Fast/Easy unbrick - Droid 3 (XT862)

ChaoticWeaponry · Nov 9, 2011

Okay guys, I've learned from my mistakes of mixing bootstrap files, but I'm here to help you unbrick your Droid 3 (XT862) The following is a list to unbrick, the process should take about 5 minutes (not including the download or boot time)
1.[Originally from RootzWiki] Updated Link! http://dl.dropbox.com/u/61707107/Verizon%20Droid%203%205.6.890%20OTA/Flash%2BVerizon%2BDROID%2B3%2BOTA%2B5.6.890%2Bto%2Bphone_psouza4.zip
2. Download the ~450mb file.
3. If you have a spare battery, or the current battery, make sure it's charged above 50% (quick unbrick wont run if it's below 50%) You can use a spare USB cable and strip the red and black wires, then place the red on the + contact of the battery, black on the - contact. Dont charge it via this method for longer than a couple hours, and unplug if the battery starts to get hot. (Lithium-Ion explodes when overheated too much)
4. When the download is complete, extract the RAR file (WinZip), and when the phone is off, press m+power and scroll down to AP Fastboot.
5. Plug the phone into a USB 2.0 or older USB jack on your computer (some users finding USB 3.0 problems), make sure you get the USB connected message on the phone.
6. Run the "Click Here - Flash Verizon" file, make sure you get "OKAY" for each message that pops up on the CMD prompt.
7. Let your phone restore and boot.
If you have any questions, feel free to message me or reply to this post.
***Sorry for the re-post, but I don't want rants on iphones and ps3 controllers on a potential sticky thread

DoubleYouPee · Nov 9, 2011

+1 for sticky. Used this on my 1st brick and it's very easy and very fast!

somemadcaaant · Nov 12, 2011

Thanx for the instructions, have yet to use SBF luckily Hashcodes Safestrap saved my bacon a few times now tho.

-smc

geovanyglaude1 · Nov 12, 2011

i need help. mine is taking soooo long on send recovery. ive tried so many things and i still cant unbrick my d3

ChaoticWeaponry · Nov 12, 2011

geovanyglaude1 said:
i need help. mine is taking soooo long on send recovery. ive tried so many things and i still cant unbrick my d3

Have you done everything in the directions? Make sure you're in AP fastboot, connected to usb, and have a 50% or higher battery charge. Are you getting error codes?

Sent from my DROID3 using XDA App

geovanyglaude1 · Nov 13, 2011

ChaoticWeaponry said:
Have you done everything in the directions? Make sure you're in AP fastboot, connected to usb, and have a 50% or higher battery charge. Are you getting error codes?

Sent from my DROID3 using XDA App

i followed the directions strictly and i was getting no error codes and battery was way above 50% but not anymore because i been waiting and nothing happend. do i need the motorola micro usb because i have a regular micro usb . and when i unplug it, it says transfer error (too many files) . not the exact words but its something like that.

and plus im on windows xp 32-bit

ChaoticWeaponry · Nov 13, 2011

geovanyglaude1 said:
i followed the directions strictly and i was getting no error codes and battery was way above 50% but not anymore because i been waiting and nothing happend. do i need the motorola micro usb because i have a regular micro usb . and when i unplug it, it says transfer error (too many files) . not the exact words but its something like that. and plus im on windows xp 32-bit

I used to use a standard micro usb, and now I have to use the motorola supplied one. You can charge your battery via the stripped USB cable method, just be careful, and this may sound redundant, but make sure youre using a Droid 3 (XT862) Also see if you can boot into recovery somehow, (m+power method, or x+power method) and remove all of the files that you can (possibility that you're exceeding the system partitions). Keep me updated, I'll try to help as much as I can.

geovanyglaude1 · Nov 13, 2011

ChaoticWeaponry said:
I used to use a standard micro usb, and now I have to use the motorola supplied one. You can charge your battery via the stripped USB cable method, just be careful, and this may sound redundant, but make sure youre using a Droid 3 (XT862) Also see if you can boot into recovery somehow, (m+power method, or x+power method) and remove all of the files that you can (possibility that you're exceeding the system partitions). Keep me updated, I'll try to help as much as I can.

ok yes the phone is xt862, and i think the problem could be the usb. do you know where i can get the motorola supplied one because i dont have the stock one. and i can get into recovery, i wiped data and cache paritions. thats about all i can do. and as for the battery i have a friend with a universal battery charger so thats not a problem.

ChaoticWeaponry · Nov 13, 2011

geovanyglaude1 said:
ok yes the phone is xt862, and i think the problem could be the usb. do you know where i can get the motorola supplied one because i dont have the stock one. and i can get into recovery, i wiped data and cache paritions. thats about all i can do. and as for the battery i have a friend with a universal battery charger so thats not a problem.

