Anyway to flash this. 901 update with out root? ?
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I don't think so. I am rather new here so I could be wrong but from all my reading it seems that .901 was only leaked. Whether officially or unofficially its only been pushed to a limited number of devices and so some kind soul has uploaded a copy of it for us to update are devices with sadly for some only through rooting. I have however read that if you don't do the 43v3r root thing and use the path saver 1 click root might not stick. So rooting and than updating to .901 might undo the root, But I don't know if you would be interested in that or not.
Hope this helps a bit.
Even for those who are rooted, this has to be flashed using stock recovery so I believe this would mean that you do NOT have to be rooted to flash it. I know that you used to have to rename it to "update.zip" in order to flash it via stock recovery, but I think this might have been changed.
Dude, just throw it on your SD CARD and let us know if it worked.
Most people on here want to be rooted if for no other reason to create a quality backup.
If it doesn't work, it won't hurt anything and you've answered your own question FOR EVERYBODY.
Yup...
Yeah, I had stock 893 or whatever it was, the last update pushed by verizon...
I grabbed the 901 update, and either left it the way it was, or changed the name to update.zip and put it on my sdcard. Booted into recovery mode (This is the normal bionic recovery since your not rooted), and ran the update. Installed fine.
Sweet thanks can you point me to link can't seem to find iymt
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Oh OK I am guessing this is a signed update so nothing can really go wrong other than verification failed. This woes phone right
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It's in the 1st post marked as 5.5.893. That is the correct file to update to .901
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1402224
how do i go about flashing this via stock recover as in what steps do i take like how to get to recovery what buttons renaming etc...??
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1. Hold both volume buttons and power button at start up.
2. When phone boots there will be letters on top of the Motorola splash screen,.. scroll down to android recovery.
3. Select with power button.
4. Once in recovery you will get the andy with the triangle hold both volume buttons and you will enter stock recovery.
5. Scroll down to / install zip from sd/ card.
From there just select your zip file and let the phone work when finished it will need to be rebooted it might take a little longer then normal but that is fine.
That's it your updated.
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901 usable root
I am on 901 and I don't have root, can someone point me toward a rooting method that will work. I searched and tried several methods, but didn't find anything that would work with 901. Preferably with a mac option, but if i have to use windows I will.
Thanks
Droidcheesecake said:
1. Hold both volume buttons and power button at start up.
2. When phone boots there will be letters on top of the Motorola splash screen,.. scroll down to android recovery.
3. Select with power button.
4. Once in recovery you will get the andy with the triangle hold both volume buttons and you will enter stock recovery.
5. Scroll down to / install zip from sd/ card.
From there just select your zip file and let the phone work when finished it will need to be rebooted it might take a little longer then normal but that is fine.
That's it your updated.
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Step 3 is wrong. You select with volume up.
thanks guys what is the difference between. 893 and 901 other than better radio what about when verizon realeses another official ota will i be able to accept this ota?..
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by the way i am 100 percent stock 893
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richiewrt said:
I am on 901 and I don't have root, can osomeone point me toward a rooting method that will work. I searched and tried several methods, but didn't find anything that would work with 901. Preferably with a mac option, but if i have to use windows I will.
Thanks
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As of now there is no way to root 901. You have to revert back to 893 or 866, then root and upgrade to 901 again. The easiest way that I know of to go back is to use p3droid's one click method that can be found on my droid world. If you are going back from 901 there is an extra step where you have to flash a seperate cdt.bin file. The one click method will also allow you to root.
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Yeah, I had stock 893 or whatever it was, the last update pushed by verizon...
I grabbed the 901 update, and either left it the way it was, or changed the name to update.zip and put it on my sdcard. Booted into recovery mode (This is the normal bionic recovery since your not rooted), and ran the update. Installed fine.
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You left is as a zipped file? Your bionic extracted it, eh? I wonder if mine will recognize the folder unzipped?
Im a little confused because of my self proclaimed noob staus with motorola, htc and samsung is where im best suited.
In any case, im running stock 901 rooted, can I just flash this to get back to complete stock or is there something Im missing.
