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[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrevankyle:
first off this is the wrong section and second 3.1 is ONLY on the xoom and has not been released as a source as far as i know (i may be wrong). and third you know somethings fishy when they spell half the tech words wrong and dont actually give you any links. also if you scroll down theres a load of adds and "instructions" on how to do this on every single android phone... FAKE
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] apparition:
Cool story bro.

I didn't even think 3.1 was out for XOOM and co yet?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrevankyle:
this is something someone pulled from the ota http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1073884
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Reynaldinho111:
Lol Im curious as to when you thought this belonged in Development?

You even labeled the thread as a question. :confused:
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zerkai:
I dont get how people do that either. Lol
[Milestone XT720 General] casmol:
Hello... :confused:

I used the basebandswitcher V4 on my rooted XT720 w/ Froyo 2.2.1, and change the baseband from "unknown" (cellphone bought in South Korea) to Americas baseband (Im located in Mexico which uses 850/1900). When I lost signal I supposed that picked some baseband which my cellphone didn't support, then, I changed it again to Americas Argentina (850/1900)... now It's keeping rebooting with the Motorola logo all the time...

so, after many boot attempts, I used RSDlite to load the original version STSKT_N_79.33.50R, but the cellphone keeps rebooting on M logo...

did I bricked my phone? there's anyway to change the modem settings without boot the phone?

thank you for all

:(
[Milestone XT720 General] reverendkjr:
pull your sd card and then reboot. If that doesn't work, try reflashing with sd card out of phone.
[Milestone XT720 General] casmol:
Hello reverendkjr, thanks for your reply, as you said, I flashed the phone without the sdcard on it, same result... :(

do you think that the bootloader is the problem? since I change the modem band values, when the bootstrap is being performed then an error occurs while it tries to turn on the modem or something like that...

my current bootloader is 80.89, do you know any way to change it?...

Thanks again...
[Milestone XT720 General] pajo985:
I suppose that you cannot enter recovery mode, too?
[Milestone XT720 General] casmol:
Hello!, yes I can, but wipe data/factory reset and wipe cache partition, even though are successfully committed it keeps restarting while booting... I can even flash it with any sbf file, I've tried korean, and two from US with same result...
[Milestone XT720 General] casmol:
Does anyone changed the modem settings using RSDlite?, there are some parameters that may help in one ini file...

Thanks!
[Milestone XT720 General] Mioze7Ae:
Have you tried one of the Milestone XT720 2.1 STR_* sbf's (say the Cincinnati Bell STR_U2_04.1E.1) instead of the Korean Motoroi XT720 2.2 to see if it can restore your phone? I think the sbf include the baseband code. (I use sbf_flash on linux instead of RSD Lite so I can't answer that last part)
[Milestone XT720 General] casmol:
Hello, yes, I've tried that, same result... I think that with the program "switchbandV4" I wrote some registers in the modem flash or something like that, then, when is booting, an error appears and force the reboot until battery drains out.

I think there is a way to reset the modem via RSDlite, in the files pst.ini and pst_flash.ini are several keys like [MODEM_PARAMS], [MOTOMODEM] and TDMA and CDMA related configurations, but I have no single clue of how to do it :confused: jeje...

Well... thanks
[Milestone XT720 General] Mioze7Ae:
What does the error say?
[Milestone XT720 General] casmol:
No error message, just Motorola logo for few seconds, then reboot and start again with M logo...
[Milestone XT720 General] lNOFXl:
have you ever fixed this problem... i did the same thing and have the same problem
[Milestone XT720 General] casmol:
not yet...

Not yet... I havent go that deep in the ini files, my next try will be to change the boot commands...

pls advice if you find any solution.

good luck
[Milestone XT720 General] Mioze7Ae:
I read this earlier, but it didn't occur to me that you probably need to factory reset. For some unknown reason, after I flash STSKT_N_79.33.50R, I always have to factory reset. Try this:

Power off phone (i.e. remove the battery)

Press and hold camera and gallery (both) while powering on

When you see the triangle screen let go of the keys

Press hand hold volume up

While holding volume up tap the camera key

Select "wipe data/factory reset" (volume + gallery key to select)

Select "reboot system now"

If the first boot after factory reset hangs on the M, Pull the battery and it should boot through the second time. This always happens to me when using STSKT_N_79.33.50R on Milestone XT720.

