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[RAZR HD General] RMarques:
Well...after 6 days and 6 nights of an almost endless battle, the fog has settle and in the battle field, among several mutilated dead bodies, there was on man standing, severely wounded, exhaust but victorious...holding his renewed Razr XT925 in his hand!

:victory:

The conclusions are as follows:

1. There was

no way

, no matter what, that any OTA could be installed successfully!!!

Was it an OTA downloaded attempted to be installed by the cell phone using stock, JBBL or KKBL custom recovery, nor a modified OTA downloaded to the PC, copied to the Razr HD external SD card and attempted to be installed by the cell phone itself using stock, JBBK or KKBL custom recovery.

2. About the bootloader menu errors:

- downgraded security version, Update gpt_main version failed and Pre flash validation failed for gpt

All of the above errors was solved by eliminating the Get_Var, Partiotion_partition signed and TZ from the .xml file in the Stock SBF, previous to flashing with RSD Lite 6.1.6

- sp space is not enough

Im not sure about why, but this error has gone as well after eliminating those lines I've mentioned above.

3. Fastboot and Mfastboot shell errors while flashing SBF, and/or Custom recovery/logos

"(bootloader) Variable not supported!

target max-download-size: 30MB"

It still happening. Everything went ok though but I'm kinda concerned about if it can cause me any head ache in the near future!

Now the good news

Edit:

For some unknown reason I couldn't insert the screen shot here so it's as an attachment!

In order to achieve my goal (a 3.4.x Kernel/KKBL), I've had to follow the following link:

OTA http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=53965551&postcount=3269

...and here we go with a big

THANK YOU

and much respect to madmonkey57 and Orphee!

It worked flawlessly...in just one shot!

Downside:

As far as I can understand, I'm kinda married with CM until Motorola release a XT925 Stock KK RSD lite flashable image...yes, for me it'll mandatory due to the bizarre Fastboot/Mfastboot messages Im not confident about using it anymore...at least to flash images!

Side notes:

1. I've enabled ART, it took 15mins to go through the initial boot animation and another 15 mins to synchronize apps. I haven't used it a lot but so far, I feel the apps itself are a bit more crispy but the whole cellphone operations seems to be more laggy...to the point Ill test it for a couple of days and if still like that Ill get back to dalvik no doubt.

2. I'm not sure if its ART related but 27% battery life has completely gone in 10 hours of inactivity (just wi-fi was turned on). I'll keep tracking battery performance.

Well, I'd like to thank Benz, Djvita and everyone else that has somehow helped me...or just even has been an spectator during this stressful process!

Cheers guys and I'm sure I'll see you around soon, when L hits our devices!

Keep in touch!

:highfive:
[RAZR HD General] djvita:
well then flash a newer nightly to get hdr. kabaldan fixed it
[RAZR HD General] RMarques:
Can you link the post...my head still hurts after 1 week digging post all over the place!
[RAZR HD General] Hydr0id:
Here: http://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=moto_msm8960
[RAZR HD General] RMarques:
Thanks Hydr0id! I'm running the latest KKBL CM11 already! I thought Djvita was talking about another procedure!

i guess we all are kinda brain damaged due to this JBBL to KKbl upgrade!

LMAO
[RAZR HD General] xsjthomas:
own two razr hd's (xt925) both currently running stock kitkat uk build ota.when i install any kkbl rom i get This package is for 4.4 bootloader E: Error executing updater binary in zip '/external_SD/roms/pa_moto_msm8960-4.6-BETA5-20141022'.aka status 7

And when I try jbbl I get the same but this package is for 4.1 bootloader.

So what bootloader do I even have?

