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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
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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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smokedkill said:
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.
Do I just download the Z7 .tot file to the SD and flash as a normal rom?
No. Read my forum in development. There's inscructions in how to flash the tot
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Got it. I downloaded Z7 stock rom and then was gunna allow the update to install automatically, I guess I should have downloaded the Z8 rom to save some time?
oh well..
Alright, made it back to Z7 and did the OTA update to Z8..
now how do I root and get CWM again?? That ALLINONE executer does not work.
Bob_Bobber0 said:
Alright, made it back to Z7 and did the OTA update to Z8..
now how do I root and get CWM again?? That ALLINONE executer does not work.
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Start over from zv7 and read MT's easiest way to maintain root to zv8 inn the Dev section
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I am having quite a few issues with my phone running slower then a Ferrari with no engine lol everything lags horribly bad. Even just opening my contact list takes a couple minutes before it opens. And just trying to type a text or typing this post right now takes so long cause the keyboard lags out so bad and can't keep up with the speed I type like it usually has no problem doing.
So I was hoping someone could give me detailed, step by step instructions or a guide, to restore your phone back to unrooted stock, just came out of the box, settings. I wanna completely restart my phone. But I don't know how to go about doing that. I've done it with my last two Android phones. Which were a Droid X and before that a Droid 2 Global. But I was told that the process for Motorola phones, which you just use RSDlite and its pretty easy but like I said. I was told that RSDlite only works with motorola phones. So if someone could help me do this. It would be very much appreciated.
I already restored my nandroid back up I made before flashing the last rom I was using. So I am just using the stock ZV7 LG rom but its rooted. I also wanna be able to do the process of keeping my phone rooted and still be able to go to the new ZV8 version. My phone keep trying to update everyday but obviously it wont work cause I am rooted and plus I don't want to stuck and unable to root my phone amd flash tols and what not. Which last time I checked no one has figured out how to just straight root the new ZV8 version. You have to do that process that just lets you keep rooted and still update. Which hopefully someone will figure out how to just root ZV8 itself.
Anyways, like I said, if someone could help me completely restart my phone and start fresh as if it just came out of the box for the first time. I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks.
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Here's a very detailed walkthrough with links to all resources needed to get you back to stock http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=19154278
After you do that just run system update to get to ZV9, if you want to root ZV9 use the LG Esteem root found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=25362328
Edit: If you want to speed up ZV9 after root, here are a few tips
here's a foolproof way to deodex your phone
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=7844122
Move any apps you don't want to your sdcard or freeze them if you're super paranoid
spc_hicks posted a good Tweaks Collection a while back
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20865369
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trampledbyturtles said:
Here's a very detailed walkthrough with links to all resources needed to get you back to stock http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=19154278
After you do that just run system update to get to ZV9, if you want to root ZV9 use the LG Esteem root found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=25362328
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I have not been able to run the update. Tells me know update available. Tried to get one from LG no dice
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trampledbyturtles said:
Here's a very detailed walkthrough with links to all resources needed to get you back to stock http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=19154278
After you do that just run system update to get to ZV9, if you want to root ZV9 use the LG Esteem root found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=25362328
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ZV9 ? I thought it was ZV8 was the latest update. Cause I am on ZV7 which was the update before the latest one, at least as far as I know. I am pretty sure I am on ZV7 and ZV8 was the latest. Have they come out with another update recently ? cause last time I Checked about 4 or 5months ago, ZV8 was the one that just came out.
It is really easy. Flash the v8 TOT. Upgrade to v9, do a factory reset and bam out of box v9. You can then root and what ever else (re-install apps)
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ZV9 ? I thought it was ZV8 was the latest update. Cause I am on ZV7 which was the update before the latest one, at least as far as I know. I am pretty sure I am on ZV7 and ZV8 was the latest. Have they come out with another update recently ? cause last time I Checked about 4 or 5months ago, ZV8 was the one that just came out.
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ZV9 came out about a month ago or longer. One upgrade was being able to send and receive mms over WiFi
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Haxcid said:
It is really easy. Flash the v8 TOT. Upgrade to v9, do a factory reset and bam out of box v9. You can then root and what ever else (re-install apps)
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okay, it's not that easy. I'm a noobie. I flashed the v8 tot, and I know it worked since in phone info, it changed from v4 straight to v8. BUT, for some reason, superuser and my old apps were still in the phone on the v8.
I went to check new software... nothing. V9 was a no go. What did I do wrong? I flashed it properly.
ALSO!!! HOW THE HECK DO I GET CLOCKWORK MANAGER IN V8 AND HOW DO I REBOOT INTO IT. help
This is a leak for the 6.7.2233 update (Android 4.0.4) for the Bionic.
You must be on stock .905 to use this.
You must flash from STOCK RECOVERY.
Use of Safestrap is NOT recommended.
