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[Q] Need to sbf but can't get into Clockwork bootstrap

Managed to get my Droid 2 to a point where it will not go beyond the M screen on boot. I've tried pulling the battery over and over again and cannot get to the Clockwork bootstrap. I've also tried plugging it in and pulling the battery many, many times.
So I figure the next best step is to .sbf this mofo.
I've downloaded & installed rdslite, the USB drivers. Also have the Droid 2 .sbf files. Droid.Co_Downloader.exe pulled down RSD Lite v4.8 though rather than 4.7. And the link to 4.7 is now showing as invalid. Will 4.8 work for what I'm trying to do?
Also, when I plug in my phone RSD Lite never shows anything in the devices table. What are the steps to get my phone to show up? Plug in phone, power on, turn on RDS Lite? The tutorial seemed to be aimed at people who still have working phones in that it has you adjusting setting on the phone i.e. enable debug mode.
Sidenote, I know debug mode is disabled on my phone. Does that mean RSD Lite isn't going to work?
Help!

I think if you pull and replace the battery at the M it should reboot into recovery, and if it won't do that you can always try sliding out the keyboard and booting the phone while holding the X key to see if it will dump you into the stock recovery

Ok, some more reading uncovered hitting the physical keyboard's Up arrow and powering on will take the phone to the Bootloader and once in the bootloader my pc recognized it.
And then RSD Lite showed my device in the table but it didn't show up as the A955 it was Model "S Flash OMAP3630 MI".
Currently flashing DROID2_X6_2.2.20 .sbf, hopefully that pans out.

Thanks, I tried the battery pull thing A LOT of times. Never went into bootstrap. Not sure what's going on there.
I tried the stock recovery but got the Android-exclaimation mark icon which I presume means the stock recovery was F-ed up.
Really hope this sbf recovery works.

Ok, disaster averted.
Looks like rebooting into the bootloader was the secret. Hope that is helpful to someone else who's bricked their phone.
BTW, used RSD Lite version 4.8 and that worked with my Droid 2.

aplus01 said:
Thanks, I tried the battery pull thing A LOT of times. Never went into bootstrap. Not sure what's going on there.
I tried the stock recovery but got the Android-exclaimation mark icon which I presume means the stock recovery was F-ed up.
Really hope this sbf recovery works.
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Glad you got it working! For future reference if you want the stock recovery, after you hold x and get to the exlamation point, press the search key on the keyboard. (The little magnifying glass) and it should take right Into it.
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Me too!
Search key? Good to know. Man, that could have saved me quite a bit of time I think.
So now that I've restored everyting I'm going to risk it all and install the fission rom again.
It's less intimidating now that I know how to sbf restore. Hopefully I won't need to this go round.

Just follow the instructions as they are laid out and you shouldn't run into much trouble. Also, be sure to let the device sit for a bit after you reboot from clockwork, as it could take a good 15 minutes before it fully boots up the first time, and interrupting that could put you back at square one

Could you add [SOLVED] to your thread title please. Thanks

[Q] BRICK

My phone is rooted and i cannot enter the custom recovery menu. I can get to the dx recovery. Tried sbf but rsd lite nor my pc will recognize the phone. PC says that the driver cant be located in bootloader menu even tho i do have the moto drivers installed. any suggestions on how to get it to work to run the sbf. I've tried all delete options in recovery menu probably screwed myself.

Hey there,
I had something similar back when I tried to root my evo 4g the first time, what I did was go to the carrier store (in my case Sprint) and acted like one day just started to act weird and they replaced it for its "factory defects"
P.S. Some stuff I learned was that I damaged the usb port.
GOOD LUCK
Sent from my beloved EVO 4G

rpierce said:
My phone is rooted and i cannot enter the custom recovery menu. I can get to the dx recovery. Tried sbf but rsd lite nor my pc will recognize the phone. PC says that the driver cant be located in bootloader menu even tho i do have the moto drivers installed. any suggestions on how to get it to work to run the sbf. I've tried all delete options in recovery menu probably screwed myself.
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a trick to get into clockworkmod recovery, turn the phone off and plug into the wall, try to turn on....well not really try, turning on the power button should boot to cwm

