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[Q] Boot loop issue - at&t Android 2.3.6

Hi,
I have dropped my phone few weeks back and cracked the screen. Still it was in working condition and every thing seemed working fine. But during the last few weeks my phone has received the OTA updates and now it is on Android 2.3.6. Now my phone is rebooting on it own. If I try to reboot it never reboots. When I try to reboot in 'Android Reboot with No BP' option, it reboots and every thing seems working fine but in few minutes it starts rebooting again on its own. Not sure when I dropped the phone it got some hardware damage or the OTA updates causing this reboot issue.
When I tried to boot up using 'Boot Android (no BP)' option it at least boots up and shows me Motoblur log in screen but again with in few seconds it goes back to boot up mode. Some times it stays for 5 to 10 minutes but never stays there more than 10 minutes and it goes back to boot loop.
I have unlocked my Atrix using Automatic boot loader tool. Did not help. Tried to flash with Motorola .SBF files both 2.3.4 and 2.3.6, no luck either. Did the factory reset, wipe out the cache etc....no luck.
I have even tried to install custom ROM (NottachTrix 4G), that didn't help either.
I am thinking it might have caused by Android 2.3.6 updates. So I want to try to flash it with a custom ROM which is built on 2.3.4 or lower but afraid to do that thinking I might hard brick my phone.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
GPR789GPR

Well, unfortunately with the screen cracked, you can't return to Motorola. I had a goof with my Atrix when I first got it because I accidentally did a SBF flash to the wrong version and it bricked the phone and fried the motherboard and Motorola replaced it because I said the Gingerbread update messed it up. Ha.
Anyways, since returning to Moto is not an option for you, I would just go ahead and try to install a custom ROM, maybe try Neutrino ROM 2.2 or 2.5?
Do you have ROMRacer Recovery or CWM Recovery installed? Will it let you get into it? If so, put a custom ROM on your SD card, do a wipe data and cache and install it.
I'm no expert, but I have noticed no one else replied and just trying to help.
Hope all works out for you!

Boot loop issue - at&t Android 2.3.6
Thanks andreww88 for your reply. I read in one of the forums that once the phone is updated with 2.3.6 don't try to go back to older versions especially lower than 2.3.4. That would make the phone to be hard bricked. That is why I didn't try any other ROM other than NottachTrix 4G because it is built on 2.3.6. I could be wrong. That is why I need some guidance to try any other custom ROM.

i had the same issue. What i did was get the Atrix Fastool and whipe the phone. Then i extracted the sbf for 141 and then flashed 59 60 and 61 smg files from fastboot. After that everything worked properly. To then unlock my bootloader i used the flashing script and i was set. This is recoverable not easy but you can recover.

Thanks Moneyman1978 for your reply. Can you be more detail what you did to resolve this issue. Can you send me the links or point me to Fastool and 141 .SBF file also SMG files. Thanks again.

gpr789gpr said:
Hi,
I have dropped my phone few weeks back and cracked the screen. Still it was in working condition and every thing seemed working fine. But during the last few weeks my phone has received the OTA updates and now it is on Android 2.3.6. Now my phone is rebooting on it own. If I try to reboot it never reboots. When I try to reboot in 'Android Reboot with No BP' option, it reboots and every thing seems working fine but in few minutes it starts rebooting again on its own. Not sure when I dropped the phone it got some hardware damage or the OTA updates causing this reboot issue.
When I tried to boot up using 'Boot Android (no BP)' option it at least boots up and shows me Motoblur log in screen but again with in few seconds it goes back to boot up mode. Some times it stays for 5 to 10 minutes but never stays there more than 10 minutes and it goes back to boot loop.
I have unlocked my Atrix using Automatic boot loader tool. Did not help. Tried to flash with Motorola .SBF files both 2.3.4 and 2.3.6, no luck either. Did the factory reset, wipe out the cache etc....no luck.
I have even tried to install custom ROM (NottachTrix 4G), that didn't help either.
I am thinking it might have caused by Android 2.3.6 updates. So I want to try to flash it with a custom ROM which is built on 2.3.4 or lower but afraid to do that thinking I might hard brick my phone.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
GPR789GPR
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Well, I had a similar issue. I did the 4.5.141 (OS 2.3.6) OTA update and then it would just bootloop. I'm on stock, rooted, locked BL. I then ran the OTA update again via recovery and that didn't help. I then did a full factory reset, then update via recovery and still didn't fix anything (good thing I had TiBu backup). After calling AT&T they finally admitted that Moto recalled the 4.5.141 build update since there was WIDESPREAD boot-loop issues with many Atrix users. Great.
They're sending me a new phone. Luckily, mine is in good condition.

