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[FXZ] Flash 5.9.902 to Stock / Unbrick

Got this From Our Friends Over At Droidmodderx
First Post.
1. Download .902 FXZ zip and extract to desktop here
2. Install the Motorola Mobile Drivers here
3. Install RSD Lite 5.6. here.
4. Make sure your Motorola Droid Bionic is powered on and backed up.
5. Plug your Motorola Droid Bionic into a back USB port on your computer.
6. Open the zip and copy EVERYTHING inside to the desktop(inside the zip there is a folder, you can either put the folder on the desktop it Everything inside it your choice)
7. Run “RSD Lite” on your computer
8. Press the “. . .” button next to the box labeled “Filename”
9. Browse and open the FXZ file
10. Wait for the program to read the file, then choose “Uncompress And Start Flashing”
11. Now, the device will slowly flash the FXZ file.
12. When flashing completes, the device will reboot into recovery and install the two radio images.
13. Congratulations! You’ve restored your Motorola Droid Bionic.
downside..... wipes INTERNAL Sdcard
So save the stuff you want to keep on your PC

Did you not realize that this was released here by daywalker04 first and that everyone else got it here? Just saying...give credit where due and understand how and where valuable files like the full xml.zips come from.

cellzealot said:
Did you not realize that this was released here by daywalker04 first and that everyone else got it here? Just saying...give credit where due and understand how and where valuable files like the full xml.zips come from.
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Well...(sarcastically) as you can see I don't have a problem giving due credit. I assumed that the people at Droidmodderx released this first. If I knew daywalker04 released this first I would have initially gave him credit.
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Well...(sarcastically) as you can see I don't have a problem giving due credit. I assumed that the people at Droidmodderx released this first. If I knew daywalker04 released this first I would have initially gave him credit.
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Not to mention, the search function shows devices that are not even close... Great post, thank you for the refresh
SMILE It's Not Illegal Yet

get to .902 stock from what?
is this from anything?
I am at 901 rooted. with Ecliplse 2.1. (nice!)
If as and when I want to get to 902 stock, unrooted, I use this FXZ, right?
theoretically, wherever you are, rooted, unrooted, from 886 all the way up, this FXZ process will bring you to stock 902?
thanks

Very nice, thanks.

idivorceyou said:
is this from anything?
I am at 901 rooted. with Ecliplse 2.1. (nice!)
If as and when I want to get to 902 stock, unrooted, I use this FXZ, right?
theoretically, wherever you are, rooted, unrooted, from 886 all the way up, this FXZ process will bring you to stock 902?
thanks
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good question i'll try it out
Yep i just went to stock 5.8.886 and then used this FXZ and now I'm on .902.!!! Super Easy!! No CDT Failure or any thing. I didnt even have to flash those updates!!

Very nice I will try this now, I am currently on Eclipse V2.0 and looking to update to either 2.1 or ICS so this will be a good start.

Failed. I have never been able to get fxz to work for me. did a fresh driver install and everything. I actually thought it was going to work too. it failed at 5/12 that seems to be the spot all of them fail for me. Oh well guess i will have to try something else. Thanks for the file though

likwidsoul said:
Failed. I have never been able to get fxz to work for me. did a fresh driver install and everything. I actually thought it was going to work too. it failed at 5/12 that seems to be the spot all of them fail for me. Oh well guess i will have to try something else. Thanks for the file though
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Did you extract the zip?
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i let rsd uncompress and flash. i will try uncompressing and flashing the xml

likwidsoul said:
i let rsd uncompress and flash. i will try uncompressing and flashing the xml
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You have to open the zip and place that folder to the desktop
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got stuck in boot loop afterwards. it said it 'PASS'ed but it didn't.. idk i've never had problems with FXZ'ing my Bionic until now
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RSD Lite would not recognize anything in the unzipped folder, it recognized my original download file and when flashing that file it makes it all the way through the steps and says PASS, but then a bootloop
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it finally worked, and booted up fine, but it is saying that I am on 5.5.886, while the file that I flashed is the one that I downloaded from this thread...im going to re-download it and try again, maybe something went wrong in my system. do you have an md5 i can get please?
this is the md5 i have: 96e10ae9b00b696e8efed0e076632a53

