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motorola droid 2 bricked need help

i have Motorola droid 2 on 2.2 rooted with bootstrap recovery, everything was workin fine till i decided to install custom rom, which was unleashed epic 2.5 (by mat) and now everytime i turn on my phone it goes into a loop reboots and never turns on all the way.
i have tried using sbf RSDlite to restore it, tried using linux ubuntu(newk8600 method ty btw) method as well to restore it, none seems to work i keep getting errors whenever i try to do it.
however before i installed the custom rom i did full backup using bootstrap recovery but the only way (that i know) to get in recovery is using bootstrap app, so is there a way i can manually get into bootstrap recovery so i can restore from backup?
please let me know, or if you have different method i'll appreciate your help. thanks in advance.

Which version of the software did you have before you installed epic unleashed, and which SBF did you use?
From what I have heard, Epic Unleashed will "brick" your phone if you try to install it on the 2.3.20 build. Since your phone did get bricked, it's likely that you are running 2.3.20 and not 2.2. You might want to make sure you are using the 2.3.20 SBF to flash your phone, and not the 2.2 SBF (which won't work because the kernel changed between the two)...

What type of errors do you get?

i always have luck getting into clockwork recovery by having my phone plugged in and within the first few seconds taking out my battery forcing it to take along time booting after the M logo and hence putting it into clockwork. I hope this helps

after you get passed the M pull the battery then boot back up it should come up in to recovery

thank you all for your help, however i tried all of these steps already, but i found another way to get it workin, here is the solution to whom got the same problem as mine.
its not letting me post the link for some reason, anyway just search for (Droid 2 Global SBF File (2.4.29) Full and RSDLite ).
just got relased today , big thanks to team Black Hat and MyDroidWorld
hope that helps.

Glad you got it fixed. Let me ask you something though. Before you installed the custom rom, did you wipe data and cache? Not doing so could result in a bootloop.
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orkillakilla said:
Glad you got it fixed. Let me ask you something though. Before you installed the custom rom, did you wipe data and cache? Not doing so could result in a bootloop.
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Sounds like the OP was trying to install a ROM for the original Droid 2 on the Droid 2 Global. It wouldn't have worked, no matter what install steps were used.

Phoible said:
Sounds like the OP was trying to install a ROM for the original Droid 2 on the Droid 2 Global. It wouldn't have worked, no matter what install steps were used.
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Ah op didn't mention it was a global. Should have realized when he said he used the global sbf though... brain fart
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orkillakilla said:
Ah op didn't mention it was a global. Should have realized when he said he used the global sbf though... brain fart
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It's all good people need to read where they are posting this is in the D2 General section not the D2 Global general section. That's half his problem, he's been looking at ROMs for the original D2 not the device that he currently uses.

Clockworkmod recovery

Hi all. Im from the uk and have got the ATRIX on orange. I've rooted it using gingrebreak and all is good. I was just looking through rom manager and found that clockwork now has support for it. I want to install it but just need to know if it will work on my uk ATRIX, and if there's anything else I need to do like unlocking the bootloader? I've rooted and installed custom roms on my htc desire, which now runs f1 gingerbread and works great, so im not a complete noob lol. Just need a few pointers. Any help would be greeeeat. Cheers
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You'll need to have an unlocked bootloader to install this CWM build.

Ahh I see lol. Do u know if the uk orange bootloader can be unlocked yet? Thanks for replying
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gaddsta said:
Ahh I see lol. Do u know if the uk orange bootloader can be unlocked yet? Thanks for replying
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Yes it can! You'll have to start in the Atrix Development section, and go to the sticky that starts with [PUDDING]. That's where you'll find your unlock. There are a couple of guides floating around, so make sure you follow those completely!

