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Bypass bootloader to recovery:)

Hi, I found this accidentally. I'm on 2.3.4 stock rooted with locked bootloader.
1. You must have root.
2. Install Rom Manager from Market
3. Open Rom Manager and flash ClockworkMod Recovery
4. Turn off you phone and connect to the wall outlet charger and its going to bypass bootloader and open recovery
That's all I found it by accident
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This isn't news, clockworkmod is on most people's phones here, from a few different sources. Did you know you can install themes, radios, fonts, bootanimations, all kinds of things from recovery? Check out the development forum.

Yes but you don't need to unlock the bootloader to install rom's.
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Incorrect.

If you try flashing a ROM right now you will brick your phone. We could get into a bootstrap recovery before the bootloader was unlocked, but if you installed a different system the phone would catch that upon next boot and won't start up. I believe it's at least something like that... You need an unlocked bootloader, basically!

If I install a different rom its not going to boot in to the rom? Why not?
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Because your bootloader isn't unlocked lol, that's the whole point of the locked bootloader.
Why don't you just unlock it so that you CAN install custom ROMs?

samomamo said:
If I install a different rom its not going to boot in to the rom? Why not?
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ROM Manager installs recovery over the stock recovery, which is in the fastboot menu prior to loading the boot image. You can get into stock recovery prior to booting, but it basically does nothing. The ROM Manager recovery is semi-functional but doesn't wipe anything, which fails with installing. Romracer's recovery appears to be fully functional. After anything is installed in recovery, you will need to reboot system to initiate the bootloader. The bootloader has to load the kernel as well as the system/ROM for you to get into the environment. The bootloader checks that the signatures of the kernel and ROM match what it is expecting to see or you will get a brick. Unlocking the bootloader still loads the bootloader, but avoids the checking of signatures of kernel or ROM, if I understand correctly.

Ok but its going to let me install a rom, isn't the bootloader spouse to stop it from installing?
I just made a backup and it let me.
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samomamo said:
Ok but its going to let me install a rom, isn't the bootloader spouse to stop it from installing?
I just made a backup and it let me.
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That's not good.

OSNPA said:
That's not good.
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Since you say you are locked, and you installed a ROM from ROM Manager, hope that you can get into RSD since you seem insistent on booting this up.

Sorry whats RSD? And why I need that?
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Search before do a stupid thing. Because if you brick yoyr device, and you will.....you will start blaim xda forum and devs
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Why im going to blame ? Nobody. Told me to do anything.
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samomamo said:
Sorry whats RSD? And why I need that?
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RSD Lite is Moto software, not for public use but leaked, that is needed for loading stock boot files (SBF). Check the development forum for all details about what you are doing/about to do/have done.

Thanx
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samomamo said:
Sorry whats RSD? And why I need that?
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STOP doing ANYTHING to your phone RIGHT NOW. take some time to read several of the threads on the development forum and verse yourself in what RSD, SBF, fast boot, recovery, boot loaders and pudding are. there are LOTS of guides for beginners on how to change ROMs on the phone. what you're doing is NOT one of them.
if you do anything else with your phone right now without reading up and knowing what you're doing, you WILL **** up your phone.

This seems to be a troll attempt or an attempt to look really stupid, either way, the user doesn't seem to want to hear out anyone telling him to stop what he's doing, so I say just let him figure it out the hard way.

OSNPA said:
That's not good.
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+ 1 uh ohhhh
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Sergent00stupid did you see me not agreeing with anyone?
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Recovery?

I rooted my Droid X with
Pete's Motorola Root Tools
Does that add recovery img so I can install stuff from my SD card?
Like custom roms and what not.
Also if it does how do i boot into it?

Rooting doesn't add recovery, so you must download the Droid 2 Bootstrapper application, from the market or elsewhere.
Then you can begin to flash roms, themes, and other whatnots and such.
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infazzdar said:
Rooting doesn't add recovery, so you must download the Droid 2 Bootstrapper application, from the market or elsewhere.
Then you can begin to flash roms, themes, and other whatnots and such.
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Cool, i'll check it out. Thank you

infazzdar said:
Rooting doesn't add recovery, so you must download the Droid 2 Bootstrapper application, from the market or elsewhere.
Then you can begin to flash roms, themes, and other whatnots and such.
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UPDATE: It worked! Thanks bro

steveojp said:
UPDATE: It worked! Thanks bro
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Glad that I could help! =D
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Downgrade ability?

