yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Moto G General] coursemyhorse:
Hi there. Thank you very much for your instructions. I would like to suggest some improvements in the instructions for people that will come here and use them though. I hope you do not find this rude and I only aim to make this easier for others to understand.

The way the above step is written, it read to me like you do this:

a) Reboot to bootloader

b) Look for an option named "Minimal ADB and Fastboot" which you then click and type..... etc

I would write it like this:

4: Reboot the phone into bootloader mode by doing the following: (assuming it has to be done this way and users cannot use the more known VOLUME down button during power on)

On your windows computer, open the program you downloaded earlier named "Minimal ADB and Fastboot". This program will open a command prompt with a working directory pointing to the main program root folder. You can then type into the command prompt the following command:

adb reboot-bootloader

So it should look like this:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>adb reboot-bootloader

It is all well and good stating to "run the flashall.bat file" but to make this completely literate to all potential people that may attempt this, I would state exactly and explicitly what to do such as:

type flashall.bat at the command line so it looks like the below, and then click return OR enter.

c:\fastboot_falcon_retgb_user_4.3_14.10.0Q3.X-76-LGG-8_54_release-keys-cid7-Retail_GB>flashall.bat

Also screenshots would help and be even better. I do not have time to add this at the moment. I know most people are very computer literate on here, but on step 4 above, this did actually confuse me for a minute. Ok...maybe 30 seconds. ;) I am a sucker for very mickey mouse instructions which I think is important when playing with expensive electronics and flashing.

But...thanks so much and all worked great for me.

:)
[Moto G General] nabenzine:
does it work with kitkat update?
[Moto G General] michalurban:
Preflash validation failed

Im on US 4.4.2 ROM @ UK XT1032. I tried to downgrade to Retail UK 4.3 ROM and Im using motorola fastboot. Im getting error "Preflash validation failed" when I enter the command "fastboot flash partition gpt.bin" inside of the UK 4.3 ROM folder.
[Moto G General] Mrkblo:
I can confim that this method works for locked bootloader phones. Thanks for the OP :]

BUT: Vpn function stopped working after flashing retail GB. Moving back to Tesco's.
[Moto G General] flibblesan:
Open the flashall.bat in Notepad and remove the following two lines:

CALL :fastboot_flash partition gpt.bin
IF %errorlevel% NEQ 0 EXIT /b 1

The gpt.bin cannot be downgraded so the flashing fails and stops the rest of the script from running. Removing those lines will allow the script to flash everything else and you'll have a working phone. This also works for other 4.3 roms in tar.gz format like the German and French ROMs.
[Moto G General] MaLiXs:
I have finaly tried to flash the us version .... and my phone wont boot up ... it dosnt even go in revovery ... only boot loader ? ill try to reflash my factory rom

edit after flash the stock one i have acess to recovery but i wont do a normal boot ... it directly go to recovery
[Moto G General] michalurban:
What version did you flash? And did you use the flashall script or did you enter the commands manually? I, for example, am unable to use the script after flashing US 4.4.2 (preflash validation failed) ... to return back to 4.3 I have to enter the commands manually - there are two errors (one "preflash validation failed" and second about signature) but my original 4.3 ROM works fine despite that ...
[Moto G General] coursemyhorse:
Can you explain what you think has stopped working? "VPN" does not give much info. The ROMs are identical apart from the name I heard? They are exactly the same in size.
[Moto G General] Mrkblo:
I'm sorry sir, after moving to retail GB my VPN wouldn't connect, and at the sime time I had a tablet, a laptop and another mobile connected to it. After a few reboots, of both my router and the phone everything is working fine.
[Moto G General] MaLiXs:
Finally after many try (also void my warranty) I'm finally on 4.4.2 retail US for now I'll since my warranty is void I'll do some tweak (root and faux kernel to bring back the true cpu speed

Envoyé de mon XT1032 en utilisant Tapatalk
[Moto G General] reeved:
global gsm

Does anybody know which firmware I need?

I have the Global GSM which i bought from Amazon US.

I live in Australia if anyone wants to know
[Moto G General] jrdejavux:
Hi guys when i get to these steps they all fail by permission denied. any ideas?

mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk1

mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk2

mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk3
[Moto G General] avi_wizard:
For Android 4.3 you need to flash: Blur_Version.14.14.16.falcon_umts.Retail.en.US

For Android 4.4.2 you need to flash: Blur_Version.172.44.4.falcon_umts.Retail.en.US
[Moto G General] miklosbard:
Did anyone face this problem? How long should I let the find run?

