Droid A855 Stuck On "M". Tried RSDLite. Cannot get to Recovery.

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Been dealing with this for way too long, time to ask for help!

I have a droid A855 that was originally upgraded OTA to the latest update. Everything was working fine until I tried a "one-click" root program (I believe the link was from this site). The program seemed to have good responses from posters, so I went for it. After the reboot my droid is stuck at the "M" motorola logo screen.

I tried RSDLite with the latest version and all of the following sbf files:

VZW_A855_FRG83G_QSC6085BP_C_01.43.01P_SW_UPDATE
VZW_A855_ESD20_QSC6085BP_C_01.3B.01P_SW_UPDATE
VZW_A855_ESD56_QSC6085BP_C_01.3E.01P_SW_UPDATE
VZW_A855_ESE81_QSC6085BP_C_01.3E.03P_SW_UPDATE
VZW_A855_FRG01B_QSC6085BP_C_01.43.01P_SW_UPDATE_01
VZW_A855_FRG22D_QSC6085BP_C_01.43.01P_SW_UPDATE

With all of these I used the "up on d-pad" to "catch the reboot". I get a PASS from RSDLite but again I'm stuck on the "M" when rebooting, and holding X during reboot results in the "M" as well (no recovery mode).

After trying these I attempted to use RSDLite to flash the SPRecovery sbf:

MC1_A855_1282081087_Recovery-Only_SPRecovery_0.99.3b

Again using the d-pad up during reboot I get a PASS from RSDLite, but no recovery mode (even when holding power and X on reboot)- only the "M".



After all that I am willing to try just about anything. I attempted this tutorial from RedmondPie for ADB and Fastboot, but I am not even sure it applies to the A855 Droid:

How To Set Up Android ADB & Fastboot On Windows [Tutorial] | Redmond Pie

When performing this and running the "adb devices" command from cmd my computer does not "see" the Droid. I have attempted this both on the "M" screen and on the bootloader screen.



I am at a complete loss. Is there hope or do I junk it? I know the A855 is old news, but I'd still like to fix the problem.

Thanks in advance.
 

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If your getting Pass from rsd lite, but its not booting up, it could be a bad download. I'd start by re-downloading the FRG83G sbf. Then try installing it with rsd lite again.

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I will try re-downloading the sbf and post how it goes. Any ideas for a trustworthy source for download? I got all of my current sbfs from the same source, makes me think I should try somewhere else but a lot of links have expired.
 
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Thanks for the advice- But I tried a new source for download and am still stuck at the "M" screen after getting a PASS from RSDLite.

Any other ideas out there?
 

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I'm assuming you can't get into recovery either?
 

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This may be the end.

I've seen this a few times in my travels on this forum where the A855 will not come out of the M screen for anything. I think you have tried everything I would have done, if I'm honest, and maybe more.

Sent from my rooted, unlocked, SCH-i515
 
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