I've never flashed any sbf. Neither fixed nor full.. what I did was just installed 2ndinit on stock froyo, Installed cm7 then miui and I'm now on ms2ginger 2.1. So this means that I cannot downgrade to froyo anymore right?
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yes u can!!
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Wow how?
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Easiest way is to flash 2.2 SBF from you region/carrier. You can where to download and flash them in the sticky threads.

evolution1g said:
I've never flashed any sbf. Neither fixed nor full.. what I did was just installed 2ndinit on stock froyo, Installed cm7 then miui and I'm now on ms2ginger 2.1. So this means that I cannot downgrade to froyo anymore right?
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Downgradability is lost only when you flash an official motorola SBF of a higher version using RSDLite in bootloader mode. Custom ROMs (CWM zips, Nandroids) don't affect downgradability.

Oh thank you so much ...
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i hope motorola think wisely to unlock its bootloaders to not lose its customers..

What is difference between a locked and an unlocked bootloader
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1216982
evolution1g said:
What is difference between a locked and an unlocked bootloader
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1216982
You should find here all info's about DEFY, but the short story about the bootloader is that, the locked bootloader prevents average users from damaging their phone on the software side, but it blocks all real development from dev's. The unlocked bootloader let's you do anything....almost to your phone and so dev's can really modd it as they want. Hope this helped.

Can i still downgrade if i install MSginger 3.0?

Yes u can downgrade your firmware
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Rooting Xprt runnin GB

anybody have any advice can i root just like i did froyo?
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http://vulnfactory.org/public/xprt_root_windows.zip
Go there, and download that. Make sure your phone is connected via "charge only" then just press any key to start the root.

thx bloatware gone now
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No prob!

Does This work on the latest Firmware??
tzuba12 said:
No prob!
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Does This work on the latest Firmware??

Only works on the Xprt, as far as I know. You could try it though, it wouldn't cause any harm.
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tzuba12 said:
Only works on the Xprt, as far as I know. You could try it though, it wouldn't cause any harm.
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Hi,
I also own a Droid Pro which I am unable root.
I am actually on 2.2.2 firmware on the XPRT & have not updated as I don't want to loose my Root!

bhasin.gagan said:
Hi,
I also own a Droid Pro which I am unable root.
I am actually on 2.2.2 firmware on the XPRT & have not updated as I don't want to loose my Root!
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Don't know about the pro, but you can upgrade your xprt to gingerbread now, and use the download I posted above to root it

tzuba12 said:
Don't know about the pro, but you can upgrade your xprt to gingerbread now, and use the download I posted above to root it
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it works sbf your phone up it will break root but yu can re root with the aforementioned

(Help) can't get cwm recovery mode

Hi,
My droid pro is now running 2.3.4 and it is rooted.
I want to upgrade it to VanillaLVL cm7,but the cwm just switched to default recovery mode(white text).
Sometimes,the cwm recovery switched itself when i charge my droid (dead charging),if i try to run it,just showing a blank screen and no reaction.
So,what i'm doing wrong(i use the ROM manager from market)
Thanks
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Here use this.
http://www.4shared.com/android/kgM6T0_w/Droid_2_Recovery_Bootstrap_v10.html
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Yeah,thanks for the link!i can reach cwm recovery now.
Problem solved!
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Glad I helped!
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BlackFire27 said:
Here use this.
http://www.4shared.com/android/kgM6T0_w/Droid_2_Recovery_Bootstrap_v10.html
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Haha! Dono if you still know about this device.... But i am playing around with a old Droid Pro and i can only use Droid2 bootstrap with the stock ROM, not with a custom ROM....
Any ideas?

Could someone reupload this file (or newer if exist)?