STSKT_N_79.33.50R is for the Motoroi XT720 (Korea only) which is actually different from the Milestone XT720. STSKT_N_79.33.50R will boot on the Milestone version, but sensors don't work and there are some other problems.
[Milestone XT720 General] Mioze7Ae:
Sorry, I just realized you've tried that already and you probably do have Motoroi.
[Milestone XT720 General] lNOFXl:
yah but im going to try it again just for good measure :rolleyes: hahaha thanks

Edit: no different, same boot screen loop
[Milestone XT720 General] casmol:
jeje thanks for trying to help, I am almost sure that I need to change the modem parameters but I just dont know how...
[Milestone XT720 General] hakkafusion:
I'm having the same issue, baseband switch, and now brick. rsd lite flash stock sbf not working.

ideas?
[Milestone XT720 General] Mioze7Ae:
How are you guys changing the baseband?
[Milestone XT720 General] lNOFXl:
well its not the way we are supposed to do it obviously its a program for another phone... i only noticed after i did it since i was so excited that i thought i was going to be able to have 3G haha... o well, now we just need a way to get into the kernel to change the radio and change it back to the original files but the problem i think is that we all don't know how to do that

oh and the program is called basebandswitcher V4 .... but like i said.. don't use it(you can only use it from the phone and once you do a restart you cant use the program again since the phone doesn't start back up
[Milestone XT720 General] hakkafusion:
exactly what I did.

tried flashing BrightPoint,Cincinnati Bell,South-east Asia,SK Telecom, no work.

I would suggest xt720 users to stay clear of this program.
[Milestone XT720 General] casmol:
Any clue about wich parameters should be changed in the RSD ini files?
[Milestone XT720 General] Mioze7Ae:
Does anyone understand what the basebandswitcher program actually does? I read briefly a note here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1052745 about needing the /system/etc/motorola/bp_nvm_default directory to add new basebands. But changes to /system should be overwritten when flashing... unless there's a second mount there. If we figure out exactly what it does, maybe we can figure out what needs to be done to undo it. Basebands are black magic to me, but I don't mind trying to help puzzle this out.

Can the sim have anything to do with this? Have you tried doing the whole reset everything (flash sbf, factory reset) with both the sd card and sim removed?
[Milestone XT720 General] casmol:
Well, I think that the basebandswitcher not only modify the contents of /system/etc/motorola/bp_nvm_default but also some registers in the modem, because the error is at booting time, so, is like there is a unhandled exception that triggers the reboot.. :/

I have made the whole reset with local sim, korean sim and without sim, no success... also with and without SD card. This weekend Im planning to modify the boot commands in one of the ini files from the RSDLite...

any clue or idea is really appreciated jeje
[Milestone XT720 General] lNOFXl:
well im back... just a sugestion... i have no clue how any of this works i dident have my phone long enough to learn anything android haha... but what if we copy everything the basebandswitcher touches from a phone that works to a phone thats been bricked...??? just tell me if im beeing stupid lol
[Milestone XT720 General] casmol:
I dont think that you are being stupid at all :P basically that is what I think we have to do, unfortunately, seems that all the SBFs that I've tried do not modify that part, because of that I seriously think that basebandswitcher changes something in the modem, so we need an script that runs from the bootloader (in an update.zip or something) that fix or reset the modem to its defaults values, but of course, no clue of how to do such thing...

:P
[Milestone XT720 General] xaser66:
hello!

well, I dont know if may help but I try to contact baseband switcher V4 and link to this thread, asking if may please help with some clues about the program, and if luck helps, some light about if may be possible to find the registers.

I am also looking for 850 3G baseband since is the band of my procider in my country, and this thread warn me about the trouble.

By other way I am reading info about the hardware specs of the XT711 and the XT720, and I may be almost sure that there are the same harware only with diferent baseband soft part.

I also copy the full contents of the dir:

/system/etc/motorola/bp_nvm_default

as the developer of basebandswitcher suggest and try to inspect them, but all the info seems as binaries, so it is far for my limited knowledge.

hope that a solution may be found.

