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[Q] I think my Atrix is hard bricked. Can someone verify this?

Here's the story...
I got this phone refurbished for a penny just over a month ago. It's awesome... sexy exterior, simple form, banging specs, super fast loads and renders. However, I tried to root it so I could use a force-Webtop app (for streaming Netflix to my TV), and apparently the phone was updated before it was resold to me, so when I tried to root it bricked.
To root, I used a YouTube link I found on XDA, but got a Failed To Boot error when restarting my phone. After searching for a while, people called it a "soft brick" and said to use RSD Lite to flash the factory sbf. I followed the instructions word for word and now it won't do anything... when I hit the power button, the green light goes on for 2 seconds. That's it.
Is there any hope for my phone? If not, I'm going to take it back to AT&T and try to get it replaced. It was refurbished and the deal is still going on, so they shouldn't balk.

Just an observation, but it sounds like it may need to be charged. You'll need to use a wall charger if it's totally dead.
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Even when charging for a while, it gives the same boot error 0x1000 and I can't enter flash mode... says "battery too low to flash" even after plugged in all day.

Did you plug in the phone itself? That may be not enough.
You need somehow charge the battery without your phone. Special cable, wall charger, or direct USB-to-battery connection.
I have this one:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/AC-Dock-Wal...098585?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item3368c56359

skywalker993 said:
Even when charging for a while, it gives the same boot error 0x1000 and I can't enter flash mode... says "battery too low to flash" even after plugged in all day.
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Yes it's a hard brick and no solution (at least not yet). You had a soft brick until you flashed that sbf file. You flashed it and the sbf file is for android 2.2 and people who have 2.3 the use of that sbf file will hard brick the phone.

Ashenphoenix said:
Yes it's a hard brick and no solution (at least not yet). You had a soft brick until you flashed that sbf file. You flashed it and the sbf file is for android 2.2 and people who have 2.3 the use of that sbf file will hard brick the phone.
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Not true. You can only verify a hard brick if the phone says "Entering Nvflash". As posted before, you need to charge you battery to really verify if the phone is bricked.

Actually, the error should read as this:
SVF:105.1:2
Failed to boot 0X1000​
And then it would probably just shut off without even trying to enter any other modes.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1160408
matthew5025 said:
Not true. You can only verify a hard brick if the phone says "Entering Nvflash". As posted before, you need to charge you battery to really verify if the phone is bricked.
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skywalker993 said:
Here's the story...
I got this phone refurbished for a penny just over a month ago. It's awesome... sexy exterior, simple form, banging specs, super fast loads and renders. However, I tried to root it so I could use a force-Webtop app (for streaming Netflix to my TV), and apparently the phone was updated before it was resold to me, so when I tried to root it bricked.
To root, I used a YouTube link I found on XDA, but got a Failed To Boot error when restarting my phone. After searching for a while, people called it a "soft brick" and said to use RSD Lite to flash the factory sbf. I followed the instructions word for word and now it won't do anything... when I hit the power button, the green light goes on for 2 seconds. That's it.
Is there any hope for my phone? If not, I'm going to take it back to AT&T and try to get it replaced. It was refurbished and the deal is still going on, so they shouldn't balk.
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did you even unlock the bootloader or did you "just root it b4 flashing the sbf"

Take it back to AT&T. If for some reason they won't take it, go to the Motorola website and see if it still has warranty. I bought it refurbed online as well and when I got the SVF:105.1:2
Failed to boot 0X1000
screen, they were able to fix it and send it back.

Try the auto unlock method for ATRIX 4g. Ur phone is soft bricked that will fix it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=15930466
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live4nyy said:
Actually, the error should read as this:
SVF:105.1:2
Failed to boot 0X1000​
And then it would probably just shut off without even trying to enter any other modes.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1160408
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It should flash Entering Nvflash for a brief moment before going blank. It doesn't turn off, it enters Nvflash mode, the last resort of fixing a bricked phone which only moto can use.

