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[Moto G General] Destr0y3r:
4.4.4 4.4.3

Can you like , downgrade from 4.4.4 to 4.4.3? I found some stock images that are "US Retail" (http://sbf.droid-developers.org/download.php?device=14&file=928) and they seem to have downloaded preety well... :confused:
[Moto G General] Destr0y3r:
HELPFUL!

Nevermind.. i already flashed this stock image with good ol Android SDK with no problems! My phone seems to be as smooth as it was before doing something to it (Custom ROM , BusyBox , Kernels , etc) so , still , i will never regret going to this thread on XDA it's probably the most helpful one i've had since deciding to register here.:laugh: Also i bookmarked this months ago if something ever happened to my phone , just flash some commands and you're ready to go! Thanks OP
[Moto G General] LD26:
Thanks for the instructions. Here's my problem: My phone was rooted (4.4.2) and recently received notifications about the 4.4.4 update. I tried to ignore them but they popped up every 10 minutes. I ran out of patience and chose to update. I thought I would only lose the root and could reroot it later. But the phone failed to update and was stuck in boot loop. I thought restoring stock firmware would solve my problem (I'm a complete noob). So I came here, followed your instructions. It went well, until the reboot. My phone's been stuck at the unlocked bootloader screen for an hour now. I'm officially worried. Please don't tell me my phone is bricked. How can I get out of this?
[Moto G General] suiller:
no, don't worry your phone isn't bricked

trough fastboot (bootloader) you can flash directly everything

but you should give some more info: device model (1032,1033), recovery (which?) stock or custom, rom stock or custom, etc...

anyway for 1st you should take mfastboot (v2) http://dl-1.va.us.xda-developers.co....zip?key=GV6QJKoI0dyWMjz3nP7WDw&ts=1406295569
[Moto G General] Gogeta:
Can someone extract and upload stock recovery.img from the whole firmware? i just need that file and i don't want to download whole firmware because of slow internet.

thanks!
[Moto G General] LD26:
Hi. My device model is 1032, stocked 4.4.2, with CWM recovery. I already downloaded mfastboot as instruction. I'm not sure what it really does though.
[Moto G General] cheimon:
Hi, I'm living in Argentina and I have an Argentinian Moto g with paranoid android installed and before I had cm11, I have cwm recovery installed and I'd like to know if I can install US retail, how, and if it will work mobile data 3G and those services. Thanks
[Moto G General] moto_g_:
Yes, you can.
[Moto G General] cheimon:
Thanks for answering, how should I do it? I have to replace cwm with stock recovery? How do I do that?
[Moto G General] suiller:
same model as me, even if I'm yet in 4.4.4 (custom)

I have many different infos and feedbacks read "here and there", right now I'm a bit confused too... because mostly there are many variants of our device and so many different setups... but as I understood your failure could depend by custom recovery (CWM)

you can try to flash (from fastboot) the STOCK recovery (for 4.4.4 I suppose because as I understood the OTA was fully applied so I suppose you have a kernel+system yet in 4.4.4... your OS just doesn't boot but it exists phisically I mean)

download the mini-sdk (look at 1st page of this thread), put mfastboot.exe in the same folder of mini-sdk (it will look for Adb libraries)

start in bootloader then from sdk folder: mfastboot erase recovery

then: mfastboot flash recovery recovery.img

where recovery.img of course is the name of the file matching 4.4.4 stock recovery you previuos copied in the same sdk folder

EDIT: anyway, because I don't know exactly what you have done or what was your specific setup I suggest to restart from scratch... erase everything and reflash 4.4.2 UK, then you can safely upgrade to 4.4.4 (UK is almost the same as UE)

note: you can leave your bootloader unlocked (don't touch it!)

http://storage.rejh.nl/_stored/res/plus/ref.motog.flash_factory_image.html
[Moto G General] LD26:
167

Nevermind. I held down Volume down + Power for 20 seconds and finally got back to the Fastboot screen and redid all the steps. It works now. Thanks a lot for your kind replies. I was panicking because my phone got stuck at the Bootloader warning screen and it wouldn't turn off.

