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Just wanted to put this out there, this is an idea space
Couple ideas we may get going:
* Someone leaks a working Engineering / Test Build
* Find a leak in the HTC Sync software (it has to use root to do the internet sharing)
What's been tried:
* Writing to /cache or /data/local
* Mounting system as rw lol
* Anything and everything with Fastboot
* A few other things that I can't think of right now
Has anyone tried flashing the engineering leak via gold card method? My guess is... our best bet is the internet sharing. The question is how to exploit it...
Personally, I gonna try via htc sync. I already tried fastboot with no luck too. I'm not as savy as you guys but may be dumb luck will be on my side today.
Why does that internet sharing have to use root? pdanet and easytether dont?
turboyo said:
Why does that internet sharing have to use root? pdanet and easytether dont?
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Well I havent even figured out how to get it to share the internet. Sync works but no internet sharing yet. May be I can try something in adb... thta is a good point. I used to use pdanet all the time before root on my G1. Hmmm.... I guess we'll have to see. Im gonna keep trying. Maybe Wes might have better luck. Im not giving up. I need a good android phone w/ kb. Not returning yet...
I believe the tmobile champions slide had a test build on it prior to slides launch,at least the guy at my tmobile store said his phone was running beta a week prior to launch,unfortunatly can't find any dumps.he was talking some crazy stuff about his friend already having a patch to oc the cpu to 800mhz.
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I believe the tmobile champions slide had a test build on it prior to slides launch,at least the guy at my tmobile store said his phone was running beta a week prior to launch,unfortunatly can't find any dumps.he was talking some crazy stuff about his friend already having a patch to oc the cpu to 800mhz.
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That sounds about right. Oh god, champions slide?! Does that mean there are two different types of boards? This might complicate things a bit. I dispise when manufactors make two different types of boards for the same phone model. This is G3 and G4 all over again in the wizard subforums. I hate HTC sometimes, lol!
Don't worry sino8r, a champion is just the t-mobile term for a member of the marketing team that gets early access to a model to train the retail associates. They got a slide just like the to-market one, but it had a beta build of Eclair w/sense etc.
Not crazy 12 different boards for one phone.... At least I don't think that's the case.
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I'm curious of this myself. I'll try it, F it, I'll send back if bricked. Where can I get the leaked build?
Its a no go on the gold card boys. Was loading for a while, then checking for a while, then right back to boatloader with no options to flash. This is based off of this leak.
EDIT: If there is another image to try, i will, just let me know.
Anyone try the method being used to root the Incredible?
This may sound silly, I haven't had the chance to really sit down and mess with stuff yet. However, with the adb shell, and the eclipse ide, is there anyway to make a mock version or virtual machine out of the slide, and then blast the hell out of it without fear of bricking?
In talks with hykuro he thinks the unrevoked method should work on all unpatched phones.
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Tried the unrevoked method, with 6 shells spamming adb, and rebooting for 30mins no go.
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In talks with hykuro he thinks the unrevoked method should work on all unpatched phones.
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god I wish he'd help a bit. He knows his stuff. we need to offer him and Paul some donations or something.
I am willing to donate some cash to the cause.
If anyone is willing to handle the pool, I'd throw $10 at it.
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And i have a hot $20.... C'mon, if we all get on this it would be worth their while.
I got some chedda on it.
Yeah, I'd be in for $20. If we get root on this thing I'm going to be thrilled. I wish I could do some of the work, but I'm a complete n00b with development, so I'd not be much help.
But I'm good for some money.
I definitely have another $20 on it if someone will get root.
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I noticed that the evo 3d now has temp root.
http://therootofallevo.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=76
Would be nice if we could get someone with the latest ota to attempt it and if this temp root would work for the evo as well. I won't be able to test this until later tomorrow evening.
If anyone tries it please let me know.
I have an evo with a broken screen that I will try it on...but not today. Too much BBQ'n to do. So, unless someone has another sacrificial lamb, or is just feelin' the itch, I'll take one for the team.
Well sh1tsticks! Just read in q&a that 2 people have already tried it...no dice.
Yeah word is it is a Sense 2.0+ exploit, yet another slap in the face from Sprint & HTC for not upgrading us EVO owners to a newer version of Sense with that lackluster gingerbread update.
