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Thought I'd share my experience in case it would help anyone.
Got a good deal on a new used US Cellular version tab. Hadn't come here yet to check things figuring all tabs would be the same.... wrong obviously.
First, because not everyone necessarily clearly mentions the difference between the GSM and CDMA versions, I almost went down the wrong path and tried to load a GSM rom. Caught that luckily in time. Rooting sucked as Kies would not, with 6 different computers and just as many different versions of Kies, recognize my device. Luckily I stumbled on the Z4root app which worked great.
All is good, but of course, no one mentions the us cellular version at all when it comes to roms. Studied up and noticed the model numbers and specs between us cellular version and verizon version matched. Great. Loaded beta clockwork mod for verizon, but only the stock recovery would come up when I tried to get into recovery.
Decided to load the voodoo kernal for cdma verizon. This is where it got ugly. Wouldn't convert partition to ext4 and just sat there. Took creators advice and booted into recovery. Suprisingly, it now went to the clockwork mod recovery, but nothing I did there helped, so I rebooted into recovery from clockwork mod recovery as per the instructions so I could do a data wipe and factory reset. Not all I had was a boot loop and it would no longer even go into recovery. Pretty sure I was screwed at this point. Only thing I had going for me was that I could still get into download mode. Got lucky and found the files necessary to go to bone stock verizon vie heimdall. Loaded them up and rebooted. A little hairy, but then I had a running system again. Since I knew I could always redo that, I decided to load the voodoo kernal again and this time it worked (maybe because my system was now basically verizon???).
Anyways, if anyone needs the files to go back to stock, I do have them and would be more than willing to share. I know one thing, if it wasn't for the wealth of information here I would have a bricked tab right now.
So I just bought a used US Cellular tab and wish I'd understood there would be issues.
I just rooted via z4Root as well and now don't know what to do. Were you able to flash any ROMs after getting into recovery? I'd imagine Verizon Roms might work?
I don't care about cellular data as I'm using it as wifi only.
Would you be kind enough to share the stock rom you mentioned? I've run into problems restoring my US Cellular GT. Thanks!
This is the exact same thing that happened to me as well except that I have a vzw tab.
I used sgs kernal to flash which went successful then tried to load a rom through cwm and got stuck in the boot screen.
I was able to go into download mode but had no idea how to use heimdall nor did I know what files I needed.
Luckly I bought through vzw 13 days ago so I just went in and exhanged it.
Wanna try again but would like to have the stock files needed to restore my tab in case I soft brick it again.
Can you please email me the files to [email protected]???
Yes please share the stock files
I would also like to request stock file as well. Thanks!!!!
Hello, I just got a Motorola Milestone X. Its running on ACS alaska network. From reading I've done this phone appears to be the moto x but just not the vws branded phone? My question does anyone know of a way to root it and or any custom roms for it? Its filled with bloatware and no way to remove it and the stock rom is very ugly.
Ive tried z4root, superoot, androot and various other rooting guides that were supposed to work on the Moto X but all have failed me. Its running 2.2.1 and from what I gather this might be the problem?
Any help or info from anyone else familiar with this phone would be greatly appreciated as I hate it in its current stock form and would like to at least be able to remove the bloatware and crap I dont use even if there arent any custom roms for it. Thank you
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I also have a milestone x from a local carrier, and was able to root it.
I downloaded and installed all the Motorola drivers.
http://www.motorola.com/Support/US-...tware_and_Drivers/USB-and-PC-Charging-Drivers
Hooked the phone up and went through each mode to ensure all the drivers were installed.
I then installed the latest version of SuperOneClick from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803682
I then extracted and ran SuperOneClick, chose the psneuter exploit and clicked root. This was able to root the phone. I did need to reboot the phone before the superuser application would work though.
I haven't looked into custom roms yet.
thank you very much for the information. I tried super one click but it would always lock up but maybe i'll give it another try. Is your phone running 2.2.1? Thanks again for the reply.
Inciner8Fire said:
I also have a milestone x from a local carrier, and was able to root it.
I downloaded and installed all the Motorola drivers.
http://www.motorola.com/Support/US-...tware_and_Drivers/USB-and-PC-Charging-Drivers
Hooked the phone up and went through each mode to ensure all the drivers were installed.
I then installed the latest version of SuperOneClick from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803682
I then extracted and ran SuperOneClick, chose the psneuter exploit and clicked root. This was able to root the phone. I did need to reboot the phone before the superuser application would work though.
I haven't looked into custom roms yet.
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I must have used a older version of SuperOneClick before. This one you linked worked with no problems at all. Thank you so much!
No prob, glad it worked for ya.
