[Important] Tutorial and Files for Froyo for Motorola Backflip are up
In this post I will share a tutorial to update Motorola Backflip from 1.5 to 2.1 Eclair with JIT, Multitouch support and Ext4 file system support. The stock US Motorola Backflip Eclair doesn’t have Multitouch and this tutorial will give you that also! Motorola says that its best for Non-US Motorola Backflip to remain at Cupcake (Android 1.5). Really?
Here is how all the Motorola Backflip (MB300) owners can bring there out-dated firmwares to eclair for the time being. [HINT : Froyo] Requirements:
- Download the recovery j_r0dd-mb300-v1.8, unzip and copy to your phone’s SD card.
- Download the ROM signed-j_r0dd.preclair.v1.6.zip, and copy to your phone’s SD card.
- Download Motorola Backflip USB drivers for 32bit/x86 or 64bit/x64 and install.
- Download the android sdk and extract it in your c drive.
- Backup all your data(songs, images, videos, contacts, etc.) on phone and sd card. I may not be held responsible later.
[Update] If you are a VIVO, Oi, TIM, Personal Móvil Argentina, Optus & Telcel user then download signed-IT_radio.zip and copy to sd card, and flash this before step 11 and reboot, then continue from step 11. It will update your outdated radio version, which is needed for this ROM.
Procedure to get Eclair Up and Running:
- First of all you should root your Motorola Backflip, if not already have.
- Open command prompt, by typing “cmd” in run.
- Open c drive and navigate to android-sdk_r07-windows\android-sdk-windows\tools.
- Drag n drop the adb.exe file in command prompt and in the same line type “start-server”, and hit enter. The ADB server will start. Now plug in your phone make sure its in USB Debugging mode.
- Drag n drop adb.exe again in command prompt and type “shell” and hit enter.
- type “su” enter and approve the request on phone if prompted, then type
flash_image recovery /sdcard/j_r0dd-mb300-v1.8.img
- Now you have custom recovery on your phone. #Milestone – 1
- Reboot phone in recovery mode – power off phone –> press and hold camera button –> switch on phone while keeping camera button pressed.Phone will enter fast boot, immediately press volume down key(though will say up pressed) and wait until recovery loads.
- If you want your applications to be installed on sd card instead of phone memory then you will have to format your sd card at this point. See step 9-1 else goto step 10.
- Select “Partition SD” from the sub-menu. Use all the default values and just proceed through the process. Now that all data on your sd card is gone, copy the ROM file again to your card.
- Press the camera button to navigate back to the main menu. Navigate to “USB-MS toggle” and select it(press power button)(this mounts your phone as a drive on your PC, just like “USB Drive” mode). Now copy the Rom again to the sd card.
- After the file is copied, unplug the USB cable and tap the power button on your phone (this ends the USB-MS session).
- On your recovery menu goto Wipe and select “Wipe all” this will delete all data off your phone.
- Press camera button to go back to main recovery menu and select “Flash zip from SD”. You’ll see the text “SDCARD: signed-j_r0dd.preclair.v”. Press the power key. ROM will begin flashing 🙂
- After completion, select “Reboot system now”. It may take upto 10-15 minutes to boot for the first time.
Enjoy your new Motorola Backflip phone with multitouch, app2sd, ext4 support, 3D gallery, froyo Market and froyo Youtube !
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Hi,
Thanks, but did you use this on any Backflip.
As for me use of computer in MS Code is little difficult, can you suggest any one in Mumbai who can do this all.
Hope I’m clear.
Warm Regards and Once again Thanks .
Krishan Bothra
Hi Krishan, till which step you have gone through the tutorial
I’ll help you out.. btw I have an Indian backflip too.
Hi Keshav,
I’ve tried rageagainstthecage before and it hasn’t worked for me. Neat job putting all the commands in a batch file though. I’ve been trying to figure out what I did wrong and the only thing I can think of is that perhaps I need to download all the Android SDKs (I only downloaded the ones for 1.5 and 2.1). Will try again once I have all the missing API files. Thank you so much for putting up this tutorial. Its really been a great help. BTW have you also upgraded your Backflip to 2.1? Is there any loss of functionality or any other glitches after upgrading? Is MotoNav still working after the upgrade?
@Kishan: After installing the Google APIs you can also try the SuperOneClickRoot method from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803682.
Regards,
Vijay
Hi Vijay,
you dont need to download all the SDKs, just the one I have linked to, its more than enough. Make sure you extract the sdk in your C drive cause the commands I have put in the batch file are corresponding to that. secondly you should have USB debugging enabled while the phone is plugged in
Motonav works fine after eclair. I have the new apk of Motonav too(got it from MOTO) will post it.
I have an indian backflip ..
I’ve always owned moto..I’ve flshed the l7 the v3I and the razr too..
Altough I’m totally newbie to the android..
So the signed j rodd pre ecliar link you’ve given is for indian versions??
I’ve seen a lotta updated backflips on you tube..
Some videos show step by step rooting which is wayy complicated
Thanks for the easy method touugh..ill surely try rooting 1st..
Lemme know soon if the link works fine for indian versions
Thanks in advance
Hi Dhiraj,
This tutorial works for all the backflips. I have an Indian backflip and runs great. Chances to brick your moto are next to none as it doesnt have radio in it.
Even if somehow you brick it, you can restore it via rsdlite.. do write if need help at any point. cheers 🙂
whoa amazing !
I’m gonna try everything today and ill letya know whatever..
Thanks a lot, cheers man 🙂
Dude I’ve been experincing problems rooting my phone..
I read ur guide rageagaistthevage but I can’t go ahed adb start server step..
I downloaded all the nessasary files on the blog and placed them in c also ..
I saw a video on youtube but there is no destination as cmd in the tools folder
Of android sdk as shown in the video..
I tried superoneclick root on both my mac ans my windows..
It repeats the steps and doesn’t really work..
The z4root is not getting installed on my phone..
Please help..
Thanks in advance
Dhiraj,
make sure you have extracted the sdk to c drive and after extracting it to C drive your path looks like this “c:\android-sdk_r07-windows\android-sdk-windows\tools”
and the other archive sits like this “c:\Moto_MSM_Root\1.5\” ..
connect the phone -> turn off usb drive(set it in pc charging mode) -> thirdly enable USB Debugging by going to [Settings->Applications->Development->Check USB Debugging]
Now double click the batch file.
thanks to u i successfully updated to android 2.1 but trying to get a theme working, I think i bricked my backflip. how do i fix it …..
pls help
just flash the 84mb file again in recovery
Tried it to no use
right now i’m trying to repeat from step 9. is that ok?
it worked, thanks mate …. ur the best 🙂
And yeah one more question..
If I get my phone bricked..
How do I use recovery..
And yeah do phones get bricked while rooting ..??
What care do I have to take while doing all this ?
Hi,
I’m still experiencing problems rooting my backflip. I start the batch file and reach the point where I have to key in commands at the $ cursor with no problem. However, when I open the emulator on my phone and type ./ rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin after changing directory to data/local/tmp, I get the message “permission denied”. Help!
Regards,
Vijay
Vijay, that error is showing up because you havent set the permissions for the bin file
after executing the batch file on your pc ,on the $ prompt you have to execute the 4th step ie
cd /data/local/tmp
chmod 0755 rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin
chmod 0755 install-root.sh
then on terminal emulator on your phone execute those commands.
Hi,
Installed as per instruction, on my Vista laptop, but not able to ROOT my phone.
Krishan Bothra
Temme where I’m going wrong ..
I extracted sdk files to his “c:\android-sdk_r07 windows\android-sdk-windows”
I extracted moto msm files to c/Moto_’MSM_Root
I installed motorola drivers from the motorola driver installer..
I copied the batch file to the desktop..
I extracted the moto msm files to my sd card also..
I turned on my usb debugging mode.