Any one please have any suggestions for me. Do you think it is a hardware issue or can it be fixed by fixing the software??? Any help is appreciated.

If any of you has any ideas about how to fix this issue I would appreciate if you can share it here.

[Q] MB525 Defy BL9.10 code corrupt

HI have search many post but feel like I am going round in circles.
I am just trying to get back to stock Froyo which the phone came with, it was bought new and unlocked from Ebay (e buyer I think).
Problem started when I noticed the phone kept freezing, pull batt, reboot, would freeze again within a few mins, guessed it must be a app playing up after an update or something.
So done a stock recovery but then it started with boot loops etc so tried wiping before and after, phone started but it would not start up wifi, done recovery again, got wifi working but then it would not open any browser. so after read lots of how to's I decided to use rsd lite and use 3.4.2 117 003 which was english retail but on loading i get checksum errors after group 33-34 and it fails.
I now only get the boot loader screen 9.10, code corrupt, batt ok, ok to program, how ever I try taking battery out putting back holding different buttons always this screen.
has this problem been solved? seen similar in other post but nothing saying it is solved
I just want back to stock and usable
Thanks in advance
Clayton

clay0001 said:
HI have search many post but feel like I am going round in circles.
I am just trying to get back to stock Froyo which the phone came with, it was bought new and unlocked from Ebay (e buyer I think).
Problem started when I noticed the phone kept freezing, pull batt, reboot, would freeze again within a few mins, guessed it must be a app playing up after an update or something.
So done a stock recovery but then it started with boot loops etc so tried wiping before and after, phone started but it would not start up wifi, done recovery again, got wifi working but then it would not open any browser. so after read lots of how to's I decided to use rsd lite and use 3.4.2 117 003 which was english retail but on loading i get checksum errors after group 33-34 and it fails.
I now only get the boot loader screen 9.10, code corrupt, batt ok, ok to program, how ever I try taking battery out putting back holding different buttons always this screen.
has this problem been solved? seen similar in other post but nothing saying it is solved
I just want back to stock and usable
Thanks in advance
Clayton
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I don't think anything can be done except going to the service center.

clay0001 said:
HI have search many post but feel like I am going round in circles.
I am just trying to get back to stock Froyo which the phone came with, it was bought new and unlocked from Ebay (e buyer I think).
Problem started when I noticed the phone kept freezing, pull batt, reboot, would freeze again within a few mins, guessed it must be a app playing up after an update or something.
So done a stock recovery but then it started with boot loops etc so tried wiping before and after, phone started but it would not start up wifi, done recovery again, got wifi working but then it would not open any browser. so after read lots of how to's I decided to use rsd lite and use 3.4.2 117 003 which was english retail but on loading i get checksum errors after group 33-34 and it fails.
I now only get the boot loader screen 9.10, code corrupt, batt ok, ok to program, how ever I try taking battery out putting back holding different buttons always this screen.
has this problem been solved? seen similar in other post but nothing saying it is solved
I just want back to stock and usable
Thanks in advance
Clayton
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Try dfp231 sbf. If still stuck then there is a hardware fault
Sent from my MB526 using Tapatalk 2

