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[Q] Another noob with a slightly bricked Defy

Hi all, :
Ive owned a defy since january, and after a lot of lurking here decided to take the plunge and have a play with it.
It was a stock unbranded uk defy with 2.51 blur rom, it rooted no problem with super one click, i then installed thi version of recovery : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=875233
I then botted it into recovey and am now stuck in a bootloop.
I can access stock recovery (vol down and power) then touch bottom right of screen. I wiped cache and user data from here.
I can enter bootloader (vol up and power) and rsd lite can detect the phone.
My question is what is the easiest way to bring my phone back to life ? Im not sure if i need to flash sbf or rom.
Not to fussed about having the latest roms or mods, just a working phone before the battery gives out.
Thanks in advance, Sam

This happened to me a few days ago the way you should do it is download the 2.51 uk sbf file and flash it over using rsd lite and it should boot straight back Into the operating system and by the way how come that version did that to your phone I've installed recovery on 2 defys and they both worked

One more question did it boot up into recovery or not ?

No it didnt boot into recovery, just the boot loop. Any idea where i can get the uk sbf ? the link here seems to be dead

So you installed system recovery and then once again in the program installed it and then you clicked boot into recovery right ?
http://and-developers.com/sbf:defy
This website has all the sbfs your one should be the second on the list
RSD lite that one into your phone and it should be good to go

so.. is the usb debugging on?
when tap install recovery button, you should turn off usb debugging.

memz180 said:
So you installed system recovery and then once again in the program installed it and then you clicked boot into recovery right ?
http://and-developers.com/sbf:defy
This website has all the sbfs your one should be the second on the list
RSD lite that one into your phone and it should be good to go
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mannn you save my life, i was looking for a stock rom from Latin America, and i got it from that link.

Thanks for the link memz180. Downloaded sbf and flashed sbf and phone is now working. Next question is what is the idiot proof way to install recovery ?

You installed the correct recovery just make sure you click into the program and install the system recovery within the program and then click on boot to recovery make sure i would make sure superuser is allowing it so check that out to and also as stated above turn off your debugging in development and then click on recovery see if it works.
Goodluck

Rerooted phone and reinstalled recovery, no problems this time. Thanks all for your help.
Sam

No problem here at xda we do our best to help our fellow android mates lol

Another Noob with an almost bricked Defy!
sammitch said:
Hi all, :
Ive owned a defy since january, and after a lot of lurking here decided to take the plunge and have a play with it.
It was a stock unbranded uk defy with 2.51 blur rom, it rooted no problem with super one click, i then installed thi version of recovery : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=875233
I then botted it into recovey and am now stuck in a bootloop.
I can access stock recovery (vol down and power) then touch bottom right of screen. I wiped cache and user data from here.
I can enter bootloader (vol up and power) and rsd lite can detect the phone.
My question is what is the easiest way to bring my phone back to life ? Im not sure if i need to flash sbf or rom.
Not to fussed about having the latest roms or mods, just a working phone before the battery gives out.
Thanks in advance, Sam
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I have the same problem on my T-mobile US branded Defy + when I try to flash the sbf file, on RSDlite It gives me this error
"Failed flashing process. Failed flashing process. Error processing flash file. (0x700F); phone conected"
What am I doing wrong? I tried RSDlite ver 4.9 and 5.0 to no avail! Please help! Thank you!

SOLVED!
NrikeCalderon said:
I have the same problem on my T-mobile US branded Defy + when I try to flash the sbf file, on RSDlite It gives me this error
"Failed flashing process. Failed flashing process. Error processing flash file. (0x700F); phone conected"
What am I doing wrong? I tried RSDlite ver 4.9 and 5.0 to no avail! Please help! Thank you!
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So, I was using my laptop with W7 to flash my Defy, I tried RSD lite 4.9 and 5.0 and kept getting the error message. I decided to give my desktop with Vista a shot and installed RSD lite 4.9 and the motorola drivers; i don't know why but immediately after plugging the phone in it started flashing! Awesome! After that I rooted again and installed 2ndInit (Wich is awesome!).
I backed up and flashed CM7 from the custom recovery mode. Everything started working excellent until I decided to re install 2ndInit!!! BIG MISTAKE! Never do that! I nearly bricked my phone again and couldn't load into recovery mode anymore! I had to re flash JRDNEM_U3_2.51.1. After that I had to repeat the whole process with the exemption of reinstalling 2ndInit after CM7.
Since 2ndinit is already installed you don't need to re install even if you don't have the app in your tray.

