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Root Cannot flash any SBF

coled91

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May 25, 2010
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I just got the new gingerbread rom last night (non rooted) and I was trying to reflash the SBF today with root and it continually failed. It didnt matter how many times I downloaded it, where I downloaded it to or anything. I tried renaming the SBF as well and it failed flashing immediately everytime through RSD lite. So I decided to SBF the old froyo rom and just get root through that (using z4 root) and use the zip file on my sd card to upgrade to gingerbread. The froyo rom didnt flash either and failed immediately everytime. I'm lost as to what to do and was looking for some help. Thanks!
 
Im going to attempt to save my buddys phone who has the same problem.
He flashed over to gingerbread 2.3.3, its rooted but theres some features that cant remember that do not work and he wants to go back to his liberty rom but cant.

having much sucess flashing with my captivate- co workers verizon fascinate- and flashing my sisters HTC EVO im feeling confident i can restore his DROID 2.

ill report back if i have any luck
 
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IMEI/ESN/MEID: N / A
Technology: N / A
Software Version: N / A
Flex Version: N / A
Bootloader Version: v0x00D237
DRM Version: N / A
AP Die ID: 1cf00015cfe95e010000d8ff0100
BP Die ID: 0000000000000000d56532890485
AP Public ID: 38f7ab0da00393c184c1825dcf40ee2a8aad5718
BP Public ID: 040000000500000002000000ffff0000f5113289

This is what i get in the device properties box when I am plugged into RSD lite.
I have uninstalled multiple times tried multiple sbfs and cannot get it to work. I was wondering if the above data looks correct for a droid 2? I was thinking with all the "N/A" in the information above it might not be recognizing it correctly?
 
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I double checked all drivers and rsd lite. I redownloaded everything for about the 4th time. I have scoured the internet for this similar problem and tried everything I can to fix it. It gives me this everytime and I just can't figure out why.. any other suggestions?
When you plug the phone in when rsd is up are you getting the yellow or green light on the com port? i cant remember which color it is that indicates that your connected properly
 
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When you plug the phone in when rsd is up are you getting the yellow or green light on the com port? i cant remember which color it is that indicates that your connected properly

sorry I am replying so late but what do you mean by the com port? Im still stuck on the unrooted gingerbread by the way. Could not figure out a single solution. I used adb, z4root and pretty much everything available and sbf
 
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I was in the same boat, until this past weekend when I set asside a couple of hours. I told myself I am getting root GB, if it kills me. After much trial and error, I tried this following method, and voilla, it worked! Way worth it too, runs like a dream. By far my favorite android OS yet. Try this, and follow it word for word. You will get it.

How to: Get Rooted Gingerbread on DROID 2 - Droid Life: A Droid Community Blog
 
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