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I have an evo with a broken screen that I will try it on...but not today. Too much BBQ'n to do. So, unless someone has another sacrificial lamb, or is just feelin' the itch, I'll take one for the team.
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Today's not the 4th, so go and root that phone.
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Evo 4g OTA 4.24.651.1 Rooted
Hi guys,
Well I'm fully rooted. Cracked a screen on my old one, 5 days ago got new unit with 4.24.651.1 Looked at every forum, could not find a way to root, finally broke down and found a person on Craigs List and he helped me via remote PC session. He charges $35 but I trated him some services I provide. I gues it involves some keygen, cuz when I have him my serial number he than came back with another number and we pushed few files on via USB Mode and I'm rooted with Revolutionary CWM v4.0.1.4 and than I chose MikG-v2.45-signed.zip By far the best Rom I tried on my EVO 4g. Guess I'm just mentioning this to those that still believe that that firmware has the HBOOT locked still. It is for sure rootable. I would share if I had his permission. I don't even know what was involved when he took my phones S/N but it took 10 mins to root
I'm not even promoting his services, look on CL if you like. I'm just happy to be rooted. Also I was blown away that the built in hotspot now works !! no need for wi-fi tether app ! Also i noticed much better connectivity using the hotspot from Sprint, it only allows 5 devices but worked excelent and faster. Hope I don't get a bill in the mail though Hope this info helps someone guys
Ohh my goddd hahahahahahhaah root has been available for a few days now. For free(lmfaooo) look at the date of this thread..
PS. Sorry about laughing
Deck's + SZ + SuperCharger script + ViperMod script.
Yeah that's funny. All you need is this link. http://revolutionary.io/
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julianikos said:
Hi guys,
Well I'm fully rooted. Cracked a screen on my old one, 5 days ago got new unit with 4.24.651.1 Looked at every forum, could not find a way to root, finally broke down and found a person on Craigs List and he helped me via remote PC session. He charges $35 but I trated him some services I provide. I gues it involves some keygen, cuz when I have him my serial number he than came back with another number and we pushed few files on via USB Mode and I'm rooted with Revolutionary CWM v4.0.1.4 and than I chose MikG-v2.45-signed.zip By far the best Rom I tried on my EVO 4g. Guess I'm just mentioning this to those that still believe that that firmware has the HBOOT locked still. It is for sure rootable. I would share if I had his permission. I don't even know what was involved when he took my phones S/N but it took 10 mins to root
I'm not even promoting his services, look on CL if you like. I'm just happy to be rooted. Also I was blown away that the built in hotspot now works !! no need for wi-fi tether app ! Also i noticed much better connectivity using the hotspot from Sprint, it only allows 5 devices but worked excelent and faster. Hope I don't get a bill in the mail though Hope this info helps someone guys
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Wow. You paid for something you could have done yourself for free. Got an iPhone? Ill jailbreak it for 30 bucks.
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Google searches tell me that I'm not alone in this - in fact, as far as I can determine, this is the case for every single Verizon r800x owner who made the mistake of updating their phone to 2.3.4 a few months ago.
2.3.4 completely broke push data, as I'm sure many of you know. Gmail, Calendar, Facebook notifications, etc...none of it works, at all. A sync has to be forced by either manually refreshing in the app, or turning auto-sync off and on again. This is a pretty huge problem - I pay over $150/month so that I can get important e-mails when they come in, and so that I can make a calendar appointment on my computer and have it instantly pushed to my phone.
For r800i users this isn't a huge deal - they can just flash a new rom or rollback to 2.3.3. r800x owners, on the other hand, are stuck with a locked bootloader. ZergRush is great for people who are still on 2.3.3, but 2.3.4 patched the security hole that allowed ZergRush to work (hellions with blue flames...).