Best regards!
[Milestone XT720 General] LIAM83:
to all who have dead moto !

its all ****

1 need unlock bootloader

2 need read full flash

3 need flash to dead moto

after this steps phone alive without problem !

i have special factory flash files with pds but not flashing bootloader not accept pds writing! who know how unlock bootloader ? please pm me ! if need money i give him money after test !!!
[Milestone XT720 General] sohrab.naushad:
Lol, if our boot loader was unlocked half this forum would be as pissed as they are now...theres no way to unlock the bootloader...yet.
[Milestone XT720 General] LIAM83:
no its not problem!! we **** blackberry new security and now reset mep 0( as we know its not possible but we can this ) its **** bootloader not problem but i dont know about unlock bl if i know this i kill this bootloader in 3 days !
[Milestone XT720 General] mchlbenner:
If you have away to disable bootloader please post it

Thanks
[Milestone XT720 General] LIAM83:
yes bro i need coder who know moto and know how disable security in bootloader i can rewrite bootloader (have factory 86 and 89) i give money not problem already have special factory flashfiles for rewrite pds !

p.s. i have dead moto xt720 (korean) after test unlock need help !
[Milestone XT720 General] mchlbenner:
Well l have motorio xt720 update 2.2.1 update I plan to try to flash to motorio.

They can flash their kernel
[Milestone XT720 General] LIAM83:
after flash with special firmware !
[Milestone XT720 General] mchlbenner:
With that floyo you flashed what kernel do you have.
[Milestone XT720 General] Sqoerk:
basebandswitcher

Hi Folks,

I'm managing the basebandswitcher app for the motorola defy. Two members (lNOFXl and xaser66) with a XT720 told me they got problems when they used this tool on a XT720. I'm NOT the programmer of this tool, but I can explain a lil bit how it works.

On the defy you have a folder (/system/etc/motorola/bp_nvm_default) which contains all basebandfiles:

File_Audio

File_Audio1_AMR_WB

File_Audio2

File_Audio2_AMR_WB

File_Audio3

File_Audio3_AMR_WB

File_Audio4

File_Audio4_AMR_WB

File_Audio5

File_Audio5_AMR_WB

File_Audio6

File_Audio7

File_Audio8

File_GPRS

File_GSM

File_Logger

File_Seem_Flex_Tables

File_UMA

First of all the Basebandswitcher creates a md5sum of the "File_GSM"-File and compares it to the known baseband-list. If it maches it'll show you the current baseband ontop of the list. If the "File_GSM" doesn't exist, the tool crashes :(

If you change your baseband, the tool deletes all files in the basebanddirectory. After this it extractes the basebandfiles for the choosen baseband to this directory. Then you only need a reboot and you're done.

So if the files don't match your phone, I dunno what happens...

Once I had a empty basebandfolder my phone restarted after 1 or 2 minutes... so I put it into the flight mode -> no reboot any more. I put valid basebandfiles in the basebandfolder and my device was useable again.

For more questions, I'll check this thread or you can PM me.

Hopefully this will help you a lil bit :)
[Milestone XT720 General] LIAM83:
not bro its special firmware

i think its firmware restore all phone after modem damaged !

p.s. to all i not share this firmware free
[Milestone XT720 General] peshovec:
Are you able to enter openrecovery?

i know it is not so simple (as rooting is required before setup it),but...

the linux sbf_flash utility is able to "flash" the different parts from a sbf, So you probably will be able to flash openrecovery aware system partition.

Then all you need is a corresponding folder on the sdcard...

If (hope when) you are in openrecovery, you will be able to issue adb shell to the phone....

Then You can put some marks (e.g. some echos in the scripts), to see how long you reach with the boot...

Also You can check /cust partition, as it contains the above mentioned baseband files..
[Milestone XT720 General] peshovec:
Strange, I have seen similar screenshots , but the phone owners complain about bp panic. Did not mention any special firmware

some of them:

https://www.supportforums.motorola.com/message/390005

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8Od9fMOGHk
[Milestone XT720 General] Mioze7Ae:
Member since 2007, thanks meter=0. No surprises here.
[Milestone XT720 General] Mioze7Ae:
Thanks for the info!

One thing I've become confused about is the difference between /system/etc/motorola which is inside CG39 and what that is compared to CG36. If I unyaffs CG36, I get what looks like the contents of /system/etc/motorola.

It's quite strange, though. People are saying that they have reflashed the stock sbf (which replaces /system/etc/ everything) and did a factory reset and still are bootlooped. I really don't know what to make of it.

