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[Q] Let me post

Excuse the lame title, website would refuse to let me make a valid one. Anyways, I bricked my Droid 2 and after following all the steps precisely using RSDLite 4.9 to flash the sbf file numerous times, I am still stuck in a bootloop and I am just facing a large brick wall at this point. What am I doing wrong?

You should probably go here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=738
My guess is you flashed a Milestone 2 SBF... which is why it doesn't work.

I actually downloaded all of the necessary files from that forum. Basically RSDLite runs it's course and when it's through it will say "Rebooting Phone." Then when it reaches 100% it just stays in bootloops and says "Reboot phone manually." Which won't work either. Kind of confused at this point.

You can try run recovery. Press POWER KEY + X on start phone -> after start recovery - press "@" key -> select "wipe data/factory reset" and "wipe cache partition" -> "reboot"
I had same problem on M2

http://and-developers.com/sbf:droid2
Are you sure you got a Droid 2 (Verizon/CDMA) and not a Mile 2(T-Mobile/GSM), or the right SBF?
Sent from my Milestone 2 XDA App

When i attempt to boot into recovery it's just the triangle exclamation with the lil' green buddy right beside it. Yes I have Verizon CDMA Droid 2. I'm going to uninstall all the files, programs, sbf's and re-download. Thanks for the help guys I'll come back if I fail again.

vaclav.moravek said:
You can try run recovery. Press POWER KEY + X on start phone -> after start recovery - press "@" key -> select "wipe data/factory reset" and "wipe cache partition" -> "reboot"
I had same problem on M2
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Also don't forget to flash the ROM in bootloader mode. Keep VOL DOWN + CAMERA pressed while turning on the device.

w0ndersp00n said:
Also don't forget to flash the ROM in bootloader mode. Keep VOL DOWN + CAMERA pressed while turning on the device.
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You mean the SBF.
Sent from my Milestone 2 XDA App

what buttons to push to get CWR from power off

Hi, a friend has one of these and I'm trying to help him root/custom rom. I used the Droid X Boot strap from market after the root. I can get to CWR from the bootstarp but how do I get there from power off mode? (for example In HTC Thunderbolt it's power and volume down)
Also, can/should I use rom manager after boot strap?
I'm using Liquid's latest but very buggy, SD card won't get recognized. Any suggestions on the most stable rom (preferably AOSP)

Check my sig for an extensive Droid X Specific How-to.
Getting into CWM from power-off isn't available on 1st init roms...
But some roms have a "fail-safe" that you can turn on booting into CWM after every boot up.
On a couple (MIUI, EncounterICS) roms, a new Boot-menu has been made where you simply press the down-volume button right when this blue light flashes during boot.
(You obviously need to be on one of those roms for it to work)
I'd suggest CM7 or MIUI so far for stability as far as (true) AOSP goes.
EncounterICS is coming along nicely, however...and shows promise in the near future.
Links to a couple of roms that I'd suggest are also in the post linked in my sig.

If there are significant problems with the device or you are not able to perform a factory data reset through settings (locked out of handset, frozen screens), please use the following process to manually reset the phone:
WARNING: Factory Data Reset is a tool used to remove everything that was imported, added or installed on the device. When using this feature; information you have programmed in the handset is deleted, however, nothing stored on the MicroSD will be affected.
To perform an External Manual Reset of your handset to restore to factory settings, read instructions below and then perform. If you have received the Android 2.3 update for you DROID X, external reset instructions have changed. Click here to skip down to 2.3 Android reset steps.
Reset instructions for DROID X on Froyo 2.2.1 Android:
Turn off phone
Press and hold Power key + Home hard key to power on the phone and bring up a triangle with an exclamation point inside next to a green Android graphic.
Press Search hard key to show the Android recovery menu.
use Volume buttons to scroll up or down in this menu. Highlight "wipe data/factory reset"
Press Menu hard key under "Ok" screen prompt (camera button can also be used to confirm selection)
Handset will ask you to "Confirm wipe of all user data"
Select "Yes -- delete all user data"
Press Menu hard key under "Ok" screen prompt to start wipeout of phone, handset will begin to format handset showing progress with multiple lines of ellipses (....) (camera button can also be used to confirm selection)
Handset may take from 5-20 minutes to format.
When format is complete, press Menu hard key under "Ok" screen (or use the camera button) when prompted to reboot (Reboot system now will be highlighted)
You will see either an open box and the green android graphic when handset is rebooting (or the red DROID eye graphic).
Handset will be cleared of previous personal data, and you will need to start over with initial set-up process.
Reset instructions for DROID X on 2.3 Gingerbread Android:
Turn off phone
Press and hold Power key + Home hard key to power on the phone and bring up a triangle with an exclamation point inside next to a green Android graphic.
Press both Volume buttons down together to show the Android recovery menu.
Use volume buttons to scroll up or down in this menu. Highlight "wipe data/factory reset"
Tap Power button hard key to confirm the selection.
Handset will ask you to "Confirm wipe of all user data"
Select "Yes -- delete all user data"
Tap Power button hard key to confirm the selection and start wipeout of phone, handset will begin to format handset showing progress with multiple lines of ellipses (....)
Handset may take from 5-20 minutes to format.
When format is complete, Tap Power button when prompted to reboot (Reboot system now will be highlighted)
You will see either an open box and the green android graphic when handset is rebooting (or the red DROID eye graphic).
Handset will be cleared of previous personal data, and you will need to start over with initial set-up process.
To Perform a Factory Data Reset through settings menu:
Open the Applications Tray. (arrow pointing up located in the middle at the bottom of the display screen)
Touch Settings
Touch Privacy
Touch Factory data reset
Touch Reset Phone
Touch Erase Everything