C:\falcon_retde_user_4.3_14.10.0Q3.X-76-LGG-11_57_release-keys-cid7-Retail_DE>fl

ashall.bat

Motorola Mobility flashall script version 1.4

Flashing Options:

- flash persist: 0

- flash userdata: 0

- erase userdata: 0

- erase cache: 0

Waiting for fastboot enumeration...

Fastboot device is ready!!

Flashing GPT and bootloader images...

Executing ".\Windows\fastboot.exe flash partition gpt.bin"

target max-sparse-size: 256MB

find: /C/hiberfil.sys: Permission denied

find: /C/pagefile.sys: Permission denied
[Moto G General] miklosbard:
Solved: chose an other pc with less "security" :)
[Moto G General] LoLo2207:
Hi, can anyone upload the 14.91.11.falcon_umts_EURetailSL.en.EU or the one without SL?

Thanks.
[Moto G General] miklosbard:
It's not released yet, it will be up ASAP, but you have to be patient

Sent from my phone
[Moto G General] ares93:
I can confirm that downgrading works fine. I went from 4.4.2 DE to 4.3 UK with no issues whatsoever.

Path was 4.3 UK to 4.3 DE to 4.4 DE OTA (sideload) to 4.3 UK. Locked bootloader and no root.
[Moto G General] varunvijay89:
Downgrade to 4.3

Hi guys,

I m thinking of downgrading to 4.3 . I am using lollipop 5.0.2 soak version and my model name is xt1033. I hv unlocked boot loader. I thought of going back to initial version of moto g system firmware since it has once given me the best battery backup. I m pausing for a while for following lollipop updates. So the techy guys please advice me how to downgrade to android v 4.3.

Thank you.
[Moto G General] remo0073:
If you have Lollipop bootloader it is not possible to downgrade to Jelly bean.

Sent from my Moto G
[Moto G General] varunvijay89:
Oh.. That means I have to continue in lollipop.. Very sad.. But the real guys will bring a solution to it.. So I will be there waiting. But, thanks.
[Moto G General] BurningKoala:
Not even kit kat?
[Moto G General] filippomasoni:
I can't find motocast usb drivers. Is it just me or they shutted down mymotocast website?

Is there any other way? I tried with motorola manager but with no luck.

Thank.
[Moto G General] lept_2014:
No.

You must omit one command to flash. Don't flash this: mfastboot flash motoboot motoboot.img
[Moto G General] digi0ps:
Thanks :D

If possible, can you give me the link for the stock 4.4.4?

I need it for the Indian Version, XT1032!
[Moto G General] remo0073:
I live in Europe

I'm not expert in Indian firmware

You can search or ask in this tread

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2546251

Sent from my Moto G

---------- Post added at 03:48 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:45 PM ----------

I suggest KitKat 4.4.4

Don't try 4.4.2 unless you risk hard brick

Skip also "gpt partition" flash

Sent from my Moto G
[Moto G General] digi0ps:
Its okay I got it. :)

Thanks anyways!

But my stock recovery isnt coming.

Its showing that error android logo.

And this is preventing me from upgrading to Lollipop! :(
[Moto G General] lept_2014:
That is normal.

In that state, you must press & hold Vol Up button about 4 or 5 sec and then press Power button once, at the same time. Then release both buttons. (this is if you are in KitKat. In Lollipop you must change the orden of buttons)
[Moto G General] digi0ps:
Thanks man.

That helped.

But the update still isnt available! :/
[Moto G General] ceaser2007:
Can i use this method to downgrade from lollipop 5.0.2 to kitkat 4.4.4 ???

Actually, i have tried it already with no success. While writing following commands, it showed some error saying ' Invalid..... '

mfastboot.exe flash system system.img_sparsechunk.0

mfastboot.exe flash system system.img_sparsechunk.1

mfastboot.exe flash system system.img_sparsechunk.2

After completing the process as normal, still my moto g xt-1033 reboots to lollipop.

Pls help.

Edit - I have used the same Indian firmware for dual sim, which came out of box. XT1033_ASIA-DS_4.4.4_KXB21.14-L1.40_34_cid7_CFC_1FF.xml
[Moto G General] lept_2014:
Unpack all files from 'XT1033_ASIA-DS_4.4.4_KXB21.14-L1.40_34_cid7_CFC_1FF.xml.ZIP', and use this commands:

mfastboot flash logo logo.bin
mfastboot flash boot boot.img
mfastboot flash recovery recovery.img
mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.0
mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.1
mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.2
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

DON'T use these:

mfastboot flash partition gpt.bin
mfastboot flash motoboot motoboot.img
[Moto G General] ceaser2007:
Thanks for the reply. Actually. I have tried that also. I have omitted even 'mfastboot flash logo logo.bin' also but no success. Pls help me what am i doing wrong or missing something ??

