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Hi,
Was given a Defy by a mate who thinks he has bricked it and replaced it already. I’m hoping I can get it working again. Hopefully with your help this might be possible.
These are the facts:
1> Current phone state: Motorola logo on screen and nothing else happens. I’m able to get into the bootloader(Power + Volume Up), but not able to get into recovery(Power + Volume Down)
2> Previous firmware version is unknown. All I know is the phone was bought through T-mobile UK.
3> My mate has tried to install various .sbf files(3.4.2-177 nordic Blurless Thread & 3.4.3-11 UK Tmobile Blur Thread & 3.4.3-3 UK Tmobile Blur Thread & 2.51.1 UK - Blur ROM Thread) onto the phone and still the phone stays in the same state.
So I don’t know where to start or what to try really, as I assumed all I would need to do is install a previous .sbf. I read it could have to do with the battery being empty, but I have a external charger and know the battery is full.
Any advice would be great, please help. I have also read other threads, but they do not have the same issues and are able to get there phones working past the point i'm at.
Thanks
same thing happened to my defy today, when I decided to try out CM7 while on a 3.4.2.117-005 nordic. Basically it's F'd up!
When I tried installing CM7 beta 6 zip from recovery, it got installed, but the phone was too damn slow to be used, So I flashed 177-005's sbf again and after completion it got stuck in boot at the Android Text.
Then i flashed with a 3.4.3.11_BLUR_signed sbf and still it's stuck at the Moto Logo.
please help someone, its my new phone..
bikerabhinav said:
same thing happened to my defy today, when I decided to try out CM7 while on a 3.4.2.117-005 nordic. Basically it's F'd up!
When I tried installing CM7 beta 6 zip from recovery, it got installed, but the phone was too damn slow to be used, So I flashed 177-005's sbf again and after completion it got stuck in boot at the Android Text.
Then i flashed with a 3.4.3.11_BLUR_signed sbf and still it's stuck at the Moto Logo.
please help someone, its my new phone..
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From Stock Recovery wipe factory reset and than flash the SBF...
ifu said:
From Stock Recovery wipe factory reset and than flash the SBF...
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Tried to enter stock recovery (Vol Down + Power ). Saw the recovery image as it appears and droid robo(as it appears normally), but the screen stays there forever. can't get ahead of it. No menu, no options.
bikerabhinav said:
Tried to enter stock recovery (Vol Down + Power ). Saw the recovery image as it appears and droid robo(as it appears normally), but the screen stays there forever. can't get ahead of it. No menu, no options.
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When Android Robot appears press Vol Up + Vol Down at same time(BOTH TOGETHER) than other options will appear.....
ifu said:
From Stock Recovery wipe factory reset and than flash the SBF...
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What happens if i'm unable to get into stock recovery?? I have pulled the battery out, then held down Power + Vol Down and nothing... Should i hold it for longer Or is something really messed up?
ifu said:
When Android Robot appears press Vol Up + Vol Down at same time(BOTH TOGETHER) than other options will appear.....
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Thanks ! It worked. My cell is back in biz, and I can't express how happy I was to see that Home screen.
Now I'm flashing 3.4.3.11 after which I'll install CM7, hope it wont make system slow this time.
jdearauj said:
What happens if i'm unable to get into stock recovery?? I have pulled the battery out, then held down Power + Vol Down and nothing... Should i hold it for longer Or is something really messed up?
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Hold it till the Android Robot appears...
ifu said:
Hold it till the Android Robot appears...
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Well i held it down for just over 2 minutes and still just the motorola logo is showing. Should i be holding it for longer?
jdearauj said:
Well i held it down for just over 2 minutes and still just the motorola logo is showing. Should i be holding it for longer?
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Remove battery and than hold Vol down and place battery and power ON while holding Vol Down till Android Robot....Best of Luck
ifu said:
Remove battery and than hold Vol down and place battery and power ON while holding Vol Down till Android Robot....Best of Luck
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Yea, I have tried it every configuration possible and no Android Robot appears… I have even asked my mate and partner to do it to make sure it is just not me…
Could this be the first official “Bricked” Defy? I hope not, was worth a try and assume this is why my mate wanted to get rid of it….
