Root Stuck at late Gingerbread SBF/Root step.

[rudybow]

I'm having trouble at the very end, this part...Recovery part

-Phone will reboot, use your volume buttons to move up and down in the menus and the camera button to select. Back button will move you to the previous menu.

My phone reboots, the Motorola M comes up but it does nothing after that, it doesn't go into Recovery.

Any ideas?

 

[colchiro]

What guide are you using? (got a link)

SBF Your Phone
-Unzip RSD Lite 5.4.4 and Install It
-Unzip .602 SBF File
-Install Motorola Droid X Driver File
-Open RSD Lite 5.4.4
-Select "..." Next to Filename box and navigate to the SBF file you unzipped and then select Open.
-Power off your phone and then hold down the volume down button, camera and power at the same time (should see a small flash on the screen immediately, then release all and you will be in the bootloader)
-Plug in your Droid X to your computer's USB Port and let the computer recognize it.
-Select "Show Device" in RSD Lite if you don't see your phone already and then Select "Start". The SBF Process will take about 10 minutes (do not SBF if you have a low battery, I always recommend doing it with at least 80% battery)
-When all is finished your phone will power off and back on... unplug it and pull the battery. Put the battery back in and hold down the home button while you power the device back on... keep holding the home button till you see a triangle with an exclamation point, then let go and hit both volume buttons at the same time to enter Recovery. Use the volume buttons to move down to "wipe data/cache" press the Power button to select then scroll down to "yes" and press Power again. When it finishes (2 - 3 minutes) select "reboot" using the Power button again.
-it will reboot and take a while to do so.

 

[rudybow]

Here is the link, it's step 6 of the Installing a custom Gingergread ROM section.
http://androidforums.com/droid-x-al...oot-process-updated-9-9-11-a.html#post2928345

My phone shuts off and starts back up, the Motorola M comes up, then the screen goes black and nothing else happens. No menu comes up.

 

[colchiro]

Maybe you should fill us in as to why you need to sbf? What was the reason? What rom where you running?

 

[rudybow]

I got the phone a year ago, rooted it right away. It still had some problems and I figured I'd try the phone as it came from the factory, That also had problems but different ones. I figured I'd root it again. I figured I'd start over with a clean slate, even wipe everything off my SD card (hoping to be able to load all my music back onto it). It had a couple thousand pictures on there from the ROM I was running when I rooted it, Liberty I believe with some kind of Blue theme I liked.

Anyway, I figured I'd start over new, clean it all out, root it again and insert a new ROM. It went fine until the phone was suppose to go into "Reboot Recovery". The phone reboots, the Motorola M comes up and then it does nothing else. You can tell the back light is still on but it goes no further than that point.

 

[cougar214]

Umm, this may be a dumb question but are you holding the home button while you press the power button? That will get you into stock recovery so you can wipe data. If you did this nevermind. I'm just throwing suggestions out there just in case your aggrivation is getting the better of you.

 

[rudybow]

Got it. My problem was that instead of installing Bootstrap from the SD card, I was installing it from The Market. Got my phone cleaned out, rooted (again), and Liberty installed. I hope I don't have any problems with it.

Thanks for the great guide SimsDelt. Thank colchiro and cougar214 as well.