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How to repair my bricked moto x xt 1052
Hi everybody...
Im new here.
I hope someone resolve it.
My moto x xt 1052 is bricked, means it is not powerup normally, no any screen displayed, no boot image, boot animation, but goes into fastboot mode sometimes on trying to go in it using hardware key pressing i.e. Power and volume down keys.
Here is the brief description what was happened......
My moto was on stock kitkat 4.4.4 for upgrading it to lollipop On 19th jan i was tried to flash cm12 over cm11 nightly as described in that thread , for that i was unlocked my bootloader, rooted it, flashed CWM touch recovery, flashed superSu zip file and flashed cm12 nightly over cm11 as described. But my device was stucked at boot logo. For resolving that issue i was flashed boot.img of prev nightly release(i.e. 1/15) through command promp using commands '' cd Downloads... cd fastboot... fastboot flash boot boot.img.
It flashesh image file successfully and device is booted successfully. I was used it till last 4days and regularly updated cm12 nightly via cmupdater.
But 4days back i was tried to remove warning message of device is ulocked bootloaded which was irritated me using same flash method and logo.bin files which was given in another thread by other members. But my BOOTLOADER IS DAMAGED and no any display was seen. I read many threads to repair it but no anyone give easy step by step guide. I was tried to repair it using motoflasher given in 1 thred. But as shown there no my device was not shown in device manager asQUSB****9** THERE is only adb interface in device manager. Also it says in motoflasher that no device was connected and output was incorrect COM port, which was refused to flash bootloader. Another thred of rescurrection of bootloader is not so easy and also download links are not useful,shows item was removed.
There is no another way, i thought bootloader is a kernel, so i was flashed zwiel kernel by same flashing method by cmd.
The problem remaims same, moto care told thay it will cost 6k for repairong which is too high. The descreltion is given in details for anyone who finds my mistakes and tell me angd give me suggestion. Xda is big deveopers forum, i know someone will help me.. So plzzz help me.
HOW CAN I REPAIR MY BOOTLOADER AND SAVE MY MOTO which will not useful then usable as a paperweight.

Have you tried to simply re flash your stock 4.4.4 firmware via fastboot since you say you can get into fastboot mode? Or rsd your 4.4.4 firmware. If you can get into fastboot mode I think you should be able to fastboot your stock 4.4.4 and be back up and running.
When in fastboot mode and phone plugged in and you type "fastboot devices" does it display a string of numbers for your device? If yes then you are good to go.

I am having a similar issue with a Sprint Moto X (1st Gen). I am able to get to fastboot mode and I have flashed the stock image for 4.4.4 using mfastboot (also re-did it using RSD lite as the boot.img gave errors using mfastboot) but the phone only still boots to a dark screen and vibrates roughly every 15 seconds.
Anyone have an idea on what else I can try? I've been scouring the boards and youtube, but haven't really come across anything on this type of issue.

Has been RDS flashing process totally completed without any errors?

The flash finishes with no errors when it goes to reboot the phone I end up at the same spot of a black screen that vibrates like its powering on then repeats every 15 seconds like its stick in a loop. Odd... I never get the smallest hint to a picture on the screen.

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chousue said:
The flash finishes with no errors when it goes to reboot the phone I end up at the same spot of a black screen that vibrates like its powering on then repeats every 15 seconds like its stick in a loop. Odd... I never get the smallest hint to a picture on the screen.
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Your symptom I'm quoting is what I've seen when a bad logo.bin has been flashed to the phone.
Can you try another? Some are in http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x/themes-apps/collection-moto-boot-services-t2885395

Thanks for the suggestion.
I tried a dew different logos but the end result is still the same. Vibrates on power up, no display at all and repeats until I hold the volume down and count to like 10 when the next buzz cycle would happen so I can get into fastboot mode again. I should note that I can't see anything in this screen as well. I was starting to wonder if it was the screen that was the issue but the bootloop has me thinking otherwise.
I have another one with a bad screen and a replacement is on the way. I guess I can test it on this one as well but I'm sure the result will be the same.
I took a gamble on this one thinking I could bring i back to life, I figured the last owner just soft bricked it and flashing the latest stock would override what mess they did. I'll tinker around some more if there are some other options otherwise I can just flip it for parts i guess.
If I run the fastboot getvar all I get all the phone info so it gives me hope that something can be done, I just don't know what, it seems like I keep cycling through the same few processes hoping for a different result. I even tried the power + Volume down for two minutes thing that's supposed to bring up the "other" recovery menu, but with no display, i don't know what happening.
In a last ditch effort I did a tear down and connection check for all the parts so everything has been removed and firmly re-attached, certainly was nice to do that there instead of on the one I know will work once I replace the screen, but it sucks to still come up empty handed. Sorry for the long rant, it's just been a long few days of trying to find ways to bring this phone back to life.