Thanks again for all the advice.
jdearauj said:
Yea, I have tried it every configuration possible and no Android Robot appears… I have even asked my mate and partner to do it to make sure it is just not me…
Could this be the first official “Bricked” Defy? I hope not, was worth a try and assume this is why my mate wanted to get rid of it….
Thanks again for all the advice.
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Brother than check the battery, cose this steps works usually..And mostly its not easy to brick the phone cose bootloader is locked...If ur phone LED light blinks there is always chance for phone to work......
Sent from my toilet using my Motorola DEFY
ifu said:
Brother than check the battery, cose this steps works usually..And mostly its not easy to brick the phone cose bootloader is locked...If ur phone LED light blinks there is always chance for phone to work......
Sent from my toilet using my Motorola DEFY
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Not a battery issue as i have two different batteries and both are charged externally. I did find this thread where this user has the same issue. So it seems not just mean really. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1096313
Thanks again for your help/advice.
I will check and try something, but between this if ur phone start working...Plz PM me that how ur phone start working....Cose ur problem is extraordinary...
And Sorry for my English...
Sent from my toilet using my Motorola DEFY
@jdearauj just a curiosity, what operative system you use on your computer?
i asked you, because if you have win vista, rsd-lite not worked always very well with this OS....if you have xp or seven its good!
endless bootloop M logo
ok maybe this will help...
quickly remove battery before it gets drained...
now do this,i call it the "monkey method"
>on my left hand i hold my defy without the battery in,
>press the volume up+power at the same time...
now i quickly slip the battery in w/ my right hand & stay a few seconds..it took me to the stock recovery-factory reset & it took me to stock SBF rom & ready to reflash cm7 again.
follow this,its all in here...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1065798&page=10
iaio72 said:
@jdearauj just a curiosity, what operative system you use on your computer?
i asked you, because if you have win vista, rsd-lite not worked always very well with this OS....if you have xp or seven its good!
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I'm using Windows 7, but my phone connects to RSD Lite without any issues. So no issue with the PC as far as i understand and can see.
hailmary said:
ok maybe this will help...
quickly remove battery before it gets drained...
now do this,i call it the "monkey method"
>on my left hand i hold my defy without the battery in,
>press the volume up+power at the same time...
now i quickly slip the battery in w/ my right hand & stay a few seconds..it took me to the stock recovery-factory reset & it took me to stock SBF rom & ready to reflash cm7 again.
follow this,its all in here...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1065798&page=10
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Thanks, i will test this out this evening when i'm home again... Will keep you posted on the forum with the result, holding thumbs it works.
There are lots of people having the same issue. could anybody post a sequence of the problem solving methon? can we fix it or it needs to send to the factory?
monkey method
jdearauj said:
Thanks, i will test this out this evening when i'm home again... Will keep you posted on the forum with the result, holding thumbs it works.
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its tricking the boot animation to load up...
we have the same problem,but it work for me...
continue reading the argument between me & marhensa on that monkey method link.
u will see what happened to my defy..it was scary.
hope u get a lesson on it.gudluck
I have ran AlphaRevX succesfully. I have pushed the CWR mod to the phone using instructions provided.
When I click recovery it loads cwr but whenever I click on any of the options the menu disappears and the logo just sits there. I can click the power switch quite fast and the menu just keeps reappearing and disappearing.
I am trying to get the su zip installed but I have obviously messed up something about the cwr mod tool.
Anyone have any suggestions?
EDIT:
I am officially a moron.
I got it into my head that you need to press power off to select the right option.
I started fiddling with the touch buttons and noticed they worked too. Then I clicked the track button and it selected the option. Ha.
Monumental error on my part. Must have pushed that cwr mod 4 times. Wasted an hour.
Happened to me to
stuffynet said:
Happened to me to
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use trackball to select in recovery if freezes during flashing or scroling(happend to me) flash clockwork recovery 3.1.0.2 and you should be fine
stuffynet said:
Happened to me to
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happened to me too, got very worried, a few mins and back on clockwork home screen.
Patience is a Virtue
I lost some hours trying to install different CWM versions untill discover that it is supposed to use trackball...