mb525
It has been a couple of weeks, I tried the file but it would still keep starting in BL9.10 have turned it on today to try again and it started….at press sitting there charging, connects to internet over wifi, frightened to turn off to out in sim and sd card in case it does not start again….
Will up date.
from the settings it is working on
firmware 2.2.2
kernel 2.6.32.9.ga28fcc4
bp flex usajrdnemarab1b8rtgb03a.or
built jorem_u3_3.4.2_177-3
only problem noticed is google maps force closing
thekguy said:
Try dfp231 sbf. If still stuck then there is a hardware fault
Sent from my MB526 using Tapatalk 2
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mb525
clay0001 said:
It has been a couple of weeks, I tried the file but it would still keep starting in BL9.10 have turned it on today to try again and it started….at press sitting there charging, connects to internet over wifi, frightened to turn off to out in sim and sd card in case it does not start again….
Will up date.
from the settings it is working on
firmware 2.2.2
kernel 2.6.32.9.ga28fcc4
bp flex usajrdnemarab1b8rtgb03a.or
built jorem_u3_3.4.2_177-3
only problem noticed is google maps force closing
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It restarted, but did not save any blur or wifi settings, all set up again but now it force closes browser although it does connect and download gmail…phone works, sms works,
few more google processes force closing starting to worry

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clay0001 said:
It restarted, but did not save any blur or wifi settings, all set up again but now it force closes browser although it does connect and download gmail…phone works, sms works,
few more google processes force closing starting to worry
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still no browser, (application browser process com android.browser has stopped, please try again)
read about try to clear data by going into manage applications, I open the manage browser and it shows NO data for the app, does that mean it has not loaded correctly?
data does flow as I get gmail on both wifi and 3g

Force close after flashing only sbf? Try a system wipe, and ensure that your system partition has some free space
This looks like a eMMC problem, so if wiping doesn't work then it may not be fixable by software means
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[Q] Very curious Problem. My Nexus4 only works with Stock 4.2.0

I borrowed my Nexus4 to my sis for a couple of days. When I set it up for her (after Factory resetting it from the Settings Menu) everything was working fine. Now that she gave me the phone back it was stuck in the boot screen. I also realized that she forgot to give me the SIM Card Holder back which is now in her wallet. She told me that the guys at the mobile phone operator removed her SIM Card without turning the phone off.
I tried flashing Stock Android Firmware a couple of times. I tried it with 4.3.0 and 4.4.0. It always got stuck in the Boot Animation. The only Firmware that boots up to Android is 4.2.0. Even when i do a regular OTA update to 4.3.0 it gets stuck in the Boot Animation.
Is it possible that the Nexus4 is not booting up without a inserted SIM card. I know this sounds stupid, but it is the only explaination i have.
Did someone else experience the same issues?
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I found out, that it's also booting up from 4.2.1. then i got a regular 4.2.2 OTA update which worked too. now was stuck with "Starting apps" after upgrading to 4.3 via ODA Update. Restarting the phone got me stuck in the Boot Animation again. I think I'm gonna wait until i can test it with a Sim Card.

The Sim card has nothing to do with whether the phone boots up or not. You need to wipe the phone clean and flash the factory images. Report back after.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk

ragerino said:
I borrowed my Nexus4 to my sis for a couple of days. When I set it up for her (after Factory resetting it from the Settings Menu) everything was working fine. Now that she gave me the phone back it was stuck in the boot screen. I also realized that she forgot to give me the SIM Card Holder back which is now in her wallet. She told me that the guys at the mobile phone operator removed her SIM Card without turning the phone off.
I tried flashing Stock Android Firmware a couple of times. I tried it with 4.3.0 and 4.4.0. It always got stuck in the Boot Animation. The only Firmware that boots up to Android is 4.2.0. Even when i do a regular OTA update to 4.3.0 it gets stuck in the Boot Animation.
Is it possible that the Nexus4 is not booting up without a inserted SIM card. I know this sounds stupid, but it is the only explaination i have.
Did someone else experience the same issues?
Update1
I found out, that it's also booting up from 4.2.1. then i got a regular 4.2.2 OTA update which worked too. now was stuck with "Starting apps" after upgrading to 4.3 via ODA Update. Restarting the phone got me stuck in the Boot Animation again. I think I'm gonna wait until i can test it with a Sim Card.
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Hey, I met the same problem, have you solved it? could you tell me how to solve that? that drive me crazy.

I have read some posts that anything newer than 4.2.2 won't boot if the imei is not being displayed properly by dialing *#06#.