Solved with downgrading
Sorry for bad english.
I had same issue.
But solved prev saturday hole day.
Using manual method instead of rsd.
Make sure u properly installed adb and mfastboot. For that open cmd and type adb. It shows command lines and then mfastboot. It also shows command lines then you are ready to go. If not, google it for how to install adb and also for mFastboot
Then download proper stock firmware for ur device. unzip it, u will get files of system, boot etc. Copy all this files and paste into mfastboot folder. Open command prompt in that folder by pressing shift and right key of mouse.
Then boot your moto into fastboot mode by pressing power and volume down key for a seconds. If u will not get in to fastboot mode try for many times unless u get it. I will get it after trying half hour.
Connect ur device to pc and run commans given in the following link. http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x/general/guide-moto-x-return-to-100-stock-using-t2446515
End with-- fastboot adb reboot. It will reboot ur device.
Enjoy.

Thanks for the steps, I feel like I have done that already save for the few end steps with the oem commands.
So I flashed the print image using that guide and it still vibrates every 15 seconds and no display. I grabbed the retail file from the motorola site (oddly enough they only have TMO on the file name for some reason) and I flash this and it doesn't vibrate every 15 seconds, but still no display... Maybe in the end the display is bad after all...
Like mentioned before, I already have one coming in black for the one that works for sure...so I guess I'll test it on this one as well. Just wish it was as easy to disconnect/connect as my Nokia Lumia was, that took less than 10 minutes!

So, in the end it was the display afterall. I ended up getting another replacement screen as I really did not feel like attaching it and detaching it (yeah, I'm lazy sometimes). After setting up the new screen I plugged it in to charger and what do you know, battery at 0% then the motorola bootloader unlock screen after 5 or so minutes.
Now I have two phones, lol. One screen came without the speaker on the to fro some reason... And I think I just messed up my main phone removing the frame to add in that piece so lint and such doesn't get into the phone so easily... Dang it!
Edit - Yep, now it has a nice rainbow line display across the bottom where the navigate soft button would be... Guess I have to get one more screen!

could you please help me??
Iam using moto x XT1052 indian retail model...Many days b4 I have installed 5.1 brazalian lollipop backup via twrp but now i wanna come back to stock rom 4.4.4 kitkat via rsd lite..will it work or will my phone will brick bcoz of degrading process from 5.1 to 4.4.4??
plzz answer me if yes plz tell me the method to come back to kitkat
Sent from my XT1058 using XDA Free mobile app

sadik2112009 said:
could you please help me??
Iam using moto x XT1052 indian retail model...Many days b4 I have installed 5.1 brazalian lollipop backup via twrp but now i wanna come back to stock rom 4.4.4 kitkat via rsd lite..will it work or will my phone will brick bcoz of degrading process from 5.1 to 4.4.4??
plzz answer me if yes plz tell me the method to come back to kitkat
Sent from my XT1058 using XDA Free mobile app
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Go to the General Forum there's a dedicated thread with official roms for your particular model. Use download the ROM and flash through rsdlite. Always make a backup since it will wipe your internal storage clean.
Sent from my XT1058 using Tapatalk

sadik2112009 said:
could you please help me??
Iam using moto x XT1052 indian retail model...Many days b4 I have installed 5.1 brazalian lollipop backup via twrp but now i wanna come back to stock rom 4.4.4 kitkat via rsd lite..will it work or will my phone will brick bcoz of degrading process from 5.1 to 4.4.4??
plzz answer me if yes plz tell me the method to come back to kitkat
Sent from my XT1058 using XDA Free mobile app
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If you installed 5.1 by using one of the TWRP backups, and did NOT flash the leaked OTA zip files, then you should have only touched /system and /boot partitions.. in that case, it would be safe to flash 4.4.4.

thank u so muchh......
KidJoe said:
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Your symptom I'm quoting is what I've seen when a bad logo.bin has been flashed to the phone.
Can you try another? Some are in http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x/themes-apps/collection-moto-boot-services-t2885395
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thank you so much... this post saved my moto x...... i am facing this issue from last 15 days. so many pages visited but nothing help, but, after doing this it rebooted. may god bless you!:angel::angel::angel::angel:

Having same problem.
Please help if anyone can!
I can't resolve it by Fastboot in cmd.
I also tried typing mfastboot in all commands.