I have tried 4 builds of cm11,omnirom,pa none of them install on both devices I have also tried it on twrp 2.8.1.0,2.8.0.0,2.7.0.0 and Philz adv cwm,cwm 6.0.3? .Please could you help PS I have downgraded to jb and the jbbl is working fine but I want to use kbbl roms
[RAZR HD General] hbenz2008:
what recovery are you using man?
[RAZR HD General] xsjthomas:
Twrp 2.8.1.0
[RAZR HD General] hbenz2008:
that should do it, but try twrp 7.1.0.Works on my xt925
[RAZR HD General] kokinator02:
I don't understand why you guys make you're life so difficult. If you were bld unlocked you'd be able to go forward and backward without any freaking problem.

On top of it, if you mange to install KK OTA while still locked, you won't be able to unlock anymore, as Motorola patched that possibility (at least for the time being) so, if you would go unlocking (while in JB stock of course) in Motorola's site and then download the CEE FR Retail and flash it with some simple CMD lines, you would get the KK.OTA right away as I've done dozens of times. And after that, customize your recovery, root and whatever you want. It's that simple.

If you're running something other than stock JB you won't get any OTA.

If you are on / or flash JB FR Retail and then root it or customize its recovery, you won't be able to install the OTA (hence orphee's mod to do so and, as I recall -I might be wrong about this in particular though-, the modified OTA is based on FR Retail and there for it cannot be installed on none other than FR Retail, the mod consists in a bypass for none stock JB).

So, unlocking your boot loaders looks more and more appealing now doesn't it?

[emoji16] [emoji16]
[RAZR HD General] Hydr0id:
You are making it look as it is easy, it obviously isn't. Sure, unlocked bl opens a lot of doors for us moto users, but take into account that not everyone has the same level of "expertise" on this topic, some just try it out to experience something new out of stock, but when confronted with problems like flash errors or RSD errors and so on, they turn pale thinking their device is dead, and it's perfectly understandable. So, they seek help in the community, but once they learn they do it for themselves (just like I started). Don't get me wrong, I agree with some statements of your point. However, I don't agree with the fact that this can be simplified so easily. If it were like that, then we wouldn't have people seeking help for errors, as minors as they're.

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Hi, I have been able to spot your problem. You are using a KKBL rom for JBBL. I couldn't understand your message very well but looking at the photos it's clearly stated on screen "this package is for 4.4 bootloader". So, your next download ought be a msm8960-jbbl rom and it should work. Good luck!
[RAZR HD General] xsjthomas:
I fixed it anyway thanks for your ideas but I was seriously on kk and when I installed kkbl ROM I get the error and I get the same with jbbl roms (so neither jbbl and kkbl worked. )I it fixed by editing the updater script from the kkbl ROM and changed ro.boot.secure_hardware from 1 to 0 then rezipped the ROM and flashed it with no errors.
[RAZR HD General] kokinator02:
I totally feel what you're saying, still, this people has been trying now for more than a week, modifying xml files and thus, obviously without knowing so, causing the very flaw that prevents them from installing fr kk ota, over and over, where with a double click on “motopocalyps.bat" and the, more than friendly, razrhd toolkit v5, would have done the trick. These two options are available for everyone who (as you very well point) is not quite familiar with adb/fastboot cmd lines.

By the way, since no update has come to that valuable tool (not that I know of, anyway), replacing the adb/fastboot files with those in the latest ADT it's enough to perform downgrade from KK to JB bearing in mind that KK requires to approve the terminal used to pass commands before using the toolkit. That is, when you connect your phone to your PC via USB and pass an ADB cmd -while on runtime-, on your phone's screen you'll be prompt to approve the terminal connected.

Cheers![emoji481]
[RAZR HD General] ricpf:
sbf flashable 4.4.2 for xt925

Guys,

I REALLY need the sbf for 4.4.2 update retail brazil but it's not available on sbf developers yet.

Any chance any of you got this? Please?

I'll do anything
[RAZR HD General] hbenz2008:
Sorry man, not available yet
[RAZR HD General] Wizard1Canada:
FIDO just pushed out kitkat... Finally!
[RAZR HD General] hbenz2008:
How is that fido kk? I will test it out. Were you on jb? Or in kk and gone back to JB to take the update?

