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Bricked Moto X, Need Help! Have read every forum

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)

[Q] Possible Brick - Need Help

Hi people.
One week ago I bought my phone. Unlocked bootloader and rooted my device. I was running stock 4.4.4, from Personal - Argentina.
Today I was messing with Titanium BackUp and used the feature "integrate updates" wich made apps like google play, hangouts and Motorola Modality Services to crash repeatedly. I read that I needed to restore to the stock rom...
I couldnt find any file from the 4.4.4 so I decided to get back to 4.4.2, found on sbf.droid-developers
I followed this tutorial mark.cdmaforumscom/MotoX-ReturnToStock html step by step and now my phone is almost dead.
When I turn my phone, it shows the boot screen (the unlocked bootloader message), then the motorola animation and then goes black.
I can reboot into fastboot but cant enter into the recovery mode (when I enter into recovery appears the stock recovery image but no text or option)
Can you guys help me with this problem? Is there a way to save my phone?
Thanks in advance. If you need more info just ask

luizdf said:
Hi people.
One week ago I bought my phone. Unlocked bootloader and rooted my device. I was running stock 4.4.4, from Personal - Argentina.
Today I was messing with Titanium BackUp and used the feature "integrate updates" wich made apps like google play, hangouts and Motorola Modality Services to crash repeatedly. I read that I needed to restore to the stock rom...
I couldnt find any file from the 4.4.4 so I decided to get back to 4.4.2, found on sbf.droid-developers
I followed this tutorial mark.cdmaforumscom/MotoX-ReturnToStock html step by step and now my phone is almost dead.
When I turn my phone, it shows the boot screen (the unlocked bootloader message), then the motorola animation and then goes black.
I can reboot into fastboot but cant enter into the recovery mode (when I enter into recovery appears the stock recovery image but no text or option)
Can you guys help me with this problem? Is there a way to save my phone?
Thanks in advance. If you need more info just ask
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Dude...this is sad.
You say that you followed @KidJoe 's excellent tutorial, but you missed the BIG ORANGE warning???
"NOTE: If you have Android 4.4.2 or later on your Moto X, do NOT attempt to downgrade the ROM version on your phone! Updated parts included with the 4.4.2 and above prevent successful downgrading to a lower version, causing you to either brick your phone, or set you up to brick later!"
You have very few options at this point. Any attempt to recover is going to leave you with mismatched partitions because you can NOT downgrade motoboot (bootloader) or gpt.bin (partition table).
Why oh why didn't you heed the warning?
Now your only option is to try using the manual method (OPTION 5) to flash everything from the 4.4.2 SBF except gpt.bin (which will leave you in a mismatched, but MAYBE working state) and hope that the 4.4.4 full SBF is released soon. Until then you will have mismatched partitions. And if you successfully flash the 4.4.2 ROM with the mismatched gpt.bin, you have a very good chance of bricking AGAIN if you take the OTA to 4.4.4. Don't do it! Assuming you are even able to get back to 4.4.2 and it works, don't take the OTA. Stay on 4.4.2 until the full 4.4.4 SBF is released....

It was a silly mistake. I didnt paid attention to that line... :/
Fortunately I had the problem solved by following the Moto X > Moto X General > [GUIDE][VIDEO] Moto X - Return to 100% stock (which have different lines for manual flashing)
I guess this is the line responsible for solving the problem:
fastboot oem fb_mode_clear
The system seem to run normally and I already updated again to 4.4.4 (I didnt seen your warning before...). Is there a way to check if everything is ok?
Thank you so much for your answer.

luizdf said:
It was a silly mistake. I didnt paid attention to that line... :/
Fortunately I had the problem solved by following the Moto X > Moto X General > [GUIDE][VIDEO] Moto X - Return to 100% stock (which have different lines for manual flashing)
I guess this is the line responsible for solving the problem:
fastboot oem fb_mode_clear
The system seem to run normally and I already updated again to 4.4.4 (I didnt seen your warning before...). Is there a way to check if everything is ok?
Thank you so much for your answer.
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You are welcome. It looks like you got lucky. Just beware that the next OTA you accept could leave your device in a semi-bricked state. Keep your fingers crossed that all is well. There is no way to tell until you attempt to take the next OTA that is released (whenever that happens).