Same issue
Hi
How did you resolve this as I am having the same issue and nothing is working? thanks

tpc74 said:
Hi
How did you resolve this as I am having the same issue and nothing is working? thanks
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See if your IMEI and your baseband is getting displayed. Otherwise you might have to flash the baseband of your android version.

i have the same problem, i just dont know what to do, i tried the cyanogenmod, 4.4.0 , 4.4.2 , 4.4.4 and i just tried 5.0 and nothing works, just 4.2 , and i have no problems with the baseband :crying:

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any solution? I have the same problem

Y not root it and use a custom rom...Chroma 6.0 Marshmallow rom is one of the best out there...any specific reasons for sticking with stock rom??
Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk

When I had this a flash a new modem radio and I was fine...

I had a similar issue as you. Could not get past 4.2 version. Although I could get up to 4.3 by flashing an older modem radio after flashing the stock 4.3 image.
My issue was a broken proximity sensor. Any other version past 4.2 would not get past boot animation because the proximity sensor was not working (properly). I did a RMA and they changed the proximity sensor. After that, I could update all the way to 4.4 without issue. Still working today!
It's just a suggestion, but could you check if your proximity sensor is working on the 4.2 build? https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ctsr.android.SensorTest&hl=en can help.
Or you could let someone call you and see if the screens turns off when you put the phone up to your ear and lights up again when you put it away from your ear.

Hardware or Software Issue? (Diagnostic Needed)

Hello,
I am having issues finding what the problem is on my phone. The problem all started when I rooted and installed a custom rom on my galaxsy s5. It worked perfectly for a couple of months. Then I started noticing this weird issue whenever I plugged in any headphones the phone would automatically restart. I didn't really look into the problem like that and just kept it the way it was, since I used bluetooth alot.
The problem progressed to the point that when it restarted itself it would go into a boot loop. I would have to take out the battery wait a few seconds then plug it back in. At this point I decided to restore back to stock firmware. But this made the problem worse. Now its a 15% chance the phone boots up normally, and 85% chance it boots to a black screen. By black screen I mean it boots up normally but I cannot see anything on the screen. I hear the sounds, and touch still works.
If I am lucky and it boots up normally it works perfectly for a few hours. Then at randomly when I put the phone to sleep it restarts itself. There is no reason I can think is causing this problem.
Phone Info:
Model: G900T 16GB
Firmware: Stock 5.0
Flashed With: Odin 10.x.x
Please help me diagnose my problem so I can fix it.
Possible Hardware Issue:
Digitilizer/LCD : Black screen explains this. But also if I do not put the phone to sleep it will work for days. Boot screen, Download Mode, Recovery all work without problem.
Internal Memory - Could be, that means I have to throw the phone away. But wouldn't nothing also work...
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Possible Software Issue:
Corrupt Rom/Cache: Flashed several different kinds of stock rom, all with same result. Used recovery to delete cache.
Virus: Yeah leaning towards this.. Maybe somehow hooked itself to the core aspects of the phone.
Recovery/Download Mode Corrupt: This part of the phone is corrupt. 15% chance of booting to recovery. And Download Mode doesn't delete all user data.
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Flash the correct PIT file along with (Same time) as a stock ROM, if the problem persists, hardware is the issue

*Detection* said:
Flash the correct PIT file along with (Same time) as a stock ROM, if the problem persists, hardware is the issue
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um.. maybe you are right. Motherboard most likely huh.

You had really serious problem, do you try Initializing via kies3 already?

dimas03 said:
You had really serious problem, do you try Initializing via kies3 already?
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I will try as a last resort, since 5.1.1 is unrootable. You know whats weird I am not having any issues now. I will let it stay like this until it gives me a problem. As a computer science major this is pissing me the fck off. Not being 100% sure that it is a hardware problem.

