yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Moto X Q&A] SnowKing25:
Download the FXZ for whichever version you have (ATT, VZW, etc.) then just extract the recovery.img and system.img. fastboot flash the recovery.img and system.img. reboot and you should be able to then just do a standard factory reset and you'll be back to stock. worked for me at least. I did the factory reset for good measure but flashing the system may suffice.
[Moto X Q&A] jhnl33:
I'm having trouble flashing system.img. Terminal tells me that "bootloader variable not supported", "invalid sparse file format at header magi" and then "bootloader prefllash validation failed" and then "FAILED (remote failure)."

What do I do? I don't want to risk getting stuck in boot loop so I just have it sitting in fastboot mode...
[Moto X Q&A] SnowKing25:
Well, I'm not terribly adept at this myself, but I would say make sure that you downloaded the proper version of the FXZ. Extract the files, and I would flash the boot.img first, then the system.img. Mine worked flawlessly. Make sure you have the most updated fastboot and and stuff?
[Moto X Q&A] Dark9781:
Sounds like you have the wrong FXZ or the files may be corrupt. Try downloading again.
[Moto X Q&A] jhnl33:
Tried again, still get the same error. Have the latest fastboot and got the right vzw firmware...idk what's wrong
[Moto X Q&A] buyayo:
In the same boat as the OP.

jhnl33, did you get the FXZ from here: sbf.droid-developers(dot)org/ghost_rcica/list.php
[Moto X Q&A] lilcdroid:
A lot of people have suggested using mfastboot.exe instead of regular fastboot. The file is too big to flash the system.img. mfastboot breaks the file down for flashing. I'm on the phone otherwise I would add the link. This is what I used and it worked flawlessly.

Sent via my MOTO X Press
[Moto X Q&A] jhnl33:
Yeah, that's were I got it. I'm fine now; I just borrowed a friends Windows computer and used RSDLite.
[Moto X Q&A] jhnl33:
Yeah, unfortunately, mfastboot.exe is a windows only thing, as far as I know...
[Moto X Q&A] cowenby:
Yeah, I've been in the same boat. Typically I wind up using my work computer which is running XP. Fortunately, I have install privileges and a good boss =)

FYI: I've used Linux scripts on my previous phone (Atrix 2) but I don't code much. So if you find, or someone develops, a Linux option it'll work on Mac.
[Moto X Q&A] lilcdroid:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=33228220

I believe the third post is the one for Linux.

Sent via my MOTO X Press
[Moto X Q&A] cscohammers7:
I'm in the same boat here- I only have a mac at home AND at work... No access to a windows machine without bothering a friend. I found the motofastboot osx32 and 64bit files but am kind of stumped as to how to execute those mfastboot over the usual fastboot I've been using this whole time. I've been able to flash everything back to stock but system.img because the file is too large, so if anyone can somehow explain to me how I can execute motofastboot commands using these files I'd really appreciate it, as it's really my only option to have the .img broken up and successfully installed.

Thanks!!!
[Moto X Q&A] AceBoonKoon:
Any update on this?

Same boat as OP.

---------- Post added at 08:49 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:41 AM ----------

I tried using BHUNDVEN's [TOO] found in OG Android Dev but keep getting

jeffreys-mbp:moto-x-tools-0.2.0 jeffreymarshall$ moto-x-flash VZW_XT1060_4.2.2-13.9.0Q2.X-116-MX-17-53_CFC_1FF.xml

Traceback (most recent call last):

File "/usr/local/bin/moto-x-flash", line 24, in <module>

tree = ET.parse(firmware_xml)

File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/xml/etree/ElementTree.py", line 1182, in parse

tree.parse(source, parser)

File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/xml/etree/ElementTree.py", line 656, in parse

parser.feed(data)

File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/xml/etree/ElementTree.py", line 1642, in feed

self._raiseerror(v)

File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/xml/etree/ElementTree.py", line 1506, in _raiseerror

raise err

xml.etree.ElementTree.ParseError: not well-formed (invalid token): line 1, column 2

jeffreys-mbp:moto-x-tools-0.2.0 jeffreymarshall$

Thanks for the help!

