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I'm preparing to exchange my Droid Bionic because of issues with hardware and responsiveness. I one-click rooted the phone and also modified the Hotspot to enable it using a SQL editor.
I wanted to get my Bionic back into fresh-out-of-the-factory conditions. I used Pete's Unroot tool and also did a factory reset. Is this enough to pass any checks Verizon can do to void my warranty? Or will I have to use RSD Lite to reinstall the firmware?
Thanks in advance.
if you didn't delete anything then yeah it's good.
I think the worst I did was freeze apps. I didn't unfreeze any of them before I unrooted and did a factory reset, but I double-checked and they're all back and working (e.g., VZW Navigator, Blockbuster, etc.).
I just want to make sure that when Verizon gets this and they're doing their inspection, a directory doesn't appear that has extra files in it, the firmware seems modified, or anything else that could indicate the firmware was tampered with.
a factory reset doesn't wipe the SD card right?
fine. i meant the SD-ext you stupid phone
you might have rootish directories/files hanging around there...unless i'm wrong
Truly you should just do the rsdlite restore. Minus the download time, it takes like 7 minutes. And it is completely stock.
Thanks for the info. I ran the RSDLite restore on my phone. I started freaking out at first - my phone went from booting up and being ready to be delivered back to Verizon, to not even getting to the Motorola logo during boot-up. I thought I bricked my phone because RSD kept failing. I read through some posts, and it apparently RSD is successful after repeating the steps over and over and over and over and over... again.
Anyway, I ran RSD with the full Bionic restore possibly 100 times. After 2 hours, it was successful. I re-checked the settings and apps and everything was okay (I had read some people were missing the camera app, but mine was there and working). The phone was good-to-go (hopefully). If I get a huge bill from Verizon, I'll update this post in the next 2-3 months (*knock on wood*).
I was on stock, rooted 5.9.902 and was just prompted to Download and Install 5.9.905 OTA. I backed up root with Voodoo OTA Root Keeper, temp unrooted, downloaded and installed 5.9.905, let the phone reboot, then restored root using Voodoo OTA Root Keeper. All went smooth and am now on the official OTA with root. I noticed the addition of Google+ as a preinstalled app. I am assuming, however, that there is no difference between the 5.9.905 that was pulled from Motorola's servers a few weeks back.
Thanks I was wondering what I should do about the root. Went back to unsafe mode, unrooted with backup thanks to rootkeeper, and now I'm waiting for the update! Cheers.
You will need to remove safestrap and may even have to FXZ or fastboot your preinstall partition before the OTA will succeed.
that's what i was afraid of... can i just download the update and do it myself with safestrap installed? I'm not the complete expert so step by step instructions would be appreciated.
I will wait for the OTA notice. if I have to reroot and reeinstall Safestrap I will.
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You will need to remove safestrap and may even have to FXZ or fastboot your preinstall partition before the OTA will succeed.
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that's what i was afraid of... can i just download the update and do it myself with safestrap installed? I'm not the complete expert so step by step instructions would be appreciated.
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You don't have to remove Safestrap, or un-root as long as you haven't removed any bloatware apps. They can be frozen in TB and it will install. You will lose root, I used Motofail to re-root, then you will have to rerun the install for safestrap recovery. 15 minutes and your good to go.
Agreed. I just removed safe strap, didn't bother to unroot. Tried to force the update repeatedly with no luck. So i took it from the Phandroid news link. Flashed in stock recovery. Kept root (used for3ver root to root I months and months ago). Reinstalled safe strap, then switched back to my safe side which was DroidTheory's ICS, but now with a better radio now. Radio synced immediately...whereas normally it takes a minute or two. Loving this update.
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hey just fyi if you flashed it back to 902 stock and took the update you can use the 902 one click root to reroot, i just tried it
Still rooted
I just let the 5.9.905 ota run this morning on my rooted Bionic. No unroot, no backup, or nuthin. I know, not the wisest thing to do but hey, I was caffeine deficient and spoiling for a fight Anyway after the reboot:
Root check shows it's still rooted.
Opened a shell on the handset with Terminal Explorer and successfully su.
Opened an adb shell and successfully su.
I haven't had a chance to explore what's changed yet, but I did notice that Google+ is no longer un-installable.
I might be the exception, but it appears that the ota doesn't affect root on a previously rooted handset. All seems good in my little piece of the world.