Question
Alright, I must be missing something really obvious, because this has not been discussed:
I have installed Moto Drivers, installed RSD Lite 5.6, downloaded the .902 filed mentioned in the OP. Phone is on, working just fine, has USB debugging on, etc. I plug the phone in, and start-up RSD. When I try to find the FXZ file, I cannot find anything with FXZ, I have no idea what I am looking for.
Once I have downloaded the .902 file- I have tried to install with just the file, and then tried to find this "FXZ" file after extracting it with WINRAR.
I reviewed the video instructions by Droidmodderx that was listed in the OP. But the video just makes it seem like I am finding one file called "FXZ". I can never find any right file like that when I am running RSD. When when I try to use the un-extracted file in RSD, it does not give me the option of uncompressing and install, it only allows me to uncompress.
I cannot find the right file.
I know I am missing something very obvious, but I just can't find it.
Thanks for your help

Dukeuni said:
Alright, I must be missing something really obvious, because this has not been discussed:
I have installed Moto Drivers, installed RSD Lite 5.6, downloaded the .902 filed mentioned in the OP. Phone is on, working just fine, has USB debugging on, etc. I plug the phone in, and start-up RSD. When I try to find the FXZ file, I cannot find anything with FXZ, I have no idea what I am looking for.
Once I have downloaded the .902 file- I have tried to install with just the file, and then tried to find this "FXZ" file after extracting it with WINRAR.
I reviewed the video instructions by Droidmodderx that was listed in the OP. But the video just makes it seem like I am finding one file called "FXZ". I can never find any right file like that when I am running RSD. When when I try to use the un-extracted file in RSD, it does not give me the option of uncompressing and install, it only allows me to uncompress.
I cannot find the right file.
I know I am missing something very obvious, but I just can't find it.
Thanks for your help
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xml file is what your looking for...
put phone on Ap Fastboot

FXZ is a made up abbreviation of Full XML Zip that started on XDA when the Droid 3 was released and we first saw this new file format come into use with fastboot bootloader support for the dual core Motorolas.
People still often wrongly refer to them as SBF files because that was the common firmware file format for prior generations of Motorola devices.
The XML.zip format and fastboot is a far more versatile, flexible and safer flash interface so it is an important distinction to make to understand how these files work and what they are.
These files are a set of signed partition images with an XML file that runs them in sequence in RSD Lite.
They can also be flashed with the fastboot.exe in command line as individual files, giving a much more finite control over the flashing process and the ability to selectively fix or change only what is needed rather than completely flash the entire device.
The XML files themselves are scripts that can be modified to perform certain operations like wiping user data or not.
They are very powerful tools and the ability to use them effectively to restore your phone is critical if you want to be able to have fun and mod your device safely.

Ugh
Well, looks like this will be a great learning experience- I not have a "bricked" phone.
I finally was able to get RSD to recognize the phone- I did not have the phone set to "PC Mode", it was only set to "Mass Storage". Once RSD saw the phone I started the process as described in the video- clicked the .tar file, clicked on uncompres and install, and let it go. The uncompress took some time, but once it was done it start the install process-
Bam- fail. Does not seem like it installed a single thing, just automatic fail. The status bar reads:
"Failed flashing process. Failed flashing process. 1/15 flash cdt.bin "cdt.bin" -> Phone returned FAIL.; phone connected"
I disconnect my phone, turn it off, and then try to turn it back on. I am forced to do the fastboot (Power button and volume down). I try it again, same result. I uncompress the file myself with WINRAR, and then select just the XML File- "default_flash_targe"- same result.
Well, what do I do now? my phone is dead, but I am excited to finally learn some more about this phone and how to deal with this type of stuff.
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Not sure if it makes a difference, but I am not sure which version I was on prior to attempting to do the fxz. I am looking at downloading the .893 stock and going from there. See if that will work at all.

Well I figured out why everyone using this thread is having difficulty.
THE OP HAS THE WRONG XML.zip LINKED!!! PLEASE EDIT THIS POST IMMEDIATELY WITH THE CORRECT LINK!

cellzealot said:
Well I figured out why everyone using this thread is having difficulty.
THE OP HAS THE WRONG XML.zip LINKED!!! PLEASE EDIT THIS POST IMMEDIATELY WITH THE CORRECT LINK!
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THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG..... NONE OF YOU GUYS ARE EXTRACTING THE ZIP.(or Tar). INSIDE THE TAR, THERE IS ANOTHER ONE. EXTRACT THAT TOO. INSIDE THAT THERE IS A FOLDER LABELED "p2d_targa_cdma_targa-user-2.3.4-5.5.1_84_DBN-55-110814-release-keys-Verizon-US". PUT EVERYTHING INSIDE THAT FOLDER ON THE DESKTOP AND RUN RSD.