Thanks for the post. I was going through the same frustrations with my new ACS Milestone X. I see now that there is a new version of SuperOneClick ... anybody else trying to make this work, make sure you use v1.7.
So back to JDinAZ74's second question ... now that we've rooted are there custom roms for our CDMA version of this phone? I see tons of roms but none that I've noticed specify GSM or CDMA, which usually means it's GSM. Anybody know for sure?
the dx is on verizon, so its all cdma. i not sure it would matter though...
Yeah I'm not sure it matters either ... I know on my HTC Desire it mattered. If I flashed it with a GSM rom it would not boot.
Okay so somewhat unrelated ... i've got bootstrap installed and was able to do a rom backup via clockwork recovery. Is there a way to boot into recovery from the device being off? I tried every combination of buttons while pressing the on button but nothing works. I've looked all over the forum (and googled) but can't find anything.
I want to start installing custom roms but am affraid of something going wrong and me not being able to reflash my backup.
Then again maybe I'm just confused because I'm coming from a Desire which I've discovered Motorola and HTC modding differs significantly.
Im still looking for roms as well and kinda afraid to just start trying things like you said. If you come across anything that works let me know and ill do the same.
to get to stock recovery, hold power and home till the moto logo appears, then release the power button until you get an exclamation point, then let go and click the search button.
to get to cw recovery, do a battery pull and reboot.
if you completely **** your phone, sbf.
mattmartin77 said:
to get to stock recovery, hold power and home till the moto logo appears, then release the power button until you get an exclamation point, then let go and click the search button.
to get to cw recovery, do a battery pull and reboot.
if you completely **** your phone, sbf.
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Wouldn't the SBf only work on a Droid x?
mattmartin77 said:
to get to stock recovery, hold power and home till the moto logo appears, then release the power button until you get an exclamation point, then let go and click the search button.
to get to cw recovery, do a battery pull and reboot.
if you completely **** your phone, sbf.
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Fantastic! Thank you.
I don't know that they could do an sbf being on a non Verizon carrier. The sbf files out are all for Verizon. If you do screw up your phone you would have to take it into the store and have them sbf it. And they might not. I think you guys just need to be a little careful. Unless you can find an sbf file from your carrier. Try apex, rubix, or liberty roms for flashing. All the roms are cdma. Good luck and be careful.
Sent from my DROIDX using XDA App
The milestone x uses the same RSA key for its bootloader as the original Droid X. You CAN flash a Verizon SBF into it and it will work, HOWEVER, it will NO LONGER work with your carrier. It is also important to note that ANY SBF will overwrite the baseband AND the baseband configuration (unless specifically noted NOT to do so) rendering the phone useless, requiring re-programming, which for the voice part is no big deal, but to get EVDo working again you'll need to edit some non-user accessible parameters with QPST and what not to get it to connect back to the non verizon carrier.
What you CAN do with this phone is non-baseband patching updates/roms. If you've got a Milestone X you're not on verizon, so you're not able to use the leaked SBF's and what not, which removes a decent safety net. So flash with caution. If your carrier is small enough they are likely to re-sbf your phone for you if you brick it.
One last word of caution.. Verizon's DX on leaked GB's updates the BL to a newer version than is on the Milestone X. This will turn your phone into a Droid X, with no ability to go backwards until the same BL is available on the Milestone X.
In short, we non VZW DX owners have a lot less fun..
Bollocks to that.
really wish I knew if someone had tried, I really want to try that leaked gingerbread.
went ahead and took the plunge with... SUCCESS. I installed Liberty 2.0.1 and nothing went wrong, you just got to be more careful than others who have the sbf backup.
Went to ACS today because i'm considering this phone, ACS is partnering with Verison(GSM), and GCI is partnering with Sprint (CDMA).
Just incase it's not clear i'm sure roms for Verizon will work for ACS and roms for sprint should work with GCI.
Double check incase i have the two "bands mixed up" i know i have the carrier relationships right.
Does anyone know if we can overclock with out romming?
I tried droid overclock a few times which always sent the phone into a boot loop. Id have to pull the battery and do a factory reset to get it running again.
Hello again
So I made the mistake of accepting the .621 update after a ROM flash gone bad.
I've found the method to get root back but no matter what I do I can't get 3G back. I called Verizon, I reflashed, etc.
I keep seeing people saying not to use RSD Lite because it gets rid of a "15p" whatever that is. Maybe I got rid of that by accident? Is there some way I can put it back?
By the way, my system is 100% Linux. If you could tell me a way that's 100% Linux, I'd be grateful, otherwise I have to do it at work which I don't like.
You've SBFed to .621 with RSD Lite and have dialed activation?
