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[Help needed] Semi-bricked Milestone

Hi all,
prior to any comment, yes, i know there are already posts on this issue, however looking through them didn't help at all unfortunately.
I have a Moto Milestone, origin is Israel.
somewhere along the way i've updated the bootloader to 90.78 and since then - the phone is stuck in the notorious loop and cannot restart the OS.
Tried already to reflash the phone without luck using RSD Lite (downloaded the SBF through http://and-developers.com/sbf:milestone - the 'official' Cellcom IL SBF that was there...)
anyway - i can still access the bootloader which tells me the phone is not fully bricked, however i can't seem to find any proper SBF so it'll reflash itself back to an operative state.
One major problem here - the phone won't get into recovery mode (i've tried all the combinations i know and that have worked before)
i've also read about wiping the cache and user data however - as far as i know, this can only be done by entering the recovery mode, right?
one last resort i've tried - trying to split the SBF and reconstructing it - still no joy.
does anyone here have any advice or solution o this issue? what kind of SBF do i need? how to manually reconstruct the SBF with proper files? etc.
Thanks in advance,
Tomer

Have you tried loooking into fastboot?
Sometimes a phone wont respond to to adb commands and the recovery is corrupted, but you can still flash partitions using fastboot. I "saved" a Moto dext in this fashion once. Cant remember the exact commands, but it was similar to the adb flash commands. I reflashed the recovery partition and then used recovery to flash a ROM in update.zip format. For some reason RSD lite was failing on this phone.
Just something you may want to look into if you are desperate about saving your MS.
Sent from my Milestone using XDA App

Caz666 said:
Have you tried loooking into fastboot?
Sometimes a phone wont respond to to adb commands and the recovery is corrupted, but you can still flash partitions using fastboot. I "saved" a Moto dext in this fashion once. Cant remember the exact commands, but it was similar to the adb flash commands. I reflashed the recovery partition and then used recovery to flash a ROM in update.zip format. For some reason RSD lite was failing on this phone.
Just something you may want to look into if you are desperate about saving your MS.
Sent from my Milestone using XDA App
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Hi Caz666,
well, thought this might actually work, but had no luck.
when i try to flash my phone it does nothing other than showing me 'downloading boot.img' and thats it.
is there anything else to do in order to save my phone? i really like it
I'm also willing to donate through PayPal to anyone who can describe any working method or that can point me to any valid working process...
thanks again.

barvaz_t said:
Hi Caz666,
well, thought this might actually work, but had no luck.
when i try to flash my phone it does nothing other than showing me 'downloading boot.img' and thats it.
is there anything else to do in order to save my phone? i really like it
I'm also willing to donate through PayPal to anyone who can describe any working method or that can point me to any valid working process...
thanks again.
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are you sure your drivers for the phone are installed properly? what RSD lite version are you using? What system? windows 32 or 64 bits?

vladstercr said:
are you sure your drivers for the phone are installed properly? what RSD lite version are you using? What system? windows 32 or 64 bits?
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I'm quite sure they're installed properly as i managed to upgrade my bootloader version using the RSDlite.
my system is 32 bits and the drivers are the ones i installed throught the Motorola website. I've first used RSDlite 4.6 but after reading a bit I understood there are some differences between versions hence upgraded to 4.9.

barvaz_t said:
I'm quite sure they're installed properly as i managed to upgrade my bootloader version using the RSDlite.
my system is 32 bits and the drivers are the ones i installed throught the Motorola website. I've first used RSDlite 4.6 but after reading a bit I understood there are some differences between versions hence upgraded to 4.9.
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Try the 90.78ch bootloader from http://and-developers.com/sbf:milestone ...
"XT702 variant of the 90.78 bootloader (notes from 90.78 apply here too).
It's reported to work on the A853 too. "
You've got nothing to loose on trying this. Let me know!

vladstercr said:
Try the 90.78ch bootloader from http://and-developers.com/sbf:milestone ...
"XT702 variant of the 90.78 bootloader (notes from 90.78 apply here too).
It's reported to work on the A853 too. "
You've got nothing to loose on trying this. Let me know!
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*** [update]
I'm now on 90.78ch and see no difference whatsoever.
I've now started investigating how to re-compile an older SBF file so it'll contain the new RAMDL
(I want to flash the Brazilian version however it contains only 90.74 RAMDL)
I've compiled a new file, however the checksum is incorrect.
How it is possible to recompile this properly?
Already tried the website, the mirror there is no leading to the bootloader itself but to a wiki site.
i've tried searching almost anywhere i know, but this bootloader is non available to download.
if there's another mirror site such as rapidshare or megaupload - i'd be happy to be pointed towards it..