That is the wrong file. That is the original stock release xml.zip
That is why everyone is hosing their using this file. You can't flash back to the original firmware with the original cdt.bin anymore.
Look at the error in Dukeuni's post above!
What is wrong is that you are posting the wrong files and people with even less experience than yourself are unaware and getting stuck.

Anyone on 905 check cheesecake tonight?

Master qa1 and 2 got updated at 8:30. Same with master qa300 and sdc100. I don't wanna have to FXZ back to check and be let down.
Edit: spoke too soon. qa200 was updated today, the 12th. Please check! D:

Ugh, whatever. I'm gonna test out the shell script I just wrote to do a full restore, OTA to 905, then check cheesecake. I may do it tonight, but if I don't, I will tomorrow. Maybe someone who's already on 905 will beat me to it
Edit: damn thing won't boot. fml. Trying to FXZ to 902. Not working. Um uh er uh. Great.

bionic cheesecake
I've check those servers today and only have .232 showing up from a few servers. I also see a bunch of "simpsons" servers named after simpsons characters. So I'm about to check those but i've already checked the rest without seeing anything other than .232

.235?
I saw on droid hive that .235 is out. Can anyone here check?

josdad00 said:
I saw on droid hive that .235 is out. Can anyone here check?
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Where did you see that? I'm not finding anything about it over there.

fastpakr said:
Where did you see that? I'm not finding anything about it over there.
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I can't find anything there either. Can you post a link?

cromanorn said:
I can't find anything there either. Can you post a link?
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Someone mentioned it in the Droidhive Shoutbox without any details, and never provided a link. Since then, they haven't been in the Shoutbox and never did create a thread. You might find it digging through the Shoutbox archive, but with no details provided, the only way to know for sure is if someone else checks cheesecake.

They're talking about it on droid hive in the shout box but no links for download. Several people are saying they are downloading.

Noooooooooooooooooooooooo

There's a guy on Droid Hive uploading it right now.

Yes indeed. I'm going to check it once we have a link and see if they updated the security to disallow going back to 902 from it. So far it's unlikely but never hurts to check.

http://www.megashare.com/4392491

I was reading on DroidHive that if you flash .235 you can't go back to gingerbread.

WOA WOA WOA. A big word of caution guys. If you do 235 you will *NOT* be able to FXZ back to 902! The security has been updated. This is a one way trip forward if you do this one.

SamuriHL said:
WOA WOA WOA. A big word of caution guys. If you do 235 you will *NOT* be able to FXZ back to 902! The security has been updated. This is a one way trip forward if you do this one.
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So, over on the Droid 3 forums, there was a similar situation with the .906 update, you couldn't revert back to .890. They figured out that there were certain .img and .bin files that couldn't be written over, but someone managed to put together a modified fxz replacing the files that couldn't be changed with ones from the update, and a modified xml file. Once this was done, you could install the modified .890, and then update to the newer software. It turned out that the .906 leak was in fact what would become the OTA. Does anyone think that something like this is possible for the .235 leak? Thanks to these guys for originally figuring it out on the D3 Q9nap, Redsox985, Psouza4, and Ovelayer.
Here's a link to the D3 thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1686911

I'm aware. NOT going to happen in our unique situation. The reason is that the leaks require 905. The method they used on the D4 and RAZR require FXZ files from the version you're updating from. We only have one for 902. And there's no way to get back to 905 from that once you install 235+. Hence, if you install 235, you're stuck there for a long time. Unless an FXZ comes out for 905 or the OTA ICS build. IOW, stick to 232 until the OTA comes out.

Pretty sure I know the answer to this already... Is there any chance the .235 update can be reached from both .902 and .905? I'm aware the previous updates didn't allow that.

No chance at all. Updates well, um, update files on the system they were designed to update from. 902 != 905 so when patching files you'd be left with a mess. lol

No. You have to be on 905.

Fair enough. Noticed the new update was slightly larger than the previous ones, hoped it might have been designed to allow more than one upgrade path. Oh well.

