Hello,
I have a VZW Moto X with an unlocked bootloader through SunShine. I just FXDed to 4.4.4 but I cannot get the phone to take any recovery image. I've tried TWRP latest and the one before, Hashcode's custom Safestrap, and CWM touch and none work. When I attempt to boot into recovery, the phone either boots normally or just turns off. Does anyone have any ideas? I'm at a loss for what to do. I'm really looking for root on 4.4.4; that's the only reason I left my 4.4 rooted locked rom.
Thanks,
Nick
EDIT I figured it out. I was hitting power instead of volume up when trying to select recovery. Now I feel like an idiot.
happens to everyone. you would think the power button would select things..
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can somebody please help me? my screen just went black at work today and it does nothing at all now. if I hold the power button it vibrates once. if I hold power+volume down I get to recovery. I tried to reboot from there and I get the unlocked bootloader warning screen and from there it just goes to a black screen. so I get back to recovery and installed my back up and that didn't help at all. somebody please help me.
So the bootloader is unlocked, what else have you done to the phone?
You may need to reflash it with rsdlite.
OP you need to provide more details. are you getting the M logo? is it bootlooping? is the phone doing ANYTHING but getting in to recovery?
load the fastboot menu and use mfastboot to flash the system, boot and recovery images. you should be able to bring the phone back to life without losing data.
640k said:
OP you need to provide more details. are you getting the M logo? is it bootlooping? is the phone doing ANYTHING but getting in to recovery?
load the fastboot menu and use mfastboot to flash the system, boot and recovery images. you should be able to bring the phone back to life without losing data.
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Im not getting the M logo. Not bootlooping. just get the warning bootloader unlocked screen. sits there for 10 seconds or so and then screen goes black. that's it.
to flash the system, boot, and recovery images. am I getting those form here:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2452246
jeb192004 said:
Im not getting the M logo. Not bootlooping. just get the warning bootloader unlocked screen. sits there for 10 seconds or so and then screen goes black. that's it.
to flash the system, boot, and recovery images. am I getting those form here:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2452246
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just downloaded and opened that up. I don't think that's it....
Steve-x said:
So the bootloader is unlocked, what else have you done to the phone?
You may need to reflash it with rsdlite.
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the only thing ive done to the phone is put xposed framework on it and gravity box. that was prob a month ago tho. this is the first prob ive had with the phone.
You may want to follow this guide to return the phone to stock firmware:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2446515
You could also try commenting out the line that overwrites user data so you don't lose your data.
Try plugging your phone into the original charger and then boot to recovery, from their try rebooting while still plugged in. If that doesn't work try this again but wipe just the caches and reboot while plugged in. I have had a screen go black before on other devices and plugging the original charger(car and most others didn't work) in and booting to recovery then rebooting would get it working again.
PS When you boot to recovery check your battery level.
well...I used the moto x toolkit and returned to stock using that. everything booted up. so far everything is looking good. lost all my data but that's not that big of a deal.
640k said:
OP you need to provide more details. are you getting the M logo? is it bootlooping? is the phone doing ANYTHING but getting in to recovery?
load the fastboot menu and use mfastboot to flash the system, boot and recovery images. you should be able to bring the phone back to life without losing data.
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Well im with the same problem but i got the M logo and is not stuck in bootlooping.... right after the boot it goes black...
is there any hope to get it booting again
i tried to follow this to get my moto g xt1064 rooted http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g-2014/development/xt1064-lollipop-root-t2938051/page2
ended up with a device that won't boot past the warning that my bootloader is unlocked, i tried to flash back to 4.4.4 using the instructions found here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g-2014/general/restore-to-stock-t2873657
except using the system images for my particular moto g but ran into some falures along the way
am i stuck with a expensive paperweight now or is there any way to recover my phone
basically i can boot into Bootloader and thats about it
Bobboman said:
is there any hope to get it booting again
i tried to follow this to get my moto g xt1064 rooted http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g-2014/development/xt1064-lollipop-root-t2938051/page2
ended up with a device that won't boot past the warning that my bootloader is unlocked, i tried to flash back to 4.4.4 using the instructions found here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g-2014/general/restore-to-stock-t2873657
except using the system images for my particular moto g but ran into some falures along the way
am i stuck with a expensive paperweight now or is there any way to recover my phone
basically i can boot into Bootloader and thats about it
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dont worry, im sure its fixable
Tell us, you were on android 5.0 when you tried to root, right?