Jubakuba said:
Check my sig for an extensive Droid X Specific How-to.
Getting into CWM from power-off isn't available on 1st init roms...
But some roms have a "fail-safe" that you can turn on booting into CWM after every boot up.
On a couple (MIUI, EncounterICS) roms, a new Boot-menu has been made where you simply press the down-volume button right when this blue light flashes during boot.
(You obviously need to be on one of those roms for it to work)
I'd suggest CM7 or MIUI so far for stability as far as (true) AOSP goes.
EncounterICS is coming along nicely, however...and shows promise in the near future.
Links to a couple of roms that I'd suggest are also in the post linked in my sig.
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Thank you. I actually ended up with the Liquid for her. It seems like all the problems was comong from the bad SD card which gave out and she lost everything. I'm trying to see if I can somehow get some of it back but that's another story...
I'm a big fan of CM7 but don't like to install nightlys for others, especially if they live in another state. I don't see a stable CM7 so I will wait. It appears that Liquid is also AOSP and is playing nice MIUI is nice but I'm kind of sick of it. I love vanilla Android. All these theming isn't for me.

Anfeldt24 said:
If there are significant problems with the device or you are not able to perform a factory data reset through settings (locked out of handset, frozen screens), please use the following process to manually reset the phone:
WARNING: Factory Data Reset is a tool used to remove everything that was imported, added or installed on the device. When using this feature; information you have programmed in the handset is deleted, however, nothing stored on the MicroSD will be affected.
To perform an External Manual Reset of your handset to restore to factory settings, read instructions below and then perform. If you have received the Android 2.3 update for you DROID X, external reset instructions have changed. Click here to skip down to 2.3 Android reset steps.
Reset instructions for DROID X on Froyo 2.2.1 Android:
Turn off phone
Press and hold Power key + Home hard key to power on the phone and bring up a triangle with an exclamation point inside next to a green Android graphic.
Press Search hard key to show the Android recovery menu.
use Volume buttons to scroll up or down in this menu. Highlight "wipe data/factory reset"
Press Menu hard key under "Ok" screen prompt (camera button can also be used to confirm selection)
Handset will ask you to "Confirm wipe of all user data"
Select "Yes -- delete all user data"
Press Menu hard key under "Ok" screen prompt to start wipeout of phone, handset will begin to format handset showing progress with multiple lines of ellipses (....) (camera button can also be used to confirm selection)
Handset may take from 5-20 minutes to format.
When format is complete, press Menu hard key under "Ok" screen (or use the camera button) when prompted to reboot (Reboot system now will be highlighted)
You will see either an open box and the green android graphic when handset is rebooting (or the red DROID eye graphic).
Handset will be cleared of previous personal data, and you will need to start over with initial set-up process.
Reset instructions for DROID X on 2.3 Gingerbread Android:
Turn off phone
Press and hold Power key + Home hard key to power on the phone and bring up a triangle with an exclamation point inside next to a green Android graphic.
Press both Volume buttons down together to show the Android recovery menu.
Use volume buttons to scroll up or down in this menu. Highlight "wipe data/factory reset"
Tap Power button hard key to confirm the selection.
Handset will ask you to "Confirm wipe of all user data"
Select "Yes -- delete all user data"
Tap Power button hard key to confirm the selection and start wipeout of phone, handset will begin to format handset showing progress with multiple lines of ellipses (....)
Handset may take from 5-20 minutes to format.
When format is complete, Tap Power button when prompted to reboot (Reboot system now will be highlighted)
You will see either an open box and the green android graphic when handset is rebooting (or the red DROID eye graphic).
Handset will be cleared of previous personal data, and you will need to start over with initial set-up process.
To Perform a Factory Data Reset through settings menu:
Open the Applications Tray. (arrow pointing up located in the middle at the bottom of the display screen)
Touch Settings
Touch Privacy
Touch Factory data reset
Touch Reset Phone
Touch Erase Everything
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awesome, I guess this is what I was looking for: to get to some kind of recovery when stuck. Hope I don't have to visit this post though.

