I felt like experimenting and flashed my X with the SBF file this evening. I did not do a factory reset or wipe cache; I just flashed it. It was successful because root was gone, had to reactivate, etc. What was strange to me though is that all my normal apps were there, wallpaper did not change, etc. I was expecting this to totally wipe the phone and power back up like day 1. For my clarification (and possibly others' as well), in order to restore to a pristine "day-1" state does a factory reset and wipe cache have to be done first? Or did something not completely work with the flash?
Thanks in advance.
Thanks droider13. So just to confirm, by factory reset/wipe cache and then flashing will bring the phone to day-1 status? Also, are there any issues with reactivating the phone? Does Verizon flag this as suspicious, etc.?
Thanks again.
I hate to ask a probably obvious question, but from reading a rootzwiki guide, it says "5. Put your Motorola Droid X in bootloader mode. Now connect the Droid X via usb."
What the heck is bootloader mode?
is the sbf file size 236 mb? If so, i believe i just downloaded it. Thanks for the gift
So I have the SBF and RSLite 4.7+patch...
and I'm booted in the bootloader 30.01
Usb is plugged in
but RSLite doesn't find my phone at all, so I can't do anything. Help?
Tried to install a theme on 2.2 just to see if it would work. Obviously it didn't.
So I have the SBF and RSLite 4.7+patch...
and I'm booted in the bootloader 30.01
Usb is plugged in
but RSLite doesn't find my phone at all, so I can't do anything. Help?
Tried to install a theme on 2.2 just to see if it would work. Obviously it didn't.
tried... didn't work.Go to Mototora's site and download the usb/charging drivers. then try again
Sweet...glad I could get it before they keep pulling it down!Is the sbf file size 236 MB? If so, I believe I just downloaded it. Thanks for the gift
tried... didn't work.
RSDLite shows NOTHING. no phone, no driver, nada. it's like there's nothing plugged in at all. I'm stumped.
As people still seem to have a problem with this, I thought I'd outline the procedure again to fully recover from a bricked phone (Be sure to have the Motorola Drivers installed on your PC beforehand):
1. Power off phone.
2. Hold Power + Home buttons to boot into recovery.
3. Wipe Data/Factory Reset
4. Wipe Cache
5. Power off phone.
6. Hold Power + Volume Down + Camera button to boot into the Bootloader. (This is a different looking screen than the recovery screen, it's very obvious when you see it.)
7. Connect Droid X to PC.
8. Run RSD Lite 4.7 with patch pre-applied. If you need RSD Lite and the patch, you can download it from my personal mirror http://www.vengefulsoda.com/RSDLite-4.7+patch.zip BE SURE YOU OVERWRITE THE PST_FLASH.INI IN THE RSD LITE FOLDER WITH THE ONE INSIDE OF THIS ARCHIVE AFTER YOU INSTALL RSD LITE.
9. Flash SBF to Phone. (The link to the SBF file cannot be provided on the forum. Also, some people have had to rename their SBF file to something short like r.sbf and drop it in the root of the C: or a folder right underneath the C: )
Phone should be fine.
If you need the Motorola Drivers, the 32-bit ones are located at: http://www.motorola.com/staticfiles/Support/Experiences/Global_Drivers/USB_Drivers_32_bit_4.6.5.zip
... and the 64-bit ones are located at: http://www.motorola.com/staticfiles/Support/Experiences/Global_Drivers/USB_Drivers_64_bit_4.6.5.zip
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