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[OFFICIAL STOCK.IMG] WIFI ONLY MZ604_HWI69 - Official Motorola software

The files were posted today. Remember to grab the MZ604 files if you have the Wifi only version of the Xoom.
http://developer.motorola.com/products/software/ <------ Grab the files here. The files are for the US version of the Wifi Xoom only.
Instructions to return it to stock
1) First you need the Moto Drivers - Read this thread to START you - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=981578
Should have these drivers installed if you have rooted your Xoom before.
2) Make sure you have the latest SDK - adb and fastboot should be in /platform-tools - http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
Should have the android SDK if you have rooted your Xoom before.
3) Place all the downloaded stock image files into the SDK Tools folder.
4) If you are booting up from scratch, you can get the Xoom in fastboot mode by doing the following. Use command prompt to perform the rest of the steps
Hold VolDown and Power button will boot unit for fastboot mode
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot flash userdata userdata.img
fastboot erase cache
fastboot oem lock
If you Xoom is booted up already follow the commands below using command prompt to perform the steps
adb reboot bootloader <---- reboots the Xoom into fastboot mode.
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot flash userdata userdata.img
fastboot erase cache
fastboot oem lock

You noticed this too I see. Glad you posted this as a new thread. I was just randomly posting that link in threads where stock images may have helped.
I'm not home to try it yet but I'm guessing that's a US image?

Ahhhhh finally.

i just followed this process, everything worked on the xoom wifi (US), im back to stock and everything is ok so far.
but im an idiot and pressed vol up instead of down on the last step (oem lock) which aborted the oem lock step. before i did this i was rooted, so i think technically im still rooted.
can i simply go back into fastboot oem lock and try again and press the rightbutton this time to re lock the xoom or would that brick it?
ok thanks guys!

vista64 said:
i just followed this process, everything worked on the xoom wifi (US), im back to stock and everything is ok so far.
but im an idiot and pressed vol up instead of down on the last step (oem lock) which aborted the oem lock step. before i did this i was rooted, so i think technically im still rooted.
can i simply go back into fastboot oem lock and try again and press the rightbutton this time to re lock the xoom or would that brick it?
ok thanks guys!
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If you want to be extra safe, start over from the beginning. You're probably still unlocked (but not rooted) if you managed to flash boot and system.

i have error failed to boot lnx 0x0004 - starting rsd mode 2
can i use this file ??

DinarQ8 said:
i have error failed to boot lnx 0x0004 - starting rsd mode 2
can i use this file ??
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Only if you can get into fastboot mode AND your computer can see it. But if I recall, neither ADB, Fastboot nor RSD Lite will see your Xoom?

maybe solution i wait SBF file

Hi Scourge1024,
Are you going to try and flash the images to your Canadian Xoom AND then see if you can OEM re-lock it again??
I haven't been able to find out if all the WiFi images ie US, Canadian or European are all interchangeable on a Wifi only xoom??
I guess what I'd like to know is, if I ever wanted to re-lock my UK xoom, could I simply flash the Motorola MZ604_HWI69 files, then oem re-lock OR would have to wait for European Motorola backup files?
Cheers
Ody

what he said ^

Just tried downloading the Wi-fi files... On both my Mac and PC, it's saying it can't extract the ZIP. Crap crap crap crap crap...

If i remember correctly, scourge said that both devices are exactly the same hardware. Therefore flashing either version's set of images is irrelevant as long as you do WIFI for that model and 3G for that one.

odyseus said:
Hi Scourge1024,
Are you going to try and flash the images to your Canadian Xoom AND then see if you can OEM re-lock it again??
I haven't been able to find out if all the WiFi images ie US, Canadian or European are all interchangeable on a Wifi only xoom??
I guess what I'd like to know is, if I ever wanted to re-lock my UK xoom, could I simply flash the Motorola MZ604_HWI69 files, then oem re-lock OR would have to wait for European Motorola backup files?
Cheers
Ody
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Nope. I'm done being the guinea pig (with the OEM locking). I bricked my first Xoom trying to OEM lock it. I managed to lock it a few times. Then I tried a different boot.img and bricked...
Personally, I have no issues flashing the US image on. It's just the re-locking. There's really no point to relock it. The Americans with the 3G/4G Verizon ones had to be able to relock for a hardware upgrade. I have managed to flash US images onto my Xoom but they were extracted by BeagleBoy here. I posted a comparison here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=13070124
The software is interchangable between the MZ604 Xoom models (Wi-fi only). There are a bunch of other Brits using the Canadian images I extracted from me and my friend's XOOMs. I've used the US ones. You just need to do a "fastboot -w" after flashing both the system and boot images because going between versions sometimes requires userdata to be wiped.

