yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Moto E General] jonny789:
Thank you so much for your efforts. :)

Please post the method which you posted & was taken down.

Hoping that it might work.
[Moto E General] Deepzin:
I managed to solve it, the problem was in the bootloader version, I was using an earlier version and as it does not allow downgrade to rom stock I was not getting
[Moto E General] aravindvnair99:
[MENTION=6038172]Deepzin[/MENTION] Cool! That's good news! Yes, you should never downgrade the bootloader.
[Moto E General] Gonemad:
This is what i'm getting. Any luck?

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This what I'm getting. Any luck?
[Moto E General] nickleby:
Hi, I've a Moto E that is bricked (Qualcomm hs-usb qdloader 9008). It seems the method 3 (eMMC Software Download) is working in a lot of Motorola phones (not only Moto E). The problem is I dont have access to a working Moto E XT1021 to perform a backup of the mmc partition. Is someone kind enough to do a backup (dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0 of=/sdcard/backup.img bs=1024 count=168960) and share it? Thanks in advance.
[Moto E General] steve8x8:
I'm pretty sure I took a backup of almost everything stock back in the days when my E hadn't been converted to LOS. I'll dig that out when I'm getting closer to my laptop.

I'm wondering why you ask for a partial dump of the whole ROM, not a particular partition (although the whole dump is supposed to start with the bootloader). Call that a dislike of magic numbers.
[Moto E General] Gonemad:
Well, I thought my phone was bricked beyond any help other than a fix from a Jtag. I just want to confirm that Method #3 DID work for me. I was able to find the mate to my bricked phone and was able to make a backup.img. I wrote the image to an sdcard with Win32 Diskimager, pulled out the battery, put the sdcard in, then put the battery back in and hit the power button. Back to life it come. Before, there was no sign of life in the phone at all. Big thanks to the OP.
[Moto E General] nickleby:
Do you still have the backup.img? It's for the XT1021? I only have another Moto E XT1021 but the screen doesn't work (black screen), the rest it's working. The bootloader was not unlocked before the screen got damaged so I cannot even make the backup of that phone. The Moto E that got bricked is from my mother, the phone was working and suddenly she restarted the phone and never worked again.
[Moto E General] Gonemad:
This is for the XT1023.
[Moto E General] aravindvnair99:
[MENTION=5719323]Gonemad[/MENTION] You're welcome! :) You can click the thanks button on the main post to show your support. Thanks for testing with me! I appreciate your efforts for being in touch! :)
[Moto E General] bharath_58:
Humble Request

Upon suggestion from [MENTION=8221151]aravindvnair99[/MENTION] I request anyone to kindly provide the backup.img(for using method 3) file for xt-1022 as soon as possible PLEASE.. [MENTION=5719323]Gonemad[/MENTION]

[MENTION=7481123]Balaji Sriram[/MENTION]

Waiting for a positive reply soon.
[Moto E General] Dev_Mashru:
[MENTION=8221151]aravindvnair99[/MENTION] sir, I wanted to know whether recovery using method #3 will lead to both the devices having the same imei as the same method when used in Moto x style(link) and Moto g(link) doesn't change imei of the recovered device. At least it's not mentioned anywhere in that thread or nobody has complained about it. I'd be very thankful if you could confirm the same. Thank You!
[Moto E General] aravindvnair99:
[MENTION=7236504]Dev_Mashru[/MENTION] It depends on what exactly you do with Method 3. If you do a complete clone, you will end up with the same IMEI. But what you're supposed to do is only boot with the clone and install official. That way, you're having a fresh install.
[Moto E General] Dev_Mashru:
Thanks for the reply. Just to make it clear, the loader/backup.img generated can be used by someone to get the IMEI of the working phone from which the backup is taken. To not end up with the same IMEI, it is suggested to reflash the full stock ROM(as done in the x style and g thread). Thank You once again!
[Moto E General] sarang25:
My moto e is hard bricked and its bootloader is locked but fastboot works!

When i tried to unlock the bootloader it gives me a message "(bootloader) Could not get unlock data!"
[Moto E General] aravindvnair99:
[MENTION=5574353]sarang25[/MENTION] If your phone powers on, it's a soft brick. You don't have a hard brick. Please go through my XDA DevDB main post and the GitHub README. Everything you need to know, how to fix your phone, etc is all mentioned there.
[Moto E General] uptogeek:
Sir, my moto e is being detected, but im missing files.

