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heyhaymayj

heyhaymayj

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How do I unroot so that I can activate it and use it? The guy said the phone is rooted with Sharp Froyo 2.2.2....
 
@ calitrippin I know that I can't because I have already tried twice to activate it manually and it does not work.

I'm trying to reboot my phone but it's not turning on. When I turn it off and try to turn it back on normal it is stuck on the Motorola "M" screen
 
heyhaymayj said:
@ calitrippin I know that I can't because I have already tried twice to activate it manually and it does not work.

I'm trying to reboot my phone but it's not turning on. When I turn it off and try to turn it back on normal it is stuck on the Motorola "M" screen
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Try pulling the battery out for about 30 seconds. After you put it back in, hold down the volume up and volume down keys at the same time and then hold the power button until the phone vibrates. After it vibrates you can let go of the power button but keep holding both volume buttons. What happens? You should probably end up in ClockWorkRecovery.
 
Inc0gnit0 said:
Try pulling the battery out for about 30 seconds. After you put it back in, hold down the volume up and volume down keys at the same time and then hold the power button until the phone vibrates. After it vibrates you can let go of the power button but keep holding both volume buttons. What happens? You should probably end up in ClockWorkRecovery.
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It goes to an exclamation mark. I am trying to turn the phone on like normal right now, not go in to CWM but when I do it gets stuck on M.

I was following this YT video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=httIZn3S1Pw and I followed the steps exactly. I downloaded the files and moved them. I got in to CWM a couple times. But when I try to open the folders suggested via the youtube video in CWM it just says there are no files.

So what do I do? I guess I'm trying to reboot my phone to normal again to remove the .zip folder I loaded because obviously it is not working for me. I was just going to try it again with the new files suggested above to see if those would work for me in CWM. So what do I do?
 
heyhaymayj said:
It goes to an exclamation mark. I am trying to turn the phone on like normal right now, not go in to CWM but when I do it gets stuck on M.

I was following this YT video - [How to]:Install stock rom & CWM recovery on motorola triumph. - YouTube and I followed the steps exactly. I downloaded the files and moved them. I got in to CWM a couple times. But when I try to open the folders suggested via the youtube video in CWM it just says there are no files.

So what do I do? I guess I'm trying to reboot my phone to normal again to remove the .zip folder I loaded because obviously it is not working for me. I was just going to try it again with the new files suggested above to see if those would work for me in CWM. So what do I do?
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Best route is to download the Stock_ROM_SplashImage_b_randon14.zip, and place it on your SDCARD for the phone. Then boot into CWM and do a wipe reload and then choose to install a ROM and browse to the folder you copied the ROM to and install it. Once it's installed reboot and your phone will be stock but still have CWM. After you activate you can then try another ROM.
 
g60madman said:
Best route is to download the Stock_ROM_SplashImage_b_randon14.zip, and place it on your SDCARD for the phone. Then boot into CWM and do a wipe reload and then choose to install a ROM and browse to the folder you copied the ROM to and install it. Once it's installed reboot and your phone will be stock but still have CWM. After you activate you can then try another ROM.
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Okay I did all this but when it reboots it's stuck on the M. Tried taking out the battery for a few seconds and turning it on. Still gets stuck on the M.
 
heyhaymayj said:
Okay I did all this but when it reboots it's stuck on the M. Tried taking out the battery for a few seconds and turning it on. Still gets stuck on the M.
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Did you try to "wipe data/factory reset" and "wipe dalvik-cache" (under advanced menu) before flashing the stock ROM? I don't know that it's necessary when going back to stock but it can't hurt trying it to see if that stops the phone from locking up on boot.
 
Inc0gnit0 said:
Did you try to "wipe data/factory reset" and "wipe dalvik-cache" (under advanced menu) before flashing the stock ROM? I don't know that it's necessary when going back to stock but it can't hurt trying it to see if that stops the phone from locking up on boot.
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Just tried that and it didn't work.

It might be helpful for me to note that when I first started working on this I deleted the recovery.img in MOBILE D but I did put one back in there after I realized I had taken it out. The phone started vibrating without stopping.

Hmm I havent done anything else to it that could be causing this problem. :/ I think.

I can get to download mode and to CWM perfectly fine. Just keep getting stuck in boots. I've tried taking the battery out (numerous times now), simply waiting 10 mins to see if it would magically turn on, and now your suggestion as well.

I'm so worried I'm not gonna be able to fix this. :/
 
g60madman said:
Best route is to download the Stock_ROM_SplashImage_b_randon14.zip, and place it on your SDCARD for the phone. Then boot into CWM and do a wipe reload and then choose to install a ROM and browse to the folder you copied the ROM to and install it. Once it's installed reboot and your phone will be stock but still have CWM. After you activate you can then try another ROM.
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heyhaymayj said:
Okay I did all this but when it reboots it's stuck on the M. Tried taking out the battery for a few seconds and turning it on. Still gets stuck on the M.
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Inc0gnit0 said:
Did you try to "wipe data/factory reset" and "wipe dalvik-cache" (under advanced menu) before flashing the stock ROM? I don't know that it's necessary when going back to stock but it can't hurt trying it to see if that stops the phone from locking up on boot.
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The Stock ROM that G60 linked to wipes everything and restores the hidden partition, it should be noob proof, thanks to b_randon. If you can get in to CWM recovery all you have to do is flash the Stock ROM zip, it will do it all for you. That is the only Rom to do this though, you should always factory reset and wipe the dalvik cache before you install any other ROM.
 
heyhaymayj: In light of what BSydz said maybe you should try flashing the ROM that g60 linked to again. I usually have my archive manager (7zip / Winzip / or whatever you use) test the zip archive after I've copied it onto the SD Card to make sure none of the files are corrupt.
 
I've done it over again four times now. Going for my fifth. I factory reset, formatted cache, etc each time. Same result.

I tested the files in WINrar and the files seem all good.

My battery is low, should I fully charge it?
 
Hmmm, I'm not sure what would be causing the phone to freeze on boot then. Hopefully someone else can chime in.

There is always the option of trying g60's MTDEV-UNROOT ROM but the downside to that is it will remove CWM and replace it with the stock bootloader so you would have to root the phone again and re-install CWM after you activate the phone (not a big deal IMO). That is assuming that the UNROOT ROM corrects the boot issue.

Also, I would definitely charge the battery before flashing ROM's as you don't want the battery to die in the middle of a flash and possibly brick your phone.
 
@ Incognito, this time it seems to have worked for me with MTDEV. The phone is now on and running. Thanks for your help!
 
heyhaymayj said:
@ Incognito, this time it seems to have worked for me with MTDEV. The phone is now on and running. Thanks for your help!
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Awesome, I'm glad that worked out. Once you get the phone activated you have a plethora of ROM's to take for a spin and see which suits you best :D

Kudos definitely goes to g60 for putting that unroot ROM together so it's just a simple flash to get 100% back to stock.
 
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