I was hoping I could get some help with this, I don't have an unlocked bootloader and everything is unfortunately stock, so here's hoping.
I was upgrading with verizon's upgrade tool while plugged into my computer and it got about halfway through updating before just stopping. Now the phone just automatically boots into fastboot flash mode. When I try to select any option aside from power off, restart bootloader, or barcodes it just flashes the motorola logo and goes back to the menu and the log says it failed to validate the system image. I looked at the unbrick thread and got nowhere and when I try to use the fastboot upgrade option with what I believe is the right image it gives me an not found error.
Is there anything I can do or is this just a paperweight now?
EnormousAxe said:
I was hoping I could get some help with this, I don't have an unlocked bootloader and everything is unfortunately stock, so here's hoping.
I was upgrading with verizon's upgrade tool while plugged into my computer and it got about halfway through updating before just stopping. Now the phone just automatically boots into fastboot flash mode. When I try to select any option aside from power off, restart bootloader, or barcodes it just flashes the motorola logo and goes back to the menu and the log says it failed to validate the system image. I looked at the unbrick thread and got nowhere and when I try to use the fastboot upgrade option with what I believe is the right image it gives me an not found error.
Is there anything I can do or is this just a paperweight now?
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Was anything non-stock on your phone when you tried the update?
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Some basic info about my phone-
HBOOT 1.47.0000
Radio 2.42.01.04.23
Carrier- iWireless (Kroger, Sprint subsidary)
S-ON
Alright, so I was just using my phone as normal. Running CM7.2 and ClockWorkMod Recovery. I turned off my phone, everything was fine. When I went to turn it on again, it showed the green HTC logo, as per normal, then it suddenly rebooted. There, it showed the green HTC logo again, and it'll just stay there. So I tried to boot into recovery (pulled the battery, put it back in, held the red end call button + volume down, got into hboot, then pressed home to go to recovery).
The thing is- it did the same thing. Reboot before it gets to recovery, and then stuck at the HTC Logo. I tried using the Sprint RUU, didn't work- it told me to download the right RUU for this phone, and gives me an error 131. I used the flashable RUU found in this thread (found here), in conjunction with this tutorial (found here). It gave me an error that looked like this when I ran "fastboot flash zip *flashable RUU zip path*"
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FAILED (remote: 42 custom id check fail)
I believe it has something to do with the fact that it is NOT a Sprint branded phone. It doesn't even have a Google logo on the back.
Since it's not S-OFF, I can't flash a recovery via fastboot. I'm stuck. Help?
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I can't get into Recovery, or the actual system. I also can't access adb. The only part I can access is the bootloader and fastboot.
How much battery did you have left before you turned your phone off ?? Also what was the reason you turned your phone off ??? Also you linked to the use fastboot thread did you already type the "fastboot reboot reboot RUU" command ??
#Root-Hack_Mod*Always\
laie1472 said:
How much battery did you have left before you turned your phone off ?? Also what was the reason you turned your phone off ??? Also you linked to the use fastboot thread did you already type the "fastboot reboot reboot RUU" command ??
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About 75% if I remember correctly. Only light usage. And I just turned it off in school, we were taking a test. Nothing abnormal about turning it off. And yes, several times. Tried flashing recovery/system/boot in every way possible, using that command and not using that command. I noticed something else- it seems like the NAND memory is completely wiped. There is NOTHING on the phone, other than the bootloader.
After you ran that command you tried to flash a zip or no ??? And more info on when you say the bootloader is the only thing on the phone would be appreciated. Also when you plug your phone into your pc does it recognize in its current state ??? Also when you boot into the bootloader what info is now displayed ???
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laie1472 said:
After you ran that command you tried to flash a zip or no ??? And more info on when you say the bootloader is the only thing on the phone would be appreciated. Also when you plug your phone into your pc does it recognize in its current state ??? Also when you boot into the bootloader what info is now displayed ???
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Yes, I tried flashing multiple times. As I said, it fails with a CID check failure. And it doesn't seem that there's anything on the NAND anymore, as it doesn't even get to the boot logo, and recovery will just restart the phone.
My PC recognizes my phone, only in fastboot. And just normal bootloader info- model number, baseband, etc.