I followed the steps, but QFIL says I need sbl1.img file, last try was the same, but with modem.img, so I renamed non-hlos.bin to modem.img and put it in the unbrick folder, and was fine, now QFIL is asking for sbl1.img. I don't know how to use (--notfiles=sbl1.img) could you please give me a hand?.

I attached the program log, sou you could see what is happen, really apreciate your work, I would not have gotten here if it had not been for you.

Regards.
[Moto E General] aravindvnair99:
[MENTION=7430807]uptogeek[/MENTION] Skip Method 1. Use Method 3. I've mentioned details in "Unbrick methods" file.
[Moto E General] uptogeek:
Good morning, thanks for answering, I've been looking for a backup.img for XT1022 in your github repo, I've also read this entire thread and didn't find any. Where i'm at right now nobody has a moto e, so I can't get it by my own, Sir.

Do you know if there's some backup.img for the device already?, I'll be glad if you say yes.
[Moto E General] aravindvnair99:
[MENTION=7430807]uptogeek[/MENTION] You need the backup.img for your specific phone model. And I'm sorry, I don't have it. I do have a Moto E, but it's in development mode. So, I can't make a clone image now.

That file isn't in my GitHub repository. Try asking someone on the forums.
[Moto E General] akshat2012:
15:12:52: {ERROR: OpenPort:4197 It took 4.51600000 seconds to open port. Which is longer than 3.000. This indicates your target is not stable

getting this error please help

doing via qfil method
[Moto E General] aravindvnair99:
[MENTION=7085442]akshat2012[/MENTION] Skip Method 1. Use Method 3. I've mentioned details in "Unbrick methods" file.
[Moto E General] akshat2012:
I tired but it didn't boot via SD card
[Moto E General] aravindvnair99:
[MENTION=7085442]akshat2012[/MENTION] Retry couple of times. Either you did it wrong or you have an hardware issue. Read through the XDA DevDB and my GitHub README. Lot of people have reported success after couple of tries. The ones who didn't had hardware failure which I can't be of any help due to my physical absence.
[Moto E General] _rushi:
How To Unbrick Moto E XT 1022

As you are provided screen shots. Please provide the related files directly if available so other people unbrick their phones......
[Moto E General] waulliano:
[MENTION=8221151]aravindvnair99[/MENTION], I'll try to create the backup.img file of a moto e1 xt1022 that I have running. Once completed, I make it available to everyone who needs it.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1OKEl5PQ0rAro_rgvOv9q3qz8Z7R0s1ZE
[Moto E General] aravindvnair99:
[MENTION=4267972]waulliano[/MENTION] Thanks a lot for your time! :) Let me know once you're done.
[Moto E General] waulliano:
Link for Download

Let´s download!!! 3.7 GB

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1DKBnKGmtt4AUz9Ae51cSnckSWgSJ_B8H
[Moto E General] aravindvnair99:
[MENTION=4267972]waulliano[/MENTION] Thanks a lot for uploading! :) You got the size right. When people start confirming this file worked, I'll put this link up in the main post with your name and on my GitHub repository. Thanks again! :)
[Moto E General] nickleby:
Now it will be awesome if someone could help us with a XT1021 backup :)
[Moto E General] rmk_:
How to unbrick moto e XT1022

I am stuck with the fastboot saying

fastboot reason: failed to initialize partition table

Device locked status 0

Same as shown in screen shot proof of this post

What should I do next??

Please help me....
[Moto E General] jpespectador:
Hello

as you did, I have the memory ready and everything but nothing

thanks

the steps that you follow are easy, to download the firmware or the stock rom for xt1022 and execute the file Fastboot Unbrick.bat that you provide in gitup

I hope you understand me, I do not speak English I'm in the translator
[Moto E General] rmk_:
No bro I think you can't understand my problem.

Device is locked and that's why can't get unlock data because os is not present every thing is null.

IMEI showing 00000000

Exact screen shot as it is in proof.
[Moto E General] jpespectador:
mmmmm

Exactly, it will not show anything since you have to write everything again, in a few words you should start fastboot the phone later although this blocked you should try to write the entire operating system from scratch you need the original operating system
[Moto E General] rmk_:
getvar all info:

(bootloader) version: 0.5

(bootloader) version-bootloader: 500E(*)