Having same problem.
Please help if anyone can!
I can't resolve it by Fastboot in cmd.
dont display anything
not charging not boot not start anything

Travisdroidx2 said:
Have you tried to simply re flash your stock 4.4.4 firmware via fastboot since you say you can get into fastboot mode? Or rsd your 4.4.4 firmware. If you can get into fastboot mode I think you should be able to fastboot your stock 4.4.4 and be back up and running.
When in fastboot mode and phone plugged in and you type "fastboot devices" does it display a string of numbers for your device? If yes then you are good to go.
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I have a moto x of my friend xt1053, dont not what he has done with it.
but
it is in Encryption Unsuccessful Condition.
When I connect to pc. Windows show that motorola xt1053 is connected. device manager shows MTP device under portable devices.
Mototrola USB drivers have been installed successfully.
I can not boot xt1053 into fastboot mode or recovery. Neither by adb/fastboot nor by buttons. (volume down + Power).
adb devices command does not show any numbers as it normally does when device is connected.
how get it back to working condition. any expert to help or happen to be in the same boat?

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Help me please! 0x56

Good people, help:
Trying to install a mod from the camera of Nexus, rebooted, I see the icon lying android.
Tried to install xenonhd (4.2.2), reboot, and see the inscription on a black background:
Device is LOCKED. Status code: 0
Battery OK
Connect USB
Data Cable
failed to hab check for boot: 0x56
fastboot reason: boot failure
Please help me!
Sorry for bad English
Well you tried to flash a rom through stock recovery with a locked bootloader. Not the best decision. Go look at the tutorial in general.
Sent from my PACMAN MATRIX HD MAXX
iv-med said:
Good people, help:
Trying to install a mod from the camera of Nexus, rebooted, I see the icon lying android.
Tried to install xenonhd (4.2.2), reboot, and see the inscription on a black background:
Device is LOCKED. Status code: 0
Battery OK
Connect USB
Data Cable
failed to hab check for boot: 0x56
fastboot reason: boot failure
Please help me!
Sorry for bad English
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Flash your stock rom with RSD....about all you can do.
Not true, but I'm not gonna write up a tutorial on how to dd back to the correct bootloader or make a stock bootloader in a flashable zip, etc. Not when the solution is plug phone into PC, Open RSD, click, click, clickity, click, reboot, and done.
//Unlock your bootloader and you won't have issues like this. If you don't wanna do that, ya gotta use the old roms, all the new ones are for unlocked devices.
skeevydude said:
Flash your stock rom with RSD....about all you can do.
Not true, but I'm not gonna write up a tutorial on how to dd back to the correct bootloader or make a stock bootloader in a flashable zip, etc. Not when the solution is plug phone into PC, Open RSD, click, click, clickity, click, reboot, and done.
//Unlock your bootloader and you won't have issues like this. If you don't wanna do that, ya gotta use the old roms, all the new ones are for unlocked devices.
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i have the same problem but flashing back to stock rom with rsd will not work
I get a 1/23 partition type erro
and myth will now work due to fastboot, adb and attrib is not known as and internal or external command
skeevydude said:
Flash your stock rom with RSD....about all you can do.
Not true, but I'm not gonna write up a tutorial on how to dd back to the correct bootloader or make a stock bootloader in a flashable zip, etc. Not when the solution is plug phone into PC, Open RSD, click, click, clickity, click, reboot, and done.
//Unlock your bootloader and you won't have issues like this. If you don't wanna do that, ya gotta use the old roms, all the new ones are for unlocked devices.
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Having this same problem when trying ota Kit Kat update from T-Mobile. The only way I can get back into 4.2.2 is to use Minimal Fastboot and give the command 'fastboot erase cache'. Even when I do this the phone never says if the cache erasure is complete but Minimal Fastboot says that it is. I have RSD lite installed on my CPU but can't seem to find a working link to the stock T-Mo images. Any help would be appreciated.
Just to add...if I attempt ota I get 'failed to hab check boot'. When trying to boot into recovery I get 'failed to hab check recovery'.
Edit: could I just unlock and root to solve this problem? If so, would someone point me to a different method than the Moto Toolkit found here? It doesn't recognize my moto even though all drivers and Motorola Device Manager are installed.
Sent from my XT1053 using Tapatalk
Ota KitKat update?
What phone do you have?
I have the T Mobile motomaker. Solved the problem with RSD Lite and factory Kit Kat images.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk

Helo! MotoX might be bricked.

