trying to restore a hard-bricked defy - Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I'm trying to restore a Defy that was hard-bricked by a failed installation of CM11. As I described in this post, the phone shows absolutely no signs of life; neither the screen nor the led light turn on at all, even though I've tried several different fully-charged batteries. The phone will not go into bootloader mode, even if I try to force it by holding power and volume+ while inserting the battery, so I cannot flash an sbf in RSD Lite.
@skeevydude and @TJKV suggested that I try using this sbf_flash tool in a Linux environment instead of using RSD Lite in Windows. I gave that a try, and unfortunately the phone still is not detected by the PC. Here's the output from sbf_flash:
Code:
[email protected]:~$ chmod +x sbf_flash
[email protected]:~$ ./sbf_flash firmware.sbf
SBF FLASH 1.23 (mbm)
http://opticaldelusion.org
=== firmware.sbf ===
Index[1]: Unexpected chip 32
Index[2]: Unexpected chip 32
Index[3]: Unexpected chip 32
Index[4]: Unexpected chip 32
Index[5]: Unexpected chip 32
Index[6]: Unexpected chip 32
Index[7]: Unexpected chip 32
Index[8]: Unexpected chip 32
Index[9]: Unexpected chip 32
Index[10]: Unexpected chip 32
Index[11]: Unexpected chip 32
Index[12]: Unexpected chip 32
Index[13]: Unexpected chip 32
00: RDL03 0x82000000-0x8204CFFF 4035 AP
01: CG31 0xB0280000-0xB02847FF 9A68 AP
02: CG32 0xC7A00000-0xC7A207FF 4805 AP
03: CG33 0xB2000000-0xB2DC07FF 8BAC AP
04: CG34 0xB0700000-0xB07047FF AB80 AP
05: CG35 0xB1000000-0xB17FFFFF 100C AP
06: CG39 0xB3300000-0xC79C07FF C7E6 AP
07: CG42 0xB0800000-0xB0842FFF 4BB7 AP
08: CG45 0xB0C00000-0xB0F007FF 738D AP
09: CG47 0xB1800000-0xB1FFFFFF 45F0 AP
10: CG53 0xB2F00000-0xB2F007FF FDFF AP
11: CG61 0xB0B00000-0xB0B7FFFF 4A7C AP
12: CG64 0xB0000000-0xB00047FF 85D0 AP
13: CG65 0xB0180000-0xB01847FF 2409 AP
>> waiting for phone:
It just stays on "waiting for phone" forever.
Here's how the brick happened:
After doing a clean install of @Quarx's February 2nd CM11 build (one of the "autobot" builds), I was no longer able to mount the sdcard, so I tried mounting it in TWRP, but that didn't work. I rebooted and tried again, still without success. Then I removed the original sd card and put in another sd card to see if that would mount. Still no. Then I tried partitioning the sdcard from TWRP. (I had read on some other forum that doing so might help TWRP to mount the sdcard.) When I tried to partition the sdcard, TWRP gave a "failed" message, and I later confirmed on my PC that the files on the sdcard had not been erased. After my attempt to partition the sdcard from TWRP, I was suddenly unable to mount any of the partitions! I powered off the phone (perhaps unwisely), and now it is completely dead: no led light, and nothing on the screen, no matter what I do.
I haven't been able to get the phone into bootloader mode, so I can't flash an sbf with RSD Lite in Windows, nor with sbf_flash in Linux.
When I type "lsusb" in the Linux terminal to see what usb devices are connected, the phone is not listed.
However, when I used USBDeview in Windows to see if anything shows up there, I found something interesting. When I try to force bootloader mode (by removing the battery, then replacing it while holding power and volume+), a device called "Motorola Flash Interface" shows up briefly in USBDeview, then disconnects after about a second. So maybe the phone isn't completely dead after all. Does anyone have any ideas how I can get it to stay connected to the PC (in either Windows or Linux) so I can flash an sbf?
Thanks in advance for any help.