Wich recovety do you have? Did you tried doing a factory reset?
Bobboman said:
is there any hope to get it booting again
i tried to follow this to get my moto g xt1064 rooted http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g-2014/development/xt1064-lollipop-root-t2938051/page2
ended up with a device that won't boot past the warning that my bootloader is unlocked, i tried to flash back to 4.4.4 using the instructions found here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g-2014/general/restore-to-stock-t2873657
except using the system images for my particular moto g but ran into some falures along the way
am i stuck with a expensive paperweight now or is there any way to recover my phone
basically i can boot into Bootloader and thats about it
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press and hold the power and volume down button for at least 10 seconds till the screen goes off then let go of ONLY POWER BUTTON while still holding the volume down button this will boot your device into bootloader...you can do this with or without usb connected... hope i helped you
actually, with this root it takes its sweeeet time to boot. just leave it and it will boot. it just takes a little bit for some reason
Bobboman said:
is there any hope to get it booting again
i tried to follow this to get my moto g xt1064 rooted http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g-2014/development/xt1064-lollipop-root-t2938051/page2
ended up with a device that won't boot past the warning that my bootloader is unlocked, i tried to flash back to 4.4.4 using the instructions found here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g-2014/general/restore-to-stock-t2873657
except using the system images for my particular moto g but ran into some falures along the way
am i stuck with a expensive paperweight now or is there any way to recover my phone
basically i can boot into Bootloader and thats about it
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You had Android L originally correct? Did you know that in the changelog for the OTA that it says you CAN'T downgrade to another version of android after the update? I'm not 100% sure but I don't think you can flash a 4.4.4 system image anymore. So now you might have to wait for the System Image of Lollipop for the XT1064 to be released. I don't know how long that might be.
What were the failures you faced when you tried to flash the system images? Do you remember if anything flashed at all?
Also, the root method for the XT1064 causes takes it's time to boot past the unlocked bootloader warning; as NiekoNieves said. If you know nothing was flashed then you could leave it on for a few minutes and check if it boots into L.
So today I set about unlocking the bootloader and rooting my Moto X 2014 Pure Edition XT1095.
Unlocking the bootloader went just fine. Then I went to root it. I booted the pure2014sb.img but it didn't work. The phone would just hang on the Motorola logo. Then I read somebody later said that doesn't work on lollipop, so I booted the CF-Auto-Root-victara-victaratmo-xt1095.img instead. That showed me the rooting status page thing before it rebooted, and then rebooted again, but when it fired up after that it was still hanging on the Motorola logo.
Then I attempted this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=56928477#post56928477
Now the phone will not even hang on the logo, it gets to the animated moto logo part and then turns off half way through. I cannot get back into fastboot state either. It just doesn't respond to power + vol down at all.
EDIT: Actually scratch the not being able to get into fastboot state thing. I just had to hold the buttons down for way longer than normal. I just kept holding them until it showed something. It ended up being like 15 seconds instead of 3-4 like usual.
Help!
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So today I set about unlocking the bootloader and rooting my Moto X 2014 Pure Edition XT1095.
Unlocking the bootloader went just fine. Then I went to root it. I booted the pure2014sb.img but it didn't work. The phone would just hang on the Motorola logo. Then I read somebody later said that doesn't work on lollipop, so I booted the CF-Auto-Root-victara-victaratmo-xt1095.img instead. That showed me the rooting status page thing before it rebooted, and then rebooted again, but when it fired up after that it was still hanging on the Motorola logo.
Then I attempted this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=56928477#post56928477
Now the phone will not even hang on the logo, it gets to the animated moto logo part and then turns off half way through. I cannot get back into fastboot state either. It just doesn't respond to power + vol down at all.