I've spent about 6 combined hours on the phone with both Verizon and Sony about this. Sony is COMPLETELY worthless. They have no idea what I'm talking about when I say 'push data,' and when I mention 'Facebook notifications,' they instantly start up with their script about troubleshooting the built in Facebook app. Useless. Verizon wants nothing to do with this issue - they say that if there is an issue with the phone hardware, it is Sony's fault, and Verizon is not liable. The best that Verizon is offering me is to spend another 3 hours on the phone with tech support, where they'll have me reboot the phone 15 times and **** around with auto-sync for a while before they declare it a known issue and send me a new phone of the same model. I've been informed that all phones that they would have in the warehouse would be updated to the latest firmware, so I'd just have a new 2.3.4 that would be as broken as the one I have now. They'd do that 3 or 4 more times before they finally gave me a different phone. They are refusing to cancel my contract or allow me to buy a new phone at an upgrade price. Am I unreasonable for thinking that, if services are no longer being provided to me as I understood that they would be when I signed the contract, I should be allowed out of the contract?
Has anyone had ANY success with this issue? To phrase my question more specifically: have any Verizon R800x owners who updated their phones to 2.3.4 managed to root or unlock their phones, or get Verizon to alleviate the problem in any way?
This is driving me absolutely insane. I'm pretty close to just selling this piece of **** on eBay and buying a pay-as-you-go phone at the gas station down the block.
Cant you flash 2.3.3 with flashtool?
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You can just reflash the 2.3.3 ftf... then root with zergrush and rename the files FOTA.apk that will prevent the phone from receiving the update. Or even better unlock your bootloader. I unlokced mine last summer and totally worth it. You do have options with your phone even if the bootlaoder is unlocked... if you are rooted you restore a 2.3.3 nandroid.
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CloudShepherd said:
Cant you flash 2.3.3 with flashtool?
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You can just reflash the 2.3.3 ftf... then root with zergrush and rename the files FOTA.apk that will prevent the phone from receiving the update. Or even better unlock your bootloader. I unlokced mine last summer and totally worth it. You do have options with your phone even if the bootlaoder is unlocked... if you are rooted you restore a 2.3.3 nandroid.
If you want mine, here is my 2.3.3 nandroid. I have my ROM heavily modded for speed, playing a game like say MC3 online, press the home button, BAM, there no redraw issues... nothing. If you want to try it go ahead, if not your choice just trying to help. If you do try it let us know how it goes.
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I'm pretty sure flashtool doesn't work on R800x, only R800i. Also the R800x does not have a bootloader that can be unlocked to my knowledge, only the R800i.
Flash tool works on r800x. I broke my CPU & touch screen so best buy gave me a replacement. Then I downgraded to 2.3.3 to root before I unlocked it.
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I'm pretty sure flashtool doesn't work on R800x, only R800i. Also the R800x does not have a bootloader that can be unlocked to my knowledge, only the R800i.
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Dude... I am on a R800x. With an unlocked Bootloader. Many many R800x users here have an unlocked bootloader. Some had it done last summer via an unlock code like me, or others unlocked via the user alejandrissimo who unlocks your phones bootloader for $24. And this fee he charges is NOT because alejandrissimo makes money on. The software he uses to unlock your bootlaoder charges a fee for certain aspects of teh software each time he uses it. So the $24 fee you pay goes straight to the software, he make $0 on it.
There is info all over this forum about how to unlock your bootloader, root, flash an FTF on CDMAs..
List of FTF's
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1589399
Flashtool (needed to flash your phone witf FTF)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1351299
How to Root your phone:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1043630
Trying to help you. Yes VZ blows balls, but you have choices. You can spend a little time and learn how to reflash your phone back to 2.3.3 (if you do remember to rename FOTA.apk to FOTA.apk.bak, so it wont try to auto install 2.3.4)
Good luck. Again, let us know how it goes.
EDIT: Here is a thread with many R800x users saying that alejandrissimo has unlocked their phones.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1614521
all I've ever done was remove the Mobile Care app with Titanium Backup and my phone has yet to ask me for an update since. This is when I was on 2.3.2 and now that I'm on 2.3.4.
I don't think I have any issues with push notifications on 2.3.4, but then again I don't use the gmail or normal mail app. i used Enhanced Email and juicedefender. Juicedefender enables data when I turn my screen on and also every 30 mins or so if the screen is off that long. I get email notifications generally between when they are sent and 15 mins later.