I have a paperweight and are in desperate need for help.
I was running 2.1 and rooted using the birdman method. So finally decided to upgrade to GB.
RSD Lite 4.9 - everything but text messaging was working on .602
Reflashed with .340 - text messaging not working but all apps worked fine.
Upgraded to RSD 5.4.4 and now my phone is a paperweight. SBF gets to the very last step and fails. Error switching phone to BP Pass through mode (0x70BE)
So go back to RSD 4.9 and try to flash sbf - same error
Created a linux cd to try and sbf GB.
Can't post links so world wide web dot droidxforums dot com slash droid-x-sbf slash 23638-linux-solution-your-windows-rsd-lite-problems dot html
It appears to complete with no errors, the flash completes, the cd boots into linux.
Now my phone is stuck at Bootloader 29.01. Can't do anything. I can access recovery but wipe, cache, factory reset just brings me back to the bootloader screen.

Bricked in need of help
heres the problem. i was running shuji rom on rooted gb.596. attempted to full sbf back to 3.3.340 after sbf completed successful i was unable to access recovery. i tried holding power and home button, but all i get is a android with exclamation point inside a box. tried holding search button as i usually do. but i can not wipe data or factory reset. Ran rsd lite 4.8 with full sbf 3.3.340 again and im still stuck at the sturdy click logo(custom boot logo). i would greatly appreciate any advice. or a link to wipe data from my computer.

Macificient said:
heres the problem. i was running shuji rom on rooted gb.596. attempted to full sbf back to 3.3.340 after sbf completed successful i was unable to access recovery. i tried holding power and home button, but all i get is a android with exclamation point inside a box. tried holding search button as i usually do. but i can not wipe data or factory reset. Ran rsd lite 4.8 with full sbf 3.3.340 again and im still stuck at the sturdy click logo(custom boot logo). i would greatly appreciate any advice. or a link to wipe data from my computer.
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U might try pushing the power button instead of the search button when the droid and exclamation mark are on screen. Hope that helps
TappaTappaTappa

sanjeeva7 said:
I have a paperweight and are in desperate need for help.
I was running 2.1 and rooted using the birdman method. So finally decided to upgrade to GB.
RSD Lite 4.9 - everything but text messaging was working on .602
Reflashed with .340 - text messaging not working but all apps worked fine.
Upgraded to RSD 5.4.4 and now my phone is a paperweight. SBF gets to the very last step and fails. Error switching phone to BP Pass through mode (0x70BE)
So go back to RSD 4.9 and try to flash sbf - same error
Created a linux cd to try and sbf GB.
Can't post links so world wide web dot droidxforums dot com slash droid-x-sbf slash 23638-linux-solution-your-windows-rsd-lite-problems dot html
It appears to complete with no errors, the flash completes, the cd boots into linux.
Now my phone is stuck at Bootloader 29.01. Can't do anything. I can access recovery but wipe, cache, factory reset just brings me back to the bootloader screen.
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U might have a corrupt file missing something... try downloading the sbf file from droidmodderx's website he's got sbf for froyo and gb
TappaTappaTappa

Did you upgrade through SBF, or OTA?
What is your bootloader version?
Sent from my DROIDX using XDA App

You can try the .602 sbf linux boot disk found HERE
It works every time for me and on any computer (that can boot from a cd)
D.

sounds like, judging by your bootloader version...you may be needing to find the 2.1 sbf, flash to that, take the OTA to gingerbread.... and you may have a little more luck with current roms once your bootloader is 30.0#

Just SBF. That will fix your trouble. Almost Impossible to "Brick" the DX.

Froyo Software

Here is a link to download the Froyo software so you can do it via the sdcard instead of thru motorolas update program.
http://www.motorola.com/staticfiles...dcards/US-EN/flipside/index.html?pubid=987654

I am having difficulties updating my son's phone...it goes through the process of updating and ends up with the !

pamaguin said:
I am having difficulties updating my son's phone...it goes through the process of updating and ends up with the !
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What was the setup on his phone before the update? Rooted, how much memory avail, etc. Also, did you try both methods, or just this one?