Hi barvaz_t!
barvaz_t said:
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somewhere along the way i've updated the bootloader to 90.78 and since then - the phone is stuck in the notorious loop and cannot restart the OS.
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Why did you upgrade the bootloader
barvaz_t said:
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i've also read about wiping the cache and user data however - as far as i know, this can only be done by entering the recovery mode, right?
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Right, is it possible to boot into recovery on your device by holding 'X' button?
barvaz_t said:
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I'm now on 90.78ch and see no difference whatsoever.
I've now started investigating how to re-compile an older SBF file so it'll contain the new RAMDL
(I want to flash the Brazilian version however it contains only 90.74 RAMDL)
I've compiled a new file, however the checksum is incorrect.
How it is possible to recompile this properly?
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You locked yourself out by upgrading the bootloader to the latest one.
Neither downgrade of bootloader would be possible, nor flashing older firmware SBF's.
Apart from that the milestone uses signature check on certain parts of the firmware. I really doubt that it's possible to tweak/recompile a complete SBF.
Something worth to try, is to flash vulnerable recovery SBF from within bootloader mode using RSDlite.
Here's the link to gitorious: http://gitorious.org/droid/openrecovery/blobs/master/zips/SHOLS/vulnerable_recovery.sbf
If the link does not work for you, there are also some mirrors of this file floating around. Just search!
I guess this should work, because the recovery SBF is using RAMLDR 90.78 (do know about the sign check during flash, but i guess checksum should be O.K.).
With vulnerable recovery properly installed, you might then use OpenRecovery to check your system and restore to some working state.
Good luck!
scholbert

scholbert said:
Hi barvaz_t!
Why did you upgrade the bootloader
Right, is it possible to boot into recovery on your device by holding 'X' button?
You locked yourself out by upgrading the bootloader to the latest one.
Neither downgrade of bootloader would be possible, nor flashing older firmware SBF's.
Apart from that the milestone uses signature check on certain parts of the firmware. I really doubt that it's possible to tweak/recompile a complete SBF.
Something worth to try, is to flash vulnerable recovery SBF from within bootloader mode using RSDlite.
Here's the link to gitorious: http://gitorious.org/droid/openrecovery/blobs/master/zips/SHOLS/vulnerable_recovery.sbf
If the link does not work for you, there are also some mirrors of this file floating around. Just search!
I guess this should work, because the recovery SBF is using RAMLDR 90.78 (do know about the sign check during flash, but i guess checksum should be O.K.).
With vulnerable recovery properly installed, you might then use OpenRecovery to check your system and restore to some working state.
Good luck!
scholbert
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Thanks Scholbert for the detailed answer.
the link you gave directs to an image the RSDlite cannot flash (=error validating image).
If your interntion was that I'm supposed to flash the vulnerable recovery only, than bad news - It's already 'installed' on my device (and it shows no error whatsoever during this installation..)
Well, thanks again for trying to help, I think I'm officially out of suggestions or options here unless anyone can give further advice...

barvaz_t said:
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If your interntion was that I'm supposed to flash the vulnerable recovery only, than bad news - It's already 'installed' on my device (and it shows no error whatsoever during this installation..)
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So can you still enter recovery?
Regards,
scholbert

No, never did (since the upgrade)
If I had access to the recovery i would have at least managed to install OpenRecovery or something and manage to reflash the device

barvaz_t said:
Hi Caz666,
well, thought this might actually work, but had no luck.
when i try to flash my phone it does nothing other than showing me 'downloading boot.img' and thats it.
is there anything else to do in order to save my phone? i really like it
I'm also willing to donate through PayPal to anyone who can describe any working method or that can point me to any valid working process...
thanks again.
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Did you try to fastboot flash only the boot.img? What about recovery? I seem to remember flashing a recovery.img on the dext...but this was last year. I may be wrong but i believe i flashed only a recovery image and then was able to access the recovery (which would allow all sorts of additional goodies).
I find it strange that fastboot reports only downloading. I seem to remember some error messages and timeouts?
Sent from my Milestone using XDA App