The symptoms are similar to those which occur when internal eMMC flash memory is wiped from boot menu via a pc(I've seen this before). That however, does not help at all, since there is no fix for that
Anyways, try the factory cable once before you can use it as the most expensive paperweight you may come to own
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thekguy said:
The symptoms are similar to those which occur when internal eMMC flash memory is wiped from boot menu via a pc(I've seen this before). That however, does not help at all, since there is no fix for that
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I was afraid of that. I suspect that TWRP wiped the internal memory instead of the sdcard.
Anyways, try the factory cable once before you can use it as the most expensive paperweight you may come to own
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I always use the factory cable when flashing an sbf, but unfortunately that didn't help in this case. Thanks anyway for the suggestion.

Now, I'm sure that is a sign of some rather deep seated bug, but the thing is it has neither occurred on other devices, nor were the steps taken by you any different than the standard ones.
Your theory explains the outcome, but the thing is that partitions can't just "switch places", because even if such a corruption occurred, the locked boot loader should have kicked in on reboot, (probably) saving the device.
So how exactly it occurred, is quite a mystery, which lies somewhere on the eMMC chip:what:
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problem is old: Epsylon was done something like this when he try to change the partition. Result: maybe the ONLY way to hard brick the Defy.

pgreed said:
problem is old: Epsylon was done something like this when he try to change the partition. Result: maybe the ONLY way to hard brick the Defy.
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Well, he certainly did not trigger eFuses or tamper with the partition table, atleast not by any of the steps taken. So, the diagnostics are similar, but the causes quite different
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Proverbs2 said:
I was afraid of that. I suspect that TWRP wiped the internal memory instead of the sdcard.
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I think that is what happened: the way Linux device numbering works, when /dev(/block)/mmcblk0 doesn't exist (because your MMC card or chip was broken), /dev(/block)/mmcblk1 is never created, and becomes mmcblk0 instead. On the Defy, mmcblk0 is the external MMC card, and mmcblk1 is internal memory. TWRP probably never checked and repartitioned mmcblk0, which was your internal memory because the device it should have been never was created.
I've done something similar (tried to repartition /dev/block/mmcblk1), and thought I'd bricked my phone, but two things happened:
1. with the original cable connected to the charger, the white LED would flash for just an instant when connecting/disconnecting the charger
2. when connected to the USB port, mashing the up/down/power keys randomly for a while would eventually result in white-LED (but no screen) SBF-flashable mode. I suppose there's some sort of menu or code, but it's not as simple as holding up while pushing power.
It's recovered now and is running Quarx's CM11. Worth one last try before you give up on it entirely.
Please let me know if I've done something horribly wrong, this is my first post.
ETA: I can confirm that TWRP is misbehaving when no MMC card is inserted in the phone, though for obvious reasons I've stopped short of trying what you did (I've only got this one phone!) It's probably worth a bug report to the right people, though I'm not sure who that is.

+1 for misbehaving TWRP, however it did not mount any partition in my case, and so it was not possible to wipe anything. Not that I would have. Also, the "No OS found" message was triggered, probably because /system wasn't mounted
The difference between a fully wiped device and a partially wiped is the led, and the steady boot loader mode connection, which may or may not display any text on the device. Probably the only way to recover a fully wiped defy is JTAG(if interface exists)
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Hi
do you try to flash a mb526 sbf?

popov1100 said:
do you try to flash a mb526 sbf?
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I can't flash any sbf at all, because it seems TWRP deleted the bootloader.

Proverbs2 said:
I can't flash any sbf at all, because it seems TWRP deleted the bootloader.
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So , you can be happy :silly: .You are the first? one which have a unlocked bootloader on Defy. (sry for the silly)

Seems I am the second.
Today my defy suddenly can not boot into TWRP or andorid. After a sbf flash, I was following Quarx's site instruction of " from sbf to CM11 ", after a command though adb as root: cat /sdcard/bootstrap_ext3.img > /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 , defy got black screen and never responeded from there. No reaction on boot and plug in battery while holding vol+ and power. Still have not find a way to bring it back to life.

x.theme said:
Seems I am the second.
Today my defy suddenly can not boot into TWRP or andorid. After a sbf flash, I was following Quarx's site instruction of " from sbf to CM11 ", after a command though adb as root: cat /sdcard/bootstrap_ext3.img > /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 , defy got black screen and never responeded from there. No reaction on boot and plug in battery while holding vol+ and power. Still have not find a way to bring it back to life.
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I'm very sorry to hear that. Maybe your battery is dead? You could try charging the battery with an external wall charger, or try the "McGyver" method to charge it.
Good luck!