[Q] Broken/dark screen on Nexus 4 - factory reset/wipe Nexus via USB or remotely?

I have a Nexus 4 with a broken screen - the display is dark and will not display anything. I'm going to sell the phone since I don't think it is worth buying a screen to repair it. However, the phone is completely functional and logged into my Google Account.
I've uninstalled the apps from the Google Play website, but sensitive data like Gmail, calendar, etc. cannot be wiped from Google Play. What is the best way to do a factory reset or wipe the credentials off of my phone?
Thanks for the help!

Im assuming you still have the stock recovery installed, and that the hardware buttons work. Follow these steps taken from google support:
1 If your phone is on, power it off.
2 Press and hold Volume Down, and then press and hold Power simultaneously until the device turns on. You will see the word Start with an arrow drawn around it.
3 Press Volume Down twice to designate Recovery mode.
4 Press Power to restart into Recovery mode. You will see an image of an Android robot with a red exclamation mark.
5 While holding down Power, press Volume Up.
6 Use the volume keys to scroll to "wipe data/factory reset" and press Power to select it.
7 Scroll down to "Yes - erase all user data" and press Power to select it.

chromium96 said:
Im assuming you still have the stock recovery installed, and that the hardware buttons work. Follow these steps taken from google support:
1 If your phone is on, power it off.
2 Press and hold Volume Down, and then press and hold Power simultaneously until the device turns on. You will see the word Start with an arrow drawn around it.
3 Press Volume Down twice to designate Recovery mode.
4 Press Power to restart into Recovery mode. You will see an image of an Android robot with a red exclamation mark.
5 While holding down Power, press Volume Up.
6 Use the volume keys to scroll to "wipe data/factory reset" and press Power to select it.
7 Scroll down to "Yes - erase all user data" and press Power to select it.
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Hey chromium96,
I tried doing this, but since the screen is broken, I can't get past step 5. Hardware buttons and all else works, but without the display, I can't select the wipe data/factory reset option in step #6 - from what I remember, it is a screen with a "yes" option surrounded by a bunch of "no's".
Any way to do something via USB?

entropyhouse said:
Hey chromium96,
I tried doing this, but since the screen is broken, I can't get past step 5. Hardware buttons and all else works, but without the display, I can't select the wipe data/factory reset option in step #6 - from what I remember, it is a screen with a "yes" option surrounded by a bunch of "no's".
Any way to do something via USB?
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Forgot that you cant see. Ok once your into recovery (after step 5), do this:
-press volume down twice (highlights factory reset)
-press power (selects factory reset)
-press volume down seven times (highlights yes from the yes/no menu)
-press power (selects yes)
Since you cant see when its done, give it around 10 minutes just to be safe. Then press the power button to reboot.
You might also want to use this video as a reference
---------- Post added at 04:29 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:11 PM ----------
Now that i think about it, an easier way to wipe would be to unlock the bootloader using
Code:
fastboot oem unlock
Then reboot. And then if you want to lock it again you can use
Code:
fastboot oem lock

chromium96 said:
Forgot that you cant see. Ok once your into recovery (after step 5), do this:
-press volume down twice (highlights factory reset)
-press power (selects factory reset)
-press volume down seven times (highlights yes from the yes/no menu)
-press power (selects yes)
Since you cant see when its done, give it around 10 minutes just to be safe. Then press the power button to reboot.
You might also want to use this youtube /e0FVHFg6t2I?t=3m4s as a reference
---------- Post added at 04:29 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:11 PM ----------
Now that i think about it, an easier way to wipe would be to unlock the bootloader using
Code:
fastboot oem unlock
Then reboot. And then if you want to lock it again you can use
Code:
fastboot oem lock
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Awesome, thanks for the help. I think it worked (fingers crossed). Will change my password anyways and check on Google for unauthorized logins.