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2
Yes and yes. The SBF I used is "1FF-p3a_shadow_cdma_shadow-user-2.3.4-4.5.1_57_DX8-51-120111-test-keys-signed-Verizon-US.sbf"
EDIT: FWIW - I am unable to install the "Blur_Version.4.5.621.MB810.Verizon.en.US" zip file, the process always fails and tells me something is wrong with the zip file even though the md5 hash is correct...
Greetings,
I do not have your answer but I have the same problem. I sbf from stock .621 to the Milestone .604 then rooted and flashed the .621 stock. Tried the deodexed one as well. I deleted all things possible on this phone but all I get is voice and Verizon text. WIFI of course but no 3G.
I thought this might be because when I aquired the phone it had been flashed to Cricket. All the reading I've done indicated when you factory reset it all goes back to Verizon. My guess is the Cricket flash did something that permanently changed the phone. I wanted to copy the memory and compare it in hex editor with the memory from my fully functioinal droid X to compare. I need more research to know what memory locations to copy from using CDMA Workshop.
SH
My C&P from androidforums
The answer is...
My phone was "changed" by the Cricket flash. If a phone was Cricket and or had corrupted firmware you may loose the 3G connection.
I thought the Milestone flash was returning my phone to factory settings, most of you know of course it was not. Originally I did not sbf to .621. I did not know it was an option.
I thought we could no longer sbf in the Microsoft world with this phone at .621, wrong. I properly sbfed to .621 using information found here: SBF'd works but no data network?
RSD Lite 5.6 with the .621 sbf got me where I needed to be. I'd forgotten about the blue triangle where the 3g symbol lands after activation.
The link information woke me up as to what I was missing. The good news is if you have flashed to Cricket and wish to root with the Milestone method, you can keep the Cricket flash.
Many thanks to all the developers out there as well as, ylexot and Goose306 for your post on Droid x forums.
In defense of my own ineptitude this problem seems to be out there. I stumbled through many threads unanswered concerning this issue. If the sbf back to stock is here I missed it, perhaps it should be a sticky, or does it no longer matter for this aging/obsolete phone.
I do like experimenting with older "cheaper" technology.
Thanks again,
SH
3g fix
If you have a spare or old phone, try transferring your service to it, then back again. If still no 3g, try flashing milestone x .604 using linux method, I suggest using 1KDStaz_MX_4.5.604.iso (Milestone X 4.5.604 Gingerbread) live cd.
Recently I bought a Bravo which came with 2.2.2 "Blur_Version.38.6.0.MB520.Generic.en.US", there was a different kernel too.
I was trying to root it and install custom recovery but I installed custom recovery twice and then I had to flash sbf because it went into bootloop, nothing beyond moto logo.
after installing sbf 2.2.1 again, when I go to system updates, it says its up to date.
I was trying to backup system to have it.
Did anybody here get this update?
josuearisty said:
Recently I bought a Bravo which came with 2.2.2 "Blur_Version.38.6.0.MB520.Generic.en.US", there was a different kernel too.
I was trying to root it and install custom recovery but I installed custom recovery twice and then I had to flash sbf because it went into bootloop, nothing beyond moto logo.
after installing sbf 2.2.1 again, when I go to system updates, it says its up to date.
I was trying to backup system to have it.
Did anybody here get this update?
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No, but I haven't been on the actual Bravo factory system to know if an update would even be available. I've always suspected that there were more Bravo systems than our one sbf, but with all our users instantly upgrading to CM7 I can easily see it being overlooked. The other/maybe newer kernel intrigues me since it might be more compatible\similar to the Defy kernel since the Defy's last official update was a 2.2.2 Froyo. While officially the Bravo is listed as a US ATT Phone, all the Chinese and non American users makes it very obvious that this isn't the case. I'd love to get my hands on a Chinese SBF for the Bravo.
While you weren't able to get past the Moto logo, were you able to root it? Or access 2nd-init? If so, then why the hell didn't you do a dd on the bootloader? :silly: I'd of gladly dumped that dump onto my Bravo. If you happen to come across one again then for the love of God don't sbf it.
Knowing that there's another Bravo system and kernel I can't try makes me a very sad panda.
/Now I gotta sbf to stock and fire up cheesecake and see if anything happens. If cheesecake even still works.
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No, but I haven't been on the actual Bravo factory system to know if an update would even be available. I've always suspected that there were more Bravo systems than our one sbf, but with all our users instantly upgrading to CM7 I can easily see it being overlooked. The other/maybe newer kernel intrigues me since it might be more compatible\similar to the Defy kernel since the Defy's last official update was a 2.2.2 Froyo. While officially the Bravo is listed as a US ATT Phone, all the Chinese and non American users makes it very obvious that this isn't the case. I'd love to get my hands on a Chinese SBF for the Bravo.
