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[Motorola Droid X2] Lrs121:
there is already a thread in the development sections that has the kernel check removed for cm9 already done by twobare i believe. the latest version had a few major hicups but nothing coperable to cm10s issues( been too long since ive played with cm9) as for eclipse i dont remember doing anything special to get it to run on my phone but i cant remember exactly (again been too long since ive played with it, to busy on stock screwing with kernel stuff) though if any doesnt want to flash just let us know and someone will get it going fairly quickly. (time to download it modify it and upload a modified version) ill upload a the version of eclipse i used if i can find it to my google drive i keep a lot of stuff there including roms.

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cm7 had a kernel check i removed it and am in the process of getting it ready to upload to my google drive i also found the eclipse zip i used and am uploading that as well enjoy people. (yes i am aware my drive storage looks like a mess but it actually is organized. its not hard to find what you need just look its most likely there)
[Motorola Droid X2] :
Thanks! I appreciate it. I was having a hard time finding the thread until you pointed out how to find it. Unfortunately I made two critical mistakes. The first was I installed the wrong gapps.zip then the second mistake was when I went to install the correct gapps.zip for cm9 I didn't do a nandroid restore. Now my phone is stuck on the boot logo, the big m with the words dual core thechnology under it. Been that way for two hours. I have tried everything but nothing works. Looks like it is bricked because I do not have a linux computer and do not know anyone that does so I can't do the sbf method.

But I will say that from what I saw of cm9 and played around with it that it was way better for the mx2 than cm10. But that's just my opinion.

Again, i wish to thank you for all your hard work and help.
[Motorola Droid X2] Lrs121:
go into the stock recovery and try wiping everything. do a battery pull then hold down on the volume rocker while you turn the phone on then when fastboot appears press down till android recovery shows press up on the rocker and when an android figure appears press up and down simultainiously on you phone and the options will apear. this will not let you flash zips just give you a chance to boot your phone if it doesnt boot you are going to have to sbf. which can be done through a virtual machine loaded with linux.
[Motorola Droid X2] PotentChili:
Okay, so, I'm on a Milestone X2 2.3.6 from ACS (Alaska carrier.)

I used a different recovery program than you when I rooted my phone a while ago, but it's still clockworkmod, so I'm assuming I don't have to flash the one you provided. EDIT: I think I am actually using basically the same one. Just noticed the GFAN.com text.

I would _really_ like to get 4.x on my phone, so I think I'm going to attempt this. Just a few things first..

1) I do not have a SBF file for my carrier, and I doubt they'll give me one. So if I make a nandroid backup, can I theoretically get my 2.3.6 back to 100% what it was?

1a) Do I have to do a SBF flash before restoring nandroid backup, or can I just wipe data and restore? I don't fully care about app data and stuff since I'll have titaniumbackup for that, I just want to make sure I can get my phone back if any of this messes up.

2) Are we going to be able to get updates to this CM port? Or are we stuck with the one you provided?

3) Are there any other 2.3.6 ROMs that I can safely use without completely ruining my phone to the point where it's bricked? (Once again, my carrier will probably not restore my phone. I already messed it up one time and had to play the whole "i has a virus" thing to get them to switch my phone.

I think that's about it. Regardless of what I end up doing, thank you so much for compiling this. This is something Milestone X2 users have needed for years due to not having our own forum.

Thanks a bunch!
[Motorola Droid X2] Lrs121:
If you ever have to sbf don't use rsd lite use sbf flash. And if you do have to sbf, and you will we all do, a nandroid wont save you. Sad fact of life. I've tryied it myself and had to go in to have my phone flashed by the carrier. Sbf flash gets around having to do that. No we will never get any updates besides what developers like dzk are willing to work for. Yes cyanogenmod updates often enough but we have to take their updates and modify them to work. There are no 2.3.6 roms there are only the ones that use a base of the dx2 running 2.3.4 and 2.3.5 all of them will work with our phone even cm10 and theoretically cm10.1 if anyone ports it. Most developers goals right now are swapping the kernel and loading the latest version of android
[Motorola Droid X2] PotentChili:
So.. basically if this doesn't work, or if it has issues, My phone could be bricked because I'd have to SBF instead of just use the factory data reset and then restore feature of clockworkmod?

