yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Motorola Droid X2] c21johnson:
Here

droidforums.net/forum/droid-x2-hacks

/159304-x2-bootstrap-recovery-apk.html

I deserve no credit for developing this. I was picking through chinese websites when I stumbled upon it. It seems to be a modified Atrix 4G recovery that works on the Droid X2. Everything is in English and it works great.
[Motorola Droid X2] mistawolfe:
Oh my goodness. Making a back up now. I just came in my pants.
[Motorola Droid X2] c21johnson:
And my post was deleted?!

I guess just message me for download link.
[Motorola Droid X2] c21johnson:
Unsure. I received no PM pertaining to an explanation why it has been removed. I'll post it here once my count allows.
[Motorola Droid X2] c21johnson:
1 more... Apology for spam. First post will be updated shortly with download.

EDIT: Original updated. If a mod wouldn't mind cleaning up this thread of my spam, I'd appreciate it.
[Motorola Droid X2] ericerk:
I'll be releasing the legit one soon...
[Motorola Droid X2] c21johnson:
Please define the differences between what you have and what has been released here. This one works flawlessly to all of my testing. I have flashed a ROM and it worked great.

For those wondering, it got removed from DroidForums because it APPARENTLY has affiliation with p3, and they were unsure whether or not this was the most stable version in development. I say apparently because I, personally, do not believe he was involved with this APK.
[Motorola Droid X2] wdenker:
I have tried using this and it does not work. You can try for yourself if you like. If you see my previous post I have linked back to the thread that it supposedly came from and Eric also confirms this isn't legit.
[Motorola Droid X2] wdenker:
Seeing as it doesn't work I would define this as not being legit.
[Motorola Droid X2] wdenker:
Please post screens as I am unable to get it to work. The custom recovery that was provided in the link was for the Atrix.
[Motorola Droid X2] slagar:
Thank you for posting Johnson!
[Motorola Droid X2] c21johnson:
I really don't deserve thanks, but thank you. All I did was poke through some chinese and discover the download. I am working on the screens. I assure you that this is working for me and I have successfully flashed a ROM from the same chinese website.
[Motorola Droid X2] ccortner:
What kind of rom was this? Can you post it too?
[Motorola Droid X2] irishfutbal8:
So is this what gets us past the so called "locked bootloader"? Custom roms from here on?
[Motorola Droid X2] c21johnson:
The ROM is titled "Quens_DX2_CHS_update_signed" You should be able to find it using Google. I'd rather not post it because I don't exactly know the contents of this ROM. All I know is that it made my phone extremely chinese. It installed a few chinese APKs, replaced the original keyboard with a chinese/english alternative (that is actually extremely nice), and appeared to have changed the LCD density. I didn't do any deep digging as a few things have come up this evening that have taken me away from the computer.

I am going to SBF the phone, and do it all over again while hopefully providing screenshots, and then I'll also be able to tell the exact changes of this ROM. But do note, this ROM installed flawlessly.
[Motorola Droid X2] c21johnson:
If a video is what everyone is wanting, I will have one uploaded to YouTube hopefully by 10pm EST.
[Motorola Droid X2] irishfutbal8:
Works great. Did a backup successfully.
[Motorola Droid X2] c21johnson:
We simply just seem to be getting mixed reviews pertaining this APK. I know most people already realize this, but you must be root.
[Motorola Droid X2] LancerV:
Turn power off plug phone into wall
[Motorola Droid X2] booked:
That's it?
[Motorola Droid X2] juhde:
If the last time you opened the recovery app you tapped recovery mode, in other words you never went back and tapped charge mode, then every time you power off the phone, then from a power off state plug the phone in, it boots into CWM. No button pressing, no setting in the app. It continues this behavior until you open system recovery app and tap charge mode.