---------- Post added at 09:18 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:49 AM ----------

Ok so I needed to rename the .xml file to a .zip file ... extract it. I put the contents into the "moto-x-tools" folder and then run the command and keep getting "command not found".

jeffreys-mbp:moto-x-tools-0.2.0 jeffreymarshall$ moto-x-flash VZW_XT1060_4.2.2-13.9.0Q2.X-116-MX-17-53_CFC_1FF.xml

Running: fastboot oem fb_mode_set

/bin/sh: fastboot: command not found

Running: fastboot flash partition gpt.bin

/bin/sh: fastboot: command not found

Running: fastboot flash motoboot motoboot.img

/bin/sh: fastboot: command not found

Running: fastboot flash logo logo.bin

/bin/sh: fastboot: command not found

Running: fastboot flash boot boot.img

/bin/sh: fastboot: command not found

Running: fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

/bin/sh: fastboot: command not found

Running: fastboot flash system system.img

/bin/sh: fastboot: command not found

Running: fastboot flash modem NON-HLOS.bin

/bin/sh: fastboot: command not found

Running: fastboot erase modemst1

/bin/sh: fastboot: command not found

Running: fastboot erase modemst2

/bin/sh: fastboot: command not found

Running: fastboot flash fsg fsg.mbn

/bin/sh: fastboot: command not found

Running: fastboot erase cache

/bin/sh: fastboot: command not found

Running: fastboot erase userdata

/bin/sh: fastboot: command not found

Running: fastboot erase customize

/bin/sh: fastboot: command not found

Running: fastboot erase clogo

/bin/sh: fastboot: command not found

Running: fastboot oem config carrier vzw

/bin/sh: fastboot: command not found

Running: fastboot oem fb_mode_clear

/bin/sh: fastboot: command not found

Flashing was successful!

Running: fastboot reboot

/bin/sh: fastboot: command not found

jeffreys-mbp:moto-x-tools-0.2.0 jeffreymarshall$
[Moto X Q&A] TheDonXR:
I just got mine to flash system with the 64 bit on my MacBook Pro just renamed the moto-fastboot-osx64 to mfastboot and did the command: mfastboot flash system system.img and it worked like a charm! Unrooted and took the OTA no issues! Then I unlocked the bootloader since it no longer voids the warranty on the Dev Ed.
[Moto X Q&A] buyayo:
Tried to use the Linux one, but got an error, any help with how to get this to work?
[Moto X Q&A] ddswanson:
Try snapdragon-fastboots

Try snapdragon-fastboots, from skeevydude post 21, but I was able to flash twrp-2.6.3.1-ghost-4.4.img in Linux Mint 13 on my Moto X dev using ... fastboot flash recovery twrp-2.6.3.1-ghost-4.4.img and it gave me the option to flash root. I saw for Mac/Darwin also.
[Moto X Q&A] bmxchampga:
For anybody still wondering, here is a link to download the mfastboot files for mac 32 and 64bit

https://gist.github.com/crazed/7670423
[Sprint LG Optimus G] bruiserman:
Never mind figured it out.. Stupid simulation for theme testing was checked.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] tadcrazio:
I hope I'm not asking a question that has been answered else where that I could find. So basically I have an AT&T galaxy note 2 that I bought with Cleanrom on and has TWRP. I have been reading up and watching videos and want to flash a new rom. However I find roms I don't see the google apps with the rom file. From what i see you need to flash the rom and then flash the google apps onto it to have the play store.

For instance, I downloaded the stable release cm-10.2-20130924-NIGHTLY-t0lteatt.zip that came out today. I put it on my phone, and i see in twrp where i can install it. However on the cynogenmod website they don't have a separate file to download for google apps. Is this like a universal file or do all roms not need these files?

ALSO, I just want to make sure it is okay to just flash the rom in TWRP and I do not need to go about this another way.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] moosc:
You will need to flash gapps after you flash the ROM and you boot up first time. You'll need the most current gapps package for 4.3 ROMs. Check goo they have all the gapps listed.