As jgregoryj1 said, flash tool works just fine with the R800X straight out of the box, locked boot loader and all. One important thing, when you flash back to 2.3.3 make sure to get root (very simple with super one click; again works with locked bootloader) and use titanium back up to disable the app called mobile care. Otherwise your phone will automatically update to 2.3.4. Even if you tell it not to update it will still do it in the middle of the night unless you uninstall/freeze mobile care
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As jgregoryj1 said, flash tool works just fine with the R800X straight out of the box, locked boot loader and all. One important thing, when you flash back to 2.3.3 make sure to get root (very simple with super one click; again works with locked bootloader) and use titanium back up to disable the app called mobile care. Otherwise your phone will automatically update to 2.3.4. Even if you tell it not to update it will still do it in the middle of the night unless you uninstall/freeze mobile care
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I remember this happened to me with the 2.3.3 update when having an unlocked bootloader and FOTA bricked your phone.
vincientjames said:
As jgregoryj1 said, flash tool works just fine with the R800X straight out of the box, locked boot loader and all. One important thing, when you flash back to 2.3.3 make sure to get root (very simple with super one click; again works with locked bootloader) and use titanium back up to disable the app called mobile care. Otherwise your phone will automatically update to 2.3.4. Even if you tell it not to update it will still do it in the middle of the night unless you uninstall/freeze mobile care
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I remember staying up waiting for the update to pop up, just to stop it.....this was before I began turning airplane mode on and leaving wifi off when I go to sleep.....then it just stopped all together about a week after verizon tries to eff us over.
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I hate that both Sony and Verizon are pointing fingers at each other and then taking a way an update because not as many games will work on the phone. Come on! It should be up to me, and they should be working to make my phone run as best it can for the two years I'm stuck with it!
I used to work for one of these companies, in your four week of training, you spend three learning how to soak your customer's for every penny they got.
And then there's the up selling training on top of that.
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I used to work for one of these companies, in your four week of training, you spend three learning how to soak your customer's for every penny they got.
And then there's the up selling training on top of that.
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My cousin works for Verizon. But he was a hardware repairmen. But in his training, they told him to make it sound like a simple little thing is gonna make your phone explode and kill babies.
I have continually posted on the VZW forums on their website asking when this issue will be fixed, Verizon Customer Care ignores me every time.
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I have continually posted on the VZW forums on their website asking when this issue will be fixed, Verizon Customer Care ignores me every time.
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I have seen every post you make on their. Unfortunately as I am not the account holder I can only read but not post. It is ridiculous. Then again its VZ. Hate them.
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Finally got an answer and you all are not gonna like it:
Tommy_861, I can understand why it would be upsetting for features to stop working that previously did before. Per our product team, connectivity issues with Google Talk were found to be caused by changes to Google's encryption servers and this is no longer supported by the Xperia Play. I apologize for any inconvenience. The issue with Gmail sync has been reported, but I don't have any info on when this will be resolved. For Facebook, are you using the application or the browser? If an application, try using the browser.
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Finally got an answer and you all are not gonna like it:
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Well, at least they aren't blaming Sony this time.
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I smell bs.
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I smell bs.
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You too huh?...why look at the att play....that one is fine isn't it?
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someone named poorxperiaplay replied and called them on it, then I replied as well:
I agree with poorxperiaplay here. The problem is directly related to all Google services not just Gtalk, thats why Gmail doesn't sync right, nor does the calendar, nor does it work right when you pick out an app on the Google Play web site on your PC and try to install from there. It never live syncs with the server.
You can't just take out features like that because you broke them and then say sorry. People rely on the Google services, its why we bought an Android Phone! Not only that, ALL other versions of the Xperia Play, R800i, R800a, R800at, all run 2.3.4 official from Sony successfully. Verizon modifies it for roll out to their phones, to add their software, which means your product team broke it, and they aren't spending the time to fix it.
And yes the facebook application does not sync properly or even work properly on 3G either. The sync issue has been a problem from day 1. The web site on the phone works fine.
These are major issues that are fundamental to all R800x phones. This needs to be fixed, immediately.
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Hi, i have an atrix, once upon a time i let it fly off my motorcycle while using gps. 12 cars and a full schoolbus later i needed another phone. I got another atrix 2 months ago off ebay for a fair price. I really like the phone, but i was running kennethpenns alien ROM. I tried to put another rom on, but i had to unlock it first, well i have failed miserably. I dont think i am bricked, but it said "Failed to boot 0x1000" to i scrolled down to android recovery and selected that thinking i will start over. Now it says "reading ODM fus:1" and its stuck doing that.