Whenever I try to open my bactch file..it pops up a cmd and then it goes off..
Where do I exactly go wrong ??
Please help ..
Thanks in advance
dhiraj, come on gtalk add me : techgeekguy.com[at]gmail.com
Add me dahi.gr8@gmail.com
Add me at dahi.gr8@gmail.com
Hi Keshav,
First of all id like to thank you for patiently guiding all us noobies through this process. Actually I had keyed in those commands from step 4 at the $ prompt on my pc. Then I goto the emulator on my pc and key in the commands given in step 5 but keep getting permission denied. Should I leave the adb command prompt on my pc open when I key in commands on the emulator on my phone? I’m using Connectbot as the emulator on my phone. Should I use some other software? Once again thanks a ton.
Regards,
Vijay
Hi Keshav
Thanks for your information.
I passed all of step till rebooting “After completion, select “Reboot system now”. It may take up to 10-15 minutes to boot for the first time.”
But the phone for many time like 4 or 5 time turn on and off ,after that android logo’s come and turn on and off for many time and nothing do that !!! is it normal ?
I don’t why and how can I do?
Hi Dartanian,
reboot in recovery.. by holding camera and press power on..
then wipe data, cache, rotate and battery stats..
it will boot then
I also passed all the steps and my phone is also giving me the same symptoms as of Dartanian. Please advice me
Its not related to the rom
Hi Keshav,
Thank you so much.
I updated successfully from 1.5 to 2.1.
Again thanks
Welcome 🙂
Hi, Keshav,
Boss, I’m not able to ROOT.
Help, if you know any simple process.
Regards,
Krishan Bothra
Krishan,
have you tried this http://www.techgeekguy.com/2010/12/how-root-motorola-backflip-1-5-rageagainstthecage-method.html
I have further simplified the process.. download the batch file and drivers again
Dear Keshav,
I have downloaded all file as per your Instructions and when I Run the batch file as per Req. No. 4 , but screen closes instantly.
I have downloaded all as per your Instruction.
Warm Regards,
Krishan Bothra
Dear Krishan,
Three things can be the cause of this:
1. You haven’t extracted the files at the right location.. please check the tutorial for same
2. You don’t have your phone connected in USB Debugging mode.. check the tutorial for same
3. You don’t have drivers installed.. please install them again
Download Motorola Backflip USB drivers for 32bit/x86 or 64bit/x64 and install.
Download the android sdk and extract it in your c drive and check if adb.exe is present in “c:\android-sdk_r07-windows\android-sdk-windows\tools”
Download the rageagainstthecage file and unzip and extract to c drive and make sure two files and two folders are present in “c:\Moto_MSM_Root”
Download this backflip-1.5.bat batch file and save it on your desktop or other place you like.
If the above all are OK then I will try to resolve your problem personally..catch me on techgeekguy.com[at]gmail.com
hi..i cant go by the first step itself when i run android-sdk upto tools i get the message system cannot find the path specified. i downloaded android sdk as youve told and unzipped in c drive, ran sdk set up and spent almost an hour and a half as it downloaded all upt 1.5 release. then it gave the message start adb and i clicked okay. then i closed the entire thing and started in dos mode..where did i go wrong..i downloaded the 32 bit driver too.
Hi Shashibhushan,
You just have to extract the files in android sdk zip file..nothing else you didnt have to run the setup …. please anyways add me on techgeekguy.com[at]gmail.com
we will sort out your issue
and i hope you are following this method to root.
Dear Keshav,
I’m sending Screen shot in your Gmail account.
If you find anything, please let me know.
Boss, please Help…
Krishan Bothra
I got root (I think). Now going to try the upgrade to 2.1. Fingers crossed and all hail Keshave. Dude, you rock. Thanks.
Good luck for your adventure 🙂
Hey keshav..
tthanks a lot for guiding me through the whole update process. .
aanyway,we partitioned my sd to values 320-512 mb..
but now every time I install an app and check sd card and phone storage..my sd phone memory gets used up..I wanna install all my apps to sd..can u help?
there is an application gscript mod on your mobile..
open it and click enable Apps2SD.. phone will restart and most apps wont work
you will have to reinstall them.. best way is to back up those apps using titanium backup
Hi, i want to know if you need to have a carrier for the us so that tis works. I am from south america i have a backlip and i want to do the update but im afraid that the cellphone wont work then to make calls through my cellphone company. Is this method safe in that case?
Jorge its absolutely safe to upgrade.. because this doesn’t change your radio. If your backflip is working right now with your current carrier, it will remain working after the upgrade too!
Dear Keshav,
Any good news for me?
Krishan Bothra
dude regarding what???
hey keshav..
thanks a lot for guiding me through the whole update and root process..
anyway that day we partitioned my sd card with values 320-512mb..
hey keshav..
thanks a lot for guiding me through the whole update and root process..
anyway that day we partitioned my sd card with values 320-512mb..
anyway now when i install apps and then go to sd card and phone storage,my phone memory gets used..how can i install apps directly to sd ???
help !
Dhiraj,
I already replied to you for this..
“there is an application gscript mod on your mobile..
open it and click enable Apps2SD.. phone will restart and most apps wont work
you will have to reinstall them.. best way is to back up those apps using titanium backup”
Regards,
Keshav
Hi,
I’m in a bit of a jam. I’ve reached step 9-2. But now my computer is refusing to copy the ROM to my phone’s SD-card. It detects it when I toggle on the USB-MS mode, but it just refuses to copy. I’ve even tried copying directly to my SD card by putting it in a SD card adaptor and inserting it directly in my comp, but I’m still facing the same problem. Help.
Vijay.
HI Keshave,
Ok so I popped my SD card into the phone again and saw that the Signed-jr0dd-preclair file is till there…. so I skipped 9-2 and carried on with the other steps. However, after doing the WIPE ALL, when I try to flash the ROM from the SD card, I get the following:
Install from sdcard…..
Finding update package…
Opening update package….
E:Can’t open /sdcard/signed-j_r0dd.preclair.v1.2.1.zip (bad)
Installation aborted.
It looks like I’m really screwed. Help.
Vijay.
Vijay, you should format your sd card…
-> go to partition sd and then select partition sd -> press power to confirm->select default values
after partition mount the phone in usb toggle mode and copy that zip file again.
then flash zip from sd
It will go fine
and checkout the overclock post for the backflip, notice the speed difference afterwards.
Hi Keshav,
Thanks. Did that. This time when I flash the ROM it all goes ok until the verification. Then it gives the following:
Verifying update package…..
E: Corrupt file:system/app/ADW.Launcher.apk
E:Verification failed
Installation aborted.
I think maybe i’ll have to re-download the preclair zip. However, I’ve got restricted access to the internet right now. Is there anyway I can get my phone working at this point without redownloading the preclair?
Vijay.
boot your phone to see it.. i can’t say if the necessary files are flashed or not
but hopefully they have cause system/app are supposedly installed at last
Putera, no need to do that.. i never did so it works straight away! and same is the case for others who did it using this tutorial.
hey, um, can you add me on msn? i have lots of problems with doing this.
Add me on gtalk at techgeekguy.com(at)gmail.com
Dear Keshav,
I have send Screen shot of my “C” drive so that you can check I install all per Instructions.
Boss,Please check and help me to Root my Phone.
Krishan Bothra
didnt get any… catch me on gtalk: techgeekguy.com[at]gmail.com
I have resend the mail.
techgeekguy.com’@’gmail.com
Please check.
Hi Keshav,
Any chance that you can upload the ROM as a torrent or to some file sharing service that supports download resumes? I’m having a really tough time downloading it again.
kool…ty for your guidance
my backflip works like a charm 🙂
anyway,my friend owns a samsung galaxy s and i couldn`t really find any tutorials on updating the phone tough there are many forums which say it has released..got it rooted tough using z4root..
i’ll be getting over to that sooon.