Sent from Bad Azz VZW LG G2 Cyan Tapatalk
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] tadcrazio:
Okay, glad I know that now. Thank you

Do you know if it is fine to flash cynogenmod right in TWRP? I read somewhere the fastboot should be used, but it wasn't the exact same situation i'm in so i wanted to clarify before i screw anything up
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Kreateablaze:
You flash it in twrp
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] rangercaptain:
Fastboot is for HTC phone flashing. Samsung flashes in a custom recovery.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] tadcrazio:
Okay, I guess i'm just confused when I see things like this.

To install this ROM you will need to have an unlocked bootloader and a custom Recovery such as TWRP or ClockWorkMod installed

Copy the downloaded ProBAM to your phone.

boot in bootloader

select fastboot mod

flash boot.img via fastboot that is located in the .zip fastboot flash boot boot.img

Boot into your custom recovery

Back up your ROM

Enter custom recovery

Make full wipe "included "system"

Install the ROM

install GAPPS package

Reboot - the first boot can take up to 2 minutes

From what i can see, I can start up in recovery and just flash the .zip.. Don't see how I can get into fastboot mod in TWRP
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] gregsarg:
Fastboot flash instruction should be ignored when using a Samsung device ...

Simply install the appropriate TWRP or CWM recovery to the device ....

From that point you can choose the compatible rom of your choice ...and flash the .zip from within the new recovery ...

No fancy HTC stuff here ...

Also ...it is highly recommended to thoroughly read the install instructions of each rom prior to flashing...as they often contain special instruction that can get missed ...

Welcome ....you have a great device that is very easy to flash when done properly ....g
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] tadcrazio:
Those were the instructions for my device, thats why I am so nervous. If it is really as easy as just deleting cache and factory data and stuff and installing it buy the .zip i might do it a whole lot more often!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] rangercaptain:
Those are the steps, buddy. Honestly, the hardest part of the process is holding all three buttons to boot into recovery.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] tadcrazio:
oiii, i'm missing something. How do i do this part? Or were those just copied instructions and i can disregard? Sorry for making this more difficult than it is.

boot in bootloader

select fastboot mod

flash boot.img via fastboot that is located in the .zip fastboot flash boot boot.img
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] rangercaptain:
I would like to know where you are looking at the instructions --they are not for a samsung galaxy model...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] tadcrazio:
I had it on my desktop I'm on my phone now. It was a thread for the probam ROM for note 2 att version. Cant seem to find it on my phone at the moment.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Eternalty:
Fastboot is an HTC thing. Not Samsung. Double check your sources.

Sent from my CLEAN Note II
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] tadcrazio:
Okay looks like someone commented on the threading saying the instructions were wrong and they were changed. Now I feel much more confident. Will do tonight when I get home.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] BobTheDog:
Hi There,

I have just got one of these and have a problem maybe someone can help me with.

When the phone is in my pocket and turned off, when I get a text or phone call the phone turns it self on. If I dont hear it then the screen and buttons are active and it starts edditing, sending phoning people or whatever. Is there any way of stopping it doing this, a keylock thing or something.

Any help would be really apreciated.

All the best

Andy
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] TheBrit:
I just make sure the message alert is loud enough to hear.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] The SRK:
Hi BobTheDog,

TheBrit is right that u must be sure that youre volume is loud enough.

be aware that the magician has 3 different types of volume

- Pocket Pc (programs and games)

- Ringtone (when someone calls you)

- Call (while u are calling)

there is also an option to let the magician vibrate, maby u can feel it instead of hearing it.

I do not know how to totaly lock you're device. But i use Mort Saver to lock my screen and buttons. If you're magician is locked and u get an incomming call u can awnser while Mort Saver is running, cause the incomming call pop-up will push Mort Saver to the background. But after the call ends Mort Saver automaticly locks the screen again.

Mort Saver website http://www.sto-helit.de/modules/edito/content.php?id=36

Hopefully this helps u :)
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] BobTheDog:
Hi There,

Thanks for the answers and help.

The MortSaver is what I was after.