While you weren't able to get past the Moto logo, were you able to root it? Or access 2nd-init? If so, then why the hell didn't you do a dd on the bootloader? :silly: I'd of gladly dumped that dump onto my Bravo. If you happen to come across one again then for the love of God don't sbf it.
Knowing that there's another Bravo system and kernel I can't try makes me a very sad panda.
/Now I gotta sbf to stock and fire up cheesecake and see if anything happens. If cheesecake even still works.
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Uuuuuuups, I alredy SBF it, the phone belong to my father and I had to give it to him yesterday
There was another kernel yes, side applications was enabled, it was faster than 2.2.1, there were less bloatware
And the most important thing is that the phone didnt say AT&T down the home button.
I am very sad because I couldnt even create a backup for system, I forgot about dd codes for backing up too, but as I told you before, I had to act inmediatly.
I thought that flashing 2.2.1 again, I was able to update it via system update, but it wasnt possible.
josuearisty said:
Uuuuuuups, I alredy SBF it, the phone belong to my father and I had to give it to him yesterday
There was another kernel yes, side applications was enabled, it was faster than 2.2.1, there were less bloatware
And the most important thing is that the phone didnt say AT&T down the home button.
I am very sad because I couldnt even create a backup for system, I forgot about dd codes for backing up too, but as I told you before, I had to act inmediatly.
I thought that flashing 2.2.1 again, I was able to update it via system update, but it wasnt possible.
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I've looked a bit on Google and haven't seen anything about a Bravo 2.2.2 system . And that includes translating a few Russian, Spanish, and Chinese sites. I sbf'd back to stock so I'm gonna install try looking on the cheesecake servers (hopefully they still work for us) and hope something happens.
Other than AT&T, what other carrier uses the Bravo? If we knew that then all we'd need to do is take a sim unlocked stock Bravo, connect to that network, and check for a system update. Bravo 2.2.2 might be carrier exclusive, and that carrier isn't AT&T. If it weren't for the different kernel version, I'd almost think that it came with a Defy 2.2.2 T-Mobile port (same way to port as CM7).
skeevy420 said:
I've looked a bit on Google and haven't seen anything about a Bravo 2.2.2 system . And that includes translating a few Russian, Spanish, and Chinese sites. I sbf'd back to stock so I'm gonna install try looking on the cheesecake servers (hopefully they still work for us) and hope something happens.
Other than AT&T, what other carrier uses the Bravo? If we knew that then all we'd need to do is take a sim unlocked stock Bravo, connect to that network, and check for a system update. Bravo 2.2.2 might be carrier exclusive, and that carrier isn't AT&T. If it weren't for the different kernel version, I'd almost think that it came with a Defy 2.2.2 T-Mobile port (same way to port as CM7).
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I hope you get something, maybe you can ask somebody at AT&T, the answer maybe its there, maybe it was approved by AT&T.
I would like to help with that, but after flashing our SBF, you know there is no way to go back. Do you know anybody at motorola?
But there is no use now, we almost have jelly bean 4.2.2 with custom kernel.
Speaking about it, there have not been anything new with that, do you know something about?
2.2.2 = Consumer Cellular
Guys, I'm on Consumer Cellular and getting wife fixed up with Bravo that they sell/support. First one I bought had 2.2.1 on it and couldn't get MMS working. Found another on ebay listing says it was used on Consumer Cellular and photo of About Page shows version 2.2.2 and Version.38.6.0.MB520.Generic.en.US. I plan to buy the phone and will be glad to backup the rom and share it with you. Just need pointer to process to follow. I'm somewhat of a newbie (with android phones) but have flashed CM7 to the bravo and reflashed back to 2.2.1 sbf using rsdlite.
Toby
Making an SBF file is not an easy task. I think Consumer Cellular clients may ask their carrier for any help with stock rom.
bohdan4ik13 said:
Making an SBF file is not an easy task. I think Consumer Cellular clients may ask their carrier for any help with stock rom.
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I see that now. If/when I get the phone, I'm willing to backup the 2.2.2 rom if a nandroid backup would be helpful.
tobewan said:
I see that now. If/when I get the phone, I'm willing to backup the 2.2.2 rom if a nandroid backup would be helpful.
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Its not just to make a nandroid backup, we would like to get the bootloader too.
skeevy can help you getting the backup we need, using dd codes, I dont remember which were these codes, lets wait for him.