Sent from my DROID X2
[Motorola Droid X2] booked:
Gotcha. Haven't had a chance to try it yet.
[Motorola Droid X2] MikeOnABike:
He's Correct Just Did It, Good To Know.
[Motorola Droid X2] c21johnson:
Thank you for clarifying. Just so everyone knows, if the device is plugged in and is in cwm, it is still able to charge.
[Motorola Droid X2] AsaSpades:
Does this work with 2.3 Pre-Rooted or no? I was thinking about doing a nandroid but im not trying to SBF.
[Motorola Droid X2] hobby31:
I just tried this on my prerooted 2.3.3 X2 and it seems to be working like it should. I'm making a backup right now and will let you know if it boots up ok. I think it should.

EDIT: Just finished, made a backup and rebooted with no problems so far.
[Motorola Droid X2] LancerV:
I've done backups and restores just fine with 2.3.3
[Motorola Droid X2] AsaSpades:
Alright, thanks
[Motorola Droid X2] g8rzz187:
edit:

My apologies for the noob question, and thanks for your work on this. When doing a nandroid backup, I'm presented with 2 options; internal SD card and external SD card.

Is this asking where I want the backup to go or which I want to backup?
[Motorola Droid X2] juhde:
It's asking where you want to store your backup.

I recommend ext, because factory resetting from settings can and will format your internal storage, the actual sdcard (sdcard-ext) is reasonably protected.

For the same reason I recommended setting titanium backup to use sdcard-ext.
[Motorola Droid X2] g8rzz187:
Thanks.

Regarding TBU - at the bottom of the Overview page, it lists internal, SD card, and Ext. SD card. Above this, it lists my External storage as /mnt/sdcard...should it say /mnt/sdcard-ext ?
[Motorola Droid X2] juhde:
Mine says the same thing, but it also lists my backup directory as being located on sdcard-ext.

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[Motorola Droid X2] g8rzz187:
hmmm - mine says Backup directory: /mnt/sdcard/TitaniumBackup - do I need to change this to /mnt/sdcard-ext/TitaniumBackup ?

Also, I just did my first nandroid backup since upgrading to pre-root GB. During the backup, it says 'no sd-ext found. skipping backup of sd-ext' then proceeds to finish. Is that kosher?

While I have you on the help-a-noob-hotline, can we use ROM manager on the DX2?

Again, thanks for your help.
[Motorola Droid X2] juhde:
I would change it to sdcard-ext, it's safer there.

The nandroid message about skipping sd-ext is normal, ignore it.

Currently ROM Manager is not supported for the X2, and	Koush has said he has no plans to support it in the near future. Maybe if we get the bootloader unlocked it will happen. Until then don't count on it.

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[Motorola Droid X2] g8rzz187:
Got it - just figured out how to change it in TBU.

Confidence growing...thanks again
[Motorola Droid X2] juhde:
LOL, you're welcome and no problem.

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[Motorola Droid X2] mattchenzo:
If anyone is working on X2 bootloader, you should know there is a bounty thread here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1224166

At least $750 has been pledged to the first developer to distribute a method to unlock the X2 bootloader. Please spread the word!
[Motorola Droid X2] slowz3r:
Major updates have come to CWR, seeing as the recovery in the x2 is based off of CWR any chances to get some of those updates implemented?
[Motorola Droid X2] morphius2036:
Flash Rom W/O charger

Is there anyway to push an updated or different ROM without having to have the wall charger?

If so I don't know what I did wrong then, It just powers off and won't come back on unless I push the power button. Then is still just boots to OS
[Motorola Droid X2] EvilTim:
Did you hit install recovery before you hit recovery mode
[Motorola Droid X2] Mandelbrot.Benoit:
No there is no way to boot into CWM without being plugged in. About all you can do it push a recovery with adb, or maybe stock images
[Motorola Droid X2] morphius2036:
Ok just wanted to make sure, is it because the Roms are so big?
[Motorola Droid X2] EvilTim:
Its just this version of bootstrap, its a hack job but it works fine. Let koush borrow your x2 so he can make an official port
[Motorola Droid X2] juhde:
Even an official port will still need to be bootstrapped. We won't get a real custom recovery till "El Bootloader" gets unlocked.

