yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Moto G General] remo0073:
If you have Moto G Falcon XT1032 try this TWRP (2.7.1.1)

http://goo.im/devs/OpenRecovery/xt1032/openrecovery-twrp-2.7.1.1-xt1032.img

with OTG support

To install by Fastboot try a double flash following this code commands

fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.7.1.1-xt1032.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.7.1.1-xt1032.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot reboot

If it doesn't work try using

TWRP Manager app

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jmz.soft.twrpmanager
[Moto G General] Petrovski80:
Worked perfectly coming from CM11. Thanks for the info!
[Moto G General] cr00mz:
I tried with a the previous version of CWM and it works, for some reason. Just happy that the phone now works.
[Moto G General] SamsungAdmire:
So guys, has any way to downgrade from XT1034 version 4.4.3 KitKat to 4.3 Jellybean been found yet?

I regret upgrading..
[Moto G General] XUTOS-83:
I want to try stock Motorola again, any real difference from Retail-UE, Retail-GB, Retail-DE , etc... If I flash Retail-US I will probably get OTA releases sooner, any disadvantage for an EU use? Signal frequencies for ex.
[Moto G General] remo0073:
Android 4.4.4 European firmwares are the same (EU, GB, FR, DE)

I prefer EU Firmware, but it's always the last to be updated (for this reason it should be the most stable)

DE firmware is the first in Europe to be Updated

US firmware is normally updated before than European firmware, but at the momenti it is stopped at Android 4.4.3.

It din't received 4.4.4 yet.

Anyway 4.4.3 and 4.4.4 are very similar (minor updates)

There are some differencies in the SystemUI between US vs European Firmwares (only 3G icon with arrows but not H and H+ icons)

Not disavantages for EU users in US firmware

It is a Global GSM firmware (as the Europen ones)
[Moto G General] cky2000:
Sorry for the newbie question. I just bought an XT1032 umts for a friend in Argentina and she is using Personal Argentina. The XT1032 has 173.44.9.falcon_umts.AIO.en.US (4.4.2) on it. Should I restore it to Android 4.4.2

Blur_Version.173.44.9.falcon_umts.Personal.en.AR or 4.4.3 AR Personal version. Or will it update when she puts in the sim card when she gets home. Thank you for any info.
[Moto G General] angelgzg:
Good my phone has suddenly been hung and when forced reboot is then left in the logo of motorola and it's not from there, I tried to make this tutorial and "appears" that does everything well but then when rebooting just does not start as usual

When trying to enter the recovery says "boot up failed" and tried to install a custom recovery and I get the same
[Moto G General] vinciwin:
I had to restore my XT1039 to stock using this tutorial and i was stuck at boot logo

Actually I had forgotten to flash one of the system part and it took me more time than it should have to notice.
[Moto G General] donp445:
[MENTION=3816475]matmutant[/MENTION] I have tx1031 boost moto g flashed to Page plus if restore to stock boost and end my services with pp will it work with boost again ?
[Moto G General] fabian_min:
Hello everyone,

I have been trying to restore my moto g to the firmware 4.4.2 from the 4.4.4.

I have followed every step in the guide but i have encountered a problem with the mfastboot.exe. Every time I start the application it pops this error, " the program can't start because AbdWinApi.dll is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix the problem".

Any ideas what might be causing this?
[Moto G General] Adonai Candido:
You need this .dll and another one in the same folder that mfastboot.exe is. If you installed Minimal ADB and Fastboot, those files are there, in the same folder you installed it.
[Moto G General] fabian_min:
thanks man! It worked but... Im using the .xml.zip. firmware and when I try to run the mfastboot boot boot.img It fails and I get this message.

Desktop\CFC-fastboot_falcon_verizon_user_4.4.2_KXB20.9-1.10-1.

20_22_release-keys.xml>mfastboot flash logo logo.bin

target max-sparse-size: 256MB

sending 'logo' (619 KB)...

OKAY [ 0.109s]

writing 'logo'...

OKAY [ 0.078s]

finished. total time: 0.203s

Desktop\CFC-fastboot_falcon_verizon_user_4.4.2_KXB20.9-1.10-1.

20_22_release-keys.xml>mfastboot flash boot boot.img

target max-sparse-size: 256MB

sending 'boot' (10240 KB)...

OKAY [ 0.406s]

writing 'boot'...

(bootloader) Preflash validation failed

FAILED (remote failure)

finished. total time: 0.906s

Desktop\CFC-fastboot_falcon_verizon_user_4.4.2_KXB20.9-1.10-1.