Yes I left as zip as it is a signed zip it installs fine doesnt even wipe whitch I thought I would
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Can someone post a step-by-step method on how to update to. 902 and keep root. The more detail the better. I only ask this because this is my second bionic and I dont want to brick it.
Thanks in advance!
I'm in the same boat haven't bricked but never rooted a locked boot loader device before but I just want me some taste of ics..
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Can you tell us which version your on? That will be helpful in letting us help you if we know.
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netslum said:
Can someone post a step-by-step method on how to update to. 902 and keep root. The more detail the better. I only ask this because this is my second bionic and I dont want to brick it.
Thanks in advance!
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This is what i did
I flashed stock rom using rsd lite
RSD LITE 5.6: http://db.tt/y23vQ3Td
Using this zip: http://db.tt/hBFdk3qv
ROOTED AND 4EVER ROOTED MAKE SURE YOU DO THIS IF YOU WANT ROOT[I always root stock instead of .893 fnr(for no reason)]
BOOT INTO STOCK RECOVERY
FIRST FLASH .893: http://db.tt/vfNEdVdf
THEN .902: http://db.tt/g0gm69Hq
REBOOT
enjoi
If your already on .893 just flash .902 in STOCK RECOVERY NOT CWM
FOR SUPER NOOBS
Flashing to stock
Extract the flashme.zip to the desktop
Open RSD Lite and click on the ... symbol
In the box, go to desktop and choose "default_flash_targa"
Put your phone in Fastboot Mode
Click Start
If anyone used this method...
dont be afraid of the thanks button lol
iNsAnEmOd said:
This is what i did
I flashed stock rom using rsd lite
RSD LITE 5.6: http://db.tt/y23vQ3Td
Using this zip: http://db.tt/hBFdk3qv
ROOTED AND 4EVER ROOTED MAKE SURE YOU DO THIS IF YOU WANT ROOT[I always root stock instead of .893 fnr(for no reason)]
BOOT INTO STOCK RECOVERY
FIRST FLASH .893: http://db.tt/vfNEdVdf
THEN .902: http://db.tt/g0gm69Hq
REBOOT
enjoi
FOR SUPER NOOBS
Flashing to stock
Extract the flashme.zip to the desktop
Open RSD Lite and click on the ... symbol
In the box, go to desktop and choose "default_flash_targa"
Make sure you've checked the "unknown sources" and "debugging
If anyone used this method..
dont be afraid of the thanks button lol
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I did unr3l3as3droot and forever root first. Then I did the path saver. Then I flashed 896 and 901. After that, I downloaded the 902 ota but didn't install it. Moved it from /cache to the external SD card. Then I turned the phone off. To turn it back on, I hit both volume up and down as I powered it back on. That took me to a different menu that I can't currently think of the name but that is where you will flash 902 at. Remember that the 902 update has 901 in its file name when flashing. If you come across a triangle thing, hit volume up and down and the update will flash.
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I did unr3l3as3droot and forever root first. Then I did the path saver. Then I flashed 896 and 901. After that, I downloaded the 902 ota but didn't install it. Moved it from /cache to the external SD card. Then I turned the phone off. To turn it back on, I hit both volume up and down as I powered it back on. That took me to a different menu that I can't currently think of the name but that is where you will flash 902 at. Remember that the 902 update has 901 in its file name when flashing. If you come across a triangle thing, hit volume up and down and the update will flash.
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eh.. it works but im not the one who needs it
Im on. 893
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I'm on 902 100 percent stock never rooted this phone yet want to bit need to make sure I don't brick
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Easier root method...
There is an easier way then this now...
1. Install update
2. Use the Droid 4 exploit found at vulnfactory.org/blog/2012/02/11/rooting-the-droid-4-a-failed-bounty-experiment/ and yes it works for the Bionic on 5.9.902 (i just got done using it)
3. Look at your phone.... its now rooted.
And everyone who uses it should donate to djrbliss and prove that the Android community can support such a valuable asset!
netslum said:
Can someone post a step-by-step method on how to update to. 902 and keep root. The more detail the better. I only ask this because this is my second bionic and I dont want to brick it.
Thanks in advance!
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I just did the OTA over wireless and did the update and I kept ROOT.
I did un-froze all the apps I had frozen with titanium backup before applying the update.
Still have root...
