yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Moto G General] Destr0y3r:
Scared.

I'm still preety scared of doing this... i mean i want to but when you said i should repeat the fastboot erase userdata command on the command prompt that i should use (i know what command prompt is) at least 2 times it has the possibility of failing?

sorry for poor english.

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(sorry if i'm replying myself) as you said before you had error in the motoboot.img and gpt.bin commands , that is perhaps a little worrysome and i don't want to lose anything from my current version , can i just downgrade to the Normal Retail US 4.4.2 version instead? , i just want my phone to be clean because after unrooting it i still have the same changed font and some apps that required root access... Actually i want to have GPE 4.4.2 because it seems to have a lot of more faster updates , will i get the risk of bricking or potentially destroying my phone by "downgrading" my phone from 4.4.3 stock android to GPE 4.4.2 Android?
[Moto G General] remo0073:
Don't konw if I well understood

BTW I repeated twice

fastboot erase userdata

because first time fastboot said FAILED

Second time fastboot said OK

But other users din't have this issue

Regarding the bootloader is not possible to downgrade it

But in my case it din't caused any problems with root or with apps that requires root
[Moto G General] Destr0y3r:
Questions...

After all that flashing process , is your phone working correctly?
[Moto G General] :
I have a question. I installed 4.4.3 GPE Rom from the pages sbf.droid-developers.org. Everythingwas fine. Between applications I have one with the name iWnn IME.bIt is a standard app for GPErom? Or is it some malware? :)
[Moto G General] tatazeuz:
It's the standard japanese keyboard, and it's not malware. Stock firmwares never pack malware.
[Moto G General] Destr0y3r:
Doesn't matter , flashed Paranoid Android 4.4.4 from the AOSPA Legacy Team , and it's awesome!
[Moto G General] remo0073:
Yes, everything is fine

:)

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I din't need to make this type of downgrade, but I don't think you have any problem

BTW 4.4.4 US is coming, so maybe you won't need to downgrade back, but only change from GPE 4.4.4 to US 4.4.4

;)
[Moto G General] lifetimes:
How you downloaded the 4.4.3 GPE rom from sbf.droid-developers.org when 1, they deal with stock moto roms and 2, no 4.4.3 GPE rom was ever released, not even from Google?

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Where you got the info about 4.4.4 US is coming? I haven't seen that anywhere.
[Moto G General] remo0073:
Here it is

You can fine the explanation here

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.co.omronsoft.iwnnime.ml

It should be only for Nexus device but is installed in my Moto G GPE too
[Moto G General] remo0073:
Motorola released OTA to Android 4.4.3 only for US Moto G

Maybe Brasil also (double SIM)

Then stopped all the OTA

Now it's out OTA to Android 4.4.4 only for Moto G GPE

I think next step it will be Android 4.4.4 for every Moto G

:)
[Moto G General] :
Thank you for the correction. Of course, I downloaded version 4.4.2 GPE Rom.
[Moto G General] lifetimes:
You hope the next step would be 4.4.4 for everyone lol. We'll just have to wait and see.

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Ok, was just checking. After flashing, I got an error. The recovery failed to flash, I'm wondering why.
[Moto G General] :
but the error is only displayed on the phone? I have here too. in fastboot window in the PC I have all the items OK and continue typing commands ..
[Moto G General] remo0073:
If you had the "mismatched partition size" error on the phone (in case of custom recovery) or the "hab check failed for recovery" and/or "hab check failed for system" errors, always on the phone it doesn't matter, it is a common error.

The flash goes on without problems
[Moto G General] lifetimes:
i got the "hab check failed for recovery" error. You say the flash goes on without problems but at boot, the phone never pass the boot logo, not the boot animation.
[Moto G General] tommylogic:
Wow!!! Thank you!!!

WOW, I can't say thank you enough. Once I figured out what I was doing, this was a snap.

I picked up a Moto G off a guy, found out it was a Boost... which was cool, I have another phone on a Boost account (a Virgin Samsung Victory I moved over to Boost). I had recently picked up another Verizon Moto G and liked it OK. Anyhow this new Boost MotoG wouldn't do anything. I eventually cracked the case open and switched out the battery. That worked to get it to the bootloader screen, but it wouldn't go past that> Wouldn't do anything while in it. apparently it was soft-bricked.

For anyone having a similar issue (stuck in bootloader loop)... here's all it took.

Download the Recovery you wish (I used the stock Boost 4.4.2)

Download the Motorola Drivers & Minimal ADB / Fastboot

Install Drivers and ADB / Fastboot

Connect USB and Boot to the bootloader where you get stuck

Unzip the recovery to where adb.exe and fastboot.exe are located

Confirm fastboot is working by opening a command prompt in the folder where it lives

Type in "fastboot devices" press enter. You should see your phone serial listed

Goto the folder where you unzipped the recovery image, where ADB & Fastboot are.