Olé!

@morphius2036 that's what she said! (sorry, couldn't resist. lol)

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[Motorola Droid X2] EvilTim:
I didn't know that thanks, and she did say that, she's a total slut.
[Motorola Droid X2] morphius2036:
I walked into that one...Haha
[Motorola Droid X2] morphius2036:
Bootstrap?

Ok so this is my first Communist/Socialist phone (aka Motorola), just want to make sure I understand out bootloader is the issue cause of the E-fuse?

I like the phone just wished it was an HTC BOGO deal, can't complain since I just moved from an Eris, slow as molasses in winter, to the DX2.

So even if source code is out that still doesn't fix the bootloader issue? Correct

Also how the heck do I see the S-on/off I am used to a bootloader screen with radio and s-on/off screen not the thousand different choices?

Man reading my own post I sound *****y!
[Motorola Droid X2] mattfox27:
+1 is there any updates to CWR for X2 yet since may/june 2011
[Motorola Droid X2] juhde:
The boot loader is locked, that has nothing to do with Android source code. It will stay locked until motorola gives us an unlock or someone finds a dev build that is unlocked and ports it.

The X2 doesn't have eFuse, eFuse is a IBM/Texas Instruments patented technology, the X2 has a nVidia Tegra2 processor.

Motorola doesn't use s-off, that's HTC.

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[Motorola Droid X2] Moon Shadow - NM:
Attempting to follow these steps to do a backup... Not working...

I received the phone from Verizon with 2.3.3 on it and then pulled down the OTA 2.3.4 update. I also have root access via PetesMotorolaRootTools which works. TiBu and other root access programs work.

Background:

1. Downloaded the APK and installed it.

2. Installed via the Install Recovery button.

3. Rebooted with the recovery button.

4. Doesn't boot into Recovery (although I can manually do it via Power Button and Down Button, scrolling to Android Recovery, pressing the up arrow, then pressing both the up and down arrows). When I manually go into Recovery, I don't have all the options listed in the OP.

4a. It just does this funky boot then reboot, but after the second time, it comes up to play.

5. I also just used the Charge Boot button and it still does this funky Boot then reboot.

I was poking around in the APK and noticed an update-recovery.zip. If I copied this to my sdcard and used the recovery process to flash the update, would that give me the correct nandroid access?

(BTW: I came from the Continuum and am very familiar with flash, CWM Recovery, and the like.)

TIA! Ciao!
[Motorola Droid X2] mastafunk:
Hit reboot recovery when pluged into ac power
[Motorola Droid X2] EvilTim:
Like previous post says you MUST be plugged in on AC power
[Motorola Droid X2] Anotha'newb:
Funny when people say they followed all directions....step three when you open recovery app says plug in! Oh well....
[Motorola Droid X2] ashclepdia:
PRESS INSTALL RECOVERY

PPlug phone into charger

Plug phone into wall

Plug into wall

Plug into wall

plug into wall

Plug into wall

Plug into wall

THEN PRESS RECOVERY MODE

Just thought I might as well keep the repetition going;)

((Sorry moonshadow....its just been said so many time in this thread))
[Motorola Droid X2] Moon Shadow - NM:
OMFG! I was plugged into AC power, at least I thought I was. I was plugged into a USB hub that was NOT plugged into a computer. I thought that was sufficient... When I arrived home, and read the responses, BEFORE I shot my mouth off, I plugged it into the wall charger and, surprise, surprise, surprise... It friggin' works.

Sorry if this post sounds a little heated, I'm an EE and I should friggin' know better... ARGH!

Thanks all. It really helps to be b-itch slapped once in a while...