[Q] Wifi not turning on after flashing Lollipop Root

So just to summarize what I've done so far, I have a Moto G (2014) which has been updated to Lollipop through normal means. I started off following this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g-2014/general/xt1063-t3018818/page12
The guide then lead me to this one, as my model is XT1064, a Moto G from Windmobile. I had no issues unlocking my bootloader. http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g-2014/development/xt1064-lollipop-root-t2938051
With the guide above, after I flashed that file, my wifi would not turn on. Every time I pressed the toggle, it would immediately switch back to off. I then flashed the TWRP Recovery, and used that to finally root my device with SuperSU.
I checked my root, and my device is confirmed to be rooted, but the wifi is still not working. I looked around a little, and found this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g-2014/general/guide-lollipop-xt1064-north-edition-t2955076
The problem with the guide above is that its for a phone that was kitkat, while my phone is already lollipop. The guide does mention the wireless issue though, so I was thinking of trying out the steps outlined in that guide, also using that file (though that file is for 4.4).
Would this work? Or is the safer bet finding an 5.0.1 stock rom, and flashing back to that?
Edit: I found a link to a 5.0.2 stock rom (which is the version my phone currently is) I think downloading that and using that to fix the modem files is the better thing to do. (link: http://www.filefactory.com/file/53c1pepzp9cp/RETCA_XT1064_5.0.2_LXB22.99-24.2_cid14_CFC.xml.zip)
Thanks for all and any help.

I recommend flashing the stock images, that will almost certainly fix your issue with Wifi.

XT1053 OTA 5.1 update unsuccessful

Hi
I've run into a problem while trying to update my Moto X (gen 1) XT1053 from 4.4.4. to 5.1. through standard OTA update. Here is the scenario:
- My phone is not unlocked or rooted, nor does it have modified firmware of any type. It is a fully stock XT1053 purchased directly from Motorola in the US that I have not tinkered with in anyway
- My phone downloaded and applied the update on Saturday morning and after the first section of the install rebooted. It sat at the screen with the M and "powered by android" at the bottom and vibrated once, then the screen went off, the same screen came back on and the phone vibrated again. Then an Android on it's back with a red exclamation and "Command" was shown.
- I figured out how to get into the recovery menu and wiped the cache, rebooted and no change. I then attempted to factory reset the phone, it did this but again no change.
- I spoke with a Motorola chat representative who was unable to help but I managed to follow some instructions on this forum to enter the fast boot menu, download and re-flash android stock 4.4.4 using RSDlite and get the phone working again.
- The phone attempted to apply the 5.1 update again yesterday and encountered the same issue again.
Would anyone have any ideas about what could be going wrong with the update process? Or ways that I can go about getting this to install correctly. The motorola rep seemed to think it was to do with my carrier, but as it was downloaded over wifi can this be the case?
If not, would anyone know how to stop android from continously prompting me to update to 5.1? I'm happy to remain on 4.4.4. if it means the phone will still remain functional.
Thanks in advance for your help.

Did you try going to settings and about phone, update
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Correct, the update was applied through settings > about phone > system update

Delta117nz said:
Would anyone have any ideas about what could be going wrong with the update process? Or ways that I can go about getting this to install correctly. The motorola rep seemed to think it was to do with my carrier, but as it was downloaded over wifi can this be the case?
If not, would anyone know how to stop android from continously prompting me to update to 5.1? I'm happy to remain on 4.4.4. if it means the phone will still remain functional.
Thanks in advance for your help.
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If you prefer to stay with a working 4.4.4 then you can try disabling some apps related to the OTA, like I think Motorola OTA used to be there although I don't see it now in 5.1, or Motorola Update Services, which now looks like you can't disable but anything you can't disable you can try unchecking "Show Notifications", and so on. if you check around the forum you'll find something that works.
On the other hand if you want to try to get 5.1 working you could try applying the OTA from recovery. while on 4.4.4 you download the OTA (see this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=61304089&postcount=864 ) and then boot into stock recovery and choose to apply update from sd. hopefully it will work that way. ***Be aware however that by going from your failed 5.1 update back down to 4.4.4 as you said you did, you have put your phone at risk of bricking when you try to go back up to 5.1. since you've already tried it once, you might be willing to try it again, but just know that there is that risk and its on you if it bricks and you lose your working 4.4.4
Oh and you do have another option, you can stay on 4.4.4 until Motorola releases the whole 5.1 firmware or someone managed to get it, then you can flash 5.1 firmware with rsdlite like you did with 4.4.4

dtg7 said:
If you prefer to stay with a working 4.4.4 then you can try disabling some apps related to the OTA, like I think Motorola OTA used to be there although I don't see it now in 5.1, or Motorola Update Services, which now looks like you can't disable but anything you can't disable you can try unchecking "Show Notifications", and so on. if you check around the forum you'll find something that works.
On the other hand if you want to try to get 5.1 working you could try applying the OTA from recovery. while on 4.4.4 you download the OTA (see this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=61304089&postcount=864 ) and then boot into stock recovery and choose to apply update from sd. hopefully it will work that way. ***Be aware however that by going from your failed 5.1 update back down to 4.4.4 as you said you did, you have put your phone at risk of bricking when you try to go back up to 5.1. since you've already tried it once, you might be willing to try it again, but just know that there is that risk and its on you if it bricks and you lose your working 4.4.4
Oh and you do have another option, you can stay on 4.4.4 until Motorola releases the whole 5.1 firmware or someone managed to get it, then you can flash 5.1 firmware with rsdlite like you did with 4.4.4
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Thanks dtg7, I'll give that a try in the next day or so (updating via the recovery menu) otherwise will hold out for the 5.1 firmware and try RSDlite again.