Proverbs2 said:
I'm very sorry to hear that. Maybe your battery is dead? You could try charging the battery with an external wall charger, or try the "McGyver" method to charge it.
Good luck!
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Tried both, still no luck, T_T
After the McGyver method, defy has white light on and black screen, can not get into bootloader, RSD still can not recognise anything...
Anyway, thanks for the tips!

x.theme said:
Tried both, still no luck, T_T
After the McGyver method, defy has white light on and black screen, can not get into bootloader, RSD still can not recognise anything...
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Had the exact same unfortunate experience an hour ago, trying to update to CM11. Did someone found a method to bring the phone back to life ? Tried everything but seems that the command wiped the partition (though i don't know how or why...)
Here is the original thread :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=56228383&postcount=6049

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I think i just bricked

i think i just bricked my phone
i downloaded the RC2 rom, I have the bootstrap recovery and CWM and the unknown sourses app.
i was following your instructions on the dev release on how to install the rom
I downloaded the rom, put in on my sdcard i checked debugging usb
and then i hit the recovery bootstrap recovery button then the normal one ...
when it boots again i get critical error: CC00
DBAD
then another scren shows up with: Bootloader
09.12
Err:A5,70, 39,00,21
and i on the same screen it says: Battery: OK
OK to program
Connect USB
Data Cable
whe i conect the cable its says tranfermode: on
i dont know what to do at this point is there anything i could do to fix this?
I already tried yanking the battery out SDcard and put back in i just go back to the same screen
slowcurve said:
i think i just bricked my phone
i downloaded the RC2 rom, I have the bootstrap recovery and CWM and the unknown sourses app.
i was following your instructions on the dev release on how to install the rom
I downloaded the rom, put in on my sdcard i checked debugging usb
and then i hit the recovery bootstrap recovery button then the normal one ...
when it boots again i get critical error: CC00
DBAD
then another scren shows up with: Bootloader
09.12
Err:A5,70, 39,00,21
and i on the same screen it says: Battery: OK
OK to program
Connect USB
Data Cable
whe i conect the cable its says tranfermode: on
i dont know what to do at this point is there anything i could do to fix this?
I already tried yanking the battery out SDcard and put back in i just go back to the same screen
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I just replied to your email, you efused!
This is exactly what happened to me when I bricked my gf's first bravo.
Good news is sbf and its fixed. You wont even lose any data.
IDK how this happens, seems it has happened twice now, there must be a specific change made before bootstraping that causes the check.
Either way the code group that is problematic is in the sbf, flash it and your good.
you will need to reroot, rerun nonmarket apps enabler, and re-bootstrap recovery, then reboto recovery and flash rc2 and you will be fine.
sorry for the spam... i panic'd..
i have the rsd lite i searched for sbf's and a whole bunch came up mind pointing which one i should use.
Edit: Its fixed thank you bando, you own half of my soul