Happened to me as well but my excuse is I have desire hd which u do use the power button to select
After rooting and s-off my Mrs wildfire I spent 15 minutes pressing the power button before I lost my temper and swore a bit I read few posts and thought "what a tit I am"
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happened to me 2
Supercluster said:
I am officially a moron.
I got it into my head that you need to press power off to select the right option.
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Everyone for the 1st time thinks the same way because we got the habit of pressing the power key for selection in hboot menu.
Quite natural thing unless we think that phone is bricked. (lol)
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me 2
after waiting for long time , I decided to push power button, then back to CWM home screen.
btw, now CWM version is 2.5 , by rom manager in CM7.
i heard about offline charging? but what 's that ?
and what is a recommend CWM version to use ?
Hi
I know this has been asked before, and I have read for hours.
But, this is like a big problem now.
I have installed HSPL 2.08 and aMAGDLR 1.13.
Something has gone wrong somewhere, and the phone uses one night to boot up any android version. It load over the night .
So, I want to flash in HSPL and MAGDLR again.
I do not have any WPH installed, so I cant get active sync running to flash.
So I need to go into bootloader. THIS I CANT DO!
I have tried like 100 times. Nothing works.
I have tried holding voldown pressing end call or red reset button. Always the white HTC-screen comes on, and enters MAGDLR, and if I still holds voldown, it scrolls down the whole menu.
Actualle I have gotten in booloader one time, but then I was not prepeard for it, and had to turn off again.
I know that my battery is quite poor. Can this have anyting to do with this?
Can I go into bootloader from inside android?
What can I do?
Remove battery,
Push and hold volume down,
Put battery back,
Press power and hold volume down.
And you are in bootloader
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To make it clear volume down as to be hold pushed all the time until you get into bootloader.
Hope this helped you.
If it did, give me a thanks
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jonas2295 said:
Remove battery,
Push and hold volume down,
Put battery back,
Press power and hold volume down.
And you are in bootloader
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Hi
I'm sorry if I did not explain good enough, but this method I have done many times.
abbamust said:
Hi
I'm sorry if I did not explain good enough, but this method I have done many times.
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Than you are doing something wrong.
Or you have a mutant hd2 lol.
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Okay try this :
Remove battery,
With left hand press and hold volume down,
With the other hand you put the battery back in and press AND hold the power button, so power and volume pressed and hold, wait until you see the bootloader.
This will work (at least it worked on my phone 1min ago)
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Also, when you're on MAGLDR .. Can you navigate through the options up and down? If not, then unfortunately you have broken volume rockers .
jonas2295 said:
Okay try this :
Remove battery,
With left hand press and hold volume down,
With the other hand you put the battery back in and press AND hold the power button, so power and volume pressed and hold, wait until you see the bootloader.
This will work (at least it worked on my phone 1min ago)
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And if this does not work? Onlt thing that happens, is it vibrates, white screen with htc-logo and in to MAGDLR.
I have rootet many HTC phones before, not HD2, but hero and desire, and never had problems like this.
Marvlesz said:
Also, when you're on MAGLDR .. Can you navigate through the options up and down? If not, then unfortunately you have broken volume rockers .
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it works fine in magdlr...
Hmm I am at the end of my knowledge here.
How I described one post above is what I do if I want to get into bootloader and it works on Europe and us version. Sry mate
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Some times, Bent Battery Pins can cause unpredictable issues (However, I have not seen one like this.).
You may want to check your battery pins, straighten them delicately if they are (even a little) bent.
You could try sd card flash method?
Marvlesz said:
Some times, Bent Battery Pins can cause unpredictable issues (However, I have not seen one like this.).
You may want to check your battery pins, straighten them delicately if they are (even a little) bent.
You could try sd card flash method?
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SD card flash method I can flash nand android. But this takes one night to boot up.
I want to flash HSPL and MAGLDR.
Why does my MAGDLR show aMAGDLR? This "a", is it suppose to be there?
yes, the "a" is normal .. did you check the battery pins?
Marvlesz said:
yes, the "a" is normal .. did you check the battery pins?