Ciao!
[Motorola Droid X2] ashclepdia:
HA HA! ;)

We ain't mad at u ;)

((At least Im not lol))

Im glad u got it working...it must've been driving u insane seeing EVERYONE else doing alright but for some reason your.phone wont cooperate lol

The reason it works this way is because it hijack the charge only mode ((which is what tries to start when power off and plugged in))

So now that u have hit install recovery---any time u power off and plug ur phone in it will bring up recovery. This can be very very useful if u go into bootloop or get stick at m splash screen. Just figured u should know this very useful Info...go ahead...try it right now...i'll be amazed :) I know I was amazed to find.my phone would just go into recovery when powered down and plugged in
[Motorola Droid X2] Moon Shadow - NM:
Yeah, I figured that one out. I saw an obscure post somewhere that mentioned to get the DX2 to boot normally, you had to bring up the System Recovery app again and tap the Charge Mode button. Okay, cool. Thanks everyone for putting up with the stupid dumbass here... After being in the IT and engineering world for over 20 years, the one thing I have learned is that I still don't know enough to know what I don't know. :D
[Motorola Droid X2] ashclepdia:
I don't really recommend setting charge mode. U don't.need it to boot normally. U only need it if u like looking at the charge only.battery animation which is pretty useless.

U should leave recovery mode installed just in case something happens and u need to get into recovery to flash a backup all u will need to do is power down or battery pull and plug in and u r good to go.

But if u have charge mode set u will drolly get stuck sbf'ing for any problem u encounter (I.e. bootloops can usually be fixed by power down plug in and wipe data etc...)
[Motorola Droid X2] skwoodwiva:
Anyone know exactly why BSR gets trashed by a factory reset? Is it that is is not a system app? Could it be made into a sys app?
[Motorola Droid X2] mistawolfe:
You can make anything a system app ;)

Use root explorer, place it in system/app.
[Motorola Droid X2] skwoodwiva:
It is a sys app already. But it uses a data path(super man).

It seems one would rather do a data "wipe" from settings/privacy rather(never) than from bsr. Then never be caught w/ having to sbf. Are they equivalent?

Can one aviod making bsr/datawipe an "oh shi* button"?
[Motorola Droid X2] robertsneed:
I have a problem I am not able to install recover. It gives me an error: "Install failure, error running exec(). Command:[su, -c . /data/data/com.tenfar.a4.recovery/files/surunner.sh] Working directory: null, Environment:null".. What is the deal i was able to do a system recovery before..
[Motorola Droid X2] thelowend:
Just had this issue a couple days ago...had to sbf.
[Motorola Droid X2] superblitz:
Recovery.img

is there a Recovery.img file i can flash? i have made backups but i cannot access them because the device is stuck on the Motorola logo when booting. I can still access fastboot, so i think i only need to flash a Recovery.img file that will work.
[Motorola Droid X2] sd_shadow:
no recovery image for cwm, locked bootloader prevents anything like that from working.

You will need to flash the sbf, root, bootstrap, restore backup.
[Motorola Droid X2] ericerk:
it does get into recovery but its a really weird version with steps missing and pointless extensions in it..
[Motorola Droid X2] ericerk:
Ummm link up the rom then.... i search nothing
[Motorola Droid X2] Sandso9:
I Google`d it, all I got was this thread
[Motorola Droid X2] mistawolfe:
You guys are silly. It WORKS. Try it out.

I love how quick people are to hate....
[Motorola Droid X2] mygraine:
Android backup worked fine for me. I will try to restore next.
[Motorola Droid X2] DAG425:
I hate to add to the madness and throw gas on the fire but... I found this page.... http://www.diypda.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=567 after googling the name the rom posted previously. Google translate doesn't seem to do the best job, and then I do not speak or read Chinese. There does seem to be some talk about a "rom"... I don't know if its for real or not as links are disabled for non registered members... I would spend some more time on that page but I have class... Anybody that could really read that page and tells us what is really going on I am sure I wouldn't be the only one grateful for a straight answer as to this being BS or not....
[Motorola Droid X2] mygraine:
NAndroid restore worked fine. A bit slow but worked fine. I know nothing about the ROM but the bootstrap works.
[Motorola Droid X2] ericerk:
same thing here
[Motorola Droid X2] ericerk:
I'm happy for you? i mean i have nothing to say.. idk i'm glad you didn't brick your phone
[Motorola Droid X2] DAG425:
It says I'm downloading droid_x2.rar... Don't really know what it is, but it says its gonna take 16hrs to download a 486MB file....