I've tried both methods and phone was not rooted. And I also did a factory reset, which cleared all data.

pamaguin said:
I've tried both methods and phone was not rooted. And I also did a factory reset, which cleared all data.
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I wish I had the answer to this. It baffles me as so many have had luck. Hopefully someone will come along that knows more than I.

You should try reflashing 2.1 using SBF to get it completely back to how the phone was when you first got it (more of a full wipe then just a factory reset). Use RSD Lite to do this, do you know how to do that?
Another alternative is to rename the 2.2 update to "update.zip" and then put it on your sd card. And once you got the "!" screen you can do the hardware reset by either pressing fn and T and the same time, up and down arrow keys at the smae time, or press up and down on the volume keys (one of these works depending on version device is running). From there 3 options will popup and you should select the wipe option first and then after thats finished select apply update zip and it will automatically apply the 2.2 update you renamed to "update.zip" on your sd card. And that should install the update. Hope this helps
*Note that flashing back to 2.1 AFTER you've already made it to 2.2 will brick your phone...so know what you're doing*
*Also some computers will automatically have the ".zip" at the end of the file name so after you rename right-click and go to properties and check to see if it just says update.zip. If it says "update.zip.zip" then you only need to rename it "update"*

Where can I find on how to use RSD lite? And I've tried renaming the file to update with no luck; "installation abort".
JBallin4life27 said:
You should try reflashing 2.1 using SBF to get it completely back to how the phone was when you first got it (more of a full wipe then just a factory reset). Use RSD Lite to do this, do you know how to do that?
Another alternative is to rename the 2.2 update to "update.zip" and then put it on your sd card. And once you got the "!" screen you can do the hardware reset by either pressing fn and T and the same time, up and down arrow keys at the smae time, or press up and down on the volume keys (one of these works depending on version device is running). From there 3 options will popup and you should select the wipe option first and then after thats finished select apply update zip and it will automatically apply the 2.2 update you renamed to "update.zip" on your sd card. And that should install the update. Hope this helps
*Note that flashing back to 2.1 AFTER you've already made it to 2.2 will brick your phone...so know what you're doing*
*Also some computers will automatically have the ".zip" at the end of the file name so after you rename right-click and go to properties and check to see if it just says update.zip. If it says "update.zip.zip" then you only need to rename it "update"*
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Flipside Bootloader Mode - Restore with SBF File
To put the Flipside into bootloader mode:
Open the keyboard
Press and hold the up arrow key (to the left of the OK key)
Hold the power button down
Release both buttons after about 4 seconds
You should see a display that says:
Bootloader
91.2B
Battery Ok
OK to Program
Connect to USB
Data Cable
This mode is for flashing an sbf file (ROM) to your phone using RSDLite.
RSD Lite version 4.9 works with the Flipside
You can get a stock AT&T ROM here (2nd post) or here (2nd post). I believe that they both point at the same file.
I can state that when I DLed that file it did work for my Flipside.
The hashes for the file I tested were:
CRC32: 92E73801
MD5: 7B529FE7D732EC4E71F5955C887E33A5
SHA-1: 7B49401A107F6DD779DBA0F55DECF473501E554A
Filesize: 196 MB (206,426,725 bytes)
This hashes/filesize are for the extracted sbf file.
I have received info from a reliable source that downgrading the Flipside from the not-yet-released Froyo upgrade using the available SBF files will brick your AT&T phone.
*you can find RSD Lite by just googling and downloading it*
Will post instructions for using RSD Lite in a second

