yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] cmstlist:
The link isn't up yet at and-developers, but the GOT modified service version is here, not sure if it's particular to Orange or generic/unbranded:

http://groupoften.wordpress.com/2010/06/28/shols_u2_02-38-0-for-spain-and-italy-released/

the *only* difference between that and the original MOTO .sbf is that they repacked it with the vulnerable recovery partition. Everything else is unmodified. If you flash that SBF and then do a factory reset from recovery, you should get a stock phone.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] AndroidXDA:
Thanks You!!!!
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] zankyw:
Nevermind.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] duuri:
hi,

my friend has a milestone with central europe SHOLS_U2_02.31.0 rom,

can i reflash it with central uerope SHOLS_U2_02.36.0 to get alarms working?

thx
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] hecmobile:
Motorola Droid Milestone UK Version Screen not working!

Can taking the phone back to stock fix the touch screen not working? I tried to bring it back to stock but my touch screen will still not work. Is the phone done for or can it be fixed by any other means?? Please help!
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] mrsmith7:
Milestone wont boot

I follwed the instructions, except I tried to get Got OR working before I flashed the firmware .sbf.

After I ran the update.zip got or started. I rebooted but all I get is the motorola logo.

Anybody know a fix for this. (I tried flashing the official rom for canada but it dosnt help)
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] danellish:
can't find the sbf file when I try to load it in RSD?

What's wrong? :confused:

Nevermind, I deleted .gz at the end of the name and now i can find it.

But now I have another problem... Well lets take it from the beginning.

First off, I had GOT firmware.

And yesterday I tried to update the phone via motorolas own updatemanager.

But after that my phone freezes at the motorola logga in the beginning so i cant use my phone.

Thats why iam in this thread.

When I load the sbf file, I can't press "start" in rds...

What's the deal here?
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] vladstercr:
thank you very much...worked like a charm for me
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] lapya:
Same here, i followed the procedure but no luck. Could you give me additinal info about which parts should be wiped before rolling back to stock rom from g.o.t?
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] vladstercr:
yes you can...I had central europe 02.34.3 and i flashed 02.36.0 and worked fine.

Now I'm using the GOT 2.2.1 kernel with CM6. It has some issues but works pretty well!
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] vladstercr:
You said you deleted the .gz at the end of the name. That is completely wrong!

You have to extract the sbf file inside that gz archive.

Open Total Commander and double click on the .gz file and extract the sbf.

After that your RSD lite should be able to recognize the sbf and flash it.

Let us know if it works!
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] vladstercr:
You dont have to wipe anything if you want to get back to stock. You just:

1. Turn off the phone.

2. Boot into the bootloader menu. (Power + Dpad Up)

3. Flash the stock sbf with RSD lite.

Let us know if this works!
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] kaka2004:
guys i tried it. but when RSDlite said ''press manually to power up this phone'' it just got stuck at the android logo. what can i do??
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] vladstercr:
Did you boot into the bootloader? Alt+Dpad Up ?
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] cooldudeansari:
hi guys,

i bought milestone in india 6months ago,still waiting for froyo..frustrating as hell

my question is if i flash my milestone with cyanogen 6 which is supposed to be

very close to 2.2 for milestone,then will i be able to get it back later to 2.1update1

stock rom that i am running now by the method described in this thread in the first post by using the .sbf ?

i am right now rooted with single click universal androidroot and overclocked at

1ghz..

please help guys..

i am new to the android scene...
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] cmstlist:
No matter what you do to your Milestone, if you can still get it into bootloader mode, you should still be able to flash the SBF. Just make sure you know which SBF restores your phone to the condition your carrier sold it in.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] cooldudeansari:
hey thanx a lot for the quick reply..i am honoured

i am wanted to try cm6 but wanted to be sure it doesnt turn out

to be a misadventure..

i want to follow the "noobs guide to 2.2 on milestone" on forums.whirlpool.net

which looks good,but this is for flashing motofrenzy

not for cm6,so can i use this guide and just replace the motofrenzy file with

cyanogen 6?