http://u.115.com/file/aqb8dscv

Some one try this and see if u can get it faster to see what it is.... Really shoulda gone to class.... Oh well...
[Motorola Droid X2] LancerV:
For all the nay sayers
[Motorola Droid X2] c21johnson:
SBF'd and went through the process yet again. Worked fine. Video is on my computer, now it just needs to be compressed, rendered, and uploaded to YouTube.
[Motorola Droid X2] malianx:
This is indeed an Atrix Recovery, however it has been modified and DOES work for both backup and restore.

I am inclined to believe it is as Eric says, an alpha build.

My post count is too low to attach the images here, but I would be happy to provide photographic proof of it working.
[Motorola Droid X2] mygraine:
If you have nothing to say, say nothing. Don't get me wrong I was anxiously awaiting your release, and I am very thankful for the work that you have done (and hopefully will continue to do). I am nearly trying to state that it seems to work. If I have offended you I apologize.
[Motorola Droid X2] LancerV:
The chinese are some tricky bastards hell they got the iphone 4 to work on their networks
[Motorola Droid X2] ericerk:
dling

atm

xd
[Motorola Droid X2] LancerV:
If you read it says its based off from the bootstrap off the atrix recovery
[Motorola Droid X2] ericerk:
Just gimme a couple more days.... we are good tho
[Motorola Droid X2] c21johnson:
This is the following:

-Clockwork nandroid

-bootstrap apk

-gingerbreak

-moto drivers

The ROM I am speaking of, can be found HERE.

Also, thanks LancerV, I appreciate the image.
[Motorola Droid X2] ericerk:
and we would have to register?
[Motorola Droid X2] LancerV:
If its from GOAPK.com its legit they were the ones who made the real recovery for the unlocked atrix
[Motorola Droid X2] ericerk:
snap........

could some one put up a mirror
[Motorola Droid X2] c21johnson:
Also, for the package mentioned above (the one including nandroid, etc) you will need this password: QQqun66863990

YouTube video is uploading, unfortunately, I won't make the 10 o'clock time as promised. It has 160 minutes left to upload. :/ I would have compressed it, but I recently reformatted the laptop and don't have the software.
[Motorola Droid X2] ericerk:
Whats the user name, and security qestion...
[Motorola Droid X2] SwiftLegend:
What's the point if we don't have any custom roms? (other than this flaky chinese rom)
[Motorola Droid X2] irishfutbal8:
We need the recovery before we can load roms.
[Motorola Droid X2] h_10:
impatient much. first people were saying that this is fake. i noticed those people have stfu. it's been proven to perform backup and restore. and there seems to be a rom made, granted a chinese one. and you are asking what's the use.

before today, there was no working recovery for the x2. in the last few hours, we discovered that there is a working recovery and there is a rom. not sure what else you were expecting. i'm not complaining. but since you are, why don't you go out a build a rom.
[Motorola Droid X2] mario9702:
The apk does work, was able to boot into recovery and make a backup
[Motorola Droid X2] Sandso9:
alright gave this a try it is legit backup works and everything had my doubts but it works :-)
[Motorola Droid X2] wdenker:
After 16 tries it finally worked so yes it works but very flakey.
[Motorola Droid X2] mario9702:
Worked on my first try
[Motorola Droid X2] DAG425:
Has anyone flashed this yet??? Is it usable if u don't read chinese??? Is there a mirror up for all of this stuff??? I have some real crappy hosting, don't think I have ftp for outside use or I would mirror it myself...
[Motorola Droid X2] 3UR0TR45H:
Worked first time for me. Now bring on the roms!
[Motorola Droid X2] h_10:
eric, have you had a chance to look into the apk. is it based on your work or is this something totally different? the date on the apk file is from 6/1/2011. has this been available since 6/1? if so, maybe someone on the gfan or goapk forums has access to motorola source codes for the x2?
[Motorola Droid X2] LancerV:
Seriously 5hrs for a 60mb download?