[Q] Help Please. Can't mount cache, boot, or detect device

I have a Motorola Defy, and I'm a noob. I was trying to install Cyanogen Mod 7 on it, but something went awry, and here's a little about the situation. I'm using Motorola USB Drivers 4.9.0 and RSD Lite 5.3.1. I'm using a PNY 16 GB class 10 microSD card. I no longer have the stock 2 GB card. I flashed 3.4.2 177-5 Nordic onto the phone. I always forgot to put my phone into recovery mode before ever flashing these different sbf files. Nordic worked fine except it said the sd card was always unmounted even though it was plugged in. I couldn't do much which that so I flashed 2.2.1-3.4.2 107 T-Mobile US onto it (again not from recovery) and the sd began working again.
I allowed usb debugging and rooted with Superoneclick 1.9.5 ShortFuse and installed 2nd Init for Defy. I restarted it twice and then turned off usb debugging. I booted into 2nd Init (not 2nd boot), went to install zip from sd, and opened the cyanogen_jordain-ota-beta5.1.zip file. I then installed Google apps 20110613 and wakeup_fix.zip. I know this is stupid but I wasn't reading the output for each step, but I think I remember it saying that it was updating for the cyanogen. When I wiped the cache and the data, it said things like:
E:can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk1p24
(Invalid argument)
E:Can't mount CACHE:recovery/command
E:Can't mount/dev/block/mmcblk1p24
(Invalid argument)Can't mount CACHE:recovery/log
E:Can't mount CACHE:recovery/log
E:Can't open CACHE:recovery/log
E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk1p24
(Invalid argument)
Now it's stuck on the Motorola boot logo, except it'll still enter 2nd Init boot menu.
It also could not read anything from the sd card including Cynanogen for the second time until the next day after I put the sd card into my computer and viewed it. So now it can read from the sd card again. I have no backup.
I tried reflashing it, but when I put the phone in stock recovery, no device is detected, however, my computer does recognize something's plugged in by that noise the system makes whenever I plug or unplug it. I tried using ADB shell to mount the cache on recovery mode but no luck. It says no device detected. I might not have been doing that right.
I may be forgetting some information because I tried fixing it very late last night.
I don't own very many nice things, but this is one of them, and I'd really like to get it running again. Any help will be very appreciated. Thank you all for reading my post-
Kibogami
whats your email address so i can send u the original sbf
While u boot hold vol up button ull see bootloader n connect to pc
Rsd will recognize...
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Thank you. That worked, and the phone went into bootloader mode. RSD Lite recognized it, and then, I flashed 2.2.1-3.4.2-107 T-mobile US. After I flashed it, though, I had to manually power it up. RSD Lite said finished, but now, it's stuck in a bootloop. It shows the motoblur animation, and then, the T-mobile animation and keeps repeating the 2. So I let it do that for a little while. I went to bootloader mode to flash 2.1, but it says battery too low to program, and RSD won't recognize it.
Thanks again
Kibogami
when you power up your phone go into factory recovery vol- and factory reset should boot up fine
Ok. Got everything back to normal. Thanks again everyone. I charged my phone with the wall charger for a little while, and that got things moving again. I went to bootloader, flashed 2.2.1 again with RSD Lite, did a factory reset, and was good to go.
Does anyone know about why CM7 didn't install properly in the first place?
Thanks
the cm7 zip file also flashes a new recovery sometimes you have to reinstall cm7 from the new recovery essentially install once reboot into recovery and repeat works fine have had the same problem myself a while ago anyways glad i could help and enjoy!!!!
having the same problem but rsd isn't recognizing the phone when I connect in bootloader. windows makes a noise but nothing beyond that when i connect
jsteve01 said:
having the same problem but rsd isn't recognizing the phone when I connect in bootloader. windows makes a noise but nothing beyond that when i connect
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Open RSDLite with administrator priviledges, make sure it is the latest RSDLite and moto drivers (6.1 I think).