I'm in the same boat, my phone is in a reboot loop, and I can't seem to flash it...
RSD Lite 4.9 on win7
Error:
Failed flashing process. Failed flashing process. Unable to retrieve initialization values from INI file. (0x7029); phone connected
/me bangs head against the wall...

read somewhere else it has to do with where RSD Lite is installed, on my win 7 32bit that was c:\Program Files\Motorola\RSD Lite...
uninstalled, reinstalled in c:\Motorola\RSD Lite and copied the sbf to that dir too... seems to be working... hope this helps someone else!

NrikeCalderon said:
So, I was using my laptop with W7 to flash my Defy, I tried RSD lite 4.9 and 5.0 and kept getting the error message. I decided to give my desktop with Vista a shot and installed RSD lite 4.9 and the motorola drivers; i don't know why but immediately after plugging the phone in it started flashing! Awesome! After that I rooted again and installed 2ndInit (Wich is awesome!).
I backed up and flashed CM7 from the custom recovery mode. Everything started working excellent until I decided to re install 2ndInit!!! BIG MISTAKE! Never do that! I nearly bricked my phone again and couldn't load into recovery mode anymore! I had to re flash JRDNEM_U3_2.51.1. After that I had to repeat the whole process with the exemption of reinstalling 2ndInit after CM7.
Since 2ndinit is already installed you don't need to re install even if you don't have the app in your tray.
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Yer cm7 comes with it pre installed it would flash blue at bootup you should of seen it I think on the installation instruction it's written dont install 2ndinit

just rename the .sbf file to smaller name and try again

Cannot flash stock rom

I'm having serious trouble with my phone, after bad-rooting it (boot.img was meant for MPJ24.139-23.1 and I've got MPJ24.139-50) and loosing my IMEI and my Mac Address (and wifi of course) I've tried flashing the old boot file back and now It's stuck on fastboot and recovery mode. I've tried multiple things but it only seems to get worse, I can still transfer files and install them with twrp but I can't get it to flash the stock rom (doesn't find MD5 file and fails zip signature verification) nor can I recover it via RSD Lite for it refuses to recognize the phone. I simply don't know what to do anymore, please help.

RichardKL2 said:
I'm having serious trouble with my phone, after bad-rooting it (boot.img was meant for MPJ24.139-23.1 and I've got MPJ24.139-50) and loosing my IMEI and my Mac Address (and wifi of course) I've tried flashing the old boot file back and now It's stuck on fastboot and recovery mode. I've tried multiple things but it only seems to get worse, I can still transfer files and install them with twrp but I can't get it to flash the stock rom (doesn't find MD5 file and fails zip signature verification) nor can I recover it via RSD Lite for it refuses to recognize the phone. I simply don't know what to do anymore, please help.
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Don't use TWRP to flash a stock ROM. Use (m)fastboot to flash the extracted files one by one in the right order.
Send with my Moto G4 Plus (XT1642) using Tapatalk!

smitharro said:
Don't use TWRP to flash a stock ROM. Use (m)fastboot to flash the extracted files one by one in the right order.
Send with my Moto G4 Plus (XT1642) using Tapatalk!
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Everything solved by now. I found and read the right tutorials, flashed the stock rom via mfastboot like you said, and rerooted it with the right image.
The thing is i had a Xperia with CWM and never had problems with it when flashing roms via recovery, so i thought it wouldn't be a problem on twrp...
Everything is ok now, thanks bro.

i am facing the same problem too can you please help me my model is XT1643 . NO imei no wifi please help

Asus zenfone 3 5.5 ZO12D stock on asus logo after root

Hi guys i badly need your help with my asus, it is updated with nougat version and i did successfully root my phone without any problem however when i flash some zip files it was reboot and stock to asus logo, id tried to wipe and format through recovery but it didnt work i also tried to flash the nougat software but it was unsuccessful, see the attachment bow, i badly need your help please. :crying:

gregz17 said:
Hi guys i badly need your help with my asus, it is updated with nougat version and i did successfully root my phone without any problem however when i flash some zip files it was reboot and stock to asus logo, id tried to wipe and format through recovery but it didnt work i also tried to flash the nougat software but it was unsuccessful, see the attachment bow, i badly need your help please. :crying:
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Follow this https://forum.xda-developers.com/zenfone-3/how-to/twrp-recovery-3-0-2-root-zenfone-3-t3569926 and you'll be fine.
Do not forget about "no-verify" file

stark_br said:
Follow this https://forum.xda-developers.com/zenfone-3/how-to/twrp-recovery-3-0-2-root-zenfone-3-t3569926 and you'll be fine.
Do not forget about "no-verify" file
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hi sir i already did try this steps during the time that i root my device and it successfully worked for me, but i flash something through recovery and the phone is not turning its just stock on asus logo i have no option for me to connect my asus through pc becuase it was bootloop and the pc did not recognize my asus phone

