Comments on: DROID X Update To .621 Breaks Ability To SBF Back To Earlier Firmware

By: The A3R!

The A3R! — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 18:04:00 +0000

Well now that google owns motorola and im on a development team I will start talking to people. See if we cant get motorola to make build .62x to have an unlocked bootloader. To all of the people complaining about it. It is not a plot to brick your phones it was a deal made with verizon so you guys can all keep your verizon software on there because their company gets paid for phones that have their software on it not Cyanogenmod, AOSP, or MIUI.

By: evil 666

evil 666 — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 03:35:00 +0000

i tried to sbf now im stuck in bootloader w/ error:a5,70,70,00,00 MEM_MAP BLANK SERV. REQ

By: Rodneyjohnson813

Rodneyjohnson813 — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 22:06:00 +0000

just tried to bootload over the new upload and this is not going well

By: Toph4er

Toph4er — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 05:27:00 +0000

You need to deactivate the update.apk via Titanium Backup…do a google search for instructions

By: Toph4er

Toph4er — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 05:22:00 +0000

Rooting after SBF is the issue as I understand it

By: Droidxer

Droidxer — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 17:59:00 +0000

I had the .621 update and I was able to SBF backward just fine, this must be an issue only for some.

By: Asdf

Asdf — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 10:02:00 +0000

I’m new to android but from what I gather, it is referring to a type of file you download onto your computer where you can run a program to install (flash your ROM) a fresh image of your phone’s operating system (this image is the SBF). The process is the same idea as erasing your entire hard drive on your PC then installing a new copy of Windows from scratch. It makes it just like as if it were brand new (in terms of software and settings). In addition to original (stock/OEM) SBF files, there are also custom SBF files out there that give you a customized operating system. These SBF files are sometimes referred to as ROMs. The custom alternative operating systems are also sometimes generically referred to as ROMs.

By: Asdf

Asdf — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 09:42:00 +0000

ps. it is this kind off crap that pushed me away from Apple. I was drawn to Android because of its preceived “open source-feel” I feel that if I buy hardware, I should be able to do what I want with it and not have companies continuously attempting to lock down “my” hardware’s functionality. In the transition from an AT&T iPhone, I was also discouraged when I saw the the Verizon Droid X was not even usable unless it is activated with Verizon. All it lets you do otherwise is look at the activate button. Talk about locking down your hardware…. I call BS

By: Asdf

Asdf — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 09:31:00 +0000

same here. Just got my first android phone today (girlfriend’s old X) (I’m switching from iPhone). Being a computer science student, I got excited to root it and play around with ROMs then DAMN….unknowingly updated OTA. idk if Moto did this on purpose but Apple attempts to stop jailbreakers and unlockers with every OS update. Each time an iOS update is released, it just takes the hacking community a while to catch up and release the new hacks. Hopefully the same is true with this Moto update.

By: balthuszar

balthuszar — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 01:58:00 +0000

i also agree with you, you give the customers what they want or they go somewhere else that they can get what they want…the entire point of the original poster is whether or not you’re supposed to, not whether or not you can…that was my point…having said that, if you don’t want to lose the capability in question, don’t take the update…also, if the razr doesnt get ics by the time my next upgrade happens, they lost a loyal customer

By: balthuszar

balthuszar — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 01:54:00 +0000

i agree with you…thank you for helping me make my point

By: SovereignVS

SovereignVS — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 23:51:00 +0000

U got to be kidding!

I updated my firmware literally a minute before I finally decided to root my phone!

By: TFD2001

TFD2001 — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 15:43:00 +0000

So, can someone advise me? I don’t use alternate roms, I’m just rooted, that’s it, will this update be bad for me as well?

By: mb

mb — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 14:35:00 +0000

Dear nerds:
What is ‘SBF?’
Signed,
A regular person

By: CapnShiner

CapnShiner — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 07:31:00 +0000

Luckily, my DX is stable enough without this new update. It’s slow as hell with all the apps I have installed and I can’t wait to use my last NE2 to get something new in about 6 months but I have no reason to get the .621 update. The updater will stay frozen in Titanium until a fix is released to bring back SBF capability or I get a new phone.