Hey keshav i have got stuck on 9th step my mobile jst show one exclamatory sign i one triangle & nothing loads
please help me
it shows me screen like this
Akshay,
How did you try to get into recovery?
power off phone->keep the cam button pressed->power on->release camera button->press volume down
you will get into the recovery mode. If thats what you did and error is coming I would suggest you to reflash the recovery i.e Repeat step 2 to 6
Regards,
Keshav
OK keshav thanks
Dear Keshav,
Hi
How can I change my back flip frequency band to 900Mgh?
Thanks
Hi Dartanian,
you cannot change bands it depends on your service provider, that on which band it provides service. And if your phone supports that band or not.
I hope you are using the same radio as before, you didn’t flash any other radio!
I search on the net and see smart-clip for change the frequency bond.
Did you see?
smart-clip.com
thanks
do you have a locked phone? If yes unlocking is a very different thing from changing frequency band.
ping me on gtalk regarding this..will try to help you out
Dear Keshav,
in point 8, I have I have started my phone connected with my PC, by pressing camera button and after I pressed volume down button.( it say up pressed)
After this I get following screen
Is, up to this I done correctly ?
Now what I have to do as I have waited more then 30 minutes but screen remain the same.
Help…
Krishan Bothra
Krishan,
1. press home or menu button in that mode..It resets some sort of deadlock and it will boot fine.
2. Else you can do one thing flash the ClockworkMod Recovery, Go to Market, search for RomManager, download it, then it will ask if you have backflip etc questions just give the appropriate answers. And it will flash the ClockworkMod Recovery.
reboot your phone in recovery by cam button method and then flash the 84mb zip file already in your sd card.
Keshav,
I have pressed HOME button, but nothing happen, now I will download ClockworkMod Recovery and let you know.
Thanks.
Krishan Bothra
Hey kishan bothra
jst remove ur battery & plug it in again
it ill roll back your mobile to old version
Dear Akshay,
What about update to 2.1, any suggestions
Krishan Bothra
Dear Krishan
jst follow instructions again & enjoy it like me 🙂
OMG fingers cross phone updating to eclair its still in process & its done
many thanks Keshav
Should we use motoblur accout if yes please let me know how
ofcourse you should.. gives you a feature where you can track your phone via web.
Dear Keshav when I searched MARKET I found following:
1. ROM Manager ( Payment)
2. Telnet (Free)
3. DroidRootKelper ( Free)
4. Momo ( Free)
Which one I have to install.
Krishan Bothra
free version of rom manager is also there!
Dear Keshav,
When I search market onto backflip, I can find only 4 application, no free version on market, if you know any link please let me know.
If you saved this application please HELP.
Krishan Bothra
install “MyMarket” from market and then search in that application for a free version
ping me at gtalk!!
Dear Keshav,
“MyMarket” in not available in Market.
Help…
Krishan Bothra
Will this work even if i have 2.1 official update?
Yup, this will work good even after you have updated to 2.1 official.
Just root,flash recovery,flash rom.
After this checkout how to overclock your backflip also!
Hi Keshav,
Need help….
Plz add me to u’r gmail suhel@sayyed.in
hey keshav…thanks a lot man..i know its too late but i want the others to know what a wonderful chap you are.i cant even wait for what you come up with next….we salute you…
Welcome Shashibhushan, Enjoy your stay on TechGeekGuy.
Dear Keshav Brother,
As per your instructions i have rooted my backflip and according to your instructions i have wiped all and rebooted. Now my backflip is restarting many times, USB green port light blinks again and again. My backflip screen goes on and off again and again but my phone is not restarting. Please help
Saif
Remove your sd card and then boot.
You have to do a wipe all again. You must have booted after wipe
hi!
i’ve got a problem after flashing my phone!
it didn’t boot! and i dont get the recovery file:(
what can i do for back my phone to life again?!
Please explain your situation a little further,
were you flashing the recovery or the eclair? where does it stop ? what kind of screen does it stop on?
i follow your comand and flash my phone! it’s cool ! but after rebooting my phone to use it it din’t reboot. at the first time it just restarting it self like a evryy 1min after 15min i flash it again and the screen fixed with the moto logo ( White one!) an till nnow i cant make it boot again:(
copy the 84mb zip file again to the sd card, then flash again by going into recovery.
hey man i do all this thing, and didn’t work.
today i chang it and get the me600 chinis verision!
an non of my oprators setting work on this:( and i couldn’t use my wifi! any words to help my root me600 and upgrade it too andriod 2.1 ?! plz!!!:)
Yepppppiiiii…I’ve upgraded firware as per your great & simple instructions….now my backflip is equipped with ‘MotoBlur’ , App2SD, Swayp, netfilter, Root Access & many moreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Thanks a lot Keshav ..U’re Hero …..
Thanks all folks who has put their probs/comm/sugg/instru. here….
Moto ROCKS>………………………..Keshav Rock.ssssssssssssssss
hey man what is the version of your backflip?!
is it mb300 or me600?
Dear its mb300
hi,
I did all steps but when i try to reboot it my phone just turn on with the withe screen with the motrola logo and the trun it off and turn on in the same screen,
I already remove the sd card and wipe all again but dosn’t work
Carlos,
update hasn’t been flashed correctly, either your zip file is corrupted or your sd card. Copy the 84mb zip again to your sd card and then flash it from recovery.
Hi keshav. After successful upgrade i just Want to clear few doubts.
1. Does this ROM is having 3G supp0rt because. Network select option is not active to select 2G or 3G but its set to automatic
2. Is there any risk to use multi touch?
3 i m having class 2 sandisk 8 GB SD card so is. It ok to use apps 2 sd?
Sunny,
1. ROM supports 3G.
2. There is No risk in using multitouch because the touchscreen driver is already supported multitouch only thing was that kernel was not reading it. Now that kernel which is in this ROM can read two separate X,Y co-ordinates. It doesn’t pose any sort of danger.
3. Regardless the class 2 card is little slow, app2sd will work great. You will be impacted in situations like where you have to watch or record a 720p/1080p video to your card.
Keshav
Hey there,
Is anybody else having the trouble to be unable to choose the disconnection of the 3G network? (trying to save on my data plan)
If so, how have you managed?
I installed the 3G WatchDog but the option isn’t active there either.
Any advice?
Thanks to all,
Pank.
Dear Keshav Gupta,
I fulfilled all the requirements to update out dated firmware from my backflip(mb300) from AT&t. Then i rooted my backflip as per your procedure. I passed all with a littel diffiulty because i am not a computer professional. Milestone #1 was achieved and i was so exited. Then i rebooted my backflip on recovery mode. All the steps from 9 to 11 were passed successfully. After completing all the steps i rebooted my backflip but my phone is not working now. It started turning on and off again and again. I tried all the steps as per your instruction but my phone is not restarting. Can you help me in this regard? I told you that i am an accountant by profession and a lay man in computers. Sure there will be mine fault in upgrading firmware. Please help
Regards,
Saif Ur Rehman
Dear Saif,
Please follow tutorial from step 9-2 again.
Recopy the zip from comp to card.. and then flash
Dear Keshav,
I have followed all the steps. I have followed from step 9-2 again and again. Copied zip from computer to sd card again and again. Downloaded zip again and again coz i thought that it might have been corrupt. But my backflip stucks on Motorola logo or gets restart again and again. Please guide me :(:(
Regards,
Saif
Hi,
I have the same problem. if you found a solution pleas let me know
Hi.
I have completed all steps to root the phone and have flashed the new rom but after selecting reboot the phone just constantly reboots. I let it go for 20 mins but its now been 40 mins and its still rebooting.
any ideas?
Adam.