Nvm, flashed back to jb and now installing ota. Will test it out
[RAZR HD General] zimzum57:
Rogers 4.4.2 OTA is live!!!!!! Just got the notification for download. Finally!!!!!!!
[RAZR HD General] CWGSM3VO:
Rogers 4.4.2 OTA:

http://www.filedropper.com/blurversion9821122002xt925rcienca

NOTES:

- ensure you're using stock Rogers JB 4.1.2, no root/custom recovery before applying stock OTA

- I've included a modified updater-script to replace the one contained within the OTA ZIP above for those rooted/custom recovery. I did not test this, and based it off [MENTION=813614]Orphee[/MENTION]'s findings here: source.

- I make the assumption your BL is __unlocked__ before attempting anything. I did mine via Moto's website when I first got my XT925

I had used [MENTION=813614]Orphee[/MENTION]'s RTFR soak-test KKBL upgrade previously and came straight to stock OTA from it. I used RSDLite v6.1.6 to go from CM11 KKBL to Rogers JB 4.1.2 (9.8.2Q-8-XT925_VQL-12.2_CANADA_VANQJBLTEFRCI_P004_CFC_fb) before applying OTA. I did have to modify the XML to avoid the TZ and PARTITION clobbering and must be removed from the SBF XML before applying it with RSDLite:

<step operation="flash" partition="partition" filename="partition_signed" MD5="62f516b3c360ce892439b36be827eb8a" />

<step operation="flash" partition="tz" filename="tz_signed" MD5="bd4d8cd7a5889aa75e8de7a323588250" />

****YMMV****

Was able to re-flash PhilZ recovery (see sig) and back on to the road to CM11 again. Hope this post helps someone.

Oh yes, before I forget, I have LTE back :)
[RAZR HD General] hbenz2008:
Thanks for the grab. I got a total different beef now with an xt 925. Tried fido kk update for little while,then reverted back to rtfr, orphee script and root.

After i reboot , all i get is preflash validation failed for gpt.

The phone wont take any flash now of anything, always throwing partition name error and remote failure.

I have good battery and i can see the phone on my device manager, but nothing will make it move . Tried house of moto, tried flashing rogers 4.1.2, then rtfr in case that is the base . But no go. Also, it is showing BL locked code 0. Weiiiird mess.

Any input is appreciated.:good:
[RAZR HD General] kk454347:
any chance moto will upgrade the phone to android 5.0 or nah?
[RAZR HD General] Hydr0id:
No, Motorola said it will only update Moto X & G (2014 variants) and the 2013 Droids, and I suppose the Droid Turbo will be included too.
[RAZR HD General] OrBy:
4.4.2 (with 4.4.4 back ported security patches) will be the last release for the xt925/xt926 line I believe.

I am fine with that - I got the Rogers OTA and the phone seems to be working well for now.
[RAZR HD General] EnDeRDarkDeath:
Finally! I've updated it and all my bugs and problems are gone now haha, much much smoother

~DarkDeath
[RAZR HD General] mmm.waffles:
So it's absolutely necessary to have 1) stock jb, 2) jb bootloader, 3) stock recovery and lastly 4) unroot for the ota to work correctly? I'd prefer to not brick it but would like rooted stock KK w/ xposed. I don't mind the jb at the moment but it's missing lots of the newer features (mostly the sweet lockscreen improvements among other things). I'm currently on Rogers 4.1.2, cwm, root, unlocked BL, never upgraded to kk BL.

