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[Motorola Droid RAZR] naifs_br10:
it says the phone is locked i think its bricked. but since its working and i can see alot of things and stuff it must be soft bricked. i got into boot menu as well but i dont know what to do from there

any ideas ?>
[Motorola Droid RAZR] blueis300:
On my phone atleast , if I hold the power and volume down it comes to a screen that says locked. Thats in fastboot mode. If I hold power and both volume keys it brings you to a menu with several different options which says to use keys to toggel up or down.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] naifs_br10:
i can only access the one holding power button down and volume keys up and down
[Motorola Droid RAZR] pedrotorresfilho:
This menu you're accessing is blue or white?

Device is locked, all regular razr are. lol

Do you have a cam? Take a pic it will save prescious time. :D
[Motorola Droid RAZR] naifs_br10:
white and it says boot menu on top of it with couple of options
[Motorola Droid RAZR] pedrotorresfilho:
Ok.

It's the default ap fastboot from razr, you had to flash artic trhough razr bootstrap, anothet cwm. So..

while in this white screen, press and hold power and vo l+/-

This will drive you to bootmenu

In boot menu pick recovery (vol down)

Then press vol up to entet recovery

Wait for red moto logo, give it 5s and press vol up/down

This will open recovery menu

In that go factory reset and press power button

wait it finish, you should be good to go

If doesn't work you'll have to flash a new rom with rsd lite. Try what I said 1st
[Motorola Droid RAZR] blueis300:
http://www.mobile-telephone.info/?p=691

Look at this video.

Do you see any of the 2 white screens we were talking bout?

AT 2:47 then 3:02 are the 2 different screen we or I was talking about.

---------- Post added at 05:22 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:15 PM ----------

Well said.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] naifs_br10:
edit: its not stuck at the blue screen that is usually the one for artic. its looping into booting on that now

thanks guys the phone has rebooted but now once it starts up its rebooting randomly on its own continously once it goes into the welcome screen of android lol.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] pedrotorresfilho:
Repeat process but instead factory reset do wipe cache

;)

Nice to rear it works

Thanks

If this don't fix then you will need to flash a new rom with RSD Lite, just make sure you have at least 50% of battery before flashing

Edit: > Do u have a xt910 or a verizon xt912?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] naifs_br10:
edit: after wiping cache the problem still exists, phone is still rebooting back and forth, ....

thanks alot, now to avoid this my friend, how should i have flashed the ics theme from artic to avoid this kind of thing in the future ?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] blueis300:
Did you wipe before or after the theme flash or just install and reboot?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] naifs_br10:
i just rebooted into recovery from bootstrap and flashed the theme and that was it
[Motorola Droid RAZR] pedrotorresfilho:
How did you installed bootstrap?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] naifs_br10:
i dont remember it was a while ago. i believe it was through the tutorial they had up here. ive had the artic for about 2 months or more and today i simply decided to just install a new theme so i just flashed it like a normal rom is done and now its jammed up....

this is how i rooted it

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1342567

bootstrap install

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1347767

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1385283(this one im more sure i did)
[Motorola Droid RAZR] pedrotorresfilho:
Thanks for giving directions you followed.

You'll need that factory cable in order to flashing a new rom. It will not charge your battery, but allow you to set a fresh system and charge aftet that.

Wish you luck unbricking your razr.

Cneers
[Motorola Droid RAZR] naifs_br10:
factory cable ??? what is that ? does this mean no solution ? oh crap
[Motorola Droid RAZR] blueis300:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1403100&highlight=factory+cable

If this is what he is talking about.

http://shop.teamblackhat.info/Factory-style-programming-cable-for-Motorola-FactCable.htm
[Motorola Droid RAZR] pedrotorresfilho:
Read in my last post. lol

Sorry, I really didn't tell u about factoty cable. At this time I was helping another fellow also bricked.

The above info is precise.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] pedrotorresfilho:
Exactly. Thsnks
[Motorola Droid RAZR] naifs_br10:
my skills are no good in doing what is listed up so i had to order it from ebay and that from hong kong as well. i pray to god it goes well. till then boys i guess there is no option but this eh!!

i need a phone bad. argh
[Motorola Droid RAZR] pedrotorresfilho:
With factory cable you'll be good to go..