Got this phone today with my new carrier.
Ran the pwnmymoto apk.
I made the mistake of downloading the latest update because it didn't seem like it actually rooted my phone(No root).
Spent a good amount of time trying all different aspects of things after encountering the reboot loop.
Flashed one of the Rogers(I'm with Fido) firmwares.
"no valid piv block in sp for system"
RSDlite won't detec the device to try again.
It's MotoX xt1058
What can I do? This whole firmware thing is complicated and I just want to restore to stock and never ever touch rooting with this phone again.
shartwell said:
Got this phone today with my new carrier.
Ran the pwnmymoto apk.
I made the mistake of downloading the latest update because it didn't seem like it actually rooted my phone(No root).
Spent a good amount of time trying all different aspects of things after encountering the reboot loop.
Flashed one of the Rogers(I'm with Fido) firmwares.
"no valid piv block in sp for system"
RSDlite won't detec the device to try again.
It's MotoX xt1058
What can I do? This whole firmware thing is complicated and I just want to restore to stock and never ever touch rooting with this phone again.
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Does fastboot recognize your phone? First thing is forget slapmymoto , you can unlock your bootloader and flash twrp recovery. Second issue rsdlite will only flash your existing carrier firmware with a locked bootloader, flash other sbf firmware requires a unlocked boot loader. Third item is to stop the bootloops try clearing the cache, fastboot erase cache
Sent on my Moto X
flashallthetime said:
Does fastboot recognize your phone? First thing is forget slapmymoto , you can unlock your bootloader and flash twrp recovery. Second issue rsdlite will only flash your existing carrier firmware with a locked bootloader, flash other sbf firmware requires a unlocked boot loader. Third item is to stop the bootloops try clearing the cache, fastboot erase cache
Sent on my Moto X
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Flashboot says USB Connected. I assume that's a yes. My computer does as well but only as "motorola phone" likely because I have no real stuff on the phone now. Oh and the computer makes the little "boop" noise of removing a device.
What are the next steps I have to take to fix things? Thanks for the quick response btw!
shartwell said:
Flashboot says USB Connected. I assume that's a yes. My computer does as well but only as "motorola phone" likely because I have no real stuff on the phone now. Oh and the computer makes the little "boop" noise of removing a device.
What are the next steps I have to take to fix things? Thanks for the quick response btw!
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OK , put your phone into fastboot mode by holding down the power button and volume down button for 3 seconds and let go( must he done while phone is completely off) plug your phone in and open a fastboot screen ( I assume you have SDK) right click and hold shift while in SDK platform tools. Type fastboot erase cache
Sent on my Moto X
flashallthetime said:
OK , put your phone into fastboot mode by holding down the power button and volume down button for 3 seconds and let go( must he done while phone is completely off) plug your phone in and open a fastboot screen ( I assume you have SDK) right click and hold shift while in SDK platform tools. Type fastboot erase cache
Sent on my Moto X
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I installed the SDK and followed a guide to allow me to use fastboot and other platform tools, but when using "adb devices" I don't have any entries, and when I did the command you mentioned It sticks at "waiting for device."
Seems my phone isn't actually seen by the adb tools.
Follow what flashallthetime is suggesting.
btw, Rogers firmware is correct for your phone as there is no Fido specific firmware.
shartwell said:
I installed the SDK and followed a guide to allow me to use fastboot and other platform tools, but when using "adb devices" I don't have any entries, and when I did the command you mentioned It sticks at "waiting for device."
Seems my phone isn't actually seen by the adb tools.
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Make sure your drivers are up to date, Motorola device manager has the correct drivers
Sent on my Moto X
flashallthetime said:
Make sure your drivers are up to date, Motorola device manager has the correct drivers
Sent on my Moto X
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Getting somewhere...
The command prompt can seemingly now interface with my device. It runs commands but clearing the cache didn't fix the problem. I've ran the command though so if there is a next step...
EDIT: Okay it's charing and I can interface with it via cmd. I can now use RTDlite with it as it's battery is charging. Should I flash the other Rogers now? I have my unlock code for the bootloader if that's what I've got to do first.
Yes, reflash it with rsdlite, this is the version you want - Blur_Version.139.12.36.ghost_row.RCI.en.CA
Steve-x said:
Yes, reflash it with rsdlite, this is the version you want - Blur_Version.139.12.36.ghost_row.RCI.en.CA
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It's all fixed up. Thank you everyone who contributed to this! Time to enjoy my phone.
Last thing would be flashing twrp. Does someone have a link to the proper files?
Now after your up and running, please don't accept any ota if you are rooted, we expect the Rogers kitkat ota soon. If you accept the kitkat ota while rooted and with a custom recovery you will end up in endless bootloops.
Sent on my Moto X
flashallthetime said:
Now after your up and running, please don't accept any ota if you are rooted, we expect the Rogers kitkat ota soon. If you accept the kitkat ota while rooted and with a custom recovery you will end up in endless bootloops.
Sent on my Moto X
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I certainly won't be accepting ota updates while rooted anymore. Like I said I didn't think that it had actually modified anything with my system, otherwise I wouldn't have accepted the ota update.
Where can I find the twrp for moto x 4.2.2? Do I flash through rtdlite as normal?
shartwell said:
I certainly won't be accepting ota updates while rooted anymore. Like I said I didn't think that it had actually modified anything with my system, otherwise I wouldn't have accepted the ota update.
Where can I find the twrp for moto x 4.2.2? Do I flash through rtdlite as normal?
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Here's twrp http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2458449
Flash with fastboot( fastboot flash recovery twrp 2.6.3.IMG)
Place the recovery image in platform tools folder. After it flashes make sure you go directly to recovery by pressing the volume up bottom to make it stick
Sent on my Moto X

