sbf keeps failing, i dont know what im doing

[df79transam]

I am on gingerbread .588, and wanting to go back to stock froyo .340, im making sure the battery is above 80%, I have rsdlite 4.9, have the correct sbf file, then with phone powered off, hold down both volume buttons and press power button and bootloader 30.04 comes up, put lastest drivers on my computer, which is ten years old running windows xp, plug the phone in and it is getting recognized, open up rsdlite, click on the dotted button and find the sbf file and select .340, then click start.

It goes fine till it says "renumeration process" something like that, and after about minute and a half, comes up and says failed. What in the he'll am I doing wrong?

 

[.46caliber]

Try different USB ports, try different cables, try different versions of RSDlite. Make sure your SBF file is the proper one.

 

[rpmm70]

RSDLite can be a little picky about where the SBF file is located. Try putting it on the root of your C drive or in the RSDLite program folder.

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[chevota84]

I had troubles with rsd so I used the linux method. You download the linux program onto a cd or flash drive and reboot your desktop with the cd. I've done it 5 or 6 times with no problems.

 

[droidxixis]

Take a look at this. Claims to make SBFing foolishly easy. App of the Day: SBFportable - Droid Life: A Droid Community Blog

 

[wormeyman]

Hold down the "Volume down" + camera button while holding the power button to get to the boot loader

 

[joelshooty]

I was having problems with SBF the other day (going from LexLite Gingeraid 4.4 back to stock Froyo) and the only way I could get RSD Lite 4.8 to complete the flash was to use 2.3.320 first and then flash 2.3.340 second. I don't know why it worked for me, but give it a try if none of the other recommendations work.

 

[df79transam]

Hold down the "Volume down" + camera button while holding the power button to get to the boot loader

I've done it this way, and hold both volume buttons down will make the bootloader come up as well.

 

[df79transam]

Try different USB ports, try different cables, try different versions of RSDlite. Make sure your SBF file is the proper one.

I wanna say maybe its my usb ports, my computer is ancient. It came out when xp was just coming around

 

[.46caliber]

Try it on a different machine