This took me by surprise! Rogers usually isn't great about getting updates out, let alone to skip all the way to KK.
[RAZR HD General] hbenz2008:
Yes you need to be all JB stock. Pure carrier firmware
[RAZR HD General] kk454347:
alright thanks guys
[RAZR HD General] CWGSM3VO:
Based on your description, RSDLite back to Rogers 4.1.2 and let it do it's thing. Skip setting up Google, etc. Just get to homescreen + wifi (if possible) and take the OTA and sit back. Bootloader unlocked is required to then reflash custom recovery via fastboot after OTA has completed and you're sitting at your shiny new 4.4.2 homescreen.
[RAZR HD General] peladoro:
i pm'd CWGSM3VO on this but thought i throw this out there but i returned to a stock backup with cwm 6.0.5.1 and i received the ota upgrade message...i thought it wasn't possible to update without being completely stock. any answers???
[RAZR HD General] hbenz2008:
Update will fail install after you download it, if you have custom recovery
[RAZR HD General] peladoro:
ok so the notification is completely independant of the recovery...the recovery just executes it
[RAZR HD General] hbenz2008:
U get notification even if you are rooted. But again update fails as it checks all system files. So when it detects incompatibilities in md5,it throws a fail
[RAZR HD General] peladoro:
ok roger that thanks
[RAZR HD General] toks_jp:
Razr XT925 dead

Hi guys,

I just got the kitkat upgrade OTA. I'm with Fido. My phone is razr hd XT925. The update went fine and was using the phone. I turned it off but after turning it on, it never botoed up properly anymore.

It got stuck on the motrola logo at start up and that was it. Tried recovery and every option available but it will eventually just get to the moto logo.

I unlocked my bootloader.

i tried to flash it with 4.1.2 on the sbf droid developers for my region but i'm getting partition_signed error.

i'm guessing i'm at KKBL and no longer with JBBL. I'm very new at this. Could you point out what can be causing the problem? I can't find KK sbf so i can only flash with JB but maybe it won't let me downgrade?

Do i have to edit anything on the scripts to allow this to work?

Thanks!
[RAZR HD General] CWGSM3VO:
Look back a page or so and see my post about the Rogers OTA. It should help solve your RSDLite problem (you need to modify the XML to take out TZ/Partition; which is what is giving you the error above).
[RAZR HD General] toks_jp:
Thank you so much!! that did it for me! It went back to JB and then i updated it to Kitkat with OTA that fido pushed again and this time, reboots come up fine!
[RAZR HD General] CWGSM3VO:
No problem, glad to help out :)
[RAZR HD General] xXVergiliusXx:
so does the rogers OTA works in any region? I saw a video in youtube of a guy with a razh hd (xt925) using it with TELCEL (a Mexican service provider), could I make it work? (my device has unlocked bootloader// no root/ stock carrier Jelly Bean). I want to uograde my phone to Kit Kat as well cause TELCEL doesn't seem to be even near to release the update :/
[RAZR HD General] CWGSM3VO:
I haven't tested it, but the updater-script I included with the Rogers OTA will hopefully allow you to install the 4.4.2 OTA.

However, I don't think it's a good idea. You're better off flashing the Rogers 4.1.2 and then applying the Rogers OTA. I think you're going to be in a world of hurt trying to apply it over top of TELCEL 4.1.2 (assuming it even works, there's binary differences between regions. For example, Rogers includes a lot of bloatware in their phones, the default OTA looks for them).
[RAZR HD General] DorianX:
I'm from Mexico, my service provider is Telcel and I'm using Claro Puerto Rico's firmware available here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=35085808 that service provider is a subcompany from America Movil (like Telcel), use the same frequency bands and have the 4.4.2 update.