[Q] alternative way to factory reset?

so heres my dilemma, my gfs droid 2 screen stop responding (cant get it off lock screen). I need to erase everything before I send it back to where I got it, but i cant get into thephone to do a reset and when i boot into recovery, the magnifying glass doesnt seem to work so i cant get past the exclamation point. Is there any other way that I could wipe this phone?

When you see triangle, ! , and android andy
Press both volume buttons, that changed with gb
Sent from my DROID3 using xda premium

what to do when it still won't reboot?
sd_shadow said:
When you see triangle, ! , and android andy
Press both volume buttons, that changed with gb
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I got this far with my d2. Thanks. After choosing the wipe and reboot option it still boots only to the moto splash screen. it dims a bit after a few seconds and that is all she wrote. I've left it there for an hour.
Any moves to make now? I'd like to get it working. I am willing to learn whatever it takes.
Thanks.

flash sbf
try ezsbf in my list
sd_shadow's list of links for Droid FAQs, SBF, Rooting, ROMs.... https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Goawxdx_UBF4Y8lqzHYWf8Ha3yUcRK4faq0UWIlXLWA/edit
don't leave phone on, if it doesn't boot in 5mins it is not going to boot
and battery will not charge like that
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How to Enter Bootloader: (used to flash .sbf recovery images)
Power down the phone.
Slide the keyboard out.
Press and hold the up arrow (↑) key.
Press the lock/power button.
Once the SBF loader screen pops up, release the up arrow key.
is it bootloader D0.11 or D2.37?

help unbrick droid 2
sd_shadow said:
How to Enter Bootloader: (used to flash .sbf recovery images)
Power down the phone.
Slide the keyboard out.
Press and hold the up arrow (↑) key.
Press the lock/power button.
Once the SBF loader screen pops up, release the up arrow key.
is it bootloader D0.11 or D2.37?
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This is a bootloader screen I get, and it gives me no choices to arrow down.
Bootloader
D2.37
Code Corrupt
Battery Low -- flash
Cannot Program -- flash
This happened after an OTA update, and now I am new to this forum, and trying to get this phone back working, Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I have adb loaded, and have used it to root, su with clockworkmod a CDMA Sprint phone to put into the Page Plus service network, so I have some experience - mostly willing to try just about anything.
The battery should be charged up.
I got this once, after leaving the phone sit for about two days, battery out.
Bootloader
D2.37
Code Corrupt
Battery OK
OK to Program
Connect USB
Data Cable
I mainly use this phone for VoIP service, but was eventually going to try to put Cyanogenmod 7 on it, and then this happened.
Any advice / help / pointers to somewhere, or something would be greatly appreciated.

s1x8 said:
This is a bootloader screen I get, and it gives me no choices to arrow down.
Bootloader
D2.37
Code Corrupt
Battery Low -- flash
Cannot Program -- flash
This happened after an OTA update, and now I am new to this forum, and trying to get this phone back working, Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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update failed
I have adb loaded, and have used it to root, su with clockworkmod
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phone needs to be complete stock or update will fail
a CDMA Sprint phone to put into the Page Plus service network, so I have some experience - mostly willing to try just about anything.
The battery should be charged up.
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usually battery will not charge, when the code is corrupted
I got this once, after leaving the phone sit for about two days, battery out.
Bootloader
D2.37
Code Corrupt
Battery OK
OK to Program
Connect USB
Data Cable
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you can try flashing 1FF-p2a_droid2_cdma_droid2-user-2.3.3-4.5.1_57_DR2-31-110719-release-keys-signed-Verizon-US.sbf.zip with rsd lite hopefiully the battery is charged enough,
if flash fails because of low battery you will need on of the following
Spare Battery Charger for Motorola Droid 2
a charged spare battery
TBH Factory Adaptor
I mainly use this phone for VoIP service, but was eventually going to try to put Cyanogenmod 7 on it, and then this happened.
Any advice / help / pointers to somewhere, or something would be greatly appreciated.
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Thank you, and another question for the droid 2
I can't seem to get the drivers to work, I've tried about everything but booting into XP mode - not sure how to do that, as I am on a Windows Vista machine. Any advice, or process for that? I've tried it as Admin, and also a User, but no progress. The drivers are loaded through executing the msi file, but when I plug the phone in the computer doesn't detect phone, and the drivers don't show up in device manager, either.

