yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Motorola Droid X2] wiiman3601:
Is this normal? And Bootloop after 2.2.2 SBF fixed

just wondering if anyone else has the update abort near the end saying something about 2064. But then when the phone reboots i am loaded with GB and root... Just wondering if this is normal or not. i have even SBFed back to 2.2.2 and wiped all user data and cache and did it over again, but still got the same thing.

And to anyone that tried to SBF back and got a boot loop, that happened to me too, this is how I fixed it. I pulled the battery, then rebooted the phone while holding down on the volume and the power button. Then I pressed the down button until it says "Android Recovery", press up now. It will give you a screen with a triangle and exclamation point. Press the volume up and down SIMULTANIOUSLY here. Now chose "wipe data/factory reset". Go down to "yes" and press the power button. It will then erase all your data from the phone. Now go to reboot and your phone should reboot back at complete stock 2.2.2. I hope this helps someone because I was totally freaking out when I hit the boot loop. Have fun!
[Motorola Droid X2] MikeJ92YJ:
Thank You For That Info Didn't Know That, I Always Use The Choose Where I Put It And I Buried It Alright Wasn't On Top Of SDCard.
[Motorola Droid X2] DAG425:
You are going to get an error at the end of the prerooted update... Thats where it gets to where it is working on the bootloader and since its still locked and we cant do anything to it yet it errors out.... Thanks for the added info on wiping the phone from stock recovery coming off of the unrooted OTA GB update!!!
[Motorola Droid X2] Robin M:
DAG425, just wanted to say thanks for your effort in putting together this "How To" sheet. I did it all before you posted this, but as a noob, I learned a lot doing it. A few more of these and I'll be elevated from "noob" status for sure.

BTW, the very first thing I did after booting into the rooted upgrade (even before using TBU to load back my apps), was to replace that DRRRROIIIIDDDDD.ogg file with a much more pleasant .ogg file. This new Gingerbread OS plays that dastardly sound THREE TIMES at boot-up and again every time you plug in the USB cable. :eek:
[Motorola Droid X2] Calcobrena:
If you change your notification sound it only plays it once when the phone boots up. After that it plays your notification chirp or whatever. :)
[Motorola Droid X2] Kagedin:
Hey just wondering i dont have access to a computer to use the torrent so are all the links in the OP good, specifically the link for the update?
[Motorola Droid X2] rancifer:
I may have had a corrupted torrent file, I kept getting error status 7 immediately. And then would reboot to 2.2.2.

I am dl'ing from MDW and gonna try again.
[Motorola Droid X2] rancifer:
Download tTorrent from the market.
[Motorola Droid X2] Robin M:
Opps. Thanks. Who wudda ever thought they would use that awful sound as the default notification tone??? :rolleyes:
[Motorola Droid X2] Peperm1nt:
Ok, Im having a WEIRD error 7 issue... it states that Unable to verify ...etc.... charge_only_mode in sys/bin/ ... idk what to do, ive SBFd like 3 times btw, this is like 10 seconds into the update. Ive followed several tuts on how to do this. I followed this guide I've activated my phone everytime successfully. Ive redownloaded the file everytime, what am I missing or not doing? You ARE supposed to do this in the clockwork recovery correct?

Error is

Verifying current system...

assert failed: apply_patch_check("/system/bin/charge_only_mode". "7c4556914336ffc39ec577c32a95a9e552482c6b".

"ca56bd89949eaef76e27306a2e95e2de5ae36064")

E:Error in /sdcard/update.zip

(status 7)

Installation Aborted
[Motorola Droid X2] Kagedin:
Hey thanks didn't even know of that app
[Motorola Droid X2] rancifer:
I had the same problem. You used the torrent file eh? Well I just downloaded the original from MDW, renamed and moved to sdcard ext root and it went first time. I didn't even have these boot loop issues.

I can't be for sure, but it looked like it was checking the md5 and they didn't match with the torrent file. It I got the exact same error as you.