20_22_release-keys.xml>
[Moto G General] X-Flies:
I was seeing a video when my phone stopped working. Restarted it by pressing the power button until it switched off. After that, my phone only shows a black screen after the planet logo (not the animated one) that says powered by android. Same happens when i select recovery from fastboot.

My bootloader is locked (code 0).

Is it possible to recover my phone without loosing user data?

I would like to recover my photos, podcasts and sms/mms.

My Moto G is xt1033 Asia and bootloader is version 41.1

Already flashed the stock rom XT1033_ASIA-DS_4.4.4_KXB21.14-L1.40_34_cid7_CFC_1FF.xml without the line that deletes the userdata but it sill happens.

Any other solution?
[Moto G General] Petrovski80:
You say you can flash images with a locked bootloader? Doesn't make sense.
[Moto G General] X-Flies:
From my research the stock rom can be flashed with a locked bootloader. Custom ROMs or Recoverys can't.
[Moto G General] scraber:
You can't fully downgrade from 4.4.4 to 4.4.2

I mean flashing gpt.bin partition and motoboot will occure an error, keep that in mind as you may brick your device.

however if you skip these 2 parts, everything should flash propely.
[Moto G General] remo0073:
With locked bootloader, it is possible using mfastboot (= Motorola fastboot), even if there are some limitations when downgrading
[Moto G General] X-Flies:
That's the one I used. But I applied 4.4.4 that was the firmware version that the device had when bricked, I didn't made any downgrade.
[Moto G General] Petrovski80:
Nice one, didn't know that. Assumed moto g would behave the same as nexus bootloaders.
[Moto G General] fabian_min:
thanks for the advise but my problem now is when i input the command "mfastboot flash logo logo.bin"

When i run this command it tells me that it failed and shows me this

C:\Users\Desktop\CFC-fastboot_falcon_verizon_user_4.4.2_KXB20.9-1.10-1.

20_22_release-keys.xml>mfastboot flash boot boot.img

target max-sparse-size: 256MB

sending 'boot' (10240 KB)...

OKAY [ 0.427s]

writing 'boot'...

(bootloader) Preflash validation failed

FAILED (remote failure)

finished. total time: 0.937s

is there a solution to this?
[Moto G General] Petrovski80:
Try another image. I had similar issues when flashing EU 4.4.2 a while ago.
[Moto G General] fabian_min:
ok, i tried the verizon 4.4.4 as a test to see if it will work.

every command worked with no problems but when i input the last commant the reboot my phone is unable to reboot it flashes the motorola logo for a second and it goes back to the bootloader menu and shows this message

"failed to validate system image"

Fastboot reason: fall-through from normal boot mode

please help me fix it before a give up on it!
[Moto G General] 20111161:
After downgraded. Can it be upgraded to 4.4.4 or later if available?

Anyone have ex on this? Now i regret to unlock bootloader. There is no cook rom run well as the stock rom. My device is XT1032 :laugh:
[Moto G General] objr:
+1

You are demn right buddy! Same model XT1032, same thoughts here! :(

Inviato dal mio ME173X utilizzando Tapatalk
[Moto G General] Petrovski80:
You could try this: flash or boot a custom recovery (Philz), do a full wipe and format the system partition. Then do the fastboot steps again.
[Moto G General] randras83:
With locked BL i don't think he can boot or flash custom recovery.
[Moto G General] bamx2:
I am also in this situation ( want to to take my PPC flashed Moto G tX1031 back to stock Boost ) . Most of us who flashed them unlocked unlocked the bootloader and updated to Kit Kat 4.4.4 From what I am reading , it looks that I might be stuck unless there is a Boost Mobile factory 4.4.4 rom (so far seems not to be availble for download ). I am a noob at this and appreciate any help.
[Moto G General] misiokicio:
Hiii,, i've done it in the past for my wife phone, but just got the same for my mum, and did unlock bootloader and start replacing vodafone firmware with GB retail, i've followed the steps outlined in the op but in case anybody else gets stuck in same .... mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk1

mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk2

mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk3 just look in the your folder, as mine were sparsechunk 0 then 1 and 2, and also the format is different sparsechunk.0 so " there is a dot. as well) so when typing that in in cmd get an error... and that's how i resolved it
[Moto G General] olivestab:
wow, ok I was about to write a very long message about how bad I bricked my phone, and that this tut was not working for me because command prompt would not execute the flash commands.

But then it started working, so I began flashing in order, except for when I finished, I tried to boot, and it says the boot up failed.

I cannot even get into my CWM recovery, it just flashes to the bootloader warning, then instantly goes back into boot loader.

