My motorola xt1033 falcon has been soft bricked. Need help to restore it.

[AC Question]

Hi Folks,
My motorola xt1033 has been soft bricked after rebooting. It was having stock image and bootloader was locked.

Right now I have bootloader unlocked but I am not able to enter into TWRP recovery and also not able to install any custom ROM.

Please help me how can i restore my phone.

Thanks and regards
Shashank

 

[Golfdriver97]

Welcome to the forums. You will probably have to reflash the stock ROM with fastboot.

 

[shashankvarshney]

Hi Golfdriver97,
Thanks for the response.
I am trying the same. I am using the fastboot/mfastboot to reflash the stock ROM. I am using correct version but I am getting pre-flash validation failure.

I am using "XT1033_FALCON_ASIA_DS_5.1_LPBS23.13-56-2_cid7_CFC.xml" which is matching with my current stock ROM.

SHAVARSH-M-X1SR:Fastboot shavarsh$ fastboot getvar all
(bootloader) slot-count: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
(bootloader) version: 0.5
(bootloader) version-bootloader: 411A
(bootloader) product: falcon
(bootloader) secure: yes
(bootloader) hwrev: 0x83C0
(bootloader) radio: 0x5
(bootloader) emmc: 16GB Sandisk REV=06 PRV=07 TYPE=17
(bootloader) ram: 1024MB Hynix S4 SDRAM DIE=4Gb
(bootloader) cpu: MSM8226 CS
(bootloader) serialno:
(bootloader) cid: 0x0007
(bootloader) channelid: 0x00
(bootloader) uid:
(bootloader) unlocked: yes
(bootloader) iswarrantyvoid: yes
(bootloader) mot_sst: 3
(bootloader) max-download-size: 536870912
(bootloader) reason: Reboot mode set to fastboot
(bootloader) imei:
(bootloader) meid:
(bootloader) date:
(bootloader) sku:
(bootloader) iccid:
(bootloader) cust_md5:
(bootloader) max-sparse-size: 268435456
(bootloader) current-time: "Sun May 11 8:27:47 UTC 2014"
(bootloader) ro.build.fingerprint[0]: motorola/falcon_asia_ds/falcon_umt
(bootloader) ro.build.fingerprint[1]: sds:5.1/LPBS23.13-56-2/2:user/rele
(bootloader) ro.build.fingerprint[2]: ase-keys
(bootloader) ro.build.version.full[0]: Blur_Version.221.201.2.falcon_umt
(bootloader) ro.build.version.full[1]: sds.AsiaRetail.en.03
(bootloader) ro.build.version.qcom[0]: AU_LINUX_ANDROID_LNX.LA.3.5.1_RB1
(bootloader) ro.build.version.qcom[1]: .04.04.02.048.045
(bootloader) version-baseband:
(bootloader) kernel.version[0]: Linux version 3.4.42-g89906d6 (hudsoncm@
(bootloader) kernel.version[1]: ilclbld30) (gcc version 4.8 (GCC) ) #1 S
(bootloader) kernel.version[2]: MP PREEMPT Fri Feb 26 13:12:13 CST 2016
(bootloader) sdi.git: git=MBM-NG-V41.1A-0-gdc5aeaf
(bootloader) sbl1.git: git=MBM-NG-V41.1A-0-g199f3c5
(bootloader) rpm.git: git=MBM-NG-V41.1A-0-g8b7736e
(bootloader) tz.git: git=MBM-NG-V41.1A-0-g99c1a7c
(bootloader) aboot.git: git=MBM-NG-V41.1A-0-g80481ae
(bootloader) qe: qe 0/1
(bootloader) ro.carrier: unknown
all: listed above

When I am trying with mfastboot it is throwing "pre-validation failed" error.

Z:\Documents\softwares\windows\Fastboot>mfastboot.exe flash partition gpt.bin
target max-sparse-size: 256MB
sending 'partition' (32 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.036s]
writing 'partition'...
(bootloader) Preflash validation failed
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 0.198s

Z:\Documents\softwares\windows\Fastboot>

Can you help me to resolve this error?

Thanks and regards
Shashank

 

[Golfdriver97]

I would make sure fastboot is set up correctly on your PC. Are you unzipping the file?

 

[shashankvarshney]

Hi Golfdriver97,
I have set up android studio on MAC OS and when I am using fastboot there it is working but after reboot phone is again getting stuck at warning page of unlocked bootloader and not getting on.

I dont see any error on mobile when I re-flashed it using fastboot from MAC. Following are the logs.