In my case, the update wouldn't install. I had to go all the way back before I could go forward.
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netslum said:
Im on. 893
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You should be able to just flash .902 in stock recovery
if all else fails try YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fw2GJ3wCi4A&feature=player_embedded#!
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Xluthienx said:
There is an easier way then this now...
1. Install update
2. Use the Droid 4 exploit found at vulnfactory.org/blog/2012/02/11/rooting-the-droid-4-a-failed-bounty-experiment/ and yes it works for the Bionic on 5.9.902 (i just got done using it)
3. Look at your phone.... its now rooted.
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so being 100 percent stock .902 this works i am not rooted never have been i also want to be alble to flash the ics rom how do i go about doing this... and how easily reversable is this method meaning going back to 100 percent stock i want to be able to get the official ics when it comes out or return phone to vzw if needed.. thanks in advance..
If you lose root during the update, see here to get it back.
I just got my Bionic and got the OTA upgrade to .902.
While restoring some apk's from my original droid, I inadvertently restored ADW Launcher which seems to have replaced my stock launcher. (I know, I should have had a backup - duh!)
How do I get back the standard stock ROM? I can get Eclipse and Liberty running, but I just want the stock (at least for now). I want to be able to take future OTA updates as well.
I looked for a .902 fxz file to flash with RSDLite - but can't find one. If I try any other fxz file, I get a CDT.BIN error on 1/15.
PLEASE HELP! ANYONE?
Unr3l3as3droot and for3v3r root, then path saver. I have a post linking to path saver and there are plenty of links for the unr3l3as3droot and for3v3r root.
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smokedkill said:
Unr3l3as3droot and for3v3r root, then path saver. I have a post linking to path saver and there are plenty of links for the unr3l3as3droot and for3v3r root.
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I am a bit new - can you tell me what these do?
Unr3l3as3droot
for3v3r root
path saver?
I think I have for3v3r root and path saver - but not sure what's next.
Unreleasedroot and forever root will take you back to stock 886 and make you rooted forever. Path saver you will use to move your phone back to 901 and still be able to receive ota. Essentially you will be taking your phone back to the way you got it then updating it back up to date while keeping root and being able to get future ota. Doing all this will give you stock 901. After that you will need to download the ota and instead of.installing it, move it.from /cache to your external SD card. Then you will turn off the bionic. To turn it back on, hold both volume up and down as you hit power. This will take you to a different menu than bootstrap or safe strap. In this menu setup is where you will flash the ota. Just remember that volume up in this.menu setup is like hitting enter so you can only scroll down. If you come across a triangle warning after flashing, just hit volume up and down again and it will flash.
Give yourself an hour to do all of this, maybe longer. I would include the links but I'm on my phone. I have a post that links to the directions and downloads for path saver (it was kind of hard.to find, they put it in general Android development instead of bionic development) . Just click on my profile and look at the threads I started or scroll down through general bionic until you find path saver. Umr3l3as3droot and For3ver root are pretty easy to find.
Don't worry about being new as we were all new once. Things will start making more sense once you get more used to it. The more you read through everything, the better off you will be.
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I had the same issue after installing go launcher (pre-.902). In my case I was able to use a home switcher (Homesmack just happened to be the first one I found) and enable the stock launcher and set it to default.
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Rubb3rNick3ls said:
I had the same issue after installing go launcher (pre-.902). In my case I was able to use a home switcher (Homesmack just happened to be the first one I found) and enable the stock launcher and set it to default.
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In that scenario, you could also go into your android options under applications and clear your home screen default.
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In that scenario, you could also go into your android options under applications and clear your home screen defaut
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You would think so. But the option was greyed out. I even installed an additional launcher so it would give me the option to choose again but the stock launcher was not a choice. IIRC, I found a thread while googling the issue that indicated that its a bug.
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stock .902
I'm having trouble with my bionic trying to get It back to stock .902.I have tried downloading about 10/11 different fxz files and I also tried RSD Lite 5.7,5.6,and even 5.5 and I keep getting the same error everytime and its telling me there is XML format error and some of the files are missing.Now I know out of all those FXZ files I downloaded couldn't be corrupt.Can someone help me with this please.Thanks.