Look here is the short facts. Im not a developer, but i LOVE messing around with my atrix. I have a lapdock that i like to occasionally use, I use it in my car all the time in the dock and i have an 11 week old daughter (my first child) that i am fond of taking video and pictures with and sharing with my family. I sometimes web surf from my HD dock and use it for music.
I am 42yrs old, and i try to keep up, but obviously i messed up.
Here is what i am looking for, Someone who, for $30 will speaker phone, Go To Meeting with me (i can set it up) and spend no more than 45min with me to get this unlocked and a ROM on it. The question is the ROM. I need all these functions that i mentioned above, i dont care if the fingerprint reader works or not, it would be nice but it doesnt have to.
Is there anyone out there that can help, or would like to? I will paypal Today, as soon as you contact me. I will check messages, but if you want to go ahead and call my office phone #, here it is.xxx-xxx-xxxx, it calls a Dallas number, but i am a remote worker on the east coast in Atlanta.
I will reply to this post, once someone has contacted me to help, thus no need for multiple call.
Thank you so much for anyone up to the challenge. Max
EDIT I should add, that whomever helps, i dont care if your 6 years old, have a little patience with me. I rarely use Command Prompt in my day to day living, although i took a C+ class 10 years ago and got a C-....seriously embarresed. I also have RSDlite installed and all the drivers, unzipped in a file on my desktop as instructed from this page http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1302423
maxnkay said:
Hi, i have an atrix, once upon a time i let it fly off my motorcycle while using gps. 12 cars and a full schoolbus later i needed another phone. I got another atrix 2 months ago off ebay for a fair price. I really like the phone, but i was running kennethpenns alien ROM. I tried to put another rom on, but i had to unlock it first, well i have failed miserably. I dont think i am bricked, but it said "Failed to boot 0x1000" to i scrolled down to android recovery and selected that thinking i will start over. Now it says "reading ODM fus:1" and its stuck doing that.
Look here is the short facts. Im not a developer, but i LOVE messing around with my atrix. I have a lapdock that i like to occasionally use, I use it in my car all the time in the dock and i have an 11 week old daughter (my first child) that i am fond of taking video and pictures with and sharing with my family. I sometimes web surf from my HD dock and use it for music.
I am 42yrs old, and i try to keep up, but obviously i messed up.
Here is what i am looking for, Someone who, for $30 will speaker phone, Go To Meeting with me (i can set it up) and spend no more than 45min with me to get this unlocked and a ROM on it. The question is the ROM. I need all these functions that i mentioned above, i dont care if the fingerprint reader works or not, it would be nice but it doesnt have to.
Is there anyone out there that can help, or would like to? I will paypal Today, as soon as you contact me. I will check messages, but if you want to go ahead and call my office phone #, here it is.xxx-xxx-xxxx, it calls a Dallas number, but i am a remote worker on the east coast in Atlanta.
I will reply to this post, once someone has contacted me to help, thus no need for multiple call.
Thank you so much for anyone up to the challenge. Max
EDIT I should add, that whomever helps, i dont care if your 6 years old, have a little patience with me. I rarely use Command Prompt in my day to day living, although i took a C+ class 10 years ago and got a C-....seriously embarresed. I also have RSDlite installed and all the drivers, unzipped in a file on my desktop as instructed from this page http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1302423
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I'll help u when I'm done with class around 1.30
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Thank you
Ilkinansr92 said:
I'll help u when I'm done with class around 1.30
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East coast time? That would be much appreciated! I am looking for a walk thru and a second set of eyes on what i am doing wrong. Still wanting to learn to be proficient at this.
My regards.
Hello Hungary
balintmaci said:
it might have been updated to the latest bootloader which bricks the phobe when you try to unlock it or downgrade i dont think theres been a solution but look around. best option is to have it fixed by motorola and live with official GB
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Boy would that suck!! The deal with the Ebay phone is it never was able to run GPS and i could not recieve data on it unless it was Wi Fi and the finger sensor button always ran hotter than my old good phone with Kennethpenns Alien ROM on it. I have been meaning to try this for a while, all i can do is try right?