Caz666 said:
Did you try to fastboot flash only the boot.img? What about recovery? I seem to remember flashing a recovery.img on the dext...but this was last year. I may be wrong but i believe i flashed only a recovery image and then was able to access the recovery (which would allow all sorts of additional goodies).
I find it strange that fastboot reports only downloading. I seem to remember some error messages and timeouts?
Sent from my Milestone using XDA App
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Nope.
trying to flash the recovery / boot images only results in the message 'downloading...' and nothing (waited for like 3 hours..)
when I terminate the action by Ctrl+C and then trying again - the message is instantly 'FAILED..' along with specification that the action of sending the command has failed.
I'm literaly out of ideas, don't know what to do..

Sent from my Milestone using XDA App

I am starting to think that there is something wrong with your device (like broken hardware).
In all my experimenting with rsd/fastboot, i did not once get a "hang". I would get checksum/signature errors, size errors, etc...but i always got some type of error code or status.
This is on 3 different Mot devices that run Android.
Sorry
Sent from my Milestone using XDA App

Caz666 said:
I am starting to think that there is something wrong with your device (like broken hardware).
In all my experimenting with rsd/fastboot, i did not once get a "hang". I would get checksum/signature errors, size errors, etc...but i always got some type of error code or status.
This is on 3 different Mot devices that run Android.
Sorry
Sent from my Milestone using XDA App
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The device was working fine before upgrading the bootloader, so it seems that this is not a hardware issue.
Either way - guess i'll be taking it to a lab and let them figure this out..

idea
is the milestone n droid from usa same sbf file used if so i have the right sbf file i found i had couple times i had to reinstall to stock if u want to try it i can email it it work for me saved me from bricks its rooted phone just fyi

streetracer89101 said:
is the milestone n droid from usa same sbf file used if so i have the right sbf file i found i had couple times i had to reinstall to stock if u want to try it i can email it it work for me saved me from bricks its rooted phone just fyi
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@streetracer89101 - no, as far as i know Droid and Milestone use different firmware so it won't help unfortunately. Not that it would matter if I did flash my device - it's not like I can use it anyway..
Thanks again for trying to help out
Tomer

90.78ch bootloader
Hello, I really need the bootloader 90.78ch maybe you can me it someone give Many Thanks

300zxtt said:
Hello, I really need the bootloader 90.78ch maybe you can me it someone give Many Thanks
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Attached. Enjoy

Fastboot files for the Razr I

This is not my work, all work done by kent.
Thanks kent.
Currently we have the Retail.eu fastboot files, more coming soon, till then happy unbricking
Download Ics fastboot files:
81.5.31006.XT890.Retail.en.EU
MD5: aa587a372ab28faef616c7ebc6c4ac53
For Brazil Visit here:
http://sbf.droid-developers.org/smi/list.php
Credits
Skrilax_CZ
Edit: Visit here to see all the available fastboot files

Warning: If your phone is not a Retail.EU model and has NOT been bootloader unlocked please do not try these.
I am unlocked and started with Retail.GB. I can flash system, boot, recovery fine. I would not suggest flashing the other parts or the whole file in RSD if you are not a Retail.EU in any case.

Yeah it's leaktime, gonna also back up those in Brazil

Skrilax_CZ said:
Yeah it's leaktime, gonna also back up those in Brazil
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:highfive:
Love the leaks. Thanks firmware team!

Here: http://sbf.droid-developers.org/smi/list.php
Wait for it to DL.