I think I missed a step or didn't do the "sparsechunk" steps in correct order because my rom contains sparsechunk.0, sparsechunk.1 and sparsechunk.2, not 1,2,3 like in your instruction.
[Moto G General] suiller:
excellent!

anyway remember that if you see the boot(loader) you're not lost... it just means that will take more time :good:
[Moto G General] tegr96:
preflash validation failed

Has anyone managed to downgrade to 4.3 from 4.4.4 or 4.4.3? As I keep getting the preflash validation failed for gpt.bin and motoboot.img

I've been looking for 2 days, so many people are trying to do the same thing and there is absolutely no information

My phone is xt1034 unlocked bootloader version 4111, received 4.4.2 and upgraded manually to 4.4.4 and would like to downgrade to 4.3 to hopefully solve the alarm problem and the internet connection stability, as these sometimes drive me crazy!

If anyone knows of a way please share

Thank you
[Moto G General] Destr0y3r:
The very end.

The thread itself suggests to (i think) "skip" the gpt.bin command here's what it says AT THE VERY END

[/QUOTE]Downgrading:

The 1st command "mfastboot flash partition gpt.bin" will fail on 4.4.2 to 4.3 downgrade. Skip this command if you are downgrading and continue with the other commands, which should work.[/QUOTE]

Hope i helped you at least a LITTLE bit since i'm no expert on this thing of downgrading (i just downgraded my phone from 4.4.4 to 4.4.3 , you could also try doing that) i would just wish you luck on this flashing problem , if anything goes wrong i'd suggest you surf around XDA threads for a while. :good:
[Moto G General] Destr0y3r:
Just that.

When you're doing the flashing proccess (restoring to stock , deleting everything and going to the state of a normal phone just as it was when you bought it) the command "mfastboot flash recovery recovery.img" actually flashes the stock recovery image you have on the firmware you just downloaded.
[Moto G General] randras83:
Can someone take a look to this thread?

Thanks, i ran out of ideas.
[Moto G General] robin0800:
This is the bat file I use as it uses all the commands in the xml file The only thing I have added is the delay to make sure the phone is ready after the first reboot
[Moto G General] tegr96:
Downgrading from 4.4.4 to 4.3, no solution until now

Thank you for your reply.

I did follow the instructions and I tried 4 different stock versions with no luck, as flashing motoboot.img is not possible when you are on 4.4.3 or 4.4.4 and when you carrying flashing the rest of the files, the phone then doesnt boot and loops on the unlocked bootloader screen

So, does anyone know a way to downgrade from 4.4.3 or 4.4.4 to 4.3?

If yes, please share
[Moto G General] usertag:
I was able to downgrade from stock 4.4.4 to 4.4.2 but not any lower.
[Moto G General] randras83:
Thank you, i'll give a try, when i get back my phone.
[Moto G General] badassballer:
Were you able to downgrade using this tutorial? I got my MOTO G yesterday. It was on 4.4.2. Kept prompting me to update to 4.4.4 and so I did. Ran into issues with wifi connectivity so tried to reflash 4.4.4 OTA update using stock recovery and the phone refused to boot entirely. Could access fastboot so tried to follow the instructions in this thread and downloaded various firmwares but to no avail. Been going through every possible post here to try and figure out how to get my phone to work again. My phone's bootloader is Locked and everything else was stock prior to it being bricked like this. Any help / advice on how to maybe recover the phone will be appreciated!

Oh and my phone is xt1033 (the dual sim variant).