Do u have Skype. If so private msg me ur ID
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No need to pay for something that you can easily do yourself.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1154600 This link should have all the relevant information you need.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1182871 This should solve your softbrick problems. You are going to need to install Official Motorola Drivers found here: http://www.motorola.com/Support/US-E...arging-Drivers and a USB to micro USB cable.
As for Roms, I do not use Webtop myself, but there are many threads in the development section that can operate under the conditions you require. It just requires a little bit of reading, if you have taken C++ before, this should be fairly simple. After unbricking your phone and installing recovery, all you have to do is flash the zip from within the recovery, quite harmless compared to RSD.
It's very simple, i had this issue too and this tip below worked with me, hope it helps you
I: Unlock BootLoader
Step 1:
- Download file Atrix.zip, then extract to C, now you have folder C:\Atrix
- Install Handset USB driver & RSD lite
Step 2.
- On Atrix, go to RSD protocol mode
Step 3.
- Flash intl-fix-try1.sbf in Atrix folder via RSD lite
Step 4.
- On Atrix go to Fastboot mode
- On your PC, open CMD and type
c: cd \Atrix
fastboot oem unlock [ Remember your device ID (16 letters and numbers)]
fastboot oem unlock #### ( #### is your device ID above)
fastboot reboot
Done
In the first reboot, you'll see the text Unlocked on your screen.
II: Install CWM
1.go to fastboot mode
2. on PC, type in cmd
c: cd \Atrix
fastboot erase recovery
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot reboot
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Now go flash Nottach or "The ROM" and enjoy your phone.
you'll find Atrix.zip here
Thanks, working on it
ravanne said:
No need to pay for something that you can easily do yourself.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1154600 This link should have all the relevant information you need.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1182871 This should solve your softbrick problems. You are going to need to install Official Motorola Drivers found here: http://www.motorola.com/Support/US-E...arging-Drivers and a USB to micro USB cable.
As for Roms, I do not use Webtop myself, but there are many threads in the development section that can operate under the conditions you require. It just requires a little bit of reading, if you have taken C++ before, this should be fairly simple. After unbricking your phone and installing recovery, all you have to do is flash the zip from within the recovery, quite harmless compared to RSD.
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I appreciate the help, but in a world where time is money, I will return time invested from person helping. I def think i softbricked my phone. I need a streamline guidance to get up and running again. I will look at what you linked here and try to un soft brick my phone lol. Really did not want to spend my afternoon doing this, but it needed to be done!
voncount said:
It's very simple, i had this issue too and this tip below worked with me, hope it helps you
Now go flash Nottach or "The ROM" and enjoy your phone.
you'll find Atrix.zip here
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Thank you, working on un soft bricking my phone. I am REALLY interested in the Nottach ROM or "The ROM" but i thought it was unstable. I am downloading the Nottach one you linked and i think i will try that. Much appreciatted.
ravanne said:
No need to pay for something that you can easily do yourself.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1154600 This link should have all the relevant information you need.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1182871 This should solve your softbrick problems. You are going to need to install Official Motorola Drivers found here: http://www.motorola.com/Support/US-E...arging-Drivers and a USB to micro USB cable.
As for Roms, I do not use Webtop myself, but there are many threads in the development section that can operate under the conditions you require. It just requires a little bit of reading, if you have taken C++ before, this should be fairly simple. After unbricking your phone and installing recovery, all you have to do is flash the zip from within the recovery, quite harmless compared to RSD.
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The Megaupload link was siezed by the FBI so i was unable to download that zip pack. I did get the motodrivers though, thank you.
Just searched the thread for V4.2 and found a dropbox mirrored site. Sorry! Got it!
AND I FIXED MY SOFTBRICK!
Sweet! Now flash recovery from 4.2 then flash the room of your choice from recovery... some process is painless.
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Painless indeed
ravanne said:
Sweet! Now flash recovery from 4.2 then flash the room of your choice from recovery... some process is painless.
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No JOKE! Wow this is unbelievable, except the very believable part where i unlocked it, (unbricked it) and then went back into main and it said, battery too low to flash! Bahaha, im charging it now. So curious to see what the Nottach ROM is like. Really wish there was a "Best" Rom for my listed applications.