Scourge1024 said:
Just tried downloading the Wi-fi files... On both my Mac and PC, it's saying it can't extract the ZIP. Crap crap crap crap crap...
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FYI,
$ md5sum MZ604_HWI69.zip
ae9b9f5693c4b49c745cb017afe1a4b5 MZ604_HWI69.zip
$ unzip -t MZ604_HWI69.zip
Archive: MZ604_HWI69.zip
warning [MZ604_HWI69.zip]: 36325409 extra bytes at beginning or within zipfile
(attempting to process anyway)
testing: MZ604_HWI69/boot.img OK
testing: MZ604_HWI69/recovery.img OK
testing: MZ604_HWI69/system.img OK
testing: MZ604_HWI69/userdata.img OK
No errors detected in compressed data of MZ604_HWI69.zip
You might be OK if you can get something that'll handle errors better.

In Windows, WinRar worked. On my Mac, I did what you posted and well, it seemed to work. I also did a compare against BeagleBoy's ripped images and boot was perfect. System was 1 byte off. Maybe a counter for the file system being mounted?
Code:
mac-mini:mz604_img Howard$ md5 MZ604_HWI69.zip
MD5 (MZ604_HWI69.zip) = ae9b9f5693c4b49c745cb017afe1a4b5
mac-mini:mz604_img Howard$ unzip -t MZ604_HWI69.zip
Archive: MZ604_HWI69.zip
warning [MZ604_HWI69.zip]: 36325409 extra bytes at beginning or within zipfile
(attempting to process anyway)
testing: MZ604_HWI69/boot.img OK
testing: MZ604_HWI69/recovery.img OK
testing: MZ604_HWI69/system.img OK
testing: MZ604_HWI69/userdata.img OK
No errors detected in compressed data of MZ604_HWI69.zip.
mac-mini:mz604_img Howard$

Scourge1024 said:
In Windows, WinRar worked. On my Mac, I did what you posted and well, it seemed to work. I also did a compare against BeagleBoy's ripped images and boot was perfect. System was 1 byte off. Maybe a counter for the file system being mounted?
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Yep, IIRC, ext maintains a mount count. One'd need some file system tools to properly verify.

Can someone post a walk through on how to do this?

pricej636 said:
Can someone post a walk through on how to do this?
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from the op:
Instructions to return it to stock
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot flash userdata userdata.img
fastboot erase cache
fastboot oem lock

Scourge1024 said:
Nope. I'm done being the guinea pig (with the OEM locking). I bricked my first Xoom trying to OEM lock it. I managed to lock it a few times. Then I tried a different boot.img and bricked...
Personally, I have no issues flashing the US image on. It's just the re-locking. There's really no point to relock it. The Americans with the 3G/4G Verizon ones had to be able to relock for a hardware upgrade. I have managed to flash US images onto my Xoom but they were extracted by BeagleBoy here. I posted a comparison here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=13070124
The software is interchangable between the MZ604 Xoom models (Wi-fi only). There are a bunch of other Brits using the Canadian images I extracted from me and my friend's XOOMs. I've used the US ones. You just need to do a "fastboot -w" after flashing both the system and boot images because going between versions sometimes requires userdata to be wiped.
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Fair do's - I don't blame you! You've done enough As you say why re-lock on WiFi?
What I would really like to do is flash all the images to my UK WiFi Xoom and then try to install Bignadad's BigDX Xoom|Zoom Theme..
Previously flashing this theme soft-bricked my UK xoom - got loads of Force Closures. Installing the extracted images from you, still caused the same problem. Maybe it only works on the US WiFi Xoom, but I might re-flash with 'stock' ROM to see if that makes any difference? (I do have CWM nandroid backups in case of another soft brick!)
Cheers
Ody

Is there a risk with using these cause of zip extra bytes warning?