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yes, checked the pins. they look fine, and the phone always powers up.
i know my battery is very poor, can this have something to do with this?
this us happenin to me all the time ..so if i want to access boot loader i need to wait 2 mn after shuttind down the phone ...if i try befor 2 mn it gos to magldr and no bootloader ...
i read befor that someone had the same issue and he had to wait about 3 or 4 hours instead of 2 mn i wait
Its possible that a task 29 and reflash would work. My home and back button stopped working and it worked itself out.
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pianoman102 said:
Its possible that a task 29 and reflash would work. My home and back button stopped working and it worked itself out.
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But to perform task29, dont I need to go to bootloader first?
same here
have the same problem. I can get into MAGDLR and I can move up and down the menu. I can install via DFT but I can't get into bootloader and I can't get into CWM. it is rather strange and I have not found a solution yet.
If I try option 8 (AD Recovery) I get - No Boot Sources
klege said:
have the same problem. I can get into MAGDLR and I can move up and down the menu. I can install via DFT but I can't get into bootloader and I can't get into CWM. it is rather strange and I have not found a solution yet.
If I try option 8 (AD Recovery) I get - No Boot Sources
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Try the old cwm method via android boot via sd option.
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abbamust said:
But to perform task29, dont I need to go to bootloader first?
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Yes you do. To get back you shut the phone off and while turning it back on hold the vol. Button down. Then do a task29. download the tool to your PC from the link below. Boot into the tricolor screen and start working. Install Task29, install magldr, install recovery, install rom from zip from recovery. :-D. forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1090783 pm me if you have any questions.
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I accidentally,... . unknowingly wiped the RED "system" button in Safestrap 3.12 on my Droid RAZR M today. (I was suppose to be wiping the cash and dalvik, but missed) I'm a retard I know. :crying:
Now I cant get into AP Fastboot to restore the phone from this hard brick!
When I press the power button along with the volume buttons, the only thing that happens is the red Motorola 'M" appears for a few seconds then the safe strap screen appears with the little sad robot, but that's it no AP Fastboot. Pressing the on screen buttons to enter Safestrap Recover do not respond. Oh boy I'm afraid I really did it this time. Its on the charger but i don't know if its even charging with out as OS?
Battery power was at 60% before i bricked it (i think). RSD Lite or my PC for that matter don't even see the phone when its plugged in.
Can this be saved? Or do I need to take a trip down to the Verizon Wireless store?
Droid RAZR M
4.1.2 OTA
Rooted
Locked Bootloader
Safestrap 3.12
Partitioned 64GB SD card utilizing Linked2SD
You need a different key combo to get into fastboot. You're not permabricked tho - that's just a really bad softbrick
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sloosecannon said:
You need a different key combo to get into fastboot. You're not permabricked tho - that's just a really bad softbrick
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Really? Well I hope your right. It gives me some hope. lol So do you have any idea of what alternative key combo i might have to use? Thank you for the reply.
Try holding power & volume down until the screen flickers then hold power and both volume buttons. You gotta be quick
If your boot loader is locked you won't be able to fast boot back until the new fast boot files come out though if your on 4.1.2
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2207419&page=2
go to the last page new tools and utilities up from matt and it works just unbricked me be sure to thank him :good:
sloosecannon said:
You need a different key combo to get into fastboot. You're not permabricked tho - that's just a really bad softbrick
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Thank you! You were right! was able to get into AP Fastboot with a different button combo like u said. :victory:
shane1 said:
Try holding power & volume down until the screen flickers then hold power and both volume buttons. You gotta be quick
If your boot loader is locked you won't be able to fast boot back until the new fast boot files come out though if your on 4.1.2
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Shane you were right on the money brother!!! Thank you so very much. It worked perfectly. I'm up and running again.
much respect
bigrob1015 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2207419&page=2
go to the last page new tools and utilities up from matt and it works just unbricked me be sure to thank him :good:
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It worked! I utilized the NEWER version of Mat's utility and it did it!!! Woo Hoo!! Thank you so very much. Thank you all for all the speedy help.