Bionic stuck in ap fast boot.

Well hello, start right out. My bionic is stuck in ap fastboot. I was running .905 stock, and I had rooted it previously. Decided to try eclipse 3.0 last night. Installed bootstrap recovery, I did research beforehand, did everything the multiple threads told me to. Installed bionic bootstrap. Rebooted into recovery, wiped numerous times after nanbackup. Rom flashed fine, but rebooted and it would not go past the Motorola symbol and dual core screen. Let it sit at that screen for about 20 minutes, pulled the battery. Tried rebooting into recovery and found it doesn't work like previous phones I rooted. Did research, and found out about the recovery issue, and how to try to restore phone to stock. Downloaded rsd and tried .905 came back passed, just goes into ap fastboot and says can't find files (doesn't t say exactly that, I'm at work, ill put up what exactly it says after work). Tried going back to .902 rsd gives error that doesn't have enough resources (8gb ram, i7 processor and 1tb hdd, I should have enough space). Tried going all the way back to .893 fails on cdt.bin, got theoryroms released something (not sure what it's called, it has a brick fixer, rooter, and takes it back to stock) fails on infopreflash validation. Not sure where I need to go to from here. I any help would be great. Thanks in advance
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homicidalspoon said:
Well hello, start right out. My bionic is stuck in ap fastboot. I was running .905 stock, and I had rooted it previously. Decided to try eclipse 3.0 last night. Installed bootstrap recovery, I did research beforehand, did everything the multiple threads told me to. Installed bionic bootstrap. Rebooted into recovery, wiped numerous times after nanbackup. Rom flashed fine, but rebooted and it would not go past the Motorola symbol and dual core screen. Let it sit at that screen for about 20 minutes, pulled the battery. Tried rebooting into recovery and found it doesn't work like previous phones I rooted. Did research, and found out about the recovery issue, and how to try to restore phone to stock. Downloaded rsd and tried .905 came back passed, just goes into ap fastboot and says can't find files (doesn't t say exactly that, I'm at work, ill put up what exactly it says after work). Tried going back to .902 rsd gives error that doesn't have enough resources (8gb ram, i7 processor and 1tb hdd, I should have enough space). Tried going all the way back to .893 fails on cdt.bin, got theoryroms released something (not sure what it's called, it has a brick fixer, rooter, and takes it back to stock) fails on infopreflash validation. Not sure where I need to go to from here. I any help would be great. Thanks in advance
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Did you get this fixed? PM me, if you need help.

Stuck in Fastfoot
eye__dea said:
Did you get this fixed? PM me, if you need help.
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Will do, thank you.

Thanks to Eye_Dea my phones boots and is updated once again,
For anyone who happens to come across this post needing to know how to fix your bionic, this is what he told me to do:
Go to this link:
h t t p://www .droidforums .net/forum/motorola-droid-bionic/197374-5-5-5-893-fxz-901-902-compatible-902-update.html
Download the 893 FXZ, flash it using RSD. My bionic booted after that and I OTA'd to 905. If your's does not boot he told me to then flash 902 (download from the same place) using RSD, and it should boot after that.
Big shoutout to Eye_Dea he pointed me in the right direction and got my phone working again. Thank you again man.

Glad to see you're back up. For anyone else in this situation, just FXZ to .905 directly.

crobs808 said:
Glad to see you're back up. For anyone else in this situation, just FXZ to .905 directly.
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Well, this will be true for most people...it did not work in his situation. The OP had tried the 902 fxz and the 905 fxz using 2 different RSDlite versions and the moto-fastboot method. All of which failed for him and he was about to give up.
Luckily, I had seen this before and I knew if he used the 893 fxz it would work. He was able to boot 893 and take the OTA's to 905.

eye__dea said:
Well, this will be true for most people...it did not work in his situation. The OP had tried the 902 fxz and the 905 fxz using 2 different RSDlite versions and the moto-fastboot method. All of which failed for him and he was about to give up.
Luckily, I had seen this before and I knew if he used the 893 fxz it would work. He was able to boot 893 and take the OTA's to 905.
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There's two or three bad .905 FXZ files floating around out there. My bet is he got a bad one. Even the one on DoirdHive's rombot is a corrupted upload right now. THIS one is the correct one (680 MB) and you should only use RSD Lite 5.7
You can FXZ any Bionic to .905, in any state running ICS .232 or less.