Run the ".bat" batch file for the recovery image & wait for it to say "press any key to continue"

reboot phone and VOILA !!!

The only hiccup might be getting your drivers and phone to cooperate. Just use the method where you manually update the QC to a Port

And again... THANK YOU!!! For the supplied info, helped me immensely
[Moto G General] remo0073:
http://xdaforums.com/moto-g/general/android-4-4-4-hit-moto-g-devices-t2801504

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Are you trying to downgrade?

Which was your previous firmware and the one you want to install?
[Moto G General] BaghiXDA:
^ this happens to me as well when downgrading from 4.4 to 4.3, after multiple tries I just gave up completely.
[Moto G General] alvareo:
Does anyone know of a way to open a sparsechunk file, join the three or have a link to a non-sparsechunked system.img? I need a file that comes on the stock firmware.
[Moto G General] tulient:
Bought a GPE Moto G at 4.4.2. Upgraded OTA to 4.4.4. Wanted to root so I tried to install a custom recovery. However, no matter which one I used (Philz, CWM, TWRP) all of them wouldn't let me mount the SD to install supersu.zip. Thinking it must be incompatibility with 4.4.4 I downgraded to 4.4.2 by installing GPE_XT1032_KOT49H.M004_CFC.xml via the fastboot method. I got all sorts of errors (preflash validation failed, hab check failed for recovery, etc) but it eventually booted back into 4.4.2.

Now the funny thing is, whenever I try to get into recovery, it just shows a black screen. When I gave up trying to root and OTA updated back to 4.4.4, TWRP showed up during the install process. I'm thinking the recovery partition is screwed completely up. It should have been replaced by the recovery.img by the KOT49H.M004 install, but apparently was not (due to errors?) since I saw TWRP applying the OTA update. Now I'm on 4.4.4 again with an unusable recovery. Hoping installing 4.4.4 stock image when it comes out via fastboot fixes everything.
[Moto G General] sethmotog:
big problem

hello everyone,

first thing - i am using moto g - dual sim international version (india, asia)

my bootloader is unlocked.

i flashed wrong cwm recovery.

now this is the main cause of my problem.

after this I am not able to do anything with my phone.

-it does not go in recovery

-can not install any new recovery or even the stock one

-can not even flash stock recovery ( giving 'can not load file.name : unknown error' on computer) using http://xdaforums.com/show....php?t=2542219

-gives the same error when ever i try to flash anything

- when i tried to delete cwm recovery, using http://androidforums.com/mini-2-all-...-recovery.html

*#*#1234#*#* does not work. so i can't get my pda and csc.

- i tried searching the internet day and night but nothing is helping.

please just help me.

is there any way i can fix this?
[Moto G General] lifetimes:
Well, technically, since there isn't a 4.4.3 GPE rom, I had to use the 4.4.2 rom, so you can say it is a downgrade. I have on the Moto 4.4.3 rom.
[Moto G General] lilrob1213:
Hi, I tried searching this thread and others for the info I'm after, but no luck finding it, so please don't yell at me for asking…

I have the prepaid Verizon Moto G (XT1028) with a locked bootloader. I took the 4.4.2 upgrade when I first got the phone and never really gave jellybean a chance, however, some people swear by it, so I'm wanting to give it another chance. In the guide here, it says you must unlock the bootloader to flash the stock firmware and downgrade, but I've seen some people say you can do it without unlocking the bootloader using mfastboot since it is motorola signed software and the stock firmware for the verizon moto g is listed on the same downloads page as the other versions even though it doesn't list xt1028 at the top of the page? So, can I do these commands in step 3b without unlocking my bootloader? (since currently this is impossible for the verizon version).

Also, I'm using a mac, so is there anything different about issuing the mfastboot commands? (I don't think there is, since I've used adb and fastboot before, but just checking).

And my last question is, can I choose to take the OTA and upgrade back to 4.4.2 (official) if I really don't like jellybean? Or could I redo these commands but with the kitkat firmware instead of the jellybean firmware?
[Moto G General] robin0800:
This has what you want

Here is The whole ROM GPE 4.4.2 plus my Bat file

https://www.mediafire.com/?7dl8ftyizum2ei6

Note I use intl fsg so change bat file to fsg if in USA
[Moto G General] remo0073:
I was in the same situation:

Starting from 4.4.3 US Firmware

---> I downgraded to 4.4.2 GPE Firmware via Fastboot

---> Then I applied OTA zip via adb sideload to 4.4.4 GPE Firmware

Could you update me regarding your current situation

Did you solved or not?