On another note, this will hold me over until december when i see all the Head to Head reviews of the 920 lumina (since my work is based in Windows Outlook and Salesforce.com software) the Optimus G, or the Nexus version of said phone. Not sure there are any other power house phones out there being released besides the One V+ which doesnt really strike me. You know what does though, thats a little oddball but cool? That Padfone 2 coming out. If that has LTE, i really might consider that as a serious contender to replace my awesome Atrix 4g.
If you don't really need the webtop, I would suggest epinter's cm10. Hardware Acceleration does not work right now, but all normal day to day process works very well. Hopefully, with so many people working on the leaked rom, it will come to fruition very soon and we'll have a fully functional jelly bean on our hands. I read somewhere that they are working on an improved version of webtop, but since I don't use it, I didn't really pay attention to that development. Hopefully that did not take up too much of your time and enjoy your newly unlocked phone!
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maxnkay said:
Thank you, working on un soft bricking my phone. I am REALLY interested in the Nottach ROM or "The ROM" but i thought it was unstable. I am downloading the Nottach one you linked and i think i will try that. Much appreciatted.
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Dont try that rom yet as its unstable
All fixed! Case CLOSED! Thanks Andre!
FYI...This is my daughter's phone, and I am new to MOtorola.
Phone Information
Android version: 8.0.0
Security Patch: July 1, 2018
Configuration Version: F16.MOT.XT165.0.0
Baseband: M8996_1239.53.01.126.29.01R GVS
Kernel Version: 093.18.7Lperfg4966e91
BUild # OCLS27.76-69E
Symptoms
Gets HOT
When try to reset, nothing happens
When try to hook to Wifi, none of the SSIDs show up
Daughter said it was boootloop, but when I brought it home to work on, it is not bootlooping right now
I did try to boot to recovery, and found the screen in the first attachment when I select recovery
Then I selected ********* and get what is shown in the sideways attachment (I did rotate it on the PC, but it rotated back down here). I find it interesting in the second/sideways picture it says Baseband not found.
I was able to get a boot loop going, but I think that was due to low battery. I was also able (before the boot loop) to get it to boot into the OS. That was when I found I could not factory reset, or attach to wifi.
I found a post on here about using the Software Update - Software Upgrade/Repair assistant, and was thinking about going down that path.
Sound like a good idea?
What if I want to downgrade to V7x?
While waiting for thoughts here, I'm charging the phone, and plan to search more for threads about this type of problem, and maybe about how to downgrade to 7.
Thanks in advance...
I "NEVER" do over the air updates any more!!!
Too easy for the network to go down during the update!
Then the device operating code is not all there!
Use the insurance and get it replaced. Trying to fix it is a waste of time! Per my experience!
Kd
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kidc4 said:
I "NEVER" do over the air updates any more!!!
Too easy for the network to go down during the update!
Then the device operating code is not all there!
Use the insurance and get it replaced. Trying to fix it is a waste of time! Per my experience!
Kd
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She wasn't spending on insurance. Hasn't had problems over the years, so decided it wasn't worth the $.
I'm trying the repair from the option I listed. IT appeared to be going, downloaded and all. But it's been sitting on Installing for several minutes now, and it is remaining at 0% completed. So, I'm becoming skeptical it will work.
Best bet is to take to the verizon store or sprint and have the operating system reloaded...
Her stuff is backed up in the cloud. Once the os is reinstalled then reload her stuff to the phone.
The store can reload the os via a hard line with no chance of data loss. They may have to send it in to reinstall the os. But, I would insist on it! You bought the phone there and use their network. It is partly their fault and should not give you any grief over reloading the operating system...
Kd
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Well, no good.
I want to downgrade to NCLS26.118-23-13-6-1. But I'm having trouble finding the file to download. Just finding dead links.
If anyone has a tip on where to find it, I'd love to hear it.
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Best bet is to take to the verizon store or sprint and have the operating system reloaded...
Her stuff is backed up in the cloud. Once the os is reinstalled then reload her stuff to the phone.
The store can reload the os via a hard line with no chance of data loss. They may have to send it in to reinstall the os. But, I would insist on it! You bought the phone there and use their network. It is partly their fault and should not give you any grief over reloading the operating system...
