Recent content by redwoodie

Remember that the erase modemst1/t2 commands are part of the flashing script for all the factory ROMS, and are run AFTER the modems are flashed. I think after doing that it takes the FSG stuff and restores it. Why it's necessary after a factory flash, dunno.

Two X4s Working Well on PPWS29.69-39-6-9; Alternate Solution to OTA Issues I now have both X4s working well on PPWS29.69-39-6-9. No connection issues, but I don’t know if they will accept OTAs (one did up to -9 after reflashing PPWS29.69-39-6-2, but it did suffer the -8 forced factory reset...

Now discontinued. I'm not sure what model is the successor but they made a lot of that style...I see some H730s on ebay, but new/old stock ones seem to be spendy. Look at the pictures then see what the current models are.

I've gone through numerous bluetooth headsets in recent years. Batteries were the main fail but I had sound problems on some, like raspiness and static. Been using Moto H3730s as it's the most comfortable I've found and has voice prompts. I can't wear the ones that stick into my ear. Maybe...

Factory firmware ROM A couple of XDA resources have mentioned PPW29.69-39-2 referring to it as the Pie "firmware version." This post https://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x4/development/rom-moto-x4-t3890346 has a "firmware only" version of this ROM and a tool for flashing A and B slots...

All--according to a Reddit post, PPWS29.69-39-6-9 is pushing out to A1 Fi phones. https://www.reddit.com/r/MotoX4/comments/hak7vl/june_security_update/

Just something I did to be sure it was really wiped...since it didn't work earlier with one wipe.

So, my mystery of the day is how my phone could update and reboot 4 times with connectivity, plus several bootloop fails and a factory reset on the -8 update, then lose connectivity after the first post-update reboot. Obviously all is OK with the slots after 4 successful updates. Gotta be some...

I've never seen the clipboard bug you mention in Mint, using it since 2012. Just tried to reproduce it and no, copy/paste with mouse works great. ctrl+c & v work also. I use both. I ditched Ubuntu when they did that Unity thing. Possibly hardware related--mouse driver? I have mice...

Spoke too soon. After a shutdown and reboot connectivity is again buggered, just like before today's fiasco.

Back in the XP days bad/broken updates from M$ were almost the norm. They seem to have improved, but at its core it's still a klugey OS.

if this phone is truly working and stable I think I may decide to root it to prevent/control further updates. This -8 nuisance is a clusterf*#$&!

Just did a triple wipe data/cache/system in TWRP, then flashed -2 again. Phone took -4,-5,-6 with full connectivity and then bootlooped on 8. Ended up doing the factory reset. Nice update, Moto--did you guys recently hire a bunch of coders from Microsoft Update team?

My issues with flashing LOS are 1) I don't trust TWRP on this phone and 2) I read enough posts on the X4 LOS 17 thread to make me extra wary. I played with Randomblame's LOS build on XDA for the X Pure 2015 and it only got to be more or less usable after a year or more of builds. On my...

Reading further down in that post on A/B, there is sort of a thumbnail guide to flashing, but it is unclear whether it applies to all A/B devices or only Project Treble A/B's. So /data and most of the small firmware partitions are common and used by "both" systems. Apparently bootloader and...