Maybe I can help you...
[Moto G General] Astinog:
Should I do anyway a Factory Wipe before flashing the Stock ROM?
[Moto G General] sohan3421:
Obviously!
[Moto G General] Astinog:
Another question: if I want to keep my TeamWin recovery, I shouldn't flash recovery right?
[Moto G General] bloden:
Tried to flash GPE or US Retail firmware on AIO / Cricket Moto G (xt1032) with locked (forever) bootloader. Got an error when flashing certain partitions. They must have bootloader only take AIO firmware.
[Moto G General] remo0073:
Yes

But you could flash your TWRP again also after having restored the firmware
[Moto G General] Astinog:
I had no problems not flashing the recovery. :)
[Moto G General] lifetimes:
After it failed to apply the recovery and failed to boot, I went back to 4.4.3 US firmware. Think I'll wait and see if Motorola releases the 4.4.4 update to see if they update the bootloaders to match the one on the 4.4.4 GPE before doing anything. If not, back to CM11 running 4.4.4 since Panaroid Android seems to mess with my phone. Last time, it completely locked me out (had on pin security, restarted the phone and system UI kept crashing when I put in the password).
[Moto G General] Destr0y3r:
Version

Just in case , what version of Paranoid Android did you use before? I just flashed this one (http://aospal.hostingsharedbox.com/aospal/roms/falcon/)

4 days ago and i didn't have any of those errors,well except for one that actually just made my phone system UI crash sometimes when i used Gravitybox to modify my clock's position... But right now the phone is as smooth (if not better) than the Stock ROM that i used to have , it also runs 4.4.4...:rolleyes:
[Moto G General] lifetimes:
I used one of the betas, ignored any errors because it was beta but I used the pa_falcon-4.4-RC2-20140617.zip which caused that. Not sure if I really want to use pa_falcon-4.4-20140625.zip
[Moto G General] sethmotog:
last reboot

how much time will the phone take to reboot at the end?

because my phone is stuck on the logo from pass 30 mins.

is this normal?
[Moto G General] BaghiXDA:
No that's not normal. You may need to reflash the ROM once again.
[Moto G General] sohan3421:
Flashable zip of 4.4.3 available?
[Moto G General] remo0073:
Here it is

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=53238711
[Moto G General] BaghiXDA:
I've a problem, before the release of 4.4.4 update I was able to flash 4.3 stock firmware on my XT1033 without any problem, all I had to do was to exclude the suggested commands for downgrading but ever since my failed attempt to install 4.4.4 OTA I'm getting this "Image is too big" error or something along those lines. Flashing 4.4.2 still works though. Any idea what could be the cause?
[Moto G General] xingster:
when you guys flashed the system images with mfastboot, did you get a "Image size too big"?

i'm still seeing that on xt1045 using peregrine image, osx-fastboot.
[Moto G General] BaghiXDA:
Yes!
[Moto G General] sabithmk:
Image is too large :(

I am getting the same error while flashing the system.. "Image is too large".. I was trying to downgrade from 4.4.4 GPE to 4.4.2 Stock rom.. :( Any fixes!? :rolleyes:
[Moto G General] robin0800:
Try the ROM referenced in #694
[Moto G General] gd91:
I am having the same problem with that " image is too large " error and couple more when running commands...and after reading 70+ pages of this post and trying almost all solutions I am still stuck in my bootloader and cant flash any firmware....Can anybody please give us some "noob friendly " solution how to get our phones back to life ?? ;(
[Moto G General] robin0800:
See post above yours
[Moto G General] jmo:
Moto G US - Consumer Cellular

I just wanted to report that I just used the instructions to change my Moto G from Consumer Cellular in the US into a Moto G US Retail. (It is reported that Consumer Cellular is not supporting upgrades, so the only way to get to a newer version of the OS was to do this). It worked perfectly, just as described...

Moved from 4.4.2 on CC (CC_XT1032_4.4.2-KXB20.9-1.10-1.9_CFC_1FF.xml.zip) to 4.4.3 US Retail (US_retail_XT1032_KXB21.14-L1.32_CFC.xml.zip)

Thanks!
[Moto G General] lilrob1213:
I wanted to let y'all know I just used this guide to restore my prepaid Verizon moto g xt1028 from kitkat back to jellybean without unlocking the boot loader. It went smoothly! I just had to bypass the activation screen and then call Verizon and have the automated system reprogram my phone. But no biggie!