Every time I try to update, it says I need a valid Motorola account. I'm on stock, but have done many customizations to it, along with the webtop. I know how to get back to plain stock, just haven't felt like doing it yet. I suppose at some point I will have to when we finally get ICS.
the funny part is that I never had any issues with my data connection until 905 came around, but I have been having them for the past 2 weeks or so.
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Non-rooted Bionic constantly trying to download 5.9.905
The past few days my Bionic has been constantly trying to download an update. I came online to investigate the reason and found that 5.9.905 just got released. The download symbol has been in the notification bar all day for the last few days and the battery is always dead when I wake up.
I have looked online to try to update manually but all the filenames of the 5.9.905 download links are actually labeled Blur_Version.5.9.902.XT875.Verizon.en.US.zip. Link this one here at xda: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1297714&page=40. Anyone have any suggestions? Thanks.
The filename is in regards to the version over which it can install.
You just have to download one from may or later, I believe. Pick a page that says it's the 905 update, download the zip file with 902 in the name, put it on your external sd card, and reboot into stock recovery (I use adb reboot recovery), press both volume buttons in, then "install zip from sdcard" use power button to select. go down to the zip file we just put on the sdcard, hit the power button and BING BANG BOOM 905!
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Thanks, 5thAgent. I'll give it a try.
Droid 4 running OTA GB 2.3.6 here in W. San Jose, CA
I get "check for update is not available at this time.". For many days now. LTE and Wifi (LTE is almost instant and Wifi takes 5 seconds or so).
I've looked at a zillion posts about "check for update is not available" and none have a definitive explanation. -- and all of them are from a couple of months ago or earlier. Didn't find anything recent.
I understand that the intended meaning of the message is that you can't connect to the update server.
I've read dozens of "solutions" but each one of them didn't work for somebody else so I've got to assume it was just coincidence -- resetting the phone, factory reset, renaming files, and so on. I *have* network connectivity. Data works great. Apparently I'm not able to connect to the update server? That shouldn't have anything to do with rooted or not, frozen or deleted apps, safestrap, etc. Fail to update once you get the download, sure. But I am expecting to be able to connect to the server.
Anybody know for sure?
I could imagine that the connect request might contain info identifying my particular phone model or ESN (would expect software version checks to be exchanged after connecting though). Something like that.
How does VZW roll out the updates? is it strictly by geographic region? or blocks of ESN? or what?
I have the "official" OTA download from here but figured if I side loaded it I might get out of sync or cut off from future OTAs? Failed to find a definitive answer on that too .
#eliot# from dialer then restart and try again... let us know
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#eliot# from dialer then restart and try again... let us know
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That will check in with Motorola's server btw kinda busy sorry for no further info
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Nope.
That's one of the myriad ones I read about (didn't recognize it right away though 'cause the post I saw it in had it in numbers instead of letters). One guy said it worked for him and the next guy said it didn't.
If you haven't tried it, as soon as you type in the final '#' you get a popup that says "Log Checkin initiated". So it does *something*but it didn't change my Check for update is not available... maybe whatever it is supposed to do never got into the server either.
lol, reminded me that I used to have a comprehensive list of all those codes for my Treo. Now I got yet another mission
[edit] dahaha, "there's an app for that". https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cx.makaveli.androidsecretcodes&hl=en
Other then that Matt had to push the up date to them.. I believe on one post he actually said to get back to stock 100% wipe cache partition then he pushed the ota to said device... he was really nice about the being rooted over there... the forum is closed now so I can't check for more info.. id post over at Motorola owners forum
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I'll give it a bit more soak time I guess. I will try side loading the update before resetting/wiping. Reset/wipe will be my last resort. First choice is OTA.
Part of what prompted my post is that I'm unclear if the phased rollout is complete.
Is it the case that EVERYONE with a Verizon Droid 4 who is going to get the notification should have gotten it by now? Or is VZW still in the middle of the phased roll out for the Droid 4's? Got to wondering since googling for the Unavailable message only returned results that were at least a couple of months old. I figured it's possible that server access was/is part of the phasing mechanism but, then again, expected to find constant posting about that if it was. It seems that the mechanism of the roll out and the schedule is also a well kept super secret.
are you rooted? I had that same problem for days before I realized unrooting will fix that. Despite what a lot of trusted posters have said here and other forums, having root and no other changes will cause that. I used voodoo ota rootkeeper (free on market) to unroot and I had the OTA installed within 10 minutes (downloaded over wifi). it is recommended you update your binaries in your superuser app before using rootkeeper.
if you're not rooted then this doesn't apply.