I used this tutorial: http://www.grupoandroid.com/index.php?/topic/71673-Instalar-un-firmware-por-Fastboot-en-imágenes believe*me is the easiest way to install a firmware, just backup your internal SD data because it will be deleted, follow the tutorial, once installed the firmware goto: "settings/about phone/system updates", take the OTA update (Over The Air update) and voilà.
[RAZR HD General] CWGSM3VO:
A much better solution for him. Thanks DorianX.
[RAZR HD General] navi7512:
Any chance to upload the radio from that one (KK)?
[RAZR HD General] Orphee:
Hi,

Here is KDA20.127 clean OTA update for RTFR KDA20.117 ROM :

https://mega.co.nz/#!oxx3CZ5Q!0NkAY87wuyp2hUXGQeViCXDoq0oRBr8nq8dMfYs0acg

and the updater-script to replace if you want flash it with TWRP/CWM :

https://mega.co.nz/#!Z1pTgLQI!krRsdInUOMWKmMMbLh-D1URPJeeXcdojFOMbFlhmj0w

IT IS ONLY FOR

RTFR

ROM ALREADY UPDATED TO KDA20.117 ! THE ROM MUST BE THE CLEANEST POSSIBLE (only root, not any other modification)

DO IT AT YOUR OWN RISK, AS ALWAYS I WON'T BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE CAUSED TO YOU OR YOUR PHONE.
[RAZR HD General] hbenz2008:
107mb update popped up on the European cee 4.4.2 claiming a fix for Wi-Fi eap and Sim.... Downloading...
[RAZR HD General] CoinCoin88:
Just got the same. Where is the ota stored? I'll grab it and upload it tomorrow.
[RAZR HD General] hbenz2008:
System /cache
[RAZR HD General] CoinCoin88:
Caught the file. However it won't install on my rooted system... I'm trying to find a proper way to unroot without reflagging a jb rom...
[RAZR HD General] Orphee:
Guys check my post. RTFR is CEE.
[RAZR HD General] hbenz2008:
@ orphee

Yes indeed rtfr is cee as you said. What's up with the new update? Is that what you just posted?
[RAZR HD General] CWGSM3VO:
I of course ditched my Rogers ROM and went back to CM11. Anyone with Rogers receive additional OTA updates beyond KDA20.117-3? Don't really feel like starting at zero again to find out.
[RAZR HD General] CoinCoin88:
Yup that.s actually the same that Orphee posted earlier. I'll givehis modified update script a try but I'm rooted and I guess it won't allow an upgrade...
[RAZR HD General] hbenz2008:
Think we maybe able to uproot with supersu, then just take ota

What's the word?
[RAZR HD General] CoinCoin88:
Last time I tried (to go to first kk) it did not unroot properly this way. Plus I'm on twrp... Many obstacles...
[RAZR HD General] hbenz2008:
Yeah twrp here as well, if it can be done over phone which I doubt, I ll give it a go. If not it will have to wait til the next 24 hours

How about hard resetting then taking ota. Should work!
[RAZR HD General] CWGSM3VO:
Here's what updater-script on the CEE OTA looks for:

file_getprop("/system/build.prop", "ro.build.fingerprint") == "motorola/XT925_rtfr/vanquish_u:4.4.2/KDA20.117/48:user/release-keys" ||

file_getprop("/system/build.prop", "ro.build.fingerprint") == "motorola/XT925_rtfr/vanquish_u:4.4.2/KDA20.127/59:user/release-keys" ||

abort("Package expects build fingerprint of motorola/XT925_rtfr/vanquish_u:4.4.2/KDA20.117/48:user/release-keys or motorola/XT925_rtfr/vanquish_u:4.4.2/KDA20.127/59:user/release-keys; this device has " + getprop("ro.build.fingerprint") + ".");

So KDA20.117-48 or 117-59.
[RAZR HD General] hbenz2008:
I assume hard resetting will get us back to a clean slate, no?