Thanks!
tobewan said:
Guys, I'm on Consumer Cellular and getting wife fixed up with Bravo that they sell/support. First one I bought had 2.2.1 on it and couldn't get MMS working. Found another on ebay listing says it was used on Consumer Cellular and photo of About Page shows version 2.2.2 and Version.38.6.0.MB520.Generic.en.US. I plan to buy the phone and will be glad to backup the rom and share it with you. Just need pointer to process to follow. I'm somewhat of a newbie (with android phones) but have flashed CM7 to the bravo and reflashed back to 2.2.1 sbf using rsdlite.
Toby
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Well I'll be damned...someone actually still has the Stock 2.2.2 . The most important partitions we'll need are bootloader, devtree, and system. A nandroid backup will work for the system, but the bootloader and devtree should be dd off the phone. Make sure you have at least a gig of free sd space. I'm gonna be thorough and have you dump more than needed.
To make the copies you'll need to root the phone and have a PC handy with ADB working....PC not necessary but makes it much easier. Any of the adb shell commands can be done from Android Terminal Emulator.
For adb, open up a Terminal Window\Command Prompt
type "adb shell" to access the phones terminal environment
then "su" to be root user
For Android Terminal Emulator
Just open it and type "su"
Code:
Do all these commands as root with adb or Terminal Emulator.
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk1p0 /mnt/sdcard/dump/mbr
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk1p1 /mnt/sdcard/dump/mbmloader
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk1p2 /mnt/sdcard/dump/mbm
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk1p3 /mnt/sdcard/dump/mbmbackup
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk1p4 /mnt/sdcard/dump/ebr
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk1p5 /mnt/sdcard/dump/bploader
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk1p6 /mnt/sdcard/dump/cdt.bin
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk1p7 /mnt/sdcard/dump/pds
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk1p8 /mnt/sdcard/dump/lbl
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk1p9 /mnt/sdcard/dump/lbl_backup
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk1p10 /mnt/sdcard/dump/logo.bin
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk1p11 /mnt/sdcard/dump/sp
[B]dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk1p12 /mnt/sdcard/dump/devtree[/B]
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk1p13 /mnt/sdcard/dump/devtree_backup
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk1p14 /mnt/sdcard/dump/bpsw
[B]dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk1p15 /mnt/sdcard/dump/boot[/B]
[B]dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk1p16 /mnt/sdcard/dump/recovery[/B]
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk1p17 /mnt/sdcard/dump/cdrom
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk1p18 /mnt/sdcard/dump/misc
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk1p19 /mnt/sdcard/dump/cid
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk1p20 /mnt/sdcard/dump/kpanic
[B]dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /mnt/sdcard/dump/system[/B]
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk1p22 /mnt/sdcard/dump/prek
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk1p23 /mnt/sdcard/dump/pkbackup
**don't upload these two unless you factory reset and don't enter any personal data**
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk1p24 /mnt/sdcard/dump/cache
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk1p25 /mnt/sdcard/dump/userdata
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After that, mount your sdcard over USB and zip up the entire "dump" directory (/mnt/sdcard/dump) and upload that somewhere, preferably anywhere without a bandwidth cap. Should be around 350-400mb total.
The most important ones needed are in bold, though all could possible help. Other than system and cdrom, most should be under 4mb, 2mb, or 512k.
I tried to make this as easy as possible. You should be able to just go down the line and copy\paste everything.
Thank you. Even if its old, we'd still like any stock Bravo system that's not AT&T -- especially if it comes with a different kernel .
PM me if you need to get my attention since I'm not around the Bravo forums as much as I once was.
EDIT--Can you get a better screenshot of the kernel version? From the picture the kernel is the same as the stock one...I need the bottom line to verify.
Help: I bricked the consumer cellular mb520
I bought a Consumer Cellular version of Motorola Bravo MB520, and the device was sim-locked, so I was trying to do "soft-unlocking" using the defy method (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1483297).
I successfully rooted the phone, and flashed one of GB roms, WhateRabbitNextGen-2.1.1.
Then I flashed Baseband_change(EP93_U_00.59.01).zip to match the baseband version.
After that it booted straight to bootloader recovery every time.
So I flashed the sbf (p4_kobe_umts_kobe_user_3.4.2-125_KOB_FFW-4_product-keys-ATT-US_ATT-signed.sbf) to start over again.
But it kept rebooting, even worse now I can not load a CWM recovery mode.
The only thing I can access is sbf.
Is it possible to make a custom sbf to recover this phone?
If I buy another same phone, then can I make a restore file to flash this phone back to the stock status?
Solved
purpleid said:
I bought a Consumer Cellular version of Motorola Bravo MB520, and the device was sim-locked, so I was trying to do "soft-unlocking" using the defy method (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1483297).
I successfully rooted the phone, and flashed one of GB roms, WhateRabbitNextGen-2.1.1.