[Q&A] [Pure Edition][Root] Superboot style root for MotoX 2014 Pure Edition

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MotoX Pure - UnRoot To Update Firmware
I used the Jcase method (fastboot boot pure2014sb.img) to root my new MotoX Pure. Worked great. However, the next day I received a notification on the phone that a firmware update is available: "New FIrmware Available" "Update to get the lastest Motorola Sensor. . ."
Because this method uses fastboot boot vs fastboot flash, I don't understand how I can go back to stock in order to update firmware.
Wondering if someone could school me on what the heck it actually means to fastboot boot vs fastboot flash. Basically looking for a way to be able to un-root, apply firmware update, and then re-root.
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You need a factory image to flash using Motorola's mfastboot to get back to stock. Motorola has not posted a factory image yet, but they said they would.
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tyea said:
You need a factory image to flash using Motorola's mfastboot to get back to stock. Motorola has not posted a factory image yet, but they said they would.
Sent from my Nexus 10 using Tapatalk
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if they said they would, then i'm glad. getting worried here lol
root moto x 2014 followed by ota lollipop update
The moto x is delivered with KitKat initially and then updated via ota later once powered up etc. If I follow your method as soon as I get the phone and then later accept the ota update to lollipop, will it cause problems or lose root?
bootloop
i tried to root my phone and i followed every step but now i am stuck in a bootloop. what do i do? please help
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I tried to root my moto with this method and now i am stuck in a bootloop. i followed every step including the fastboot boot. please help me
deelv said:
i tried to root my phone and i followed every step but now i am stuck in a bootloop. what do i do? please help
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I tried to root my moto with this method and now i am stuck in a bootloop. i followed every step including the fastboot boot. please help me
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The same thing happened to me but I've gotten out of the boot loop by getting to fastboot (hold down the power button till the screen turns off and then you have to guess and hold the power and volume down button for about 5 seconds and then release the power button but hold down the volume button until you see the fastboot. If it doesn't get to fastboot try it again.)
When you're at the fastboot, connect to a computer and cmd a command "fastboot erase userdata" and then "fastboot erase cache" to pretty much factory reset and get you out of the boot loop. Then it should boot and tell you to set up the device.
I would recommend looking for the root boot image from chainfire them self, they recently released it. Just look for your model # (e.g. xt1095) and "fastboot boot (insert boot image)"
My Moto x 2014 is currently rooted with chainfire's boot image. It works like a charm.
XT1092 bootloop after OTA
Hi,
Got my XT1092 and unlocked the bootloader and gained root using this method a while back, no problem there.
Downloaded and installed the OTA update to lollipop and went about reinstating the root access using this method. Subsequently have been stuck in a bootloop and have been unable to find a stock image to repair this with.
Does anyone have a suggestion on how to fix this?
When I have tried using
fastboot boot *whatever stock image I have found*
I get a little droid with a red exclamation mark with 'NO COMMAND' underneath.
Any suggestions of how to fix this/what I can boot/flash that can fix this?
Cheers
HamRack said:
Hi,