entropyhouse said:
Awesome, thanks for the help. I think it worked (fingers crossed). Will change my password anyways and check on Google for unauthorized logins.
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Did it work? I'm having this same problem with a new screen I just put on yesterday.
Sent from my Incredible 4G LTE using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

You can always perform a full wipe via adb and flash a factory image. But the suggested boot loader unlock/ lock should deliver the same results.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda app-developers app

so your 'broken' screen got fixed eh

[Q] HELP, my nexus 7 cant open settings

So, the thing is after i update my nexus 7 to JB4.3, I cannot open the settings menu at all, when i try to open the settings menu, this thing keep pop out "Unfortunately, com.android.settings has stopped". So, I tried to reset it the "HARD" way to factory settings. After I did that, everything seems normal until the I try to choose the language. Guess what? this thing pop out again, "Unfortunately, com.android.settings has stopped". Up to this point, I dont have any idea how to solve my problem. I have spent like half day try to search for this problem from multiple forums. I really hope that somebody can help me from this misery. Thanks alot.

Try a factory reset..
If your tablet is on, power it off.
Press and hold Power until the device powers on, then immediately press and hold Volume Down (while still pressing Power). You will see the word Start with an arrow drawn around it.
Press Volume Down twice to designate Recovery mode.
Press Power to restart into Recovery mode. You will see an image of an Android robot with a red exclamation mark.
While holding down Power, press Volume Up.
Use the volume keys to scroll to "wipe data/factory reset" and press Power to select it.
Scroll down to "Yes - erase all user data" and press Power to select it.
Note that you will lose all apps, etc.

danvee said:
Try a factory reset..
If your tablet is on, power it off.
Press and hold Power until the device powers on, then immediately press and hold Volume Down (while still pressing Power). You will see the word Start with an arrow drawn around it.
Press Volume Down twice to designate Recovery mode.
Press Power to restart into Recovery mode. You will see an image of an Android robot with a red exclamation mark.
While holding down Power, press Volume Up.
Use the volume keys to scroll to "wipe data/factory reset" and press Power to select it.
Scroll down to "Yes - erase all user data" and press Power to select it.
Note that you will lose all apps, etc.
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I have done that already. And after i reboot, I cant proceed further because when I try to choose the language, the same message pop out again "Unfortunately, com.android.settings has stopped" Any idea about this?

Did you upgrade via a OTA, stock image, or a rom download? Also, did you verify the md5 checksum?
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 4

Wugfresh Nexus Root Tool
Reflash stock 4.3.....

I'd reflash the system.img.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 4

My nexus7 actually has never been rooted and I'm actually new to Android, so I am a bit dumb
But, i'm a quick learner, I will appreciate it if somebody can guide me step by step.

What about fix permissions command in recovery? Along with a dalvik and cache wipe?
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda app-developers app

Moto G Lollipop power up key combinations ( "No Command" screen )

I have a non rooted MotoG and it was normaly updated to Lollipop trough OTA, but when I wanted to clear the cache it wasn't possible, the usual key combination didn't work. So... I had to search for a while to found the solution, and it was? on lollipop the key combination is different from used on kit kat.
I couldn't find here that combination, so decided to share with others my findings, I hope it help someone else like helped to me.
:highfive:
Lollipop Steps
1. Ensure the device is powered off, and unplugged (not sure if necessary, if have time, try it)
2. Press and hold the Volume Down button and Power button (located on the right edge of the device) for approximately 3 seconds then release.
3. From the "Boot Mode Selection Menu" screen, select Recovery.
Note: Use the Volume Down button to scroll through the menu options and the Volume Up button to select.
4. From the "No Command" screen (Android figure lying on his back), press and hold the Power button then press and release the Volume Up button to display the menu options.
5. Select "wipe cache partition". ( Use the Volume buttons to highlight and the Power button to select. )
Note: It takes it's time, don't be afraid.
6. Select reboot system now.
Note: Allow several minutes for the reboot process to complete.
Same procedure should be also used to do a facotry reset, apply update from SDCARD and more..