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It is with great humility and panic that i request the god's to bestow upon me the greatest of the Beautiful Sierra Foothill's treasures of the two.two variety. I too have been taken captive by the new bootloader's key's. Is there a gentle soul willing to help one in need.
in all seriousness i can find much less expensive paperweights, any help would be extremely appreciated. ill be looking at that PM box.
Suchanicebrickihave said:
It is with great humility and panic that i request the god's to bestow upon me the greatest of the Beautiful Sierra Foothill's treasures of the two.two variety. I too have been taken captive by the new bootloader's key's. Is there a gentle soul willing to help one in need.
in all seriousness i can find much less expensive paperweights, any help would be extremely appreciated. ill be looking at that PM box.
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Did u try the /system 2.2 "SBF" with RSDlite 4.8 on mydroidworld.com?
It works as long as you did not update to the 2.2 OTA, and THEN try the 2.1 SBF first.
Unfortunately, i was tinkering with the 2.2 OTA, botched it and was recovering to 2.1, hey I've done it about three hundred times, no big deal right. *sigh* I also have tried the partial image to no avail. I'm pretty much toast unless someone takes pity upon me.
I can play the "OTA killed my phone" routine at Verizon and exploit their internal memo but i would rather be able to fix my problems and stay under the radar. no reason to become a statistic supporting why moto wanted to keep us out anyway.
on the bright side i finally got a user name for the XDA forum. Always carrying the name to remind me not to be too quick to do things. Measure once and cut twice right...
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the droid 2 uses the OMAP3630 chip as well. Does anyone think the hardware is similar enough to use firmware from the D2?
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thank you for the quick response.
Suchanicebrickihave said:
Unfortunately, i was tinkering with the 2.2 OTA, botched it and was recovering to 2.1, hey I've done it about three hundred times, no big deal right. *sigh* I also have tried the partial image to no avail. I'm pretty much toast unless someone takes pity upon me.
I can play the "OTA killed my phone" routine at Verizon and exploit their internal memo but i would rather be able to fix my problems and stay under the radar. no reason to become a statistic supporting why moto wanted to keep us out anyway.
on the bright side i finally got a user name for the XDA forum. Always carrying the name to remind me not to be too quick to do things. Measure once and cut twice right...
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the droid 2 uses the OMAP3630 chip as well. Does anyone think the hardware is similar enough to use firmware from the D2?
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thank you for the quick response.
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I would stay away from the Droid 2 firmware, imo.
yeah, but what i do i end up with a more bricked phone
there's only one step down from motobrick as long as it's not on fire i dont think i've gone to far back. i probably wont but I've literally been searching for the sexy beautiful fantasy since the first post... I'm determined the closest I've found is a dead RS link.... i wish moto would supply me with the tools to fix my phone without costing them money and my time.
seriously though the Droid "Motobrick" model is sweet...
sleek sexy and just enough to hold my physics homework down... seriously that what its doing right now... that ampad paper likes to fly away.
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well i dont think ill find a valid SBF on the internets so i might as well try before i try to bring it back to Verizon... i called a random store asking if they the SBF on site and the tech on the phone... well lacked the required knowledge to be of help. I'm sure they wont have the wherewithal to know what happened to that poor droid of mine . I'll let you guys know how the droid2 flash works and/or the Verizon visit
The Bravo is Bricked! I rooted it, got board, tried to install custom ROM through a Droid method (REALLY STUPID OF ME!!), and now my phone is stuck in boot loops. It goes into recovery and all, bootloader too, so I fugured I could just flash an sbf with RSD and get it back running again. The only problem is I can't find an sbf file for this phone ANYWHERE and it's driving me crazy!! So if anyone has any information on where you could find an sbf file for this phone or when it would maybe be available I would love it
Thanks
Unfortunately,
Since AT&T is the only carrier that has this phone, you will have to wait until an upgrade is released from AT&T
And it would have to be a major update such as 2.1 -> 2.2 where the SBF is available.
You could always try calling AT&T and see what they can do for you in terms of warranty....long shot
So, no?
Come on, I have got 400 viewers of this thread, nobody has any ideas?