P.S. I've tried flashing a lot of various roms from the link in the first thread and i get errors with flashing system images, motoboot images mostly. I understand the issue with flashing gpt.bin but everything else flashes except for the ones i mentioned. This is really frustrating and as mentioned, any help will be much appreciated! Oh and my bootloader is version 41.1. Just thought of mentioning this in case it might help!
[Moto G General] remo0073:
When downgrading from 4.4.4 to 4.4.2 the first two commands fail

mfastboot flash partition gpt.bin
mfastboot flash motoboot motoboot.img

Because it is not possible to downgrade the bootloader (motoboot)

But the other commands should work

So skip the first two and try go on with other fastboot commands

mfastboot flash logo logo.bin
mfastboot flash boot boot.img
mfastboot flash recovery recovery.img
mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk1
mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk2
mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk3
mfastboot flash modem NON-HLOS.bin
mfastboot erase modemst1
mfastboot erase modemst2
mfastboot flash fsg fsg.mbn
mfastboot erase cache
mfastboot erase userdata
mfastboot reboot

Be careful with system commands

It may differ depending the firmware

It could be

mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk1
mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk2
mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk3

or

mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.1
mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.2
mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.3

or

mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk0
mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk1
mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk2

or

mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.0
mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.1
mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.2

Some firmware may have also sparsechunk4

Download your original 4.4.2 firmware (don't try other firmwares)

You can read it in your moto g box label

Hope is clear
[Moto G General] badassballer:
Thank you for the details. Yes I have been reading about how to be careful with the system commands given their extensions and how they can be different. So have been cautious about using the correct command parameters. Did not realize the importance of the original 4.4.2 firmware that came with my moto g. Will read about it on the box label and will try and download and flash accordingly.

Edit: I am looking at the box and it has the IMEI numbers for both the sim slots, 'MSN' and 'Modelo' : Which one of these can help me identify the software version of my phone?
[Moto G General] remo0073:
None of them

On the right you should find something like

MOTOROLA XT..... RETAIL....

Have a look here
[Moto G General] eemgee:
Is it necessary to go to the firmware that the phone came with or just the version you have before the update. For example mine came with tesco gb 4.4.2 but I was on 4.4.2 DE. when the update came
[Moto G General] badassballer:
Oh ok. Thank you. Other than what i mentioned earlier, it says XT1033 (MOTO G) 16 GB, FCC ID, TYPE, SeQ# and date. Other than this information, there is nothing else written on the box I have =/ (Apologies for asking n00b question, but this softbrick has driven me up the wall already as nothing seems to be working)
[Moto G General] remo0073:
Now I'm outside and I can't check on firmware webside

You can have a look here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=47917556

I will check tonight

;)
[Moto G General] badassballer:
Thank you for all the help!
[Moto G General] lost101:
Since you have a Dual-SIM XT1033, you can flash this 4.4.4 firmware image:

XT1033_RETAIL-BR-DS_4.4.4_KXB21.14-L1.40_38_cid12_CFC_1FF_SVC.xml.zip (XT1033 Dual-SIM)​
[Moto G General] kostasfmx:
i have a problem

i try downgrade and now stuck in logo what should i do ;

my phone is xt 1032.de.retail

please i need a step by step guide
[Moto G General] lost101:
[MENTION=1461258]badassballer[/MENTION] - is there a .bat file included or are you doing these commands manually one at a time?

There are 3 versions of Fastboot in this zip: (try them all)

http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23578570567719065​

---------- Post added at 08:07 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:03 PM ----------

Try this firmware: (should work fine on any XT1032)

XT1032_RETAIL-BR-SS_4.4.4_KXB21.14-L1.40_42_cid12_CFC_1FF.xml.zip (XT1032 Global GSM)
[Moto G General] badassballer:
I don't see a .bat file in the firmware directory. I used mfastboot.exe. I am doing them manually one at a time. I'll try it with the ones I downloaded off the link you shared. Thank you.
[Moto G General] badassballer:
[MENTION=1006674]lost101[/MENTION] I tried to flash with the fastboot files that you shared and the result is the same. Tried all three. Everything including the gpt.bin and motoboot flashes except for the boot.img, recovery.img and the system images. All of them return with the same error saying '(bootloader) invalid signed image' and (bootloader) preflash validation failed'. Since this is the 4.4.4 rom i am trying to flash, the gpt.bin and the motoboot flash with no problems unlike the 4.4.2 roms that i've tried to flash previously. But yes, only the files i mentioned don't flash and still stuck with a soft bricked moto g :( Not sure what else to do at this stage. Been over 2 days since i've been trying to revive this phone and nothing seems to be working. Thank you for your help though.
[Moto G General] remo0073:
This type of error

