How To: Load a Custom ROM on the Motorola XT701
I. Before You Begin
1. You must have done our How To Root the Motorola XT701 procedure. After you finish it, you can come to this procedure to continue.
II. Flash OpenRecovery
1. Download the OpenRecovery Files
2. Plug in your phone and mount the sd card so we can transfer files to it.
3. Unzip the OpenRecovery zip file and then open the “to_sdcard_root_folder” folder. Copy and past everything INSIDE the folder (not the folder itself) and paste it to the root of your sdcard in your phone (no in any folders on the sd card, just on the sd card itself).
4. Now, unmount the sdcard by pulling down the notifcation bar and select turn off usb storage.
5. Turn the phone off while it is plugged in.
6. Turn on the phone by holding down Power and Volume Down and Camera at the same time on the phone.
7. Open the RSDLite program by right clicking it and selecting Run As Administrator.
8. Click on the “…” button next to the filename box and select the .sbf file that was inside the rooting files zip folder you extracted earlier.
9. Once it is selected, hit Start and wait for it to finish flashing the phone.
10. Now turn off the phone and then turn it back on by holding down the Media Button (small button next to the Camera button) and Power and keep holding them until you get to the recovery screen.
11. Using volume up and down to navigate and the camera button to select items, choose Nandroid Backup and wait for it to backup your phone.
12. Once that is done, select Reboot System and wait for it to reboot.
III. Flash a Custom ROM
1. Head to our Motorola XT701 ROMs section of our site and choose a ROM you want to flash and download it.
2. Plug in the phone via USB cable and mount the sd card so we can transfer files to it.
3. If the ROM you downloaded is in Nandroid Backup format, then unzip it and take the files inside and copy and past them into the nandroid > adbrecovery folder.
4. Unplug the phone from the computer.
5. Turn off the phone and then turn it back on by holding down the Media Button (small button next to the Camera button) and Power and keep holding them until you get to the recovery screen.
6. Click on Nandroid Restore and then choose the rom file you just saved to the adbrecovery folder on your sdcard and wait for it to finish.
7. Once done, select Reboot System and enjoy!
Thanks to Skrillax_CZ!
Thanks to JBoogie3!
Would this work on the XT720 since its basically the same phone?
Eddie,
I posted in the before you begin that it might not work for the xt720. If you are feeling brave, feel free to try, just make sure you have the .sbf file to flash your XT720 back to stock before you begin, in case something goes wrong.
i have got xt701 but i have a terrible problem with it.and its restaring about 4 times a day.
i think thats a rom problem.
on your mind what should i do?and will it be solved if i do what you said in your site or not?
Navid,
Root the phone and flash a different ROM…
Also make sure you Wipe Data in recovery between loading ROMs.
i have loaded this rom to my phone but its keeping giving such error:the application moto input method has stopped please try again later
and then i have to force close it
what should i do about it?
It tells me that the flashing process failed…wat do i do?
This works great. except there are NO ROMS to choose from!
The only ROM you guys have for XT701 is the black sea – and the link for it is broken.
How Different can an XT720 be from an XT701??