Got my XT1092 and unlocked the bootloader and gained root using this method a while back, no problem there.
Downloaded and installed the OTA update to lollipop and went about reinstating the root access using this method. Subsequently have been stuck in a bootloop and have been unable to find a stock image to repair this with.
Does anyone have a suggestion on how to fix this?
When I have tried using
fastboot boot *whatever stock image I have found*
I get a little droid with a red exclamation mark with 'NO COMMAND' underneath.
Any suggestions of how to fix this/what I can boot/flash that can fix this?
Cheers
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Boot this boot.img : http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x-2014/general/lollipop-root-achieved-t2937154
Its for xt1095 but some have confirmed working on xt1092
Sent from my Moto X 2014 Pure Edition
does it work on Android 5.0?
Yes, I'm currently running Android 5.0 Lollipop.
Sent from my Moto X 2014 Pure Edition
Bootloop
Stuck in a bootloop. Followed all your instructions carefully. :/ Not able to boot into bootloader.
Formatted Telus Moto X (2014) SD card and all data ... recovered.
I might make a tutorial video on how to recover from a mistake like mine, and I may not have done it correctly, but the phone is back operational.
What I did to screw it up :
1) Unlocked the bootloader and installed TWRP without doing research about development for the phone
2) The phone is already almost stock android and that's one of it's selling points so I don't know why I wanted to unlock and root
3) Got frustrated and wiped / formatted internal SD ... since I use to flash ROM's on my older Huawei this way ... it must be the same right ... smh.
4) Freaked the eff out, had thoughts of just running it over with the car because that qualifies under my 2-year warranty, since I voided it by unlocking.
5) Thought I knew it all when I really don't understand most of the lingo still
What I did to 'TRY' to fix it :
1) Scoured the internet for ROMS / Zips.
2) I was in 'Android Studio' ... unnecessary.
3) Tried flashing .zips in TWRP by draggin and dropping .zips ... contanst 'FAILED' signs.
4) Tried sideloading as I was grasping at straws by this point. 'FAILED'
5) Considered buying an OTG cable.
6) Spent hours going in circles
What I did to fix it :
1) Downloaded the SDK ... 'adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20140702'
2) Installed the 'Google USB drivers' as I checked 'Device Manager' and there was an exclamation ... this is why when I went typed 'ADB devices' nothing showed up. I 'manually' installed the drivers. VOILA, first step.
3) Found a .ZIP file I believe was the correct one ... ;RETCA_XT1097_4.4.4_KXE21.187-42_cid14_CFC.xml.zip' (From this website I believe)
4) Watched a few youtube tutorials on how to flash from within 'SDK' > 'Platform-Tools'
5) Extracted the .ZIP file into 'Platform-Tools'
6) Had phone booted into fastboot mode
7) Opened the CMD from within 'Platform-Tools' with that .ZIP file within that folder, held 'SHIFT' 'Right-click" > 'Run CMD'
8) This is where I didn't do it properly, but the phone is booted for now and working ... with these Commands
- fastboot flash boot boot.img;
- fastboot.exe flash system system.img_sparsechunk.0
- fastboot.exe flash system system.img_sparsechunk.1
- fastboot.exe flash system system.img_sparsechunk.2
- fastboot.exe flash system system.img_sparsechunk.3
- fastboot.exe flash system system.img_sparsechunk.4
Got that nice Motorola earth screen and booted to the welcome screen. Froze. I reset. Froze. Walked away from phone, came back and tried to see if I could press 'OK' and it worked.
All-in-All , not worth it for the average consumer and not worth it for someone such as myself who was stupid and just wanted to 'play around' with a brand new 2-year warrantied $500 phone.