Check list

In one folder, extracted mfastboot.zip - Check

In same folder, extracted the firmware files - Check

In same folder, I have put the batch file of above listed commands - Check

Installed the motorola drivers - Check

Booted the phone in bootloader - Check

Connected the phone via USB cable - Check (Phone shows usb plugged)

now run the command prompt from the folder with above mentioned batch file - Check

Phone shows some processes going on. It shows some 'Invalid .... ' lines in different colour after performing following commands -

mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.0

mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.1

mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.2

Phone reboots. But NO Kitkat. Its still Lollipop 5.0.2

Help... whats going wrong in my procedure??
[Moto G General] ankushv:
Unlock Bootloader

You need to unlock the bootloader to downgrade to prevent the above mentioned errors . I too had the same problem , I unlocked my bootloader then downgrading succeded .
[Moto G General] ceaser2007:
Thanks for the reply. Finally, a person who has successfully downgraded Moto G from lollipop 5.0.2 to kitkat 4.4.4. Thanks.

Can you pls tell me, how to unlock bootloader with links?? And after downgrade to kitkat will it get locked again or i will have to lock it manually for again upgrading to Lollipop 5.0.2 ??

My error...

C:\Users\Angel\Desktop\Moto G>mfastboot.exe flash system system.img_sparsechunk.
0
target max-sparse-size: 256MB
sending 'system' (260949 KB)...
OKAY [ 9.929s]
writing 'system'...
(bootloader) Invalid signed image
(bootloader) Preflash validation failed
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 10.337s

C:\Users\Angel\Desktop\Moto G>mfastboot.exe flash system system.img_sparsechunk.
1
target max-sparse-size: 256MB
sending 'system' (248721 KB)...
OKAY [ 9.488s]
writing 'system'...
(bootloader) Invalid signed image
(bootloader) Preflash validation failed
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 9.551s

C:\Users\Angel\Desktop\Moto G>mfastboot.exe flash system system.img_sparsechunk.
2
target max-sparse-size: 256MB
sending 'system' (254187 KB)...
OKAY [ 9.680s]
writing 'system'...
(bootloader) Invalid signed image
(bootloader) Preflash validation failed
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 9.754s
[Moto G General] ceaser2007:
Done it

Thanks lept_2014 & ankushv for your valuable help.

Now, I have successfully unlocked my bootloader and downgraded my Moto G, XT-1033 from Official Lollipop 5.0.2 to Kitkat 4.4.4.

Thanks a lot.
[Moto G General] ceaser2007:
Relocking bootloader

Pls help me again.

I want to relock the bootloader in order to get OTA update to Lollipop 5.0.2. Now my moto g firmware is kitkat 4.4.4.
[Moto G General] remo0073:
To get OTA is not necessary to relock the bootloader

To get OTA you have to remove root or other mods that modify system partition (if done)

In addition you need custom recovery
[Moto G General] ceaser2007:
I didnt root my phone. I have just unlocked bootloader for downgrading the firmware from 5.0.2 to 4.4.4.

And i dont want to root either. I want my phone to be upgraded to official lollipop 5.0.2 from Kitkat 4.4.4. Thats it. Pls help me to do it. And why do i need custom recovery ??

BTW, if unlocked bootloader will get OTA update then why my phone is not getting it?? I have installed motorola update service as well, but still it shows my software is uptodate.

Oh God, why i factory reset my perfectly running phone for the sake of clear installation of Lollipop?? If i knew, 'error 505' bug will appear, i WON'T do it. Pls help me restore my phone to normal.
[Moto G General] remo0073:
Sorry my bad

You need stock recovery to get OTA

So you are ok

You only have to wait

;)

Why you are talking about error 505 bug?

Sent from my Moto G
[Moto G General] 4mori4:
Tnx for the guide, very simple, i solved my problem [emoji106]
[Moto G General] ceaser2007:
So you mean to say that i have to wait for OTA update to reappear. But why?? Previously,. as soon as it rolled out, it showed on my phone. Once the lollipop OTA installed, will it lock my bootloader?? will my boot screen come back to normal motorola logo or the warning will still persist?? Will my phone be normal??