Probably it's related to the Motoroi XT720 vs Milestone XT720 issue and flashing the wrong software. Motoroi sbf's work on Milestone, but maybe they don't work the other direction. It's quite strange because the poster that originally started this seemed to know what he was doing.
[Milestone XT720 General] Woody:
Ouch man!!! Ouch
[Milestone XT720 General] mchlbenner:
WOW someone disliked more than me did not think it was possiable.
[Milestone XT720 General] easye420:
HAHAHAHAHA lmao
[Milestone XT720 General] xaser66:
Hi Sqoerk!

First of all, Thank You very much for your good will in share Your info, very appreciate take time to help.

In fact, I save myself from get my phone bricked for the OP post warns about this trouble, since I am also looking for try to change the baseband of my XT720 Milestone to a 850-3g baseband, since I am in the suspect that the XT720 Motoroi and the XT720 Milestone are the same hardware and only with a diferent software tuned for their respective market 3G basebands.

As I see and feel the dissapoint of the OP I try to make contact triying to help about the issue. Hope may be possible to explore and fix this issue since if baseband switch could be enabled this would be a great feature to our phones.

In fact, when You compare the specs of our XT720 is impressive how until today is an excelent hardware package that really deserves a good software implementation, as seem could be possible following the development that is in process recently.

Thanks to all around here and best regards. Hope that
[Milestone XT720 General] LIAM83:
no need only reflash 38 code group (pds) and after phone be alive but bootloader not give pass for this !

p.s. to you i not share my solutions because i buy original moto support if you need buy original support 3000 $ (for 1 month ) and download all need software and factory loaders !
[Milestone XT720 General] LIAM83:
you russian ?

p.s. ti sluchaem ne russkiy familya u tebya russkaya !?
[Milestone XT720 General] Mioze7Ae:
Wait, what? Do you have secret bootloaders? Hmmm. Well, a Nexus S is cheaper than that support...
[Milestone XT720 General] sohrab.naushad:
Dude, why are you on this forum? XDA is about sharing knowledge not asking to get paid for it. All the devs here do their work in their free time without cost. That is the philosophy of open source and you are here for exactly that. No one is asking you to pay them for their support. You have no solutions, if you did you wouldnt be here. I bet if you shared what you have people would donate much more than 3000$ to you. If you want to be constructive share what you have and we might be able to help you with your bricked phone.
[Milestone XT720 General] xaser66:
+1 ...and still hope for a solution for all the friends with the troubled phones.
[Milestone XT720 General] LIAM83:
yes i not found this bootloader in moto section but its my work and we buy original support (not only for moto) for high money and how i share this for free tell me ? motorola have all bypass bootloader for new phones like xt701 xt720 and xt800 for repair phone with special full firmware but not share free if you find this bootloader and factory firmware you unlock all phones free need only flash phone !! and i tell to all who crack or bypass bootloader i give money i respect people who love researching and find anothers way for hack crack and break any original programs !!! or maybe who have pinout for jtag i buy pinout too !!!

p.s. i not have service centre in my country (my phone korean moto) and i need restore it !
[Milestone XT720 General] mchlbenner:
This is bull if you have something could help with unlocking bootloader or something put up or shut up i dont believe a word you say.
[Milestone XT720 General] sohrab.naushad:
Upload all that you have, we'll help you with your phone.
[Milestone XT720 General] LIAM83:
hey bitc.h why you worry )) dont cry ! i dont need your opinion !

p.s. if you not understand my posts about bootloader you stupid ***** ! i need too this bootloader !
[Milestone XT720 General] 3rdstring:
: popcorn : :p
[Milestone XT720 General] LIAM83:
ok and how you help me ? you crack bootloader ?or how you help me ? you coder ? one way to revive our phones find unlocked factory bootloader for flash factory os this os rewrite all code group or read full flash via jtag and flash dead phone !! if you have idea give me your msn i talk with you directly !

p.s. give your msn in pm !
[Milestone XT720 General] mchlbenner:
You get my opion if you like or not i dont believe a word you put or shut up here me.
[Milestone XT720 General] Mioze7Ae:
I don't understand? Are you saying you have a factory bootloader or that you're looking for a factory bootloader? If you have a bootloader to test, I have an extra XT720 I got from craigslist to use for bootloader experiments. If you PM it to me I'll see if I can flash it and compare it to the ones we have seen already. Do you have Motoroi XT720 or Milestone XT720? mchlbenner's also done a lot of bootloader testing on his phones but you two seem to be not getting along.