I bricked my Moto X 2013 VZW Dev Edition - any chance of revival?

I'll start out by saying I was careless and had not read various threads before flashing things and causing my issues. I've already bought a replacement phone but I'd like to see if there's any chance to revive the Moto X or not.
What happened:
I had unlocked the bootloader years ago. I was running the (mostly) stock Lollipop 5.1 with XPosed, and got noticed of a security update.
After fully charging the battery, I flashed stock recovery over my custom recovery (TWRP) and then, without thinking, got the latest image from Motorola without realizing it was a 4.4.4 image.
I flashed the system partition using this image thinking it would remove SU and that I could install the update - this soft-bricked the phone when I tried to boot.
Too late, but at this point I re-flashed TWRP and ran a backup. I used adb to extract the backup and my other files from the /sdcard partition.
Factory Reset. The phone boot up at this point.
I tried flashing the logo, gpt.bin (I forgot that Lollipop changed how partitioning worked) and then did another Factory Reset. Phone boots fine.
I then tried restoring the data from my nandroid backup. Rebooted once, and phone seemed to start. And then it went black.
At this point, the phone does not appear to boot at all. I can't use Vol Down + Power to boot into Fastboot, and if I connect to a computer, it does not see the device... USUALLY.
If I connect via USB to my Windows computer, and try to boot into Fastboot, the green LED behind the volume will flash once and my computer will signal the "Hardware connected" sound. I can try to run 'adb reboot bootloader' but adb reports that it doesn't see any devices. My system events note a USB Input Device was added but don't get any further. Within 5 seconds, the "hardware disconnected" sound fires. About 20 seconds later, this will repeat on its own.
I just tried making a fastboot cable from a spare micro usb cable... I may have done it wrong - but it does not seem to have had any effect. The result is the same. It's possible I didn't solder the connection well, though (it was difficult exposing the terminals on my particular cable).
The screen is always black and never lights up in any way.
It kind of makes me think that the device is attempting to boot, fails, and cycles. Is there anything I can do?
At this point I am able to get into fastboot after bricking my XT1060DEV in a similar way. Follow the guide as best as you can in this post. Toward the end of that thread you can see the sequence of events that led me to at least fastboot mode.
Awaiting a response from someone who might know which gpt.bin and bootloader I can flash to have more than a blank phone. I'll try to keep you updated.
EDIT:
You might find it easiest to get QHUSB set up using this guide. This guide has been superseded by the previously posted one, but some people still report success following it.
PiArc said:
At this point I am able to get into fastboot after bricking my XT1060DEV in a similar way. Follow the guide as best as you can in this post. Toward the end of that thread you can see the sequence of events that led me to at least fastboot mode.
Awaiting a response from someone who might know which gpt.bin and bootloader I can flash to have more than a blank phone. I'll try to keep you updated.
EDIT:
You might find it easiest to get QHUSB set up using this guide. This guide has been superseded by the previously posted one, but some people still report success following it.
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I may not have a chance for a few days, but I will try this. I did try to download the software on the second link you provided and some of the links on that page were broken.
I'm not going to lie, navigating those threads is harsh.
Towards the end of the first linked thread you can see a post with what ended up getting me into fastboot. It might be a decent little roadmap to guide you in the right direction (plus, I think the files I indicate in that particular post are all still up).
Keep us updated!
ohioDroid said:
I'll start out by saying I was careless and had not read various threads before flashing things and causing my issues. I've already bought a replacement phone but I'd like to see if there's any chance to revive the Moto X or not.
What happened:
I had unlocked the bootloader years ago. I was running the (mostly) stock Lollipop 5.1 with XPosed, and got noticed of a security update.
After fully charging the battery, I flashed stock recovery over my custom recovery (TWRP) and then, without thinking, got the latest image from Motorola without realizing it was a 4.4.4 image.
I flashed the system partition using this image thinking it would remove SU and that I could install the update - this soft-bricked the phone when I tried to boot.
Too late, but at this point I re-flashed TWRP and ran a backup. I used adb to extract the backup and my other files from the /sdcard partition.
Factory Reset. The phone boot up at this point.
I tried flashing the logo, gpt.bin (I forgot that Lollipop changed how partitioning worked) and then did another Factory Reset. Phone boots fine.
I then tried restoring the data from my nandroid backup. Rebooted once, and phone seemed to start. And then it went black.
At this point, the phone does not appear to boot at all. I can't use Vol Down + Power to boot into Fastboot, and if I connect to a computer, it does not see the device... USUALLY.
If I connect via USB to my Windows computer, and try to boot into Fastboot, the green LED behind the volume will flash once and my computer will signal the "Hardware connected" sound. I can try to run 'adb reboot bootloader' but adb reports that it doesn't see any devices. My system events note a USB Input Device was added but don't get any further. Within 5 seconds, the "hardware disconnected" sound fires. About 20 seconds later, this will repeat on its own.
I just tried making a fastboot cable from a spare micro usb cable... I may have done it wrong - but it does not seem to have had any effect. The result is the same. It's possible I didn't solder the connection well, though (it was difficult exposing the terminals on my particular cable).
The screen is always black and never lights up in any way.
It kind of makes me think that the device is attempting to boot, fails, and cycles. Is there anything I can do?
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Try reflashing twrp via fastboot, install custom ROM -OR- download latest XML for your variant flash via rsd lite or manual flash.
Note: When using the XML you will lose everything, including data on internal storage.
Hopefully this helps ?
Also, if your phone stays black it's likely the battery is dead. Leave it hook up for awhile or keep trying to boot into fastboot(while plugged into outlet, not PC) and leave it for a couple of hours, should charge.
I'm speaking from personal experience, just without having Xposed framework, lol.
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Phone in Hard Brick mode