FAILED (remote failure)

is a "general" error

Are you sure your battery was charged at least 60%

Did you had Battery OK in Fastboot mode or not?
[Moto G General] badassballer:
When i started flashing, the battery was low and as i continued flashing, the battery status changed to being OK. Should i first wait and keep charging the battery before attempting to flash? And what is a 'General' error? As in is there a work around to this?

Plus, along with the 'Failed (remote failure) it also says 'preflash validation failed' and 'invalid signed image'. Would these be a part of the 'Failed (remote failure)' error or are these separate errors?
[Moto G General] lost101:
Having the battery well charged will eliminate that as a cause of the errors.
[Moto G General] badassballer:
Tried to reflash it just now after letting the battery charge for while. Proceeded well after the 'Battery OK' status showed up. Same results with the same errors. Trying to understand what this preflash validation error means.

Ok. Just ran this command 'mfastboot getvar all' and this is the information i received:

C:\Users\Khushal\Downloads\Fastboot_all\RETAIL-BR-DS_4.4.4_KXB21.14-L1.40_38_cid

12_CFC_1FF_SVC.xml>mfastboot getvar all

(bootloader) version: 0.5

(bootloader) version-bootloader: 4113

(bootloader) product: falcon

(bootloader) secure: yes

(bootloader) hwrev: 0x83C0

(bootloader) radio: 0x5

(bootloader) emmc: 16GB Toshiba REV=06 PRV=01 TYPE=17

(bootloader) ram: 1024MB Samsung S4 SDRAM DIE=4Gb

(bootloader) cpu: MSM8226 CS

(bootloader) serialno: TA93307OD4

(bootloader) cid: 0x0007

(bootloader) channelid: 0x00

(bootloader) uid: E6A15B030F000000000000000000

(bootloader) unlocked: no

(bootloader) iswarrantyvoid: no

(bootloader) mot_sst: 0

(bootloader) max-download-size: 536870912

(bootloader) reason: Volume down key pressed

(bootloader) imei:

(bootloader) meid:

(bootloader) date:

(bootloader) sku:

(bootloader) iccid:

(bootloader) cust_md5:

(bootloader) max-sparse-size: 268435456

(bootloader) current-time: "Thu Jan 1 21:39:47 UTC 1970"

(bootloader) ro.build.fingerprint[0]: motorola/falcon_asia_ds/falcon_umt

(bootloader) ro.build.fingerprint[1]: sds:4.4.4/KXB21.14-L1.40/34:user/r

(bootloader) ro.build.fingerprint[2]: elease-keys

(bootloader) ro.build.version.full[0]: Blur_Version.210.12.40.falcon_umt

(bootloader) ro.build.version.full[1]: sds.AsiaRetail.en.03

(bootloader) ro.build.version.qcom[0]: AU_LINUX_ANDROID_LNX.LA.3.5.1_RB1

(bootloader) ro.build.version.qcom[1]: .04.04.02.048.020

(bootloader) version-baseband:

