yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Droid 2 Android Development] roboots21:
This BP wouldn't have anything to do with the MBP driver that installs with the usb drivers? It is the only driver that fails to install on me running windows 7 .. and thought this might have to do with my flash using the full sbf not working properly .. I get the bootloader ram download error and then getting stuck in a boot loop .. the system only file flashes fine tho ..

EDIT: What I get is the "Interface BP: Error sending RAM download for bootloader." error on my phone, and then I get stuck in the bootloop. I flash the system only .sbf and it updates to 2.3.20 but the radio and kernel are not updated. I cannot get past that above error with the new SBF. I am going to try the ubuntu method tonight ..
[Droid 2 Android Development] jones7773:
question ... i was using my phone in "mass storage" mode before it looped ...now, i want to try to use these files to see if i can "unbrick" my phone, but i don't know how to get it into "PC mode" ...any ideas?

...forget above ...another newbie helped me find solution
[Droid 2 Android Development] reinert012:
When I try to do the following:

5. Next, extract the patch (pst_flash.ini) to the Motorola/RSD Lite folder. It'll ask you if you want to overwrite the file. Choose yes.

It says "The system cannot find the path specified" in a WinRAR error message.

Anyone else have this issue?

Edit: Found a work around, this process worked flawlessly! Great job.
[Droid 2 Android Development] a_sty2007:
When the process almost finish, it shown on windows of RSDLite: power up your phone manually (something like that), but the status (on the right side) shown process. It stucked on boot loop. What should i do? How can i power up manually, should i disconnected the usb, put off battery and place it again, and hit the power button?

Please help!
[Droid 2 Android Development] Spitemare:
Disconnect your phone

Turn off your phone (you'll probably have to pull the battery)

Hold down up on the keyboard

Turn on the phone while continuing to hold up

Connect your phone again. RSDLite should say "PASS"

Disconnect your phone

Turn off your phone

Hold down X on the keyboard

Turn on your phone while continuing to hold X

When you get the Android guy with a '?' in a triangle push the search button on the keyboard

Select both 'wipe cache' and 'wipe data' from the menu.

Reboot your phone

That should do it.
[Droid 2 Android Development] a_sty2007:
Thanks Spitemare for your quick answer
[Droid 2 Android Development] roaddog861:
This process works great. I skipped the factory reset and did the *228 pressing 1 for programming. After programming, my 3G was back. It worked and all my data and apps are still there. The only thing it did was UNroot my phone. I was able to download and install the 2.3.20 update.
[Droid 2 Android Development] soleicey:
when i was flashing the first file it said fail
[Droid 2 Android Development] :
It says 4G OMAP in the details for the sbf file...is that right?

I'm having a lot of trouble doing this.
[Droid 2 Android Development] sjmena:
my rooted droid 2 was working fine, then it automatically upgraded to 2.3.30 and caused the apps for rooted droid to not work. so i rerooted my phone and still apps for rooted droid dont work. "facelessuser" kindly suggested that i need to unroot my phone before rooting again.

i followed steps 1-12 for unrooting but now i have a blank black screen on the droid and i dont know how to get out of it. It is a black screen with white lines that read "bootloader...mem_map blank; service req'd; battery ok; ok to program' transfer mode:usb"

if i unplug the usb, it reads "bootloader...mem_map blank; service req'd; battery ok; ok to program;connect usb data cable"

what do i do now? please help.
[Droid 2 Android Development] mheinze:
This worked for me. Donation on the way.
[Droid 2 Android Development] martouf13:
Same thing happened to me! How did you fix it?
[Droid 2 Android Development] harrisonpowers:
Me too.... the problem was that I had a 2.3.2 rom and the above SBF was for 2.3.0

here is the updated SBF = droid2files dot com/tools/VRZ_A955_2.3.20_1FF_01.sbf
[Droid 2 Android Development] freakboy13:
Well heres an update. So I guesse if you are having issues like me then a factory/data reset is in order. I restored to factory settings and voila! all my bugs are gone. WEIRDNESS: the "drrrooo0000iidd" intro voice still did not come back! any one know how to reactivate that voice thing? lol

any ways after factory reset my home key lockscreen and everything else was like new and perfect.....sssooooo being the tech junkie I am I quickly did the 2.3update, ( by the way FU Android market for deleting all my apps....so why doesnt it save them???) resynced all my contacts got most of my apps back Through TIbackup app (...really nice app!) and rerooted with bootstrap!

phone works perfect no issues...hhmmmm to rom or not to rom that is now my question....so again I'm convinced that most of the issues people are having with rooting/unrooting is due to user error and not the phone itself. Just my two cents.
[Droid 2 Android Development] darkonion:
Looks like there is a lot of information missing from my original post. I don't really keep up-to-date with this thread too much, but I am going to try to update as much relevant information I can within the next few days!
[Droid 2 Android Development] caseycreeper:
Did reflashing with this new sbf fix your phone!? im stuck at the same screen about to freak out lol im downloading that beast of a file right now so I hope it works!