You may need to FXZ to .902, take the OTA update to .905 and then flash from STOCK RECOVERY.
File link : http://droidrepo.info/the-repository/viewdownload/9-bionic/74-bionic-905-to-404--672233-ics-leak
md5: d4f9bc75285681a8c9b6e637f7dba98e
I was on 905 i sbf to 902 then ota back to 905, rerooted used voodoo rootkeeper to temp unroot then reroot. Flashed the new leak. Works like a charm and kept root good luck everyone
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Reason i went from 905 to 902 was i was rommed with eclipse on 905
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installed ICS
Installed 6.7.2233 and it was pretty flawless. I flashed back to .902 and did an OTA update to .905. I haven't rooted yet but I hear there is a way to do it.
Couple of things I noticed
On stock launcher, when plugging in webtop it doesn't work. I got ADW and it works fine now.
Bluetooth seems to work better, wifi is WAY faster (I know this by doing speed tests a lot before and after). I can't speak for 4G yet but will report back when I know for sure how it's doing.
CPU is now running at 1200MHz vice 1000 and it doesn't seem that it auto adjusts to lower speeds like previous versions did so we will see how battery life does. Battery life seems fine so far though.
Any pics or video? Please post!
can someone please tell me how to update to this ? i have already unrooted with voodoo and when i go into recovery to install update it tells me it cant verify signature. i am on 905
jorge7993 said:
can someone please tell me how to update to this ? i have already unrooted with voodoo and when i go into recovery to install update it tells me it cant verify signature. i am on 905
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=27832332
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I have been running this for 24 hours. In that past 24 hours, the data connection works worlds better than the cm9 of gummy roms I have tried in the pas 2 weeks. In those pas 2 weeks, whenever I hit a 4g zone, no data at all. Today I drove through different zones and was switching between the 2 without issue! Hopefully this update will help solve problems some of us have been having with a data connection.
are we supposed to used rsd to install this ics file?
How to Flash ICS on bionic
can some one help me flash this leaked version of ics i never mod or flash before so i am newbie to this any step by step help is appreciated
thanks
danny11542 said:
can some one help me flash this leaked version of ics i never mod or flash before so i am newbie to this any step by step help is appreciated
thanks
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jorge7993 said:
are we supposed to used rsd to install this ics file?
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No have to flash using the stock recovery
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I have tried several times but it keeps saying it can't verify signature. Do I rename it to update.zip?
Has anyone found a way to root after applying the update? My attempt at keeping root didn't work.
genei.09 said:
Has anyone found a way to root after applying the update? My attempt at keeping root didn't work.
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You can use the razr one click root method by djrbliss.
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danny11542 said:
can some one help me flash this leaked version of ics i never mod or flash before so i am newbie to this any step by step help is appreciated
thanks
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It's surprisingly easy, but I can understand the daunting task if you've never done any playing with the guts
Download the link at the front page to your computer.
Connect your phone to your computer and click on the "Mass Storage" Setting when the USB options come up.
Copy the downloaded .zip file to your external SD card. Don't worry about unzipping it or anything.
Once it's down, turn your phone off, then turn the phone back on while holding both the up and down arrows. This will boot your phone into what's called "Stock Recovery". To navigate Stock, you click down to move through the options, then up to select a choice.
Click down once (iirc) until your highlight Recovery, then click up to select
This will place you in Recovery mode, if there is nothing on your phone but an icon of android and an exclamation point, hold both of the volume buttons again.
From here, you will use the volume buttons to navigate, and the power button to select items.
Go to, Install update from external storage.
Highlight the .zip file you put there earlier
Wait 5-10 minutes.
Enjoy your ice creamy goodness 2-3 weeks before everyone else. Once you start it up it will "optimize the apps" for a bit, this is natural ICS behavior.
Now that you've flashed your own rom in custom mode, you can start looking at rooting and flashing custom roms. Personally I'd hold out until the developers have time to parse out ICS and update their roms. I believe even the current unofficial "ICS" roms are based on Gingerbread kernels that has been heavily modified.
Here you go folks. I put it up on my server which is much faster.
http://playeraffinity.com/files/Blur_Version.5.9.905.XT875.Verizon.en.US.zip
I was going to put it on a download page and all that jazz, but I know you all want to get right to downloading it so all i ask is if you have any free time, check out the site my server is for, Player Affinity. There's a lot of interesting articles on there and you might find something worth sharing.
Once ICS is official on the bionic, I'll get cracking at an Affinity ROM for it.
Saint Isaiah said:
Here you go folks. I put it up on my server which is much faster.
http://playeraffinity.com/files/Blur_Version.5.9.905.XT875.Verizon.en.US.zip
I was going to put it on a download page and all that jazz, but I know you all want to get right to downloading it so all i ask is if you have any free time, check out the site my server is for, Player Affinity. There's a lot of interesting articles on there and you might find something worth sharing.