(bootloader) kernel.version[0]: Linux version 3.4.42-gb2383d6 (hudsoncm@

(bootloader) kernel.version[1]: ilclbld52) (gcc version 4.7 (GCC) ) #1 S

(bootloader) kernel.version[2]: MP PREEMPT Fri Jun 20 00:05:34 CDT 2014

(bootloader) sdi.git: git=MBM-NG-V41.13-0-gdc5aeaf

(bootloader) sbl1.git: git=MBM-NG-V41.13-0-g683cb0c

(bootloader) rpm.git: git=MBM-NG-V41.13-0-g71b1aae

(bootloader) tz.git: git=MBM-NG-V41.13-0-ga27c415

(bootloader) aboot.git: git=MBM-NG-V41.13-0-g7dc8e78

(bootloader) qe: qe 1/1

(bootloader) ro.carrier: unknown

all: listed above

Just checked the list of the available Motorola firmwares and the only versions of the Retail versions of the asian roms they have are the 4.3 ones. The 4.4.2 ones aren't available. Does anyone know where I might be able to download the asian 4.4.2 or 4.4.4 Asian retail versions? Maybe trying to downgrade to the 4.4.2 or reflashing the asian 4.4.4 version might help?

Based on this info, is there anything that i can do to recover my phone??

Edit: Found this: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2700502 Going to try this and see how it goes. Hoping for the best!
[Moto G General] lost101:
RETAIL-AS_FALCON_KXB20.25-1.31_cid7_CFC_1FF (Android 4.4.2 - Retail Asia)​

Try skipping the first few commands:

mfastboot flash partition gpt.bin

mfastboot flash motoboot motoboot.img

mfastboot flash logo logo.bin

mfastboot flash boot boot.img

mfastboot flash recovery recovery.img​

And start with: (checking filename is correct)

mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk1​

Refer to remo0073's earlier post for how to deal with 4.4.2 images:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=54433645&postcount=834​
[Moto G General] badassballer:
Got it. Will follow remo0073's post. Thank you. Will post how it goes.

Edit: Tried it and failed =/ Gave me the same error that i have been receiving with my previous attempts with the Brazilian 4.4.4 rom with the system images saying preinstall validation failed. same for boot. And this is the asian version that i had on my phone prior to a stock update to the asian 4.4.4. Just adds to the frustration. Must have attempted about a dozen rom flashes by now to no avail. Thank you [MENTION=1006674]lost101[/MENTION] and [MENTION=5881810]remo0073[/MENTION] for the patience and the help!
[Moto G General] vlt96:
Sorry for breaking in, but where are the 4.4.4 factory images? I am looking for the UK/EU single sim one for my XT1033.

Edit: they are on the second link, but only for Brazil at the moment, I know they are the same, but EU sounds more warranty-proof :D
[Moto G General] Destr0y3r:
I'm waiting for a 4.4.4 update for the retail.en.us firmware...
[Moto G General] lost101:
Have you unlocked your bootloader? are you sure? has it been relocked? if yes, unlock and try again.
[Moto G General] badassballer:
I never unlocked my bootloader. It has always been locked. I tried to unlock it but the motorola website says that my bootloader is not eligible to be unlocked. So my bootloader continues to be locked. I've seen others say that they've managed to flash even with their bootloaders locked.
[Moto G General] Sn0opy:
Doesn't even work, if it's unlocked. You simply cannot downgrade from 4.4.4 to 4.3 or 4.4.2. Neither with official fastboot, nor mfastboot.
[Moto G General] randras83:
I am in the same situation. Can you please try this command and post result?

fastboot oem get_unlock_data

Don't post the unique token if it shows up. Just if something else appear Thanks
[Moto G General] mano2121:
Hi,

I flashed from EU Retail to GB Retail and then updated to 4.4.4. How can now I return to EU Retail version? Only when the EU Retail 4.4.4 stock rom become available? Will it become available, the 4.4.4 stock rom? Sorry, I am new to this.

Thanks.
[Moto G General] remo0073:
Think it's better wait for Firmware Image EU 4.4.4

Lots of people having issues in downgrading from 4.4.4 to 4.4.2
[Moto G General] mano2121:
Yes, I will wait for the 4.4.4 EU Retail Image. I hope it doesn't take too long.
[Moto G General] vlt96:
OTA is rolling out, it shouldn't take long, all regions except US got it (but US got the same changes with 4.4.3, so it's irrelevant)
[Moto G General] badassballer:
No problem. Nothing else shows up. Only the unique token shows up.
[Moto G General] lost101:
If I was desperate, I would unlock the bootloader. It can take more than one attempt because it's easy to make mistakes.