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one more note, the stock recovery on the D4 after ICS update now tracks whether you are or you were rooted. Unrooting your phone no longer hides the fact that you were at some point rooted if a service rep goes into the stock recovery screens. this has been reported on other phones earlier in the year, now also true for D4.
No effect.
I've tried all combinations.
I've used the D4 utility only to root and install safestrap ( and used safestrap only to do a backup. nothing else)
Routine goes like this:
- in safestrap: uninstall recovery
- in settings->applications->manage applications: safestrap -> force close, clear data, uninstall
- in ES File Explorer: delete /system/bin/logwrapper
- in ES File Explorer: rename /system/bin/logwrapper.bin -> /system/bin/logwrapper
- power off, reboot
- in Titanium Backup: clear filters (ALL)
- in Titanium Backup: unfreeze all user and system apps
(the only "system" bloatware I've removed was uninstallable through the normal settings->applications -- I did not use TI for that)
- in OTA Rootkeeper: delete su backup
- in superuser: update su binary
- in OTA Rootkeeper: Protect root
- in OTA Rootkeeper: temp un-root
- power off, reboot
Try to check for updates with 4G LTE (i have great reception) - fails in a second or less
Try to check for updates with WiFi - fails but it takes 5 seconds or a little longer for a response/popup
Since you installed Safestrap you can't install the OTA update anyway, so not much of a bother that you can't get it pushed to you It'd fail trying to install as OTA updates require the stock recovery.
Root does not affect it. My wife's Droid 4 was rooted (by me) and many system apps frozen and the OTA was pushed to her the same day the SOAK testers were scheduled to get it (she was not part of the SOAK test, though I was). My sisters Droid 4 was rooted as well and she got the OTA pushed to her and installed a week or so later,
You'll have to uninstall the recovery Safestrap installs, and uninstall Safestrap. You'll also have to edit some files (logwrapper.bin or something like that).
for the ota
sbf 217 4.0.4 with rsd
SBF
http://sbf.droid-developers.org/cdma_maserati/VRZ_XT894_6.7.2-180_DR4-16_M2-37_1FF.xml.zip
rsd
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1348587
dont forget to install the motorola driver first and enable debugging mode in development in your settings
i think they are here https://motorola-global-portal.cust...e-can-i-obtain-the-usb-drivers-for-my-device?
UPDATE: (lengthy with fairy tale ending)
Management summary: I am now on the OTA ICS (acquired over the air). following a wipe/factory reset
Called *611 tech support yesterday afternoon.
Got someone that sounded like they were located on this continent AND proficient. Always a good sign when they ask what the problem is right after getting your name instead of insisting on the 5 minute scripted generic question and answer form. Stated my problem was related to the system update for my Droid 4 and that I had been getting "check for update is not available..." for a few days now. My questions were "is that expected/normal?", "I understand roll outs are phased. What is the date the roll out is expected to be complete? -- last group has been notified or can pull it?", "If the persistent 'check unavailable' message is indicative of a problem then do they have possible fixes/known problem?".
He checked for the dates and said they expect to have completed the roll out by the end of September -- all Droid 4s should have it or have it available to them by the end of September. That the "check unavailable" did not necessarily indicate a problem but that it was not "normally expected" and more likely indicative of a problem on my end since it was persistent over that length of time. I said I felt better knowing they were still in the phased roll out and maybe I should just wait a while. We tried a soft reset (vol- and power) with no effect. He said he was afraid the next step would be to try a factory reset and advised I wait a while to see if the condition cleared. Went on to say that one effect/risk of the factory reset was that, if there was a software/system problem with GB preventing the OTA check it might also effect the factory reset -- if the phone had a problem coming up it might just pull the ICS update in order to come up from the reset. (Nice! he didn't just assume I would be OK with that following a reset). That I decided to wait I should definitely call back if it didn't resolve in 2 weeks. -- OK, that was a pleasantly refreshing encounter with tech support.