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There's two or three bad .905 FXZ files floating around out there. My bet is he got a bad one. Even the one on DoirdHive's rombot is a corrupted upload right now. THIS one is the correct one (680 MB) and you should only use RSD Lite 5.7
You can FXZ any Bionic to .905, in any state running ICS .232 or less.
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Not sure what 905 fxz he tried since i didnt give it to him. However, using the 902 fxz should of fixed him in theory as well. I think it was the fact that he was getting cdt.bin errors because he was trying to use old methods and the 893 fxz fixed that.
I have seen issues with RSDlite 5.7 too and when people went back to 5.6 everything flashed appropriately.

OK, I must be lucky then. FXZ'd to 905 about 10 times now on 32-bit WinXP and 64-bit Win7 and no probs. I'll count my blessings
I always put the FXZ file in the root of the C drive then 'Run as admin' on RSDLite.

worked like a charm
homicidalspoon said:
Thanks to Eye_Dea my phones boots and is updated once again,
For anyone who happens to come across this post needing to know how to fix your bionic, this is what he told me to do:
Go to this link:
h t t p://www .droidforums .net/forum/motorola-droid-bionic/197374-5-5-5-893-fxz-901-902-compatible-902-update.html
Download the 893 FXZ, flash it using RSD. My bionic booted after that and I OTA'd to 905. If your's does not boot he told me to then flash 902 (download from the same place) using RSD, and it should boot after that.
Big shoutout to Eye_Dea he pointed me in the right direction and got my phone working again. Thank you again man.
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this worked surprisingly well i wasn't sure anything was going to work. Thank you!

New ICS Leak 238?

ok, saw this on another forum
here is the link:
http://www.droidforums.com.ar/forum/motorola-droid-bionic/219266-new-ics-leak-238-a.html
and no one knows if it can be fxz back to 235 or even previous fxz pack.
for those who franzy about new updates only and try it at your own risk.

I'll stick with .232 for now!

seems someone already flashed it and i quote
'thanx to samuri making the jump from 235 to 238 was painless
so far have it for about a hour and its been running very smooth and it do feel much more responsive than when i was on 235
glad tosee improvements on every new ics leak
wonder how the battery life gonna be tho
also both eclipse bootstrap and safestrap 2.0 working
havent flash any roms yet but will try tmr
flashed googlenow v6 through bs and its been very solid and fast, voice reconition is good but not great yet
youtube is flawless even on hd
flash works good on dolphin hd stock browser havent try chrome yet
bluetooth working fine with jawbone prime , platronic stereo bt , and in car bt
webtop working fine on lapdock havent find any issue yet
gps seems to lock in faster now
foxfi still working great after a reboot but still cant get wifi tether for root user to play nice
so far so good'
seems it's different flashing upto 238 from 235 to from 232 and below.
SO IF ANYONE INTERESTED, PLEASE BE MORE CAUSTION

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and no one knows if it can be fxz back to 235 or even previous fxz pack.
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It's been reported on other sites you can go back to .235 and that's all.

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It's been reported on other sites you can go back to .235 and that's all.
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really? that's good news.
and then use the special way to go back 905 from 235?

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really? that's good news.
and then use the special way to go back 905 from 235?
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No. There is no returning to 905 from 235. 232 was the last leak that will allow you to return to 905.

Just want to make things clear for people. 238 uses the same security version as 235. The same rules apply. You can't ever go back to 905 from 235 or 238. You may downgrade from 238 to 235. My script allows moving from 232 or lower to 238 and has a method for updating from 235 to 238 as well. It is recommended that most people stay on 232 until the ota is released.
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I can't seem to find a dl link anywhere for 238... anybody?

puckalicious said:
I can't seem to find a dl link anywhere for 238... anybody?
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get SamuriHL`s House of Bionic
has all you need
sound is still not adjustable with low end lapdock

ghettobilly said:
get SamuriHL`s House of Bionic
has all you need
sound is still not adjustable with low end lapdock
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I was afraid someone would say this. I rather like the very simple guide in this forum that explains how to install 905 then load up the ICS leak but it only has a link to the 232. Is there a simple link to 238? I really don't want to download and install 3 different HoB files at over a gigabyte when I just need this one file. It seems overly complex for such a straight forward task. I just want the latest ICS and have no desire to ever go back to GB.

well as long as your on 232 and not 235 you can go back to 905 now keep in mind if and when you do get a link for 238 you can never go back to 905 or 902 once you install 238.