Cheers

Andy
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] kond:
how to unlock sim lock spv m500

this xda-developers_Unlocker.CAB to help ?
[Moto X Q&A] Muffinman51432:
This is my second "Try" at the android world. I tried out that HTC one X+ last year and had nothing but problems and switched to an Iphone 5.

I am having an issue receiving texts from iphone users (working on that now). Other than that i'm pretty happy with the phone. Speaker quality is a little worse however I expected that. Audio quality while playing through play music was better than iphone IMO (big suprise there).

The otterbox seems well built, however the one for the Iphone 5 is a nicer product, any recommendations for a similar case? I'm a big fisherman and clumsy guy so who knows what will happen.

I still have the crappy camera update (ATT) so I will post some side by side pics there. Any tips on apps other than the normal fb/reddit?

Thanks!
[Moto X Q&A] Hayaku:
Your receiving texts from iPhone users is probably them being sent to your iMessage account by default... but seems like you might already be aware of this.
[Moto X Q&A] Muffinman51432:
Yeah I should be good now!!

Holy crap swype rocks

A friend of mine cannot text me from his Iphone, however another friend can. It may be going through my e-mail still. Any tips?
[Moto X Q&A] jayboyyyy:
Give it time for the cases to come out. Welcome to android. I'm using qmadix case which is a pretty good build but it doesn't have the rugged otter box protection. Also, if you take the time to learn about everything your new phone can do over the iphone you don't ever switch back. Not that iphones aren't amazing because their product is great but if you like making your phone the way you like it, android is the way to go. Most of the apps are pretty similar unless you root your phone and start tweaking it. Maybe someone else knows more android only type apps.
[Moto X Q&A] Muffinman51432:
Familiar with root and such with my n7 which really turned me onto the android world. The screen is a little bigger than the iphone, however the nexus 5 may be worth the wait.
[Moto X Q&A] murso74:
I just read an article about this but I can't remember where. Was an apple issue with phone numbers still being associated with imessage
[Moto X Q&A] 1eli:
Turn on Imessge

Edit; sorry pressed enter too fast on the app

Get an iPhone. Turn on imessage. Make sure you give it enough time to fully activate. Send an imessage to said friend

Turn off imessage send text message from iPhone to said friend

Works ?

Go back to moto x. Should be good

Had the same issue with the same phones.
[Moto X Q&A] rmead01:
came here to say this. When my gf's mom switched she had the same issues and Apple didn't even want to help her. She kept telling them her msgs won't come through because they are going to imsg and now she has a galaxy. Apple basically told her it's an android phone and blew her off.

When my gf updated I turned imsg off before had and she hasn't had a single issue. May be a PITA but either get apple customer service to turn that feature off in your acct or get an iOS device on wifi and enable/disable it.
[Moto X Q&A] scorpion667:
Swype is the main reason I switched from an iphone 5 back to android lol. That, and Moto X is a beautiful piece of hardware.

I type like a handicap without swype. It's the original way I learned how to type on a smartphone lol. I can also swype a lot faster with one hand then most people type with two.

I don't like Android at all, but being able to type fast is more important to me for the time being.

Android itself is a flawed OS. If it wasn't for XDA I would have never owned an Android device. A lot of the developers on here create tweaks, ROM's, hacks that enhance the device in simple intuitive ways, so much that it puts Google to shame (yea I said it). I mean how in the bloody hell has volume button longpress to change track NOT been implemented in all official ROM's yet? It's so intuitive, easy to implement, test and apply. They built a trillion dollar empire selling the only mobile operating system that still lags in 2013 on EPIC hardware - mind you. I'm sure 99% of people on XDA will disagree with me because MOST people don't notice these things. But for me it drives me absolutely bananas when any 6-$700 Android device in 2013 has less GUI fluidity (in both OS and third party apps) then my first generation dual core Athlon64 PC with 1GB single channel ddr1 memory. I built that system in 2005. Comparing any Android device to any WP7.5, WP8 or ios4+ device in terms of transition animation fluidity and vertical scrolling fluidity is downright embarrassing.