[Q] Stuck at bootloader screen

So, I've exhausted just about every bit of time looking, searching, and trying everything to get my Droid 2 back working again. I'll explain everything I've tried plus the current error messages I'm getting and see if someone else can help.
Before we start, yes, I do have the current moto drivers (plus old drivers too). Yes, I've uninstalled, reinstalled the drivers and RSDLite a million times, and yes, I've rebooted after installing everything to make sure that wasn't the problem.
Right now, I've flashed the bootloader back to d2.35. But I can flash back to d2.37.
Using RSDLite, every time I flash it doesn't make it past the BP pass through mode. Right as soon as it gets to it, the computer disconnects the phone, and on the phone is says:
SW update...
Complete
And when it reboots it is still at the bootloader screen. I load into recovery, and it tells me that:
E: Can't mount /cache/recovery/command
E: Can't mount /cache/recovery/log
Once I wipe cache/factory reset, I reboot and it still goes to bootloader screen.
So, I load into recovery again, and this time it gives me the error:
E: Can't open /cache/recovery/command
I've used RSDLite 4.7+patch and flashed, same thing.
I've used RSDLite 4.8/4.9/5.6 and so on, everytime, same thing.
I've burned the Linux iso to disc, booted that up, and flashed that way, same results.
I think that pretty much sums everything up. I've searched every forum, I've googled everything about the phone known to man. Usually I just silently lurk the forums since I've never encountered a problem flashing any other phone, but this one has me stumped. Thanks ahead for any information.
What is the name of the sbf you're trying to flash?
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VRZ_A955_2.3.20_1FF_01.sbf
size unpacked: 455,586,301
packed: 253,561,045
Ok and what were you trying to flash when it broke?
EDIT: that is the correct sbf but you might want to check the md5
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Yea, check the md5. Also, try to manually mount it in the linux terminal.
I'll check the md5 tonight, didnt think about that. And what was i trying to flash..? And mount it in a linux terminal?
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The only md5's I can find of the file to verify it with say that it's incorrect. I'm trying several different downloads now to see if I can find one that matches. Anyone have a working sbf that I can check my md5 with theirs just to make sure?
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Motorola_Droid_2:_Full_Update_Guide
That's where my SBF's come from whenever I need to go stock. Never had a problem with it before.
MD5 checks out now, flashed on Windows XP, still fails at BP pass through, and tried again on Windows 7, still fails at BP pass through. I honestly have no idea what's going on with it. I know the phone disconnects right as soon as it hits BP pass through mode. Then, it reboots the phone saying it's complete, then I pull battery, then wipe/erase, and still goes to bootloader. On the screen it shows:
WinXP:
Failed flashing process. Failed flashing process. Phone[0000]: Error switching phone to BP Pass through mode [0x70BE]: phone disconnected
Win7:
Failed flashing process. Failed flashing process. Phone[0000]: Error switching phone to BP Pass through mode [0x70BE]: phone connected
Is there any config settings that need to be specified? Or is the phone just a complete paper weight now?
I'm not sure exactly. I've never used RSDLite. I've only ever flashed on Linux.
Are you able to wipe Dalvik cache just to be sure? Also, just as a fail safe, if you have an SD card in there take it out.
Here's what I found:
Computer engineer here. Registered so I could post this and hopefully help a few of you guys out
I was running into the same problem, with Win7 x64, RSD Lite 4.6, latest drivers. Did some investigation into the error log and looks like I found a bug in their programming. Go into the directory you installed RSD Lite (for Win7 x64 the default is C:\Program Files (x86)\Motorola\RSD Lite\) and look for a file that starts with "FlashErrorLog". Open it, and if you see something like this:
Code:
Line: 865
ERROR: \\?\c:\SPRecovery_ESE81.sbfwtƒyoþÿÿÿ‚qawñrawðiµ was not found.
File: X:\test_dev_usb\flash\code\flashdll\PST_FP_FlashFileIO.cpp
then you are experiencing this same bug that I had (looks like adr3nalin3 had this problem too). For those fellow programmers out there, looks like they are copying the filename into uninitialized memory and not explicitly adding the NULL terminator, meaning it's pure luck whether the filename is recognized or not. Since the uninitialized memory produces random results, this explains why people have had it work after restarting their computer, trying several times, using a different computer, etc. Hopefully if you follow my instructions below, you will be able to make it work right away.
So the work around for this problem is to rename the file so that the real filename overwrites all the unwanted junk characters at the end. These junk characters are random, and they are likely to change each time you open RSD Lite.
Here are step by step instructions:
Go to the folder where you installed RSD Lite
Delete any files that start with "FlashErrorLog"
Right click on "SDL.exe" and click "Run As Administrator"
Move your recovery file to the root C:\ directory
Rename the recovery file to something short, like "r.sbf", so that you will have space left for the filename to overwrite the junk characters
Try flashing the file with RSD Lite - it will most likely fail, don't worry (if it works then good job, you are lucky )
In the RSD Lite folder, open the newly created FlashErrorLog... file
Count the number of junk characters after the real filename - for example if you have this error:
Code:
ERROR: \\?\c:\r.sbfqawñraï was not found.
then the junk characters are "qawñraï" and there are 7 of them, so we are going to add 7 extra letters to the real filename
Rename the file to add the same number of letters/numbers as junk characters in the log file. In this case, we need to add 7, so change the filename to something like "r1234567.sbf" - make sure you add the characters BEFORE the file extension (".sbf"), not after!
Point RSD Lite to the renamed file, click Start, and it should work!
Note that some of the junk characters can't be displayed in the log, so there might actually be 8 of them when you can only see 7, etc. Just repeat the process from step 6, adding 1 character at a time (don't remove any), and it should work after a few tries.
Note that just making the filename really long won't work, you need to be precise so that you only overwrite the extra stuff, nothing more and nothing less.
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I hope that works for ya. Different phone, but same idea.
How do you wipe dalvik without clockwork recovery mod?
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Try this tool
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-2-hacks/161849-tool-ezsbf.html
It works 100% of the time for me. As long as you can get to the bootloader screen (by pressing the up button on the hardware keyboard while powering up), it will work. Please try it and let me know how it works for you. You will need a blank CD
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I already tried that. It didnt work for me. Still get the same error messages as i stated in OP and after i wipe data it still boots to the bootloader.
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ripdarkness said:
MD5 checks out now, flashed on Windows XP, still fails at BP pass through, and tried again on Windows 7, still fails at BP pass through. I honestly have no idea what's going on with it. I know the phone disconnects right as soon as it hits BP pass through mode. Then, it reboots the phone saying it's complete, then I pull battery, then wipe/erase, and still goes to bootloader. On the screen it shows:
WinXP:
Failed flashing process. Failed flashing process. Phone[0000]: Error switching phone to BP Pass through mode [0x70BE]: phone disconnected
Win7:
Failed flashing process. Failed flashing process. Phone[0000]: Error switching phone to BP Pass through mode [0x70BE]: phone connected
Is there any config settings that need to be specified? Or is the phone just a complete paper weight now?
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read
http://droid.koumakan.jp/wiki/SBF
it's for the 2 global but should still work
also try deleting rsd lite error log
program files/motorola/rsdlite/ flasherrorlog11_15_24_45.log
yours will be different
Yeah, I don't know what it is. I think it's pretty much bricked. Nothings worked, and nothings even remotely came close to fixing it. I've tried everything. The only thing I notice is as soon as it hits BP pass through, the phone gets disconnected, and it doesn't reconnect till the phone reboots after saying:
SW update...
Complete.
And then it reboots into bootloader. So whatever it is, it's something to do with that.