So, you do not have to be unlocked. I used the manual flashing using the mfastboot commands although I have a Mac so I actually used a different phrase as per this post: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=48690367&postcount=75.

Thanks for this guide! (Will hit thanks button)
[Moto G General] bookworth:
Just a thought (Moto G is F2FS and Moto G GPE is EX4):

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-nexus/devs-only/f2fs-file-gnex-instead-ext4-t2576085
[Moto G General] Bane_RS:
Can anyone help me to find ROM that will work on my Moto G (I think its some XT1032). I have bought it used with some Infusion custom ROM, and I have tried few ROMs from "sbf.droid-developers.org", but on any of them, WIFI is not working. I use now some GPE ROM, but cannot update to 4.4.4, I guess beacause it is not official, and on official Android 4.4.2 KOT49H.M004, WiFi is still dead...
[Moto G General] axereaction:
I have the 4.4.4 gpe and I'm trying to return to stock 4.4.2 motorola version.

but when I run the 3 commands "system.img_sparsechunk" gives error "image is too large" :crying::crying:

With your ROM I can return to the stock of Motorola without any problems? I live in Mexico.
[Moto G General] timebomb1251:
This is my first time trying anything of this sort and I'm stuck at step 3b. I flashed the first partition and instead of getting [OKAY] I got < waiting for device > and it just stayed there. Any ideas what the problem might be?
[Moto G General] robin0800:
Your not in recovery mode?
[Moto G General] timebomb1251:
I'm not sure. Should I be?
[Moto G General] Zerelth:
Downgrading from 4.4.4 GPE to 4.4.2 motorola or 4.3 is not possible, I suppose? (unless I have a rom to flash)

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Turn off your phone then make your way to the Bootloader (by holding both the Power and Volume Down) and it'll work
[Moto G General] kralcak:
Yes it seems it is not possible to downgrade from 4.4.4 GPE to lower ROM (stock or custom) . I have a phone which now runs CM11 ROM and is locked to UK tesco and I have a code for unlock but custom ROM is not asking for a unlock code. Only stock ROM is asking for unlock code but I am not able to downgrade to stock at the moment. Does enyone know how to enter unlock code to phone by code ?
[Moto G General] FalconMaster:
Bootloader Status Code

It will return the bootloader status code to 0?
[Moto G General] remo0073:
No

It's impossibile to go back to status zero
[Moto G General] harisuciha:
make sure the word "sparsechunk" is the same with the firmware folder you extracted

i ' ve got the same problem and solved
[Moto G General] remo0073:
Be carefull

There different option depending from the firmware

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

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

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

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

;)
[Moto G General] Abizer98:
Heyy There.

i followd all ur steps and tried flashing d indian stockfirmware which has an .xml extension but wen i enter d commands in command prompt it shows waiting for device and does not proceed!

kindly help me.

Thanks in advnace! :D
[Moto G General] zaid2410:
Downgrading from 4.4.4 to 4.3

Guys i have the Indian version XT1033 not rooted or unlocked..

I have upgraded it to 4.4.4 but most of the apps are not working..

I wanna just ask can i flash this image with stock recovery?

I wanna get back to jb as in kk asphalt 8 is also not getting installed tried every possible... It worked on jb so wanna go back on it..

So guys please reply asap...

If i can which zip should i choose?
[Moto G General] Shawnsch:
just a note the verizon 4.4 had 4 sparsechunks took me awhile to figure out why it wouldnt boot
[Moto G General] tgobr2005:
confused

so im trying to get back to stock but everytime i put in a command it says waiting for device and nothing happens im in fastboot mode and put the command right but just stays stuck on waiting for device moto g xt1040

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got everything to work except i get this error on the system.bin part C:\moto>mfastboot flash sysyem system.img target max-sparses-size: 256MB error: cannot load 'system.img': No error
[Moto G General] mih3y:
did anyone successfully restored back to Stock motorola 4.4.2(3) from GPE 4.4.4 ? Is it possible?
[Moto G General] SamsungAdmire:
Guys, i've done this twice in a row. You can downgrade to 4.4.2 from 4.4.3 (not sure about 4.4.4) just don't flash the motoboot. You will still have bootloader version from 4.4.3 (41.11?). I noticed that if you keep the old 4.4.3 modem on 4.4.2 downgrade, it won't let you update from any ota. But downgrading to 4.4.2's modem will let you downgrade. (It won't brick the device by the way).

If you try to upgrade to 4.4.3 again, the motoboot (.tz files, etc) get updated even though the motoboot is already at 4.4.3's even though you are on 4.4.2. Shouldn't the update stop since it should think that it's already updated?