Motorolas website, ebay, amazon. Try those, and try plugging your usb into the back of your pc (where the motherboard has its outputs) because those support data transfer a lot better than the front ones.. maybe look around for a Motorola ADB driver or some sort, because I distinctly remember on my windows 7 computer, a message popped up saying Motorola ADB driver installed or something like that, right after I plugged the usb cord in after I started AP fastboot.

Sent from my DROID3 using XDA App

jayklx · Nov 13, 2011

nice work~

geovanyglaude1 · Nov 13, 2011

ChaoticWeaponry said:
Motorolas website, ebay, amazon. Try those, and try plugging your usb into the back of your pc (where the motherboard has its outputs) because those support data transfer a lot better than the front ones.. maybe look around for a Motorola ADB driver or some sort, because I distinctly remember on my windows 7 computer, a message popped up saying Motorola ADB driver installed or something like that, right after I plugged the usb cord in after I started AP fastboot.

Sent from my DROID3 using XDA App

i only have one port on my 32-bit . how can i install the motorola adb drivers? im pretty sure i already did that when installing android sdk but im not sure . if this doesnt work i guess im just gonna have to have a funeral for this phone.

ChaoticWeaponry · Nov 14, 2011

geovanyglaude1 said:
i only have one port on my 32-bit . how can i install the motorola adb drivers? im pretty sure i already did that when installing android sdk but im not sure . if this doesnt work i guess im just gonna have to have a funeral for this phone.

Go on motorolas website, there should be software drivers, or you could google it. I'm afraid you're in territory I haven't dealt with before. The only advice that I can give is to redownload or download drivers, try redownloading the file for the unbrick, use WINZIP as your application to unzip the rar file, and just keep trying. I'm sorry man.

Sent from my DROID3 using XDA App

geovanyglaude1 · Nov 14, 2011

ChaoticWeaponry said:
Go on motorolas website, there should be software drivers, or you could google it. I'm afraid you're in territory I haven't dealt with before. The only advice that I can give is to redownload or download drivers, try redownloading the file for the unbrick, use WINZIP as your application to unzip the rar file, and just keep trying. I'm sorry man.

Sent from my DROID3 using XDA App

do you think it could be the Usb cable . when you tried it with a regular cable did it work for you ?

redsox985 · Nov 15, 2011

LOVE THIS! I was boot looping endlessly after multiple failed SBF's and this fixed it. Thank you.

ChaoticWeaponry · Nov 15, 2011

geovanyglaude1 said:
do you think it could be the Usb cable . when you tried it with a regular cable did it work for you ?

My regular USB cable only works for charging now as of the 5.6.890 update for some reason. I have to use the motorola supplied one..

bbeaulieu · Nov 15, 2011

So I borked my phone earlier today and tried to use this method to get back to stock, but this doesn't seem to be working for me. It flashes everything just fine but when the phone reboots I get taken to the fastboot screen with more errors on it. I'm at a loss now...help!

ChaoticWeaponry · Nov 15, 2011

bbeaulieu said:
So I borked my phone earlier today and tried to use this method to get back to stock, but this doesn't seem to be working for me. It flashes everything just fine but when the phone reboots I get taken to the fastboot screen with more errors on it. I'm at a loss now...help!

Try going into recovery, and do a factory data reset, and clear your cache. Then try.the flash again, and disconnect your usb cable after you finish the flash. If it does it again, pull the battery and keep trying. Make sure you're using an xt862..

Sent from my DROID3 using XDA App

bbeaulieu · Nov 15, 2011

ChaoticWeaponry said:
Try going into recovery, and do a factory data reset, and clear your cache. Then try.the flash again, and disconnect your usb cable after you finish the flash. If it does it again, pull the battery and keep trying. Make sure you're using an xt862..

Sent from my DROID3 using XDA App

I can't get into recovery but I did everything else. I get to the same screen as before. At the bottom it says-

Invalid CG OTV (CG: cdrom) Invalid SP Data
Invalid CG OTV (CG: system) Invalid SP Data
Invalid CG HAB (CG: system, status: 0X0035)
Invalid CG OTV (CG: system)

ChaoticWeaponry · Nov 15, 2011

bbeaulieu said:
I can't get into recovery but I did everything else. I get to the same screen as before. At the bottom it says-

Invalid CG OTV (CG: cdrom) Invalid SP Data
Invalid CG OTV (CG: system) Invalid SP Data
Invalid CG HAB (CG: system, status: 0X0035)
Invalid CG OTV (CG: system)

Looks like its having issues writing things to your partitions (not positive though) try redownloading the entire 450mb file off of the site posted.
*Edit - Use WinZip if you can - I used that

bbeaulieu · Nov 15, 2011

ChaoticWeaponry said:
Looks like its having issues writing things to your partitions (not positive though) try redownloading the entire 450mb file off of the site posted.

Alright, I'll try that. And as far as the battery is concerned, will the phone still charge from that screen so long as it's plugged into a wall outlet?

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