I shall take a look and ill keep u posted. Thanks a lot
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Did this yesterday on my Telstra Atrix, bricked my phone, had to reinstall OLYEM_U4_1.4.2 and everything else from scratch, got boot error after install of CWM

Bricked? Maybe ill look some more before I commit to it. Might just wait a little longer for update then who knows. Hope ur ATRIX is well again
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gaddsta said:
Bricked? Maybe ill look some more before I commit to it. Might just wait a little longer for update then who knows. Hope ur ATRIX is well again
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He didn't hard brick, which is unrecoverable. He simply soft-bricked. He might not have unlocked his bootloader properly, or messed with something.
A hard brick can only happen if you flash an OTA update with an updated bootloader, and try to flash an older SBF file. That, in turn, would require use of NVFlash to unbrick, but NVFlash requires you to have your SBK, which seems impossible to get.
He soft bricked. That means that he just can't boot into the OS, and is easily fixed by restoring via Nandroid, or using an SBF file with RSDLite.

I have an international phone (Bell) and you need to flash the bootloader sbf. the international one is called IHOP then you can continue on to flash CWM, not sure if youve already done this but if you need help let me know.

Unlocked bootloader, 2.3.6, want to relock and go to stock, sbf?

I just wanted to know, I unlocked the bootloader on my atrix 4G on 2.3.6 but I'm having random restarts and I just wanna revert back to stock and see if that will fix it. Do I just find and flash the 2.3.6 sbf via rsd? Any help is greatly appreciated, I've spent hours looking for an answer but no one seems to know or want to help.
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no you cant relock the phone that is permanent may i suggest flashing a diffeent rom or kernal or radio a bad flash pf any of thoughs can cause reboots pm me and ill get ya str8end out
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ltdanno360 said:
no you cant relock the phone that is permanent may i suggest flashing a diffeent rom or kernal or radio a bad flash pf any of thoughs can cause reboots pm me and ill get ya str8end out
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Flash a fruit cake if you can find a link for it since they are all dead and that will get you to stock but you will still be unlocked.

Atrix_Owner said:
Flash a fruit cake if you can find a link for it since they are all dead and that will get you to stock but you will still be unlocked.
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That's another problem, with all the links dead I can't find anything. Idc about being unlocked forever, as long as I can hopefully flash something to make this phone stop restarting by itself.
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jstrayy said:
That's another problem, with all the links dead I can't find anything. Idc about being unlocked forever, as long as I can hopefully flash something to make this phone stop restarting by itself.
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I followed these steps & got a locked bootloader & un-rooted atrix back.
Disclaimer - I am not responsible if you scew up

vikasmestry said:
I followed these steps & got a locked bootloader & un-rooted atrix back.
Disclaimer - I am not responsible if you scew up
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That's basically just flashing 2.3.6 sbf through rsd, if someone else can confirm that this works then I will give it a whirl.
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there's no known way to "relock" the bootloader,the only thing available is that you won't see the "unlocked" at the top,but bootloader still will be unlocked.

You could have just spent a couple of minutes and looked through the threads.
Here a few threads regarding using RSD, two of them from just a couple days ago:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1549599
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1552145
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1552843
I have commented in all of them because I have used RSD in the past. But PLEASE, read/research as much as possible before attempting anything.
Also, "Search" does work:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/search.php?searchid=8688299
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I just wanted to know, I unlocked the bootloader on my atrix 4G on 2.3.6 but I'm having random restarts and I just wanna revert back to stock and see if that will fix it. Do I just find and flash the 2.3.6 sbf via rsd? Any help is greatly appreciated, I've spent hours looking for an answer but no one seems to know or want to help.
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That's basically just flashing 2.3.6 sbf through rsd, if someone else can confirm that this works then I will give it a whirl.
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live4nyy said:
You could have just spent a couple of minutes and looked through the threads.
Here a few threads regarding using RSD, two of them from just a couple days ago:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1549599
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1552145
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1552843
I have commented in all of them because I have used RSD in the past. But PLEASE, read/research as much as possible before attempting anything.
Also, "Search" does work:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/search.php?searchid=8688299
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I've spent days looking for an answer but always failed to find exactly what I needed. so call me dumb or a noob, but everything I found had dead links. thanks a lot for the help though