Adam,
If stuck on green one.. wipe all in recovery and reboot else if on white moto screen repeat from step 9-2
Hi,
As the phone was stuck on the White moto screen before rebooting i have completed step 9.2 on as requested, I have also done this for a 3rd time with a freshly downloaded copy of the rom.
My device is still rebooting at the White M screen.
Any more ideas?
Regards
Adam.
add me on gtalk : techgeekguy.com[at]gmail.com
Hey keshav
i want to disable my EDGE
how i can disable it
delete the APN
Update: I have re-read the comment on this Blog and have noticed a few people having the same issue. I am currently re-flahsing the rom and will let you know if i still have problems.
Thanks.
Hi Keshav,
I am in the US and have official 2.1 update on my backflip, Z4root, and Titanium Backup Pro. I used Sideloader Wonder Machine to load z4root after it was taken off of market. It works great! I have frozen all At&t garbage, including market updater. Can I load the Overclocker without the custom Eclair 2.1? If not, do you know of an overclocker that will work on my BF as it is? I tried Overclock Widget and it doesn’t change the clock speed at all. Thanks for helping all of us Moto BF Noobs!
Sincerely,
Harrel
Harrel,
its possible to keep your official 2.1 ROM but you will have to get the custom recovery on your phone. Follow this tutorial upto step 7.
then flash this zip file using the overclocking tutorial .
Pls do reply. …..
Sunny,
Currently no browser (stock,opera, firefox,skyfire,dolphin) support NTLM.
So your proxy script won’t work. Maybe Google will add this feature in Honeycomb, or expect a browser to add that soon.
hi
in me600 how can get into the green page?! when i keep the power and the camera it going to blue page of usb rebooting and i cant use the rsd lite 🙁 pls i need this phone :((
come on gtalk
I´m trying to boot into recovery mode (MB300 Vivo Brazil), and get only a blue screen with Motorola´s logo, in the center, and a bottom msg: “Bootloader USB Init” . I can´t get into the green screen with android´s logo…..
My phone´s already rooted successfully and I´ve done the installation of j_ro0d´s recovery. Can you help me? T ks in advance
hi bro i have your problem to!! and ii didnt find any thing 🙁
i have updated the tutorial.. you will have to upgrade your radio
read again for same.
You can type
$ su
# reboot recovery
on the adb shell to get into recovery mode
awesome you are.
followed as per your instructions. i am on windows 7. i had to open the command promt in the super user mode.
after that it just flowed.
i am on 2.1
thanks like anything.
regards
ashok
Hi keshav
i’ve updated firmware. Now how can i use apps2sd as all apps which. Im installing from Market are consuming my phone memory. I’ve also tried script tool given in program menu but still not working. Im sure that i’ve missed something
pls. Help me to get this done.
read >step 9< and if you have already done that.. in gscript execute reapair app2sd
My functional frozen apps list, so far. I now have a faster phone that works how I want it to work. Everything with ‘blur’ in it is frozen.
adservice
at&t maps
at&t navigator
at&t radio
at&t wifi hotspots
blur.res.2.1-update1
Happenings2.1-update1
IM 02.00
IM offline service 2.1-update1
Market Updater 1.0
mobile banking
mobile video
mobiTV
motoblur calendar service 2.1-update1
motoblur megamaid 2.1-update1
motoblur services 2.1-update1
motoblur social sharing 2.1-update1
motoblur storage monitor 2.1-update1
musicID
quick contact 2.1-update1
social messaging 2.1-update1
social messaging service 2.1-update1
social status 2.1-update1
universal inbox 2.1-update1
where 1.9.6
I use ES Task Manager to kill all apps, then launch what I use, to see what runs it.
I also use Cache Cleaner. If an app is slow to load, stop it and clean the cache, then it loads quickly.
I did have a weird issue at first. The phone would only ring audibly if I set it to Ring Only w no CID. After a reboot, it is working normal.
Also, a great shortcut to create (IMO) is Facebook Phonebook. It is in the Folders section.
hi
Did you find a solution for the rebooting problem, I try to re-flash my phone again, but didn’t works, also I try with different SD and do all the steps again (also downloaded the zip file again)
If you find a solution to this pleas let me know.
Regards
i have updated the tutorial.. you will have to upgrade your radio
read again for same
HI All ,
I have upgraded my Backflip to 2.1 , It’s good but Motonav App is not there can any help me to get motonav which is supported to Motorola Backflip
hey Keshav,
i had given up all hopes that my backflip is worth the money i paid for it, untill i reached this page… well i haven’t tried it out yet but i am sure i will in coming days… what i fear is loosing the warranty .. but neways the motorola support is poor so i have decided to go and update to 2.1 .. i use a 64kbps connection so downloading all the stuff will take a while .. also i wanted to know how much time will all these steps take to complete the upgrade ?
i am a complete NOOB so will surely eat ur head out if at all i get stuck !!!
also 5 of us got the same phone 2getr and d rest 4 are not bothered about its version so if i do crack this thing i will surely have an advantage !!
hoping fr your support !!
thanking you in anticipation
Hello, and thanks for the amazing tuto.
Anyways, i havent tried it yet to my backflip since i have some questions first, im actually from mexico, but i got my backflip from usa (AT&T carrier) the phone is unlocked for the sim but the android still 1.5, i would like to update the android to 2.1 but doing this with ur tuto will delete the motoblur also isnt ? is there way to reinstall the motoblur or kinda back it up ? thanks again!
Hello Keo,
your backflip will be updated to 2.1 Motoblur edition. Just sign in and all your previous data on blur account will be back! and yes your phone will remain unlocked if you were wondering.
keshav,
now that i havdownloaded all the files.. i will try upgrading .. i am done with the rooting of the phone.. i had 1 query … does the back track work after upgrading to 2.1 .. it is not usefull anyhow but still !!!
Hi, I’m using an Australian Optus Backflip. I followed the process to the letter, and my phone is essentially bricked. I’ve tried reflashing with preclair many times with no success. I’ve also tried to flash using RSD lite with the Optus firmware, and had no success with that either. The .sbf file wouldn’t initialise. I’m pretty much at the end of my rope here, and was wondering if there was any advice you could give me on unbricking it.
Thanks.
Michael,
did you flash the radio image? I have already mentioned that to do so. It is required to update your radio before flashing this ROM
You can flash using RSD lite in USB init mode. To go into USB init :
power off -> keep d+j pressed -> power on leave d+j when you see blue screen
now flash with RSD lite and make sure you have the moto usb drivers installed prior to that.
Oh wow, didn’t see that there. Thanks very much. Looks like everything’s working well now.
Thanks a lot Keshav, did every step as you posted, and worked correctly.
Just a little tip (may be): you mention when to plugin the phone (with charge only) but i didnt know when to unplug it (after doing the recovery thing and restart the phone, if you have the phone plugged to the usb still, ir will power on again byself) so probably after doing the recovery thing add a “unplug the phone from the usb now. 🙂
Amazing tuto and thanks again happy with my 2.1 now 🙂
hiii keshav,
i hav bought backflip in nov….now i hav 2 upgrade it to 2.1……so while upgrading my phone, warrenty will be canceled or not?????
Warranty will be void. You will have to load the older firmware before giving in warranty
Hi Keshav, and others.
Thank you again for your help upgrading to 2.1 on gtalk the other day. I have found another not so small issue which MAY or MAY NOT be related to the upgrade.
My hardware keyboard, camera and volume buttons no longer work once Android 2.1 is fully loaded. Multiple reboots and searching the phone settings for clues has yeilded nothing.
I am able to get into the recovery mode etc but once android is loaded I loose the use of the buttons again.
Any ideas/help on this annoying would be much appreciated.
Thanks
Adam.
The drivers didn’t load correctly. You should re flash the phone. No need to wipe anything.
After flashing you will have to flash overclock again.