(bootloader) product: condor

(bootloader) secure: yes

(bootloader) hwrev: 0x82B0

(bootloader) radio: 0x5

(bootloader) emmc: 4GB Hynix REV=06 PRV=05 TYPE=17

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

(bootloader) cpu: MSM8210 CS

(bootloader) serialno: 3a1a46c

(bootloader) cid: 0xFFFF

(bootloader) channelid: 0xDEAD

(bootloader) uid: FC16580312000000000000000000

(bootloader) unlocked: Not supported

(bootloader) iswarrantyvoid: Not supported

(bootloader) mot_sst: 8

(bootloader) max-download-size: 299892736

(bootloader) reason: Failed to initialize partition table

(bootloader) imei: 000000000000000

(bootloader) meid:

(bootloader) date: 01-01-1970

(bootloader) sku: 000000000000000

(bootloader) iccid:

(bootloader) cust_md5:

(bootloader) max-sparse-size: 268435456

(bootloader) current-time:

(bootloader) ro.build.fingerprint:

(bootloader) ro.build.version.full:

(bootloader) ro.build.version.qcom:

(bootloader) version-baseband:

(bootloader) kernel.version:

(bootloader) sdi.git: sdi.git

(bootloader) sbl1.git: sbl1.git

(bootloader) rpm.git: rpm.git

(bootloader) tz.git: tz.git

(bootloader) aboot.git: git=MBM-NG-V50.0E-0-g4ed7eaf

(bootloader) partition-type: raw

(bootloader) partition-size:

(bootloader) qe:

(bootloader) ro.carrier:

all: listed above

finished. total time: 0.094s

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Balaji Sriram please guide me i think u faced same problem because u posted same output image that I have now. Fastboot reason: failed to initialize partition table.

I already tried rom 4.4.2, 4.4.4 and 5.1 non is worked

It says preflash validation failed. Remote failed. Nothing is working...
[Moto E General] Kanchan03:
Can some one tell me the full procedure?

After I write the backup.img on my sd card what we need to do next?I'm confused here
[Moto E General] Rookie-31st:
How different XT1023 is from XT1022? Method 3 contains dd command to clone the phone and the command does not work with XT1023

dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0 of=/sdcard/backup.img bs=1024 count=168960

SD card destination should be /storage/sdcard1/

Also, when I use bs=1024 count=168960, I get only about 165MB .img file. When I drop these parameters completely, I get full almost 4GB file, but I could not get bricked phone start with it.
[Moto E General] Kanchan03:
A huge thanks to [MENTION=8221151]aravindvnair99[/MENTION] for providing all the necessary files.I cant express my feelings how good i fell after reviveing my moto e after almost 6 months..

Ok so the things you need to unbrick your device

1.Usb cable

2.Micro Sd card of 4 or 8 gb

3.Install Win32DiskImager

4.Write the backup.img on your sdcard using Win32DiskImager

5.Place the card on the moto e memory card slot

6.Connect the phone with your charger and leave it for sometime

***AND THATS HOW MY MOTO E STARTED***
[Moto E General] Rookie-31st:
Thank you for additional information! Which SD card did you use? aravindvnair99 wrote that UHS-I or faster is needed, however I did not find similar requirements on any other website discussing this method for other phones. I have only Class 4 card with 4GB capacity, others are at least 32GB

While creating backup.img, do you recall which parameters you used for bs= and count=, if any?
[Moto E General] Kanchan03:
I used a class 6 8gb sdcard

i didnt recall any parameters

NOTE-IF YOU REMOVE YOUR SDCARD YOUR PHONE WILL GET AGAIN BRICKED AS THE ROM IS INSTALLED ON THE SD CARD
[Moto E General] Rookie-31st:
Interesting. I wonder if it is possible to write ROM to phone from SD card, let say using reversed dd command, if exact ROM partition is known...

Anyway, when I insert sdcard into the phone and connect it to power supply, I have LED blinking but nothing else happens for hours. If I press Power button, LED blinking sequence might change, but nothing else changes.
[Moto E General] Kanchan03:
But the method i mentioned above turned out to be grateful for me.Another method i would suggest is to pull out the battery and at the same time plug the battery,insert the memory card and press the power button for few seconds and then leave your phone.If neither of the method comes out to be useless then either of the steps i mentioned have you didnt followed step wise or it might be your hardware issue.
[Moto E General] Rookie-31st:
I know for sure that something is going on with the phone while SD card is inserted. It does not boot, but is no longer recognizable as Qualcomm device by PC when connected to it. However, the moment I remove SD card it instantly appears on the list of devices. So, I think it tries to boot but fails for some reason

I doubt there is hardware issue, although possible. It was bricked when attempted to update OTA to 4.4.3 from 4.4.2 after downgrade from latest 5.1

I use backup image from 4.4.4 so my only other guess is that backup.img from the phone running 5.1 might work, in case it even matters. Otherwise I think it is hopeless.