Once ICS is official on the bionic, I'll get cracking at an Affinity ROM for it.
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Why does it say 905 on the download instead of .233
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TheGman125 said:
Why does it say 905 on the download instead of .233
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It indicates where you have to start from, just to prevent problems.
silversonic1 said:
It indicates where you have to start from, just to prevent problems.
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So is this the ics leak tho?
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Allright, ICS FXZ for Bionic can be found here:
http://sbf.droid-developers.org/cdma_targa/list.php
Secure version has been increased, so no way back to GB and if you have botched your phone with ICS leak on it, then you can use the file to revive the phone. You flash it on your own risk.
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Amazing. Thank you!
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You, Sir, are a gentleman and a scholar -- not to mention a Bionic hackers best friend
I need to revert my Dad's Bionic to stock - it's running the latest stock GB update - but with a custom recovery so the updates will not install.
Can I use this to bring it to ICS from GB? or will this have an adverse effect?
MarcMaiden said:
I need to revert my Dad's Bionic to stock - it's running the latest stock GB update - but with a custom recovery so the updates will not install.
Can I use this to bring it to ICS from GB? or will this have an adverse effect?
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Not sure. Why not just use the 905 fxz and manually update to 246?
milski65 said:
Not sure. Why not just use the 905 fxz and manually update to 246?
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the links are dead in the sticky above
so is this the official OTA ICS fxz? if so then i can just use THIS to get back onto the OTA update path can't i?
Since I haven't used my Bionic in a while, and I'm not up to all the lingo. I've currently got the stock rooted rom on my phone now. I'm guessing this is the update that was just pushed out.
Will I need to re-root my phone after?
I'm pretty sure if I let it do the OTA, I have to re-root (I also haven't run stock roms on any of my phones in a while), is that the case with the download?
Xaotikdesigns said:
Since I haven't used my Bionic in a while, and I'm not up to all the lingo. I've currently got the stock rooted rom on my phone now. I'm guessing this is the update that was just pushed out.
Will I need to re-root my phone after?
I'm pretty sure if I let it do the OTA, I have to re-root (I also haven't run stock roms on any of my phones in a while), is that the case with the download?
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Yes.
When something goes wrong as usual since I love tinkering with my phone, I simply flash GB again. With this update, what to do? Can this be rooted? Does this works with bootstrap/safestrap?
Thanks for noticing my silly questions
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digitalr0gue said:
Yes.
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Yes to both questions? I have to reroot either way?
Is there a new root process on ICS?
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Xaotikdesigns said:
Yes to both questions? I have to reroot either way?
Is there a new root process on ICS?
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Yes to both. And there is a Motofail-ICS available to root it.
Going from .2233 ICS leak to .246 OTA.
This is gonna sound like a noob question here, but since I'm currently on the .2233 ICS leak, I can use this file 6.7.2-223_DBN_M4-23
Blur_Version.6.7.246.XT875.Verizon.en.US to install the version of ICS being sent out by Verizon using RSD, right? Other than being rooted, it's still stock.
will4958 said:
This is gonna sound like a noob question here, but since I'm currently on the .2233 ICS leak, I can use this file 6.7.2-223_DBN_M4-23
Blur_Version.6.7.246.XT875.Verizon.en.US to install the version of ICS being sent out by Verizon using RSD, right? Other than being rooted, it's still stock.
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No, you must be on 905 to install 246 . Other wise you risk bricking your phone.you can use house of bionic also.
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RSD to .902 from .2233
Another possible noobish question... since the .905 download link in the Depriciated List One Stop Shop post isn't working, would there be any risk in using RSD to go back to .902 from .2233? I'm not going to try it tonight, with me having to get up early in the morning, but if anyone could provide a link to the .905 download so I could save myself a step, mainly going back to .902, doing the OTA to .905, then doing the OTA to ICS, it'd be appreciated.
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No, you must be on 905 to install 246 . Other wise you risk bricking your phone.you can use house of bionic also.
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hold on just a minute. I just used this from 232 to jump up to 246 on my stock side. Correct me if I'm wrong but this is an FXZ or in other words a fastboot file that will flash everything back to stock 246 or at least thats the way I understood it. Just like the 905 FXZ that came before it. Botch your phone up FXZ back to stock.
Going from .2233 to final ICS.
When you applied the ICE OTA, were you rooted? Also, was it this file you used?
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hold on just a minute. I just used this from 232 to jump up to 246 on my stock side. Correct me if I'm wrong but this is an FXZ or in other words a fastboot file that will flash everything back to stock 246 or at least thats the way I understood it. Just like the 905 FXZ that came before it. Botch your phone up FXZ back to stock.
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thanks for this. adb is broke on my Bionic, and I've been waiting for an FXZ to try to fix it. It worked back in April, but when I tried it with the .905 for some reason it didn't fix it, maybe this one will.