Kd
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She took it to Verizon, and they told her it couldn't be fixed. I don't think they wanted to bother with it. It was boot looping...which I think was just because of discharged battery. ONce I charged it a bit, I was able to boot, but have all the other issues.
I just ran it through repair that said it was successful, but still can't see any WiFi. ATM the phone is deactivated, as she had to get something to get calls. I wouldn't think that Wifi would stop if it's deactivated.
I agree with your comments about they should do it, but at this point, I think we're past that. I'm now trying to get it operational as a backup device.
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She took it to Verizon, and they told her it couldn't be fixed. I don't think they wanted to bother with it. It was boot looping...which I think was just because of discharged battery. ONce I charged it a bit, I was able to boot, but have all the other issues.
I just ran it through repair that said it was successful, but still can't see any WiFi. ATM the phone is deactivated, as she had to get something to get calls. I wouldn't think that Wifi would stop if it's deactivated.
I agree with your comments about they should do it, but at this point, I think we're past that. I'm now trying to get it operational as a backup device.
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Look on line for full os file for the phone then hook it to the laptop or desktop and install from the computer via micro USB...
That may work. Best of luck!
Kd
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Look on line for full os file for the phone then hook it to the laptop or desktop and install from the computer via micro USB...
That may work. Best of luck!
Kd
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That's what I"m trying to do. I've been looking for NCLS26.118-23-13-6-1 for a half hour. All references to a download for it are dead links. I'm going to post a question to see if anyone can provide a link.
It's done for...
Well, I think I have found why Verizon shooed her out the door. The bootloader is locked, and given that, you can't even install any rom on it at all I guess. Not even the original rom.
I finally found a rom that might work. But after then trying a couple tools in the forums I found, it didn't work.
ON the second tool I found, there was someone asking if it worked for the Force, and someone said no, and that it would never work, because Moto has it locked down.
The first tool even had an optoin to pull the text to take to Moto to get the unlock code (although it didn't work...I had to use a fastboot cmd)...and Moto said it is not unlockable.
I guess it's just good for the trash bin.
Leaves me glad I'm not on Verizon, nor Motorola.
I appreciate the help and input you folks have supplied me. Hopefully this thread will help someone else, maybe prevent them from spending hours to a wasted project.
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Well, I think I have found why Verizon shooed her out the door. The bootloader is locked, and given that, you can't even install any rom on it at all I guess. Not even the original rom.
I finally found a rom that might work. But after then trying a couple tools in the forums I found, it didn't work.
ON the second tool I found, there was someone asking if it worked for the Force, and someone said no, and that it would never work, because Moto has it locked down.
The first tool even had an optoin to pull the text to take to Moto to get the unlock code (although it didn't work...I had to use a fastboot cmd)...and Moto said it is not unlockable.
I guess it's just good for the trash bin.
Leaves me glad I'm not on Verizon, nor Motorola.
I appreciate the help and input you folks have supplied me. Hopefully this thread will help someone else, maybe prevent them from spending hours to a wasted project.
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No over air updates!
Period!
Kd
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No over air updates!
Period!
Kd
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That's what I gather, which getting up this morning and thinking about it, leaves me confused.
So, do they never update the phone? If so, how? And, then, why did 8.0 get put on this (which borked the phone)?
Thanks again, everyone.
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That's what I gather, which getting up this morning and thinking about it, leaves me confused.
So, do they never update the phone? If so, how? And, then, why did 8.0 get put on this (which borked the phone)?
Thanks again, everyone.
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To stop updates!
Click Motorola update services
Then stop!
It is under apps and you must engage system applications view!
The screen shots will help...
Whenever you reboot you must go back in and turn it off!!! You run out of battery it will reboot when you power it back up!
Once I stopped over air updates! Had zero problems!
Kd
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I had issues with the latest update, as many others have (just check Verizon forums). It's known to kill the phone. Bluetooth, WiFi, Sim detection, battery.
Motorola knows of the issue and is asking users to contact them directly for service. You might try that. I personally has Verizon honor warranty because I still owe 2 payments and have been paying for device protection. I got a new phone FedEx the next day. There's no way I'll allow this new phone to accept the latest update.