win 7 64bit?
try Motorola Drivers Installing and Troubleshooting
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right vista, try the link

s1x8 said:
I can't seem to get the drivers to work, I've tried about everything but booting into XP mode - not sure how to do that, as I am on a Windows Vista machine. Any advice, or process for that? I've tried it as Admin, and also a User, but no progress. The drivers are loaded through executing the msi file, but when I plug the phone in the computer doesn't detect phone, and the drivers don't show up in device manager, either.
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Spare battery charger on the way!
Also, I ordered a new battery, the old one, was, well, old, and could not hold a charge long enough to get through the flashing step. Once I figured this out, I was able to flash the phone, and then perform a factory reset, and it is back to the original. It wouldn't take the flash for CM but the phone is rooted now.
Thank you for your help!

Help or Free Defy, just pay shipping

Hey All,
I'm sick and tired of flashing SBFs to my Defy. I made a mistake and didn't flash the CM7 kernel after flashing CM10 and Gapps and now it's doing the 'blank screen unless you flash a SBF in RSDlite' nonsense. I've flashed a million SBFs, none of them work. I cannot get anywhere except the bootloader mode with the blank screen. The battery is charged, etc.
If someone has a step or two I can try, I'm game; but if no one can help, Imma shoot it (or ship it to someone if they want it).
Thanks dudes.
I hate motorola.

Use this chinese, it will work no matter what.
http://www.mediafire.com/?vbcv0lhopulntx8
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Unless you really want to ship it to me, then I'm game. I need a new defy cause mine is kinda busted. The earpiece doesnt work and the lighted buttons at the bottom dont work too well, I had to install CM10 for on screen navigation. I can provide the shipping address for you and stuff.

It really doesn't boot to the bootlogo or bootanimation? Have you tried entering stock recovery and wiping data and cache? That's a must for a stock ROM to work after using a custom one... Get your battery out; hold volume down + power button and insert the battery while holding; keep holding and it should enter stock recovery after a couple of seconds at the red M splash screen. Then press both volume keys at the same time for the menu to show up!

Darin_Ram said:
Use this chinese, it will work no matter what.
http://www.mediafire.com/?vbcv0lhopulntx8
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He's right.
I don't know how many times that Chinese SBF got me unbricked. Always did the trick for me.
The only thing is: you'll be stucked with BL7 forever.
But that doesn't prevent you from using other Custom ROMs, just from using the usual SBF files provided by other carriers.
If you'r willing to try, here's a step-by-step guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1542956

First of all,
Thanks so much for your help so far guys, I really appreciate it.
Lorenard said:
He's right.
I don't know how many times that Chinese SBF got me unbricked. Always did the trick for me.
The only thing is: you'll be stucked with BL7 forever.
But that doesn't prevent you from using other Custom ROMs, just from using the usual SBF files provided by other carriers.
If you'r willing to try, here's a step-by-step guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1542956
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Alright, so I flashed the file, but I have the same issue. The phone does not do anything with any type of button combination, however if I plug it into a computer, I can flash a file to it and the screen shows the progress. That's all I can get to show on the screen at all. I have 2 batteries of good condition and an external battery charger.
Any ideas?

andjohn said:
I can flash a file to it and the screen shows the progress. That's all I can get to show on the screen at all. I have 2 batteries of good condition and an external battery charger.
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Flash the chinese SBF in RSD lite, the progress bar (on your PC) should count to 100% twice. It will then reboot your phone for you.
Do not unplug your phone before RSD lite says finished.. And yes, wiping in stock recovery is a must.
Don't lose hope on your defy, it is almost impossible to brick

viki1296 said:
Flash the chinese SBF in RSD lite, the progress bar (on your PC) should count to 100% twice. It will then reboot your phone for you.
Do not unplug your phone before RSD lite says finished.. And yes, wiping in stock recovery is a must.
Don't lose hope on your defy, it is almost impossible to brick
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Thanks for your replies guys. Ya, I did this and it says PASS but when it says that it's rebooting the phone, it never does. I can't get into the stock recovery to wipe anything Any more ideas? Perhaps I'm holding the wrong buttons?