For restart issue reduce the overclock speed to 650MHz
Hello again Keshav,
I’ve got a lil problem since i updated to 2.1 using this tutorial OFC, the problem is sometimes i dont know really what i do before this happens, but my email stops refreshing my inbox. If i do it manually i get an error “No data connection” even tho i can get into market, get into the browser and search on the internet… everything just the email is sending that error when i want to get my new inbox. Any help ?
hii keshav,
thanks for the amazing walkthrough .. i hav sucessufully updated to 2.1…
now the query is that i 4got to nandroid back up .. so will a nandroid back up from a friends phone work for me ???
also do u hav a copy of the Stock rom that came with the indian version.. nevertheless i am more than happy with my phone now 😀 all thanks to ur amazing guide !! hats off !! cherrs 😀
hey akshat why do you want the stock rom?he’s gonna introduce us to 2.2 and 2.3 hopefully which is more than what we bargained for when we bought this beauty. and trust me these tinkerings are very addictive.i guess even motorola might take these versions itself and make them official…they are so stable..i thank keshav cause though i may not have to intellect to create or modify roms i certainly have developed the curiosity to experiment.
Hi Keshav,
first thank you very much for this excelent tutorial, now I’m a really happy owner of a MB300 with Android 2.1.
I was having the problem with phone stuck on the white screen after step 12, so I tried wiping and re-flashing as you suggest in the comments with no success, but the following worked for me:
– Wipe all.
– Flash again.
– Wipe all again.
All the above in the same recovery mode session.
I’m in Mexico with Telcel, so I applied the radio update and all it’s working fine so far. A lot of fun is waiting for me with my new phone. 🙂
Thanks again Keshav for sharing your knowledge.
Regards.
Hola GtzGtz,
Estoy en el mismo caso que tú estuviste, intenté el wipe all que sugiere Keshav y el que tú mismo hiciste pero no me funciona.
Qué quieres decir con que lo hiciste en la misma sesión de recuperación? Los dos flasheos (el radio y el ROM) sin rebootear? Conectado o desconectado del usb?
Gracias por tus comentarios.
Pank.
Hola Pank,
Usted debe parpadear la primera radio rom. A continuación, la rom 2.1.
Copiar la rom a la tarjeta SD y seguir el tutorial.
Thanks for your answer, Keshav;
that’s just what i did:
i flashed the radio rom (the file named “signed-IT_radio.zip”) and then flashed the file “signed-j_r0dd.preclair.v1.2.1.zip”. both files were previously in the sd card of course and as it did not work i have wiped all and re flashed several times, making slight variations.
the most i have let the phone reboot is about 40 minutes, and still it’s in the white page with the M logo.
would appreciate some advice, i use this phone a lot.
Pank.
Hey all, it’s done!
This is what i did differently, so one or two may use it:
the radio file was flashed on its own, no other file was in the sd card; then re boot; then usb drive mode again and copy the rom file and delete the radio file from the sd card; then flash rom file; reboot; done!
Thank you very much for your help, Keshav, and for your spanish effort.
@Shashibhushan Vaidya
the reason i asked for the stock ROM was that i hav bought the phone just a month ago so it is under warranty … if these seems to be any problem i can load the stock ROM nd then try if the problem is solved .. if not then i can appply for warranty 😀
just to be on the safer side ..
@keshav
hexpor has released a deblurred version of the J_r0dd 1.3… and i hav sucessufully updated to it .. so i would like you to help my fellow backflip owners here .. i can do it but i am not a gud at explaining the steps !!!
hey keshav ,
iv tried updating my moto backflip with ur method…..but i have a doubt
how much time does phone take to reboot after 8th step in the procedure……iv got struck in that. please help me
@ keshav
i have invited u in gtalk. can u please come online and guide me dude. im trying to sort it since 12 hrs but not able to upgrade it
I have tried upgrading three times and have bricked my phone every time, I did everything according to the instructions but every time it gets stuck on the Motorola boot up screen and I have to use RSDlite and flash it back to the original state. What is wrong???
you must flash the radio update
How do I do that?
already mentioned in tutorial
-> [Update] If you are a VIVO, Oi, TIM, Personal Móvil Argentina, Optus & Telcel user then download signed-IT_radio.zip and copy to sd card, and flash this before step 11 and reboot, then continue from step 11. It will update your outdated radio version, which is needed for this ROM.
just a phone image is displayed on my phone during reboot after 8th step…..its getting struck
Dear Keshav,
I think i have bricked my backflip. Is it possible for me to get back ATT us rom? Or my phone has jus become a paper weight?
Saif
use RSD Lite to restore you phone.
Dear Keshav,
You are really great. I have turned a brick into Blur with the help of RSD Lite……. But i am so disappointed that i cant get rid of ATT from my Blur. Anyways thanks so much and please post any thing new to get rid off the ATT rom from my blur. Your tutorial made an Accountant a Computer freak…. Thanks so much again.
Regards
Saif Ur Rehman.
hi..i think i am having problems while partitioning the sd card..the device hangs on boot either at the moto batwings or green android..could you put in a tutorial about this?meanwhile will the handset work properly if i insert another sd card into it later as i have a 512mb card lying unused..also let us know how we can move the apps to sdcard..will enabling it in Gscript mod do the job?or is there some apk we have to download
i have installed the application into my phone memory without partitioning the sd card.
now my phone memory has become too less.
how can i install the application into sd card again with partitioning ??
partition your card, and enable app2sd in gscriptmod
ya i have done it and later on after reboot i have formatted my sd card …..now i lost my MARKET application…….is there any way to reinstall it ???
Hey Keshav
I know its too early to ask
but what do u think when we will get froyo update
Hi Keshav,
I am still not able to perform the above step which you have mentioned… Can you please help me on the same please.
I also added you in Gtalk can you accept it so we can talk over it.
Thanks a lot…
Dear Kehav,
Great work. Great tutorial. I was stuck on rebooting. But got US AT&T ROM 2.1 by RSD lite. I have again rooted my eclair2.1 with your method. Please tell me now can i be able to get rid of AT&T application out of my backflip.?
Regards.
Awesome tutorial man!
I had to change the batch file, since I’ve installed the SDK in Program Files, but apart from that… everything went exactly as you described.
I love my new eclair !
Thanks a TON !!
Hey Keshav
I appreciate your knowledge here,been very helpful.
I purchased my backflip 2 months ago,I have rooted my phone and obviously I want to upgrade it to eclair.But I have heard a lot that eclair upgrade is making backflip very much slow.Now you know things about it and you probably also have backflip so….Will the upgrade make the BF300 very slow or any hang or brick chances??..I really dnt wanna work on kinky device.
Thank you for your time…Do reply back
Vaibhav,
Its all about personal opinions. Btw I have overclocked my backflip and deblurred my ROM using Titanium Backup. So I find it many times faster but it’s your call to update.
I haven’t seen any Backflip rendered useless here.. I was able to recover everyone’s backflip which went down, so I would say it’s pretty safe. But ya risk is there!
Keshav,
So buddy…its obvious that we would void the warranty of backflip..by upgrading it.I have a warranty for 3 yrs and only couple of months have passed with my new MB300.
If in any case I dont wanna use 2.1 further….or if I have to make use of my warranty from company…then are there any methods of degrading back to 1.5…??….If so…then would there be any exceptions under which I wont be able to do degrade.
Thank you
you can go back if you want anytime
dude its been really helful of u…
i hav rooted my phone…by rage against cage method…..successfuly…thank you
now to upgrade i have extracted both the files as per need…and pasted them into sd card after extracting it..!!..then…
I have succeeded til step 7..as mentioned above…then i unplugged the cable(guess i was wrong here)….tried to do step 8 but after pressing down key…nothing opens,,,,but an image with exclamatory mark appears on the screen…no recovery options…I also tried to start again with step 1..but…after typing “start server”…same msg not appearing…nothing happpens…!!
please dude…help me with this…!!..where am i wrong..and how to start over again.!!
after doin step 8…proceeding for step 9….screen shows me only three options…
1) reboot system now
2) apply sdcard:update.zip
3) wipe data/factory reset
no other option..or submenu is shown….guess there’s no custom recovery menu…the image shown above is totally diff.
