OTA Froyo update failed! I'm screwed!

[AdamBNYC]

Hey all, just thought I would share

I also rooted my Droid X to remove some applications. When I just tried the update it failed.

When I uninstalled the apps, i didnt actually uninstall them. I added the number 1 onto the extension of the application instead of deleting the file.

I just went back into root explorer, removed the 1 on the three applications that I had wanted not to load and retried the update. Worked totally fine this time. So let this be a little lesson, Dont delete the stock program files, just change the extension so they are not readable. Same effect but much easier to undo.

 

[VDubBugMan53]

How can you tell if the bootloader was updated?

turn phone off....hold vol down and cam key then hit power until you load a black screen....top should say bootloader 27.xx or 30.01 or 30.03

30.03 means at this time you are effed in the A

 

[mattstud36]

turn phone off....hold vol down and cam key then hit power until you load a black screen....top should say bootloader 27.xx or 30.01 or 30.03

30.03 means at this time you are effed in the A

My Bootloader is 29.01... Not effed in the A?

 

[wmjchoi]

Mine says 29.01 as well. But everytime I power my phone on it goes straight to clockwork mod recovery..I did use Droid X Bootstrap. How do you get rid of Clockwork Mod?

 

[VDubBugMan53]

My Bootloader is 29.01... Not effed in the A?

no you are safe

 

[wmjchoi]

Then, why cant we get the 2.2 official update?!

 

[Pointguard1122]

Because you are not at stock. Your bootloader is stock, but not your files/apps. With the stock bootloader you should be able to flash SBF and update.

 

[wmjchoi]

I didnt uninstall any Moto/VZ apps. All i did was root my phone with Universal Root and Droid X Bootstrap.

One thing tho, everytime I power my phone on it goes straight to clockwork mod recovery

 

[wmjchoi]

Oh and I changed my statusbar to X Notifications (black with transparency).

Help anyone?

 

[mattstud36]

no you are safe

I have all the files I need downloaded. I opened up RSD Lite 4.7, and it sees my phone when it is powered on. As soon as I turn reboot it into bootlaoder mode, it is not listed there anymore, and I am unable to start the flash.

Any suggestions??

I'm running windows 7 Ultimate x64

 

[tcallahan]

I didnt uninstall any Moto/VZ apps. All i did was root my phone with Universal Root and Droid X Bootstrap.

One thing tho, everytime I power my phone on it goes straight to clockwork mod recovery

DID THIS SAME THING. same thing happens. Halfway threw update it fails. Anyone know a fix to this yet??

note** no apps were ever removed just rooted used bootstrap changed notification bar and overclocked the b**ch. and now this is happening.

 

[mattstud36]

I have all the files I need downloaded. I opened up RSD Lite 4.7, and it sees my phone when it is powered on. As soon as I turn reboot it into bootlaoder mode, it is not listed there anymore, and I am unable to start the flash.

Any suggestions??

I'm running windows 7 Ultimate x64

Also I just noticed that when my phone is plugged in normally it shows up as a Motorola a855, but when it is on the loader screen it shows up in device manager only as SE Flash OMAP3430 MI. Does this mean anything?

 

[ngsm13]

Hey all, just thought I would share

I also rooted my Droid X to remove some applications. When I just tried the update it failed.

When I uninstalled the apps, i didnt actually uninstall them. I added the number 1 onto the extension of the application instead of deleting the file.

I just went back into root explorer, removed the 1 on the three applications that I had wanted not to load and retried the update. Worked totally fine this time. So let this be a little lesson, Dont delete the stock program files, just change the extension so they are not readable. Same effect but much easier to undo.

Exactly what I did, I didn't delete the apk's, just changed the extension. I corrected the extensions, and I was looking for evidence to see if this corrected the problem and it worked. And you gave me that confirmation! Thanks!

nG

 

[mattstud36]

Also I just noticed that when my phone is plugged in normally it shows up as a Motorola a855, but when it is on the loader screen it shows up in device manager only as SE Flash OMAP3430 MI. Does this mean anything?

I finally found the answer! There is an additional driver as part of "the gift. I installed that and now RSD is working... currently flashing the X

 

[ndfan4u]

HELP. I have an unrooted Droid X. Did not change anything since I got it in July. I went to download the update this morning and it failed. Now, all I have is the Motorola Logo M and a black screen. WTF do I do now???

 

[ngsm13]

Adjusted the extensions on the apps I changed, tried the OTA update again, and it worked.

:fyi:

nG

 

[behemoth]

Just another FYI, my update kept failing after 10+ installation attempts. I pressed the search button during the last install (which shows a terminal-type install screen), and found that the update was failing on /system/bin/logwrapper (followed by random hex characters). I found a post on another forum which pointed to this article which showed how to fix the logwrapper issue.

I followed it step by step and it worked like a champ. Downloaded and installed again, this time it worked perfectly.

My phone was rooted with 2.1, with ClockworkMod Recovery. Which seemed to be causing the issue.

Hope this helps for anyone else.