This guide is for anyone who:
Has ever used RSD Lite, given up at the "Please Reboot this Phone Manually" status, and closed RSD Lite despite being warned: "Application is currently busy. Closing application may DAMAGE the attached device. Do you wish to continue?".
Has never used RSD Lite, but are going to, and want to do it right when you do.
The action described in the first bullet is quite common, so if you've done it, you're not an idiot. I think pretty much every RSD Lite YouTube video shows it being done that way, and it doesn't seem to cause any trouble, so who cares, right? Maybe it's just me, but I'd rather see a result of "PASS" when doing something this critical if at all possible. Here's how to do just that.
Proper RSD Lite flashing procedure:
1. Be sure you have your SBF file somewhere that you can find it. Also, be sure your SBF file is good. If your file was originally zipped, then unzipping it would have given an error if it was corrupted so you're OK. Otherwise, hopefully the source of your file lists its MD5sum. If so, you should verify the MD5sum of your file to make sure it is not corrupt. You can permanently brick your phone with a corrupted SBF (if it's corrupted in just the right place).
2. Plug your phone into a USB cable attached to your computer. Depending on whether or not you have USB debugging turned on, have had your phone attached to the computer recently, etc., you will at least probably hear the "device insertion tone" in Windows, and you may see the New Hardware Wizard install the drivers for your phone. Wait until your computer settles and looks bored before continuing.
3. Power down your phone. Once your phone is all the way "off", slide your keyboard open (on the phone).
4. Summon your best contortionist skills, and press on the "up" direction of the directional keypad rocker (the direction toward the screen -- which could really be to the right depending on how you're holding the phone) [pic]. While holding the dpad in the up direction, simultaneously press and hold the power button of the phone. When you see the backlight of the screen come on you can release the power button and the bootloader screen should appear (it will say "Bootloader" in the upper left corner). You can release the dpad. At the bottom of the text on the screen it should say "Transfer Mode: USB" if your cable is properly connected. If it says "Connect USB Data Cable", then you need to do so.
5. Run RSD Lite. If you're on a version of Windows newer than XP, remember to run RSD Lite as administrator by right clicking its menu choice and choosing "Run as Administrator".
6. At this point the phone should show up in the grid in the bottom half of the RSD Lite window. Give it a minute or two if it doesn't show up right away. Sometimes it takes Windows a minute (or 2 or 3) to let go of the phone and pick it back up again after rebooting into the bootloader. If after a couple minutes your phone still isn't listed in the "Model" column of the bottom section, in RSD Lite, click Config, Device Id Options, and choose "First-Come-First-ServeDeviceId Mode" and press "OK". RSD Lite may say you need to restart RSD -- if so, do so.
7. Assuming that you now can see your phone listed, click the "..." button to the right of the "Filename:" box. Find the SBF file you intend to flash on your hard drive. After choosing the file the right hand File details pane will fill in.
8. OK, this step is where you are going to press "Start" in RSD Lite, but don't do that yet. Before you press Start, read step 9. Step 9 has some timing sensitive tasks. If you do step 9 wrong it's not going to break anything, but you'll waste some time going through an un-needed boot and shutdown of the OS. Once you've read Step 9 and know what you'll be doing next, go ahead and press Start.
9. So far this has all been routine and you're thinking "so what?". This next part is what will get you a result of PASS instead of a warning about destroying your phone. After clicking Start the flashing process goes through several distinct steps. At some point there will be a bit of a delay with RSD Lite showing a status of "Phone[0000]: Waiting for re-enumeration". After that is when the actual flashing happens. When the flashing has completed, RSD Lite is going to issue a "reboot-bootloader" command to your phone. Unfortunately the Droid does not appear to implement the reboot-bootloader command correctly and does a normal reboot instead. If you don't "catch the boot" by holding up on the dpad key the OS will boot. Just before sending the reboot instruction to your phone the status in RSD Lite will change to "Phone[0000]: Phone is being rebooted". On your phone the screen will change to "SW Update Complete" (unless the message has been changed by the person who built the SBF) and your phone will reboot shortly thereafter. You want to be already holding the dpad key up when this happens. If you followed the instructions for Step 8 you have pre-read this step and knew to be ready for this. If not, your phone is probably already rebooted into the OS. If you miss it and the phone boots the OS it's no big deal (unless the instructions for the particular SBF you're flashing say otherwise). If that happens, let the phone finish its boot, and then just do a shutdown like normal. Then press/hold up on the dpad key and power back on. RSD Lite is patient and will wait.
10. You should now be looking at the bootloader on the phone, and RSD Lite should still be saying "Phone[0000]: Phone is being rebooted". If too much time has passed RSD Lite may be saying "Please manually boot the phone". The "Progress" value on the screen will keep incrementing, and at some point before, or at, 100% the result should change to "PASS". You can now click Close to exit RSD Lite without getting any disturbing warnings.
Congratulations. You've just done a proper SBF flash! The result is not simply cosmetic. RSD Lite is doing a final integrity check after rebooting clean into the bootloader. If you do it the old way (just unplug after the reboot and ignore the warning about destroying the device) you may be just fine, but you may also miss the chance to know your flash didn't go quite right and needs to be redone.
Installing RSD Lite:
First you're going to need a Windows workstation. There is a utility called sbf_flash for Linux that will let you do it with Linux, but that is not the subject of this guide.
Next, grab RSD Lite 4.6 and the appropriate Motorola drivers (32-bit or 64-bit) for your machine. In addition to the preceding links you can get them by going to this link, then double clicking on "rsd_lite" in the right side panel (or single click in the left side panel). [Older versions of the drivers here in case they be useful to anybody: 32 bit or 64 bit.]
Install RSD Lite and the drivers on your computer. If you're running Windows XP, life is good. If you're running Vista or Windows 7 you need to be sure to run RSD Lite as Administrator (by right clicking on the choice in your Start menu and choosing "Run as Administrator"). Hopefully your computer isn't too old. Some machines with older BIOS (like 2002 era) have been known to have USB issues that cause trouble with flashing using RSD Lite.
That's all there really is to installation.