i know this is out of context for this post but if its not too much trouble i also wanted to know which link is the exact link for downloading the cyanogen 6 for milestone,

bcoz on the cyanogen website there are a lot of links...i am confused..

thanks in advance ,

any help would be very much appreciated.. :)
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] vladstercr:
1.Do a nandroid backup and save it to your pc

2.Flash the 2.2.1 GOT Firmware using this guide : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=811221

3.Install CM6 using this update 0.03-10.10.27 http://github.com/downloads/nadlabak...one-signed.zip

and the GOOGLE APPS

Google Apps (for HDPI devices): http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.ph...on#Google_Apps
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] cooldudeansari:
same problem guys,please help..

guys i tried it. but when RSDlite said ''press manually to power up this phone'' it just got stuck at the android logo. what can i do??

i had flashed 2.2.1 got according to the guide here at xda forum..now i cant get it back to stock rom 2.1 southeast asia service edition..

please help...was afraid of this...
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] discoduck:
Hi,

I'm from Canada and I'm using a Telus Milestone that's unlocked. I am currently using it with a Rogers SIM Card and running Cronos Froyo 1.3

I'd like to revert back to stock using this guide, but if I choose the 2.1 service, will my phone go back to being locked?
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] vladstercr:
No...A phone that has been unlocked cannot be locked again
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] discoduck:
Excellent thank you.

I will try the 2.1 sbf.

The Cronos Froyo has been crashing a lot lately.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] discoduck:
I am now back to stock and running 2.2.1 Telus SBF.

My data doesn't work though, but I can make calls and receive text messages.

Is there something I'm missing?
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] discoduck:
Nevermind, added the APN settings I needed for my carrier and it works now. :cool:
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] vladstercr:
1. Does it run smoothly?

2. Do you have Launcher PRO installed? If yes how does it behave?

3. Does your ROM have Flash support and apps to sd?

4. Thanks!

I'm considering on leaving the 2.2.1 GOT and CM6 because of battery drain issues and also because of Launcher Pro issues and I want to know a good alternative. Thanks!
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] max_3000:
Hey guys. I'm trying to flash to the Central Europe 2.1 sbf.

I extracted the .sbf from the .tar, and when I load RSDlite and select the file, it doesn't let me press Start! I'm running win7 x64 and I downloaded the x64 drivers.

Does my Milestone need to be rooted to do this? (If so I feel like such a noob)

I attached a screenshot, and censored that number because it might be important for all I know hehe..
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] bashok001:
I am from INDIA.

I have 2.1 Service installed on my milestone. I am going to 2.2.1 froyo update by g.o.t. I want to return to my stock if it turns out to be a disaster.

Here are my specs:

Can someone please help me figure out what is the stock .sbf from rsddownload.motorola.com

Firmware Version: 2.1-update1

Firmware Config Version: GAS_EMEA_USASHLS00RTINT_P016

Baseband Version: 3GSMEPU91A_U_91.07_56I

Baseband Config Version: UCASHLSMR2EMEAB1B806D.0R

Kernel version: 2.6.29-omap1 milestcm@il93lnxebld05 #1

Build Number: SHOLS_U2_02.36.0

Also, plz guide me on how to infer data from these...I tried figuring out from file names on the site but Firmware config version isnt matching.

Plz help!
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] vladstercr:
Check out these: http://and-developers.com/sbf:milestone
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] bashok001:
@max_3000 This is some issue with Win7...

Put your SBF in C:\ and rename it Something.sbf Browse to open the file. It works!
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] bashok001:
@vladstercr i visited the link...There is nothing tht specifies INDIA in it. There is southeast asia. But india is not in Southeast. Plz help me pick specific file on that page
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] max_3000:
Does it really matter though? Just pic a file that supports your provider's cell network and it'll work. At least that's what logic tells me.. I could be wrong, so act at your own discretion or wait for a user who's smarter than me haha..

BTW, isn't there a risk of bricking my device if I rename the sfb file? (this might be a dumb question)
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] bashok001:
You are just renaming it on your desktop. This name is just for convenience. To refer, Been there, Done that! So, No! You dont risk anything!