Edit: Or will using sbf flash (i'm a linux user) make it not change any data ACS has programmed into my phone? What if my carrier's version has needed files that the nTelos one doesn't have? Sorry if I'm being confusing, I'm just trying to not mess up my phone!
[Motorola Droid X2] Lrs121:
the reason we small carrier phone users have so many issues is that rsd lite wipes a part of the phone that has the carrier files by default. sbf flash doesnt thats why it was included into the guide was so we dont have people winding up with bricks and having to send their phones to their carriers to reflash. ive used it multipule times in the process of working on a kexec and i havent had to take my phone in to have the carrier files flashed.
[Motorola Droid X2] PotentChili:
Okay! Thank you, this clears up a lot. I really really think I'm going to attempt this tonight.. I've had this phone about a year and have only gone as far as rooting it to freeze the as many stock (and motorola) apps and background processes as i could.
[Motorola Droid X2] PotentChili:
Well crap.. All went well for CM10, but now I can't boot the OS due to one of two reasons.. Not sure since I did them both before rebooting fully...

1) I upgraded BusyBox

2) I "fixed permissions" in recovery.

I also can't seem to get back into recovery mode.. Once in a while it works, but most of the time it just shows the motorola logo. *sigh*

Edit: I just used the sbf_flash to get the phone to boot again. Time to start from scratch!

Edit 2: Okay. So this time after installing CM10, GAPPS, and the Wifi fix... I permissions before rebooting and that seemed to help out. Loving this :)

Also, for the people having problems with SMS converting to MMS and then not being able to send: Use GoSMS. Seems to work just fine :)
[Motorola Droid X2] PotentChili:
Just a quick note. Someone else brought up that sending MMS doesn't work. I can confirm this on at least stock messaging and Go SMS. I can receive MMS, but not send.

This isn't a problem for me with Dropbox, but just letting anyone know that uses this feature a lot.

By the way, I'm running the later, Jan 27, version of CM10 in Lrs121's repository, and it seems fairly stable. Rarely get force closes besides with Google Now (also not an issue for me.)
[Motorola Droid X2] Lrs121:
I chopped up your original post but i needed to high light something important. And nandroid does not nor will it ever preserve the carrier files for data access. Not for bootloader locked phones at least. If you use rsd lite to flash the ntelos sbf you will be stuck on ntelos network even if you use your nandroid, unless you get someone to flash the phone at your carrier. If your coming from any rom and just restore a nandroid you will still have data access because it does not touch the carrier files. Sad but true fact. Ive tried many different ways to get around it and the best way is to use sbf flash hands down. It takes you back to stock without disturbing the carrier files.
[Motorola Droid X2] grizzlayleslay:
That's okay that you chopped up the post, this is one area of the process that I'm not entirely clear on and would prefer to get clarification.

So to be clear...

If you use RSD Lite to flash the Ntelos SBF, your phone's carrier data changes to the Ntelos network.

If you use SBF Flash to flash the Ntelos SBF, your phone's carrier data does not change to the Ntelos network.

Is that correct?

Also, while we're at it, more clarification:

If you follow my guide and have a Nandroid backup of 2.3.6 before flashing CM10, can you successfully restore that Nandroid backup and go back to 2.3.6 without using SBF Flash?
[Motorola Droid X2] Lrs121:
Yes,yes and yes. Rsd lite by default over writes the carrier files on the phone so they are meant for the ntelos network. Sbf flash does not and it preserves your carriers files and settings. And as for restoring from cm 10 to 2.3.6 stock nandroiding does and does not work. As I saw you mentioned with the gapps, you mileage will vary. Every time I've successfully nandroided back to 2.3.6 everytime when I updated my phones version of cm 10. Its easier then sbf flash and faster sometimes. But if you want a gaurentee restore sbf flash is the best way.
[Motorola Droid X2] 754boy:
Is it possible to maybe rip the carrier files from one phone and then flash them to another?
[Motorola Droid X2] Lrs121:
In theory yes in practice I wouldn't know. They tend to be well hidden and hard to extract.
[Motorola Droid X2] wbfunk92:
A million thanks!

I have to thank all that have contributed to this thread. Through the information contained here I literally rooted, backed up, tried CM10, bricked, and restored my phone all in a matter of 48 hours. I would be nowhere without the information gathered here, thank you!
[Motorola Droid X2] grizzlayleslay:
Hi all,

With the introduction of 4G LTE service in my hometown from my regional carrier, I've moved on from the Milestone X2 and graduated to an iPhone 5. YES YOU CAN BOO AND HISS AT ME I GET IT I GET IT.