The good thing is that defective phone I bought for recovery turned out to be perfectly working - it was listed as not able to read sim card, but had simply bent contacts due to apparent attempt of forceful removal of sim card. So, I swapped the screen and back cover (mine have significantly less scratches and dents) and have one fully working phone.
[Moto E General] prdprem:
Moto E IMEI 0 showing

I followed step 3 and step 5 and was able to come out of hard brick using the backup.img provided here.

Had to do some trial and error to start charging the battery as low battery did not allow to flash firmware.

But now the issue is imei is showing 0 in both sims though if i use "fastboot getvar imei" shows the imei information correctly.

I have tried multiple firmware by now but no change. any help here ?
[Moto E General] Kanchan03:
Now I am facing a issue..the issue is that when I intsall Motorola device manager,it installs successful but when I try to install the Moto e drives it failed..due to which I cannot flash stock firmware using adb..I have usb debugging enabled..also the Motorola device manager doesn't start on the taskbar too.someone help me with this
[Moto E General] prdprem:
what does device manager show ?

are you able to get to fastboot screen on phone?
[Moto E General] rmk_:
Please provide all file links and details procedure....
[Moto E General] rmk_:
Image is corrupted.. :(
[Moto E General] jpespectador:
no, the image is correct, you may not have downloaded it completely to my step twice, due to the suspension of the download.
[Moto E General] nickleby:
Sure, I'm still waiting for a charitable soul to upload the necessary backup file for the XT1021 model :( I've asked everywhere but it seems everybody owns the XT1022 model. By chance If someone in here reads this message and owns a Moto E XT1021 please contact me if you're willing to help us. :good:
[Moto E General] Rookie-31st:
This is not accurate. I bought my XT1023 directly from Motorola website, not Amazon. North America region, so this might explain the difference

Display is fine. As I said, I swapped display and it works like new. In case method 3 is definitely supposed to be working, I can only assume that OS version matters as well. My phone was bricked after updating OTA to 4.4.3 from 4.4.2 following downgrade from 5.1 - so, my theory is that recovery image should be from 5.1
[Moto E General] waulliano:
[/COLOR]

How long until the cell phone revives? Thanks!
[Moto E General] Kanchan03:
I had connected the usb for 2-3 minutes and then unpluged it and tried to boot it up and that helped me
[Moto E General] aravindvnair99:
Replies

[MENTION=9156546]rmk_[/MENTION] The image is not corrupted as lot of users have reported success with that image. Either your download didn't complete successfully or you have a hardware issue as mentioned by me in the XDA DevDB main post. Please retry. Also, use the default browser manager instead of standalone apps. If you live in a place with slow or fluctuating internet, use Mozilla Firefox to download as it has automatic pause and resume. Else, Google Chrome is advisable.

[MENTION=8329149]jpespectador[/MENTION] You're right. The image is not corrupted as lot of users have reported success with that image.

[MENTION=1244844]nickleby[/MENTION] Yeah, XT1022 is most popular. There were few people who reported success with the XT1021, but they aren't able to upload the file due to slow internet. It keeps stopping apparently. The didn't download the files from anywhere though. They managed to find a working Moto E and pulled the image of it. Will keep you all posted if I come across one image for all other models apart from XT1022.

[MENTION=9163954]Rookie-31st[/MENTION] XT1022 and XT1021 are the main original phones of Motorola. Other Moto E models came after it either through carriers or companies. XT1023 is carrier unlocked America only device. Carrier and companies can modify it. You have an unlocked one though since you bought from Motorola as long as you didn't give it your carrier for locking to a specific network. As long as you get a XT1023 file, you can try to unbrick. Instructions remain the same.

Yes, the OS version matters as well. You should always use the same version or the higher version to your bootloader. Recovery doesn't matter. A phone can boot without the recovery as well. Just that you won't be able to run any recovery environment commands. :p

List of Moto E models are mentioned in my GitHub ReadMe here.
[Moto E General] New Hacker:
Why didnt my memory card does not show on computer after i flashed the backup.img?
[Moto E General] jpespectador:
Hola

I am shown, but it should not, because the card is very partitioned exactly 36 partitions, for this reason is not shown.