Any ideas?
[Moto G General] gregbradley:
As this is a Guide I am moving the thread to the General section

http://prntscr.com/4i9m2j

Thread moved
[Moto G General] Fliwatt:
I need some help with choosing the correct firmware,

I am not 100% sure which version I have because I bought the phone used on Ebay.

Could you guys help me?

I am running Android 4.4.4,

my System Version is 210.12.30.falcon_umts.Retail.en.GB (At least the settings say so)

It is a bit strange because I bought the phone from a German dude,

so I am not 100% sure and is it safe to downgrade to 4.4.2?

I really need your help, I am kind of new to this phone, had a Desire 500 before

Thanks

Fliwatt
[Moto G General] fosforic99:
My device doesn't respond to the commands from my cmd

Hey guys

I have a moto g with carbon rom. A week ago i tried to update it without wiping anything ( just flashed the new rom ).

And when i turnded my phone of to put it in my pocket it didn't went on anymore. I had to reboot for it too work again.

That's how i came by this post. And when i tried to give the phone commands with my cmd (step 3b ) it didn't respond.

Here are some things with the phone : Unlocked, status code 3 and fastboot reason : reboot mode set to fastboot.

I installed the moto g drivers, the adb and fastboot cmd, the rom : RETAILSL-EU_4.4.2_KLB20.9-1.10-1.9_cid7_CFC_1FF_v8.xml

i also put m2fastboot into the rom file.

I hope someone can help me :)
[Moto G General] EvaDelvi:
Help, no GPS

Hi, I have a XT1032 and the box says global 16gb, this is the first phone I rooted, I used to have a nexus 4 with paranoid android and i was used to it so I installed it in the Moto g but it was very slow and some apps stopped working, I did a factory wipe and wiped dalvik and cache, I tried to go back to the stock and i don't know what I did but it got stuck in the boot animation, I found this video “Moto G Unbrick, Restore, Relock, & More" by Rootjunky.com (xda doesn't allow me to post the url) and the stock firmware it's not the same that my phone had, mine had the carrier name in the notification bar all the time and had H+ in the signal, and whenever I was connected to wifi the icon was right next to the signal, but the one on the video only gets 3G and the 3G icon is visible even when I'm in wifi, I also play ingress and so when I finally tried to play after I got the phone working it turns out I have no GPS so i can't play ingress or use anything that requires GPS, I decided to install cm11 to see if that fixed anything and still no GPS... I don't know what to do or what stock firmware is the one I need.

Sorry for my English, it's not my native language :( I created a xda account just so I could post this
[Moto G General] aledecarlis:
downgrade 4.4.3 to 4.3

downgrade to 4.3

hello am with stovck 4.4.3 and am facing problem because my wifi mac address is gone, and I would try the 4.3 rom to see if it comes back :) because the G nexus already tried and not succeeded :( rom 4.4.3 umtsds Brazil would like to explanations of the correct process. grateful

sorry because I'm using the English translator :), I'm from Brazil.
[Moto G General] donp445:
Tied to downgrade from Verizon 4.4.4 to boost 4.3 (SMACKS FACE) now im boot looping any ideas or am i screwed like i think i am followed the instructions by removing fastboot_flash partition gpt.bin from bat file ,in the mist of rushing i forgot i was on 4.4.4 in stead of 4.4.2 that's why but bootloader still loads

now i have it running android but it just says starting services with black screen n boot loops
[Moto G General] wihzard:
Yeah basically there's no going back. But as long as you can get back into bootloader you can still go back to falcon verizon 4.4.4 rom.
[Moto G General] bamx2:
You might be to flash it back to Boost Mobile using he new Boost Moto G x1031 4.4.4 which should available very soon -

http://xdaforums.com/moto-g/general/xt1031-4-4-4-finnaly-t2861540
[Moto G General] TooMuchPhoneProblems:
any ideas why when I always try to mfastboot flash partition gpt.bin it always give my preflashed validation FAILED. I've tried 2 firmwares already. My phones from Tesco UK.
[Moto G General] RollVGE:
look here, but you can try flash other stock ROM

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.
[Moto G General] SamHolland:
Dude I freakin' love you right now.

You fixed my phone which I thought was properly broken.