Another "Failed to boot LNZ 0x0004"

Hi
hope i hit the right subthread
my problem:
i followed this guide:
the Device Software Images from the original motorola site (cant post links due to i am new...)
i did:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot flash userdata userdata.img
fastboot erase cache
fastboot oem lock
using Build H.6.2-35.1 for Retail Germany
with my Xoom SM,MZ604,DE,RETAIL,DTG
and now it wount boot up showing "Failed to boot LNZ 0x0004"
i followed the guide and all went good.
I still can switch to fastboot mode and flash it again but why will the Xoom not boot up?
am i using a wrong image?
would be nice if you could help me because its the tablet from my work and not mine

This doesn't solve the why..but just do fastboot OEM unlock and you will be out the jam.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus

that is absolutely exactly what happens to my first xoom...
I am sorry to tell you, but u ****ed up.
only thing that maybe can help u is motorola xoom factory cable (when I screwed up my, no such thing)
good luck!

[Q] Bootloop on any ROM

Hi guys,
In front of me, I have my friend's very stubborn LG Nexus 4. It's about 7 months old and a month ago, he dropped it and cracked the screen's glass (and the case's glass back as well). The phone still worked fine for a few weeks after that after that, but the touchscreen was not always responding correctly. He decided to give it to a service center for repair, but they returned it in a few days claiming there's a bootloop and they won't repair it (even if he paid) since the phone wasn't purchased in the same country. (Such BS, isn't it?)
An easy thing to fix, I thought, after fixing all sorts of bootloops on my SGT, SGS1 and my other friend's SGS2. Turns out, it's anything but.
Regardless of whether I flash stock following this guide or CM11 following the CM wiki, the phone is stuck on boot animation. 4 swirling colored balls for stock or an arrow rotating aroud Cid in case of CM11.
I have tried both stock recovery and CWM. I have tried wiping cache, data, Dalvik cache, any combination of only one or two or all three, tried waiting for an hour on first boot (someone suggested the first boot can take up to 15 minutes... find that hard to believe since even my sluggish SGS1 will manage in 3 minutes tops after a flash, but still tried) - all in vain. All I get is the screen's backlight level suddenly jumping up about 5 minutes into the boot process, as if the "Welcome to Android!" menu is about to appear - but it's still bootlooping until the battery runs out. (It gets quite warm too.)
TL;DR Nexus 4 flashes successfully with both stock 4.4.2 and CM11 but bootloops no matter what.
What can I do at this point to troubleshoot it? I'm out of ideas.

Its possible that this is a hardware issue but for now what I would try is download latest stock, Google search
android factory images
And choose the latest for your device, KOT49H
Now boot to fastboot
fastboot erase system -w
fastboot erase boot
fastboot erase recovery
Now
fastboot flash bootloader nameofbootloader.img
fastboot flash radio nameofradio.img
Now either double click the flashall.bat or I prefer just extracting the rest an manual flash
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash data userdata.img
fastboot flash cache cache.img
fastboot flash boot boot.img
Now
fastboot reboot
If this doesn't work than a good chance of hardware issue from all the falls, if it does work then my guess is you want to root it so go back to fastboot and flash the latest twrp or cwm recovery
Then either boot to recovery and flash su or wipe all and flash a custom ROM
Best of luck!
Sent from my Nexus 4 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

demkantor said:
Its possible that this is a hardware issue but for now what I would try is download latest stock, Google search
android factory images
And choose the latest for your device, KOT49H
Now boot to fastboot
fastboot erase system -w
fastboot erase boot
fastboot erase recovery
Now
fastboot flash bootloader nameofbootloader.img
fastboot flash radio nameofradio.img
Now either double click the flashall.bat or I prefer just extracting the rest an manual flash
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash data userdata.img
fastboot flash cache cache.img
fastboot flash boot boot.img
Now
fastboot reboot
If this doesn't work than a good chance of hardware issue from all the falls, if it does work then my guess is you want to root it so go back to fastboot and flash the latest twrp or cwm recovery
Then either boot to recovery and flash su or wipe all and flash a custom ROM
Best of luck!
Sent from my Nexus 4 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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As I said, I've already tried CWM, custom ROM (CM 11 - which required rooting, which I did) and followed the guide I linked for flashing the latest stock ROM I got from Google. The only thing I haven't tried is the fastboot erase commands - thanks for suggesting that, I will try them ASAP before trying to flash stock again though I don't have much hope left