DISCLAIMER:TO MY BEST OF KNOWLEDGE. WONT TAKE ANY RESPONSIBILITY ABOUT YOUR PHONE, IF BRICKED :D
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] max_3000:
Yeah, I just did the same. Working perfectly here.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] sjslall:
This is what I found:

Both Service and Non-Service Flash work 100% fine.

For best results, get into recovery console and do a full wipe/reset to factory defaults and then proceed with the flash.

However my observations:

There is no EDGE/GPRS when a NON-Service flash is done.

The EDGE/GPRS is working when a service flash is done.

I am from India.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] max_3000:
Question: When the official 2.2 update arrives, could I use OTA update with my retail europe rom? Or will I have to reflash it to 2.2 with the official rom?
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] discoduck:
Runs very smoothly, much better than the CyanogenMod I had before. Also doesn't reboot randomly anymore.

I don't have Launcher PRO installed.

I can move Apps to SD storage just fine.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] vladstercr:
I'm back to 2.1 stock with many tweaks and it runs very smooth here too.

I'm using launcher Pro as a home replacement and I also have apps2sd installed.

I'm not leaving stock2.1 for now. Runs great and buggless!
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] restingstar:
may i ask if you have rooted for the apps2sd?
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] vladstercr:
Yes, I have...Do not worry about rooting... Just use Universal Androot apk from market and you'll be done in few seconds...Same way you can get unrooted...
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] mrotenlu:
I used CM6 a while, but had some memory issues (apps\home kept getting closed too fast) and the data connection (both edge and 3g) randomly disappearing.

The connection problem was supposedly some baseband issue, but I couldn't find a solution, so I went back to stock 2.1. Now I have a very similar issue, but instead of only the data connection disappearing, the phone connection disappears as well.

Is this:

1. A software issue that wasn't fixed by going back

2. Configuration

3. Hardware

I doubt its configuration as it does connect and its the same APN settings I've always used. I dont think it's hardware either as it happened when I updated to a newer version of CM6 (from v0.03 to 0.04 I believe).

I live in norway, bought my phone from the UK and flashed it with the UK service rom...

Any help will be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] onesimus7:
Wow! Thanks for the post!
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] Timetrick:
After following the instructions in the first post, i got stuck at the bootlogo...

I can not enter recovery too ...

How to fix this?
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] momed63:
does flashing also remove the motorola update that was previously done...

I have flashed my device to europe os... then rooted... now using froyo jit.. only to find out that i only have 224mb as my RAM...

does this mean i have to re-flash and run the motorola update and then carry on with rooting etc..
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] momed63:
yes or no answer would do.... please help...
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] redlabour:
This does not work - it allways shows up Cyanogen Bootscreen and hangs up. Any ideas?

Same if i remove the Battery. Before i can press any Button it trys to boot up to Cyanogen.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] ironicpl:
Hi Users:)

Which sbf. file will be right for Polnad? Maybe Android 2.1 for central europe rev. SHOLS_U2_02.36.0

Is this is version "2.1update1" ?
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] ironicpl:
Try to load the http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=815595 rom and then try again :) On that i can do this:)
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] cfultz:
nTelos

Just letting you all know, NONE of the sbf files that are flashable for download on android dev work on nTelos CDMA Milestones. I found out the hard way. Thank Google for my Nandroid backup, I lost all my apn settings and they were NOT able to be restored due to it being a CDMA apn file. Just a heads up. This is only for

NTELOS Milestones
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] cmstlist:
What you said applies to *ALL* CDMA Milestones (Cellular South, US Cellular, MTS, Alaska Communications, etc). Your phone is not the same thing as what everyone else on this board calls a Milestone. Your phone is a Droid. Get yourself the Verizon Droid forum and follow their instructions instead. Your bootloader is probably even unlocked - rejoice! Enjoy responsibly.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] cfultz:
The only reason I posted this is because I indeed flashed my Milestone with the Miler build on the site and it killed my APN. I wasn't aware of the similarity between all the other carriers and mine, thank you for informing me! With that said, you say I should go.to the Droid forums, would that mean I can flash with a Droid rom??? :)

Sent from the Milestone
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] cmstlist:
Well, I can't promise it will work, but I can tell you that other users from other regional carriers were able to put Droid ROMs on their CDMA Milestones with no trouble. Definitely keep that nandroid backup of yours around! But you should be using recovery images designed for the Droid, and taking your backups in there accordingly.