Yea dude I have been wating for the same thing. I have been pretty hesitant to do any major modding to my bravo until I know I can get it back from the grave should I do anything to totally mess it up. Is there no way to get what we need untill an update is released for the phone. I am pretty new to android having previously being a jailbroken Iphone user for years, but is there no way to get what we need from the bravo somewhere in its file system. Like I said i am still learning the different aspects of modding android so if anyone does know a solution, I'm all ears. Thanks.
Haha
Yea, got a little to crazy with it. It's because I realized it's potential, and noticed at had roughly the same specs as the Droid X, not thinking I ran the Bootstrap thing that allows custom recovery, so I could use an awesome custom rom, and it died. I mean I could completely recover it, it goes to the bootloader and the recovery, but hey I think were in luck, 2.2 for this things coming 1st Q 2011, and it'l be floating around somewhere, someone will grab it.
Awesome news. thanks for the heads up.
hey, where did you hear that it was getting updated to 2.2 in Q1? I can't find any news about that on the web, although it'd make me really happy...
I feel bravo is the loneliest phone in the world.
I also haven't seen anything about a 2.2 upgrade. Checked the Motorola upgrade site and they don't show anything in any quarter of any year regarding upgrading to 2.2. Could be a pipe dream.
Have you tried Super One Click or z4root to see if you can recover your system.
may be because the Motoglam (similar if not almost identical to the Bravo) is getting an upgrade in Asia where someone thought that the Bravo is getting the upgrade... I hope it does, would be nice for it to happen...
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may be because the Motoglam (similar if not almost identical to the Bravo) is getting an upgrade in Asia where someone thought that the Bravo is getting the upgrade... I hope it does, would be nice for it to happen...
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It's not similar at all.
Motoglam -> TI OMAP3430 (500 Mhz)
Bravo -> TI OMAP3610 (800 Mhz)
And similar doesn't mean that much, the Defy is 99% identical with only the addition of a flash and a search button on the face plate, but some of the things that can be done with modifying the defy can't be done (yet) on the Bravo.
Now the other major difference in he Defy and Bravo is that the Defy is is a non US phone, looks like mostly EU.
From what I can see here http://www.motorola.com/Support/US-EN/Android_Products/Software_Update_Landing_Page?vgnextoid=69fd5fc943dc0210VgnVCM1000008806b00aRCRD so far there are no plans for updates.
2.2 sbf..
ay killa...don't know if you knew this or not but there's a 2.2 SBF out now through Bandroidx. Works straight through Bootloader and RSD. Pretty automatic. Flash is sweet too.
Is there a custom rom out there somewhere for the Motorola Flipside? I have the phone and I hate motorola blur, Is there something like AOSP. Something simple and fast?
I don't think anyone has cooked up a custom ROM for the Flipside. The phone's not really supported and known by most people. Everything is for higher end Android phones.
I have ADW EX on my Captivate over a ROM, and put it on my girlfriends Flipside. It's definitely a step up because of the animations, themes and options with the launcher. Honestly... Motoblur is hideous.
The Flipside runs pretty well if your root it and remove the AT&T stuff. I use LauncherPro as my home app.
Edit: don't add your social networks as Blur accounts. Use the Android FB widget and other apps to access that info.
+1 for ADW Launcher, between that and removing most of the motoblur / AT&T stuff with Titanium Backup the interface gets much better. I'm sad that I'm still stuck with the motoblur contacts/dialer, but at least I was able to use the modded messaging app from Cyanogen 5.
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+1 for ADW Launcher, between that and removing most of the motoblur / AT&T stuff with Titanium Backup the interface gets much better. I'm sad that I'm still stuck with the motoblur contacts/dialer, but at least I was able to use the modded messaging app from Cyanogen 5.
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Try Dialer One. Very nice free dialer.
Thanks for the suggestion, that's almost exactly what I was looking for.
how are the devices working out with just all the att stuff removed
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I wanted to install a custom rom for my sisters flipside, cause she was impressed with the way my G1 looked.
It's not a terrible phone, so long as I can remove all the AT&T crap.
Ok everyone. beings that there is not a custom rom for the flipside yet. what say you about looking at some roms from the backflip and seeing if therre is a way to port them through to the flipside?