.so hw can i partition my sd card….and how to flash zip from sd card..
Hey Keshav
I appreciate your work.Thank you very much….I hav finally upgraded to 2.1..will check up further now..!!
I have also installed zip file for overclocking….but how to manage and check frequecy..??
Keshav, I rooted my Backflip and it works fine 🙂 Fantastic tut bro. And I am trying to upgrade my 1.5 to 2.1. I downloaded all the files except j_r0dd-mb300-v1.8. It doesn’t download, instead it just refreshes the page. Kindly do send me the link.
Hey Keshav,
I completed the installation, so I press Reboot now. After 15 min, my device is still stuck on the Motorola logo boot up screen. What do I do?
dude im also facing the same problem !!!!
so wt u did ??????
This was a fantastic post.. Thanks to Keshav.
Wonderful job done in explaning and I am on Eclair. 2.1.1 now on my moto backflip (bought from Indian Market)
This has made my phone what i wanted it to look like..
Thanks Keshav.
hey keshav..
thanx bud…m enjoying very much with 2.1……but i m into one sort of mess…!!
even after enabling app2sd in gmod script…(phone got restart)……..my phone memory is getting used up… after installing any app!!..what should i do nw….help
have you partitioned your sd card? if not then first do that..
else if done run repair app2sd in gscript
yep man..i did the partition …n even after repairing ..i enabled again…got a restart…bt still…if the app is for 5 mb…my 1 mb of the memory is getting consumed up..!!
plz help..!!
Vaibhav, thats for data and cache purposes… I thought the whole 5mb is being consumed!
umm hmm dude..
the update link which uve given in this blog is j rodd`s pre-eclair v1.2.1
this is the link to the J rodd`s pre-eclair v1.3.1
do u recommend me getting this..
lemme know soon..
thanks in advance
Dhiraj,
1.3.1 doesn’t have froyo market, multitouch. Thats why I recommend 1.2.1
Moreover the only difference left is of kernel, which you can update from flashing the overclocked kernel I have provided http://www.techgeekguy.com/2010/12/overclock-your-motorola-backflip-2-1-eclair-and-increase-its-performance.html
hi keshav…why is v1.3.2 giving problems?the keypad goes haywire..both touch screen as well as keyboard…just wanted to know as i was trying all the versions though i do find the 1.2.1 the way i want.the gintech blueless seems to be the most user friendly and fastest…i liked the theme and the colour sequence on 1.3.2 though..
Hello ive followed all intructions and all installed right.
However, now i’ve been on the bootscreen for over 20minutes. What can i do to fix this?
hey alex,
akshay here im also facing the same problem wt u did wit ur fone is it working ????
Keshav,
Thanks for this amazing info.
Do you still think 1.2.1 is the most stable? Any reason to use this one instead of the 1.3.1 on m3?
gil
Keshav, I’ve rooted my backflip and now its on 2.1. Thanks for your great tut bro. But My phone seems to be slow. Is there any way backing to 1.5. Please help.
Thanks for putting this up Keshav.. I upgraded to 2.1 without any difficulty at all.. The steps are mentioned so clearly here and in so much detail.. Thanks for adding to my Android experience.. Cheers!!!
do you have to root it? im having trouble with rooting it and nothing is working ! in the command prompt it doesnt recognise my phone as one of he adb devices
I had to root it.. I wud suggest that you follow the instructions as mentioned by Keshav and you will get there.. Also, name all folders and files the way Keshav has mentioned in the article..
Let me know if you still have issues.. CheerS
hi. I rooted my phone.
Now, when I get to step 6, and I type “su”., this comes up:
bionic/linker/linker.c:1584 ERROR: 31910 could not load ‘libbinder.so’
bionic/linker/linker.c:1641 ERROR: failed to link su
bionic/linker/linker.c:1741 ERROR: CANNOT LINK EXECUTABLE ‘su’
$
and it wont let me flash the recovery.
You dont have root. Repeat t the process
I did like 5 times. I’m pretty sure im rooted because I have the superuser application and it works. And I also downloaded drocap2,w hich needs a root, and that works too!
When I go to the recovery image of a phone comes with an exclamation point. Please help me.
And yeah..
relating to my previous post..
the link i`ve given in it..
which one should i download..
full clean no fm radio,
full services no fm radio
or the
deblurred hexor mb300 beta test radio..
thanks in advance..
lemme know soon..
Dhiraj, these ROMs are just different flavors of the same thing.
You can try any of them which pleases you. Deblurred ROM means with no moto apps.. So if you dont want them you can get rid of them with TitaniumBackup also.
Or else use a ROM with these apps not in it like the ones you have mentioned. Try the ROM with test radio. And let us know the results 🙂
Dear Keshav i have non it backfround can u pls help me update my phone by taking adminstrative righs of my pc using Team viewer, That would be a great help
Regards’
Kumar Brijwani
9860521352
i tried the radio and the google 5.0 maps..
the maps are fun and theres some kinda offline navigation too..
but the bad part bout the rom is it forecloses when you try to acess settings>account
Sad pointless if i cant get all my contacts back
..
so ill just try extract the gmaps 5.0 apk from titanium backup and move to my previous rom..
no need to do that, you will get the update from market for google maps 5.0.
btw your contacts are synced with your google account, and you must be able to login into that for sure!
Keshav, I’ve some 500 following contacts on twitter and same on facebook. Once I connect to twitter & facebook, all the contacts are stored on my phone. Its really really touch to manage contacts. Any way to disable these contacts? I need only the contacts which I store. Thanks a bunch
hiii
keshav , i compleated the entire procedure of upgrading but the first boot is taking a hell lot of time more than 20 min , jus show’s the white moto screen !!!!!!!!!
pls helppp
thnx in advance!!!
Sorry. The comment is so long that I lost my patience reading all of it to find out whether there has already been an answer for my problem.
It’s just the part when I have to type “su”, the command prompt writes “su” again and then permission denied.
What did I do wrong there? Can you please help me.
Thanks in advance.
Open the superuser application from android and then type ‘su’. It will ask for permission on phone. Select allow.
oh. Finished already. I love you Keshav 😡
Hi ttmuathu,
i notice that you had solved the “permission denied ” when trying to gain su,
how did you do that??? i have same problem trying to flash rcovery stage.
i can gain su but unable to go further as i type flash_image….. the “permission denied” pops up..
Many thanks plz email me.
Hello Sir,
i have moto backflip cupcake 1.5 version so is this possible to update by using above details.
please suggest me?
What if I want to use 2G only and not 3G?
Hi everybody’s. My name is Necati and i m from Turkey in Kayseri. i know little bit english so i hope understand mee :(( especially Keshav Gupta. I ‘ve got motorola backflip its motorola_blur_version.0.2.9.mb 300.retail.en.de and 1.5 version. if i did step by step this 2.1 upgrade procedure, Can i upgrade my phone this eclair version??
hey, i get a huge error and it doesnt even start succesfully. HELP!!!im frustrated
Keshav, I ve rooted my phone successfully. applications with super user access works. But when i type su in step 6, it simply says permission denied 🙁 please help.
thanks in advance..
i have getting error of access denied after enter su
I was stuck on the white screen after step 12 too, but followed GtzGtz’s advice to wipe all, flash, wipe all again in one single recovery mode session and it worked!
i got to the green android man after a minute of the white screen with black moto logo, then managed to boot into the initial motoblur screen within the next 5minutes. success!
hey, keshav, i finally got it to work thanks!!. one more question when i go on recovery mode it says “** Security on, fastboot disabled **”
what shall i do?