I just posted the 2.2.2 Froyo SBF file in the Flipside Development section. Check that out and use RSD Lite to flash the file...you shouldn't have any problems if you do it correctly. Let me kno if it works or you need more specific instructions

Thanks Jballin, I followed your tutorial to restore my flipside before updating to froyo. It was the only way I could install 2.2. I kept getting stuck on the exclamation point. Thanks so much for your tutorial.

thehotrod11 said:
Thanks Jballin, I followed your tutorial to restore my flipside before updating to froyo. It was the only way I could install 2.2. I kept getting stuck on the exclamation point. Thanks so much for your tutorial.
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Anytime man!

any one get the white notification led working after upgrade?

data2318 said:
any one get the white notification led working after upgrade?
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YES OMG its so damn annoying. I thought I had turned it off, but it still shows when getting an incoming call. Turning it off in settings did stop it from flashing if I have a missed call or voicemail tho.

Droid R2D2 - Gingerbread OTA update fix and Root

Tutorial/Walkthrough How to update your Droid R2D2 Phone using 2.2 if it fails to update to Gingerbread 2.3.3 Build 4.5.1_57_DR2-32
After spending a few days dealing with my phone automatically downloading and trying to install the updating and failing at 25%. I had to fix this since it will killing my battery.
With the instructions below this should restore your phone to the stock version of your Droid R2D2. This method will not delete anything on your phone. I would recommend backing up everything before you proceed just in case something does go wrong but I didn't have any issues. It will only restore all the original settings on your phone. This includes unrooting your phone and restoring all apk's and system files edited/removed from your device.
WARNING : This must be done using your PC. Do not attempt this using your cell phone
This information is provided without warranty. I cannot be held responsible if you brick or damage up your cell phone. I simply wrote a walkthrough/tutorial to help deal with an update issue on your Droid R2D2. I did not produce the procedure or the steps below. I just simply consolidated all the information from multiple sources to make it easier to understand and execute. You are welcome to share this information anywhere you want. If needed I will reformat the instructions so it's easier to understand.
1) First download and install the Motorola RSD Lite v5.5 (I attached the file at the bottom of this thread)
2) Download the Motorola 5.2.0 Driver with Motohelper and install from the link below
Motorola Drivers - http://www.motorola.com/Support/US-...tware_and_Drivers/USB-and-PC-Charging-Drivers
3) Download the SBF Droid R2D2 file VRZ_A957_2.4.5_1FF_01.
http://www.multiupload.com/8XGQBDG3GV
4) Once you download the VRZ_A957_2.4.5_1FF_01 file. Unzip the file into a folder. You will be using this file shortly
5) Launch RSD Lite. Once the application is launched click on the button with the 3 dots.
Navigate to the SBF file you just unzipped and once you find it click open.
You will see on the right side in the File properties window
Filename: VRZ_A957_2.4.5_1FF_01.sbf
Creation Date: 09/15/2010 03:16:26
File size: 455655933
RAM DL Version: N / A
Bootloader Version: N / A
Platform: 4G OMAP
HAB Type: Signed Production
This is a video to give you an idea how to use RSD Lite. I used this as a guide to make sure I was doing everything in the correct order.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9udWx-KXwGY&feature=player_embedded#!
6) (This step isn't necessary, but you can do it.)