EDIT: Actually scratch the not being able to get into fastboot state thing. I just had to hold the buttons down for way longer than normal. I just kept holding them until it showed something. It ended up being like 15 seconds instead of 3-4 like usual.
Help!
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Same happened to me early this morning when I was trying to install 5.0.2
You have to flash any firmware you want just avoid to flash the modem and there ate several post here in the general section
Just remember. Don't flash the modem unless is the same firmware you have or else you will lose signal.
Regards
Thanks for the input. I used the instructions in this thread to get my phone back to working condition:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x-2014/general/guide-update-xt1095-pure-edition-to-t2937074
I was unable to get it to pick up the 4.4.4 to 5.0 update zip in recovery mode, so I just used the regular OTA update to do it. After that I booted the CF-Auto-Root-victara-victaratmo-xt1095.img and it worked!
slak? said:
Thanks for the input. I used the instructions in this thread to get my phone back to working condition:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x-2014/general/guide-update-xt1095-pure-edition-to-t2937074
I was unable to get it to pick up the 4.4.4 to 5.0 update zip in recovery mode, so I just used the regular OTA update to do it. After that I booted the CF-Auto-Root-victara-victaratmo-xt1095.img and it worked!
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Great! Glad it helps
Enjoy the lollipop Sweet my friend.
I had my LG G2 VS980 (Verizon) on stock 26a KitKat with root and TWRP 2.7.0.0 recovery and I flashed CWM 12.1 using TWRP which worked great. I still had the TWRP recovery, which I believe uses an exploit on a 24a KitKat. Then, I decided to try CWM Touch recovery and used Flashify to download and flash, which, by all outward appearances seemed to work. (It gave success notification.) Then, after rebooting into recovery, it showed the LG boot logo, then black screen with tiny white writing that scrolled down about 4-6 lines, and then disappeared into a black screen that can only be escaped by holding the power down for about 10 secs. It boots into phone just fine (thank God), and if I hold the up + power at boot, it still shows download firmware mode, and if I hold the down + power and release and repress again at LG logo, I still get the Restore Factory screen, which is promising, but I am extremely reluctant to try that since I have no idea what would happen after upgrading to CWM 12.1 and my recovery is in the shape that its in. One thing that's interesting that no matter which app I use to try to flash a TWRP or CWM recovery, it always seems to flash too fast to be really doing anything at all, and it always goes back to that same tiny white writing then black screen. Also, another weird thing is that if I try to use Autorec which I downloaded to try to flash TWRP that way, it says Invalid Model, VS980 4G required, but that is what I have. Anyone who can figure this out and I will rename my firstborn after them! Thank you.
what happened is that you flashed a non bumped-loki'd recovery that by itself doesn't work. The screen you saw was probably LG secure boot error. The exploit bypasses this very screen that appears because our bootloader is locked.
To fix this, get this recovery here, extract the recovery.img from the dowloaded zip and use the flash tool to flash it. Your device should boot into twrp normally.
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what happened is that you flashed a non bumped-loki'd recovery that by itself doesn't work. The screen you saw was probably LG secure boot error. The exploit bypasses this very screen that appears because our bootloader is locked.
To fix this, get this recovery here, extract the recovery.img from the dowloaded zip and use the flash tool to flash it. Your device should boot into twrp normally.
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OK, I'm going to try that right now. Thank you for your time and help.
It worked! Thank you so much! And I really like the recovery I now have as an added bonus. What a relief.
I have a moto e5 plus and tried to root it. I started off by unlocking the bootloader and everything went well. Then when I was trying to flash twrp recovery through adb I wrote the wrong command and instead flashed it as the the boot and recovery file so now everytime I power on my phone it goes to recovery mode since then i tried flashing boot.img files from custom roms and have been getting a screen where it says bad key and it just stays like this.
I’m not an expert on these stuff obviously and i would appreciate it if any could help me thx.
Hey, is your problem sorted?