Give it a shot, if you do everything in this order you will be good if its a software issue, if it doesn't work than possibly hardware
Sent from my Nexus 4 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

Help! "Your device is corrupt. It can't be trusted and may not work properly." (Red)

Help! "Your device is corrupt. It can't be trusted and may not work properly." (Red)
Hello,
just recently i rooted my Nexus 6p device and unlocked the bootloader, i noticed however, after rooting the device i received an error on boot up stating "Your device software can't be checked for corruption. Please lock the bootloader." (Orange), but after researching on the internet many people said that was normal due to the boot loader being unlocked...
however my concern for today is i have flashed back to the factory images of marshmallow, and am now experiencing an error on boot up that Your device is corrupt. It can't be trusted and may not work properly." i followed the exact step-by-step guide on how to unroot and lock the boot loader on the link below however am still experiencing the issue, please help it will be ever so much appreciated.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/general/guides-how-to-guides-beginners-t3206928
(the error that i am receiving after flashing stock image)
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/iGv9RPFbDSLec-4-cvsQNOh46pt5RhEvPy7EKKZXmbtjJ16P7d5EXOJHCIsR=w300

I've had that as well with mine before. The way I fixed mine was a somewhat tedious process but it did work for me. Start by downloading one of the angler images from Google, then with 7zip, decompress the .tgz which gives you a .tar. Once more will get you a folder named xxxxxx-angler. (I think it was that way but not 100% sure since I'm not at my laptop at the moment). With your phone (unlocked) in bootloader/fastboot mode, run flash-all.bat. this gets you back to a fully stock system but still has the corruption flag tripped. Run stock recovery and do a factory reset and the corruption warning should be gone and back to the "normal" screen saying please lock the bootloader.

bb1981 said:
I've had that as well with mine before. The way I fixed mine was a somewhat tedious process but it did work for me. Start by downloading one of the angler images from Google, then with 7zip, decompress the .tgz which gives you a .tar. Once more will get you a folder named xxxxxx-angler. (I think it was that way but not 100% sure since I'm not at my laptop at the moment). With your phone (unlocked) in bootloader/fastboot mode, run flash-all.bat. this gets you back to a fully stock system but still has the corruption flag tripped. Run stock recovery and do a factory reset and the corruption warning should be gone and back to the "normal" screen saying please lock the bootloader.
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thank you but i have already done all that, the problem is that i have flashed the angler image from google and did a factory reset,however, i am selling the phone soon and the warning message is still there even though the boot loader is locked and am not rooted

Moddy98 said:
thank you but i have already done all that, the problem is that i have flashed the angler image from google and did a factory reset,however, i am selling the phone soon and the warning message is still there even though the boot loader is locked and am not rooted
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Try doing this process manually, if you're selling it. I would infer the data doesn't matter on the device.
Depending on which OS you are on. Focus your command prompt with fast boot installed to your directory containing the stock files (unzip the image zip)
Now do the following process manually. Step by step
fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-angler-angler-xx.xx.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash radio radio-angler-angler-xx.xx.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash vendor vendor.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot format cache
fastboot flash cache cache.img
Now, if you still get the red warning. Repeat the process and add :
fastboot format userdata
DO NOT FLASH THE USERDATA IMAGE
If this does not work, I have other suggestions.

same prob in orange..plz help bro
TnT_ said:
Try doing this process manually, if you're selling it. I would infer the data doesn't matter on the device.
Depending on which OS you are on. Focus your command prompt with fast boot installed to your directory containing the stock files (unzip the image zip)
Now do the following process manually. Step by step
fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-angler-angler-xx.xx.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash radio radio-angler-angler-xx.xx.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash vendor vendor.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot format cache
fastboot flash cache cache.img
Now, if you still get the red warning. Repeat the process and add :
fastboot format userdata
DO NOT FLASH THE USERDATA IMAGE
If this does not work, I have other suggestions.
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I flashed my nexus 5x with marshmallow from nougat...but at the end i didn't lock the oem bootloader...so now i am repeatedly getting an error message "your device software can't be checked for corruption.Please lock the bootloader nexus"(orange color)..i had downgraded my nexus to marshmallow because i was having a bootloader stuck up loop problem...
And to do any of the steps I have to switch on the usb debugging mode right ??? But the problem is this message is constantly coming and i am unable to do anything for the past 2 days