O2 DE
CFC_signed_customer_8.7.1I-110_IFW-DE-31_O2DE.xml.zip

Hey Guys, i got a lil Question. I have to manage the RazR i Forum here in Germany. Problem is, i own just the regular RazR.
Is there any big difference by flashing the RazR i Fastboot Files, compared with the OG RazR?
BTW: Nice How to's for unlocking the Bootloader & Root. I've used them to write an German one (of course with Links to Mattlgroffs Threads )

HSD-Pilot said:
Hey Guys, i got a lil Question. I have to manage the RazR i Forum here in Germany. Problem is, i own just the regular RazR.
Is there any big difference by flashing the RazR i Fastboot Files, compared with the OG RazR?
BTW: Nice How to's for unlocking the Bootloader & Root. I've used them to write an German one (of course with Links to Mattlgroffs Threads )
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The filesystem is different, but the basic understanding is the same. bos is the bootloader, boot is kernel, cdrom is the mounted ISO, gpt is the partition table, logo is the boot logo, ulogo is the unlocked version of bootlogo, radio, recovery, system. A few others like ifwi, dnx, and sp.img I am not too familiar with. I am posting my firmware charger (includes German O2), on here and DroidRzr.com (got a post here now).
If you want to stay safe only flash system and boot. I haven't done anything else and been find. Been on German, Brasil, EU, GB firmwares all on my GB device with GB radio fine. If you want add me on gtalk and I can help with what I can ([email protected])

Thanks for Reply, i'll add the warning in to the Fastboot Thread, after open it tomorrow. I guess i will have some Questions, so i will send you an Message via GTalk.
Meanwhile i'm lurking on Amazon and the i will be realesed in Germany tomorrow.
We'll see, maybe something new to play with this year...

mattlgroff said:
Warning: If your phone is not a Retail.EU model and has NOT been bootloader unlocked please do not try these.
I am unlocked and started with Retail.GB. I can flash system, boot, recovery fine. I would not suggest flashing the other parts or the whole file in RSD if you are not a Retail.EU in any case.
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How can you flash files bigger then 100mb.
I can't flash the system_signed because file is too big.
So now i have a bricked phone..

arnoldl said:
How can you flash files bigger then 100mb.
I can't flash the system_signed because file is too big.
So now i have a bricked phone..
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The new RSD Lite supports it (I believe) as well as the new fastboot binary.
Thanks to http://aosp.us for these: http://www.aosp.us/wp-content/files/fastboots.zip

mattlgroff said:
The new RSD Lite supports it (I believe) as well as the new fastboot binary.
Thanks to http://aosp.us for these: http://www.aosp.us/wp-content/files/fastboots.zip
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YOU'RE THE BEST!!!!! that's it...
my phone is now back alive with the EN firmware....
THANKS!!

Anyone with an locked BootLoader tried to flash the Retail EU by using RSD 6.1.4?
It would be great, if someone can confirm that they're flashable like regular Fastboots on an XT910 with the newer Version of RSD.

Locked=Yes...(for me)...

therazrguy said:
...Currently we have the Retail.eu fastboot files, more coming soon, ...
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Hi,
I have a RAZRi with system version 81.5.32002.XT890.Retail.en.EU... If you are interrested and if someone explain me how to extract it to a file, I can punlish this version...

lebobo said:
Hi,
I have a RAZRi with system version 81.5.32002.XT890.Retail.en.EU... If you are interrested and if someone explain me how to extract it to a file, I can punlish this version...
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I will PM you the info

mattlgroff said:
I will PM you the info
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Why is that, wouldn't the info be interessing for everyone ?

JackyJack said:
Why is that, wouldn't the info be interessing for everyone ?
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Maybe, it's not a big secret...it's common android debugging commands. I've already posted the system backup command, and pulling the boot.img is just a dd command to copy it to the SD card.
Code:
adb shell
su
make_ext4fs -s -l 885768704 -a system /sdcard/system.img.ext4 /system
dd if-/dev/block/mmcblk0p5 of=/sdcard/boot.img

Yeah I saw it before, but where ever the questions is, we should be able to find the answer

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(Q) moto x FullBrick

hi, i was running cm12.1 and then i tried to flash the 5.0 stock (like ive done before) but when my moto x restarts it just power the green led and nothing else, ive already had this problem with my first generation moto x and i can bring it to life with the blankflash files but i cant find them to my 2nd gen or a tutorial to do this?
Please Help

dashiell.cano said:
hi, i was running cm12.1 and then i tried to flash the 5.0 stock (like ive done before) but when my moto x restarts it just power the green led and nothing else, ive already had this problem with my first generation moto x and i can bring it to life with the blankflash files but i cant find them to my 2nd gen or a tutorial to do this?
Please Help
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What all did you flash to try to go back to 5.0? You should never try to downgrade the bootloader (motoboot.img) or the partition table (gpt.bin).