So I figured, fine, I haven't really tested a restore/recovery with Titanium backup and I've never gone through a factory reset so maybe now was the time. Had 2 alternatives. I could try using the D4 utility recovery using the official (same as the OTA) zip I have on my sd card or try the wipe/factory reset and see if OTA started working.
My thoughts (due to lack of any knowledge):
- Apparently once you get on ICS there is no reversion to GB (at least the actual kernel).
- Likely they have history at Galactic Headquarters of OTA and/or physical upgrades at factory or service centers for a particular phone.
- Obviously they check the phone's system version when you connect to the OTA server. Have to in order to determine if you even need an update. Additionally they would probably check if the version the phone reports is the version they expect it to be on -- I would, for technical and support reasons.
- So maybe if I went to ICS myself it might remove me from the OTA path for future updates. Not a big deal in my mind but, heh, why eliminate alternatives if you don't have to.
* reinstall safestrap and do a backup
* uninstall safestrap (uninstall recovery, uninstall safestrap apk, delete logwrapper and rename logwrapper.bin to logwrapper)
* unfreeze everything with Ti
* batch backup all user apps with Ti
* batch backup (green and yellow) system data with Ti
* temp un-root with Voodoo
* wipe/factory reset
It comes up in GB
(lot of activity follows which I didn't write down and can't quite remember)
Basically I waited for some market activity and whatnot to die down and tried update. Immediately said update available!
Cancelled that, got Ti (pro) back from the market, batch restored missing apps.
I have eset security (i don't know... I have it on my PCs so I figured I'd stick it on my phone too. Not that I think there is much in the way of virus for android yet). Eset has an urgent notification that it wants to be added as an administrator for the device so it can protect itself from installation of counterfeit Eset. I understand that but I'm wondering if maybe Eset maybe had something to do with my fail to connect to OTA. Probably not but that's the only thing that presented itself after the reset that looked like it could have been related.
OTA again to download the update -- deferred update after download.
Oh wait, forgot to batch restore system data. Did that, checked for sms messages. All good so I triggered the update.
Holy crap!!! I forgot to temp un-root! Figured the worst thing I could do was try to abort anything and just let it run and expect the update to fail.
It didn't fail. It completed just fine?
I go through the new phone screens far enough to sign into my google account.
Bunch of market update activity.
Restore missing apps with Ti
Restore system data with Ti
Then it strikes me that, sure enough, I'm still rooted. I did not restore root anywhere after the update.
I was rooted before the update (by accident) and still rooted after the update... Whats up with that?
So at the moment I'm a happy camper.
All my apps seem to have been effortlessly restored.
All my app settings seem to be intact.
All my system data seems to be intact with no migration issues.
I'm still (magically) rooted without doing anything.
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I am going to have to disagree with this. I was rooted and flashed. Ran the download and the install failed. I then did a factory reset (lost my flash and root as expected) and immediately ran the download. Install went off without a hitch. I even had a support rep from verizon and motorola on the phone during the install when i was doing it because i was so mad about the slow download. They were watching the install once it was done because they both stated that everything on my phone "looked good".
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I am going to have to disagree with this. I was rooted and flashed. Ran the download and the install failed. I then did a factory reset (lost my flash and root as expected) and immediately ran the download. Install went off without a hitch. I even had a support rep from verizon and motorola on the phone during the install when i was doing it because i was so mad about the slow download. They were watching the install once it was done because they both stated that everything on my phone "looked good".
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I don't think that's what he was saying.
After you go to ICS it tracks (displayed in the recovery screen) if you are or were rooted.
Go into recovery and you will see a yellow "qe 0/0" left of the android.
ge 0/0 -- are not rooted/never been rooted
ge 0/1 -- are not rooted/been rooted sometime prior
ge 1/1 -- are rooted/been rooted
No idea if this was tracked before but not displayed in recovery. I suspect it was. On GB they were checking system files on boot and logging differences (I think I read they were comparing system file CRCs?). The list was getting logged to a qer...something log file (I forgot the file name and where it's at). I verified that. On my rooted GB there were mostly /xbin files and a couple of others listed in the log.
Now on ICS my recovery screen shows "qe 1/1".
Oddly enough I did a factory reset, forgot to temp un-root and my root persisted through the OTA update just fine. No idea why.