You did rigth man. Wish you luck with razr.

Cheers
[Motorola Droid RAZR] blueis300:
Not sure this will help but the last post in this worked for somebody.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1603466
[Motorola Droid RAZR] naifs_br10:
i can charge my battery bro.i just cant get out of the loop. i dont know how to get out of the loop. no matter what i do im still stuck in a loop of reboots.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] pedrotorresfilho:
Press power button, vol up/down at same time and hold for 10s
[Motorola Droid RAZR] naifs_br10:
i did still does nothing except turn off and turn back on and starts looping again. it loops where it goes into the home screen and then reboots again, and on and on and on
[Motorola Droid RAZR] pedrotorresfilho:
Turn it off then press

Power+vol up+vol+ down

You have to go into boot menu as above
[Motorola Droid RAZR] naifs_br10:
if its the white boot menu i can get in there without a problem what to do next ?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] pedrotorresfilho:
Go into restore.

It must present the restore menu. Choose (vol down to navigate, vol up to pick an option) Will stay a little in motorola logo. Press then both vol up and down. You'll be in recovery menu. (blue one) choose factory reset (vol down to navigate and power to select) and wait finish, the choose wipe cache. Wait finish and reboot.

It this not solve, enter again in bootmenu and pick Ap Fastboot

This is flashing rom mode

More directions to come if doesn't work
[Motorola Droid RAZR] naifs_br10:
now im fast boot menu and in rom flashing mode
[Motorola Droid RAZR] blueis300:
So your good to go then ?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] naifs_br10:
what should i do now ?

my battery is only 4% if i try to do something phone will die and it will brick any way i can charge it ?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] blueis300:
Was pointed to this link.

http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php/t...ut-a-special-cable-or-taking-the-phone-apart/

Similar to the one that was posted earlier either here or another post.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] pedrotorresfilho:
Conect ur phone in chargef (not usb)

Go into fastbot menu and choose

Bp Tools

It should start charging. Let it finish
[Motorola Droid RAZR] naifs_br10:
after the charging is complete now what should i do from the boot menu ?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] pedrotorresfilho:
Power up ur razr and see if it's okay
[Motorola Droid RAZR] naifs_br10:
phone is still in loop booting over and over again :(
[Motorola Droid RAZR] pedrotorresfilho:
Go to ap fastboot

Power off, then press

Power + vol up + vol down

Choose ap fastboot

Connect to pc and flash stock rom

Get ur file here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1362956

And flash this way

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1539192
[Motorola Droid RAZR] naifs_br10:
there is no file for canada ? its all europe asia or latin america. so which file do i have to download?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] pedrotorresfilho:
Yep, no file for Canada. That's the reason you should send it to motorola services, to not loose (or get hands on) the updated system.

Cheers
[Motorola Droid RAZR] naifs_br10:
thanks alot friend. youve been great help.

one last question i ordered the factory wire already. will that help ?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] pedrotorresfilho:
You're wellcome!

Maybe. In fact, better than use it is take care to flash only with full battery. But, if something went wrong, well.. then you'll have a factory cable. Also, you can save some friends around.. :D

Good luck with razr
[Motorola Droid RAZR] borisgraovac:
stack on the boot screen

I carefully read the complete thread since I’ve got exactly the same problem. But let me first give a little more explanation. I bought my RAZR a week ago in Kuwait, and as I’ve already got some experience with Android phones (I have Motorola Backflip) I decided to root RAZR and install custom ROM. First it was Eclipse v1.3 (GB 2.3.6) and everything were going nice. Unfortunately I decided (again) to install ICS but some features didn’t work and I tried to restore my phone to eclipse… and something went to wrong. Now I’m stack on the logo and can’t do recovery as it is mentioned in previous comments. Still can charge the battery. So, I know that RSD Lite could help but I’m not sure which fastboot file is supposed to be used. Today I went to shop where the phone was bought and took data from new one:

System version: 65.1.12.XT910.MERetail.en.06

Baseband version: U_03.1C.78P

Build number: 6.5.1_73-spd-ird-12

If anyone could give a hand regarding the file I need I would be very appreciated.

