[Moto X General] KidJoe:
I'm going to go on vacation... With all the recent posts that talked about flashing GPT.BIN, getting an error but continuing anyway.. Advice and/or talk about flashing a rom meant for other carrier and model (i.e. flashing north american XT1053 or XT1058 with the Brazil XT1058 4.4.4 sbf) just so they can try the SOAK .ZIP file that leaked, etc... and no warnings of the possible consequences, Yikes. I see a lot of bricks coming later. And I for one wont have the time to help.

Some advice, and some history for BEFORE YOU TRY TO FLASH The leaked Brazil XT1058 Lollipop soak OTA zip file ...

This OTA ZIP does include GPT.BIN. For those joining late, due to security restrictions still be respected with an unlocked bootloader on the 2013 X, you can't downgrade GPT.BIN. If the version of GPT.BIN on your phone doesn't match the ROM you are trying to use, you can/will brick at some point.

we've also seen features not work for those who were successful flashing by skipping GPT.BIN, or where GPT.BIN version was not consistent with the ROM on the phone... (think App Drawer -> Settings -> Security kicking you out)

This OTA also includes TZ.MBM (which is part of the Motoboot.img on a full SBF), this also can cause issues/bricks if you try and downgrade.

We've seen SBF's of the same "Android Version" have different GPT.BIN versions (due to build level of the SBF/ROM).

We've seen people with European and Asian XT1052 flash XT1053 and XT1058 sbf's in the past and lose use of cellular radio, with no way to get it back. (different GPT.BIN versions preventing flashing back)

We do not know when or even *IF* Lollipop SBF files will leak for each model and carrier variant of the 2013 X, so if something goes wrong, doesn't work, etc. you will likely be stuck.

*IF* lollipop SBF's start leaking, we wont know the GPT.BIN/Motoboot.img differences between the SBF's so you might still not be able to use them as a way to recover.

Yes, these are dire predictions. Yes, we might have seen people post in this thread that they survived. But just like with people trying to downgrade 4.4.4 to 4.4.2 and lower, we had a hand full who made it through one point OK, only to brick later, and many who just bricked initially.. So the warning and some precaution is warranted!!! And keep in mind that threads have been shut down in the past for suggesting downgrading was OK, without giving any warnings due to all the bricks.

If your phone is NOT a Brazil XT1058, running stock 4.4.4, ghost_retbr/ghost:4.4.4/KXA21.12-L1.26/52:user/release-keys, and you are willing to take the chance of the worst case happening to your phone (brick or stuck in an unusable state), then its your choice to flash this leaked Lollipop OTA Soak ZIP file meant for the Brazil XT1058. If you brick doing this now, or at some point in the future, it is likely you will not get much help trying to recover your phone.

If you are not OK with the possibility of bricking your phone, or having your phone left in an unusable state, the best suggestion is wait for the OTA or SOAK for your model and carrier variant of 2013 X to start rolling out.

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They will likely be stuck on the BR firmware, unless/until a Lollipop SBF for their model/carrier happens to leak, and it has the same or newer GPT.BIN/TZ.MBM(or contents of motoboot.img).