Since my root persisted through the update I was not able to check before re-rooting to see if it displayed "qe 0/0". My guess is this was always logged/stored and they just added the display to the recovery screen. I would find it almost inconceivable this information (and other) was not written to NVRAM since day one. Basic support/diagnosis information.
I'm a Pageplus user. After flashing 6.7.246 (ICS 4.0.4), I got OTA to 98.72.22 (JB 4.1.2) successfully.
But I'm stuck then when trying to activate Pageplus OTA by calling *22800:
I kept getting "Sorry, this SIM card is not recognized or registered..", no matter how many times I tried.
There's another notified error: "Unknown SIM card detected"
It's abnormal b/c it should fail only 2-3 times, then taking me to the activation screen.
The 4glteSIM card inside was activated before and used on the 6.7.246 stock build.
FYI, I also reflashed 6.7.246 one more time on top of 6.7.246 and didn't encounter the activation problem. So I'm superised to have this issue after upgraing.
Please advice me if you have any idea.
Thanks in advance.
Did you keep root? And if you did flash a rom like cm10 and then activate the rom like you did on ics. I did that and then I rebooted in stock jelly bean and it was activated. Hope that helps!
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Thx for your reminding. I'll try this way.
Did you install the cm10 with safestrap 3? I tried to install it on the JB but failed. Does it require a rooted JB?
I tried to search but cannot find an effective way to root Bionic JB.
I'll appreciate if u can give some detail abt: A. the JB rooting method, and B. How to install cm10 (or the justed released Blurry-JB_2.4.zip) while keeping the JB stock rom.
Thanks a lot!
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Did you keep root? And if you did flash a rom like cm10 and then activate the rom like you did on ics. I did that and then I rebooted in stock jelly bean and it was activated. Hope that helps!
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Idk if there's a jelly bean root method for the droid bionic. But I kept root after the ota. Then with safestrap 3.11 I installed cm10 and activate it. It usually retrieved the activation when the phone boots up with cm10.
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I managed to have the JB stock rom rooted anyway (by the virtual box approach).
Then I was allowed to install safestrap 3.1, then the newest Blurry JB 2.4.
I tried to "activate" from the step 2 ("2-Getting phone ready for OTA Activation") of the old instaruction:
http://www.howardforums.com/showthr...CS-OTA-Activation-TXT-MMS-3G-ROOT-on-PagePlus
But the CDMA Workshop didn't find the port. I assume the reason is that safestrap has blocked the normal bp-tools booting way.
So I can only start from "3-OTA Activation".
After changing "Network Selection" to "CDMA Only", I rebooted and dialed *22800. Still get the same error "sim card not recognized or registered".
Can you please detail how did you "activate" it under cm10?
Many thanks.
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Idk if there's a jelly bean root method for the droid bionic. But I kept root after the ota. Then with safestrap 3.11 I installed cm10 and activate it. It usually retrieved the activation when the phone boots up with cm10.
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Okay, if you install the jb blurry rom its going to be the same problem as stock because they're pretty much the same. What I did is 1. Kept root after the ota 2. Installed safestrap 3.11 3.) Rebooted into safestrap and created rom slot 1 and installed cm10 rc2 and gapps. When I booted up it activated by itself for me. I then booted up to stock rom and it was activated as well, but had to install the build prop. so I wouldn't get the unregistered sim error thing. Hope that helps!
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I installed the cm10.1.0 rc2 into the slot 1 (with and without gapp), but reboot get a blank screen. Have to pull the battery to get reboot to ss.
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Okay, if you install the jb blurry rom its going to be the same problem as stock because they're pretty much the same. What I did is 1. Kept root after the ota 2. Installed safestrap 3.11 3.) Rebooted into safestrap and created rom slot 1 and installed cm10 rc2 and gapps. When I booted up it activated by itself for me. I then booted up to stock rom and it was activated as well, but had to install the build prop. so I wouldn't get the unregistered sim error thing. Hope that helps!
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may thx. that work!
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I installed the cm10.1.0 rc2 into the slot 1 (with and without gapp), but reboot get a blank screen. Have to pull the battery to get reboot to ss.
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may thx. that work!
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Did you get it to work?
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did anyone get this to work?
Thinking of just saving myself the headache and getting a droidx2.
I'm running cm10.1 and safestrap 3.11 3. I'm going to try a dealer tomorrow to see if they can activate it on pageplus.
I haven't activated a phone on pageplus for a while. I've been using simple mobile, straight talk and h20
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Still get the same error "sim card not recognized or registered.
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I had the same problem when I went from GB to ICS. I just ignored it and kept trying and trying (based on advice/steps I found elsewhere) and after a few times it worked. So I would suggest trying it about 10-12 times in a row to see if it works.
Also, here is the method I used for GB to ICS, I'd be interested to know if they help you move from ICS to JB:
Re-activating phone
1. Remove any old Motorola Droid Bionic drivers you may have on your computer and install the newest ones.
2. Turn phone off and turn back on in BPTools mode. Then plug the phone into your computer via USB.
3. Open DFS. Click "Ports" and select the COM port for your phone. Next, click the "SPC" button.
4. Click the "Programming" tab and then the "General" tab. Change the "Ruim Config" to NV_ONLY and click "Write".
5. Click the "Data" tab. Under the "Mode" section, change the "HDR SCP force AT config" option to "RevA_MFPA" and click "Write".
6. Close DFS and unplug phone from USB port.
7. Go to the dialer and dial ##7764726 (##PROGRAM). When prompted for an SPC password, enter "000000" and hit verify.
8. Go to "06 Test Mode". Hit "Next" twice. Then, change the Network mode to "CDMA Only".
9. Back out to the home screen; the phone will automatically restart.
10. After the phone has restarted, go to the dialer and dial *22800. Ignore any SIM card error messages you may see; just keep trying *22800 until you reach the activation screen.
11. Follow the instructions to activate the phone.
I have been working on this for HOURS and tried just about every single thing I could. Root, CDMA workshop, DFS, MDN, MIN, SIN, Safestrap, CM10.1, CM10... what a mess! I can attest that it is possible to get working but might be very painful. I read the numerous new and old threads trying to piece together information. In the end it's hard to say what really worked but let me comment on a few things:
1) *22800 never worked on the stock ROM. Believe me, I tried it about 200 times.
2) You can program in your MDN/MIN/SID using DFS. However, doing so left me with no incoming calls/texts. Only outgoing... weird.
3) CM10.1 did nothing for me. There was a very annoying issue where I tried to activate it and it acted like it was going to but I couldn't "press 1" since the keypad was disabled during activation.
4) Hashcode's CM10 STOCK didn't boot at all. I tried it with both Safestrap 2.11 and 3.11. CM10 KEXEC booted.
5) I finally got the activation to work in CM10 KEXEC with Safestrap 3.11. After activation worked, incoming calls were fixed.
So... here's the kicker. After pulling my hair out and being frustrated for many, many hours I gave the phone to my wife. I had dialed *22800 and when it started to say "press 1" I handed the phone to her.
"See?!" I said.
"See what?" she said. She poked at the screen a bit.
"It wants me to press 1 and there's no dialpad."
"Hmmm..." she said.
Suddenly I heard the sound of ringing. "Wha...?! Hey, give me that. A different screen? 'Your phone is being activated now, please wait 15 minutes.' GAH! I mean... yay!"
I asked my wife what she did. She was like, "I dunno... I pressed Home Menu Back or something."
So... if I had to guess on a procedure I think it would be like:
1) Update phone to JB if not updated already.
2) Use easy Virtualbox method to root.
3) Go through CDMA/DFS rigamarole (NV only RevA_MFPA yadda yadda)
4) Reboot and set CDMA only. Use BuildProp Editor to set telephony.lteOnCdmaDevice=0.
4b?) At some point I used DFS to manually program MDN/MIN/SID, but I'm not sure this is necessary.
5) Install Safestrap 3.11
6) Install CM10 KEXEC with Safestrap 3.11 in slot 1.
7) Boot CM10 and *22800 away! Cross your fingers, hand the phone to whoever is next to you in despair.
8) ???
9) Profit!
I erased Safestrap slot, uninstalled recovery and uninstalled the app when I was done.
has anybody successfully activated the stock JB on the Bionic on PagePlus?
no progress on this yet since I can't find any success stories on Hofo either.
thanks
BD
BuonaDomenica said:
has anybody successfully activated the stock JB on the Bionic on PagePlus?
no progress on this yet since I can't find any success stories on Hofo either.
thanks
BD
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they all claim this works
Droid-RAZR-MAXX-JellyBean-OTA-Activation-TXT-MMS-3G-ROOT-TETHERING-on-PagePlus
This one confirmed also
Droid-RAZR-and-RAZR-Maxx-Droid-4-Droid-Bionic-on-Pageplus-no-root-or-custom-roms
My brothers bionic activated just fine also...sometimes you just have to follow the steps Exactly as written
primetime^ said:
they all claim this works
Droid-RAZR-MAXX-JellyBean-OTA-Activation-TXT-MMS-3G-ROOT-TETHERING-on-PagePlus
This one confirmed also
Droid-RAZR-and-RAZR-Maxx-Droid-4-Droid-Bionic-on-Pageplus-no-root-or-custom-roms
My brothers bionic activated just fine also...sometimes you just have to follow the steps Exactly as written
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well your links are not working as I want to check it out
primetime^ said:
they all claim this works
Droid-RAZR-MAXX-JellyBean-OTA-Activation-TXT-MMS-3G-ROOT-TETHERING-on-PagePlus
This one confirmed also
Droid-RAZR-and-RAZR-Maxx-Droid-4-Droid-Bionic-on-Pageplus-no-root-or-custom-roms
My brothers bionic activated just fine also...sometimes you just have to follow the steps Exactly as written
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BuonaDomenica said:
well your links are not working as I want to check it out
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Droid-RAZR-MAXX-JellyBean-OTA-Activation-TXT-MMS-3G-ROOT-TETHERING-on-PagePlus
http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php/1794056-Droid-RAZR-MAXX-JellyBean-OTA-Activation-TXT-MMS-3G-ROOT-TETHERING-on-PagePlus
Droid-RAZR-and-RAZR-Maxx-Droid-4-Droid-Bionic-on-Pageplus-no-root-or-custom-roms
http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php/1795498-Droid-RAZR-and-RAZR-Maxx-Droid-4-Droid-Bionic-on-Pageplus-no-root-or-custom-roms!
they weren't links,,, google is your friend,,, they are at howardfourms enjoy these links though...
gonna be looking them over myself
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Kralik said:
I have been working on this for HOURS and tried just about every single thing I could. Root, CDMA workshop, DFS, MDN, MIN, SIN, Safestrap, CM10.1, CM10... what a mess! I can attest that it is possible to get working but might be very painful. I read the numerous new and old threads trying to piece together information. In the end it's hard to say what really worked but let me comment on a few things:
1) *22800 never worked on the stock ROM. Believe me, I tried it about 200 times.
2) You can program in your MDN/MIN/SID using DFS. However, doing so left me with no incoming calls/texts. Only outgoing... weird.
3) CM10.1 did nothing for me. There was a very annoying issue where I tried to activate it and it acted like it was going to but I couldn't "press 1" since the keypad was disabled during activation.
4) Hashcode's CM10 STOCK didn't boot at all. I tried it with both Safestrap 2.11 and 3.11. CM10 KEXEC booted.
5) I finally got the activation to work in CM10 KEXEC with Safestrap 3.11. After activation worked, incoming calls were fixed.
So... here's the kicker. After pulling my hair out and being frustrated for many, many hours I gave the phone to my wife. I had dialed *22800 and when it started to say "press 1" I handed the phone to her.
"See?!" I said.
"See what?" she said. She poked at the screen a bit.
"It wants me to press 1 and there's no dialpad."
"Hmmm..." she said.
Suddenly I heard the sound of ringing. "Wha...?! Hey, give me that. A different screen? 'Your phone is being activated now, please wait 15 minutes.' GAH! I mean... yay!"
I asked my wife what she did. She was like, "I dunno... I pressed Home Menu Back or something."
So... if I had to guess on a procedure I think it would be like:
1) Update phone to JB if not updated already.
2) Use easy Virtualbox method to root.
3) Go through CDMA/DFS rigamarole[/URL] (NV only RevA_MFPA yadda yadda)
4) Reboot and set CDMA only. Use BuildProp Editor to set telephony.lteOnCdmaDevice=0.
4b?) At some point I used DFS to manually program MDN/MIN/SID, but I'm not sure this is necessary.
5) Install Safestrap 3.11
6) Install CM10 KEXEC with Safestrap 3.11 in slot 1.
7) Boot CM10 and *22800 away! Cross your fingers, hand the phone to whoever is next to you in despair.
