droid x stuck in bootloop, RSD won't recognize.

[andglassman]

I went to go from liberty 1.5 to the new leak of gingerbread and forgot to do a wipe before flashing gingerbread on so my phone is stuck in bootloop. can't get it to boot into clockwork or normal recovery mode.

I downloaded the .sbf and RSD lite but since my phone is stuck in the loop my computer can't recognize it, thus RSD lite isn't really an option.


any ideas?

 

[ultravisitor]

Did you NOT read the instructions?

Installing Firmware

1. Download this file from the TBH app or one of the mirrors below
2. Use Bootstrap to get your phone into recovery.
3. Create a backup (This is not compatible with new firmware)
4. Install the Firmware using recovery
1. select install zip from sdcard
2. choose zip from sdcard
3. navigate to teamblackhat folder
4. select the file you downloaded
5. Restart phone

If your phone bootloops you need to enter recovery and wipe data:

1. hold down power and home.
2. when you see the triangle hold down both volume buttons
3. select wipe data/factory reset ---press power button to select
4, reboot system

 

[andglassman]

yeah I read it, I've done this a million times, except this is the only time I've failed to do it correctly.


I can't get into recovery which is the problem.
I hold down home and power then the triangle with ! pops up, but when I hit search nothing happens. it just sits at that screen,

 

[ultravisitor]

Try a battery pull. When powering up after inserting, make sure to hold down the home key.

 

[andglassman]

pulled the battery a bunch of times.
tried booting into recovery a bunch of times.
tried getting my computer to recognize it so I can use RSDlite to flash the sbf a bunch of times also.


nothing. never seen it bricked so bad.

 

[ultravisitor]

Are you in the bootloader screen when you're trying to use RSDlite?

For how long are you leaving out the battery when you're pulling it?

 

[andglassman]

no because I can't even get my phone to the bootloader screen, and atleast 30 seconds.

my most recent pull it was sitting out for 2-3 minutes.

 

[ultravisitor]

Wait. The triangle pops up and then what? You hit the search key?

 

[andglassman]

yeah I hit the search key, nothing happens.

tried it at least ten times, as well as hitting every other key on the phone incase I was reading "search" wrong.

 

[ultravisitor]

DON'T hit the search key. That doesn't work anymore.

2. when you see the triangle hold down both volume buttons
3. select wipe data/factory reset ---press power button to select
4, reboot system

 

[andglassman]

I love you.


fixed it.

 

[Jish92]

The same thing happened to me! My droid x was stuck at the boot logo and I did the factory reset and wiped everything but it still didn't work. Then I downloaded all of the .sbf and rsb lite stuff, started the program and got .sbf onto it, but when I put my droid x into recovery mode and tried to connect it, nothing happened. the computer didn't acknowledge that it was connected.

 

[ultravisitor]

Understandable. It's a new stock recovery and the buttons don't work the same anymore (or at all). I had to wipe and tried using the camera button, but then I remembered that button doesn't work in the new recovery. Time to learn something new!

 

[Jish92]

So, I finally have everything ready. except when my Droid X connects, my computer pops up this window that tries to install software onto the X or let me disconnect it. How do I get past this?

 

[gizzyman]

do you have to rename the zip file to update.zip before running it?

 

[ultravisitor]

No. Just choose it from the team black hat folder.

 

[cj100570]

Reading Is Fundamental....

 

[db306#AC]

Understandable. It's a new stock recovery and the buttons don't work the same anymore (or at all). I had to wipe and tried using the camera button, but then I remembered that button doesn't work in the new recovery. Time to learn something new!

Correct the camera button won't work. To get into the bootloader screen to flash sbf you have to hold both of the volume buttons down and then press the power button.

 

[ircactus]

rsd

Make sure you're on rsd 4.8. Had similar problems until I updated to 4.8. Went off without a hitch after the upgrade.

 

[pauldroidr2d2]

I've got rsd 4.8 and it isn't recognizing my X.