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Minus the root
[RAZR HD General] CWGSM3VO:
I'm guessing that's a yes, which I'm trying to avoid having to do to find out if there's one waiting for me still.
[RAZR HD General] hbenz2008:
Rogers took their sweet azz time to push 4.4.2,dunno about this 107mb
[RAZR HD General] CoinCoin88:
Are resetting did not do the trick either last time. I had to go with a complete reflash. And to enhance the fun, since I first tried, now the phone will boot and restart on its own after a fez seconds (after pin) because it keeps trying to install the ota. Stupid me (and stupid phone). I'm gonna try the modified updated script in a couple minutes.
[RAZR HD General] hbenz2008:
I just renamed the ota to.bak with twrp and stopped rebooting
[RAZR HD General] CoinCoin88:
By using Orphee's script it goes a bit further in checking /system md5 hashes... However I hit a rock at build.prop having unexpected content. I guess it's because I've edited it to disable fastdormancy and disable forced camera sound... At least I think that's all. Trying to revert these changes.

edit: although I reversed the changes, the sha1sum still doesn't match

Anyone with a clean KK RTFR (4.4.1 or 4.4.2) build.prop file to provide please ???
[RAZR HD General] Orphee:
This time OTA don't check install-recovery.sh so if your phone is only rooted, it should work. It worked for me.

But of course if you modified other files like build.prop... Then it will fail.
[RAZR HD General] Orphee:
Here it is, extracted from a friend's RTFR KDA20.117 Razr HD.
[RAZR HD General] CoinCoin88:
Oops error, should not have posted.

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Great, it has the proper sha1 sum (0042aace5d5867f9e8be0e59cc4d670adf929498) once the .txt extension is removed. And it is WAY different in shape from mine. I used to edit it directly on the phone with "build.prop editor" from the play store but it messes with many things (changes the header, probably removing commented data, adding a date stamp in a commentary at first line...). Never doing that again, I'll just pull it/edit lines/push it back!

edit: running the update script again, let's see how it goes...

edit2: Reached the patching time. So we're good with this clean build.prop, many thanks Orphee !

edit3: Well it's done. It took nearly 10 minutes to upgrade. We'll see how it goes from here. I'd really like to se an enhaced changelog, because I don't think adding EAP-SIM encyption back and "Google security patches" would take 107Mo, but we'll never know more I suppose...
[RAZR HD General] hbenz2008:
so you just changed update script and flashed?i will try
[RAZR HD General] CoinCoin88:
Yep that made the trick. What Orphee did is remove all content checks from build.prop at the beginning of the updater script (just compare the original and edited one, the edited one starts at ~10 lines after the original one). And the remaining checks are sha1sums of all (or nearly all) files in the /system partition. Meaning you can have extra files or binary (like su) because obviously the updater does not search for files that were not included in a previous release, but rather verifies if all patches that will be applied will find exactly the expected files (so, with the proper sha1sum).

And then we're good.

I suppose it does not even erase root if it's been sideloaded previously, since it only patches the system partition (I might be wrong on that, but anyway we cn always sideload it again very easily)

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Worth mentionning that modem is also patched in the update. Hopefully a slight fix for better radio signal treatment ?

edit: I can confirm that root remains intact, as expected.
[RAZR HD General] hbenz2008:
flashed modded OTA with twrp 8.2...all went ok, lets see if there is any noticeable difference..rebooting..
[RAZR HD General] CWGSM3VO:
Still no word from anyone with a Rogers phone if there's another OTA -- yes, they took their sweet time getting 4.4.2 released but I'd really hate to have to revert all the way back to stock to find out.

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What version does it show now for the device? Still KDA20.117 or something else?
[RAZR HD General] hbenz2008:
Showing kda20.127
[RAZR HD General] CWGSM3VO:
Crap I'm gonna have to revert to stock, I know it. Sigh.
[RAZR HD General] CoinCoin88:
Don't get your hopes up, but so far I feel this update is WAY more laggy and instable than the previous one... I've switched to ART to give it a try, and it's really not working well. I should try a reset to default, but I really don't have time for that...
[RAZR HD General] hbenz2008:
i for one didnt notice any difference really so far. But yes, a reset will definitely help things settle.

I removed x-posed framework and all system customization before flashing, except for root. And did wipe davlik cache before rebooting.