SARM1084 said:
Shane you were right on the money brother!!! Thank you so very much. It worked perfectly. I'm up and running again.
much respect
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hey no prob! i try to help as much as i can !
bigrob1015 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2207419&page=2
go to the last page new tools and utilities up from matt and it works just unbricked me be sure to thank him :good:
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New to this, i accidentally the whole phone, same problem im in AP fastboot but registers as Device Locked
run through it on windows OS but says 'Fastboot" is not recognized as an internal or external command" and doesnt reboot as said
this process took 1min
Halp
This thread saved my life, then killed me. The suggestion about the different keys was spot on, i got into fast boot mode, then ran that utility. It totally failed me, I must have killed my phone pretty dead, and now there are no more key combos (the suggested one worked at first but now its just making the screen go blank) to try to get back into fast boot to try again. any more suggestions? on the up side verizon just pushed that update so i figure i can blame that to attempt an exchange
Did you take the update before using that utility? If you did, which version did you use? If you were already updated, then you needed to run 1.20. If you ran the wrong utility, that will cause issues. Now, since you can't boot, it sounds like your battery is dead. When you get to the blank screen, plug it in and leave it to charge for a while.
I'm no expert by any means but I'll try to help as best i can. If not me I'm confident someone else will. Now, I apologize because I didn't understand your original post.
Could you elaborate a little more please?
1. What were you trying to do with your phone prior to things going wrong, if they went wrong at all.
2. you mentioned AP Fastboot. So IM going to assume that at least you can access it. (not the same problem that I was having) that's a good thing! lol
3. Are you utilizing a utility like the one by Matt? Or are you doing something else? Like flashing firmware etc.
4. What were you in Fastboot for? What were your intentions?
I hope this doesn't come over a condescending. Just trying to get a Clearer understand of your issue so we can help.
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Sorry double post
PartyOnINSANE said:
New to this, i accidentally the whole phone, same problem im in AP fastboot but registers as Device Locked
run through it on windows OS but says 'Fastboot" is not recognized as an internal or external command" and doesnt reboot as said
this process took 1min
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Look at my previous post
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Sorry, my post musnt have updated. As you can see I managed to fix my problem. If there's any issues in the future for anyone I will be sure to advise as best I can.
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PartyOnINSANE said:
Sorry, my post musnt have updated. As you can see I managed to fix my problem. If there's any issues in the future for anyone I will be sure to advise as best I can.
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No problems brother. Glad to see your up and running.
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Stuck in a Boot Loop
PartyOnINSANE said:
New to this, i accidentally the whole phone, same problem im in AP fastboot but registers as Device Locked
run through it on windows OS but says 'Fastboot" is not recognized as an internal or external command" and doesnt reboot as said
this process took 1min
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Could you help me please?
I changed 2 lines in my build.prop file so i could see if I could get touchless control.
After I changed it, I restarted my phone. Now it is stuck in the Red M Boot, and it stays there, dosent black screen, dosent boot. I can get to the boot selection menu, but i cant choose anything, they all end up at the Red M. I Read that I can fix it in AP Fastboot, but I can get there. Also if i force it off (with power button and volume button) It just goes back to the Red M.
Everything I do ends up at the Red M
Help fast please, its my only phone, and I just got rid of my house phone
I have a
Droid Razr M
Rooted, no custom Roms or Recovery.
Changed my build.prop from XT907 to XT1087
Changed My Boot Animation to R2D2
A: 4.1.2
8gb Sd card on it.
gjhkl said:
Could you help me please?
I changed 2 lines in my build.prop file so i could see if I could get touchless control.
After I changed it, I restarted my phone. Now it is stuck in the Red M Boot, and it stays there, dosent black screen, dosent boot. I can get to the boot selection menu, but i cant choose anything, they all end up at the Red M. I Read that I can fix it in AP Fastboot, but I can get there. Also if i force it off (with power button and volume button) It just goes back to the Red M.
Everything I do ends up at the Red M
Help fast please, its my only phone, and I just got rid of my house phone
I have a
Droid Razr M
Rooted, no custom Roms or Recovery.
Changed my build.prop from XT907 to XT1087
Changed My Boot Animation to R2D2
A: 4.1.2
8gb Sd card on it.
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Holding the combination of buttons will only cause it to reboot, every time. Holding the power button down will make it shutdown. With that being said, what was your battery like before you started all of this? If it's below 50%, you're going to have a hard time. Shut the phone down and charge the battery ovenight, prior to attempting to fastboot.