Sorry I’ve been too much talkative.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paulcdr:
hi

Hopefully someone can help me out here, i have looked about and haven't seen anyone else with the same issue.

i managed to get my KF rooted and suited no problem. Got Burritoroot, TWRP and cyanogenmod installed no issue. all of a sudden the device started to reboot and i managed to get into TWRP to try and flash it again. This failed and not the device is looping on the yellow triangle very quickly. maybe 2 seconds. i cant even get back into TWRP.

The device wont boot when not plugged into the computer, as soon as i plug it in, its start to loop right away.

Also, windows not picking up device at all. I dont think its getting enough time too.

Has anyone came across this before?

Any help will be great.

Thanks

Paul
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soupmagnet:
Typical of a dead battery. Let it charge with the wall charger for a while (maybe a day). If you're still having the same exact issue afterwards, you'll need to acquire a factory programming cable.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paulcdr:
lol, just came up to post the exact same thing, i put it onto a wall charger for an hour or so and it came back to life

thanks
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smirkis:
why is this in development? there's a new q&a section for u guys...
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dos5gw:
re-flash your TWRP :

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1414832
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] okyere:
It happened to me a few weeks ago. Just charge it with a wall charger for a couple of hours. That will do it.

Secondly, I think this should be in the Q&A section. Take note the next time around.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] elivaldez84:
Is there a way to do this in Odin. Heimdall doesnt recognize the phone to be connected and Im much more comfortable doing it in Odin. Is there a tar file of the kernel to be able to flash it?
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Gary02468:
Can this step be avoided if we remove the external card before flashing the temporary kernel, then replace it after flashing back to the stock kernel?

(Thanks for the great summary, by the way!)
[Samsung Infuse 4G] :
To get Heimdall to recognize your phone:

Put your device in download mode, and with the usb cable attached, open zadig (in the Drivers folder of your Heimdall install). In the "Options" menu in zadig, choose "List All Devices" and install the "Samsung USB Composite Device" driver. Then, Heimdall will recognize the device.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] :
You can try, but I'm pretty sure that you will still have to edit vold.fstab. Let us know what you find.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Whizzpopper:
Even though my phone is already rooted, I wanted to thank you for this. I followed the best method I could find a few weeks ago: flashing the already rooted rom. If your phone isn't rooted, doesn't have CWM, and you want to make a backup, that method is more involved than the DIY one you have here.

So, if anyone is facing a similar problem (you need CWM to do the nandroid, you need root to install CWM), follow this.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] toshik1:
I'm using the stock "My files" application, can create the folder no problem, how to create the empty file with no extension?

I can copy any file from another folder, rename it but it still has its original extension. Even from PC I can only create a file with a certain extension.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] :
There are several ways to do this.

On the phone, I use ES File Explorer. With that app, you can create a new file without an extension.

Easy way on a Windows PC is to create an empty file in Notepad++ or even Notepad. Choose "Save As", and put quotes around the file name: "myfile"

In Linux, I just use the touch command to create the file, and then push it to the device with adb.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] toshik1:
Initialising connection...

Detecting device...

ERROR: Failed to access device. libusb error: -12
[Samsung Infuse 4G] :
Heimdall? Did you install drivers in zadig while in download mode?
[Samsung Infuse 4G] toshik1:
Ran the file from zadig directory-not noted anywhere in description :-(

3. Got the error message...
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Gary02468:
I succeeded in installing Entropy's custom kernel and the ChainsDD via cwm, per your instructions. But when I try to reinstall the stock kernel (zImage extracted from UCLB3), Heimdall gets as far as "Uploading KERNEL 100%" but then says "ERROR: Failed to confirm end of file transfer sequence! KERNEL upload failed!".

The phone then reboots, and the kernel version is reported as 2.6.35.7-I997RUXKG3-CL366622. I tried a second time, with same results.

UPDATE: I tried re-extracting zImage and running heimdall again, but it still failed. Then I tried using SGS Kernel Flasher instead and it worked. So I'm happily back to 2.6.35.7-I997UCLB3-CL977492 now.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] :
Yeah, check your Heimdall install. And you're right, instructions for installing Heimdall aren't in this tutorial. Plenty of good documentation at the link where you downloaded Heimdall, and that would be another good tutorial topic. A few posts back in this thread, I did explain to someone else how to use zadig to install usb drivers for Heimdall. Find that and see if that helps. Until you have correctly installed drivers, you won't have a working Heimdall install. Read well at the install link.