Back up anything on your SD card to your computer. Plug in your Droid2 to the computer via USB cable. Pull down the notification menu/blind, choose USB connection, and then choose USB Mass Storage Device. Now there should be a removable storage in your "My Computer." Go through your SD card and back up your important things. Probably the DCIM and download folder. You should also make sure that your phone is set up to "Back Up Data." Go to the system menu (the 4 squares icon/button in the lower left), choose Settings, then Privacy, then make sure the "Back up my data" and "Automatic restore" are checked.
7) Plug the USB cable into your cell phone and Power off your phone. Once your phone is powered off, Slide out your keyboard and hold the Up Arrow and press the power button. You will see a boot loader screen pop up and it will say Battery OK, Transfer mode USB. You will see the computer detect the USB device and install the new drivers onto Windows.
If the drivers in Windows Fail DO NOT PROCEED. Reinstall the Motorola drivers and try this again
8) Once you see the Transfer mode say USB. Go back to RSD Lite and click Start. You will see the progress bar Executing and slowing moving up to 100%. Your phone will eventually Power on.
Do not unplug or touch it until it hits 100% if you unplug the phone early you risk screwing up the system files on your phone.
You'll know when it is done when the Progress field in the table of RSD Lite says complete. This will take between 5-10 minutes to complete
9) Once it hits 100% you will see the status change and say Please manually power up this phone.(You phone should be already powered on if not you could power it on). Once this is completed you could either turn off your phone and power it back on or you could click Close in RSD lite. A pop up window will appear saying Application is currently busy. Do you wish to continue click Yes.
UPDATE 10/27/11
After your phone reboots and doesn't get past the boot animation
1) Turn off your phone
2) Hold down X on the keyboard
3) Turn on your phone while continuing to hold X( it will boot into the recovery mode after the Motorola logo disappears)
4) When you get the Android guy with a '!' in a triangle push the search button on the keyboard (the magnifying glass button, two keys to the left of the space bar)
5) Select both 'wipe cache' and 'wipe data' from the menu.
6) Select Reboot your phone
10) Once you unplug your phone you should see all the apks or applications which were removed originally off the device back on the device (I removed practically everything and everything was restored). If you have used z4root you will notice if you open the application it is no longer rooted.
I had a Blue triangle in my notification bar. To clear this you will need to reactivate your phone. Dial *228 and press send. Once you hear the options press 1 to activate your phone. Once this is completed you get a message saying your phone is activated and to wait up to 15 mins. You will also see the blue triangle disappear and will see the 3g reappear.
11) Once you are connected start downloading over the air the new gingerbread update to your phone. Once it is complete your phone will reboot and start installing the file and once it completed you should have the new gingerbread update on your phone
To Root your Droid R2D2 Please follow the directions below (Special Thanks to psouza4 for creating this program) http://www.psouza4.com/droid3/
NOTE: Do this at your own risk. I am not responsible for any damage caused.
1. First step is that you need to make sure if all Drivers are installed.
2. Once that is done, download and install
(Windows) http://www.mediafire.com/?g226n7as6cb1y6e
(Mac/Linux) http://www.mediafire.com/?2ugcdue4cw7dtc5
3. Now, go to Settings > Applications > Development on your Droid R2D2 and enable the USB debugging option.
4. Now connect your device to the computer and make sure you select the ” Charge Only ” mode.
5. Go the folder where you extracted the zip and run MotorolaOneClickRoot.exe (Windows) or run_to_root_your_droid3.sh (Mac/Linux).
6. Once it finished just click any button to exit the program and you will see superuser installed on your Phone.
Thats it. Hopefully this was easy to understand and works for everyone.

