I attempted to flash a custom rom and it didn't work. No my phone is stuck on the motorola screen. What do I need to do to get back to stock rom?
Help With Booting, Getting Back Custom Rom
- Thread starter scottharris4
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Can you please explain simply what did you do? Which rom or which steps did you followed? Just to clarify Things
You cannot flash a custom rom right from start. Did you flash a .sbf by chance?
You cannot flash a custom rom right from start. Did you flash a .sbf by chance?
I attempted to flash CM7 after unlocking and rooting. I have Clockwork mod installed. How do I flash an sbf file? I don't beleive I did that. AM I screwed then?
YEs, I can access recovery. Does that mean I can fix this mess?
ok, then...
Wipe Data/Factory Reset
Wipe Cache
Just in case, download another ROM in case zip file is corrupt
Go to Mounts and storage -> mount USB storage
Copy the Custom ROM you've downloaded
Unmount then go back
Install zip from sdcard -> flash the rom you've downloaded
Then reboot and be patient... leave it like 5 minutes or so to see if anything happens.
oh, and one more thing... did the flashing finished with errors?
If my SD card is already mounted, do I need to mount and unmount? When I go to USB storage, only option I have is unmount, so I should already be mounted. How do I copy the ROM and where do I copy it to?
Flashing CM7 did nt finish with errors
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It's ok, when you click on USB storage, it mounts your phone as an USB device
... the unmount option is for unmounting when you finished copyingSo that step is just for me to copy the ROM onto the SD card?It's ok, when you click on USB storage, it mounts your phone as an USB device
also, you might want to take a look to this thread in Return to stock, just in case
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1905222
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Yes, in SD card and/or internal memory
So all I am doing is wiping and reflashing? I have already done that with a different rom. I'm still stuck at the motorola screen.
Did you try restoring the nandroid backup you created after unlocking your bootloader and before flashing CM7?
There is information about getting back to stock on the "answers" post stickied in Q&A.
There is information about getting back to stock on the "answers" post stickied in Q&A.
I never could get it to do a backup. So that won't work with getting me back to stock. I'll jsut try to flash one of those fruitcake things. Says its going to take an hour to download. IF that doesn't work, can you help guide me how to flash one in fastboot?
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The fact that you couldn't get CWM to do a backup should have told you that recovery wasn't installed properly and you should have stopped there and asked for help. I saw your post over on Th3bill's AOKP thread, and since you saw the AT&T boot animation I'm guessing the ROM never installed.
How did you root and boot?
What happened when you tried to perform a backup?
What happened when you tried to flash the new ROM?
What is the current state of your device? You said you can access recovery, what happens now if you try to boot?
How did you root and boot?
What happened when you tried to perform a backup?
What happened when you tried to flash the new ROM?
What is the current state of your device? You said you can access recovery, what happens now if you try to boot?
How did I root and boot?
I used automatic unlock. It unlocked and rooted my phone. I verified root access by installing superuser and and root checker. It said I was fully rooted
What happened when you tried to perform a backup?
I can't remember
What happened when you tried to flash the new ROM?
I flashed it, it said it installed successfully or something. I rebooted the phone. It never would go past the at&t loading screen. I pulled out the battery and restarted the phone, wouldn't go past the motorola screen that time. I tried reflashing the ROM and I'm still stuck at the motorola screen.
Oh and when I try to do anything in fastboot via command prompt, it keeps saying < waiting for device > and nothing ever happens.
Still waiting for the stock gingerbread fruitcake to finish downloading.
Still waiting for the stock gingerbread fruitcake to finish downloading.
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Did you wipe data, cache, and Dalvik before flashing the ROM? If not do that.
Do you have an adapter to connect your micro SD card to your PC?
Yes, I clicked wipe data/factory reset and wipe cache partition. And yes I do have an adapter.
Super. Copy the fruitcake to your micro SD then flash that. Which one are you downloading?
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