vigy321 said:
I flashed my nexus 5x with marshmallow from nougat...but at the end i didn't lock the oem bootloader...so now i am repeatedly getting an error message "your device software can't be checked for corruption.Please lock the bootloader nexus"(orange color)..i had downgraded my nexus to marshmallow because i was having a bootloader stuck up loop problem...
And to do any of the steps I have to switch on the usb debugging mode right ??? But the problem is this message is constantly coming and i am unable to do anything for the past 2 days
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To flash back to stock, you have to boot into bootloader and using fastboot to flash factory image.
But hey, you're in the Nexus 6P forum, try following this guide in the Nexus 5X forum:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-5x/general/guides-how-to-guides-beginners-t3206930

I just went through this. Just unlock your bootloader with the Nexus toolkit and it'll go away that's all i did
Sent from my Nexus 6P using Tapatalk
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Moddy98 said:
Hello,
just recently i rooted my Nexus 6p device and unlocked the bootloader, i noticed however, after rooting the device i received an error on boot up stating "Your device software can't be checked for corruption. Please lock the bootloader." (Orange), but after researching on the internet many people said that was normal due to the boot loader being unlocked...
however my concern for today is i have flashed back to the factory images of marshmallow, and am now experiencing an error on boot up that Your device is corrupt. It can't be trusted and may not work properly." i followed the exact step-by-step guide on how to unroot and lock the boot loader on the link below however am still experiencing the issue, please help it will be ever so much appreciated.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/general/guides-how-to-guides-beginners-t3206928
(the error that i am receiving after flashing stock image)
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/iGv9RPFbDSLec-4-cvsQNOh46pt5RhEvPy7EKKZXmbtjJ16P7d5EXOJHCIsR=w300
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It happened to me just last week. Just unlock your bootloader with the Nexus toolkit and it'll go away. That's all i did and it went away i got it the same way you did and that's all I did
Sent from my Nexus 6P using Tapatalk

FYI: recovered G5 XT 1676 to stock and updated. :)

Just an FYI type thing that may save people a bit of digging around sometime.
I tried to get the update that just came out, but as i had TWRP as recovery, no good. Anyhow, in my trying i completely bollixed the phone. Would start, but always booted to TWRP and had various conniptions. Could not even get a TWRP backup to load. Strange not encountered before by me stuff............
Anyhow, recovered by the following method to stock and am back in business.
Boot into bootloader fastboot mode.
Extract .xml.zip format firmware file:
eg: CEDRIC_NPP25.137-15_cid50_subsidy-DEFAULT_regulatory-DEFAULT_CFC.xml.zip
to a folder on c drive of the PC that has the ADB and fastboot files in it.
In command prompt cd\ to that directory.
fastboot flash the following in sequence.
fastboot flash partition gpt.bin
fastboot flash motoboot motoboot.img
fastboot flash logo logo.bin
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk1
fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk2
fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk3
fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk4
fastboot flash modem NON-HLOS.bin
fastboot flash fsg fsg.mbn
fastboot erase cache
fastboot erase userdata
fastboot reboot
boots to stock .
Not my own work, adapted from this thread by t-bon3
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2542219
which I found thanks to eens post18 at this thread
https://forum.xda-developers.com/g5/how-to/npp25-137-33-stock-firmware-moto-g5-t3577084/page2
After this, Motorola system update installed. On Australian XT1676 is build number NPP25.137-15-7
Patch level 1-May-2017
Still get the I cant be trusted page on power up as have unlocked bootloader.
Many thanks to all at XDA, its a resource that can certainly get you into trouble, but then out of it again.

where do you get the stock firmware?