Step 2/2 Installing - Update failed - Bricked?

Hi there!
I tried to update firmwmare with lots of different ROM's (B135,B136,B162,B517,B522) but always getting "Update failed" at Step 2/2 - Installing.
Is this phone bricked?
I cannot access internal card.
Any ideas before i threw it away?
Update: On sdcard i am getting error in file: sd_update.log
notes: (dld_file_ptr != -1) !
dload_sd_file_data_proc-(dld_retry >= DLOAD_RETRY) failed!
Try mounting internal throught ubuntu in pink screen. Then Put b138 there, remove anything else from internal. Then remove battery from phone and put it to charger. Then start update. If it fails, start it again. After that go to recovery and do factory reset.
Sorry for my english. Im in a bit hurry.
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As long as you have a working pink screen, anything is solvable .
I do have pink screen and blue screen. I tried to mount internal with vmware ubuntu. But cannot mount it. It doesn't show up at all Don't know how to mount it.
Any ideas or help would be appreciate! Thanks guys!
update the original version you had before custom roms. update without battery. plugin power cord.
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update the original version you had before custom roms. update without battery. plugin power cord.
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Hi!
Thanks for try helping me. But as i said earlier. I tried with all official ROM's but stuck at step 2/2. Always getting update failed.
mesnati said:
I do have pink screen and blue screen. I tried to mount internal with vmware ubuntu. But cannot mount it. It doesn't show up at all Don't know how to mount it.
Any ideas or help would be appreciate! Thanks guys!
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In development section, blefish has tutorial to get usb in pink screen back.
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mesnati said:
Hi!
Thanks for try helping me. But as i said earlier. I tried with all official ROM's but stuck at step 2/2. Always getting update failed.
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Also tried without battery. It is the only way to update. With battery cannot go further from "step 1/2 Unpacking"
julle131 said:
Try mounting internal throught ubuntu in pink screen. Then Put b138 there, remove anything else from internal. Then remove battery from phone and put it to charger. Then start update. If it fails, start it again. After that go to recovery and do factory reset.
Sorry for my english. Im in a bit hurry.
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How to find device to mount? dmesg show me nothing.
Any help would be helpful
[email protected]:/home/xxx# lsusb
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 12d1:1035 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
I can see device with "lsusb" but cannot mount it
Anyone?
julle131 said:
In development section, blefish has tutorial to get usb in pink screen back.
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Thanks julle!
But seems to me that you don't understand the problem.
Here are the steps from blefish:
1 Download update-B518-bootloader.zip from MediaFire.
2 Save it to the root of your SD Card.
3 Start the phone in recovery mode (recommended recovery is 5.5.0.4)
4 Select "install zip from sdcard"
5 Select "chooze zip from sdcard"
6 Select the zip you downloaded before.
7 Select yes.
I am already STUCKED in step 3. Because i do not get to RECOVERY MODE!!!
I am having only PINK screen (VOL +, VOL -, power button) and BLUE screen (VOL +, power button). That's it!
And CANNOT access to internal card on Windows neither on Linux Ubuntu.
Guess Huawei officials has USB drivers to access internal card on Windows or Linux but they don't share them with us
I have android_winusb.inf driver but cannot install it and recognize device in pink or blue screen mode
mesnati said:
I am already STUCKED in step 3. Because i do not get to RECOVERY MODE!!!
I am having only PINK screen (VOL +, VOL -, power button) and BLUE screen (VOL +, power button). That's it!
And CANNOT access to internal card on Windows neither on Linux Ubuntu.
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I got the blue screen when I accidently forgot to put boot.img back in its place on the image partition.
My hypothesis is, based on that, the first UPDATE.APP (the smaller one) changes the partition layout (which would delete all the files), while the larger UPDATE_G.APP starts installing all the files: /system but - more importantly - the image partition where boot.img, AMSS.mbn and recovery.img are stored. If the update did not take, then they won't be there and the bootloader can't start them up. In my case, I was able to mount the image partition in Linux and put the boot.img back. Hopefully I'm talking out of my ass. :\
Ah! I was able to mount the partition in Linux because I'm using the B512 bootloader; you must have the B540 bootloader (or whatever is its equivalent for the U8800). I guess Huawei's laissez faire attitude towards rooting (you could browse / from the computer!) is going away now that they're moving into the big time (deals with AT&T, the Honor etc.). I don't know how you can downgrade if you can't boot to something like recovery.
