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[johnjutrasii]

This works with the wall charger only!!!!!

shut off the phone (get into fastboot and just hit the power button to shutdown)

while holding down the + and - volume buttons, plug in wall charger

scroll down with the volume - button to bp tools and then push volume +

the phone will show the motorola logo and then show the battery image filling up as it charges

wait awhile for it to charge up and then you can fastboot to fix your borked rom install!

ya for charging!


I think this needs to be stickied now!

[VantenKiest]

please show some confirmation this works
and ill make sure it gets stickied

[johnjutrasii]

please show some confirmation this works
and ill make sure it gets stickied

What can I show you as conformation?

I just did this myself to fix my phone.

I guess I could say just try it yourself. It should work like this even if you haven't messed up your phone.

[JungleKing76]

What can I show you as conformation?

I just did this myself to fix my phone.

I guess I could say just try it yourself. It should work like this even if you haven't messed up your phone.

I can confirm this worked for me when I bricked my razr back in January.

Sent from my DROID RAZR using Xparent Purple Tapatalk

[theonlycosmic]

mine gives me this error:

Invalid Flash Mode (S) (Boot Failure)
0A.6C
To return to normal mode - first press power key to power down

Device is LOCKED, Status Code:0

Battery Low
Cannot Program
Connect USB
Data Cable


Invalid CG OTV (CG: system): Invalid SP Data
Invalid CG HAB (CG: system, status: 0x004E)
Invalid CG OTV (CG: system)

EDIT: I did everything you said to do.

[nix80908]

I cannot confirm this....

[ddemlong]

I have done this with a low battery that would not allow me to flash and not a completely dead phone. Phone stopped programming about half way through with Utility. I went in and selected tools, it went black before it displayed the M logo, it booted up and started charging. I never got the battery charging phone off icon. So I know it works since I have done it but my experience was a little different than trying to charge a dead phone.

Also, I did it with a USB from my computer.

[detr0yt]

This is great... hope i never need it though thanks in advance!

[theonlycosmic]

mine gives me this error:

Invalid Flash Mode (S) (Boot Failure)
0A.6C
To return to normal mode - first press power key to power down

Device is LOCKED, Status Code:0

Battery Low
Cannot Program
Connect USB
Data Cable


Invalid CG OTV (CG: system): Invalid SP Data
Invalid CG HAB (CG: system, status: 0x004E)
Invalid CG OTV (CG: system)

EDIT: I did everything you said to do.

Does anyone want to help me?? My phone won 't turn on...

EDIT: I already ordered a new phone, FYI this does not work if you have tried to flash a different system.img (like 4.0.3 china retail fastboot, lol)

[bogginblazer]

U can just pop off the back plate like I did use ur t5 torx screw driver to unscrew the battery bolts just enough to to slide the + and - wire under them screw them back down with ur T5. Ur probably wondering what wires I'm talking about right now. The ones from the wall charger u have striped. By the way black is - red is +. If u strip a data cable the white and yellow are for data. Push them off to the side. Also make sure u twist the wires. The red and the white not together alone. If that makes sense. One more thing then my rant is done DO NOT DO NOT LET THE WIRES TOUCH METAL ON UR PHONE or u will have no phone it will FRY EVERYTHING keep the wires around the bolts. Then plug it in and u can flash again.

U DO THIS method at your own risk I will not be held liable for any damage u cause to ur phone or anything else.

[cdfjr1975]

U can just pop off the back plate like I did use ur t5 torx screw driver to unscrew the battery bolts just enough to to slide the + and - wire under them screw them back down with ur T5. Ur probably wondering what wires I'm talking about right now. The ones from the wall charger u have striped. By the way black is - red is +. If u strip a data cable the white and yellow are for data. Push them off to the side. Also make sure u twist the wires. The red and the white not together alone. If that makes sense. One more thing then my rant is done DO NOT DO NOT LET THE WIRES TOUCH METAL ON UR PHONE or u will have no phone it will FRY EVERYTHING keep the wires around the bolts. Then plug it in and u can flash again.