If you're looking to flash by SBF, these are the CDMA ones available:

http://and-developers.com/sbf:droid

But take a look at this thread:

http://www.droidforums.net/forum/dr...s/69780-cellular-south-milestone-droid-3.html

So in other words - don't apply ROMs by SBF, and don't update the radio. Install a custom recovery instead (e.g. via rooting and then using ROM Manager), and then you can install Droid ROMs. And back up the files that the quote above tells you to.

Another thread to look at:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=865016
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] cfultz:
Thanks man! I didn't know that! Mine is a "A854" but since it's NOT an original Droid, I guess it's really an A855!

Edit: But of course, I already flashed with that Miler build (2.1) from the A854-55 and that's what killed my radio. Since I can't find a local radio band, I guess flashing any sbf will always be unsuccessful?
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] cmstlist:
Well the Miler build isn't a Verizon build, it's a generic one for non-Verizon Droids. All CDMA Droid/Milestones have the same radio bands. It's just a matter of whether the SBF you flashed has locked you out of the nTelos network settings. Are you telling me that restoring your nandroid backup did not cure your radio issues? What does and doesn't work now after restoring the nandroid?

Maybe you'll have to ask that nTelos thread about it - us GSM Milestoners don't know squat about this.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] cfultz:
Well that happened on my first Milestone which I didn't have a nandroid backup for. But basically, it all looks and acts the same, its just the apns, prl, and certain carrier settings are different. The problem with that build is you cannot change the apns no matter what! Plus, the build number for the miler build.on the nTelos phones is 00.26.1 not 00.26.0 like the sbf says. Just a heads up again.

Sent from the Milestone
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] cmstlist:
Did you try the trick mentioned in CDMA Milestone threads where you use Voice Search to reach a special hidden APN menu?

If you restore the nandroid back over the Miler buld, does it go back to normal?

I think there's supposed to be an xml file you can find on a rooted phone that you can back up and restore after a ROM flash.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] cfultz:
Tried the Voice Search "Open APN's" and reset. Had no effect. I had to take it back an get them to flash it or trade it in. So I traded it in.

As for a nandroid restore over that build, I would assume it would work. I mean, you're wiping out everything and putting it back to the EXACT settings that the backup had. Haven't tried yet an hope I don't have to :3

Sent from the Milestone
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] Ray_jai:
hi,

I checked my build and it says SHOLS_U2_02.31.0

how do I know which one to download?

I got my phone off ebay and it came with a UK charger.

thanks!
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] empty3579:
milestone gone bonkers

Hi guys, i flashed 2.2 into my milestone. At first, it worked fine but recently, the screen has going bonkers. Like sometimes the icons are being pressed without me pressing and sometimes i cannot unlock my phone. How is this possible?
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] Ray_jai:
are you using the stock charger?
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] superiorsuperbilly:
To reflash via linux I use the sbf_flash...

blog.opticaldelusion.org/2010/05/sbfflash.html
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] foreman31:
I need to send my phone in for repair and I need a stock nandroid backup because my micro USB port has failed.

The only old nandroid I have is a 2.1 HK firmware but it is rooted ands wipe/data factory didnt seem to fix it

Does anyone have one lying around on their HD
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] :
Can you take a nandroid without being rooted? I would like to know the procedure.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] sardanadixit:
I have followed this procedure to return back to the Stock ROM, but all the sbf files mentioned in the repository have the Vulnerable Recovery injected in them. I have to return my phone to Motorola as the touch screen is not working properly. I was wondering if the presence of Vulnerable Recovery ROM would void my warranty and how can I remove this vulnerable recovery ROM?
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] :
No they dont. What is mentioned there is that vulnerable recovery can be installed by flashing sbf. If you use a non service version, you are good to go.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] Rotundjere:
Windows is far better than Macs ... LOL ;)
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] wyeyip:
Pretty noob question here..