if you want to see it, look for disk or storage admin, it shows up with many divisions
[Moto E General] New Hacker:
Help!!! I used sandisk 16 GB class 10 memory card but it didn't work, still my led blinks in my phone. Any suggestions please?
[Moto E General] New Hacker:
Help me!! I have 32gb uhs 1 memory card. But it didnt work, so please guide me , i dont want to give up....
[Moto E General] New Hacker:
This unbrick file 3.7 gb is only works with msm8610 not for msm8210... Any one who has msm8210 unbrick file please upload it soon....
[Moto E General] darlingsaitej:
Can I remove the sdcard after completing method5??
[Moto E General] Shaikh Arbaaz:
Did method 5 worked for you?
[Moto E General] darlingsaitej:
No I didn't tried

I asked before trying
[Moto E General] New Hacker:
Can you post the snapshot of the fastboot menu ??please...
[Moto E General] aravindvnair99:
[MENTION=9224488]New Hacker[/MENTION] The method works for both. But if you keep trying random files which aren't for your phone's hardware, you're just making the situation worse. You need to get an identical phone and make the IMG file to clone as I've mentioned on GitHub.
[Moto E General] aravindvnair99:
[MENTION=7988775]darlingsaitej[/MENTION] Yes, as long as your phone works fine. You don't need the card anymore once the firmware is correctly installed.
[Moto E General] New Hacker:
Thanks for the reply.. i have three hardbricked moto e which is msm 8210. So the file is not worked in the chipset msm 8210. The file 3.7 gb is generated from msm8610. So Please anyone who has moto e msm 8210 unbrick file upload for us..
[Moto E General] darlingsaitej:
I'll as soon as I succeed
[Moto E General] mattwhite7102:
haha lol you told him!

haha i only came across this post now and you told him, also on the first screenshot he says he is a "good developer" bull****!

you dont become a good developer by stealing someone elses work do you

also judging by his poorly taken profile pic he is at least 15 or 16 years old
[Moto E General] Balaji Sriram:
Past Brings Laugh!

That All happened before 1 Year Bro.Now a lot has changed.I am owning a Z2 Plus and Contributing as a Tweaker.Happy to see this thread make Progress.
[Moto E General] aravindvnair99:
[MENTION=6251321]mattwhite7102[/MENTION] I agree with you, but I was just annoyed to the extent he had gone that I wrote a big message then. We all do crazy and awkward things as kids which we later find embarrassing. But we learn from each moment of life. That's the beauty of growing up. [MENTION=7481123]Balaji Sriram[/MENTION] has moved on and learnt from it. Also, he accepted his mistake which I truly appreciate. Let's not pull his leg or trouble him anymore. :)

[MENTION=7481123]Balaji Sriram[/MENTION] Nice to see you mate. Yes, you certainly have changed and I truly appreciate it. I stopped working on this project couple of months ago as I've already published working and partially / non-working methods and instructions. I might do some improvements later on in future. All the very best in life! Glad you have moved on and took everything on a positive note. :)
[Moto E General] mattwhite7102:
i apoligise to [MENTION=7481123]Balaji Sriram[/MENTION] and to you [MENTION=8221151]aravindvnair99[/MENTION]
[Moto E General] nickleby:
I'm still trying to find a Moto E XT1021 owner. I hope someone with a working Moto E XT1021 reads this message :(
[Moto E General] Wenneguen:
Hello everyone,

I am trying to apply the 5th method, but my bootloader is locked.

I tried to unlock it, but when I run the command :

fastboot oem unlock MY_UNLOCK_KEY

I get :

(bootloader) Check 'Allow OEM Unlock' in Developer Options.
FAILED (remote: '')

Of course I cannot check this option because I cannot get my phone to boot correctly.

Is there a solution to this problem please?

Thank you very much.
[Moto E General] mattwhite7102:
Reflash the firmware and then tick the oem unlock option
[Moto E General] VIPER_GE:
hello all, ill by the xt1021 right now with broken lcd, https://www.ebay.com/itm/Motorola-MOTO-E-XT1021-1st-gen-Cracked-LCD-Powers-On-Unknown-ESN-Unknown-Carrier/113292994100?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649

so, when it arrived to me, i try help with backup.img i have hardbricked xt1021 with no way to repair with JTAG, arrive need 10-15 day from usa to Georgia Republic. best regards.
[Moto E General] nickleby:
Thank you! I'll be awesome if you can help us with the backup.img once you receive your phone.
[Moto E General] VIPER_GE:
after one week, i get my phone. best regards.
[Moto E General] VIPER_GE:
sorry guys but. i have bad news, seller send me wrong phone, XT830C.
[Moto E General] nickleby:
:crying:
[Moto E General] ariel.buszczak:
So, if anyone has a backup of version 4.4.2, could we save our mobile?