As the flipside i have in my hands is kinda a loner from my niece as i am trying to hook it up fpor her the best i can. there really is not alot of options out there for this.
As i run an xperia x10 this is just something to play with for me a few days a week if that.
but am willing to work on some roms if someone can point me in the right direction of what i might need to modify.
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Ok everyone. beings that there is not a custom rom for the flipside yet. what say you about looking at some roms from the backflip and seeing if therre is a way to port them through to the flipside?
As the flipside i have in my hands is kinda a loner from my niece as i am trying to hook it up fpor her the best i can. there really is not alot of options out there for this.
As i run an xperia x10 this is just something to play with for me a few days a week if that.
but am willing to work on some roms if someone can point me in the right direction of what i might need to modify.
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If you're really determined, you can visit Cyanogen's forum, and I'm sure people there will direct you.
The only really big downside to the Flipside is its screen resolution. Otherwise, it's a pretty up to date photo.
help please =D
Sooo i have a motorla flipside, its i decent phone i think. But as you all said i dont like the ATT interface and whatnot.. so how do i go about removing the ATT crap and replacing it with a new launcher or whatever? And what launcher should i use? I also want to be sure that i cant somehow ruin my phone lol
if you can help thank you!
ADWEX for the user interface
Titanium backup to freeze all ATT bloatware and make it disappear from the menu.
There are a few ppl working on custom Flipside ROMs...one PM'd me in a modmymobile forum and said he'd have at least a recovery done by yesterday...i'm guessing something set him back but something will be coming soon!
So I asked the guy doing work on the Flipside recovery and this is what he said:
The flipout recovery apk looks like it may work as is from the flipout forum, but may only backup/restore/ system folder using an older cwm recovery, so you have an existing backup option i think..
I'm trying to dice it up w more specific files, updated recovery w the ability to mount/unmount all the partitions for full backups and wipes of personal data from the recovery.. maybe a day or 2?
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has there been a follow-up on what's being done? I've been seeing different things for example:
"How to Root, Uninstall Bloatware, and de-activate moto-blur for Motorola Flipside"
It seems pretty legit but the guy says that some programs end up not working, I don't really know how to directlink the site but thats the title exactly without the quotation marks, and i keep seeing things about clockworkmod being made for the flipside but its a ROM manager that doesn't seem to find "my device".
Anyway, thats what i've seen so far, and I know it takes a while to get a response but I feel that the flipside is a pretty nice phone, it would be great if I could do more with it, as i'm sure most of us feel that way
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has there been a follow-up on what's being done? I've been seeing different things for example:
"How to Root, Uninstall Bloatware, and de-activate moto-blur for Motorola Flipside"
It seems pretty legit but the guy says that some programs end up not working, I don't really know how to directlink the site but thats the title exactly without the quotation marks, and i keep seeing things about clockworkmod being made for the flipside but its a ROM manager that doesn't seem to find "my device".
Anyway, thats what i've seen so far, and I know it takes a while to get a response but I feel that the flipside is a pretty nice phone, it would be great if I could do more with it, as i'm sure most of us feel that way
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If you're talking about [http]androidforums[com]/flipside-all-things-root/345440-how-root-uninstall-bloatware-de-activate-moto-blur-motorola-flipside.html
then that site seems to be providing good information. i DEFINITELY would flash a recovery rom (such as polovinomozka's, his code seems to be pretty solid, although i have yet to test it. i do not have a flipside yet) and then perform a nandroid backup BEFORE doing any removal, just in case of irreparable damage i also would not recommend even trying to remove anything blur related as it will definitely make your phone unstable seeing how the whole system is based on blur. You can remove the ATT apps, but blur has to stay until there is a custom rom made without the blur built into it.
Hope this proves to be of some use to someone.
Last I've heard from one of the guys working on stuff is this:
yeah, i'm gonna see bout compiling from source the recovery apk that dexter derived his flipout recovery from and modify the hijack binary to work w the flipside (its only a couple small partition setting changes). if it works out, the cwm recovery should work flawlessly w /system /data /cache and /sd partitions, we're just locked down on the boot and recovery. (the ones we're using are fake or bootstrapped recoveries, not actually replacing the stock one)
If they're working a release of froyo for the Flipside, I'd be more then happy to make a donation for the cause. Love the phone, but I'm dieing for 2.2.