mesnati said:
Guess Huawei officials has USB drivers to access internal card on Windows or Linux but they don't share them with us
I have android_winusb.inf driver but cannot install it and recognize device in pink or blue screen mode
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Actually, these work: http://www.mediafire.com/?j33yo9wy9bspm86
But you can't ADB from the bootloader (or use them to mount a partition); it's for running Qualcomm QPST (though I couldn't figure out how to get it working).
Sorry, but im running out of ideas. It seems you have bootloader locked, and without recovery we cant unlock it... what happens if you install official 2.2 and after error try to install it again? We must get the bootloader unlocked.
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julle131 said:
Sorry, but im running out of ideas. It seems you have bootloader locked, and without recovery we cant unlock it... what happens if you install official 2.2 and after error try to install it again? We must get the bootloader unlocked.
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You are making me laugh )
I cannot install NOTHING!!! That's the main problem
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I got the blue screen when I accidently forgot to put boot.img back in its place on the image partition.
My hypothesis is, based on that, the first UPDATE.APP (the smaller one) changes the partition layout (which would delete all the files), while the larger UPDATE_G.APP starts installing all the files: /system but - more importantly - the image partition where boot.img, AMSS.mbn and recovery.img are stored. If the update did not take, then they won't be there and the bootloader can't start them up. In my case, I was able to mount the image partition in Linux and put the boot.img back. Hopefully I'm talking out of my ass. :\
Ah! I was able to mount the partition in Linux because I'm using the B512 bootloader; you must have the B540 bootloader (or whatever is its equivalent for the U8800). I guess Huawei's laissez faire attitude towards rooting (you could browse / from the computer!) is going away now that they're moving into the big time (deals with AT&T, the Honor etc.). I don't know how you can downgrade if you can't boot to something like recovery.
Actually, these work: http://www.mediafire.com/?j33yo9wy9bspm86
But you can't ADB from the bootloader (or use them to mount a partition); it's for running Qualcomm QPST (though I couldn't figure out how to get it working).
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You are right!
So the device should be bricked now? I cannot give back to warranty 'cause i already did it once If i send also this one they will laugh at me and of course they will not give me another phone
But after i installed those drivers you've attached i am getting no more exclamation mark in Device manager. hmmm. Please look at attached pic. What now?
Is there a chance to getting to device through hyperterm or something?
mesnati said:
But after i installed those drivers you've attached i am getting no more exclamation mark in Device manager. hmmm. Please look at attached pic. What now?
Is there a chance to getting to device through hyperterm or something?
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qwerty12 said:
But you can't ADB from the bootloader (or use them to mount a partition); it's for running Qualcomm QPST (though I couldn't figure out how to get it working).
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Actually, I haven't tried HyperTerminal on the COM ports/modem - maybe it could, somehow, let you do something? Changing the USB mode would be great...
If you do figure out QPST, you'll need the firmware in a form it can understand - maybe you'd have to get another device to dump its firmware...
Regarding warranty: Couldn't you make the case that it was an official firmware update that caused your phone to brick?
mesnati said:
You are making me laugh )
I cannot install NOTHING!!! That's the main problem
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I am bad in english, so it might be the problem cant express my self right. I know it fails, but run it again after the fail. I am hoping it unlocks bootloader. Then you can access the phones whole memory from ubuntu.
Someone, if you understand this sh*t im writing, please translate it to real english
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julle131 said:
I am bad in english, so it might be the problem cant express my self right. I know it fails, but run it again after the fail. I am hoping it unlocks bootloader. Then you can access the phones whole memory from ubuntu.
Someone, if you understand this sh*t im writing, please translate it to real english
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Your english is ok I tried 100 times after it fails and every time same error appears "Update failed"