andjohn said:
Thanks for your replies guys. Ya, I did this and it says PASS but when it says that it's rebooting the phone, it never does. I can't get into the stock recovery to wipe anything Any more ideas? Perhaps I'm holding the wrong buttons?
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Try doing this:
- once the SBF is flashed, wait for RSD Lite to finish its work
- if it says "Restart the phone manually" remove the battery and unplug the phone
- put the battery back in
- press and hold power and vol- buttons for a few seconds
- release the power button, but keep vol- button pressed
- if it shows a sign with Android guy and a ! in a triangle, release vol- button and press both vol+ and vol- buttons at the same time
- if nothing changes, press the screen at the bottom right corner (just above the magnifying glass, i.e. regular search button)
This should bring up stock recovery from which you should be able to wipe data/cache. This screen should be available by default, but sometimes it's hidden. After wiping the stuff, simply reboot the phone from the recovery.
I hope this helps.

Welp, I'm having some issues with my own Defy as well. So, yesterday I flashed that Chinese SBF. And now I can say that the steps from my previous reply won't work.

My wrong. This method does work http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1542956
Even though I didn't have an access to stock recovery and didn't wipe everything, the SBF loaded just fine, as well as the second (rooted one). Try that method, andjohn.
However, this didn't solve my problem with the camera, unfortunately, so I'm off to my thread.

andjohn said:
Thanks for your replies guys. Ya, I did this and it says PASS but when it says that it's rebooting the phone, it never does. I can't get into the stock recovery to wipe anything Any more ideas? Perhaps I'm holding the wrong buttons?
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Probably you are trying to flash an earlier BL version than what is already flashed.
So you probably need to try a BL7 SBF.
If you give up on your Defy give me a price to ship it to Australia. I might take it off your hands.

_ossie_ said:
Probably you are trying to flash an earlier BL version than what is already flashed.
So you probably need to try a BL7 SBF.
If you give up on your Defy give me a price to ship it to Australia. I might take it off your hands.
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Alright, why don't you PM me your address. I have 2 good batteries, a battery charger, and the phone.

Is this phone still available?? Where you from??? I'll pay the shipping My digitalizer broke

Darin_Ram said:
Is this phone still available?? Where you from??? I'll pay the shipping My digitalizer broke
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Yeah where's the free phone ?:laugh:

Hey! I called dibs! >_<

Hey even i need tht
Darin_Ram said:
Hey! I called dibs! >_<
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I need battery cover and proximity sensor and can even pay a bit for tht... pls let me know if it is still available..

[Q] Is my phone bricked?

Hi all,
I was upgrading to android 4.3 using the factory image provided by google. During the upgrade it displayed a message that it will restart my phone in bootloader mode. But the phone never restarted and since then it isnt turning on. When i try to get into recovery mode using power + vol down or even just press the power key the phone does not turn on, instead the led flashes in red color till i let go of the keys.
For the red led issue i found this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2250454. But on few other threads i read that if it shows QHSUSB_DLOAD in device manager on windows then you phone is bricked.
Can someone help me here. Not sure if my phone is bricked completely.
P.S. I was on stock rom + franco's kernel before flashing 4.3.