Dude keshav,
I am stuck at the first step man.Downloaded all your files as per steps.But first and foremost rooting is not happening.Downloaded it from the link ,but doesnt install on the phone.Plus tried searching for Z4 root from market,but doesnt show up.
I too got and indian backflip,but using it in UK.Does that make and difference?
Keshav, Seems like am not being responded. My backflip is too slow now. Anyway I can restore my phone to android 1.5 (Factory setup)?
Hey Keshav,
I have a little problem, i flashed with 2.1 everything works fine. Thank you
But now, my keyboard (azerty hardware) switched to qwerty. And it’s driving me crazyyyy!
i was wondering if you knew anything on how to restore it to azerty. I guess it’s from the boot.img but…i’ve seen somewhere that i had to unpack it, modify it and then repack it.
Don’t know how to do that…so please help meee!!
If you could just send me a boot.img from an original azerty rom….i would be grateful.
Thank’s a lot.
hi youssef,
you can flash this file to get QWERTZ keyboard back on your backflip. http://www.mediafire.com/?2n872pd5c9zskdr
hi keshav i have same youssef problem
plz post signed.preclair.azerty.zip for french backflip
and not qwerty
thanks.
Hey keshav thanx a trillion for your tutorial.
Successfully got my Indian backflip rooted and upgraded.
Your the god of the geeks….
Guys just follow the tutorial step by step and it will all be sorted out.
I being a newbie to this tot it was rocket science….but the tutorial just helped alot
HI KESHAV..
I BOUGHT BACKFLIP WEEK BACK…
I REALLY DO APPRECIATE FOR YOUR POST FOR AN UPGRADE…
THOUGH.. IT TOOK AN HOUR FOR ME .. BUT SUCCESSFULLY GOT IT UPGRADED TO 2.1 VERSION…
THANKS A LOT MAN !!!
can anyone upload the tutorial picture, step by step.?? Please
So keshav no azerty for me?
Keshav,
I’ ve upgraded to 2.1.thanks for the instructions.They worked like a charm. I’m STUCK now 🙁 please help. My phone reboots occasionally on its own. And even when i keep using it, the reboot rate keeps increasing :((( This used to happen when I had 1.5 as well . Any fixes for that? is my phone warranty void now? if so is there any way to reclaim it so that i can get a replacement?? I’ve tried factory reset and still the problem persists. I don’t have any 3rd party apps in my phone and i’m confused about the reason for the reboots :(((
plzzzzz help..
thanks in advance.
Hi!
1st of all very nice series of tutorials indeed. I was facing some issues while updating to 2.1 but after reading all the comments and replies I reset my phone and then started the upgrade process from step one and eventually succeeded without any issues. If you face any issues reset the phone but, make sure u have taken a complete backup of it.
Secndly I wanted to ask Keshav is that will it now be possible to upgrade to a much more recent android version such as 2.2 or maybe 2.3.
Regards
Sam
hi Keshav, its me again 😉
dude I think I bricked my phone but the problem is all I can see is a black screen and the only sign that shows the phone still on is when i touch the back , home and app keys on the phone it vibrates
I tried to do these and non of them worked for me :
– boot into recovery mode to flash again by pressing power + camera button
– use rsd lite by pressing J+D with power
it seems that nothing is working right now but the keys (vibration)
is there any thing I can do to fix this ?
thanks in advanced for your help dude
Hi Keshav
I got the phone working on Eclair. All thanks to you! I had more or less given up on it (phone kept hanging) but this upgrade seems to have solved those problems. The phone is lovely, by the way, nice and responsive. The keyboard is quite handy for people who are clumsy with the touchscreen (such as I) but I’ve been using the touch screen for a couple of days now and it’s not that bad.
Anyway, thanks again and may your tribe increase
Hi keshav,
I have upgraded my MBF from 1.5 to 2.1.. thnx to u…..
I was wondering when can we have 2.2
thnx again
hey keshav,
iv successfully updated to 2.1 and even overclocked it but m facing a lot a problems with it…..system got slow…..its getting struck again and again and many other problems….iv even tried flashing and rebooting many times but still the same problems continues…..can i restore the same old 1.6 update it my phone…
in comments somewhere I have posted on how you can flash 1.5 Rom on your backflip. You will need RSD Lite for that.
Dude!!! You rock! n roll!
All worked perfectly, rather flawlessly, I should say. I’m gonna try overclocking this badass phone. You gotta love the form factor of Backflip, so sweet that diabetics gotta be careful.
Warmest regards, Thanx, Shukria, Meherbani, Gracias!
p.s. All hail jr0dd!!!
just had tried the forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803682.
It worked great and flawless for motobackflip.
hey.. u say that it will reboot like 10 -15mins and mine restart like 5 six times and it is still stuck how??
Pleaaase Keshav
No Signed Azerty keyboard flash for me?
I really need azerty back i’m batteling to use qwerty
Thanks
Youssef,
I am not planning on doing that.. It requires time. May be you can get it on M3
hi, i am stuck here : after sign in as su, immediately when i type the word “flash”
it says “flash permission denies ” before i get to finish entering ” flash_image… v1.8.”
Hi Keshav,
I’ve followed all steps but I had a problem when I tried to install the signed-IT_radio.zip before the step 11. I installed the “SDCARD: signed-j_r0dd.preclair.v”, but when I rebooted the cell phone stuks in a white screen with motorola mark for more than one hour.
After that I wipe all again and installed just the “SDCARD: signed-j_r0dd.preclair.v” without the signed-IT_radio.zip then works perfectly.
Now I am worry if it will works with VIVO, Oi, TIM because I am going back to Brazil soon. What do you think I need to do?
Sincerely,
Keshav Gupta, i did it somehow.. I ve got 2.1 on my Optus backflip now. thank you for the support here. Initially the phone was stuck on the motorola logo for over 30 mins, i removed the battery and went into recovery mode, wiped all again and reflash just the preclair, and left the radio out. is it a problem later ??? many thanks
Congrats on your eclair !
you just have to flash the radio once.. then it remains until you flash another radio again
This worked like a charm except now I don’t get any notification of connecting the phone to the computer via USB anymore. I also don’t see any USB Mode option anywhere (it’s not under “SD Card & phone storage settings” or “Applications” or any where else under “Settings”). How do I get this back?
FYI, I just had to reload the drivers on my pc…all is well now.
And I’m loving it so far!
Keshav, I’ve just rebooted my MB300, & as I wait for it to come back to life, thought I’d say Thank you for posting this step-by-step guide!! Most steps went without a hitch for me – & when they did, I was able to easily trace back & know where I’d gone wrong (mostly my nerves;)
First time ever that I’ve hacked any phone – can’t wait to see what else I can do with the gadget (risking divorce from my wife here 😉
Thanks once again!
Keshav Gupta, i want to install apps on sdcard, since I’ ve 2.1 ,
1. can I just do step 9 only to partition my sdcard wihout reflashing the rom. ??
2. do i need to copy the Rom to sd card ??
3 . I’ ve 2 GB sd card, what size partition is good and which partition to choose ??? many thanks.
swanlake747
i dont get the green android screen..
when i type in flash_image recovery /sdcard/j_r0dd-mb300-v1.8.img
it shows no such file found.. what do i do ?
Hi Keshav. Great thanks for the tutorial, worked for me, now running 2.1
Just one thing – multitouch. Can’t find a single app where it works. Any ideas?
you will have to flash the overclocked kernel
Does this update get rid of the restricted app installation? Thanks in advance.
yes, it does as well as the froyo!
Hi,
Just wonder does this Backflip 2.1 upgrade will it be the same as the AT&T Backflip 2.1 upgrade? Saw some AT&T Backflip 2.1 upgrade there were quite number of new features are very good (pls check youtube – Android 2.1 Review for Motorola Backflip).