I cannot even root my phone. It will not go past the first rebooting stage. Any advice?

Are you currently on 2.3.3 or you still on 2.2?
Also make sure debugging mode is on and you have the correct motorola drivers installed.

Cant get VRZ file to work.
Hello,
I am trying to run threw this to reset my R2D2 Droid 2. When I try and download the VRZ_A957_2.4.5_1FF_01 file from the the link you provided all I get is a rar file that doesn't work on RSD Lite. Am i missing something on the download sight for the VRZ file?
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Hello again,
Sorry for my stupidity I forgot a rar file is a compressed file and I had to download win zip to decompress it. Don't deal with a lot of compressed files. Thank you for all this info will post if I got it to work.

all good. let me know if it works or if you get stuck

ok so i've been working at doing this for roughly an hour the damn drivers won't install on my computer...

Where you able to install Download Motorola 5.2.0 Driver with MotoHelper or are you getting stuck when your phone is connected to the pc?

Worked for me
Awesome, worked for me from my mac. I did get an error between phases 2 and 3 of the root process, but it worked anyway:
* Running exploit [part 2 of 3]...
*
* Rebooting the phone... when the reboot is complete, you may need to unlock the phone to continue.
*
error: protocol fault (no status)
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
* Running exploit [part 3 of 3]...
remount succeeded

Does this only work for the Motorola Droid R2D2 or will it work for the Motorola Droid 2 with the Gingerbread 2.3.3? Which I thought are the same phone except for the R2D2 add-on's.

ehrune - I am glad it worked for you. I will write a email to psouza and see what he says on it or ill look for an new update maybe it was a known issue which is now fixed
dfthompson - I own a droid R2D2 phone which is technically a Droid 2 with all the add-ins as you stated. I wrote the instructions because if you were like me and deleted all the bloat and junk off your phone (when you originally purchased it) you are unable to do the OTH gingerbread update because it will fail once you are doing the installation.
The file is for 2.2

thank you for posting this. my phone has been trying to update for weeks every night around midnight and failing, this is a huge help.

I must admit, after using it for a week, this update sucks big-time. Everything is much slower, button presses take a second or two to register, etc. Anyone else seeing this?

well said, guys these instructions are flawless. basic computer skills required

Ok so does this exe file get run from the computer or launch it from the phone?
Sent from my DROID2 using XDA App

Everything is done using the PC the only thing you need to do with the phone is plug it into the computer and to turn it on to go into the boot screen as instructed.
Ehrune - Yes i notice a few things running slower. i removed a ton of apk's and changed some settings and it works a lot better

boot loop
the flash was 100% successful, but now my phone is stuck in a boot loop. should I try reflashing?
edit: I ended up booting into recovery & doing a factory reset. I was able to boot & run the update from there. Good thing I backed up first..

still locked! afther full flash & no way to factory reset on my phone
i only need to factory reset ive try any times with
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Power down the DROID 2 by holding the power button and then selecting Power Off
Hold the X key on the keyboard and turn the power back on, keep holding down the X key until you see a yellow triangle icon
Now close the slider and hold down the Volume Up button, then press the Camera button while still holding volume up
A menu will appear and one of the choices will be "wipe data/factory reset" -- use the direction pad on they keyboard to select this option
Scroll down using the direction pad to the "yes" option and select it with the d-pad select key
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& with
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a. Turn off your phone
b. Hold down X on the keyboard
c. Turn on your phone while continuing to hold X
d. When you get the Android guy with a '!' in a triangle push the search button on the keyboard (the magnifying glass button, two keys to the left of the space bar)
e. Select both 'wipe cache' and 'wipe data' from the menu.
f. Reboot your phone
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the hard reset no work for my with any form (& the keys7Buttons are working properly)
i been full flashed Thanks to your tutorial
But still locked
Too many attempts
any ideas¿?

I lost my SBF file for R2-D2, and the link not available for now (multiupload). can anyone help me where I can find the file?
Thanks

I'm also looking for the r2-d2 sbf. All the links I come across are 1 of 2 dead links. Either the multiupload or the adrive links. None of which are standing today. Am I to believe that no one has a copy to upload elsewhere? So can someone please point me in the right direction.