Flash stock Recovery, copy stock ROM un external SD Card from PC, reboot in Recovery and install zip from SD Card, back to Stock ROM

Necrodaemon said:
Flash stock Recovery, copy stock ROM un external SD Card from PC, reboot in Recovery and install zip from SD Card, back to Stock ROM
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but im getting failed whenever i flash the stock rom, it says rom zip corrupted

Motorola G2 XT1068 problem after flashing omni

Hello, i decided to open new thread because I nowhere find solution. My problem is that after flashing my moto g2 with omni 6.0.1 it get stuck on warning message (about unlocked bootloader). Now I can only get into bootloader menu, connect phone to PC (it's showing dewice as motorola dadb interface),I can only flash twrp using fastboot (fastboot boot twrp.img) and that's it. I can not flash anything permanently to the phone: any custom recovery, any rom,can't fix it with logofix.It just look like phone doesn't accept any flash. I tried also to change boot and other img but with no succes, always after any operation when I reboot phone it's get to warning message.
My phone is motorola 2G xt1068, 8gb, bootloader ver 48.87. Once I tried to flash it with retail rom from sd card via twrp 3.8.0.1 it shows that previous system was omni-titan 6.0.1 and retaildsdsall can not be flash,always shows error 7.
I wonder if I can flash it with upper version of omni: 7.0.1 to fix the problem with booting the phone.
If You could give me any advise how to solve the problem, I would be very appreciate.
Waitng for your reply Guys.
After a lot of tryes I found that anythig I do on the phone after restart it's getting to the same state, even if I manually deleted folder "Firmware", after reboot it's going back. When I prepared Moto for installing new rom using Philz recovery, all the data stay on it's place ( I mean private data like thumbnails in DCIM folder etc), nothing dissapeared. It's look like it have some copy of the system in internal storage and always after rebooting it's recovering it back, even if the system is flashed by new rom.
Have U any idea what's wrong with this phone?
Additinally I found that a lot of internal memory is busy: over 4500MB and free is only 780MB. Even after wiping everything, also formatting system.Should it be like this?
Edit: 2018-02-15
Ok, if noone could help me let's treat it as a blog.
Digging in google I found spanish site with a lot of custom roms for motorola. Now I'm trying one by one till I found the right one.
It's a pitty that Father's of the omni rom leaving me lonely in that situation, I think that they are the best of source of informations about that rom.
2018.02.19
I tried to install OmniRom 6.0.1 Homemade but on the beginning I had the infothat installation failed with error 7. So I found the solution to change the information in meta-info folder.I did it but when instalation started after "symlinkig" it stopped with error: some symlinks failed, error 7. And again I stucked.I feellike I'm very close of the solution but I need help. I'm using twrp 3.2.1.0 running via fastboot (boot twrp.img).

Need to find ANY working/available ROM for my p8 lite (2015)

Hello.
I did a mistake and totally wiped my phone with only a wrong ROM on my SD-Card (It was for the p8 2017 not foy my 2015).
So now I do not have any ROM installed but need to get the device working again. The problem is that, because of the age of the device, all links to ROMs are dead. The only thing I found is the stock-ROM but only in update.app format, which is used in the dload-folder. But the phone does not recognize it when booting.
Bootloader is unlocked, TWRP is installed!
Would be glad for every hint!

I managed to get a stock recovery back working, but flashing the stock roms (android5 or android6) via update.app file always stops installing at 90%. I tried several times and waited for hours. It never coninued!
Any idea what could go wrong?

The modded Rom in this thread works pretty well and was available on 11-18-19.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/p8lite/general/mod-c432b612emuipersona78-t3689367
You can install it either from sdcard or ADB Sideload

Lexington67 said:
The modded Rom in this thread works pretty well and was available on 11-18-19.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/p8lite/general/mod-c432b612emuipersona78-t3689367
You can install it either from sdcard or ADB Sideload
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https://mega.nz/#!VIlgwY5Y!0DQTbM94a4BCsn0PsUHwhHZxzcW_8AUKXxoSWmQNCHo
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=80943185&postcount=2295