If your battery is good, then you can fastboot. Hold all three buttons down, until you get the phone to power off. As soon as power goes off, you'll see a quick line flash at the top of the screen. As soon as you see this flash, quickly let go of the power button and then re-press it. If you got it right, you'll go into the fastboot menu. If you got it wrong, it will attempt to reboot. If it reboots, just try the button combo again. Once you get into the fastboot menu, use the vol- key to get to the option you need, and then hit the vol+ to choose that option.
RikRong said:
Holding the combination of buttons will only cause it to reboot, every time. Holding the power button down will make it shutdown. With that being said, what was your battery like before you started all of this? If it's below 50%, you're going to have a hard time. Shut the phone down and charge the battery ovenight, prior to attempting to fastboot.
If your battery is good, then you can fastboot. Hold all three buttons down, until you get the phone to power off. As soon as power goes off, you'll see a quick line flash at the top of the screen. As soon as you see this flash, quickly let go of the power button and then re-press it. If you got it right, you'll go into the fastboot menu. If you got it wrong, it will attempt to reboot. If it reboots, just try the button combo again. Once you get into the fastboot menu, use the vol- key to get to the option you need, and then hit the vol+ to choose that option.
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I have done your steps and I get the menu up, but when I try to scroll down with the volume down button, it doesn't move. It just stays on "normal powerup". How can I fix this?
I'm having some crazy times with my new phone. I can't seem to get it into Download mode. I've tried several button combos - but no dice. They all take me to "Factory Mode" - wehre I can test the individual components of the phone.
I can get ADB working - but when I type "adb reboot download" - the phone just cycles back to the regular OS. When I type "adb reboot recovery" - I get the android + red exclamation mark.
Any advice? I'm really confused as to what's going on. I can't do anything with Odin without getting it into download mode...
Have you ever got it to download mode before?
May I know on whch phne u r trying
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I just got the phone today from Craigslist. It is the 9500.
Did you try just holding the power + volume down only for like 5 seconds ?
Don't hold the home button.... Just hold volume down + power
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glensta said:
Did you try just holding the power + volume down only for like 5 seconds ?
Don't hold the home button.... Just hold volume down + power
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I tried this - and I get the android with a red exlimation mark.
On that screen, I can press the menu to get to following options:
Reboot
Apply update from sdcard1 (and 2 and cache)
Wipe data
Wipe cache
Backup user data
Restore user data
hospadam said:
I tried this - and I get the android with a red exlimation mark.
On that screen, I can press the menu to get to following options:
Reboot
Apply update from sdcard1 (and 2 and cache)
Wipe data
Wipe cache
Backup user data
Restore user data
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I don't think you're doing it right. You must be pressing volume + power, and sounds like you're in stock recovery only.
Pull battery out, put back in, then again Try , volume down + power for at least 5 seconds or until you see the downloading screen appear, then you'll have to press volume up to confirm. At that point you should be in download mode
hospadam said:
I'm having some crazy times with my new phone. I can't seem to get it into Download mode. I've tried several button combos - but no dice. They all take me to "Factory Mode" - wehre I can test the individual components of the phone.
I can get ADB working - but when I type "adb reboot download" - the phone just cycles back to the regular OS. When I type "adb reboot recovery" - I get the android + red exclamation mark.
Any advice? I'm really confused as to what's going on. I can't do anything with Odin without getting it into download mode...
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Power off - volume dawn , home buttun , power buttun and you will go in dawnliad
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Thank you everyone for your help so far. I'm pretty sure the guy who had it before me must have put a custom ROM on it... and now I'm dealing with the consequences. Here's what I know: the phone (and box) physically say it's a i9500 - but when I go to "About Phone" when the phone is on - it says it's a i9505.
I promise I'm doing the following right...
Volume Up + Power = "Factory Mode"
Volume Down + Power = Red Triangle Exclamation mark
Volume Down, Home Button, Power Button = Red Triangle Exclamation mark
I've tested to see if root is still enabled on the phone - it isn't.