Edit: The install link directs you to the README.txt file in the Heimdall install folder. Follow ALL of the steps there.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] :
Good! Glad you figured it out. Not sure why your transfer was wonky in Heimdall, as I've yet to see it fail like that.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Gary02468:
Having trouble now getting the external_sd back. I'm using Root Browser Lite to edit vold.fstab, but when I save the file, the browser goes through the motions of saving it and claims to have succeeded, but when I examine the file it's unchanged. (The browser does claim to have superuser privileges.)
[Samsung Infuse 4G] :
Does root browser have an option to mount a system folder as read/write? It sounds like you haven't mounted the directory for writing to it.

In Root Explorer, all you do is browse to the folder, select mount r/w, open the file in the built in text editor, edit, and choose "Save and Exit".
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Gary02468:
No, not that I could find. So I switched to another app (FileSlick) for that, and now it's all working. Thanks again!
[Samsung Infuse 4G] toshik1:
I'm still at the same error.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] :
Same libusb error still means the same thing: You don't have the libusb drivers installed properly. Keep at it, and good luck.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] :
Update: For those who don't want to mess with Heimdall and swapping kernels to get root on stock UCLB3, I've put together an Odin tar.md5 that will install the AT&T / Samsung 2.3.6 Gingerbread release with root already installed. This will install just like the Samsung leaks, and comes with all of the same stuff: stock kernel, etc. After I finish testing and uploading it, I'll start a thread in Development.

This will eliminate having to go through a long list of difficult steps to get root on stock UCLB3.

EDIT - I have a working tar.md5 for this, but need to work on it a little more before I post later this weekend.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] mymyankee7:
Newbee here....That would be great. I would like to route my Infuse but I get lost as far as "where" to put "what".
[Samsung Infuse 4G] :
It's all done now and working 100% in every situation I've tried to throw at it. Just had to work out some issues that I was having when I tried it in some situations.

Uploading now, and will post the stock UCLB3 kernel version when uploading is done.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] toshik1:
Great! Please let us know exactly where we can find it.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] :
Find the Odin flashable package here, this flashes stock UCLB3 with root already installed:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1613523
[Samsung Infuse 4G] mymyankee7:
Now this is more like it!! Thanks a ton JScott30.

---------- Post added at 11:45 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:10 PM ----------

I have Odin 1.85. Is it ok to use this latest version or should I stay with the 1.81?
[Samsung Infuse 4G] :
The newer version of Odin should work fine; I just packaged what I happened to have on my notebook at the time.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] kentu3:
I just used jscott30s instruction and pack step by step, and my new infuse is happily rooted with 2.3.6.

Thanks a bunch for your work.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] mymyankee7:
Finally got around to rooting my Infuse. Followed your instructions to a "T". Beautiful man.........again thanks. I installed the ROM manger (free) and Titanium Backup. When doing Backup on Rom manager my Infuse doesn't appear for selection. Should I get the premium or will I encounter the same problem? Should I also install the Rogue Recovery....what do you recommend.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] :
Awesome, glad you got it rooted. I'd search or start a new thread about how to use ROM Manager, since that's off topic. Personally, I don't use it and prefer to handle backups in CWM recovery.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] qkster:
The i9000 can be used for the infuse on ROM manager. Without offense to anyone or people who had success using ROM manager, the consensus among most of us is NOT to use ROM manager for that purpose. Use CWM recovery for back up as jscott30 had recommended.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] mymyankee7:
Thanks for all your advice guys. I will use the CWM for Roms.. By the way my infuse is working great.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] mymyankee7:
Which CWM should I use and how do I install? I tried Rom Manger and I flashed the Clockworkmod and it was successful but when i went to the "reboot into recovery" It spit out errors: E:failed to verify whole-file signature (all in red) and E:signature verification failed.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] :
Find and install SGS Kernel Flasher in Android Market / Google Play Store. Use this on the phone to flash the zImage of a custom kernel that includes CWM recovery. Entropy's Daily Driver, includes red CWM recovery, and can be found here.:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1212795
[Samsung Infuse 4G] mymyankee7:
Got CWM, Flashed Entropy's Kernel with SGS kernel Flasher...Beautiful man. Everything works smooth. Want to give a big thanks for helping out this nubee.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] kentu3:
Tried to flash CWM as described above and got stuck in a boot loop.was able to revert back. Wich version should i be flashing. I cant figure out what else could have gone wrong
[Samsung Infuse 4G] :
Sometimes, boot loops after a flash can be fixed by clearing user data and cache in recovery and then rebooting.