But the last few months have been an absolute blast working with you all and making documentation to help clear the foggy mess of installing custom roms. I won't be an active part of the community any longer as I'll be selling my Milestone X2 (not sure whether I'm selling it with CM7 or CM10 installed) to help recoup the cost.

Again, it's been fun, and thank you, but I won't be able to provide any new documentation or continued support for this phone. Lrs121 sent me a PM to keep an eye on the changes for his Google Drive locations and I will change those, but other than that I'm pretty much done.
[Motorola Droid X2] Lrs121:
Sad to hear your leaving the android world, but I completely understand the will to leave the mx2 behind. Mine is dieing and I won't be looking back when it does. From what I've seen the links are ok and will stay that way unless I remove files, which may happen as the space fills up. I have a 105 gig cap at the moment for storage with 22 gigs used. I may upgrade again and pay for more but I haven't decided yet. Thank you again for your work on this thread. May the world of ios treat you kindly.
[Motorola Droid X2] aviwdoowks:
I wonder if SBF flash would succeed in flashing a dx2 w\ netelos 236 where rsd failed for me? Guess who!
[Motorola Droid X2] Lrs121:
You flashed your dx2 with the mx2 2.3.6 ntelos sbf?!

Sent from my f'in mx2
[Motorola Droid X2] aviwdoowks:
Yes search aviwdoowks eh you will figure it out.

Edit Skwoodwiva
[Motorola Droid X2] Lrs121:
Ah. I imagine its possible but I really don't think that its a good idea. When 2.3.6 update was applied to the mx2 it burnt a fuse on the processor preventing downgrades. So everyone would have to use the mx2 version of the roms along with the wifi patch. Though sbf flash would not (should not) over write the radio files still allowing the dx2 to connect to Verizon.

Sent from my f'in mx2
[Motorola Droid X2] aviwdoowks:
See the old thread. I lost all cell data. Vzw fru'ed an iphone 4s.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1616211
[Motorola Droid X2] :
What's the feeling about the overall reliability of the X2?

I got three of them September 2011, and two of them failed. The first one had the radio go out November 2012, the second one failed a couple of days ago with a full motherboard failure while it was charging overnight.

I've had a cell phone since 1986, and never once has the hardware failed on any of them. My family is extremely gentle on their phones, so I am appalled at what I perceive as poor design and manufacturing of the Motorolas.

For what it's worth we're going for 3 Sammy Galaxy S4s. I've owned several Samsung phones over the years and never had a problem with any of them, same goes with their MP3 players.

My gut feel is that Google's going to get out of the phone hardware business, they wanted Motorola for the patents. If I am correct, then we will see sometime this year.
[Motorola Droid X2] Lrs121:
Sbf flash has never reprogrammed my phone. It just brings back the stock blur setup. I used to have to go to my carriers office when i flashed ntelos sbf using rsd lite to get any radio function through my carrier. With sbf flash i dont.

The x2 is fairly stable. Hardware wise for the most part. However it was in general a bad batch of phones that shouldn't have been made in my opinion. Samsung is the number one manufacturer right now. But right now Google is finally using Motorola for something other than the patents. Theyre finally using Motorola to make what's been dubbed the x phone and x tablet. The base design for the phone has been designed and they're now working on the tablets design but then again this is all rumors right now.

Sent from my f'in mx2
[Motorola Droid X2] droidx2man:
The WiFi patch is intended for the mx2 not the dx2. As you have the dx2 the patch will actually cause your WiFi not to work, but wifi should work fine without the patch.

Hope I could help!
[Motorola Droid X2] Lorenzo VonMatterhorn:
the droid x2 is a pretty darn solid phone. i have flashed through the rom options us droid x2 users have about 10 times each over the course of the past two years. along with various mods. not once have i had my phone give up on me. youre doing it wrong. hope you dont kill your s4's as well. :highfive:
[Motorola Droid X2] Lrs121:
They are decent but that's on the Verizon side. With the mx2 it does fail quicker. I've only had my phone for around a year now and its still running but the radio is burning out and the memory is failing. that's with only a hand full of rom flashing and sbfs.

sent from my effin mx2
[Motorola Droid X2] Lorenzo VonMatterhorn:
strange. i have sbf'd well over 20 times. flashed roms i dont know how many....lol. no problems yet. it strange to me that quality would be different on the same phone going to two different carriers.
[Motorola Droid X2] efree777:
questions on rooting guide

My wife's milestone x2 is pure crap and she's ready to throw it into the lake. I can't help but wonder if it's loaded with bloatware/malware/virus's/etc.....