I already found the file.
u can email me for the link, I don't have any right to post the link here
my email: [email protected]

[NOOB] No blue LED - Can't get to recovery

So I got this Defy+ (story here if anyone cares).
I formatted the SD card, put a compatible *** ROM on it, restarted.
When the blue led flashed, I pressed power + vol. down, so I was able to start recovery. Then I cleaned up, wanted to install the ROM. I got an error message something like 'it did not succeed' then also prompted if I want to restore root access with which there was a problem with, I clicked yes.
Now if I start the device the red Motorola logo turns up then nothing, no blue LED to boot into recovery. So what's next?

Sorry. Anyone has any idea? Or am I supposed to be without phone?
Pls. help!

looks like u bricked ur phone
So here is what you should do:
1) Get RSD Lite
2) Download a compatible SBF
3) Flash it and get the phone up and running
Go through the DEFY Forum for instructions flashing and stuff
this might help
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=966537

shashank3131 said:
So here is what you should do:
1) Get RSD Lite
2) Download a compatible SBF
3) Flash it and get the phone up and running
Go through the DEFY Forum for instructions flashing and stuff
this might help
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=966537
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Thanks for your feedback.
1. Your descriptions are too advanced for me. I can understand straightforward step by step instructions starting from square one
2. The current situation:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=52092537&postcount=738
3. Most of the 1st post here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1216982
is also written in a too advanced language for me.
I am not an expert in hacking phones, I haven't done it on dozens of other devices, this is my first.
Now what's next? I truly appreciate you.

magicphone said:
Thanks for your feedback.
1. Your descriptions are too advanced for me. I can understand straightforward step by step instructions starting from square one
2. The current situation:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=52092537&postcount=738
3. Most of the 1st post here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1216982
is also written in a too advanced language for me.
I am not an expert in hacking phones, I haven't done it on dozens of other devices, this is my first.
Now what's next? I truly appreciate you.
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Looks like you'll need to start over from scratch. I'll try:
0. Make sure your battery is charged, if possible. Power loss while flashing will brick your phone. I think the Defy refuses to flash if it's low on power, but i'm not sure on that.
1. Get RSD Lite. There's a link in the Beginner's Guide under How To Flash. Make sure your Motorola USB Drivers are installed.
2. Download a SBF from here. I only have a regular Defy, so i can't recommend a + one, just try one that fits your country.
3. Open RSD Lite, click the three dots [...] and choose your SBF.
4. Boot up the Defy in Bootloader mode (VolUp+Power) and connect via USB.
5. Wait until RSDLite identifies your Defy (can take a few seconds) and the Start button becomes available. Click it and wait, flashing takes a while. When done, it should say "finished" under "status" and "pass" under "result", so disconnect and power up the phone. After a looong boot (can take 10+min), you should end up in a stock Android.
6. Charge your battery. You really don't want your phone dying in the middle of a flash.
7. Meanwhile, download some stuff and put it on your SD card:
The latest Framaroot
2ndInit 2.3
defy_twrp_recovery_2.6.3.0.zip
The CM11 nightly of your choice
BaNkS Minimal GApps for 4.4.2 (If needed)
8. Now root the phone: First allow installing apps from unsafe sources in the phone settings, then install Framaroot using a file explorer. Run the app and root (Gimli).
9. Install and run 2ndInit, Click Install 2ndInit Recovery, reboot. Wait for the LED to turn blue, then press Volume Down and you should end up in the custom recovery (CWM).
10. In CWM, navigate to "install zip from sdcard", choose defy_twrp_recovery_2.6.3.0.zip and flash it. Reboot into recovery again, which should now be TWRP.
11. In TWRP, first wipe data/factory reset, then install your CM11 nightly. Reboot into system. That will again take a while.
12. If you need GApps, then reboot again, wait for the splash screen and choose recovery, then install the GApps file.
And that should be it, i hope i haven't forgotten anything. In any case, you should be aware that CM11 on the Defy is pretty much beta at the moment, so you shouldn't expect a totally stable system with everything working like it's supposed to.