Another option:

In the past, people with XT1033 have flashed US retail XT1032 ROM. Obviously only one SIM was available, but other than that it worked fine.

Android 4.4.3 - XT1032 (Retail US)​
[Moto G General] badassballer:
I just unlocked my bootloader. Wasn't easy though. The procedure was simple enough but there were issues with Motorola's website. Left them some posts in their troubleshooting forum along with others who were having issues and they fixed it. Just got my phone's bootloader unlocked. Going to try and flash it and see how it goes. Otherwise, will try the US Retail Rom that you've shared.
[Moto G General] vlt96:
For some reason, flashing US firmware fails the signature check on my XT1033, but the EU and UK ones work.
[Moto G General] elvi92:
i dont know wich one i hav to choose. I have a XT1032 EU
[Moto G General] busy2020:
Good new

Hi all..

i have XT1033 Dual-SIM and i had exactly the same badassballer problems :eek:

i figure out from many members and developers replays and posts at this thread that it's hard or impossible to downgrade from 4.4.4 to 4.2.2 at least right now...

the only way to solve this problem is to downgrade to 4.4.3 and the only available stock rom for XT1033 Dual-SIM is the Brazilian

Android 4.4.3

Blur_Version.210.12.32.falcon_umtsds.Brasil.en.BR

i have flash it successfully :laugh: :D i used the Following commands

mfastboot.exe flash motoboot motoboot.img

mfastboot.exe flash logo logo.bin

mfastboot.exe flash boot boot.img

mfastboot.exe flash recovery recovery.img

mfastboot.exe flash system system.img_sparsechunk.0

mfastboot.exe flash system system.img_sparsechunk.1

mfastboot.exe flash system system.img_sparsechunk.2

mfastboot.exe flash modem NON-HLOS.bin

mfastboot.exe erase modemst1

mfastboot.exe erase modemst2

mfastboot.exe flash fsg fsg.mbn

mfastboot.exe erase cache

mfastboot.exe erase userdata

no need for the instructions ;) be happy badassballer :good:

finally sorry for my bad English
[Moto G General] AndroidNLP:
Please help!

I want to rollback from 4.4.4 to 4.4.2.

I installed ADB and Fastboot. Both are working correctly.

When i start ADB, and put the command 'ADB devices' there is a device listed.

But when i boot my Moto G in fastboot the device is not listed anymore.

USB debugging mode is on, and the computer is 'always allowed'.

Device manager gives no devices that are not installed correctly.

Anyone?
[Moto G General] remo0073:
When you are in Fastboot mode, if I well remember, the command is

mfastboot devices

or

fastboot devices
[Moto G General] Sn0opy:
Well, unfortunately, this might only work with the Brazilian version. The EU / German Moto G still fails flashing the system image.
[Moto G General] badassballer:
Thank you for this but i have already finally and successfully flashed and downgraded my phone to 4.4.2 (Asian) last night! :D Took me three days but it finally worked! :D What helped me was unlocking the bootloader and then flashing. Whatever i tried prior to unlocking the bootloader did not work at all. But soon as i unlocked my bootloader and flashed, it worked and my phone was up and running in less than 2 minutes flat! :D Feeling relieved. My phone was softbricked for three days and these have been the most frustrating three days i've had with a phone! But thankfully, everything worked out fine :) Thank you [MENTION=1006674]lost101[/MENTION] and [MENTION=5881810]remo0073[/MENTION] and everyone else for all the help! :D
[Moto G General] busy2020:
No, it works with all versions my device is Asian . Just try ;)
[Moto G General] Sn0opy:
Well then. Asian and Brazil is not EU or US. My bootloader is unlocked and it's not working for me and my EU device.
[Moto G General] busy2020:
Me too i downgraded my phone to 4.4.2 (Asian) :D :laugh:

is there a way to downgrade from 4.4.2 to 4.3 which is the first stock rom that the phone come with?:confused: