Motorola A455 (Rival)

[philly001]

I would love to see this working I personally have the Rival with Koodo and hearing all this stuff about the verizon flash seems really neat, Now I see above that it looks like Trevor made it happen? I dont even wanna touch my phone until i see a few more sucess stories, if anyone has made it fromm koodo to verizon plz let me know and maybe put up a video tutorial??

[karlthegewgaw]

Are you certain your phone is "dead"? Did you try removing the battery for a few seconds and then powering it back on? From the error message it doesn't seem like your phone went through the flashing process. Did you get this message right away or after a few minutes? Could it be possible that RSD Lite just left your phone in a state where it was ready to receive commands via USB and just waited there indefinitely with your screen powered off? powering on/off might not work in this state

What version of RSD Lite are people using? Which were successful and which weren't? You might want to try a relatively new version like 4.5.5 or 4.5.7.

You could also try uninstalling motorola phone tools, RSD Lite, and P2KCommander and reinstalling them (I saw this as a fix for this same INI missing error message on another thread, but I figure they upgraded RSD Lite after uninstalling and this is what fixed the issue).

@anyone who has succeeded in flashing their phone from Koodo/Telus to Verizon...
Do you have fully working bi-directional MMS?
I see that trevor146, on another thread, mentioned having issues with sending I believe.

If the only thing that really doesn't work is video recording, then you may be able to find a JavaME application that can use the hardware and do capture (not sure of the availability of such an app though).

[trevor146]

no mms, cant recieve or send. no mobile net, ITS THE WORST. and koodo basically wont help, ive tried replacing the websessions, ive tried making new websessions, just cant get it to work. If anyone has any ideas let me know.
PS You can use the camcorder function, im just retarded.

[trevor146]

i did it all on win 7, your phone can be recognized, and it can work with mpt and m pst. my advice. Uninstall all the drivers, then re install. Also if possible. Do it in winxp, much easier and less worrysome. Win 7 is awesome but not with all programs that are a few years old.

[karlthegewgaw]

no mms, cant recieve or send. no mobile net, ITS THE WORST. and koodo basically wont help, ive tried replacing the websessions, ive tried making new websessions, just cant get it to work. If anyone has any ideas let me know.
PS You can use the camcorder function, im just retarded.

That would really suck! :P
I'm getting this phone this week and would really like to try developing java apps for it.

Have you tried going into the browser menu and entering the info manually?
This thread is fairly old, but the settings may still apply: http://vzdw.com/showthread.php?t=1435813

There's someone on this thread who has a rival who said is willing to help
http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php?t=1596973

lol, I hope you fix this so I can flash mine!

[karlthegewgaw]

I guess things are quite a bit more complicated than just entering a few settings. Based on this flashing guide there are quite a few settings you want to be able to restore after flashing: http://www.modmymoto.com/guides/cdma/flashk1m.php .

[trevor146]

ive done this several times, a hundred years ago when the v710 was still new yeah it was alot harder, today you just need the websession info, atleast from what ive seen. I just cant get the info i need cuz i cant tell koodo what i did, and its hard to lie my way thru that convo. lol

[_So-FReSH_]

anyone here have telus file for this? i wana cross flash it from verizon to telus.. thanksz

[zbergeron01]

Has anyone SUCCESSFULLY flashed the Motorola Rival from Koodo Mobile to Verizon, if yes please help everyone by providing a NEW tutorial please!

[philly001]

I totally agree.

[trevor146]

yes i did it. no mms no mobile net

[philly001]

so no mms.. does that means no texts or just no photo messaging?

[wolfftek]

mms = multi media (pictures, video, and/or voice notes)
sms = standard texting (no pics, video, and/or voice notes)

[philly001]

alright thanks thats what I thought just wasn't sure.
So I guess there's no way of getting the mms? i'm sure you guys have looked into it.

[wildcat2083]

I tried this process on a phone with the same firmware and with RSD Lite 4.5.7 and the monster File VRZ_A455_01.29.15P_PRIss42784_MONSTER_01
basically it was a repair job from Rush 1.29.15 however I have a newer phone with firmware 1.29.22 and I tried to downgrade the phone via the same process and it bricked my phone, it wont even power on, ive replaced the battery and even tried to hold down * + # and power it on, its just a steady black screen, so if their are any suggestions id be happy to hear it, also does anyone know how to actually CREATE a monster file from the new Firmware so others wont have the same issue I did?