If you don't mind me asking, why would you pay $3000/month for support? It seems it would be cheaper to buy a new phone...
[Milestone XT720 General] sohrab.naushad:
No im not a coder, what I meant was many devs are looking at this thread and all of them would be willing to help if you share what you have.

I think what he means is when a moto is sent for repair they have some special bootloader and firmware which they use for diagnostics. He's looking for someone to crack the current bootloader because he has this custom firmware but not the bootloader. According to him if you flash this custom firmware it unlocks the boatloader completely and hence you have an unlocked phone. What I dont understand is if you crack it anyways whats the use of the firmware or anything for that matter. RSA 1024bit codes are close to impossible to hack.
[Milestone XT720 General] Mioze7Ae:
Yeah, that's what I'm getting from what he's written, too. Although, I have no idea why Motorola would need to unlock anything to run diagnostics or reflash anything, they have the signing key after all. Product development is different but my understanding is the development versions of the phones don't have TI's CPU-based security enabled and disabling that check is supposed to be impossible on production phones (at least without hardware modifications). Based on the #milestone-modding logs, supposedly someone got a hold of the A853 development bootloader and applied it to a production phone and permanently bricked the device because the TI security was still in effect. But possibly something's being lost in translation.
[Milestone XT720 General] sohrab.naushad:
Yes, i've also heard our XT720's have those notorious eFuse circuits. Flashing a bootloader can trip em and brick your phone forever. I wonder what kind of knowledge is required to mess with the bootloader. After alot of research on bootloaders and kernels I still dont understand the dynamics. I think the security is hardcoded into the chip or something...
[Milestone XT720 General] LIAM83:
not if i flashing bootloader and bootloader not correct its not problem for me i have jtag and can upload full directly to flash ic ! processor omap3430 support riff jtag and ort jtag i have jtags not problem for me !! but i need correct pinouts for jtag and who help find pinout !?

p.s. i give money for usefull info after i test this info !
[Milestone XT720 General] Lienaj:
Lol. Ive been here since 2010 and my thank meter=0. :D
[Milestone XT720 General] Lienaj:
I conclude now that changing the baseband of the XT720 is a huge mistake. Ill just continue with my EDGE
[Milestone XT720 General] LIAM83:
repair my xt720 !

hello to all i repair my moto without bootloader (hehe maybe i bypass bootloader first in world ) **** its very easy !

p.s. research and development rulez !

who have dead moto need more phones for more test my phone ok !
[Milestone XT720 General] Mioze7Ae:
So, what did you do? Can you boot a flashed custom kernel?
[Milestone XT720 General] LIAM83:
i flash special firmware after i make one trick and vuolya phone alive but not have imei ( need solve this problem ) and if i flash it via original korean versionand phone again dead ( restart) how i think this firmware erase all lock (**** its working and not ask provider code)

p.s. need europen version for test maybe i restore your phone and unlock it !:)
[Milestone XT720 General] LIAM83:
very nice news possible restore european and korean version !
[Milestone XT720 General] eejin2:
lol weird people type weird english. just something i noticed. no offence =p
[Milestone XT720 General] LIAM83:
**** imei damaged how restore it i write backup to phone efs/pds but nothing !:(
[Milestone XT720 General] West44:
LIAM83, me too have analog dead phone, please explain you repair method
[Milestone XT720 General] lNOFXl:
In guessing this has never been solved?
[Milestone XT720 General] Mioze7Ae:
This thread wandered quite a bit, so I'm not sure what you'are asking about being resolved?

But since this got bumped it reminded me about this Defy thread I've been watching that seems related:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1443678

[EXPERIMENTAL] [DEV] Trying to unlock bootloader

Which corroborates the story that LIAM83 was saying that authorized Motorola service centers can fully unlock each phone and that they do this sometimes for service ($3000/month seems plausible for a service center contract). Basically it seems like they upload an update that resets the motherboard completely I.e. unlocking (possibly even resetting the eFuses) and then they use a TI OMAP configuration tool to upload a board definition file to reconfigure the motherboard. They think this is how the unlocked Chinese defy's came into existence.