I also came from a 2.3.2 I believe i was running fission 2.2.2 with no problems jsut wanted to revert to stock but used that older sbf file and looks like i bricked ahhh

after flashing the new 2.3.20 file do we still need to flash that small second file?
[Droid 2 Android Development] darkonion:
I don't think so. Just the one big file, I think.
[Droid 2 Android Development] panda_CR-X:
need help getting stuck in a boot loop

My droid2 is rooted was running bootstrap recovery and tried to load epic rom 2.7.

Phone wouldn't boot after got stuck in a boot loop tried a factory hard reset that failed. Now just stuck at the droid animated letters
[Droid 2 Android Development] willjohnson:
This works

If you use the file VRZ_A955_2.3.20_1FF_01.sbf(must make sure file is not damaged, had to try 2 different files from 2 different sources) then its the only one you need, at least for me. Has all the original bloatware, and also loaded straight into programming automaticaly, no need for *228. Thanks for the walkthrough Darkonion.
[Droid 2 Android Development] jeffyo:
RSD shows the device connected but doesn't say A955 just N/A. Is this a problem? I've had the proper drivers installed 4.7.1 with motoconnect but do I need the ones at the bottom too?

Confused. I don't want to continue unless I'm sure.

thanks
[Droid 2 Android Development] newk8600:
2.7 is outdated it's based on the old verizon version and won't work if you've updated which 99% of people have on their own or through verizon's over the air update. Please look into a newer rom that's worth it. Don't get me wrong when the rom first came out I flash 2.7 but we've grown by leaps and bounds since then.

You need to flash the new sbf (2.3.20) and you should be fine.
[Droid 2 Android Development] newk8600:
Well you can't ruin your phone by flashing the correct sbf. If you have the correct sbf (2.3.20 for the droid 2) and you have a specific reason for flashing (I.e. not getting into phone from a standard boot) then there shouldn't be any problems if it doesn't recognize the correct device. If it can't flash the files it will tell you before it goes too far just make sure you have plenty of battery bc the D2 needs software to charge and if you ruin the software when it's not charged enough you have to get a full/nearly full battery until you can finish flashing.
[Droid 2 Android Development] jeffyo:
So basically...to flash a rom all I need is RSD (to flash fission). I'm coming from eris so used to recovery consol.
[Droid 2 Android Development] stupidpopmediareference:
Unless I'm completely wrong you don't use RSDLite for the ROM installs (I've never done so) you use the Clockwork Recovery. However, you'll have to RSD to the 2.3.20 firmware, re-root, install Clockwork, THEN you can flash to the ROM of your choice through the Recovery console.
[Droid 2 Android Development] jeffyo:
Thanks. You basically just answered my question. :)
[Droid 2 Android Development] jdog94:
where can i get the latest sbf file for d2 the link on the op doesnt work
[Droid 2 Android Development] aeidian:
I too am looking for the .sbf file replacement for this, since the link doesn't work. I came across this using google search

http://www.droid-life.com/2010/11/01/droid-2-sbf-released-for-2-3-20-update/

Is this the what we need here or is this something different?
[Droid 2 Android Development] aeidian:
This is confirmed working for me, I was able to use this .sbf and RSD Lite 4.8 to flash my phone back to stock. A few notes along the way in case you have the same issues:

I was unable to flash the first time, gave me access errors. I used darkonion's unroot.bat in his 1click root post before I did this. I thought maybe I should be unrooted before I flash things back. I believe this is what created my error. I rerooted using the root.bat 1click method and it flashed fine.