R2D2 - Bootlooping, SBF failed 0x70BE

Hey there!
My beloved Droid R2D2 seems to be ailing in the form of being bricked. Nothing happened to it, it just decided that today (really three days ago) was a good day to get stuck in Bootloader on infinite loop. The battery is fully charged, whenever I turn on the phone it goes to:
Bootloader
D2.37
Battery OK
OK to Program
Connect USB
Data Cable
I can get into both Recovery and Bootloader the normal way (I've tried wiping my cache and setting it back to factory settings already) but can't seem to get to anything else.
I tried SBFing it using RSDLite v5.6 with the most recent drivers installed and the SBF file from the lovely droid developers site (specifically the 2.3.4 version). It gets to 100%, the phone restarts, but then I'm presented with the message:
Error switching phone to BP Pass through mode (0x70BE); phone connected
and a big FAIL in the Result box.
I've been looking all over for solutions so I wouldn't have to post this, but it seems everyone else has errors or corrupted codes with their bootloader, whereas mine seems to think it's okay.
I absolutely adore this phone and am by no means ready to give it up (they've even stopped producing them so any new phone would have to be a plain old regular Droid2...), so any help would be unbelievably appreciated!
http://droid.koumakan.jp/wiki/SBF
Note: Under certain circumstances (especially when using Windows Vista and Windows 7) there might be a problem with not all device drivers being installed correctly. In such case, the flashing process will abort, and your phone won't be able to boot normally. RSDLite shows the following error message:
Error switching phone to BP Pass through mode
To get around this issue, once you get a Device driver could not be installed message from Windows, don't close RSDLite nor power off the phone. Start Motorola Driver Installer once again, and let it finish. Then if RSDLite didn't timeout yet, head to Device Manager, find the Unknown device, and in its properties' Driver tab click Update driver…. It should now install normally. If RSDLite timed out and you got an error from it, just repeat the SBF process. The driver should now be present, and the flashing process will finish normally.
Once the flashing process is complete, RSDLite will tell you to “power the phone up manually”. In most cases you won't be able to do this straight as instructed: the phone will be bootlooping. Take the battery out, and then place it back in. Press the lock/power button: the phone should boot normally.
Close RSDLite. Disregard the warning about flashing not being completed since your phone has already booted into Android.
In case you still get bootloops after pulling the battery, refer to Android Recovery.
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if you still no luck, to ezSBF
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-2-hacks/161849-tool-ezsbf.html
Ah! ezSBF worked! This is both wonderful and unfortunate (I ordered a droid 4 to replace my phone deciding it really was dead so now I have to figure out whether to switch to the 4 or send it back for a few more months in the hopes that its price goes down a bit more...) but mostly really good to see old R2 alive and well again. Thanks!
ezsbf has helped a lot of people
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so i have a questions. i got mine rooted and deleted something i shouldnt have deleted. so i sbf back to stock. its says that the flash was successful but my r2d2 keeps bootlooping. any ideas
Which sbf did you flash?
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did you try wiping cache or data?
delete this
jwagman1 said:
delete this
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you decide to to read the thread? like 4 posts up

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