Did you use the correct image for the phone? The correct one should have 'Occam' in the file name.

mumaster20 said:
Did you use the correct image for the phone? The correct one should have 'Occam' in the file name.
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yes, i flashed the file files for nexus 4 only. I have kept the phone attached to AC charger for 3 hours, still it's not booting :crying:

Did you use the guide by efrant to return to stock? or how did you tyry to do it?

mumaster20 said:
Did you use the guide by efrant to return to stock? or how did you tyry to do it?
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I was on stock rom only. I downloaded the image for nexus 4 from google's site and ran the flashall.bat file. Then it showed a message 'Pushing bootloader' and this was successful then it displayed a message saying 'restarting phone in bootloader mode'(Initially connected the phone by pressing power + vol down). After that the phone never restarted. Since then I am not able to start my phone.

c4sp3r said:
I was on stock rom only. I downloaded the image for nexus 4 from google's site and ran the flashall.bat file. Then it showed a message 'Pushing bootloader' and this was successful then it displayed a message saying 'restarting phone in bootloader mode'(Initially connected the phone by pressing power + vol down). After that the phone never restarted. Since then I am not able to start my phone.
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Do what it says in the red light thread. That should set you one step closer to solving your problem
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda app-developers app

The OP has obviously flashed with the battery too low...

N10AP said:
The OP has obviously flashed with the battery too low...
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the battery was at 30%... is there anyway to recover now?

If there is no sign then only a mother board replacement can be done, I hope u had bought the an official Indian piece with warranty and not an import.

please follow the red light of death thread. That should get you into bootloader / fastboot. Then reflash

N10AP said:
please follow the red light of death thread. That should get you into bootloader / fastboot. Then reflash
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ohk, thanks will try this out.. hope it helps

[Q] My defy after use 'Swapper2' cannot boot

My defy after use 'Swapper2' cannot boot
When I connect USB，PC no tips。And my defy LED no light
What can I do？

If you have gone through the comments posted for swapper2 in Google Play, you should have known that you should stay away from it. Guess that’s bad luck. Send it to a service centre then.

Lim Wee Huat said:
If you have gone through the comments posted for swapper2 in Google Play, you should have known that you should stay away from it. Guess that’s bad luck. Send it to a service centre then.
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How can I do？？
My defy cannot boot。

ming548673 said:
My defy cannot boot
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If you're running on a stock ROM, looks like you're headed for SBF land. This can be fixed yourself for free with a little bit of patience, a lot of reading, and a handy PC.
You can get ahold of the SBF files here, and read through this entire post to familiarise yourself with the process. Links to the required software and drivers are located in the post.

andycore said:
If you're looks like you're headed for SBF land. This can be fixed yourself for free with a little bit of patience, a lot of reading, and a handy PC.
You can get ahold of the SBF files here, and read through this entire post to familiarise yourself with the process. Links to the required software and drivers are located in the post.
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Well，My Defy cannot boot ，when I connect USB,my defy LED is light white.But PC cannot discern my device.RSD cannot discern too,RSD cannot discern How to running a stock ROM?

ming548673 said:
Well，My Defy cannot boot ，when I connect USB,my defy LED is light white.But PC cannot discern my device.RSD cannot discern too,RSD cannot discern How to running a stock ROM?
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RSDLite requires the device to be in bootloader mode, not just turned on normally. Swapper2 would have just stuffed up your Android install, not the entire phone.
To get the phone into bootloader mode, make sure the device is completely turned off, then hold the volume up button while you press the power button. The phone will boot to a black screen with white writing, this is bootloader mode, and signifies the device is ready to be used with RSDLite.
Once you're in bootloader mode and connected to your PC, RSDLite will detect the phone properly and you'll be ready to flash the SBF file.

andycore said:
RSDLite requires the device to be in bootloader mode, not just turned on normally. Swapper2 would have just stuffed up your Android install, not the entire phone.
To get the phone into bootloader mode, make sure the device is completely turned off, then hold the volume up button while you press the power button. The phone will boot to a black screen with white writing, this is bootloader mode, and signifies the device is ready to be used with RSDLite.
Once you're in bootloader mode and connected to your PC, RSDLite will detect the phone properly and you'll be ready to flash the SBF file.
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But I hold the volume up button and the power button.My phone no reaction.My phone cannot enter the Bootloader mode.So RSD Lite cannot deftect my phone