Unified CM11 won't boot

I've pushed and merged the fix for charge only mode: http://review.cyanogenmod.org/60302
It will be fixed in the next nightly.

While I certainly hope you guys can get back on your feet I would advise you to get the team black hat active USB connector. It allows your phone to boot and flash without battery.

eta: http://shop.teamblackhat.info/Factory-style-programming-cable-for-Motorola-FactCable.htm

I have no ties to these folks or this product, except for owning one. It has saved twice in 2 years. Don't need it much, but you'll be glad to have it when you need it.

It took me over 8 hours of on and off flashing before I got it right. I blamed it on my recovery, since the md5's of all the zips I downloaded were correct, even after copying them to the sd card via my laptop.

I would try this:
Find your original Motorola usb cable. I've seen a lot of posts over the years because of bad cables.
Make sure you have the right one, and re-flash CWM recovery. Check its md5 before flashing using the one from my earlier post.
Boot into CWM and format /data and /cache, and then find the option to format /system.
Flash the nighly from http://get.cm/?device=moto_msm8960
Flash the gapps package for CM11: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Google_Apps
Reboot

Even if you've done this already, just try it again. Like I said I spent all day getting frustrated, and almost gave up on it. I am not entirely sure it was my recovery, but I have nothing else to blame it on.

Good luck.

aviwdoowks said:

I take it that stock rsd restore was successful for a boot to stock & the 1st boot to google login & getting to homesreen & etc? You are referring to failures after this 1st stock boot right?
Just to be on the same page.

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Flashing back to stock results in a fully functional phone. When I boot into the custom recovery and format everything followed by the zips I just don't get it to boot at all.it just hangs at the unlocked boot loader warning.

For those with similar issues I would recommend to try Philz recovery. It's an adaptation of the original CWM touch recovery. It may just be a coincidence but it worked for me again while others failed. It's fancier too with some more useful features.

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I am going to post the flashable's for both phones here.
xt925 v6193 https://mega.co.nz/#!scgQ3aRC!4ElbpZ1qaS2gtZLQU5aUIgI8xvAHP1MKrme18eK7Kfg
xt925 v6079 for dirty permissions zips https://mega.co.nz/#!1ZwgQZCK!gu5-4Pe3LxYFvmhdmxs5H1nPmnbIZJ-RPHQGz0gcEn4



xt926 v6193 https://mega.co.nz/#!MZAzBKAZ!NQkEoKxB3vfEznTOdfHJIKB7LAzn_McA1rsw-tA5Qj8

xt926 v6079 for old zips that err7 on new version https://mega.co.nz/#!gdInUJKC!14ZOLOHhvb1fkTPO3n_Nc9O9mxCfsqAoMVTo_JDWDZE