JulesJam said:
What all did you flash to try to go back to 5.0? You should never try to downgrade the bootloader (motoboot.img) or the partition table (gpt.bin).
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i know that i dont have to flash those files, i didnt but it bricks anyway

dashiell.cano said:
i know that i dont have to flash those files, i didnt but it bricks anyway
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Flashing just system.img doesn't brick so either you did something else or this is a hardware problem.

dashiell.cano said:
i know that i dont have to flash those files, i didnt but it bricks anyway
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I am assuming you have tried booting into recovery/bootloader manually ?

JulesJam said:
What all did you flash to try to go back to 5.0? You should never try to downgrade the bootloader (motoboot.img) or the partition table (gpt.bin).
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hi,are you have the
blankflash-for-xt1085.zip
your links is not read

ccfxny said:
hi,are you have the
blankflash-for-xt1085.zip
your links is not read
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I don't have the blankflash files for the XT1085.

JulesJam said:
I don't have the blankflash files for the XT1085.
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omg,:crying::crying::crying::crying:
tks

ccfxny said:
omg,:crying::crying::crying::crying:
tks
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Wait - I think I found them on my computer. Or at least it is something named blankflash-for-xt1085.zip.
Here you go:
https://mega.nz/#!44lCharY!JMHaSbk4qC0QnutDmU4tcB8UE7HwlksaQDDIO8xtLug
Please let me know if that works for you.

JulesJam said:
Wait - I think I found them on my computer. Or at least it is something named blankflash-for-xt1085.zip.
Here you go:
https://mega.nz/#!44lCharY!JMHaSbk4qC0QnutDmU4tcB8UE7HwlksaQDDIO8xtLug
Please let me know if that works for you.
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do you have bankflash for 1092 and 1095??

JulesJam said:
Wait - I think I found them on my computer. Or at least it is something named blankflash-for-xt1085.zip.
Here you go:
https://mega.nz/#!44lCharY!JMHaSbk4qC0QnutDmU4tcB8UE7HwlksaQDDIO8xtLug
Please let me know if that works for you.
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OK,very thank you!
it's this
you can update your post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/mot...8974-hex-8974msimage-mbn-moto-x-2014-t3106139
I will try it ,if ok will to tell you

md07 said:
do you have bankflash for 1092 and 1095??
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no, I only have the blankflash files for the XT1085.

Bricked
What do you see under device manager when you plug it?

JulesJam said:
Wait - I think I found them on my computer. Or at least it is something named blankflash-for-xt1085.zip.
Here you go:
https://mega.nz/#!44lCharY!JMHaSbk4qC0QnutDmU4tcB8UE7HwlksaQDDIO8xtLug
Please let me know if that works for you.
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not fix 1085
the 1085 flash
when flash the blank flash qboot
the phone not in fastboot or qshsub 9008 mode.
the phone connect to computer 05c6:9008 device,
I need to find aftermarket fix it
But still thank you

PROTOTYPE, BOOTLOADER UNLOCKED,Kitkat 4.4.3! RARE MOTO X 2ND GEN (AT&T)

So , i've bought moto x2 from ebay. as a title says it's prototype version. with unlocked bootloader, At&T(but sim unlocked), With adroid 4.4.3 . phone has different construction, as frame from ordinary moto x2 doesnt fit and i have to cut some plastic to fit that frame. prototype come without power button, i think it was inside of motorola logo (as it was seen on prototype version of Droid turbo), that's whay i did all that stuff.
BTW pc see's it as XT912A ( no it's not razr )
now about these thread. i want to ask devs if they want any kind of information from this . i've done nothing yet (rooting, changing rom ,ect)
i'll post some pics later if anyone wants to see it

yeah, pics would be great!