Think I worked out what I did wrong. Somehow, I changed the format of the data partition. Fat fingers at some point??
TWRP backups didn’t like that and would not mount or write to the data partition as it was not f2fs format that the backup had been made in??
Anyway, restored data from a TWRP backup after going to ....wipe…format data. All good.
That gave me the passcode lockout issue at next reboot which can deal with.
stock Firmware? http://www.filefactory.com/folder/c6cdedc45a775d27/?sort=created&order=DESC&show=25
for me stock the phone came with is: CEDRIC_NPP25.137-15_cid50_subsidy-DEFAULT_regulatory-DEFAULT_CFC.xml.zip
Worked on my XT1676 dual sim, but CHECK if its appropriate for your model. There are files on that page that wont be and flashing some of their components (particularly bootloader), can i have read, be unrecoverable disastrous. Be warned.
Slow, but got it. At first i thought it was corrupt as TWRP wouldn't flash it. My gumby. The .xml.zips apparently need to be extracted and flashed file by file.

We're you able to revert to a locked bootloader after this, I am looking forward to do so

We're you able to revert to a locked bootloader after this, I am looking forward to do so
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didnt try, didnt need to for taking take the update.
And, from my reading there is no way so far to relock the bootloader. I got it to stock, with stock recovery, and that was enough for me.

astmacca said:
didnt try, didnt need to for taking take the update.
And, from my reading there is no way so far to relock the bootloader. I got it to stock, with stock recovery, and that was enough for me.
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I can confirm what you said, but I am asking because I am sick of the warning before the device starts

ap4ss3rby said:
I can confirm what you said, but I am asking because I am sick of the warning before the device starts
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You can get rid of that easily
Put phone in fastboot mode
Download logo from link below
Enter the following in a windows command prompt where you have fastboot files & the logo file
Code:
fastboot.exe flash logo logo-g5-fix.bin
http://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-idWfPYugGvREJaR3B0UFIxUkU/view?usp=sharing

TheFixItMan said:
You can get rid of that easily
Put phone in fastboot mode
Download logo from link below
Enter the following in a windows command prompt where you have fastboot files & the logo file
Code:
fastboot.exe flash logo logo-g5-fix.bin
http://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-idWfPYugGvREJaR3B0UFIxUkU/view?usp=sharing
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Thanks, but this is why I made a Google pixel themed logo.bin and used a matching boot animation to go with it some time earlier

downgrade
thanks for the guide
- can i use this method to downgrade to this version?
- can i do this without unlocking the bootloader
- if it goes wrong can i unlock the bootloader later (i have an unlock code)
- is there a reason why we don't flash sparsechunk.0 ?
thanks in advance

distclean said:
thanks for the guide
- can i use this method to downgrade to this version?
- can i do this without unlocking the bootloader
- if it goes wrong can i unlock the bootloader later (i have an unlock code)
- is there a reason why we don't flash sparsechunk.0 ?
thanks in advance
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No you cannot downgrade (same firmware version or newer required)
Yes - unlocked bootloader not required
As long as your phone still goes into the bootloader
You should flash all sparsechunks in number order

Thanks a bunch,
So to be absolutely clear, my phone shipped with NPP25.137-15-7 i can't install the stock rom linked, and the same version isn't out yet,
if i unlock the bootloader, would i be able to downgrade ?
Is the software channel setting preserved across this method?

distclean said:
Thanks a bunch,
So to be absolutely clear, my phone shipped with NPP25.137-15-7 i can't install the stock rom linked, and the same version isn't out yet,
if i unlock the bootloader, would i be able to downgrade ?
Is the software channel setting preserved across this method?
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You maybe able to - there are different variants of the same phone
As long as the firmware is the same or newer (as in the bootloader and API version) it may flash
It will either flash or error out
There's only one way to find out - if your phone is dead anyway it's not going to make alot of difference
No - generally you can never downgrade firmware - doing so would be dangerous and you may loose the bootloader for good

thanks again,
motoboot.img is the bootloader you talk about? is the partition layout described somewhere? would custom roms use a different one here?
do tell me by the way if i should get this information elsewhere/if i should read something to get started in the whole moto g world.

distclean said:
thanks again,
motoboot.img is the bootloader you talk about? is the partition layout described somewhere? would custom roms use a different one here?
do tell me by the way if i should get this information elsewhere/if i should read something to get started in the whole moto g world.
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You can write in adb
Code:
adb shell
cat /proc
cat /proc/partitions