Either way, I would like to follow your guide step by step but have a couple of questions on the rooting section.

Step 7 tells to unplug the phone from the computer and then boot into fastmode boot. After that it mentions that your computer may need to install the drivers for fastmode. At what point of step 7 did we plug the phone back up to the computer?

Also, step 1 tells to download the Motorola Device Manager for Windows, however the link is dead. A quick Google search finds the required file however but I thought you should know.
[Motorola Droid X2] Lrs121:
I mentioned this before but it never got added to the guide. The all in one script to rooting the milestone x2. You must install the drivers first then follow the instructions word for word http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=35744293
[Motorola Droid X2] mustang19r:
Awesome!!

This is awesome been looking for a mod for a long time for the milestone x2 big thanks to the developers for the mod and the great guide.
[Motorola Droid X2] Vasdeus:
I've tried it twice, but each time I successfully flash Cyanogen 10 Alpha 3 on my MX2, I install tenfars BSR following instructions exactly, and I've worked with the BSR numerous times in 2.3.6, I go to reboot my phone and it hangs in a bootloop at the default Moto dualcore start screen. I've gotten this bootloop both times. It also seems to bork the BSR install too, ergo, plugging into the wall to boot BSR is broken. Anyone else experiencing anything like this?
[Motorola Droid X2] Lrs121:
Please read the op for cm10 it is a know bug that cm10 breaks the bsr
[Motorola Droid X2] sd_shadow:
Concise guide to getting CWM working with cm10 A3
[Motorola Droid X2] sm_micek:
Tethering?

Does tethering work with this? Mine gets stuck at "Turning on wifi". Regular wifi works fine... Thanks!
[Motorola Droid X2] Lrs121:
No. A third party app is required if I remember right
[Motorola Droid X2] sm_micek:
Issues with MMS, Video, and Google search...

Ok, also, since I upgraded my mx2 to Jellybean, mms doesn't send, video doesn't work in the camera, and Google search will find results and close before I can click anything. Is this normal, and what do I need to restore functionality? Thank you!
[Motorola Droid X2] Lrs121:
Please read the op for the cm10 thread all of those are known issues. That will most likely stay from here on out
[Motorola Droid X2] Superowl:
SBF_Flash

In Part 9 the links in steps 1 and 3 seem to retrieve the same file, SBF_Flash. Step 1 takes me to a Google Drive folder SBF which contains 6 files. Downloading SBF folder shows as a file named SBF_Flash on my PC. What am I missing. Thank you.

1) Acquire this SBF file from user Lrs121: https://docs.google.com/folder/d/0Bz...XlvYUswblVIZzg

2) Download Linux if you haven't already, and run it.

3) Download the sbf_flash program here: http://blog.opticaldelusion.org/

Thanks for "The Complete Guide...Milestone X2". No issues until I got to the above.
[Motorola Droid X2] Lrs121:
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BzuX6WLejxQwRDQwSXNYUzN3U2M/edit?usp=docslist_api this is the specific file you want. I haven't delved into that folder for a while and had no idea what was still in there. There's a 2.3.5 version in there but if your already on 2.3.6 there is no going back. I keep it around for those who didn't get the phone with 2.3.6 and didn't take the update.
[Motorola Droid X2] Superowl:
SBF_Flash

Thank you for your quick response. I used the 1FF-daytona-user-2.3.6-45.043111123-release-keys-signed ntelos-US.sbf file and followed the steps and PRESTO! the Milestone X2 looks like it did the day I brought it home. It even shows Network as C Spire Wireless. I was expecting it to say Ntelos so was pleasantly suprised. 3G and phone works.

I had installed the CM10 A2 ROM and decided to try the A3. That was when I got into trouble. Did I read somewhere today the A3 is not ready to be used or did I miss some some step?

Thanks again for your great work. I see the Fox in a lot of the forums. Sorry for me that you have moved away from the Milestone but happy for you. Maybe i will be using your guides for the Galaxy S soon.