U DO THIS method at your own risk I will not be held liable for any damage u cause to ur phone or anything else.

You forgot a couple of steps. Joke about a penny, circuit breaker and a bucket of water removed just in case it was taken literally. Be sure the wires are unplugged before connecting them to your phone and unplug before you try to remove them from the phone.

Seriously, be VERY VERY careful doing this you can fry more than your phone you are working with bare electrical wires. If you do this method use a ground fault interrupt outlet as an added precaution for yourself.

Seen too many people botch flashing a ROM that I think electricity warrants a much larger warning.

[ddemlong]

You forgot a couple of steps. Joke about a penny, circuit breaker and a bucket of water removed just in case it was taken literally. Be sure the wires are unplugged before connecting them to your phone and unplug before you try to remove them from the phone.

Seriously, be VERY VERY careful doing this you can fry more than your phone you are working with bare electrical wires. If you do this method use a ground fault interrupt outlet as an added precaution for yourself.

Seen too many people botch flashing a ROM that I think electricity warrants a much larger warning.

Psssssh please, whats a couple hundred watts shock compared to possible dead battery, to make it more dramatic I then plug into a power converter.

[snives]

If you do this method use a ground fault interrupt outlet as an added precaution for yourself.

For anyone that doesn't know where to find these, look around water sources (generally bathroom/kitchen/garage). These are commonly referred to as GFCI, and will have a Test and Reset button on them. I highly recommend against this method however if you didn't already know how exactly to do it yourself before reading it. Even if you did, it is still quite easy to do something you will regret.

[knghts50]

thanx man it works great

[VantenKiest]

Pinned for how useful this truely can be
i have confirmation from 6 people..

However if you can make a detailed vid on the process to do this.. as many are still unsure how to perform this nifty little trick that would be great

[stiwrx]

Works!!! saved my life

[melfunn]

The full proof way to fix most bricked phones is to breakdown & purchase a Moto Factory Cable($40) @ Team Black Hat site. I did & in less than 1/2 hour and a good charge I was up and running. No muss no fuss.

[georgegore1990]

mine gives me this error:

Invalid Flash Mode (S) (Boot Failure)
0A.6C
To return to normal mode - first press power key to power down

Device is LOCKED, Status Code:0

Battery Low
Cannot Program
Connect USB
Data Cable


Invalid CG OTV (CG: system): Invalid SP Data
Invalid CG HAB (CG: system, status: 0x004E)
Invalid CG OTV (CG: system)

EDIT: I did everything you said to do.

im in the same boat as him my phone boots up to this message and doesnt seem to be charging.
can i get some suggestions? please anything other then the stripped wires method (tried this before and electricuted myself and broke my phone.. LOL.) and the $45 cable... im broke as a joke without anything to smoke :/

[superrelaxx]

The full proof way to fix most bricked phones is to breakdown & purchase a Moto Factory Cable($40) @ Team Black Hat site. I did & in less than 1/2 hour and a good charge I was up and running. No muss no fuss.

I thought the factory cable didn't charge the battery. At least that's what Team Black Hat states on their website.

[georgegore1990]

ugh i feel like im totally screwed. this is the second razr of mine that this has happened to. am i totally boned or what?? :'( <--- my actual face right nao.

[superstargoddess]

mine gives me this error:

Invalid Flash Mode (S) (Boot Failure)
0A.6C
To return to normal mode - first press power key to power down

Device is LOCKED, Status Code:0

Battery Low
Cannot Program
Connect USB
Data Cable


Invalid CG OTV (CG: system): Invalid SP Data
Invalid CG HAB (CG: system, status: 0x004E)
Invalid CG OTV (CG: system)

EDIT: I did everything you said to do.

I have this exact same problem and have no idea what to do or if it's charging or not! Doesn't seem like it.

[BigDaddyHicks]

<br />I have this exact same problem and have no idea what to do or if it's charging or not! Doesn't seem like it.