dtg7 said:
If you prefer to stay with a working 4.4.4 then you can try disabling some apps related to the OTA, like I think Motorola OTA used to be there although I don't see it now in 5.1, or Motorola Update Services, which now looks like you can't disable but anything you can't disable you can try unchecking "Show Notifications", and so on. if you check around the forum you'll find something that works.
On the other hand if you want to try to get 5.1 working you could try applying the OTA from recovery. while on 4.4.4 you download the OTA (see this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=61304089&postcount=864 ) and then boot into stock recovery and choose to apply update from sd. hopefully it will work that way. ***Be aware however that by going from your failed 5.1 update back down to 4.4.4 as you said you did, you have put your phone at risk of bricking when you try to go back up to 5.1. since you've already tried it once, you might be willing to try it again, but just know that there is that risk and its on you if it bricks and you lose your working 4.4.4
Oh and you do have another option, you can stay on 4.4.4 until Motorola releases the whole 5.1 firmware or someone managed to get it, then you can flash 5.1 firmware with rsdlite like you did with 4.4.4
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Worked perfectly downloading the OTA update and applying through the recovery screen. Thanks for your help

Need Update Advice (KitKat to Lollipop)

I currently have an LG-D415 running KitKat 4.4.2 that's rooted. I've never had a need to upgrade to Lollipop 5.0 until now. I just bought a new truck that has Android Auto which requires 5.0. My phone has been giving me a message that there's a system update available for quite a while now but I have been reluctant to do it because my phone is rooted and I'm not sure what would happen. Should I just let it do the update or do I need to unroot the phone first. It's been so long I'm not even sure what method I used to root the phone.

If you have rooted phone i recomend you installing latest twrp recovery and flashing lollipop ROM for lg l90d415. the stock ROM van ne found on t
his site

OTA update will fail if device is rooted. If you want to keep root enabled, then follow lgl90 suggestion. If you remove root to update it may work but you will have to root again. A backup is always a good move.

I'm kind of a novice at this so I'm looking for the most painless method of getting Lollipop. I'm not sure I'm comfortable installing twrp and flashing the rom. Also, I've read the bootloader needs to be unlocked which it isn't. Can I use SuperSu to unroot, let the OTA update do its thing and then reroot?

the bootloader is unlocke by deafult on lg l90d415 all you habe to do is download flashify app from play store download the latest twrp for d415 and wipe system,dalvikcache and cache the flash te lollipop stock tom by going to install and chouse the rom file where you have downloaded it inernal or external sd card and the swipe to flash the firsr boot will take maximaly 5-10 minuts .. lollipop is waaay diferent than the kitkat thats why will take to boot longer

So I unrooted the phone downloaded the OTA update and tried installing it. It made it halfway through then the phone restarted without completing the update. The phone is still at 4.4.2 and I no longer get any message to update. When I check for updates it thinks its up to date. When I tried manually updating using the LG Mobile Support Tool it initially said an update was available then changed to the phone is up to date. Why does it think the phone is up to date when obviously it's not?

zippster1 said:
So I unrooted the phone downloaded the OTA update and tried installing it. It made it halfway through then the phone restarted without completing the update. The phone is still at 4.4.2 and I no longer get any message to update. When I check for updates it thinks its up to date. When I tried manually updating using the LG Mobile Support Tool it initially said an update was available then changed to the phone is up to date. Why does it think the phone is up to date when obviously it's not?
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HI i told you what is the best solution to update your phone.. you could successfuly hard brick your phone(why did it not update well you didnt had enough of battery life) do what i told you so the best solution is to download the official lollipop rom for lg l90 d415 its same stock rom from lg but it comes pre rooted and all of that good stuff

lgl90 said:
HI i told you what is the best solution to update your phone.. you could successfuly hard brick your phone(why did it not update well you didnt had enough of battery life) do what i told you so the best solution is to download the official lollipop rom for lg l90 d415 its same stock rom from lg but it comes pre rooted and all of that good stuff
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zagreb - as I stated I'm a novice so I chose the path that I thought would be the easiest. My phone was fully charged so I do not believe that was the reason for the update not completing. Is there a thread or link you know of that provides a step by step (from beginning to end) tutorial of what you're proposing. Thanks for your help.