If you're having trouble using SGS Kernel Flasher or another method, though, then give the third option in step 1 at this link a try.:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1613523
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Clark Joseph Kent:
I see that peps thanks button may be an option on their phone app...kindy like turn signals on a vehicle....with all the help you have been providing....thought I'd slap some your way...thx jscott!

:)
[Samsung Infuse 4G] kentu3:
Ok, got cwm installed and then flashed the vagabond Rom. Everything is running smooth. Thanks a million.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] anashashmi:
Small simple question:

Hi,

I am a newb just like the intro video said, and I am really looking to learn as much as I can about flashing, programming, and contributing. But in my time of entering the waters, I have a question that is driving me nuts.

I want to root my Infuse 4G for the sole purpose of installing and using a backup software like CWM or Titanium. Why? So I can try out different ROMs and do all sorts of crazy stuff with it.

But the procedure posted of rooting the Infuse 4G with GB requires to flash the ROM (preferably with stock ROM that is rooted). If I do that, will I lose all my settings and stuff, or will it be just like flashing the ROM thru Kies Mini?

Thanks for all the help.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] :
Read on past the easy method to the more involved method. You can root UCLB3 without flashing a ROM package. But, yes, if you do use one of the Odin packages, your user settings will be reset, and you'll have to reinstall downloaded apps. Music, photos, etc. however, won't be wiped.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] mhenryj:
Procedure changes

It appears that some steps have been changed in this procedure. Namely the steps using adb to set phone in download and recovery mode I believe.

Can I inquire the reason? It appeared a simpler way to accompish the tasks. I had the old way printed out and lost it. I now have this edited version, but was wondering the reason before proceeding to flash my kernel.

Thanks

Mike
[Samsung Infuse 4G] :
I took out the stuff about adb to reboot into download and recovery mode to simplify the steps for folks who were getting bogged down in all of the text in the tutorial. I'm a teacher and I've learned that the more you put in there, the less people will actually read. Plus, to use adb, a newbie would have to install adb, get it working, etc. It's easy enough to use the buttons on the phone, so I just left it at that.

Nothing wrong with using adb to reboot to recovery or download mode, though. Personally, that's how I do it most of the time, and it does save the effort of pushing buttons or pulling the battery.

adb reboot recovery

or

adb reboot download
[Samsung Infuse 4G] mhenryj:
Rooting

True. I had the luxury of having it based on my Eclipse install.

Thanks for adding the code snippets here (for possible future reference).

I did just go ahead and rooted with the battery pull method. I had been wanting to do for a while and just had the time.

Thanks for your post, it was quite helpful and informative. I was really suprised at how easy it was. It seems to be working great.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] :
Just added this new information to the how-to so folks can root UCLB3 without flashing the entire rooted OS.

-----------------

One easy option is to flash one of the custom Gingerbread kernels with CWM recovery from here. This won't wipe your current OS, data, or apps.:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=27123262

Download and place this file on your internal sdcard.:

http://downloads.androidsu.com/superuser/Superuser-3.0.7-efghi-signed.zip

Then, put your phone in recovery mode. Shut phone off. Hold down power button and both volume buttons, and once the Samsung logo appears, let go of the power button. Keep holding volume buttons down until you get to red CWM recovery.

From there, install the Superuser zip by choosing "install zip from sdcard".
[Samsung Infuse 4G] jdrogers84:
Ok Noob here.

So if i rooted to 2.3 from 2.2.1 no cwm and now have distortion on boot and recovery how do i flash something else without being able to wipe first?

Do i have to use sgs kernel flasher with a zImage? Is this just one option?

Can I just flash odin Option c from the OP with red cwm? +extras deodexed etc?

wait I think this is the answer....

and then does this give me GB bootloaders? sorry if this is in the wrong Q&A.