Then I flashed Baseband_change(EP93_U_00.59.01).zip to match the baseband version.
After that it booted straight to bootloader recovery every time.
So I flashed the sbf (p4_kobe_umts_kobe_user_3.4.2-125_KOB_FFW-4_product-keys-ATT-US_ATT-signed.sbf) to start over again.
But it kept rebooting, even worse now I can not load a CWM recovery mode.
The only thing I can access is sbf.
Is it possible to make a custom sbf to recover this phone?
If I buy another same phone, then can I make a restore file to flash this phone back to the stock status?
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I found that I can still access stock recovery and could factory reset and solved the problem.
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Note: If you bootloop and are stuck at the red M logo, you need to wipe data in stock recovery. To do that, hold the volume down button and continue holding it when you power up the phone. Then, once you see the triangle and android, press both volume buttons at the same time. After that, scroll down and select wipe data/factory reset.
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BTW, I am still looking for a solution to sim unlock this device.
I tried to buy an unlock code from ebay, but I got
IMEI: *********** Code: Code not found. (Rejected)
I guess the seller was doing for AT&T IMEI only.
You couldn't have hooked it up with a system dump first? Consumer Cellular phones are the only source for Motorola Bravo 2.2.2 factory system and different stock kernel\devtree. Us old school Bravo users really, really want that.
skeevydude said:
You couldn't have hooked it up with a system dump first? Consumer Cellular phones are the only source for Motorola Bravo 2.2.2 factory system and different stock kernel\devtree. Us old school Bravo users really, really want that.
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Unfortunately I did not back up the system, but I reordered another one. I will upload it once I get it.
But why Defy soft-unlocking method does not work with Bravo?
Even with the same baseband version(EPU93_U_00.59.01)'s CM72 did not work for me.
After applying soft-unlock patch, it kept rebooting, and factory reset made the device not detect any sim.
Radio.img seems to be different from Defy, or maybe need just some simple tweaks.
purpleid said:
Unfortunately I did not back up the system, but I reordered another one. I will upload it once I get it.
But why Defy soft-unlocking method does not work with Bravo?
Even with the same baseband version(EPU93_U_00.59.01)'s CM72 did not work for me.
After applying soft-unlock patch, it kept rebooting, and factory reset made the device not detect any sim.
Radio.img seems to be different from Defy, or maybe need just some simple tweaks.
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That would be awesome.
Soft sim unlock doesn't work because of radio.img. The soft sim patch replaces a few files under /system. You'll have to reinstall whatever rom you were previously using to get the radio working again. Factory reset shouldn't be necessary.
It's August of 2013. Needing more room on my SD card, I decide to delete my Consumer Cellular 2.2.2 backup. A week passes, and I find this thread. I originaly deleted it because I thought nothing of it, I figured all Bravo's had 2.2.2 froyo. Boy was I wrong. If I still had it, I sure as hell would have uploaded all that I could to help you guus out. If only I had found this a week earlier.
Just felt like I had to share that little story with the world, how I was so close to actually doing something monumental in the developing community.
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*BUMP*
You know, if anyone out there has 80 bucks they are willing to put forth to the good cause of 2.2.2...
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00B8B3G9W/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1398305766&sr=8-1&pi=SY200_QL40
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Apologies for bumping an old thread, but I have two bravos: 2.2.2 and 2.2.1 ..Do you guys still need backups? I have no idea what's going on here or why it's considered so monumental in the developing community, but I'd like to know and I'm willing to help you guys out if it's still needed.
I also have a system dump and a CWM backup of an original 2.2.2 Consumer Cellular Bravo. Let me know if you guys still want it.
Markus
Well, most of us have move to newer phones, I have a Droid Ultra and a Razr M and with gingerbread working 100%, any froyo version its not very useful at this time.
I was flashing ROMs and had DLed a bunch from a site exclusively for RAZR M phones and some guy had put a bunch of stuff for the XT910 and I accidentally flashed a AOKP GSM zip and now I can't flash anything or RSDLite back to stock, which was always my failsafe out of a soft brick. I still have TWRP and I was able to restore my backup but boot and system files only, data wouldn't restore. Now my phone will boot to the custom splash screen but it just loops. And I first get the red Moto M circle and do NOT get the unlocked boot loader warning. So any help? I will post the RSDLite results when I get home.
ok heres the site I got the file from, this guy should be hung...surdu_petru...http://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=developers&did=70
noone? help is needed please! OK well I restored to a TWRP recovery i had and it worked partially, as long as i unchecked the data partition, the boot and system partitions stuck, so now my unlocked bootloader warning is back as is my custom ROM splash screen, but in a bootloop. I tried RSDLite flashing it again and the 4.1.1 firmware seemed to work but still loops. 4.1.2 and 4.0.4 wont flash because of the "get var, OEM" issue. I had this happen once before aswhile back but was using CWM recovery and juyst switched to TWRP, which fixed it, but not so lucky this time around. So I am wondering if i flash some other partitions like the persist forthe radio, esp since i flashed a xt910 GSM file which is why my phone now thinks its a xt910. Any ideas? please!!!