<br /><br />It means you can't fastboot or anything because your battery is too low. You need to use a factory cable or find my method on here to charge without a factory cable. I'm not home so I can't link to it but it's in the General section somewhere.<br /><br />Or try the method in the OP. It might even take more than 1 try to get it to start charging.

If none of those methods work then you probably have a corrupt system image and you'll need to buy a factory cable or make one.

<br /><br /><br /><br />Sent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk 2<br />

[superrelaxx]

I have this exact same problem and have no idea what to do or if it's charging or not! Doesn't seem like it.

Have you tried using a factory cable?

Out of curiosity, what happened right before you got to this point?

[superstargoddess]

Have you tried using a factory cable?

Out of curiosity, what happened right before you got to this point?

I don't have a factory cable and no extra money to get one. I do have two friends that are handy with the innards of electronics and one of them has a dad with A LOT of tools, so I may have them take the phone apart when I find the directions on here about doing that.

I was on the leak, then I tried to use Matt's Utility (Version 1.51) to go back to 173. Unfortunately even though it supposedly worked, the phone just would not get by the Dual Boot screen, it kept rebooting to CWM for some reason. Every time I would hit restart in CWM it would either get stuck on Dual Boot and I would have to "Three finger boot loop salute" (copyright superstargoddess ) etc etc.

So then I tried to run it through RSD Lite and it failed and gave me that crap screen. As of right now, I am sitting here with the phone hooked up to my netbook that I am currently on, and it has the regular low battery screen for once, without all of that extra jazz that I quoted in the previous post I made.

I am wondering if I can just let it sit here like this and let the battery run dead then charge it up from dead after that. I believe that I had it turned off when I was asleep yesterday, and had it hooked up to the electrical outlet with the charger, but it apparently didn't charge. I tried the stuff in the first post and it didn't work, even though I tried several times as suggested, I don't think that it's going to work for me.

I'm not a complete noob at restoring either, I've been on the leak like 3 times and restored it back without a problem. Been on countless other roms countless other times and have restored them back through Matt's Utility or RSD. Mostly through RSD since I have found that Matt's Utility can be a little bit beotchy sometimes on various things. (Been using it since it first came out and it's a great utility and I appreciate it, but it does have it's quirks sometimes!)

On top of that, I was just diagnosed with Inherited Osteoarthritis the other day, which explains why I've been feeling like $#!+ for I don't know how long. Though the added aggravation (and some relief of finally knowing what's wrong) of that really doesn't help me when it comes to having the patience and clear head to deal with something as delicate as this phone situation is at this point. I've "borked it up" before and had to restore it, but this time it seems like it's actually really borked and not just the typical "Oh I'll just hook it up to the netbook and RSD it when I get home" type of borked.

Edit: I should be getting a credit card soon and may be able to get one of those cables. Is there anywhere to get something like that in person instead of getting it from TeamBlackHat's site? I'd rather drive to somewhere like Microcenter in Columbus (Ohio) (It's far, 100 miles, but I don't care) and be able to get it right away instead of waiting.

Luckily, I still have my Dinc2 on my Verizon account as my secondary, so I can have them switch it back over to the main again today. So I won't totally be out of a phone or anything, just going to be on a slower phone.

[superrelaxx]

I don't have a factory cable and no extra money to get one. I do have two friends that are handy with the innards of electronics and one of them has a dad with A LOT of tools, so I may have them take the phone apart when I find the directions on here about doing that.

I was on the leak, then I tried to use Matt's Utility (Version 1.51) to go back to 173. Unfortunately even though it supposedly worked, the phone just would not get by the Dual Boot screen, it kept rebooting to CWM for some reason. Every time I would hit restart in CWM it would either get stuck on Dual Boot and I would have to "Three finger boot loop salute" (copyright superstargoddess ) etc etc.

So then I tried to run it through RSD Lite and it failed and gave me that crap screen. As of right now, I am sitting here with the phone hooked up to my netbook that I am currently on, and it has the regular low battery screen for once, without all of that extra jazz that I quoted in the previous post I made.