Is there anything else I can try? Can I push something via adb to reset this all? I tried "adb reboot download" - but it just reboots normally. Thanks!
hospadam said:
Thank you everyone for your help so far. I'm pretty sure the guy who had it before me must have put a custom ROM on it... and now I'm dealing with the consequences. Here's what I know: the phone (and box) physically say it's a i9500 - but when I go to "About Phone" when the phone is on - it says it's a i9505.
I promise I'm doing the following right...
Volume Up + Power = "Factory Mode"
Volume Down + Power = Red Triangle Exclamation mark
Volume Down, Home Button, Power Button = Red Triangle Exclamation mark
I've tested to see if root is still enabled on the phone - it isn't.
Is there anything else I can try? Can I push something via adb to reset this all? I tried "adb reboot download" - but it just reboots normally. Thanks!
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First power off the phone
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I have powered off the phone. In fact, I've been pulling the battery just to ensure its totally off.
Maybe i could help
hospadam said:
I have powered off the phone. In fact, I've been pulling the battery just to ensure its totally off.
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It's a totally different device but it happened on my Nexus 10 because i got rid of the custom recovery and deleted the Rom with data (Don't ask why) FOLLOW! - Power off + Volume down, Once it's in "Volume Down + Power = Red Triangle Exclamation mark" Press and Hold all the button except Home button until it restarts the Bootloader and Hopefully it shows all the options like - Start, Recovery & What ever else
If you can see the options then You are in Luck! Now all you need to do is get the Stock Rom and Flash it through Odin and It should work!
Please let me know if it works, Add me on Skype, If you are confused (Skype - ExjeetzZ)
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ExjeetzZ said:
It's a totally different device but it happened on my Nexus 10 because i got rid of the custom recovery and deleted the Rom with data (Don't ask why) FOLLOW! - Power off + Volume down, Once it's in "Volume Down + Power = Red Triangle Exclamation mark" Press and Hold all the button except Home button until it restarts the Bootloader and Hopefully it shows all the options like - Start, Recovery & What ever else
If you can see the options then You are in Luck! Now all you need to do is get the Stock Rom and Flash it through Odin and It should work!
Please let me know if it works, Add me on Skype, If you are confused (Skype - ExjeetzZ)
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I was so hopeful this would work... But no dice. It never leaves the red triangle screen. I held it for like 20 seconds.
A little tired right now, so hopefully I didn't miss any simple solution.
If you have no luck....
I have tried my USB jig used with my ex-I9100. It was used to force download mode from power off condition and reset the custom flash counter.
I have tried it on my I9500 and will force download mode (no reset).
You can buy them on eBay for a couple dollars or make them yourself from and old male micro USB connector and some resistors. Guides are found on XDA or Google.
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I'm not sure if this is any help...
But I'm pretty sure the previous owner really messed up the ROM. The IMEI number on the back of the phone does not match the one that is being reported by the OS. When I checked the one that is being reported by the OS, it comes up as a Galaxy S3.
Any options besides the jig to reset everything?
hospadam said:
I'm not sure if this is any help...
But I'm pretty sure the previous owner really messed up the ROM. The IMEI number on the back of the phone does not match the one that is being reported by the OS. When I checked the one that is being reported by the OS, it comes up as a Galaxy S3.
Any options besides the jig to reset everything?
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Only option return it for a refund ... if your imei doesn't match something isn't right
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hospadam said:
I'm not sure if this is any help...
But I'm pretty sure the previous owner really messed up the ROM. The IMEI number on the back of the phone does not match the one that is being reported by the OS. When I checked the one that is being reported by the OS, it comes up as a Galaxy S3.
Any options besides the jig to reset everything?
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Looks like an engineering unit to me, possibly a prototype. A dump would have been nice, assuming the software allows it.
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For the the original galaxy s gti 9000 there was a plug to insert in the micro usb port, that would force the devuce to boot into download mode... there was an issue with some devices, and that was the solution... it also worked in case of a brick. I got one for my s1... 2 dollars on ebay. Could it work?
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rlrmineiro said:
For the the original galaxy s gti 9000 there was a plug to insert in the micro usb port, that would force the devuce to boot into download mode... there was an issue with some devices, and that was the solution... it also worked in case of a brick. I got one for my s1... 2 dollars on ebay. Could it work?
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Already suggested, Read my previous post
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