I am forever rooted, and defrosted all the apps I froze with TB. Any ideas as to why this update keeps failing?
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Download the official update.
Open root explorer and go to the /cache/ directory.
Copy or move the update from there to your SD card.
Power off phone
Hold Volume up and down together and press power button
You see a menu. Hit volume down to go to recovery. Hit volume up to select it
Now you see a Droid and upside down triangle. Hit both volume buttons.
Now you are fully into stock recovery.
Choose the update with zip option.
When it fails it will tell you exactly why it failed.
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Sci3ntific1 said:
I am forever rooted, and defrosted all the apps I froze with TB. Any ideas as to why this update keeps failing?
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Try here or here.
How did you download it I notice when I dl from phone it has no issues when I transfer from computer its a no go usually downloading again fixes it something to do with md5 mismatch I believe
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Another Problem...
I followed Legato Bluesummers advice, found out it was the modifications to systemui.apk I made. I pushed the original systemUI using root explorer, but now I just get a blank screen with no status bar or anything.
Sci3ntific1 said:
I followed Legato Bluesummers advice, found out it was the modifications to systemui.apk I made. I pushed the original systemUI using root explorer, but now I just get a blank screen with no status bar or anything.
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Neither of those solutions worked for you?
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I downloaded the .902 update, ran from SD but it stalled because it wouldnt verify systemUI.apk. I have the dhacker tool and releasedroot tool but Im doing everything I can to not have to wipe my device. Stll cant get the stock systemUI.apk to work though, not sure what Im doing wrong
Sci3ntific1 said:
I downloaded the .902 update, ran from SD but it stalled because it wouldnt verify systemUI.apk. I have the dhacker tool and releasedroot tool but Im doing everything I can to not have to wipe my device. Stll cant get the stock systemUI.apk to work though, not sure what Im doing wrong
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what system version are you on?
901 I believe
Sci3ntific1 said:
901 I believe
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AWWW come on Dude... damn you should have said so a LOOONG TIME ago. There is no way to go from .901 to .902 unless your still on OTA's. I take it your not because you have this problem.
You have 2 choices
1. Go back to Stock 5.8.886 and then flash updates .893 and then .902(which you can find here)
2. Or Flash the .902 Stock FXZ using RSD lite. It will put you on .902 without having to applied updates manually. Loacted here. Copy the stuff you want to keep to your PC or External SDcard as is way wipes Internal Sdcard(which isnt a real problem)
Thats it dude. Anyone else will tell you the same thing.
CHEERS!!
PM me if you want instructions on all of this..
Thanks for all your help, I was trying to avoid wiping but now that I know its not possible Ill just go ahead and do it. Thanks for all your help.
Sci3ntific1 said:
Thanks for all your help, I was trying to avoid wiping but now that I know its not possible Ill just go ahead and do it. Thanks for all your help.
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no prob man
You can back up all your apps/game data/ call log and all that good stuff using Titanium Backup
I have a bionic that i system updated to 5.9.902 a couple days after i got it. Then i made the mistake of coming here and messing up my phone because i have no idea what I'm doing
I installed safestrap and did the whole noob step by step guide. Installed eclipse and a couple other roms. For some reason i wiped my internal and external storage. I have no backups of anything.
I've tried releasedroot, petes, rds lite with the 902 xml. I got stuck all the time with what seemed to be a driver issue.
I just want to return this thing to stock and stop messing with it
As of now when I press power i go straight to ap fast boot flash failure screen. I press power to power off and hold vol up and down to boot into recovery but just pick the normal boot option. Phone then boots into what seems to be my stock 902. I dont know if im rooted anymore.
If i could rid my phone of this flash failure and safestrap, i would be stupid happy
Anyone out there willing to help a total noob? If any more info is needed I'd be happy to provide
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What error did you receive using rsdlite?
When you go into your phone settings..can you verify your on 902?
I'm at work now but it was some sort of usb failure. It got stuck on 1/22 mbm something.
Yes as of right now im on 902.
Is there a tutorial on how to completely remove usb drivers? Even though rsdlite says I'm connected, I don't see my phone drivers in device manager. That's where I think I'm going wrong but not really sure.
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Cool. I'm at work too. When would you be available?