8) ???
9) Profit!
I erased Safestrap slot, uninstalled recovery and uninstalled the app when I was done.
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THANK YOU so much for making this post! I was finally able to activate my bionic after a week of reading the internet. lol. To update this post, yes, you need to do 4b. That step was what got me over the hump.
Anyone know the reason why no 3G? 1x works just fine. When toggle cdma/evdo, it still shows 1x.
I found some useful information about this about a month ago and some more details recently.
The system app com.motorola.setupwizard.phoneservice (VzwPhoneService.apk) actually intercepts attempts to call the activation numbers. The manifest file hinted at it with the names of the permissions and intents it has in there, and recently looking at decompiled source code confirmed it. The app is also responsible for SIM-based activation for Verizon 4G.
This app seems safe to disable for those on Verizon MVNOs; it is also on lists online of apps that people have safely disabled. When disabled, you can freely call up the activation screen with *228 or its variants.
Note that if you disable that app with a method that is permanent, like changing file extension, moving, or deleting, you should also disable com.motorola.setupwizard.controller (VzwController.apk) by one of those methods. If you ever wipe data, this will prevent it from getting stuck after the welcome screen if you tap start instead of doing the 4-corner bypass. (VzwController gets stuck waiting forever for the disabled VzwPhoneService) A side effect of disabling the additional app is that you no longer need to do the 4-corner bypass on first boot after wiping data when the phone isn't activated.
ShadyDreamer said:
I found some useful information about this about a month ago and some more details recently.
The system app com.motorola.setupwizard.phoneservice (VzwPhoneService.apk) actually intercepts attempts to call the activation numbers. The manifest file hinted at it with the names of the permissions and intents it has in there, and recently looking at decompiled source code confirmed it. The app is also responsible for SIM-based activation for Verizon 4G.
This app seems safe to disable for those on Verizon MVNOs; it is also on lists online of apps that people have safely disabled. When disabled, you can freely call up the activation screen with *228 or its variants.
Note that if you disable that app with a method that is permanent, like changing file extension, moving, or deleting, you should also disable com.motorola.setupwizard.controller (VzwController.apk) by one of those methods. If you ever wipe data, this will prevent it from getting stuck after the welcome screen if you tap start instead of doing the 4-corner bypass. (VzwController gets stuck waiting forever for the disabled VzwPhoneService) A side effect of disabling the additional app is that you no longer need to do the 4-corner bypass on first boot after wiping data when the phone isn't activated.
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THIS! This so much! I had given up on flashing custom rom's after successfully switching my XT912 to page plus (3g/MMS working) and from there had just given up on custom roms after such a large headache. That was a year ago when the phone was coming from ICS to Jellybean (that was a rookies worst nightmare when google is your only quick resource: wrong versions, wrong tools, old information and didn't know a damn bit better. Ugh) anyways, I recently came back to try it out but found out yet again I was trying to use old information when getting through the activation process. This solved it though. I used Titanium Backup (trial version) to delete the system app/process and activation screen popped up on first try! If anyone else has the same issue that I had, where US Cellular answered my activation call, don't fret. I imagine it has to do with the SID (CDMA Network ID) but then I had let the phone sit for a minute and noticed at the bottom "a special number needs to be called to activate this phone" hit that button then the Verizon activation system answers and its good to go from there.
I'll now install safestrap and hopefully get a version of CM11 to run properly which caused this whole re-flashing process. I had a "working" stock rom that would constantly try to activate on phone startup, but 3g would work after skipping all those annoying screens, however when booting to CM11 it was not working with 3g.
Thank you again for that information, I can confirm com.motorola.setupwizard.phoneservice is the culprit to OTA activation problems when switching to PagePlus network.
Recently my phone received an OTA update that I didn't want to install. I kept pushing remind me later but for two days in a row around the same time (between midnight and 1:30 am) my phone showed me the update with no option to remind me later. It then proceeded to reboot on its own and try to install the update. It failed both times thank GOD! However, my real concern is likely with AT&T because I believe this update will patch the exploit TowelRoot used. Once I calmed down (I was highly pissed) I used Titanium BackUp to freeze the app AT&T software update app, and now I've not been bothered with those irritating update prompts. Has anyone else tried to install the update while rooted? If so, was it successfully done? Has this issue I described happened to anyone else?