Hey guys,
i did stupid things witch my razr i and now i'm completely lost…maybe someone can help?
I've been impatient enough to try to flash the leaked jb rom 3 days ago. That did'nt work
No, whenever i power up the phone it shows the red M logo and nothing happens.
I can power it down by holding vol+down and power for more than 4 seconds.
If i release the keys, it goes back to te red M,
If i keep holding vol+down it boot s into AP fastboot flash mode (secure boot) 20.0f
i can choose recovery and that'll work, but i don't have an update for external storage. rebooting from there leads to red M.
Normal Powerup, Factory and BP Tools are choosable, log says Booting into… but nothing happens after that, i'll stay in fastboot.
Power off works.
I tried to flash various images via »fastboot flash boot/recovery/system«, but nothing worked out.
I flashed the files from Razri_Root_Linux, two files (retail central europe) from here sbf.droid-developers, but nothing helped, every reboot leads to the red M.
I read about RSD-Lite, tried to install it under Win7, got it, but was lost after the Program always complained about an invalid xml.
Since i don't own that machine i went back to my linuxbox where i found sbf_flash, but i don't get it how to put the pieces together (which file/s to use)
Any hints on how to go from here?
[EDIT:] I downloaded 91.2.26001.Retail.en.EU.zip and did all the steps from flashandboot.bat, read
fastboot flash boot
fastboot flash system
fastboot flash recovery
next step ist to select recovery, did this an cwm comes up, sideloaded RAZRiRoot2.zip everything is pisitively quited, no errors are shown.
reboot leads to red M
wiped data/factory reset, reboot
red Logo.
I'm completely lost, please help
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greetings, D.
I had same problem
Hello.
I had same problem because I did very stupid thing. I flashed homemade JB and because some apps don´t work I tried downgrade my i to ICS back....
My i stucked at the red M then I tried same thing as you and phone still booted into red M.
So I tried in windows cmd and FlashAndRoot.bat from this .zip "91.2.26001.Retail.en.EU - 4.1.2" it did nothing, but I tried to choose in fastboot mode BP Tools, then my i booted and started to flash JB what I can see in command window. Phone was still connected to PC. After next reboot my phone has work normally with JB.
I hope to help you. Let me know.
Lucki
Hi Lucki
thanks for jumping by.
Lucki_X said:
Hello.
So I tried in windows cmd and FlashAndRoot.bat from this .zip "91.2.26001.Retail.en.EU - 4.1.2" it did nothing, but I tried to choose in fastboot mode BP Tools,
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I tried this, and display on razr i says »Booting into BP Tools mode…«
and nothing more happens, display stays on…
and after some time pc automounts a "cd-rom drive" with some motorola files (Autorun.inf MDMSetup.xml MotorolaDeviceManagerSetup.exe MDMSetup.ini MotorolaDeviceManager_2.2.28)
but it still won't reboot…
i don't know.
Hi.
I had opened command window, "FlashAndRoot.bat" was running (I pressed any key) process was running (it means freezing ) and at this time I chose in fastboot booting into BP tools mode. My phone did restart and after it "FlashAndRoot.bat" process started to flash JB. After flashing my phone is going normally with JB. But some apps don´t work in JB.
Lucki
Lucki_X said:
Hi.
I had opened command window, "FlashAndRoot.bat" was running (I pressed any key) process was running (it means freezing ) and at this time I chose in fastboot booting into BP tools mode. My phone did restart and after it "FlashAndRoot.bat" process started to flash JB. After flashing my phone is going normally with JB. But some apps don´t work in JB.
Lucki
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Doesn't work. :crying:
since i use linux i opened FlashAndRoot.bat in texteditor and executed the comands from there in terminal
only chance for the script to stop and wait is IMHO(correct-me-if-i'm-wrong) "adb wait-for-device push RAZRiRoot2.zip /sdcard/RAZRiRoot2.zip & adb reboot bootloader"
but that message "Booting into BP Tools mode…" just stays there forever, or does it take longer than 5minutes?
dogo77 said:
but that message "Booting into BP Tools mode…" just stays there forever, or does it take longer than 5minutes?
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In my case it booted within 10 second and ran.
I am noob, I am writing just my experience. I couldn´t give you another advice, sorry.