Abour 'error-505' bug, i cannot install official games from playstore. it showed me that error. I have googled it and found that its a bug in Lollipop. Previously, the games were already in my phone so after update it didnt showed up and i was able to install other apps as well but in lollipop, after reset, everything messed up. One strange thing i have noticed. After factory reset, if i install official game first, the problem is solved but after that it wont allow to install modded/cracked games. And if i install modded game first, it wont allow to install official games. The error would be just 'App not installed'. Thats it. And thats why, i am desperate to upgrade from kitkat to lollipop with all my stuffs installed. Other that that, i like lollipop over kitkat. its really smooth.
[Moto G General] ceaser2007:
Okay, today i have been to motorola service center. They re-installed the software but still the warning appears on the screen and so i guess, bootloader is still unlocked. I have shown that to the technician and he said for that to go, the mother-board has to be changed. As it is still under warranty, he is ready to change it for free. He added that if it is okay for me, i can continue to run the phone without problem as that cant have much effect on the performance. :o

My question is should i wait for the OTA to reappear and update it?? after update, should i wait to see any problem to occur ?? Or straightaway, should i give my phone to him for a change of mother-board??? :confused::confused:

As i mentioned earlier, i am not much in to custom rom or rooting. I want my phone to be run normal and as efficiently as it had in past.

Waiting for the wise words. :)

BTW - I am still awaiting for the OTA update to reappear. :(
[Moto G General] flyjazz:
The only question that you should be asking yourself is,do I want to my bootloader to be locked to maintain your warranty without question. If they answers is yes,then accept that you will not experiment with your phone. With a locked bootloader,it doesn't stop you from manually loading an OTA and updating your phone,providing it matches and is intended for your current firmware. A unlocked bootloader is only typically needed to flash GPE and Motorola firmware from other regions,downgrading,or for rooting which allows custom firmware to be installed.
[Moto G General] Pbem:
A little help

I've followed the guide but i had a little problems while flashing the retail-Br 4.4.4. I'n on 4.4.4, retail-GB

When i run the command "msfastboot flash boot boot.img" or "flash recovery recovery.img" i got the error Bootloader: FAILURE and on the phone it appeared "hab check failed for boot".

when i continued to the next command: "mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk1" it gave the error "invalid signed image".

I flashed the 4.4.4 retail-GB with no problems a couple of hours ago. why cant I flash the 4.4.4 brazilian one?
[Moto G General] albatros93:
Can we use this guide to downgrade also the GPE 5.0.1 version to the GPE 4.4.4 version?

Sorry for my bad english
[Moto G General] AgentChaos:
its the same process, just different firmware
[Moto G General] ceaser2007:
Okay...

Yesterday, i've got lollipop OTA and i did it. Now i have decided to lock my bootloader. so i want to give it to service center for motherboard replacement. The problem is now, again i am not able to downgrade from lollipop to kitkat. Though i am following the same procedure which i have followed successfully previously. But this time again 'Invalid system Image' error comes in. I have checked, my bootloader is still unlocked. PLs help.:(

Update = I have given the phone to service center for motherboard change.
[Moto G General] pr.itdude:
Can anybody pls tell me:

1. "Restoring stock recovery" and "restoring to stock firmware" are two different things or same?

2. Reflashing/restoring stock recovery wipes system data & apps?
[Moto G General] AgentChaos:
They are two different things

Restoring/reflashing the stock recovery is necessary for OTA updates to install, you can wipe data and cache manually if you want.

Restoring to stock firmware requires Unlocked bootloader, and it does wipe data and everything from the internal storage

because you are flashing the system image and one of the steps is erasing userdata.

So restoring the stock recovery wont erase anything unless you want to.
[Moto G General] ceaser2007:
About your first question, I am not sure but its all one and same thing. About second question, yes it wipes all your data & Apps.
[Moto G General] audit13:
I had the stock 4.4.4 GPE on my xt1032 that I converted from Telus to GPE.

My relative was playing with the phone and accepted the GPE 5.01 OTA update. Needless to say, the phone got stuck in a bootloop so I decided to mfastboot back to stock Telus 4.4.4 ROM. When doing this, I cannot flash the motoboot.img file.

Is this because the motoboot.img has been updated or partially to the GPE lollipop version? Everything else flashed with no errors.

I even tried mfastboot oem lock begin before I started flashing and ran fastboot oem lock at the end.
[Moto G General] remo0073:
You don't need to unlock bootloader to flash stock firmware

Using mfastboot of course...
[Moto G General] AgentChaos:
you cant downgrade the bootloader aka motoboot, GPE 5.0.1 updated the bootloader to 41.18, so now every time you boot the 4.4.4 rom, you will see a screen flicker because of the bootloader and graphics driver being updated.
[Moto G General] pr.itdude:
I have rooted moto g with stock rom but with philz recovery.