2.3.3 now and I like it!
[Motorola Droid X2] Peperm1nt:
omg dude your a life saver. That fixed it haha. I couldnt dl the file earlier, and i just disabled my a/v and it let me. Thanks
[Motorola Droid X2] Kagedin:
So is the file from the torrent good?
[Motorola Droid X2] Calcobrena:
Well it's the file I used and I didn't have a problem with it. It's also the same file downloaded from MDW.
[Motorola Droid X2] rsswga:
Tenfar Lin's Recovery access ??

followed all instructions but i cant find out how to boot into Tenfar Lin's Recovery.

any help would be appreciated thanks
[Motorola Droid X2] rsswga:
i got it, i had to plug into the dam ac outlet

lol,,my god
[Motorola Droid X2] rancifer:
Im sure the torrent file is good, it just got corrupted somehow in the dl. If you use tTorrent don't forget to uncheck wifi only in the settings.
[Motorola Droid X2] DAG425:
After you press the install recovery button and it installs successfully press recovery mode and the app will request super user permissions, go ahead and allow it. Once it gets super user permissions your phone will shutdown. Once the phone is off, plug ur phone into a wall charger... The phone will boot up on its own into the custom recovery....
[Motorola Droid X2] droidxdude:
Dude excellent directions!!!!!!!!!! Thanks a lot and the devs...worked exactly as you said...and I didn't panic ..lol
[Motorola Droid X2] DAG425:
I'm glad someone didn't panic!!!!! Cause even I did!!!! You just made my day bro... and its been a long one!!!!
[Motorola Droid X2] zetsumeikuro:
I remember when I first initally saw the "assert failed motorola.update_nv staus 7 installation aborted" I literally said "DERP" out loud. But then I just clicked install once more and the install took about 2-3 minutes followed by the phone rebooting on its own. After that everything was running great! 3.4k on smartbench 2011 for productivity and 2800 for gaming w/ no debloat.
[Motorola Droid X2] realjag:
Thank you Dag for the instructions. A very big help to a newbie like me.

The joe96.com link has a bad file. I try loading that one and nothing would happen just a reboot. I finally went right to p3's site and downloaded it. Installing. So far, so good.
[Motorola Droid X2] Watercycle:
the journey cut out for when i went to run update.zip, some issue that said "charger_only" ect. then it was aborted

if you want the details i can look at it again, the file was from the torrent

i'm trying directly from p3droid right now and if that doesn't work well, i'm going to print out a picture of android and rip it to shreds :rolleyes:

i did sbf and factory reset just as the tutorial said too :confused:

+10 minutes later edit:

THAT DANG TORRENT IS CORRUPT... no more seeds for it >XO. installing directly from p3 it works no error, my heart dropped when i saw the files being the same size and then it works when i run it.......................

but it works <3, hurrah, gingerbread i love you! =D

---- it was worth the 3 or so hours of headbashing :D ----
[Motorola Droid X2] Kagedin:
Hey steps worked great thank you for this thread and for all the help, file from the torrent was corrupted, but downloaded from another mirror and it worked effortlessly
[Motorola Droid X2] SwiftLegend:
Just curious, if I'm already on nonroot GB, can I just flash the prerooted version in the stock recovery?
[Motorola Droid X2] joerkc:
Uploading from the phone was a bad idea. Should be good now, uploaded from pc and compared file sizes with P3droid, 100% match now. Phone upload was a few kb off...must have messed up. Sorry!
[Motorola Droid X2] juhde:
No because stock recovery only flashes signed updates, and the rooted one isn't signed. You'll have to sbf back to 2.2.2, root, install system recovery and flash the rooted update with that.
[Motorola Droid X2] jeffster888:
I get the feeling that the DX2-update.zip in the torrent is the stock gingerbread update, which would explain why it stops at the part where it checks the battery-charge-only thing-- Tenfar's bootstrap is hidden there, and the sums don't match so it stops and spits out the error. Downloading from MDW link, will try again soon.
[Motorola Droid X2] kdaz:
ok kinda stressing now..sbfd back to stock froyo from gb and it wont let me activate. trying to re sbf right now to see if that helps..anybody got any ideas??

edit: whew the second sbf did the trick..now to root and install recovery and then for rooted gingerbread
[Motorola Droid X2] Malvoiy:
Worked perfect, only issue is once I installed TBU again, there is nothing to restore? Not a huge deal for me I didn't have a ton of stuff, most useful to me was wifi access back up to not have to keep putting in my wex key, but there are no stored data for anything. I know I did factory reset, and sbf'ed and such, but that shouldn't have done away with my tbu files should it?
[Motorola Droid X2] juhde:
If you don't tell TiBu to store your backups to /sdcard-ext it puts them to /sdcard which is internal storage. If you factory reset and wipe internal storage, you're erasing it

So lesson learned, make sure you set your back folder to /sdcard-ext.
[Motorola Droid X2] Malvoiy:
Gotcha, so the location it has which is /mnt/sdcard/TitaniumBackup Isn't the external sdcard huh? No biggie good to learn I appreciate your response. Anychance you could point me to how to change the directory it saves too? Looking in TiBu and can't seem to find where I can change that.
[Motorola Droid X2] juhde:
Make a new folder on your /sdcard-ext called TitaniumBackup

Open titanium backup

Menu key > preferences > back up folder location

Press back key till you're in / then tap sdcard-ext, then tap titaniumbackup, then tap use this location.