I'm not sure how far the real installation went, but i would find Windows computer, get RSD (6.0-6.14) and try to flash ICS first. If failed due to impossibility of downgrading, then try JB. While you are able to boot to Recovery - don't loose hope yet
okaban said:
I'm not sure how far the real installation went, but i would find Windows computer, get RSD (6.0-6.14) and try to flash ICS first. If failed due to impossibility of downgrading, then try JB. While you are able to boot to Recovery - don't loose hope yet
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Yeah. I'm still stuck at the red logo, or indeed, at a blueish "Bootloader unlocked warnig" message since i was able to install parts of an image from sbf.droid-developers. But flashing always fails while trying to flash system.img_signed.
After reading and trying a lot these last days i think i have to install windows somewhere just to get rsd-lite to run.
sbf_flash for linux didn't work for me and fastboot gives stange warnings about "Invalid sparse file format at header magi"…
so i'll give rsd a try before i give up. As i read in posts by HSDPilot, this is the only tool that works
thanks for your help!
Hi,
I was unlocked and rooted and I tried using the NRT to flash the M system image. It worked and I got the phone to boot once. It went through the Android is upgrading process and I used it for a few seconds and then it froze. I rebooted it by holding the power button. It now will not leave the bootloader. When I try to start it just flashes back into the bootloader. In the BL log it says "failed to validate boot image: ref=-1" So I tried re-flashing both manually and in the NRT. This is the error I get when flashing
(bootloader) failed to write primary GPT
(bootlaoder) failed to flash partition
FAILED (remote failure)
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
Try fastboot erase before fastboot flash
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....read......read more........think.........think more.......read...........read more........
Stop using a toolkit and do it manually https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images?hl=en
I said that I did it both manually and with the toolkit. Sorry you feel that since I didn't want to type all that in you are better than me. I figured it out though. I couldn't get into any recovery so I used the toolkit to boot into the temporary twrp. Formatted all the partitions and got it to flash successfully.
From what I can tell it tried encrypting and it ruined the partitions.
My nexus 6 received the update by ota and I have experienced the same thing.... Tech support was no help telling me to go to a sprint store. I'm not sure what caused the issues here... My phone did the normal Android is upgrading thing and and I left I to do its thing it booted up and I used to it. Make a phone call. After the call my phone froze when I tried to open all apps. I restarted the phone in the same way the first post did. How ever my phone booted up to the new Android boot screen , however the phone restarted again and this time into the bootloader. Can anyone help me with this?
Phone is unloacked and S-OFF
So my phone was ONLY able to boot into recovery/bootloader.
I tried wiping my phone, but TWRP gave "Failed" message
I decided to simply continue and try flashing the ROM anyways
Phone rebooted and was stuck on the HTC logo
After a LONG time of waiting I decided to pull the battery out
Phone will not turn on, but my computer can detect it.
Also, I was unable to turn on USB-Debugging because, well no OS, and TWRP did not give an option to do so.
Edit: Update
Phone is now turning on and I am able to boot into bootloader
I am able to boot into TWRP (v2.8) now. Image of error below:
http://i.imgur.com/EGBpufh.jpg (embedding image only shows the large full size)
Unable to mount "System" partition
What are my options? I am using WinToolKit and it's not working. When I boot into fastmode (manually) my computer gives a message saying it cannot be recognized and that there may be a problem with the device.
Edit: solved my problem, thank you all for your help
Hey, I have a Moto X 2014. I'm running a cynanogen mod on it. For some reason the phone is stuck in bootloader mode, then starts up with the cynanogen logo, then just goes back into bootloader and repeats. I've held the power and lower volume key to get into the bootloader menu. I've tried normal, recovery, and factory and nothing seems to work at all. I cant seem to figure out how to get into TWRP, which I think if I can that could solve the problem by wiping some data and flashing a new ROM. Any thoughts or ideas how to fix this? Also, the phone wont show up as registered on my computer when I plug in the USB cord, so an command prompt "adb recovery" isn't an option I think. If you need more specifics please ask! Really dont want to have to get a new phone.
You can try to enter recovery through the PC command 'fastboot reboot recovery'. If that doesn't work, look up how to flash the stock firmware using fastboot.