You have my respect sir.
[Moto G General] derekokelly:
Downgrading from 4.4.3/4.4.4 to 4.3

Unfortunately, once you upgrade your phone to 4.4.3 or above you can no longer downgrade to 4.3. This is because the bootloaders are different for 4.4.3/4.4.4 and 4.3. I have tried many times to work my way around downgrading to Jelly Bean, but I have not come across a simple solution as of yet. I'll try to keep posted on this thread, and if I find a solution I will update this post.
[Moto G General] swagyolothe420th:
After restoring my Moto G to stock firmware I am receiving no bars even though I have the right APN selected. My Moto G is US GSM and I am with T-Mobile. I have wiped and put stock firmware on it several times and never am I getting any bars, I've tried removing the sim card several times too. When I select 'mobile plan' it shows a message saying "Uknown sim provider."

in short: restored Moto G to stock; no bars

How can I fix this problem so I can start using my phone for its most important function?
[Moto G General] Pedroballester_:
I need to downgrade to 4.3

Apparently it is possible to downgrade to 4.3 if you are on 4.4.2 and you have not upgraded to version 4.4.4 yet.

Do you have any news about the supossed downgrade from version 4.4.4? Do you know if someone is working on it?

Actually I'm on 4.4.2 but yesterday I upgraded to 4.4.4...

Thank you very much to everyone for making XDA a great community.
[Moto G General] varunvijay89:
relock the bootloader xt1033 dual Sim

Hi,

I had an unlocked boot loader and unrooted moto g working in stock android 4.4.4 which i upgraded from 4.4.2

I tried several times to relock my boot loader but failed. Please advice the actual process for reloaking it. I tried to relock by flaahing with adb tools like begin oem lock... Doing the sequence as told.. But ended up in errors which left an unlocked bootloader. So please kindly explain the process for relocking my phone.

Thank you.

Varun
[Moto G General] jeropiga:
Is it possibly to restore stock 4.4.2 from GPE 4.4.4? xt1032
[Moto G General] vlt96:
What for?

Sent from my XT1039
[Moto G General] jeropiga:
I had stock firmware xt1032, then converted it to 4.4.2 GPE using mototool and upgraded to 4.4.4. Now I want to get back to stock 4.4.2 but I've read that it is impossible to convert GPE 4.4.4 to stock 4.4.2 because it bricks the phone
[Moto G General] appsmarsterx:
I downgraded from 4.4.3 to 4.3, but I'm in "bootloader unlocked massage" boot loop.. I tried to installed custom recovery TWRP and CWM but none can detect my storage storage it says TWRP-"unable to mount data" CWM-""can't mount sd card"

what are my options here???.. seems like I can't install my backup roms from sd card. is there any option to get any OS installed ? pls help ?

P.S: later managed to flash GPE rom and got it working again

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2646404
[Moto G General] am05:
None of the stock roms work for me. I have just purchased a UK vodaphone Moto G 8gb singlesim XT1032 which came with 4.4.4 out of the box. I'm loving my CM11 atm but want to go back to stock. When I flash the stock rom I just get a flashing black screen after the bootloader unlocked screen. I've tried a few stock roms now but none of them boot :(

Anyone know which one I need ? :(

EDIT: Found one that works for me if anyone is in the same boat as me: http://xdaforums.com/moto-g/development/rom-stock-motorola-rom-collection-t2854688 I just flashed the 4.4.4 EU for my xt1032 :) All sorted now.
[Moto G General] Silvering4:
getvar problem

Hi !

I have a moto g, i installed cm11 on it. But i saw that it was really buggy, then i wanted to installed the rom stock but when i tried all installation ways, i get, on windows "target max-sparse-size: 256MB" and on my phone "getvar: max-sparse-size"

Now i can't use my phone because i wiped all my data, then i don't have any OS.. :crying:

Sorry for my english, it's not my maternal language and thank you for helping !
[Moto G General] campusantu:
You can try my guide to restore from GPE to stock. I know this is not your situation but it seems you are getting about the same problems... here you go http://xdaforums.com/moto-g/help/guide-recover-xt1032-gpe-4-4-4-t2824377
[Moto G General] Silvering4:
Ok, i'm doing the guide, i'll post when it's finished :fingers-crossed:

---------- Post added at 10:29 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:34 AM ----------

Okay, it's works ! Big big thanks man !

Just a question, can i make system updates ?
[Moto G General] drmdsadiq:
Hadn't u made a cwm backup of stock rom before flashing cm11?? FYI the backup stays put even after u wipe data and cache from cwm recovery.. When I wanted to go back from cm11 all I did was restore the backup..

About updates until you are rooted and bootloader unlocked you can't apply any official updates... To do that you'll need to do a full unroot and lock bootloader.. You can also try out xposed/gravity box.. Gives you all the customizable options that cm offers without the bugs ;) :thumbup:

Don't forget to press Thanks if I helped!