Well, I can help you out finding things if links are broken. I was mainly commenting on the discussion of using RSD but if you are having issues with dead-end links I can look around as well. Can you be more specific in what you're needing? Did you want "Factory"-stock or stock as in just back to Blur? Have you tried a fruitcake?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1163009
jstrayy said:
I've spent days looking for an answer but always failed to find exactly what I needed. so call me dumb or a noob, but everything I found had dead links. thanks a lot for the help though
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live4nyy said:
Well, I can help you out finding things if links are broken. I was mainly commenting on the discussion of using RSD but if you are having issues with dead-end links I can look around as well. Can you be more specific in what you're needing? Did you want "Factory"-stock or stock as in just back to Blur? Have you tried a fruitcake?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1163009
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I found the 2.3.6 stock sbf, I wanted to get as stock as possible to see if it would fix whatever was wrong with it. It hasn't restarted yet, so I just have my fingers crossed
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I did the same thing. I kept having Sleep Of Death and random reboots, so I flashed the 4.5.141 sbf. Everything was fine. If I do the unlock with pudding the SODs return. I don't like the stock ROM and Motoblur, but I can't flash anything via fastboot only after I do the unlock procedure, even if it says I'm already unlocked at the end. Any help would be appreciated.

eNorby said:
I did the same thing. I kept having Sleep Of Death and random reboots, so I flashed the 4.5.141 sbf. Everything was fine. If I do the unlock with pudding the SODs return. I don't like the stock ROM and Motoblur, but I can't flash anything via fastboot only after I do the unlock procedure, even if it says I'm already unlocked at the end. Any help would be appreciated.
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I unlocked on 2.3.6 with the unlock tool, and yea those sleeps of death were a pain in the a**. Seems to have gone away after flashing the sbf, one question though, can I reflash cwm through ROM manager and try to install a different ROM still (since it should still be unlocked?)
Btw I love xda and thank you guys for the help!
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I unlocked on 2.3.6 with the unlock tool, and yea those sleeps of death were a pain in the a**. Seems to have gone away after flashing the sbf, one question though, can I reflash cwm through ROM manager and try to install a different ROM still (since it should still be unlocked?)
Btw I love xda and thank you guys for the help!
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I tried that. It gives Failed To Boot 2 if you try to load up CWM. It still acts as if it what locked.

eNorby said:
I tried that. It gives Failed To Boot 2 if you try to load up CWM. It still acts as if it what locked.
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You tried to flash cwm through ROM manager?
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jstrayy said:
You tried to flash cwm through ROM manager?
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Yes. It said it flashed ok, but when trying to reboot into recovery it says Failed to boot 2, Entering RSD mode. But I went into fastboot and did fastboot reboot, so it didn't brick or anything like that.

eNorby said:
Yes. It said it flashed ok, but when trying to reboot into recovery it says Failed to boot 2, Entering RSD mode. But I went into fastboot and did fastboot reboot, so it didn't brick or anything like that.
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That's weird... when I tried to do it, I got an android with an exclamation mark but I haven't reflashed cwm yet
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eNorby said:
Yes. It said it flashed ok, but when trying to reboot into recovery it says Failed to boot 2, Entering RSD mode. But I went into fastboot and did fastboot reboot, so it didn't brick or anything like that.
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When you do fastboot can you keep scrolling down to select android recovery? You have to press volume up upon seeing android recovery. Just wanna make sure, Idk your level of android savvy so don't take offense lol
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jstrayy said:
When you do fastboot can you keep scrolling down to select android recovery? You have to press volume up upon seeing android recovery. Just wanna make sure, Idk your level of android savvy so don't take offense lol
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Yes it's there. And I don't think I would of risked flashing sbf's and stuff if I didn't have a clue what i was doing
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jstrayy said:
That's weird... when I tried to do it, I got an android with an exclamation mark but I haven't reflashed cwm yet
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the android with the exclamation mark is the stock recovery as far as i know