About 5pm est ... thanks alot dude
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Send me a PM when your available.
I tried to pm you but xda force closed. I replied to, i believe, your hotmail
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So I've got my 4th Bionic en route due to pesky data connection issues and no GPS. I'm wondering if I should flash the .232 ICS build. A couple questions arise if I may:
- Is it easily rootable? Running .905 stock root presently...
- Does taking a leaked version make OTA'ing to the official build more difficult? I can just root the new one with .905 and wait if it's simpler.
Answers to the above would make my night! I love these forums as they minimize the knowledge gap between people like me and experts
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232 is extremely easy to install. Rooting it is just as easy. Here is a simple and complete method. I am on an iPod so you gotta find the downloads on your own.
Ensure you are on 905
Download 232 and put it on your sdcard. Just on the first level (root) folder
Turn your bionic off
Press power and both volume buttons at the same time
Hold them until it powers on and just wait a moment
Sometimes I can speed up getting to the recovery by pressing both volume buttons again
Once you see blue letters in recovery. stock recovery. Select install zip. Choose Zip
Then let it install. Once it is done restart I it doesn't automatically. Can't remember.
Rooting. Use razers edge
For that, turn your phone on in ics
Enable debugging mode on your phone
Unzip the razersedge zip into a folder on your desktop
Then plug your phone into a USB port
Let your phone connect (I am assuming you have the Motorola drivers installed. If not. Do that
Open the folder on your desktop and run the program called run
Hit a button on your computer when told to and wait for it to say done
There you go
Just that easy.
Probably takes less than 20 minutes
So does installing a leaked version make it any more difficult to install the official version at its release? I'm thinking it would be a good opportunity to work bugs out of installed apps and familiarize myself with the new version.
Thanks again for the previous reply. And should I not root the .905 before flashing the ICS? Does that matter? I'm thinking it'd be lost anyways on the flash up. And root of the external SD I'm assuming?
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dmullen1373 said:
So does installing a leaked version make it any more difficult to install the official version at its release? I'm thinking it would be a good opportunity to work bugs out of installed apps and familiarize myself with the new version.
Thanks again for the previous reply. And should I not root the .905 before flashing the ICS? Does that matter? I'm thi
nking it'd be lost anyways on the flash up. And root of the external SD I'm assuming?
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I honestly have never tried to load a leak while rooted in 905. I am pretty sure people were looking for the method to root the leak because it didn't carry over. I can't be for sure on that. Either way, rooting is a cake walk.
As for taking an official OTA update, there have been guys on here talking about it, but if you are aiming to be rooted, get titanium back up, once you have made a full back up your can copy that to an external car or to your computer or where ever you go. Then, for sure, the very worst it possibly can be is FXZ to 902,which is a little scary the first time, but works very very well and is pretty easy too. Then ota up all the way and root and restore from time backup. Probably can get away with doing apps and data as the restore.
If you are comfortable and want a bit more of a challenge, you can go through the fxz with no data loss thing. I am too lazy for that and time backup gets my data back just fine for me.
dmullen1373 said:
So does installing a leaked version make it any more difficult to install the official version at its release? I'm thinking it would be a good opportunity to work bugs out of installed apps and familiarize myself with the new version.
Thanks again for the previous reply. And should I not root the .905 before flashing the ICS? Does that matter? I'm thinking it'd be lost anyways on the flash up. And root of the external SD I'm assuming?
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So you are looking into ICS leaks. If you currently running. 905 rooted and completely stock, I mean all apps that came with the stock moto rom and nothing frozen or deleted, and then easy breeze. Download OTA root keeper from app store and backup root with that app. Download the ICS. 232 leak onto your external sd storage., the one that you can take out. Go in and backup everything you need to keep off of the internal storage, you will need to format it using the phone's settings. If you use safe strap make sure you uninstall it using the app. Disable root with the OTA root keeper app then power off and reboot into stock recovery and install leak. After leak has booted and you are done setting up use the OTA root keeper app to regain root and enjoy ICS goodness..
Once the ICS official is out all you would need to do is fxz back to. 905 using this method http://www.droidforums.net/forum/mo...wngrade-902-no-app-data-loss.html#post2173723
Then apply official update.