I suppose that's what happens when you build an empire on top of a a landfill :laugh:

Given, the Moto X is definitely the best Android device released to date IMHO.
[Moto X Q&A] jayboyyyy:
apple builds one os for one phone with one set of hardware for a pretty similar customer base generally. google builds one OS to send to 100s of phone companies for thousands of phones with millions of different piece of hardware. Those phone companies then implement their own layers of software over it. The way the process is just makes it more difficult. While I agree on some points with you, I think they do a pretty good job considering what they are up against. If google makes an os with all of the tweaks gismos and gadgets then trys to send it to the phone companeis and deal with making what they want to do work with what google's OS does, there would probably be way more issues than we currently have.

edit: I made many generalizations so feel free not to pick and choose little tid bits of info to say how I'm wrong because it was more of just a general synopsis as opposed to an exact layout of how things are.
[Moto X Q&A] scorpion667:
I agree.

I'm not trying to be a **** but like... that explanation, that issue, that situation won't make my phone any faster. I understand there are reasons for this problem. But the problem is not fixed.

Come to think of it look at Windows Phones man. WP7.5 and 8 are pretty much the most fluid operating systems I've ever tried, regardless of device. You can find low, mid and high end WP devices. And they are all fluid, responsive and don't drop frames or stutter when scrolling vertically. Not always for the super low end models but you get my point. And I've tried the low end ones in the store as well. If there's one thing MS got right in the smartphone world, it's definitely the fluidity. I'm sorry but if MS can do it, Google could do it as well. But let's face it, you know as well as I do that companies won't change unless people stop buying. And most people don't seem to mind the lack of fluidity and if they do they are using iphones.

And another issue is the lack of...quality play store apps - even the popular ones with 10m+ downloads. Because that dev environment is not as restricted as ios, you see a lot of popular apps like the NOTORIOUS Facebook that takes us back to our windows 95 days where smooth scrolling was a rare phenomenon. In fact I can most likely count on one hand, the amount of times in a day that I have scrolled vertically in FB app without any lag/frame drop/stuttering. People want to say that this is not Google's fault. How is it not their fault if they ALLOWED these poorly done ios ports to make it on the Google Play Store by not posing that many restrictions.
[Moto X Q&A] housry23:
You're absolutely right about the apps. Is really bad. There are some gorgeous android apps that conform to android design guidelines, but most of the main, most popular apps are nothing but iOS ports and look and run like sh*t on android.

As far as fluidity goes, I'm just not seeing it. I have zero lag on the moto x. I didn't have any lag on my nexus 4 either. If you're talking about scrolling in the browser, try dolphin or some other browser.
[Moto X Q&A] sravanz:
Yes the over all UI is fast. Google did a really good job in that but my concern is about the apps that i use on day to day basis like facebook and twitter. May be coming from an iphone 5 caused this issue as everything on it was buttery smooth not the same in the case of android. There is a third party app for twitter like echofon which is super smooth as in ios but official apps still suck. I hope this would change in coming days. Facebook in browser is smooth and app sucks with dropped framerate and lag.
[Moto X Q&A] scorpion667:
I have some specific examples:

open dialer, stutters once halfway through the transition animation, regardless if it was running in the background or not

open email, stutters once near the end of the transition animation. opened email again, got a graphical glitch where it bypassed the transition animation completely

scrolling in gmail stutters sometime depending on scroll speed. mid to high speed scrolling stutters. only drops one frame it seems but I can notice it

the first time you start Settings, it skips a frame in the transition animation, after that it's smooth

in google drive if you click on an item and click back, it bypasses all transition and loading animation and roughly reverts to the previous screen

scrolling in sms app drops frames at certain points in scrolling. not as much as other apps, but it definitely does it

scrolling through my alarms slow to mid speed results in back to back stutters until the scrolling stops.

maps stutters when you press locate button while it speeds to your current location. also stutters during transition animation on first open. The ios app google maps is FLUID and butter smooth

gmail widget froze for 1 second while scrolling

Play store stutters consistently while scrolling.

The number of apps that stutter/lag on my iphone 5 (100+ apps) = 0 (zero)

I can't be the only one that notices these things.
[Moto X Q&A] theraffman:
I don't do Facebook anymore, but when I did, I used friendcaster... It was very very smooth and had more features.