From what I have seen in the forums, when flashing the SBF you have to, at the very least, redo the fastboot commands for unlocking > "fastboot oem unlock". I have used RSD three times and I always just re-flashed pudding. Whether or not "pudding" is necessary to run the commands I have no idea.
eNorby said:
Yes. It said it flashed ok, but when trying to reboot into recovery it says Failed to boot 2, Entering RSD mode. But I went into fastboot and did fastboot reboot, so it didn't brick or anything like that.
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jstrayy said:
That's weird... when I tried to do it, I got an android with an exclamation mark but I haven't reflashed cwm yet
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[Q] moto defy bricked please help

Ok so here goes I ordered a defy from e bay with the hopes of unlocking it for my husband for Christmas. When it arrives I find out its been modded to cyanogen mod 7(7.2.0.) so I ordered the unlocking code not knowing that this modded phone can't be unlocked from t mobile. So then I find out that I have to flash the phone with a nandroid rom. I stay up all night trying to figure out how to try to do that. I read somewhere that I have to wipe the partitions and wipe the data so I do that and now I can't do anything except go into bootloader and recovery. So I try to use RSD lite 4.8 and 4.9 tried them both neither sees my phone. I don't know what I did or if the phone is even rooted it just showed the google android thing when I turn it on. At this point I don't know what to do I'm so confused and I really need some help please.:crying:

Maybe a reinstall of CM7 could help you.

If you can get to the Google screen then from stock recovery you could try a data wipe.
As for the rsd lite issue, check your drivers; there are specific drivers for the same, which you could find in the rsd lite thread.
If the data wipe doesn't work(hung on Google) then flash an sbf. Refer to the beginners guide for defy to get info on that
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now how do I free the phone from t-mobile?
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If you can get to the Google screen then from stock recovery you could try a data wipe.
As for the rsd lite issue, check your drivers; there are specific drivers for the same, which you could find in the rsd lite thread.
If the data wipe doesn't work(hung on Google) then flash an sbf. Refer to the beginners guide for defy to get info on that
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I solved the booting issue by just messing with the phone. So its back to running the cyanogen mod 7. So now my issue is getting this thing free from t-mobile. I have a unlock code but I'm not sure how I'm going to use it or if there might be another way to unlock it. Once again another sleepless night trying to provide a good Christmas. I am eternally grateful for all you guys help as I am a total noob.

Perhaps too late but: When you insert a SIM other than a tmobile one, it should ask for a code. That's where you enter the unlock code
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thekguy said:
Perhaps too late but: When you insert a SIM other than a tmobile one, it should ask for a code. That's where you enter the unlock code
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I put an att sim in it didn't ask for a code tried to make a call no joy. Not sure what to do screen says no service. Can you unlock with cm7?

If no code is asked that means the phone is already unlocked. Try changing the baseband via the baseband switcher app for network issue. Just search around here and you'll find the thread. It should work after setting the right baseband.
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Help with my TMO US Defy

"bricked" my Tmobile US defy while working with 2ndinit. I'm sort of noobish I read the instructions and got everything I needed but apparently something went wrong. I beleive I need an SBF file to reset everything. The thing is this forum is old and links are dead everywhere I look. Any help would be welcome. my device was runnin on stock tmobile eclair version 1. I tried a factory reset on stock recovery but no go and I dont have any custom recovery.
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axel2230 said:
"bricked" my Tmobile US defy while working with 2ndinit. I'm sort of noobish I read the instructions and got everything I needed but apparently something went wrong. I beleive I need an SBF file to reset everything. The thing is this forum is old and links are dead everywhere I look. Any help would be welcome. my device was runnin on stock tmobile eclair version 1. I tried a factory reset on stock recovery but no go and I dont have any custom recovery.
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If all else fails, flashing an SBF with RSDlite should work; it's the one advantage of having a locked bootloader. Check the all-in-one guide for details, esp. on efuse/CG levels if you want to be able to fully revert to the stock eclair.
The problem at this point will be finding an SBF file, as it appears the droid-developers archive is no longer working...

Yeah. Thanks I already fixed mine.
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