I am about to buy a Used Motorola milestone. The seller said he has the milestone with custom 2.2 rom. and I am more interested in the official 2.2 update..

so basically I do not have any Nandroid backup or any experience in flashing.. except for Winmo..

so my question is.. Do I just follow the instruction on first page with just my phone and the cable connected to my computer and I will get back the stock rom which enables me to update the official rom?

Thank you
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] :
Yes, follow the instuctions in the OP to get your milestone back to stock. Btw, Official froyo is not yet out for the milestone.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] andreju:
Q: Has anybody got a copy of the .sbf's from the moto official site? The Eclair ones don't seem to be there any more. I've only got the central-europe one (service and non-service), should somebody need it.

I'm looking for, khm, the German O2-one, non-service Eclair ;)
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] wyeyip:
Alright.. I am in the SBF page.. but i do not understand whats the difference between the normal 2.1 and the normal 2.1 Service.

Are they different? and it seems like the download links are dead eh
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] andreju:
Use Normal, not Service. They ought to be different though I don't really know to what extend.

But the bigger problem is that the links are dead. Unfortunately I've only downloaded the Central Europe ones, not the rest :( so I can't help you with one.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] carnivean:
Can You upload it somewhere ? (Central europe) :)
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] tongas:
Does anyone happen to save the brazilian sbf?

Moto had removed all those helpful sbf from their site :mad:
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] :
Service versions will have bootscreens/apps meant for that service provider. Non service versions dont have that. Also they will wipe your phone to factory state.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] Svid:
Does anyone know why all the links to the SBF's are Dead?
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] tongas:
how about because moto sucks?

Nobody is giving heads-up either :(
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] devwithzachary:
I have the last UK 2.1 one, maybe someone should create a new page and collect them all, unless motorola would stop this? I have a server and im happy to create a subdomain and host them all if its not a problem with them
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] andreju:
I'm willing to be a mirror as well should this not be a c&d thing for Moto... hmm or maybe I'll just saw scr** them and mirror everything ;)
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] tisungho:
Hi,

I follow the same process, but after reboot, the phone remains unchanged. I still see all the widgets and installed apps there. The only change I see is the notification bar.

What's the problem?
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] andreju:
What sbf were you using?
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] m0jo:
RSDLite works pretty good with wine so no need for a Windows :)
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] msaraiva:
Can you please upload original 2.1 Brazilian retail sbf (service and non-service)?

Thanks!
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] kuzeto:
Anyone have Central Europe 2.1?

Edit: I found.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] msaraiva:
Bump...anyone?
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] andreju:
These are the ones I have:

RTEU 2.1

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/22585946/SHOLS_U2_02.36.0_UCASHLSMR2EMEAB1B806D.0R_PDS003_USASHLS00RTEU_P046_A008_HWp2a_1FF.sbf.gz

RTEU 2.1 Service

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/22585946/SHOLS_U2_02.36.0_UCASHLSMR2EMEAB1B806D.0R_PDS003_USASHLS00RTEU_P046_A008_HWp2a_Service1FF.sbf.gz

RTGB 2.1

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/22585946/SHOLS_U2_02.36.0_UCASHLSMR2EMEAB1B806D.0R_PDS003_USASHLS00RTGB_P026_A019_HWp2a_1FF.sbf.gz.gz
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] spottyelephant:
Hey man,

I desperately need that -any chance you could put it up on dropbox or something and share the link please??

EDIT: Mate, scratch that. Found it in my un-emptyed recycle bin!
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] mattia.b89:
following this procedure i'm able to send my milestone in warranty center service ?
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] AndroidXDA:
Please update the first post with sbf_flash for Linux and Mac:

http://blog.opticaldelusion.org/2011/02/sbfflash-updates.html

Not everybody use Windows. thanks.