I am wondering if I can just let it sit here like this and let the battery run dead then charge it up from dead after that. I believe that I had it turned off when I was asleep yesterday, and had it hooked up to the electrical outlet with the charger, but it apparently didn't charge. I tried the stuff in the first post and it didn't work, even though I tried several times as suggested, I don't think that it's going to work for me.

I'm not a complete noob at restoring either, I've been on the leak like 3 times and restored it back without a problem. Been on countless other roms countless other times and have restored them back through Matt's Utility or RSD. Mostly through RSD since I have found that Matt's Utility can be a little bit beotchy sometimes on various things. (Been using it since it first came out and it's a great utility and I appreciate it, but it does have it's quirks sometimes!)

On top of that, I was just diagnosed with Inherited Osteoarthritis the other day, which explains why I've been feeling like $#!+ for I don't know how long. Though the added aggravation (and some relief of finally knowing what's wrong) of that really doesn't help me when it comes to having the patience and clear head to deal with something as delicate as this phone situation is at this point. I've "borked it up" before and had to restore it, but this time it seems like it's actually really borked and not just the typical "Oh I'll just hook it up to the netbook and RSD it when I get home" type of borked.

Edit: I should be getting a credit card soon and may be able to get one of those cables. Is there anywhere to get something like that in person instead of getting it from TeamBlackHat's site? I'd rather drive to somewhere like Microcenter in Columbus (Ohio) (It's far, 100 miles, but I don't care) and be able to get it right away instead of waiting.

Luckily, I still have my Dinc2 on my Verizon account as my secondary, so I can have them switch it back over to the main again today. So I won't totally be out of a phone or anything, just going to be on a slower phone.

Another option would be to have one of your friends build you the factory cable. I saw a post either on here or DroidHive on instructions.

My phone has been doing strange stuff as well. I flashed the lastest version of BlackWidowICS for $#!+s and giggles and it would only boot into CWM. I restored AXI0M but it did the same thing. I hit Vol - and Power and it finally booted.

I think the phone needs a full wipe of everything including the internal SDCARD. Then I'll start over.

I've noticed that with the RAZR, a typical flash of something can have bizarre results. I've bootlooped after repeating previous successful steps of flashing a rom. I've also lost the radio (red circle with slash thru it) and it took several attempts of fastbooting to get it back. This phone seems a bit temperamental. Maybe it's the locked bootloader. I flashed like crazy on my Epic 4G and never had these types of problems.

Rather than let the phone's battery die, I would try to get it to power down until you get your cable.

Sorry to hear about your diagnosis but at least you know what's going on and what to do next to feel better.

[mbh87]

This saved my butt last night. Forgot I didnt have the fastboot files with me at work and my phone kept looping so I did as the OP instructed to keep my phone from dying.

[jimyv]

Just powering down normal from ap fastboot let sit for a min then plugd n to wall worked for me. Notification light just flashed once after plugged it in was the only sign anything is happened but just leave it for thirty min. Has worked on different occasions for me.

[sparkie]

Here's a link on makeing a factory cable.

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I've made my own but haven't tried it yet. I've been waiting for someone to give me confirmation that I did it right but have not had any responses yet. I can post pictures of the cable and the question I have if any one wants to help.

[ninjaknomes]

it works thank god

[Spirotot]

mine gives me this error:

Invalid Flash Mode (S) (Boot Failure)
0A.6C
To return to normal mode - first press power key to power down

Device is LOCKED, Status Code:0

Battery Low
Cannot Program
Connect USB
Data Cable


Invalid CG OTV (CG: system): Invalid SP Data
Invalid CG HAB (CG: system, status: 0x004E)
Invalid CG OTV (CG: system)

EDIT: I did everything you said to do.

Did you ever end up having any luck getting your phone unbricked..?

Also, in reference to the OP, how long does that Moto logo stay on the screen before the charging screen turns on..? :/