It should be noted that these steps mentioned a couple of pages back are pretty important, but don't seem to be in the OP's post:

1. Disconnect your phone

2. Turn off your phone (you'll probably have to pull the battery)

3. Hold down up on the keyboard

4. Turn on the phone while continuing to hold up

5. Connect your phone again. RSDLite should say "PASS"

6. Disconnect your phone

7. Turn off your phone

8. Hold down X on the keyboard

9. Turn on your phone while continuing to hold X

10. When you get the Android guy with a '?' in a triangle push the search button on the keyboard

11. Select both 'wipe cache' and 'wipe data' from the menu.

12. Reboot your phone

It should be noted that I didn't have a ? but a ! in the triangle, but I had no issues.
[Droid 2 Android Development] darkonion:
Tutorial Video on How to Do SBF Recovery using Linux.

http://kimete.com/blog/2010/12/16/how-to-unbrick-your-droid-2x-using-sbf-recovery/
[Droid 2 Android Development] CRillo:
Hey guys, after flashing the sbf completely, the phone reset, and after going to the M logo, it went into the bootloader. I tried pressing Power+X and the phone went to Motorola logo, then into bootloader. In bootloader it says

BootLoader

D2.35

Err:A5,70,39,00,27

Any ideas?
[Droid 2 Android Development] newk8600:
Did you flash the right SBF? 2.3.20?
[Droid 2 Android Development] CRillo:
Yes I believe so. The file is about 150 megs. Sound right? I don't have a PC so I currently am away from the PC I used to flash the d2.
[Droid 2 Android Development] newk8600:
I think it's bigger than that. More like 445Mb.
[Droid 2 Android Development] darkonion:
The zip can be 150 mb, but the extracted should be bigger.
[Droid 2 Android Development] Ecnassianer:
You need to put a step 7.5) make sure your battery is charged, in bold and red and maybe size 7 font.

I had some trouble with RSD Lite so I was in bootloader mode for longer than normal. I expected it to charge as long as it was plugged in, but it doesn't charge in bootloader mode. I started at 50% but still, my battery died part way through flashing. UGH.

Luckily I have another battery, but you should add an adament warning, and perhaps mention that your battery won't be charging while in bootloader mode.

Thanks for the guide though, it's been pretty valuable, even if it didn't warn me not to be a noob. :)
[Droid 2 Android Development] darkonion:
Added a link on the first post. Tutorial for Windows users!
[Droid 2 Android Development] Abowersq:
This worked perfectly. At first I was very nervous about doing this...but as soon as I re-read the task list....it all clicked. Very easy. Got my new one coming tomorrow or tuesday. Stupid dust under screen.
[Droid 2 Android Development] tatoone:
Hi, I have a Version.62.2.16.A953.Retail.en.GB

Which file should I download?

Thanks.
[Droid 2 Android Development] darkonion:
Glad that the guide was helpful!
[Droid 2 Android Development] Abowersq:
Folks, donate atleast 5 bucks to this guy. The time that goes into doing this stuff has got to be ridiculous so just a little donation for their time makes all the difference.

Props to ya!
[Droid 2 Android Development] gamenahd:
Thank you, worked like a charm :)
[Droid 2 Android Development] dwmackay:
Trouble in Paradise...

Greetings,

I had Gummy ROM installed on my Droid 2 and decided to flash back to stock for a bit. I downloaded the stock rom 2.1 from Droid Fiend and put it on my SD card. I booted into recovery, mounted system, formated system, wiped cache and data, load ROM from SD and it got stuck. The little progress bar was on the bottom, but it was not moving at all. After about 10 minutes of nothing, I pulled the battery to try again.

Seems like something along there was a mistake...

My D2 would only show the White round "M" and not progress. I booted into the D2.35 bootloader by holding the up arrow and tried to recover by flashing SBF using the steps listed Here. That completed successfully.

However, now it only boots to the white text Bootloader D2.35

On the screen is says:

Boatloader D2.35

Err:A5,0,70,00,1F

MEM_MAP Blank

Service Req'd

Battery OK

OK to Program

Connect USB

Data Cable

I tried to run through the SBF steps a couple more times, but always with the same result. It seems like something is preventing the regular boot and I am stuck in this Bootloader D2.35.

Any clue as to what I should do next?

Thank you for any advice.

Doug M.
[Droid 2 Android Development] droidmakespwn:
I had a very similiar problem to this at one point. This is going to be very vague but there is a button combo you can hold down while booting up so that your computer will still be able to see the phone. Hopefully someone knows what buttons to press or just do it trial and error like I did haha. Once the computer connedted I just spf again and it worked. The on ly difference is what I did was fat fingered some key in bootstrap and formatted the entire system and I did not use the full system sbf. Sorry if this sounds like a run on sentence but I just wanted to give you some hope because if your phone is in the screen you described you should be able to save it. Good luck!
[Droid 2 Android Development] dwmackay:
Thanks for the hope. I can connect to the PC just fine, but using RSD Lite to install the SBF files, leaves me stuck in the bootloader. Hopefully someone will have a recommendation.