I am getting OTA update notification & downloaded it but unable to install. So, i learnt that i need to restore stock recovery.

Here what i am planning:

1. Uninstall all modules & xposed framework

2. Unroot using supersu

3. Restore/reflash stock recovery (just recovery not whole firmware as I already have stock rom)

4. Install the update either manually via recovery or using auto install.

Am i on right path? Pls help me on step 3, any link or step-t-step guide? I couldn't find one, every post is abt restoring whole firmware.

TIA. Cheers !!
[Moto G General] mascote9rc:
finally, new images avaliable for download

http://www.filefactory.com/folder/c6cdedc45a775d27/?sort=created&order=DESC&show=100
[Moto G General] audit13:
Thanks [MENTION=4776892]AgentChaos[/MENTION], I guess it's a good thing I couldn't flash the bootloader because it would probably brick my phone.

I am not too worried about the flicker because it goes away on a stock Rom and recovery.

On a custom recovery, it appears and a simple press of the power button will stop the ripple effect.
[Moto G General] AgentChaos:
well the factory images for 5.0.2 have been released. so the hardbrick problem can now be avoided except when downgrading.
[Moto G General] Eurofighter_ty:
Hi,

I need to take the Moto G to the service beacuse the microphone is bad and I need to lock the bootloader and reflash the original firmware. Now can I flash the original firmware except the modified logo.bin to not see that warning with unlocked bootloader ?

Basic I take the original full firmware and flash it with fastboot and flash the modified logo.bin and lock bootloader, can I do that ?

Beacuse with locked bootloader only Motorola signed images can boot and I don't know if the modified logo .bin is still signed by motorola.

I know that in bootloader mode is status code 2 but guys from this service are just noobs and If I am lucky they will give other Motorola phone

Thanks
[Moto G General] Orjakone:
Hello, which commands the fastboot to install firmware android 5.0.2 the files?
[Moto G General] AgentChaos:
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

mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.0

mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.1

mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.2

mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.3

mfastboot flash modem NON-HLOS.bin

mfastboot erase modemst1

mfastboot erase modemst2

mfastboot flash fsg fsg.mbn

mfastboot erase cache

mfastboot erase userdata

yes there are 4 system chunks now, Lollipop is a big update
[Moto G General] boringasblue:
Help,

I did these steps and now im stuck in recovery. Got this message:

fastboot reason: UTAG "flashfail" configured as fastboot

My phone is originally Asian XT1003 and i upgraded it to 5.0.1 GPE a month ago. Now I decided to downgrade my phone back to Asian 4.4.4 and I got this problem^^^

---------- Post added at 07:01 AM ---------- Previous post was at 06:36 AM ----------

UPDATE flashed it again and now it boot but stucks at the bootloader unlocked warning
[Moto G General] MoeMoeKu:
Firmware Lolipop

Mirror

XT1032 BR 5.0.2

Google Drive : DOWNLOAD

XT1033 BR 5.0.2

Google Drive : DOWNLOAD

XT1033 Asia 5.0.2

Google Drive : DOWNLOAD

MFastboot

Google Drive : DOWNLOAD

:fingers-crossed:
[Moto G General] remo0073:
[MENTION=5816849]CrazzyKid[/MENTION]

These are the correct Fastboot commands

Let us know if it works now

Sent from my Moto G
[Moto G General] boringasblue:
It worked! thanks man! :)
[Moto G General] ghost9685:
Hi had converted my XT1033 to GPE and after few days.. came back to Asian Retail version of XT1033. Everything went fine, but when i connect the phone to the computer, the windows explorer still mounts my phone as XT1032 (GPE) why is that.. its really annoying.
[Moto G General] beppe_wide:
Hi to all and sorry for my bad english.

I've recently updated my XT1032 single-sim Moto G to GPE 5.0.1 (following this guide http://xdaforums.com/moto...t1032-t2969847) and i'd like to revert it to original FR KitKat build or at least to EU version because I hope that one of them will be update OFFICIALY to 5.0.2 via OTA in next days. Is it possible? Could I brick my device? Otherwise is it possible to flash the new 5.0.2 BR version? If yes should I flash modem package to use it in my EU country (Italy)??? My goal is to use an official and fully working 5.0.2 stock rom.

Many thanks in advance!
[Moto G General] remo0073:
Great!

I'm happy

:)

Sent from my Moto G