Don't forget to run a backup after changing the location, and you can delete any in the /sdcard/titaniumbackup.
[Motorola Droid X2] jeffster888:
Welp, just downloaded from p3droid's source, everything went better than expected. Gingerbread seems a bit faster
[Motorola Droid X2] Malvoiy:
Juhde, thank you so much j was at that point just didn't realize to use back button to change directory. Thank you again.
[Motorola Droid X2] juhde:
My pleasure
[Motorola Droid X2] :
I upgraded to GB. The upgrade was very smooth and fast, no bootloops, no excessive waiting time, the red droid eye showed for only few seconds (as usual). Everything seems to be working normally, I will mention anything that may happen later on. Thanks guys.
[Motorola Droid X2] HollowEmpathy:
Ok, so im new to this so forgive me if this is a dumb question or has been answered before. I flashed the sbf and now I am unable to activate the phone. It tells me its unable to activate and to dial *611. When I do I get Alltel?! I've flashed it twice now. What else can I try?
[Motorola Droid X2] :
I'm on Verizon, I could activate by dialing *228

Also when I did Factory Data Reset, it automatically prompted me to activate. So trying restoring again (Settings > Privacy > Factory Data Reset)
[Motorola Droid X2] HollowEmpathy:
I'm on Verizon so I'm really confused that *611 gets alltel. Did the factory reset for the second time and finally got the activation screen. It activated on the 5th try. Thanks for the help!
[Motorola Droid X2] h_10:
Q: if i'm rooted on froyo and didn't feeze or delete any apks, can i just apply p3s rooted gingerbread update.zip in recovery. in other words, do i still need to sbf to froyo, root and apply recovery if i didn't mess w/ any of my stock froyo on my phone?
[Motorola Droid X2] rinzes:
which recovery are you talking about. The stock recovery or bootstrap?
[Motorola Droid X2] h_10:
sorry, tenfar's bootstrap.
[Motorola Droid X2] DAG425:
Yes... I guess I should clarify that this is if you are on unrooted GB or rooted and themed/romed Froyo...
[Motorola Droid X2] prehistorical:
Success

Thanks for all the information, followed the directions almost 100% and am now on rooted Gingerbred!

I forgot to do the above, so I ended up with the same wallpaper and icons (for the most part) before SBF.

I didn't try the old version as I only tried this a few minutes ago (almost 6 PM Central). But I did download the older file and the newer file, and used the newer file... which works (no error message after).

Older file MD5

B656C72924E3190923999D30B173B4BF

Newer file MD5

52DCB51A3D9EE166CEDA8B555DB1D0B5

A new-to-DX2 question: I've googled and read up on how the DX2 apparently feels hotter than other plastic-cased Android phones, but I am unsure whether my phone is defective enough to return/exchange. Using the more objective measure of AndroSensor http://www.appbrain.com/app/androsensor/com.fivasim.androsensor I am getting a bettery status temp of 100.4 deg F -- is this normal? The phone is just syncing with Google, no movies or other apps.

Thanks again!

Thanks!
[Motorola Droid X2] DAG425:
First off... How the hell did u get multiquote to work?!?!? Is it user error or browser issue? I use chrome... Second, Im a little old school and I due a factory wipe before any flashing so you really don't have to. P3droid didnt say you had to... Third, the heat level I am unsure of. I know the battery door is aluminum and meant to diddipate more heat... What case are you using, if any? I quit using my otterbox because when I would use the nav I had the phone reboot on me (one of 3 reboots I ever had and only one due to overheating because of the nav, plus I live in Florida....) I rally dont know the normal operating levels of the batt, but I think somewhere in another thread someone has asked this... I dont remember where plus Im on da phone now.... But if you find anything go ahead and post it so we know...

TIA
[Motorola Droid X2] juhde:
Cell networks have a agreement to let other users piggyback on their towers. For example in my area I don't actually have a verizon tower for miles around, they're all US cellular, but I still get signal. Alltel towers in particular have a bad habit of not realizing a phone using the tower isn't an alltel phone, so since you're paired up with it it's sending you to altels menus. You can either move to a different area to pick up a different tower (sometimes it's a matter of a few city blocks) or call verizon support with the actual phone number.
[Motorola Droid X2] juhde:
100F is nothing to worry about. You're fine till the 125-130 F area, and even then you heart need to let it cool down probably. Only if it's always high no matter what the ambient temp will you actually have a problem.
[Motorola Droid X2] h_10:
i was on 2.2.2 rooted, had some apps renamed to ".bak", running v6 supercharger and had made some modifications to build.prob. i uninstalled script manager, rebooted to get rid of the v6 supercharger. i deleted the ".bak" extensions (unfroze apps). and i restored the original build.prop (probably not needed).

i dloaded the rooted gingerbreak update from p3's site. wipe cache, factory reset, wipe davlik cache, installed update from sdcard. update started, took a 30 min nap. woke up and the screen was stuck on the M w/ some error messages. unplugged power cord, pulled battery, rebooted and BOOM gingerbread.

i've had absolutely no issues. from a snappiness perspective, i can't tell much difference between froyo, debloated and supercharged and debloated gingerbread. i read some not so positive reactions from gingerbread on v6 superscript so i haven't run the script. don't see a need to.

the one noticeable difference is no lag in coming out of sleep. i never had random reboot, double text, lagginess, or any other issues on froyo. so far gingerbread has been just as solid.

cheers to p3.
[Motorola Droid X2] philcphoto711:
Can someone please post step-by-step, simple instructions how I can SBF my droid x2 with my mac? I've been searching everywhere and can't figure it out. I mean DUMBED down instructions. I'm great with rooting/ running ROMS, etc. but I have not SBF'ed before because I don't have access to a PC. Someone please help me out I'm dying to run pre-rooted Gingerbread
[Motorola Droid X2] Redflea:
Upgraded wifes DX2, no issues, GB doesn't seem especially faster than Froyo so far, but I don't use her phone that much...

Had two spontaneous reboots since the update this morning (both happened when connected to charger, sitting there doing nothing but charging).
[Motorola Droid X2] AuxiliaryPie:
just updated, its downloading all my apps now. at first i was like "this is slow as ****, wtf" but then i remembered its updating all my contacts, reading **** off the SD card and downloading like 20 apps at once.

edit- as i typed that i got a random reboot... i feel like itll smooth out in time

edit 2- will the same bootstrap app we used in 2.2 be usable in 2.3? i want to go in a clear data/cache just to be sure its all working properly
[Motorola Droid X2] h_10:
bootstrap apk works.
[Motorola Droid X2] y0himba:
Success!
[Motorola Droid X2] prehistorical:
Hi DAG --

Multiquote -- I am old school, old timer and edit the text box that pops up, regardless of browser -- it works. I hit "Quote" then go to town with the code. At first looks like this:

[QUOTE="DAG425, post: 16191873, member: 1411186"]First off... How the hell did u get multiquote to work?!?!? Is it user error or browser issue? I use chrome... Second, Im a little old school and I due a factory wipe before any flashing so you really don't have to. P3droid didnt say you had to... Third, the heat level I am unsure of. I know the battery door is aluminum and meant to diddipate more heat... What case are you using, if any? I quit using my otterbox because when I would use the nav I had the phone reboot on me (one of 3 reboots I ever had and only one due to overheating because of the nav, plus I live in Florida....) I rally dont know the normal operating levels of the batt, but I think somewhere in another thread someone has asked this... I dont remember where plus Im on da phone now.... But if you find anything go ahead and post it so we know...

TIA

Then I just edit out the juicy parts and respond in between the QUOTE tags:

[QUOTE="DAG425, post: 16191873, member: 1411186"]First off... How the hell did u get multiquote to work?!?!? Is it user error or browser issue? I use chrome...
[/QUOTE]

I use IE, Firefox, Chrome. I use a PC.

[QUOTE="DAG425, post: 16191873, member: 1411186"]
What case are you using, if any?
[/QUOTE]

I just ordered a Otterbox Defender -- oh, no!!!

Hope this helps!

I made two mistakes in my earlier post, I provided an app that measures battery temp and not CPU temp; and the second mistake is that I should have been complaining about CPU temp (it's hottest at the bottom 4th of the phone, and not by the battery). It got really hot right after installing GB but probably because it was syncing accounts, etc. Just ened to find a clean simple app to measure CPU temp so I can get an objective reading instead of saying "'tis hot!". Posts on X2 heat are easily found, such as http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNojjsd7oNo and http://androidforums.com/motorola-droid-x2/367857-overheating-droid-x2-article.html. Just curious as to whether this is something XDA'ers just yawn over since this phone is dual core, you can put a graham cracker and marshmallows on top to enjoy, etc. Should I send back my Otterbox Defender, or ???