ok PROBLEM SOLVED. aFTER LOSING THE CUSTOM RECOVERY BY TRYING TO FASTBOOT WITH RSDLITE I DID THE "delete the Getvar and OEM LINES FROM THE FACTORY FIRMWARE OF 4.1.2 (THE .78 VERSION) AND SINCE THE xt910 ROM WAS 4.2.2 AND MY RADIO HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN UPDATED TO .78, I FIGURED THE .78 4.1.2 WOULD BE MY BEST SHOT, AND SO IT WAS. THAT "GETVAR" ISSUE IS DEFINATE PROBLEM THAT SHOULD BE RESOLVED ANYWAY. wELL ANOTHER TRAGEDY AVERTED, AND IM GETTING PRETTY GOOD AT THIS, LOL, AVOIDING MISTAKES WOULD BE BEST THO. sO BEWARE OF THE "ANDROIDFILEHOST" SITE, THEY HAVE A GUY POSTING XT910 ROMS UNDER XT907 FOLDER! almost cost me a phone Close this thread
Edit does not work on either of my razr m phones
one last note, I thought i was unable to get the radio/modem working again as a resullt of flashing a GSM ROM for the XT910, but that issue was fixed with a Firmware flash, or FXZ file, through RSDLite. The issue is actually the RAZR Ms US GSM unlock (NV edit using RadioComm) that is still not working. As with my other RAZR M (LOCKED, rooted, and SS installed) I can not seem to get it working by using RC or DFS, and I am really starting to think the .78 or .94 update killed this edit just as it did the bootloader unlock, even though everyone says it doesnt and that this edit can be performed on locked, unrooted and completely updated devices. If so then....
CAN SOMEONE EXPLAIN WHY BOTH MY LOCKED AND UNLOCKED RAZR M DEVICES WILL NOT ACCEPT THE US GSM EDIT???? PLEASE?
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one last note, I thought i was unable to get the radio/modem working again as a resullt of flashing a GSM ROM for the XT910, but that issue was fixed with a Firmware flash, or FXZ file, through RSDLite. The issue is actually the RAZR Ms US GSM unlock (NV edit using RadioComm) that is still not working. As with my other RAZR M (LOCKED, rooted, and SS installed) I can not seem to get it working by using RC or DFS, and I am really starting to think the .78 or .94 update killed this edit just as it did the bootloader unlock, even though everyone says it doesnt and that this edit can be performed on locked, unrooted and completely updated devices. If so then....
CAN SOMEONE EXPLAIN WHY BOTH MY LOCKED AND UNLOCKED RAZR M DEVICES WILL NOT ACCEPT THE US GSM EDIT???? PLEASE?
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The Reason why it doesn't accept the Us GSM edit Is because the Motorola Droid Razr M is not a gsm phone it is a CDMA phone with LTE. Thus it will not work on any GSM providers unless that provider is like straight talk with multiple networks supported otherwise the phone is stuck on verizon wireless or any other carrier you bought it from. Have A Good Day. By the way my two old accounts got banned for no reason. if you want to know what experience i have look at my devices on the accounts Droidxpert and Droidxpert1. Thanks
rocketrazr99 said:
one last note, I thought i was unable to get the radio/modem working again as a resullt of flashing a GSM ROM for the XT910, but that issue was fixed with a Firmware flash, or FXZ file, through RSDLite. The issue is actually the RAZR Ms US GSM unlock (NV edit using RadioComm) that is still not working. As with my other RAZR M (LOCKED, rooted, and SS installed) I can not seem to get it working by using RC or DFS, and I am really starting to think the .78 or .94 update killed this edit just as it did the bootloader unlock, even though everyone says it doesnt and that this edit can be performed on locked, unrooted and completely updated devices. If so then....
CAN SOMEONE EXPLAIN WHY BOTH MY LOCKED AND UNLOCKED RAZR M DEVICES WILL NOT ACCEPT THE US GSM EDIT???? PLEASE?
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The phones will accept the edit and will work on GSM if you unlock with RadioComm. He ran into issues because he didn't unlock with RadioComm.