here is some pics
2nd screenshot shows camrera app additional settings, 3rd shows some motorola test apps.
btw forgot to mention this one have bigger camera, it's also 10mp but slightly bigger . pictures taken by it have "cross processing" effect (check it in photoshop tutorial). can't take "normal" , only with that effect

Here is more pics and more info.
prototype phone have toshiba eMMC instead of sandisk (as it's on pure edition xt1095) also, Ram is different it's from hynix instead of Elpida.
Last pic is from pure edition (1095) you can see difference

no one is interested ?
really?

jkjambo said:
no one is interested ?
really?
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Not a dev, but I think this is super interesting to look at. Do you notice any performance differences with the different NAND and DRAM?

intx said:
Not a dev, but I think this is super interesting to look at. Do you notice any performance differences with the different NAND and DRAM?
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software isn't as stable as it should be, sometimes it crashes , lags ,ect .. so i can't see difference.
i've tested it with antutu and got 38,6K . i think it's same as other variants , but not quite sure.. also it's on 4.4.3 non stable soft and some motorola "crap" , like bug reporting app ...
as i know Elpida chips is more hotter than hynix ( at least on amd video cards) , but i'm not using phone for "heavy tasks" to see how hot it will get. it gets warm/hot while charging with turbo charger, thats all i can say about temperature's

This is the first Moto X I've seen with bootloader status code 1. Maybe its fresh from the factory.

tyus2 said:
This is the first Moto X I've seen with bootloader status code 1. Maybe its fresh from the factory.
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it is, that's why there is this thread.
it's motorola test device, prototype or whatever you want to call it.

Very interesting. I'd be curious to see an Antutu test side by side on clean flash on the prototype and clean flash on the production product. Probably slight differences from read/write speeds between disk manufacturers. Have any specific plans with this device?
Sent from my XT1095 using Tapatalk

xKroniK13x said:
Very interesting. I'd be curious to see an Antutu test side by side on clean flash on the prototype and clean flash on the production product. Probably slight differences from read/write speeds between disk manufacturers. Have any specific plans with this device?
Sent from my XT1095 using Tapatalk
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I do not have pure edition anymore with me. so i can't test them side by side. also they had different version of software and i think result will be different at least by that factor.
Plan? i don't know. i'm thinking to flash it to pure edition if that's possible .. maybe there is different partition table? who knows D
no devs is interested in this, so...

Where Is It Now?
do you still have this prototype device with you?
jkjambo said:
I do not have pure edition anymore with me. so i can't test them side by side. also they had different version of software and i think result will be different at least by that factor.
Plan? i don't know. i'm thinking to flash it to pure edition if that's possible .. maybe there is different partition table? who knows D
no devs is interested in this, so...
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Salik Iqbal said:
do you still have this prototype device with you?
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Yes i do.
I've sent you pm

jkjambo said:
Yes i do.
I've sent you pm
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Great lets get this thing works , i am not wrong after flashing moto pure you will get around 8.33 or something internal memory? Need xml file of pure paste it somewhere pls and if you again flash the whole rom what will you get? Imei null baseband null?

Yes that's tottally right . i've sent xml in pm

null

Salik Iqbal said:
Flash the xt1095 full rom let the baseband become unknown.. Boot it normally, After first boot done with unknown imei and baseband download this file:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwveYeacNbidbXM5RU5ROW5HWTQ/view?usp=sharing
And then replace fsg.mbn from stock folder with this fsg.mbn, reboot device into fastboot mode And just flash these manually from fastboot mode..
Fastboot flash modem NON-HLOS.bin
Fastboot erase modemst1
Fastboot erase modemst2
Fastboot flash fsg fsg.mbn
Fastboot reboot
Done! You will get the signals and data back .. Do let me know if this works for you.. Next step will be more partition for device 8gb to 10gb lol!
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Damn mate. that worked!
I've done this stuff 10 times , but with no luck...
however i still have only 8.33gb storage

jkjambo said:
Damn mate. that worked!
I've done this stuff 10 times , but with no luck...
however i still have only 8.33gb storage
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however , after update it still lost imei and i've to do same steps again

jkjambo said:
Yes i do.
I've sent you pm
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however , after update it still lost imei and i've to do same steps again
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Yes you have to keep that fsg.mbn which i gave you with every rom you use, this fsg.mbn is from 912A made for that prototype.. You need it every time you flash any rom. Okie next step is 10gb stuff.. Flash any latest rom you need and then flash twrp recovery and do a backup of system, and boot. Pull the backup and save it somewhere in your hard drive. And then find xt1085 stock rom, google it you will find one. When download is complete flash xt1085 full rom.. Next steps after you will done with this