Can this be exploited to downgrade the motoboot? I don't know much about these things but i just wanted to point this out..
[Moto G General] BaghiXDA:
I think I found the solution for that "image is too large" error that we get when downgrading from 4.4.2 KK to 4.3 JB. You shouldn't edit the flashall.bat file out of the box, just attempt to flash and let it post the gpt partition error, then edit the file afterwards. This worked for me today.
[Moto G General] ToastnButter:
I second that question
[Moto G General] sohan3421:
After flashing this, will I get future OTAs ?
[Moto G General] remo0073:
Yes

But without root and with stock recovery
[Moto G General] noel.villan:
I have installed the stock firmware.but now i cant on ART.
[Moto G General] randras83:
Hi Mates!

Iam in trouble, ive got an XT1032, it stuck in BL, in the BL i see devices is LOCKED status Code:0.

Is that CID normal, i dont think so, ive tried to flash retail firm without any luck.

This is my fastboot getvar all prompt:

bootloader) version: 0.5

bootloader) version-bootloader: 4105

bootloader) product: falcon

bootloader) secure: yes

bootloader) hwrev: 0x83C0

bootloader) radio: 0x1

bootloader) emmc: 16GB Sandisk REV=06 PRV=07 TYPE=17

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

bootloader) cpu: MSM8226 CS

bootloader) serialno: TA93007I87

bootloader) cid: 0xDEAD

bootloader) uid: BEADE7020F000000000000000000

bootloader) unlocked: Not supported

bootloader) iswarrantyvoid: Not supported

bootloader) mot_sst: 8

bootloader) max-download-size: 536870912

bootloader) reason: Fall-through from normal boot mode

bootloader) imei: xxxxxxxxxxxxx

bootloader) meid:

bootloader) date: 03-04-2014

bootloader) sku: XT1032

bootloader) iccid:

bootloader) cust_md5:

bootloader) max-sparse-size: 268435456

bootloader) current-time: "Sat Jul 20 20:16:57 UTC 2024"

bootloader) ro.build.fingerprint[0]: motorola/falcon_retgb/falcon_umts:

bootloader) ro.build.fingerprint[1]: 4.4.2/KLB20.9-1.10-1.24-1.1/1:user

bootloader) ro.build.fingerprint[2]: /release-keys

bootloader) ro.build.version.full[0]: Blur_Version.176.44.1.falcon_umts

bootloader) ro.build.version.full[1]: .Retail.en.GB

bootloader) ro.build.version.qcom[0]: AU_LINUX_ANDROID_JB_3.2.3.04.03.0

bootloader) ro.build.version.qcom[1]: 0.166.006

bootloader) version-baseband:

bootloader) kernel.version[0]: Linux version 3.4.0-gc6fc9e1-00001-gf3bf

bootloader) kernel.version[1]: 628 (hudsoncm@ilclbld54) (gcc version 4.

bootloader) kernel.version[2]: 7 (GCC) ) #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Feb 6 23:46

bootloader) kernel.version[3]: :58 CST 2014

bootloader) sdi.git: git=MBM-NG-V41.05-0-gac19e15

bootloader) sbl1.git: git=MBM-NG-V41.05-0-g6863770

bootloader) rpm.git: git=MBM-NG-V41.05-0-g4018bbe

bootloader) tz.git: git=MBM-NG-V41.05-0-g11658be

bootloader) aboot.git: git=MBM-NG-V41.05-0-gf4ab363

bootloader) partition-type: raw

bootloader) partition-size:

bootloader) qe: qe 1/1

Any ideas?

P.s.:this is my friends phone, he tried to root it when something went wrong, as he told he unlocked the BL, ive got the code.
[Moto G General] ToastnButter:
Did he use superboot by any chance?
[Moto G General] randras83:
I don't know ....he is totally noob for this, he bricked the phone, and asked me for help.
[Moto G General] hottu_doggu:
Hey guys! Probably a dumb question but here we go.

I initially had stock 4.4.2 european fw on my 1032 then I unlocked the phone, rooted, installed latest TWRP and backed-up. Then I tried numerous custom 4.4.4 ROMs. I don't have any problems but I'm wondering if it's ok to just restore my stock firmware using TWRP and my backup? I've heard of possible brick when going back to 4.4.2 form 4.4.4, that's why I'm asking. My bootloader version is 41.05 if it matters.
[Moto G General] thuybang:
im in xt1033 with Brazil 4.4.3 ROM,make backed-up with 2711 TWRP recovery. Then update to 444,but after few days used,feel batt. not good like 443, restore 443,still work well. Bootloader vesion 41.13 now.

i think problem only when u on GPE 444 downgrade.