Slchua, forget eclair.. get froyo for backflip
hey Keshav ,
no way to help us to use our azerty keyboard
i know that could take time but if you just give us some tips that would be great
regards
mail me the photo of your keyboard layout .And If there are any non-english characters then also send me all the characters on backflips keyboard typed in a notepad file.
Hey keshav
i bought my backflip in china.though its ‘me600’ with cupcake and motoblur chinese retail version.i just want to know will this upgrade work without any problem on my phone.and this update will remove the motoblur isn’t it?
thanks ……
yes it will work for me600 too
Thanks Its working now and now I have upgraded sucessfuly to android 2.1 but could you suggest me any application which can move my application to sd card
Nikhil, update Motorola backflip with Froyo 2.2 and you will have native froyo app2sd support
custom recovery not displayed in my moto backflip after step 6 please help me n super user permissions also granted please help
you update Motorola backflip with my Froyo 2.2 tutorial.
It has a later v2.0 recovery
bonjour, je suis novice , quelqu’un pourrai m’expliquez comment mettre 2.1 sur mon motorola backflip car j’ai du mal a comprendre la procédure . merci
Ok I have successfully done everything here but there is no multitouch support????why is that so??? Oh and I don’t mean to sound offensive jut a question.
Hi Jerome,
you should get the android 2.2 for backflip here! It has multitouch and is way faster than eclair
Hi Keshav I did’nt back up my phone software and I lost motonav application so could you provide me with that application.and one more thing that the ugrade to 2.2 version is availabe with motorola company or not in any country because 2.1is available in USA officialy so there is no issue releted to software .
http://www.techgeekguy.com/2010/12/download-motonav-apk-motorola-android-phones.html
i am unable to register the moto blur account and it continuously show error once i updated my MB300 motorola backflip from 1.5 to 2.1. is there any one who suggest me something to come out ???
Hi prashant wait for sometime after upgrade and then you will be able to register to moto blur or you can restart and check again because it happens with me also and after one day I am able to register.
Drag n drop adb.exe again in command prompt and type “shell” and hit enter. when i tried this step in cmd prompt it shows protocol error…
thanks in advance
then dont drag and drop just type “cd android-sdk_r07-windows” and hit enter key then you will get “C://android-sdk_r07-windows/” then type
“cd android-sdk-windows” and hit enter key then you will get “C://android-sdk_r07-windows/android-sdk-windows” then type ” cd tools” and hit enter key then you will get “C://android-sdk_r07-windows/android-sdk-windows/ tools” then write “adb” and press enter then you will get all the data there and then write “adb shell” also check in C drive that folder should be as it is i.e in C drive there should be “android-sdk_r07-windows” and inside it there sholud be ” android-sdk-windows” and inside that ” tools ” and inside it “adb.exe”
hi keshav,
i updated successfully,
but i have some problem during use please help me about that
1. multi touch not working
like i pinch zoom picture, play multi touch game, but its not work
2. cant edit or delete apn settings,
i tried various apn on off widgets but it doesn’t work for me,
3. screen lock button dosenot working for loking screen
other works like charm
please help me brother,
i appreciate your help
vishal
1. install the patch provided for multitouch to work. Look for the post on overclocking kernel.
2. use the capacitive menu button on apn settings screen to add and delete apn settings.
3. i hope your power button isn’t damaged. screen lock works fine.
thanks Keshav,
that was great.
but for some who prefer performance over functionality.. i think 1.5 would be good.
like slow zoomin and zoomout in gallery(2.1), etc…
or is this just the case with me..
please enlighten me..
thanks anyways.. hats off to you..
if you want to stay with eclair for some particular reason go for 1 & 3 else jump to froyo and go for 2 & 3
1. overclock eclair kernel
2. froyo for backflip
3. optimize performance of your android phone
Hey Keshav..
Afterr step 6 its showing..
error opening /sdcard/j_r0dd-mb300-v1.8.img : Permission denied
$
Please read the tutorial carefully. ROOT your Backflip first as explained there then flash the recovery.
Hi Keshav,
First of all thanks for all these tutorials,
I bought my Motorola backflip MB 300 1.5 Indian version in Feb 2011.
i just wanted to know if 1.5 to 2.1 or 2.2 upgrade will add moto blur application (which is not installed in Indian version), and also if is there is any other way just to get Moto blur application with out upgrading android.
Thanks
Ashish Raj
2.2 is the plain Google version with no Motorola apps. But you can use this 2.1 Eclair on your Backflip for getting Blur!
i used superuser to root but when i tyoe su and hit enter is says failed to execute su.wats wrong?
first update the superuser app from market.
IS this for MOTUS ????
I have Moto_version.0.4.9.mb300.retail.EN.02 firmware by company…Is 2.1 work in dis?
Keshav.. U r the king dude..
I am loving 2.1 on my backflip(Indian).
I’d be happy if u also post the link on MotoNAV
because google maps navigation isn’t working in hyderabad.
hi Keshav
just bought my new mb300 backflip…u were right that i feel left out with
this 1.5 version…..read ur tutorial on upgrade to 2.1…
going to try it out..hope i dont end up screwing my phone
will get in touch
yasir
I upgraded from cupcake to this version of eclair and had it for like a week, it’s a good upgrade but its painfully slow.. i couldnt stand it!! .. so i upgraded to froyo even though the actual rom version messes up the camera.. but its a loooooot faster and better overall… dont get this.. get froyo instead. 🙂
You are a bloody legend. My phone is now an updated Australian MB300 backflip! 🙂 I was using it on wi-fi fine, but to get my 3g happening I had to go into “Network Settings” -> “Access point names” and then select “Optus Internet”
Thank you all so much, Motorola Australia should employ you, considering their service and lack of updates down under is so shit!
Hey Keshav,
I downloaded the motoblur with android 2.1 update from the motorola website…can i use this tutorial to install that to my backflip?if not,is there any way to do so?
Thanks in advance 🙂
Hi Keshav
I followed your instructions on my Backflip with a retail ROM from DE/CH. After installing the recovery ROM and a new OS, I am getting a loop with the M sign followed by a blank screen upon reboot. I tried various ROMs and I flashed the v2 recovery ROM (j_r0dd-mb300-v2.0), but still the same results. The latest attempt was with signed-j_r0dd.preclair.v1.6.zip (again) and a different 2GB SD card. (I suspected it might be a SD card problem, this one has not been repartitioned.) The recovery ROM reported in all cases that the installed upgrades were successful. At the moment the phone is bricked. What can I do to get it back? Thanks, L
i suspect you have an incompatible radio version. Flash the IT-Radio given in the tutorial.
bro..thnx for this superb wrkng rom for our backflip,i m using this rom from last 2 mnths on my BF..now accidently i dropped my mobile and keyboard is not wrkng ,mine BF wrrnty will expire on 27 jan 2012, at time of rooting i forget to create backup can u plz give me original indian version moto rom(android v1.5) for my BF with installation procedure,plz bro help me…
thnxx
will do it in a day or two.
Yeah! Success!
I repeated the step where you had to do “Flash zip from SD” less or more 36354634634 times… Until I realized I made a stupid error:
The Preclair NOT be zipped!
Thanks 🙂
thank u soo much i got it but 5 days
if you are stuck on green android screen.. then just do a wipe all in recovery.Restart and wait 10-15 minutes. It will boot up
just flash the recovery again, your adb server is already running thats why the message didn’t came
hey keshav it has stuck on the white screen with moto mark !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! pls help man !!! im in a real messss !!!!!! im gtin frustrated !!!
Hey Keshav it’s me nomioz I can’t get this to work. Please help me out, I’ve posted the question on your forums but only one answer by you. Still need help ;(
Sorry, I’m not Keshav but had the same issue. Try again from step 9.2. It helped in my case.