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Yes you have to keep that fsg.mbn which i gave you with every rom you use, this fsg.mbn is from 912A made for that prototype.. You need it every time you flash any rom. Okie next step is 10gb stuff.. Flash any latest rom you need and then flash twrp recovery and do a backup of system, and boot. Pull the backup and save it somewhere in your hard drive. And then find xt1085 stock rom, google it you will find one. When download is complete flash xt1085 full rom.. Next steps after you will done with this
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Yes, i've flashed it again and it worked again . I haven't done backup when it was on stok , that was my mistake
I'll do that stuff , after i get in home .
Any way it says that 7,XX GB has system and other 8.33 is usable . So it still have 16GB... However almost 8gb is too much for system, right?

Any ToT file for disabling big cores?

Hello everyone.
Unfortunately my lg g4 bootlooped. And after extensive Google search, i see that most models have a tot file which disables big cores so u can run the phone on the small cores
Does the T-Mobile variant have such a tot file? if yes then can somebody give me the link? if no then can somebody create one using the following info?
Agimax said:
Why not just edit the files below for the two large cores (if you have root):
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu4/online (open file and change from a one to a zero)
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu5/online (open file and change from a one to a zero)
You could also just have the startup file do it (can modify the ripped system partition & put back on phone):
etc/dir/init.qcom.post_boot.sh (find your processor code - 8992 and add echo lines there with the rest of the cpu commands)
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Please I'd be highly thankful if someone can help

XeniX_Force said:
Hello everyone.
Unfortunately my lg g4 bootlooped. And after extensive Google search, i see that most models have a tot file which disables big cores so u can run the phone on the small cores
Does the T-Mobile variant have such a tot file? if yes then can somebody give me the link? if no then can somebody create one using the following info?
Please I'd be highly thankful if someone can help
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no such thing for any american variant

raptorddd said:
no such thing for any american variant
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Cant someone with a working G4 crate one? i quoted a person who has given the way how to...

XeniX_Force said:
Cant someone with a working G4 crate one? i quoted a person who has given the way how to...
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not sure . i cant...
sort of read this quickly does this help.? https://www.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p-bootloop-fix/

raptorddd said:
not sure . i cant...
sort of read this quickly does this help.? https://www.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p-bootloop-fix/
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Well he also created modified boot images which disable the big cores. Can't someone create that for our device?
maybe @steadfasterX can

XeniX_Force said:
Well he also created modified boot images which disable the big cores. Can't someone create that for our device?
maybe @steadfasterX can
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TWRP installed?
Then u could just modify the init file but I believe its too late. once bootlooping the run is over afaik.
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steadfasterX said:
TWRP installed?
Then u could just modify the init file but I believe its too late. once bootlooping the run is over afaik.
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yeah I'm bootlooped
Someone also fixed the Nexus 6 bootloop by creating modified images which disable the big cores.
Can't we(mostly you, you're the big dev) create a similar modified image that we can flash through LGUP?

XeniX_Force said:
yeah I'm bootlooped
Someone also fixed the Nexus 6 bootloop by creating modified images which disable the big cores.
Can't we(mostly you, you're the big dev) create a similar modified image that we can flash through LGUP?
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you may have overseen it but I asked: TWRP installed?
and new question: bootloader unlocked?
I can't create TOT files
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steadfasterX said:
you may have overseen it but I asked: TWRP installed?
and new question: bootloader unlocked?
I can't create TOT files
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I'm bootlooped. can't reach anything except download mode
and yeah bootloader was unlocked.
oh you can't create tot files? aren't they just system images?