Sent from my XT-1032
[Moto G General] luchkov:
Hi guys, i bricked my fone when try to install language pack, phone is 4g Xt1039 with installed 4.4.4,now boot only to tell me the bootloader is unlocked. I try to flash couple of times with different firmwares but every time when load system.img_sparsechunk give me" the image is too large''. Any solutions for this?
[Moto G General] luchkov:
For everyone who have ''the image is too large'' problem when flash fhone use this;

mfastboot.exe flash partition gpt.bin

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

mfastboot.exe reboot
[Moto G General] ajinpanthayil:
Can i downgrade from 4.4.4 to 4.4.2 ?

I have XT1033 Asia Retail edition with 4.4.4. - Boot Loader Locked. Can i downgrade it to 4.4.2 ?? I searched about this.. But didnt get a clear answer. Some say the got succeeded, some bricked, some succeeded with 4.4.4's gpt.bin. Can anybody confirm this ? And if i got bricked can i revert it back using 4.4.4's firmwares ?? :):)
[Moto G General] aamszia:
C:\androidsdk\tools>mfastboot flash boot boot.img

target max-sparse-size: 256MB

sending 'boot' (10240 KB)...

OKAY [ 0.406s]

writing 'boot'...

(bootloader) Preflash validation failed

FAILED (remote failure)

finished. total time: 1.000s

INFO

INFOmax-sparse-size: 268435456

INFOcurrent-time: "Sat Jan 3 5:21:48 UTC 1970"

INFOro.build.fingerprint[0]: motorola/falcon_asia_ds/falcon_umt

INFOro.build.fingerprint[1]: sds:4.4.2/KXB20.25-1.31/14:user/re

INFOro.build.fingerprint[2]: lease-keys

INFOro.build.version.full[0]: Blur_Version.171.44.31.falcon_umt

INFOro.build.version.full[1]: sds.AsiaRetail.en.03

INFOro.build.version.qcom[0]: AU_LINUX_ANDROID_JB_3.2.3.04.03.0

INFOro.build.version.qcom[1]: 0.166.006

INFOversion-baseband:

INFOkernel.version[0]: Linux version 3.4.0-g9f5dcdc (hudsoncm@i

INFOkernel.version[1]: lclbld27) (gcc version 4.7 (GCC) ) #1 SM

INFOkernel.version[2]: P PREEMPT Thu Jan 23 22:02:58 CST 2014

INFOsdi.git: git=MBM-NG-V41.08-0-gac19e15

INFOsbl1.git: git=MBM-NG-V41.08-0-g6863770

INFOrpm.git: git=MBM-NG-V41.08-0-g8ef2ac8

INFOtz.git: git=MBM-NG-V41.08-0-gcebfadf

INFOaboot.git: git=MBM-NG-V41.08-0-g04a4bc3

INFOpartition-type: raw
[Moto G General] nitin.chobhe:
Downgraded successfully from 4.4.4 custom ROM to Stock 4.4.3

Followed the OP and I was able to downgrade in 5 minutes! Thanks a lot :highfive:

My setup was:

Firmware: A CM11 based Custom ROM version 4.4.4

As mentioned in OP, I skipped the gpt.bin step and then executed all the remaining steps. And I was done in 5 minutes. Initially I was a bit worried but when it's done, I am too happy.

Thanks a lot!
[Moto G General] ronanmon:
How long do I wait?

Step 4, How long do I wait? :P
[Moto G General] aamszia:
who is going to help me ..

Bootloader loader is locked .. i dont know the correct region ... help me pls
[Moto G General] Cizaquita:
\Windows\fastboot.exe flash partition gpt.bin failed!!

I have this problem too

C:\falcon_amxco_user_4.4.2_KXB20.9-1.10-1.24-1.1_1_release-keys-cid12-AmericaMov
il_CO>flashall.bat /eu
Motorola Mobility flashall script version 1.4

Flashing Options:
- flash persist: 0
- flash userdata: 0
- erase userdata: 1
- 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
sending 'partition' (32 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.029s]
writing 'partition'...
(bootloader) Preflash validation failed
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 0.366s
.\Windows\fastboot.exe flash partition gpt.bin failed!!

C:\falcon_amxco_user_4.4.2_KXB20.9-1.10-1.24-1.1_1_release-keys-cid12-AmericaMov
il_CO>

I need help, thanks!
[Moto G General] Pedroballester_:
motoboot.img failed!!

I think the message "motoboot.img failed!!" appears because you can't downgrade to 4.3 if you have already upgraded to 4.4.4.
[Moto G General] xrilex:
Is there a video to this I don't get it