Need stock kernal - Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I've been using yargs for about a month now and always seems to have problems with my WiFi dropping. I made a cwm backup before I flashed yargs but would hate to have to revert my phone that far back.
I'm on newest ota rooted and unlocked.
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Franteeko said:
I've been using targets for about a month now and always seems to have problems with my WiFi dropping. I made a cwm backup before I flashed yargs but would hate to have to revert my phone that far back.
I'm on newest ota rooted and unlocked.
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Restore just an earlier system to restore kernel.
I have not seen a stock zip but I bet arrrghhh's Q kernel thread has one.

Franteeko said:
I've been using targets for about a month now and always seems to have problems with my WiFi dropping. I made a cwm backup before I flashed yargs but would hate to have to revert my phone that far back.
I'm on newest ota rooted and unlocked.
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I think you could RSD straight to the OTA without wiping data. That should work. Or you could extract the boot.img from the RSD and flash it via fastboot
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sloosecannon said:
I think you could RSD straight to the OTA without wiping data. That should work. Or you could extract the boot.img from the RSD and flash it via fastboot
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Thanks for the solution but I was hoping for a flashable zip. I have yet to dabble with RSD and am sorta nooby with this stuff.
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aviwdoowks said:
Restore just an earlier system to restore kernel.
I have not seen a stock zip but I bet arrrghhh's Q kernel thread has one.
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Checked out his thread here on xda and didn't see the RAZR m stock kernel.
I have a cwm backup from when I was using stock kernal. Anyway I can extract just the kernel from that?
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Franteeko said:
Checked out his thread here on xda and didn't see the RAZR m stock kernel.
I have a cwm backup from when I was using stock kernal. Anyway I can extract just the kernel from that?
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No. But you can restore just that system. Wipe dalvik & cache, not data.
OR
Just reflash your rom. Wipe dalvik & cache, not data.

Franteeko said:
Checked out his thread here on xda and didn't see the RAZR m stock kernel.
I have a cwm backup from when I was using stock kernal. Anyway I can extract just the kernel from that?
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Get the full RSD XML from http://sbf.droid-developers.org
Then, open it using something like 7 zip. You should be able to find the boot.img in there.
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sloosecannon said:
Get the full RSD XML from http://sbf.droid-developers.org
Then, open it using something like 7 zip. You should be able to find the boot.img in there.
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Which XML should I download? I wanna say the bottom one maybe?
Here's the link:
http://sbf.droid-developers.org/scorpion_mini_xt907/list.php
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aviwdoowks said:
No. But you can restore just that system. Wipe dalvik & cache, not data.
OR
Just reflash your rom. Wipe dalvik & cache, not data.
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Tried this and something must be wrong with the backup because it fails when trying to restore system =(
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Franteeko said:
Which XML should I download? I wanna say the bottom one maybe?
Here's the link:
http://sbf.droid-developers.org/scorpion_mini_xt907/list.php
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you want the .78 one
this: http://sbfdownload.droid-developers.org/scorpion_mini_xt907/VRZ_XT907_9.8.1Q-78-1_1FF.xml.zip

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How to get back to stock kernal

Hi iv been on a custom kernal for a while now and want to go back to stock... only the kernel is custom. The rom is stock
I can restore my old backup but ill lose too much stuff. Is there anyway just to install the original kernal to make it all stock?
Thanks
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Reflash the stock rom on top. Only wipe cache and dalvic cache.
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Kernel Manager in the market
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If I relfash stock will I lose everything?
Also I thought you couldn't do that as it moans about something being modified
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Also kernel manager doesn't have stock kernels
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italia0101 said:
If I relfash stock will I lose everything?
Also I thought you couldn't do that as it moans about something being modified
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As long as you wipe only what I told you everything will be exactly the same except you will be on the stock kernel. You may need to update some apps in the market, but the data will still be there
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italia0101 said:
Also kernel manager doesn't have stock kernels
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Oh yeah. I was thinking CM for some reason. Thx for clarifying that.
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[Q] Should I downgrade to have access to a root method?