Hello,
Does anyone know where can I download the latest firmware for Moto G5 XT1676 baseband Version: m8937_ 8000.122.02.40 R
Thanks

astmacca said:
Boot into bootloader fastboot mode.
Extract .xml.zip format firmware file:
eg: CEDRIC_NPP25.137-15_cid50_subsidy-DEFAULT_regulatory-DEFAULT_CFC.xml.zip
to a folder on c drive of the PC that has the ADB and fastboot files in it.
In command prompt cd\ to that directory.
fastboot flash the following in sequence.
fastboot flash partition gpt.bin
fastboot flash motoboot motoboot.img
fastboot flash logo logo.bin
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk1
fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk2
fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk3
fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk4
fastboot flash modem NON-HLOS.bin
fastboot flash fsg fsg.mbn
fastboot erase cache
fastboot erase userdata
fastboot reboot
boots to stock .
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You're partially right. These commands won't work for our files. You have to flash the firmware according to the instructions contained within the "flashfile.xml" file within the archive. For example we have no "motoboot" partition

I've flashed every stock package available now (4 I think) and haven't been offered an update once. I've ran a couple of custom ROMs but they're just not right in one way or another. Might be time to move on.

distclean said:
Thanks a bunch,
So to be absolutely clear, my phone shipped with NPP25.137-15-7 i can't install the stock rom linked, and the same version isn't out yet,
if i unlock the bootloader, would i be able to downgrade ?
Is the software channel setting preserved across this method?
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I upgraded to this and since then can't downgrade the phone to the stock roms available online. From memory trying to flash gpt.bin gave a "Security version downgrade" error. So I wouldn't assume you'll be able to downgrade and until there is a copy of this particular firmware, you won't be able to flash back or relock the bootloader

astmacca said:
Think I worked out what I did wrong. Somehow, I changed the format of the data partition. Fat fingers at some point??
TWRP backups didn’t like that and would not mount or write to the data partition as it was not f2fs format that the backup had been made in??
Anyway, restored data from a TWRP backup after going to ....wipe…format data. All good.
That gave me the passcode lockout issue at next reboot which can deal with.
stock Firmware? http://www.filefactory.com/folder/c6cdedc45a775d27/?sort=created&order=DESC&show=25
for me stock the phone came with is: CEDRIC_NPP25.137-15_cid50_subsidy-DEFAULT_regulatory-DEFAULT_CFC.xml.zip
Worked on my XT1676 dual sim, but CHECK if its appropriate for your model. There are files on that page that wont be and flashing some of their components (particularly bootloader), can i have read, be unrecoverable disastrous. Be warned.
Slow, but got it. At first i thought it was corrupt as TWRP wouldn't flash it. My gumby. The .xml.zips apparently need to be extracted and flashed file by file.
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Is this ROM is good to my XT1676 Baseband: M8937_11.16.02.51R ?

astmacca said:
Think I worked out what I did wrong. Somehow, I changed the format of the data partition. Fat fingers at some point??
TWRP backups didn’t like that and would not mount or write to the data partition as it was not f2fs format that the backup had been made in??
Anyway, restored data from a TWRP backup after going to ....wipe…format data. All good.
That gave me the passcode lockout issue at next reboot which can deal with.
stock Firmware? http://www.filefactory.com/folder/c6cdedc45a775d27/?sort=created&order=DESC&show=25
for me stock the phone came with is: CEDRIC_NPP25.137-15_cid50_subsidy-DEFAULT_regulatory-DEFAULT_CFC.xml.zip
Worked on my XT1676 dual sim, but CHECK if its appropriate for your model. There are files on that page that wont be and flashing some of their components (particularly bootloader), can i have read, be unrecoverable disastrous. Be warned.
Slow, but got it. At first i thought it was corrupt as TWRP wouldn't flash it. My gumby. The .xml.zips apparently need to be extracted and flashed file by file.
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Hi, i own the same model of moto g5, i do this in fastboot window
fastboot erase userdata
now the phone only boot in twrp and show a message "failed to mount /data". i think that delete my userdata partition, how could i fix it?
once i can avoid this loop in twrp, i follow these steps to flash stock rom
thanks in advance
juan