And back to PR-GB... enjoying it! Overnight unplugged (~9 hours) battery says 80% (which in X2-speak means 71% - 80% right?). Standy TWS is 0%, and every attempt to test calls goes through. Just coming from the Fascinate, having a phone that rings when you call it is AMAZING! Avail memory 124 MB free / 223 MB used (or 89 MG out of 404 MB according to AndroSensor).

The only app I've tried that FCs so far is the Battery History selection on SpareParts.apk provided by nitro.

Looking forward to some clean and light GB ROMs!

Thanks...

Edit: Looks like the quote tags aren't verbose when put in between code tags... LSL I move the quote /quote tags around to create multiquote effect.
[Motorola Droid X2] OnoSendi:
It would be nice to have a way to root without having to install a sketchy Chinese backup. Reason I say sketchy, is because it straight up says there is a lot of controversy on here about whether or not that backup is legit for the droid x2. I just updated to stock 2.3.3 (GingerBread). It would be great to be able to root on stock 2.3.3.
[Motorola Droid X2] y0himba:
I agree. I would much rather root a stock 2.3.3, but for the interim this will have to do. Even if it isn't legit for the X2, I have seen no issues and it does run better.

I wonder if this one (this Chinese backup) enabled the dual cores finally? 2.2.2 only used one core, this update (2.3.3) was supposed to allow us to use both cores.
[Motorola Droid X2] hapyman:
Never heard that one but I did hear that Gingerbread allows the GUI to be rendered by the graphics portion finally. This allows for the smoother transitions/animations and what not.
[Motorola Droid X2] OnoSendi:
Really? Wow. I was completely unaware of that. 2.3.3 is most definitely a lot faster, especially the keyboard; it doesn't lag anymore. I hope someone comes up with a way to root stock 2.3.3 without having to downgrade and install that sketchy chinese ish.
[Motorola Droid X2] juhde:
There is nothing "sketchy" about anything going on with any of this.

BTW, both cores have always been active, even in froyo.
[Motorola Droid X2] LancerV:
Did you factory reset?
[Motorola Droid X2] OnoSendi:
Regardless, if you're on stock 2.3, you shouldn't have to downgrade to upgrade. It would be nice to be able to root stock 2.3.

mxair2001: wipe data. Turn off phone. Turn on phone while holding power button and down arrow. Scroll down 'til you get to android recovery. Hit up arrow and down arrows at the same time. You should see triangle. Hit up and down arrows at the same time again. Scroll down to wipe data, then hit the power button. After it's done, reboot phone.
[Motorola Droid X2] dodge_408:
Ok so im a noob at this

i have it sbf'd, rooted, and the recovery ready.

i downloaded the file for GB but how do i get it to the top of root to install during the recovery? i keep getting an error that says cannot locate update.zip
[Motorola Droid X2] DAG425:
Put it on your external sd card before you go into recovery...
[Motorola Droid X2] TheKomoman:
Just to add a success story to the mix, went like a charm for me. I had been running stock Froyo rooted plus Supercharger script. I unfroze the bloat in Titanium, killed Supercharger and uninstalled Script Manager(just a paranoia move there). Then I installed the Recovery, did a Nandroid backup, and applied the pre-rooted P3Droid package and it worked perfectly. I did NOT have to wipe.

Thanks!
[Motorola Droid X2] dodge_408:
i have the files on my external but when i run recovery it says

-- Install from sdcard. . .

Finding update package. . .

Opening update package. . .

E:Can't open /sdcard/update.zip

(bad)

Installatoin aborted.
[Motorola Droid X2] DAG425:
Redownload it and try it again... If it is failing that soon after attempting the installation the file is corrupt or incomplete... Download it directly from P3's site and dont unzip it or anything. Also, you can try the option to allow you chose which *.zip you want to apply so you dont have to rename it...
[Motorola Droid X2] dodge_408:
finally got it going and its working flawlessly!

I was unzipping the files before putting it on the card
[Motorola Droid X2] g8rzz187:
Just for clarity - after flashing the patched/pre-root update, my phone rebooted and came up as it did when I first bought the phone (little green Android robot with the hand pointing me to touch the screen to get started). Had to re-enter my Google info, etc. Have the previous version of Android market, also.

Was that right? How do I restore my apps? Titanium backup isn't in my app drawer.

Phone shows I'm on 2.3.3.

Have the Superuser app in app drawer.
[Motorola Droid X2] EvilTim:
If you followed these instructions all your apps were deleted, you have to manually reinstall TB and most likely all other apps through market
[Motorola Droid X2] g8rzz187:
For some reason, TBU Pro and root explorer remained listed under My Apps in the market - all my other apps were gone. I was able to use TBU to restore.

For some reason my WiFi isn't working now, just 3G.

Thanks for the help.