Doug M.
[Droid 2 Android Development] darkonion:
Can you boot into the bootloader, and try wipe cache and data...

Hold X and press the power button. Then, when it loads, press the magnifying glass left of the space bar, then wipe data and cache...
[Droid 2 Android Development] dwmackay:
Unfortunately, it is the wrong bootloader that shows up. The one I get is the one where you press the up key and you have white text D2.35 etc... I cannot get past this screen no matter what I do.

I may just toss it and get a new one if I can't figure it out.

BTW, I just tried the recovery procedure on your web page using ubuntu, but that gave the same results.

Doug M.
[Droid 2 Android Development] darkonion:
Have you tried redownloading the SBF, and then reflashing?
[Droid 2 Android Development] dwmackay:
Yes, a couple of times.

I am sending the device to Motorola for repair. Suprisingly, they said they would fix it under warranty.

Thanks for the efforts.

Doug M.
[Droid 2 Android Development] phillip_viado:
help pls..

i flashed a 2.2.20 sbf

and got this

bootloader

d2.37

err:a5,70,00,1f

mem_map blank

sercive req'd

battery ok

ok to program

connect usb

data cable

how do i fix this?

my phone wont boot up

anymore it just goes straight to that ^^

someone pls help me
[Droid 2 Android Development] darkonion:
You can't back date. If you are on 2.3.20, you have to use the 2.3.20 sbf or newer. I think that's what the problem is.
[Droid 2 Android Development] V.A.T.Juice:
You just saved my life. Please post this all over the place. I went through a dozen sites until I found this link....you could be helping so many. Thanks again.
[Droid 2 Android Development] mad96:
I have the d2 ,, been using the sbf 2.3.20. But I tried liberty and screens were frezn up all kinda mess. So is this the right sbf or could you point me in the rite direction l if the one I have is nogood.
[Droid 2 Android Development] mad96:
I have the d2 ,, been using the sbf 2.3.20. But I tried liberty and screens were frezn up all kinda mess. So is this the right sbf or could you point me in the rite direction l if the one I have is nogood.

Droid2
[Droid 2 Android Development] darkonion:
I believe the 2.3.20 is correct and I believe that is the latest.
[Droid 2 Android Development] Quacker:
If you're one of the unlucky souls who gets "failed" errors instantaneously and can't even get the process to start, I found a few tips which ended up working.

First, if RSD Lite 4.7 and/or 4.9 are giving you errors, you can always try RSD Lite 4.8. I know it doesn't make much sense, but my phone simply refused to cooperate with 4.7 patched and 4.9, but following the same exact steps on 4.8 resulted in a successful flash. You can download it here.

Second, rename the SBF file to something much shorter. When I tried flashing the file with its default filename, the error log would replace random letters with odd characters. People on other forums mentioned shortening the name and placing it in the C: drive; mine is C:\2320.sbf.

Once I did these two things it finally stopped failing, but it still ALWAYS gets stuck at the "Please manually power up this phone" message. Once you see this the process is technically complete, but if you unplug the phone, pull the battery for 5 seconds, then plug it in from the bootloader again, you will see the "PASS" message.

:)
[Droid 2 Android Development] blueis300:
Well I finished the .sbf and started to install a rom. Thought I was in the clear. Well my rom never finished because my battery died and it wont charge in bootloader mode. Im gonnna have to finda way to charge this battery or get an external charger and hope this gets me back up.
[Droid 2 Android Development] newk8600:
If it helps the D2 and D1 can charge and swap batteries so if yu have a friend with a D1 see if they can charge it. Also I know there are a few external battery chargers out there that don't need a phone.
[Droid 2 Android Development] 996:
alright. one question! i am stuck on rsd lite. the phone is recognized, and i'm about to flash the sbf, but the "start" button is faded out and I am not able to click it. I uploaded the sbf onto rsd lite and i am in the boot loader menu on my droid 2. any suggestions?
[Droid 2 Android Development] darkonion:
Maybe try a different version of RSD Lite? Or install the drivers again?
[Droid 2 Android Development] 996:
I re-installed the moto drivers, and I am on 4.9 now. No cigar. The reason I am trying to sbf is because I was on a bootloop with the moto logo. The boot did not get any further. Maybe the phone was supposed to have certain settings prior?
[Droid 2 Android Development] joeld82:
the link to download the .sbf isn't working
[Droid 2 Android Development] joeld82:
Does anyone have it?
[Droid 2 Android Development] darkonion:
Files can be found here:

http://www.iamthewalcs.com/Files.php?dir=SBF+Files+and+Update+files/SBF+File/
[Droid 2 Android Development] joeld82:
Do I unzip the file our is it ment to be flashed via clockwork recovery?
[Droid 2 Android Development] JeezyMT3G:
Wierdest experience ever....well at least for me

so im not new to this or anything but this was REALLY weird

im running apex sayin "hey ima switch to liberty just for the hell of it"

i bootstrap and everything then flash liberty...

kept getting a boot loop so i thought ill just pull the battery to get into

CW recovery....but it doesnt tried different "rumored" methods and nothing works..

so im thinking "S*&^ i gotta sbf!!!" got everything running and outta no where

i go into stock recovery and just clean data and factory reset(for the hell of it)

i boot up my phone and there it is!! CW recovery!!!

quickly reflashed a rom and everything is back to normal!!

wierd how CW went back when i wiped and factory reseted from stock

recovery 0_o
[Droid 2 Android Development] phoenixus:
Is everything on this guide still up to date and good to go?

I want to make sure before I try anything, since I feel an SBF will be coming soon if there is a GB update.
[Droid 2 Android Development] bamfart:
i just sbf'd my d2 with this today, i used this sbf file though http://bit.ly/dir7fq
[Droid 2 Android Development] mach1man:
is that sbf file working well on your phone?
[Droid 2 Android Development] xustfosorcim:
You shouldn't have any issues with it. It extracts to the full 444mb .sbf file, which works perfectly fine under RSDLite 4.9. I've sbf'd 30+ times, using that exact sbf.
[Droid 2 Android Development] quarky42:
The first time I tried to flash SBF with RSD Lite 4.9, it failed and the phone rebooted.

The second time I tried to flash SBF with RSD Lite 4.9, I used this SBF file:

http://bit.ly/dir7fq

Once extracted, it had the same filename as the original one I downloaded.

Here is the MD5 of the SBF file (unzipped of course) that worked for me: c2b6c62f1cca1919661e4f7921ece2f7

I had already gotten rid of the other one, so I don't know if there was a difference or if I just had to try twice for some reason.
[Droid 2 Android Development] silverfang77:
At what point is it safe to unplug the phone from the computer?
[Droid 2 Android Development] Elvis_Marmaduke:
Awesome tutorial, thanks for this. Is there ever a need to wipe data/cache before SBFing? Or does it pretty much do that in the process?
[Droid 2 Android Development] darkonion:
You would do those things if the phone started bootlooping.

Sorry all, I've been gone for awhile. Started working and what not, but I am going to try my best to keep coming back here to answer questions and what not.

-Kevin
[Droid 2 Android Development] frankerebus:
still locked! afther full flash & no way to factory reset on my phone

i only need to factory reset ive try any times with

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Power down the DROID 2 by holding the power button and then selecting Power Off

Hold the X key on the keyboard and turn the power back on, keep holding down the X key until you see a yellow triangle icon

Now close the slider and hold down the Volume Up button, then press the Camera button while still holding volume up

A menu will appear and one of the choices will be "wipe data/factory reset" -- use the direction pad on they keyboard to select this option

Scroll down using the direction pad to the "yes" option and select it with the d-pad select key

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& with

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a. Turn off your phone

b. Hold down X on the keyboard

c. Turn on your phone while continuing to hold X

d. When you get the Android guy with a '!' in a triangle push the search button on the keyboard (the magnifying glass button, two keys to the left of the space bar)

e. Select both 'wipe cache' and 'wipe data' from the menu.

f. Reboot your phone

---------------------------------------------------

the hard reset no work for my with any form (& the keys7Buttons are working properly)

i been full flashed Thanks to your tutorial

But still locked

Too many attempts

any ideas¿?
[Droid 2 Android Development] sirblacknite:
since multiupload appears to be down, and the sbf is not available in the OP, can someone link it here?

edit: nevermind, found the image from another thread here. also, i kept getting a weird device id when trying to use the software (some TI OMAPxxxx device showed up), so i used the linux sbf_flash method and it worked great. also, when i got to the hold down X part, i had to use VolumeUp and VolumeDown together to get it to show the menu.