I was trying to install Arrow OS custom ROM to Motorola one power using TWRP. It got flashed, when I flashed the Gpps Rom with it, it didn't flashed and I rebooted the phone right there. The phone is now in a hard brick mode and is not responding to anything, is there anything I can do to fix it? Could you please guide me with the complete procedure?
You must use a blankflash to boot bootloader.BlankFlash available for
Moto One Power (Chef) https://mirrors.lolinet.com/firmware/moto/chef[/
.1 install Motorola drivers,2 install quallcom drivers for Motorola procesor(gsmusbdrivers.com/download/qualcomm-hs-usb-qdloader-9008-driver-64-bit-windows) .3 use flashbat in blankflash directory,4 press volume down and power on phone.5 connect phone with pc and proces will be starting.if your phone starting in bootloader mode ,you can flash stock room
Thank you for your help and response. I followed the steps as you mentioned. On step 3 when I run the Flashbat file, It gives the below error, and the phone never started
[112.478] ReadFile() failed, GetLastError()=0
[125.434] ReadFile() failed, GetLastError()=0
when blankflash starting you can release the wolume and power.try differrent usb port in pc.I have the same problem with custom roms,You see port com in device manager on pc?
It worked, but how did you know all this? Just spot on :good:
I tried this method but not working on my phone, xt1942-1. This is the Chinese version p30 note I got from AliExpress. I see the device in device manager as port 9008
Any help would be appreciated!
Hi,you are try change a port USB in PC?this method works,my phone is the same like your,Moto p30 note from aliexpress
Thanks, I tried all usb ports on my pc but same problem. Should we press power and volume down buttons after connecting to pc? Please help I just got this phone today and bricked right away ...
Also there are two blankfash versions on the link you provided which one to use?
Hello again.you can reinstall drivers,change partition with blankflash folder.last time when I'm bricked my phone ( trying flash customrom )I waste half day to recover my moto.im change drivers,folders,USB port,try the same on laptop and nothing.But when I'm wakeup morning and try one more time it's works!I don't no why,maybe I'm stupid,but I think is a problem with drivers or something.You must try more and more,and do not give up!I'm use blankflash from Android 9
dadm said:
Hello again.you can reinstall drivers,change partition with blankflash folder.last time when I'm bricked my phone ( trying flash customrom )I waste half day to recover my moto.im change drivers,folders,USB port,try the same on laptop and nothing.But when I'm wakeup morning and try one more time it's works!I don't no why,maybe I'm stupid,but I think is a problem with drivers or something.You must try more and more,and do not give up!I'm use blankflash from Android 9
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I tried again today and Voila its working! Blankflash literally tests your patience. Thanks @dadm for your suggestions and now I have a working moto one power as my daily driver!
htcmusic said:
I tried again today and Voila its working! Blankflash literally tests your patience. Thanks @dadm for your suggestions and now I have a working moto one power as my daily driver!
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Hi @dadm I could not get my SIM card detected in RR rom and tried to flash stock again. Now I am in a bootloop whatever I do. Which stock did you use to revert back? And is your SIM card detected?
I have a few questions if anyone could answer. I am looking to get hands on this phone but making sure everything goes as I expect.
1.Does any member have knowledge which of this Device variants (XT1942-1, XT1942-2, XT-942-3) qualify for "Unlocking Boot-loader" and which variant does not support unlocking. I am lookig for 4/64gb Chef.
2. Is there Any Custom Pie Rom with Solid stability + Efficient & Effective Kernel?
3. Does stock Motorola Camera app works 100% in a custom flashed Rom as it does in Stock Rom or we have to use Google Pixel Camera apps as an alternative?
4. Is there anyway to get back to stock image from Custom rom.
5. How to recover the device from a Hard Brick.
6. Not but least. How well this device performs while playing PUBG.
Phone flashing locked and stuck at fastboot mode
I have done a stupid thing after flashing stock ROM I have flashed twrp and my stock ROM was stuck at loop after that I have locked the device and it showing it device is corrupted and will not boot
Could any body help me plss.??
I tried this blankflash.bat but it showing <waiting for device> my phn is already connected to pc
Ravi2730 said:
I have done a stupid thing after flashing stock ROM I have flashed twrp and my stock ROM was stuck at loop after that I have locked the device and it showing it device is corrupted and will not boot
Could any body help me plss.??
I tried this blankflash.bat but it showing <waiting for device> my phn is already connected to pc
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Phone must be in EDM to flash blankflash
Sent from my ali using XDA Labs
Thanks for reply
sd_shadow said:
Phone must be in EDM to flash blankflash
Sent from my ali using XDA Labs
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Actually how to enter EDM mode could you pls explain in steps my phone just start into fastboot,no recovery, no boot. Pls help me bro.
Problem solved
Ravi2730 said:
Actually how to enter EDM mode could you pls explain in steps my phone just start into fastboot,no recovery, no boot. Pls help me bro.
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Anyone stuck in fastboot when it shows your phone is corrupt and will not boot just flash the command
fastboot boot boot.img file in stock room phn will automatically start everything working it work as a flash...?

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