$ fastboot erase system -w
(bootloader) slot-count: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
(bootloader) has-slot:system: not found
******** Did you mean to fastboot format this ext4 partition?
wiping userdata...
Erase successful, but not automatically formatting.
File system type raw not supported.
wiping cache...
Creating filesystem with parameters:
Size: 694288384
Block size: 4096
Blocks per group: 32768
Inodes per group: 7072
Inode size: 256
Journal blocks: 2648
Label:
Blocks: 169504
Block groups: 6
Reserved block group size: 47
Created filesystem with 11/42432 inodes and 5511/169504 blocks
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
erasing 'system'...
(bootloader) Erase allowed in unlocked state
OKAY [ 0.090s]
erasing 'userdata'...
OKAY [ 0.019s]
erasing 'cache'...
OKAY [ 0.061s]
sending 'cache' (12640 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.492s]
writing 'cache'...
OKAY [ 0.289s]
finished. total time: 0.952s
$
$
$
$
$
$
$ fastboot erase boot
(bootloader) slot-count: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
(bootloader) has-slot:boot: not found
erasing 'boot'...
(bootloader) Erase allowed in unlocked state
OKAY [ 0.097s]
finished. total time: 0.097s
$
$
$
$ fastboot erase recovery
(bootloader) slot-count: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
(bootloader) has-slot:recovery: not found
erasing 'recovery'...
(bootloader) Erase allowed in unlocked state
OKAY [ 0.073s]
finished. total time: 0.073s
$
$
$
$
$
$
$ fastboot flash partition gpt.bin
(bootloader) slot-count: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
(bootloader) has-slotartition: not found
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'partition' (32 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.092s]
writing 'partition'...
(bootloader) This may take a few seconds, if a
(bootloader) different partition table is being
(bootloader) flashed since we need to backup
(bootloader) and restore a few partitions
(bootloader) Flashing primary GPT image...
(bootloader) Flashing backup GPT image...
OKAY [ 0.330s]
finished. total time: 0.422s
$
$
$
$ fastboot flash motoboot motoboot.img
(bootloader) slot-count: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
(bootloader) has-slot:motoboot: not found
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'motoboot' (1953 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.155s]
writing 'motoboot'...
(bootloader) flashing tz ...
(bootloader) flashing rpm ...
(bootloader) flashing sdi ...
(bootloader) flashing aboot ...
(bootloader) flashing sbl1 ...
OKAY [ 0.957s]
finished. total time: 1.112s
$
$
$
$
$
$ fastboot flash logo logo.bin
(bootloader) slot-count: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
(bootloader) has-slot:logo: not found
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'logo' (295 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.105s]
writing 'logo'...
OKAY [ 0.062s]
finished. total time: 0.167s
$
$
$
$
$
$ fastboot flash boot boot.img
(bootloader) slot-count: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
(bootloader) has-slot:boot: not found
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'boot' (10240 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.405s]
writing 'boot'...
OKAY [ 0.603s]
finished. total time: 1.009s
$
$
$
$
$ fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
(bootloader) slot-count: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
(bootloader) has-slot:recovery: not found
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'recovery' (10240 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.403s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 0.602s]
finished. total time: 1.005s
$
$
$
$
$ fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.0
(bootloader) slot-count: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
(bootloader) has-slot:system: not found
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
erasing 'system'...
(bootloader) Erase allowed in unlocked state
OKAY [ 0.045s]
sending 'system' (257755 KB)...
OKAY [ 8.116s]
writing 'system'...
OKAY [ 7.840s]
finished. total time: 16.002s
$
$
$
$
$ fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.1
(bootloader) slot-count: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
(bootloader) has-slot:system: not found
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
erasing 'system'...
(bootloader) Erase allowed in unlocked state
OKAY [ 0.031s]
sending 'system' (256953 KB)...
OKAY [ 8.102s]
writing 'system'...
OKAY [ 8.000s]
finished. total time: 16.133s
$
$
$
$
$ fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.2
(bootloader) slot-count: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
(bootloader) has-slot:system: not found
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
erasing 'system'...
(bootloader) Erase allowed in unlocked state
OKAY [ 0.014s]
sending 'system' (260396 KB)...
OKAY [ 8.227s]
writing 'system'...
OKAY [ 7.990s]
finished. total time: 16.231s
$
$
$
$ fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.3
(bootloader) slot-count: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
(bootloader) has-slot:system: not found
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
erasing 'system'...
(bootloader) Erase allowed in unlocked state
OKAY [ 0.013s]
sending 'system' (166572 KB)...
OKAY [ 5.294s]
writing 'system'...
OKAY [ 6.301s]
finished. total time: 11.608s
$
$
$
$
$ fastboot flash modem NON-HLOS.bin
(bootloader) slot-count: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
(bootloader) has-slot:modem: not found
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'modem' (49376 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.591s]
writing 'modem'...
OKAY [ 0.780s]
finished. total time: 2.371s
$
$
$
$
$ fastboot erase modemst1
(bootloader) slot-count: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
(bootloader) has-slot:modemst1: not found
erasing 'modemst1'...
OKAY [ 0.056s]
finished. total time: 0.056s
$
$
$
$
$
$ fastboot erase modemst2
(bootloader) slot-count: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
(bootloader) has-slot:modemst2: not found
erasing 'modemst2'...
OKAY [ 0.056s]
finished. total time: 0.056s
$
$
$
$
$ fastboot flash fsg fsg.mbn
(bootloader) slot-count: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
(bootloader) has-slot:fsg: not found
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'fsg' (103 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.095s]
writing 'fsg'...
OKAY [ 3.181s]
finished. total time: 3.276s
$
$
$
$
$ fastboot erase cache
(bootloader) slot-count: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
(bootloader) has-slot:cache: not found
******** Did you mean to fastboot format this ext4 partition?
erasing 'cache'...
OKAY [ 0.059s]
finished. total time: 0.059s
$
$
$
$ fastboot erase userdata
(bootloader) slot-count: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
(bootloader) has-slot:userdata: not found
erasing 'userdata'...
OKAY [ 0.063s]
finished. total time: 0.063s
$
$
$
$
$ fastboot reboot
(bootloader) slot-count: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
rebooting...

Please let me know if I am doing something wrong or its just phone has died and nothing can be done.

Thanks and regards
Shashank

 

[Golfdriver97]

I am going to recruit some help.

Edit: have you updated the SDK in android studio?

 

[LeoRex]

Hmm.. have you re downloaded the images to eliminate the chance of a corrupt download? And did you download the exact build needed.

If the answer is 'yes' to both, I'm not sure there is much left you can try. What caused you to try to flash it? Were you trying a new ROM, issues, etc...