:)
[Motorola Droid X2] Lrs121:
It should the only thing that may have changed is the kernel, which may say an ntelos build. That doesnt matter though. The cyanogen 10 builds are natively unstable. Im not too surprised to see issues crop up even with in the same build. Cm9 is much more reliable last I checked. I tried to work more with the x2 but mine was just going down hill slowly. The fox is just my tribute to Mozilla in their endeavors to get Firefox os working well. Though I tend to traverse quite a few boards here on xda. I can't remember if cspire has its own version of the galaxy s3 or does the messed up access that my carrier(inland) does with the Verizon model. Either way I can be of some help.
[Motorola Droid X2] Jeremyk3094:
Please help.

I recently received my Motorola Milestone X2 running 2.3.6. I have followed your method to a T. After the adb shell cmd, I receive no Superuser prompt. Then, after typing in the /preinstall/su cmd, it says: file not found, or file does not exist. I cannot remember. Can you help?
[Motorola Droid X2] Jeremyk3094:
Stuck

I've tried this bootstrap method, along with many others. Even manually installed the bootstrap. Either A) gets stuck on the M Loading logo, or B) loads up as normal, no ClockworkMod Recovery. Any idea about this?
[Motorola Droid X2] sd_shadow:
uninstall system recovery/bsr, redownload bsr, reinstall bsr

watch Motorola Droid X2 BSR clockworkmod Recovery
[Motorola Droid X2] superblitz:
Ubuntu doesnt recognize

I have Ubuntu installed in a virtual machine and when I plug the milestone into the computer and attach it to the virtual machine, Ubuntu doesn't seem to recognize the device. The milestone is stuck on the Motorola logo at boot, any ideas on how to get Ubuntu to see the device in RSD mode?
[Motorola Droid X2] Lrs121:
One thin that I don't think is mentioned in this guide is the fact that you must set up Ubuntu udev to allow access to USB devices.
[Motorola Droid X2] superblitz:
Thanks for the reply Lrs121, that is a big thing because if others are like me then they are more proficient with other OS then Linux and not being exactly sure what is needed to be done, makes things pretty difficult when things go south.
[Motorola Droid X2] sd_shadow:
Flashing Milestone X2 (MB867) with moto-fastboot.exe

I believe there is a 2nd option for Windows users, to recover a milestone X2 on 2.3.6

download

MX2 image files with moto-fastboot.exe.7z

unzip with 7zip or other file compression utility

place the folder named sbf to the root of c drive, so the path will be C:\sbf

Install Moto Drivers

Reboot MX2 to Fastboot mode (Turn off, hold volume down button, Press power, release power when you see moto logo, release volume down when you see fastboot at top of screen, press volume up button, screen will say Starting Fastboot protocol support.

connect phone to pc, with a stock Motorola usb data cable,

let window find drivers.

Phone is now ready for flashing.

open the command prompt (Start> all programs>Accessories>command prompt)

run commands

cd/sbf

moto-fastboot.exe flash boot boot.img

moto-fastboot.exe flash preinstall preinstall.img

moto-fastboot.exe flash system system.img

moto-fastboot reboot

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commands with data wipe

cd/sbf

moto-fastboot.exe flash boot boot.img

moto-fastboot.exe flash preinstall preinstall.img

moto-fastboot.exe flash system system.img

moto-fastboot -w

moto-fastboot reboot

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this method will not flash the radio

I used the Portable Sbf Tool, to extract to image files from 1FF-daytona-user-2.3.6-45.0.43111123-release-keys-signed-ntelos-US.sbf

as with any flashing, there is a risk of bricking, although I believe it is very low.

I will add more details on my page

Flashing Milestone X2 (MB867) with moto-fastboot.exe

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I forgot a couple of steps, like phone must be in Fastbootmode

will edit

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should be correct now
[Motorola Droid X2] superblitz:
Have you given this a try?
[Motorola Droid X2] relaxxxrrr:
Is there a way to fix the camera app? It takes pictures but no video. Can I somehow copy the camera app from the original 2.3.6 rom? I have another working phone. I can find the app with root browser on 2.3.6, system/app/BlurCamera.apk, but I can not find the camera apk on this custom rom? I tried installing the BlurCamera apk but it will not install.
[Motorola Droid X2] sd_shadow:
what rom is on phone now?
[Motorola Droid X2] relaxxxrrr:
Cm10, Android 4.1.2
[Motorola Droid X2] sd_shadow:
try here [ROM]{Alpha}(JB) Cyanogen Mod 10 MX2 Alpha-3 updated 1/12/2013

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or here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1912280