So check this out...I messaged the guy at modmymobile and asked how things were going becuase I heard people were having problems getting an updated CMW and this is his response:
"been sittin on the updated cwm recovery binaries and been draggin my feet/takin a break the past week or 2. i'll throw something out soon, but cant commit to a timeframe, sorry."
Looks like things are on the up and up...stay patient everyone
I'm not sure what to do. The phone comes to bell in few weeks all I hear in this forum is bad customer reviews and disappointed people. Is anyone happy with atrix? What is motoblur? Is it really that bad of a phone?
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Besides a few issues that will get fixed up in the 1st OTA, I think most of the issues are people issues.
It's Change.
Its hard to let go of a Nexus 1 or Hacked/Rooted Captivate when you've cherished your device for so long. The icons are different, the menus are different, some features you liked are different or gone.... the list goes on.
I know this.. I hated my Verizon Fascinate after my Incredible. I brought it back... then got it again at BBY when they were free. I now have the Atrix and I compare it to the Fascinate all the time... colors... menus... default apps... the list goes on. I actually use ADW Launcher Ex and have the icons and app drawer setup like the Fascinate (the iPhone look icons). I hated the Fascinate at first, now I want the Atrix to look and feel like it.
The biggest gripe I see, is people not wanting to adjust to change.
Now that my physiology 101 is done, Moto better fix this shi* before I bring this phone back!!!
I kidd.. I kidd...
I'd also say bout 60% of the people reviewing the phone doesn't even own the phone....
I got the phone yesterday... I actually like it over my Captivate that i have. Motoblur takes alil to get use to.. but i just threw launcherpro on with custom icons and such...
the phone is pure speed...
screen... eh if you do a side view it looks kinda bad.. straight on its alot better than the captivate.
battery life: heh haven't had it on the charger since it came in cept to root it.
almost 30 hours with no charge
Wow guys thanks. I will buy the phone no matter what people say. My carrier is sending me iphone 4 so ill sell it and get the atrix and from my point of view every phone have problems when it's released. After few updates prolly atrix Will become a beast. I don't own it yet. But my guess lol. Hopefully comes true cause I'm gonnna buy it
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The phone is fast. But there are bugs. Way too many. And issues with being locked up.
Depending on how/if the errors get addressed will be my tipping point for staying or leaving AT&T.
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Besides a few issues that will get fixed up in the 1st OTA, I think most of the issues are people issues.
It's Change.
Its hard to let go of a Nexus 1 or Hacked/Rooted Captivate when you've cherished your device for so long. The icons are different, the menus are different, some features you liked are different or gone.... the list goes on.
I know this.. I hated my Verizon Fascinate after my Incredible. I brought it back... then got it again at BBY when they were free. I now have the Atrix and I compare it to the Fascinate all the time... colors... menus... default apps... the list goes on. I actually use ADW Launcher Ex and have the icons and app drawer setup like the Fascinate (the iPhone look icons). I hated the Fascinate at first, now I want the Atrix to look and feel like it.
Now that my physiology 101 is done, Moto better fix this shi* before I bring this phone back!!!
I kidd.. I kidd...
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You are right. I read most of the issues people have and alot of them are user error. I came from Iphone and Nexus One and I enjoy using Atrix. People just have to adjust to change.
The biggest gripe I see, is people not wanting to adjust to change.
if your having second thoughts, your best bet is go to the store and play with it before buying it. thats what im going to do after seeing the mix reviews.
Yea I played with the atrix for like 30 mins at AT&T I like it and compared angry birds from my iPhone 4 and atrix the red is a little darker on the atrix and yellow is not that great but what ever I mean it's not going to be like the i4 but I am still thinking of switching
would you like help with your Droid X? Im here for ya. I know what it is like when you brick your phone. I have over 1.5 years experience flashing roms ect. I even tried putting the razor sbf on my x. Beleive it or not it worked. but alot of stuff did not if you know what I mean? Anyhow Im a Droid X Addict. And I know my Droid inside and out. Need help I got your back.