If you have 4.4.2 and brick your device downgrading, can it be recovered?

[sfetaz]

I was Just curious. I recently used the chinese site to unlock my bootloader, and now running 4.4.2 with no problem. I keep reading that due to the bootloader upgrade in 4.4.2 that any attempt to downgrade will brick the device. For people who are unlocked if they do this downgrade and brick their device are they able to recover their device with any tools like RSD lite? Or is the brick from downgrading a hard brick and their moto x becomes a complete paper weight.

 

[Mr. Orange 645]

It MAY be recoverable. There is a thread with a method to recover, but its not 100% guaranteed to work.

Buy why are you asking? If you already know you'll brick by trying to downgrade, then why even try it. I swear some people want to brick their phone.

 

[The Tallest]

This is why I always keep at least one backup from when I first unlock and root my phones. This way, if something happens I just go back to the first backup.

 

[Darth]

This is why I always keep at least one backup from when I first unlock and root my phones. This way, if something happens I just go back to the first backup.

You can't restore a backup on a bricked phone. Wish it was that easy.....I'd be real brave with what i flashed if you could.

Sent from my N5, N7, Moto X, G Tab 3 or S2.....

 

[The Tallest]

You can't restore a backup on a bricked phone. Wish it was that easy.....I'd be real brave with what i flashed if you could.

Sent from my N5, N7, Moto X, G Tab 3 or S2.....

Goes to show you how often I've bricked phones. I soft bricked my Nexus a few times but was always able to revert to a previous backup. Ways thought it was the same for a hard brick.

 

[Darth]

Goes to show you how often I've bricked phones. I soft bricked my Nexus a few times but was always able to revert to a previous backup. Ways thought it was the same for a hard brick.

A lot of times, hard brick = phone shopping.

Sent from my N5, N7, Moto X, G Tab 3 or S2.....

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Not that I've done it......knock on wood.

Sent from my N5, N7, Moto X, G Tab 3 or S2.....

 

[The Tallest]

A lot of times, hard brick = phone shopping.

Sent from my N5, N7, Moto X, G Tab 3 or S2.....

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Not that I've done it......knock on wood.

Sent from my N5, N7, Moto X, G Tab 3 or S2.....

I guess it would. LOL Like I said, I've never experienced a hard brick so I've always been able to revert back. Which is why I didn't know. I try to be careful when flashing things.

 

[proxuser]

As I bought my device(xt1052) there was 4.4.2 preinstalled. then I tried 4.2.2 T-Mobile ROM. And it works very good. Just don't forget to disable Motorola ota.. If I want kitkat rom, then I simply install it with twrp and all good again..

Here my steps;
Unlock bootloader
Flash system.img and boot.img and erase userdata and use 4.4.2 or 4.2.2 rom whatever you want.

I don't understand why people downgrade their bootloaders. I stopped play with bootloader since I bricked 2x HTC magic years ago

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[Darth]

As I bought my device(xt1052) there was 4.4.2 preinstalled. then I tried 4.2.2 T-Mobile ROM.

Here my steps;
Unlock bootloader
Flash system.img and boot.img and erase userdata and use 4.4.2 or 4.2.2 rom whatever you want.

I don't understand why people downgrade their bootloaders. I stopped play with bootloader since I bricked 2x HTC magic years ago

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I wouldn't take an ota now tho. You may get a yucky surprise.

Sent from my N5, N7, Moto X, G Tab 3 or S2.....

 

[dray_jr]

I wouldn't take an ota now tho. You may get a yucky surprise.

Sent from my N5, N7, Moto X, G Tab 3 or S2.....

no he is fine he stated that he is on 4.4.2 but he installed a Rom that was 4.4 so he wont get a OTA. because it reality his phone is still on 4.4.2 just with a 4.4 rom.

if you hard brick your moto x there is a recovery thread and most of the time people have been able to get there devices working again it just takes some time and being able to follow directions very well.

as for people who want 4.2.2 or 4.4 and are on 4.4.2 i would recommend just finding a custom for that is 4.2.2 or 4.4 and installing that. by doing this you dont have to worry about the OTA update issue or even worry about bricking your moto x when trying to downgrade because you will still be on 4.4.2 just with a custom rom for another android version.

all in all good luck every one

here is the thread for recovering a hard bricked phone

http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x/general/tut-resurrecting-bricked-moto-x-corrupt-t2629057

 

[Jason.DROID]

no he is fine he stated that he is on 4.4.2 but he installed a Rom that was 4.4 so he wont get a OTA. because it reality his phone is still on 4.4.2 just with a 4.4 rom.

if you hard brick your moto x there is a recovery thread and most of the time people have been able to get there devices working again it just takes some time and being able to follow directions very well.

as for people who want 4.2.2 or 4.4 and are on 4.4.2 i would recommend just finding a custom for that is 4.2.2 or 4.4 and installing that. by doing this you dont have to worry about the OTA update issue or even worry about bricking your moto x when trying to downgrade because you will still be on 4.4.2 just with a custom rom for another android version.

all in all good luck every one

here is the thread for recovering a hard bricked phone

http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x/general/tut-resurrecting-bricked-moto-x-corrupt-t2629057

He flashed 4.2.2, but he didn't try to downgrade the bootloader (motoboot.img) or flash any of the secure elements (gpt.img).

That's the beauty of manual flashing. Using RSDLite to downgrade = automatic brick since it flashes everything or tries to anyway.