XeniX_Force said:
I'm bootlooped. can't reach anything except download mode
and yeah bootloader was unlocked.
oh you can't create tot files? aren't they just system images?
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Afaik you need a box to create tot files.
Besides this I have never created any big core disabling but I know @the_naxhoo has.
if you can reach the download mode you could flash with the lglaf shell a modified boot image which is doing the job. If you do not have Linux get your copy of FWUL which has everything on board (like the lglaf shell).
The modded boot image has to disable the cores either by the cmdline or the sys echo or both. I saw that cmdline thing during my unlock attempts and think those are much better then the echo to sys..
Creating a kdz would be maybe possible
creating a TWRP zip for sure but I'm very very busy at the moment...
So just one more time (as still not answered.. ) do you had TWRP installed before the bootloop occurs?
...and If so what happens when you try to get into it?
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steadfasterX said:
Afaik you need a box to create tot files.
Besides this I have never created any big core disabling but I know @the_naxhoo has.
if you can reach the download mode you could flash with the lglaf shell a modified boot image which is doing the job. If you do not have Linux get your copy of FWUL which has everything on board (like the lglaf shell).
The modded boot image has to disable the cores either by the cmdline or the sys echo or both. I saw that cmdline thing during my unlock attempts and think those are much better then the echo to sys..
Creating a kdz would be maybe possible
creating a TWRP zip for sure but I'm very very busy at the moment...
So just one more time (as still not answered.. ) do you had TWRP installed before the bootloop occurs?
...and If so what happens when you try to get into it?
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i had twrp but now when i try to access twrp i get to wipe everything screen which then hangs when I choose yes
yeah I can get FWUL but i need steps to know what to do....
I even asked @XCnathan32 who just fixed the Nexus 6p bootloop to have a look into our device maybe he can benefit from this information u just posted.

XeniX_Force said:
i had twrp but now when i try to access twrp i get to wipe everything screen which then hangs when I choose yes
yeah I can get FWUL but i need steps to know what to do....
I even asked @XCnathan32 who just fixed the Nexus 6p bootloop to have a look into our device maybe he can benefit from this information u just posted.
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Cmdline is how I disabled the cores on the Nexus, the fix is easy to do on a boot.img, but LG uses the KDZ files, which use a totally different file structure, and I'm not sure if the LG flash tool has file checks, even on unlocked bootloaders. I will do some research and see what I can do. If anyone has any knowledge on modifying kdz files, please tell me.

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Cmdline is how I disabled the cores on the Nexus, the fix is easy to do on a boot.img, but LG uses the KDZ files, which use a totally different file structure, and I'm not sure if the LG flash tool has file checks, even on unlocked bootloaders. I will do some research and see what I can do. If anyone has any knowledge on modifying kdz files, please tell me.
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asked steadfasterx about kdz and his reply is as follows
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me too. never created KDZs yet but there are tools for it - afaik.
My first approach would have been to flash the boot image in the download mode with the lglaf shell (https://github.com/steadfasterX/lglaf/tree/g4) .
requires to do a flash of a modified boot image with dd on /dev/block/mmcblk0 with the correct seek ..
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XCnathan32 said:
Cmdline is how I disabled the cores on the Nexus, the fix is easy to do on a boot.img, but LG uses the KDZ files, which use a totally different file structure, and I'm not sure if the LG flash tool has file checks, even on unlocked bootloaders. I will do some research and see what I can do. If anyone has any knowledge on modifying kdz files, please tell me.
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you may take a look on this: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2179431
not sure if that works though.. (quite old)
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steadfasterX said:
you may take a look on this: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2179431
not sure if that works though..
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But cant we just create a modified boot img and twrp img and flash through lglaf. then flash a rom zip though twrp?

XeniX_Force said:
But cant we just create a modified boot img and twrp img and flash through lglaf. then flash a rom zip though twrp?
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sure thats what I said before
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sure thats what I said before
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can u provide a stock boot img for Nathan to edit?

XeniX_Force said:
can u provide a stock boot img for Nathan to edit?
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sure what was your installed ROM and version? best would be a link to it as well..
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steadfasterX said:
sure what was your installed ROM and version? best would be a link to it as well..
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stock. i was using lineage but I returned to stock and got bootloop after some days.

XeniX_Force said:
stock. i was using lineage but I returned to stock and got bootloop after some days.
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tell me the exact version. v10h, v10n, v20g, v20o .. there are dozens of versions out there..
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