.1.1. The marshmallow update came a long time ago so i thought it would update, but it showed that phone is up to date. Why is this so and how do i update?
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First of all congrats on the new phone. I'm on AT&T and updates came too slow for me. I chose to flash a system image to get upgraded to marshmallow and now we can download ota's directly from Google to keep up to date. Cutting out the need to wait for our updates to be made available from the carriers. Edit: to be clear you have to flash the ota's as well.
I believe others have removed sim card to try to get ota via wifi. I think. Anyway good luck.
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If you just got it today, good! Don't waste your time setting it up. Remove your SIM card and download the newest factory image "MOB30I" from here for the Nexus 6 (Shamu)
Just follow the instructions and you will be on the latest software. Then you should get OTA's normally from here on out. If you do it the Google recommended way it will wipe the phone so that's why I said don't set it up. If you already set it up it's going to be harder but you can manually flash the radio, bootloader, boot (kernel), and system with retaining your data but it's more hassle than it's worth.
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If you just got it today, good! Don't waste your time setting it up. Remove your SIM card and download the newest factory image "MOB30I" from here for the Nexus 6 (Shamu)
Just follow the instructions and you will be on the latest software. Then you should get OTA's normally from here on out. If you do it the Google recommended way it will wipe the phone so that's why I said don't set it up. If you already set it up it's going to be harder but you can manually flash the radio, bootloader, boot (kernel), and system with retaining your data but it's more hassle than it's worth.
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Thank you for your help, Im trying to flash it as it says on the website, but my device is not recognized after I type adb reboot bootloader. The phone shows up in adb devices but not in fastboot.
entermetallica said:
Thank you for your help, Im trying to flash it as it says on the website, but my device is not recognized after I type adb reboot bootloader. The phone shows up in adb devices but not in fastboot.
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Assuming you're using Windows, if you look in device manager do you see anything either with a red x or yellow exclamation mark? If so you are missing the driver. This thread has the driver zip and briefly explains how to install it via device manager. Once you get the driver installed it should work fine.
And I can't remember if you need to or not to flash the stock images, but you might need to unlock your bootloader. Tap the build number a bunch of times and you will have access to developer options, and there you might need to check "Allow OEM unlocking" or something like that. Again I'm not 100% sure if that's necessary or not. I've ran my bootloader unlocked since day 1 and haven't looked back.
The bootloader does need to be unlocked to flash anything at all, except for a Google-signed OTA image.
Thanks for the help, ive done it. I had to boot into fastboot, and then install drivers from device manager
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