http://u.115.com/file/aqb0hzw2
[Motorola Droid X2] DAG425:
Thats it!!! I'm getting 1 DAY!!!! We need a mirror bad.... Here is the Bootstrap/Recovery apk tho... I did manage to get that and I am running it as we speak.....
[Motorola Droid X2] wdenker:
It is up to 27 days now.
[Motorola Droid X2] LancerV:
lol mine just quit
[Motorola Droid X2] c21johnson:
I'm uploading the ROM to mediafire as I type this. Hopefully it can provide some faster download speeds. Unfortunately, I have to get up for work in 5 hours, so, I'm calling it quits for the night. I'll post the link along with the youtube vid link tomorrow.

Goodnight everyone, and may the X2 prevail!
[Motorola Droid X2] LancerV:
Oh you tease
[Motorola Droid X2] ericerk:
its just the atrix thing moded
[Motorola Droid X2] ericerk:
so this is the rom? BTW THE ATRIX BOOTSTRAP AND DX2 BOOTSTRAP ARE MADE BY THE SAME DEV
[Motorola Droid X2] LancerV:
Click the link on the far right Im at 10mins right now for download
[Motorola Droid X2] wdenker:
Add mirror when done please. This time around 24 hours instead of 27 days.
[Motorola Droid X2] religi0n:
Good news indeed. I am glad to see that a lot of stuff has been done.

Thanks for this!
[Motorola Droid X2] LancerV:
New Host coming in eta 5mins
[Motorola Droid X2] LancerV:
http://www.bandbinnovations.com/xda/DX2/update_signed.zip

Should be alot faster :D
[Motorola Droid X2] wdenker:
Already done thanks.
[Motorola Droid X2] h_10:
amazing then that it's been available since 6/1. and the chinese devs/users have been using it since then and already created a rom. sneaky commies. :)

and thanks again to cjohnson for sniffing around to find it.
[Motorola Droid X2] ferg40:
Worked for me first try. Thanks guys.
[Motorola Droid X2] ericerk:
again its a werid port off of the atrix...
[Motorola Droid X2] LancerV:
Does it work? Yes or No

If yes proceed
[Motorola Droid X2] ericerk:
i mean i guess it could work....
[Motorola Droid X2] ericerk:
I think i'm gonna wait on roms till we are on gingerbread
[Motorola Droid X2] LancerV:
I think it depends if the bootloader is unlocked before we get gingerbread
[Motorola Droid X2] wdenker:
I have successfully flashed the chinese rom nothing quicker about it. I have successfully restored to my back up as well this is awesome.
[Motorola Droid X2] ericerk:
Well use it for now... but when the new version made by my dev friend is out switch to that :D
[Motorola Droid X2] LancerV:
But yes this is just like the atrix update.zips that we were using too bad the framework-res arent the same other wise I would flash my old gingerblur roms :D
[Motorola Droid X2] mygraine:
Agreed.
[Motorola Droid X2] cybrwulf:
I appreciate your help man, but with all you have said fo far, and seriously when you say its gonna be a while, then say roms will be a few months... something is a bit off... Months are an eternity in dev time on these phones.

The fact that someone easily migrated the Atrix recovery over means its only days away now that someone legit will get clockwork working, and serious dev can begin.
[Motorola Droid X2] ericerk:
actually you could straight up use the artix one... now if only i could find an atrix 2.2 rom i'd try to make a rom