Note 4 diarrhea

Hi, I'm kinda lost ma mind right now.
Here's the story, my friend has note 4 SM-N910F Qualcomm , suddenly it began restarting with abnormal battery dropping.
I began repairing by trying to perform factory reset, to enter into a boot loop (without a root till the moment). Then I charged it fully which made it work.
I tried to root then install CM to replace stock rom (to repair any system issues), which was quite difficult, as I tried to install CM 12.1, it keeps fail due to incompatibility (the CM rom for trltexx and mine trlte as the root keeps shows me)
BTW the root I used was ( openrecovery-twrp-2.8.4.0-trltexx.img.tar ) *yea it confusing*
Finally I downloaded official stock 5.1.1 , and installed it, it finished well and booted also quite well, as language selection screen appeared, same original issue reappeared again ( *keeps rolling in boot loop* )
Now I'm worrying about hardware malfunctioning.
:silly::silly::silly::silly::silly::silly::silly::silly:

I accidentally posted in Android development. so sorry

I've seen this issue on my friend's tab s. The screen would freeze then it would reboot. This got worse as the battery power doped to the point that swiping to unlock would cause a reboot. The problem turned out to be the battery. It may be worth buying a new battery for very little money to see if this fixes it.

Dr.DL said:
Hi, I'm kinda lost ma mind right now.
Here's the story, my friend has note 4 SM-N910F Qualcomm , suddenly it began restarting with abnormal battery dropping.
I began repairing by trying to perform factory reset, to enter into a boot loop (without a root till the moment). Then I charged it fully which made it work.
I tried to root then install CM to replace stock rom (to repair any system issues), which was quite difficult, as I tried to install CM 12.1, it keeps fail due to incompatibility (the CM rom for trltexx and mine trlte as the root keeps shows me)
BTW the root I used was ( openrecovery-twrp-2.8.4.0-trltexx.img.tar ) *yea it confusing*
Finally I downloaded official stock 5.1.1 , and installed it, it finished well and booted also quite well, as language selection screen appeared, same original issue reappeared again ( *keeps rolling in boot loop* )
Now I'm worrying about hardware malfunctioning.
:silly::silly::silly::silly::silly::silly::silly::silly:
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Did you try a Factory Reset?
Sent From My SM-N910W8 Running CMRemix 6.01

fatboyinlycra said:
I've seen this issue on my friend's tab s. The screen would freeze then it would reboot. This got worse as the battery power doped to the point that swiping to unlock would cause a reboot. The problem turned out to be the battery. It may be worth buying a new battery for very little money to see if this fixes it.
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I'm in a doubt about the battery, I think it's slightly swollen.
I guess I'll give it a try.

shaggyskunk said:
Did you try a Factory Reset?
Sent From My SM-N910W8 Running CMRemix 6.01
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First thing I did.

Dr.DL said:
Hi, I'm kinda lost ma mind right now.
Here's the story, my friend has note 4 SM-N910F Qualcomm , suddenly it began restarting with abnormal battery dropping.
I began repairing by trying to perform factory reset, to enter into a boot loop (without a root till the moment). Then I charged it fully which made it work.
I tried to root then install CM to replace stock rom (to repair any system issues), which was quite difficult, as I tried to install CM 12.1, it keeps fail due to incompatibility (the CM rom for trltexx and mine trlte as the root keeps shows me)
BTW the root I used was ( openrecovery-twrp-2.8.4.0-trltexx.img.tar ) *yea it confusing*
Finally I downloaded official stock 5.1.1 , and installed it, it finished well and booted also quite well, as language selection screen appeared, same original issue reappeared again ( *keeps rolling in boot loop* )
Now I'm worrying about hardware malfunctioning.
:silly::silly::silly::silly::silly::silly::silly::silly:
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Install Custom recovery thro' ODIN (philz_touch)
Flash Nameless Kernel v 6 thro custom recovery.
And I think you are done.

If you tried factory reset and flashed a fresh stock rom and its still happening, the battery is the problem and also check if there is a micro sd inserted. If so, remove the card and check.
No custom rom or kernal will be better since they come with thier own bugs and not as stable as official firmware period!

dineshh said:
Install Custom recovery thro' ODIN (philz_touch)
Flash Nameless Kernel v 6 thro custom recovery.
And I think you are done.
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Battery issue, solved with replacement

jetbruceli said:
If you tried factory reset and flashed a fresh stock rom and its still happening, the battery is the problem and also check if there is a micro sd inserted. If so, remove the card and check.
No custom rom or kernal will be better since they come with thier own bugs and not as stable as official firmware period!
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Solved with battery replacement
huge thanx