Hello. I'm on the new system version 98.18.94 and I was curious if you guys think I should use the droid razr m utility to downgrade to an earlier version so I can root it. Is it suggested that I do that or should I wait for a root method for my current version?
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poppers162 said:
Hello. I'm on the new system version 98.18.94 and I was curious if you guys think I should use the droid razr m utility to downgrade to an earlier version so I can root it. Is it suggested that I do that or should I wait for a root method for my current version?
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There is no DG.
See my stickys about ...94 or ...1
Yes there is. I have downgraded using the utility before. It deletes everything but I have a backup on my SD card
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Using the first option, it downgrades it to stock jellybean
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aviwdoowks said:
There is no DG.
See my stickys about ...94 or ...1
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Bootloader unlocked?
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Nope
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All I need is someone's opinion on whether I should do it or not. If it's worth it
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poppers162 said:
Yes there is. I have downgraded using the utility before. It deletes everything but I have a backup on my SD card
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Using the utility before doesn't mean you can use it now. On this latest OTA (and I think the one before), they got rid of the ability to downgrade. There are many people that have tried to downgrade and they get a fastboot fail, but since you're the ONLY one that seems to have this magical ability, go ahead and try it. :good:
poppers162 said:
Using the first option, it downgrades it to stock jellybean
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poppers162 said:
All I need is someone's opinion on whether I should do it or not. If it's worth it
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That utility is for 2 OTAs ago. If you use it on .94, you risk a brick.
I've bricked my phone before while I was on this update. I used the utility to revive my phone. It worked just fine.
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poppers162 said:
I've bricked my phone before while I was on this update. I used the utility to revive my phone. It worked just fine.
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That utility was designed for two OTAs ago. So, if you used it, you would be on that system version if your bootloader was unlocked or you would have a soft brick and fastboot fail if your BL was locked. If you took the utility and replaced the .xml with .94 (which I've seen some people do), then that's why it would be working now. If you didn't replace the file, then I call BS because your system version is still .94.
I am as confused as you my friend
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poppers162 said:
I am as confused as you my friend
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I'm not confused. If you tell us straight, then we can help a lot more.
Here's how it goes:
- Utility 1.10 was designed for 98.12.4(4.1.1) that came out early this year.
- Utility 1.20 was designed for 98.15.66 or 98.16.1(4.1.2)(I can't remember the exact version) and it had the BL unlock tool in it
There has been no updated utility for the last two OTAs because Matt didn't think it was worth it. Some guys over in the HD forum updated the HD utility to include the newest firmware, but there's been nothing like this for the M.
Okay so I have the razr m utility 1.20 and I tried downgrading with rsd lite recently which obviously didn't work. But it was stuck in ap fastboot mode so I used his utility to flash the stock 4.1.2 system, kernel, radio, etc. It worked just fine. I don't know why, I don't know how, but it worked.
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poppers162 said:
Okay so I have the razr m utility 1.20 and I tried downgrading with rsd lite recently which obviously didn't work. But it was stuck in ap fastboot mode so I used his utility to flash the stock 4.1.2 system, kernel, radio, etc. It worked just fine. I don't know why, I don't know how, but it worked.
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Yeah, but it didn't downgrade you because you're still .94. It probably flashed the baseband (which is possible on a locked BL), which cleared the fastboot flash fail, but it obviously didn't flash the system or kernel because you're still on .94.
poppers162 said:
Okay so I have the razr m utility 1.20 and I tried downgrading with rsd lite recently which obviously didn't work. But it was stuck in ap fastboot mode so I used his utility to flash the stock 4.1.2 system, kernel, radio, etc. It worked just fine. I don't know why, I don't know how, but it worked.
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You fastbooted ...94 boot.img, not ...66 (or ...78) boot.img as you are locked.
I had to re-update my phone to .94 again after that whole thing
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Just disregard this whole post. I see it can't be done even tho it seemed like it happened to me once. But thanks for the info
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poppers162 said:
Just disregard this whole post. I see it can't be done even tho it seemed like it happened to me once. But thanks for the info
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Are you positive your bootloader is not unlocked?
Positive.
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How to flash a kernel?

I just wanted to know how do I flash a kernel? I'm on an aosp ROM and wanted to flash a kernel before I applied an update to the ROM. Thanks!
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If you don't know how to flash a kernel I don't know how you were able to install a ROM as its nearly the same process.
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daniel4653 said:
If you don't know how to flash a kernel I don't know how you were able to install a ROM as its nearly the same process.
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Always that one person.....
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Darrien13 said:
Always that one person.....
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Referring to me or yourself?
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Darrien13 said:
I just wanted to know how do I flash a kernel? I'm on an aosp ROM and wanted to flash a kernel before I applied an update to the ROM. Thanks!
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Yea you just flash it in recovery then typically wipe Cache/Dalvic afterwards. However if you're flashing a ROM update you're going to want to flash the kernel after that since ROMs contain their own kernel that would just wipe out the one you flashed prior.
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Use 4.4.2 Stock Recovery to Flash Zips

Hi,
Is it possible to use the stock recovery to Flash zips? Alternatively will using the app Flashify to Flash the zips cause any issues? This is for a D802 on 4.4.2.
Thanks
Sean
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Bump!!
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Anyone???
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Sean473 said:
Anyone???
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From what I remember, the stock recovery doesn't have that function.
Art Vanderlay said:
From what I remember, the stock recovery doesn't have that function.
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Ditto
Stock only flashes signed zips. Like official ota and such.
Flashify to flash, well all depends what it is. U can flash recoveries safely but not stuff that is in operation. Some, maybe like sound mods that require reboot.

[Q] Accept OTA on rooted custom recory?

I know someone who current has rooted and custom recovery and can't accept latest OTA.
I assume all he needs to do is flash stock recovery and he should be able to accept kitkat OTA?
Thanks in advance!
You may want to just grab the official kk update and flash the whole thing via rsd.... rsd 6.1.6.... And 4.4.2 KitKat....
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ezknives said:
You may want to just grab the official kk update and flash the whole thing via rsd.... rsd 6.1.6.... And 4.4.2 KitKat....
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He has the OTA on his device, but gets an asset failure when he tries to apply it with his custom recovery.
Are there instructions on how to apply this using the RSD method?
http://www.droidforums.net/threads/using-rsd-lite-to-flash-an-sbf-file-correctly.73579/
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ezknives said:
http://www.droidforums.net/threads/using-rsd-lite-to-flash-an-sbf-file-correctly.73579/
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Thanks.
Just so I understand, the article talks about an SBF file? Is that the ZIP file? I looked in the zip and didn't see anything names SBF or anything...
Just boot phone to fast boot mode... Open rsd select the zip chose unpack and flash or whatever the option is and let it do its thing I'm at work so that was just the first link I found when I googled it
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ezknives said:
Just boot phone to fast boot mode... Open rsd select the zip chose unpack and flash or whatever the option is and let it do its thing I'm at work so that was just the first link I found when I googled it
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Thanks.
Will his data be wiped if he goes this route?
Yes it will... there's a way to modify the XML not to tho... search around you may find it... And house of moto I believe has to option not to but I've never used it... Google house of moto
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