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The Reason why it doesn't accept the Us GSM edit Is because the Motorola Droid Razr M is not a gsm phone it is a CDMA phone with LTE. Thus it will not work on any GSM providers unless that provider is like straight talk with multiple networks supported otherwise the phone is stuck on verizon wireless or any other carrier you bought it from. Have A Good Day. By the way my two old accounts got banned for no reason. if you want to know what experience i have look at my devices on the accounts Droidxpert and Droidxpert1. Thanks
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Sorry but they both unlocked. The issue was (I think) that I was typing "01" but only needed to actually type "1" and then the window shows "01". It was something like that anyway.
soft bricked now
Now my problem is I wiped the whole phone by mistake and cant restore since i lost CWM and cant RSDLite any firmware since the latest was already on it and some error message showed that i had flashed an earlier version or somthing, IDK. But I read that to fix it i need a newer firmware to run on RSDLite, of which none exists. So my phone is soft bricked until Kitkat gets released for the M, which is never, lol
rocketrazr99 said:
Now my problem is I wiped the whole phone by mistake and cant restore since i lost CWM and cant RSDLite any firmware since the latest was already on it and some error message showed that i had flashed an earlier version or somthing, IDK. But I read that to fix it i need a newer firmware to run on RSDLite, of which none exists. So my phone is soft bricked until Kitkat gets released for the M, which is never, lol
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You don't need to run a newer firmware, you just need to run one that's equivalent to what you have now. You got the TZ fail because you tried to flash an older FW.
RikRong said:
You don't need to run a newer firmware, you just need to run one that's equivalent to what you have now. You got the TZ fail because you tried to flash an older FW.
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It was actually more than just that. I cant remember but saw a thread about it saying that it had an old firmware and a present firmware and it needs a newer firmware, but I am onm the newest one already so I have to wait for one to get pushed out, idk. Now i can get as far as flashing process 17/21, which is the system flash, when te phone returns a fail. i will try a few tricks i learned from prior luck
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It was actually more than just that. I cant remember but saw a thread about it saying that it had an old firmware and a present firmware and it needs a newer firmware, but I am onm the newest one already so I have to wait for one to get pushed out, idk. Now i can get as far as flashing process 17/21, which is the system flash, when te phone returns a fail. i will try a few tricks i learned from prior luck
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OK, Rik was right, I didnt have to wait for a new firmware release. I kept trying to flash the most recent version of 4.1.2 and kept hitting a wall at 17/21, which is the flashing of the system image. Occasionally it would fail before that at 16/21, which is CDROM files. That always happened the first attempt after I unhooked the phone and restarted everything, so I started thinking, what is causing the flash to fail for no apparent reason. Then it finally hit me....it was as if my phone was running out of storage space. But that just isnt possible when you are flashing with RSDLite since it wipes out everything first. So I then remembered that my PC has very little room left on its hard drive. Could it be that RSDLite needed more space to work? Hmmmmm, so I deleted a few videos and moved the firmware file to that area (it may or may not help) of the drive and tried again. After the initial fail at 16/21 I was met with a successful flash, although it took a very long time to flash the system image, which I attribute to low disk space. So there you have it.... of course I had to modify the XML file and remove the "getvar" line, and realized I had forgot a golden rule.... all programs and apps need a certain amount of disk drive space in order to operate, and RSDLite is no exception! So now my locked phone will get the carrier unlock edit and Safestrap installed with an extra ROM in slot 1, then it goes on eBay, lol. I have my other RAZR M in semi retirement, it has the BL unlocked as well as the carrier, but I couldnt pass up a new Nexus 5 for $250, but I will surely be swapping the SIM card back and forth because I really miss my RAZR M already. Wish they would make a RAZR M with the processing power of the Nexus 5. Anyhow, PLEASE CLOSE THIS THREAD, TY.
Use this I used it when I bricked mine
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2249773
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I'm having a similar problem with my xt907. The phone will boot and loop on the boot loader. I have tried to restore with rsd lite bit haven't had any luck. Any suggestions, I know it may not be enough information. If you ask I might be able to give you more details.
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Also I can't get into recovery.
ImDroidxpert said:
The Reason why it doesn't accept the Us GSM edit Is because the Motorola Droid Razr M is not a gsm phone it is a CDMA phone with LTE. Thus it will not work on any GSM providers unless that provider is like straight talk with multiple networks supported otherwise the phone is stuck on verizon wireless or any other carrier you bought it from. Have A Good Day. By the way my two old accounts got banned for no reason. if you want to know what experience i have look at my devices on the accounts Droidxpert and Droidxpert1. Thanks
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I am sorry to say that you are uninformed and the XT907 CAN have van NV edit which allows it to be used on GSM networks. The phone is already setup to be comparable with GSN since Verizon made it a "global" handset, but....they also blocked any GSM capabilities in the U.S., until of course you do the NV edit. So please remove your post.