But they have NO DESIRE to go back to 905! It doesn't matter that all ics updates require you to be on 905 in order to install. So when the ota comes out it'll be FINE. SIGH. Do people not get what "you can't go back" means? A simple guide and an update file ain't gonna move you from 238 to the next build if there is one. I'm not trying to be rude or mean but you really need should heed the warnings.
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Right. I don't think 235 or 238 really gets you much more than 232 to justify the hassle. Some are gluttons for punishment!

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But they have NO DESIRE to go back to 905! It doesn't matter that all ics updates require you to be on 905 in order to install. So when the ota comes out it'll be FINE. SIGH. Do people not get what "you can't go back" means? A simple guide and an update file ain't gonna move you from 238 to the next build if there is one. I'm not trying to be rude or mean but you really need should heed the warnings.
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So the script by Matt to revert to the OTA path no longer works? Are you saying it's not possible to go forward from 238, but it is possible from 235? I don't get it.

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So the script by Matt to revert to the OTA path no longer works? Are you saying it's not possible to go forward from 238, but it is possible from 235? I don't get it.
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That's not what I said at all. Matt's script nor my own allow you to go back. The process to move forward requires you have the boot.img of the update you're trying to install and then soft bricking your phone until you can apply the update successfully. It's certainly not as simple as FXZ'ing back to 905 and taking the update. So yea, you can move forward so long as you can either make or find the boot.img for the next update and don't mind soft bricking yourself until you're able to apply the update.
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Let me clarify my post a bit so you have full disclosure....Let's say you move to 238. In a week or two 241 comes out as OTA, for example. You CAN move forward to it using Matt's unstick, but, you MUST have the boot.img for it. This is the process:
o) Push "241" to the sdcard-ext
o) Reboot to AP Fastboot
o) Flash system and preinstall from 905
o) Flash boot.img from "241"
o) Reboot into recovery (MUST NOT try to boot the phone as it will brick)
o) Flash the "241" update
So it's not difficult, but, it's not without risk. Once you flash system and preinstall from 905, you MUST get an update to flash or you won't have a working phone. Both Matt's and my script automate this process.

Understood. Thx for clarifying !!

I have finished dev work on HoB 4.0 which will hopefully be the last major version of the HoB. It adds support for adding new releases as they get leaked. So if you manage to get ahold of the mythical 241 release, you can update your own copy of HoB by following a few simple steps. That will then add 241 to the HoB menus and allow you to move to it from any release. All without me having to do anything.

heard 238 is smooth.

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heard 238 is smooth.
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Anyone have a download link? I am struggling to find one through all the various forums and forums topics.

What version are you on now?

Soak Test Email

I just got my email for the D4 Soak Test. ICS is on its way!

640k said:
I just got my email for the D4 Soak Test. ICS is on its way!
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Yup, me too. Yay!

What version are you guys on
I can confirm, I received the email as well. Is any one actually on stock GB that they can get this update? If so, please try and up get the update zip off of your phone before you actually install it, so we can make the new build work for those of us on the leaks. Thanks!!! :victory:

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I can confirm, I received the email as well. Is any one actually on stock GB that they can get this update? If so, please try and up get the update zip off of your phone before you actually install it, so we can make the new build work for those of us on the leaks. Thanks!!! :victory:
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With the emails going out at this time...I suspect the SOAK test will be .217. Those on .217 won't have to worry about updating as it will be the same.
We'll have to wait until someone gets the SOAK to see if it is .217 or something later.
My guess is .217 based on a few observations...
.217 is current leak as of today (just checked cheesecake this morning) and SOAK letters are going out now.
.214, .215 leaks all gave me options (via cheesecake) to download, later or cancel. .217 leak only gave me download and later options.

i'm on GB still as I'm late to the party, so I've been patiently waiting. i'll try to grab the zip. it sits in the cache folder, right?

640k said:
i'm on GB still as I'm late to the party, so I've been patiently waiting. i'll try to grab the zip. it sits in the cache folder, right?
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yep...grab the .zip and the .crc file, they both will be in /cache
Of course you'll have to be rooted to grab those. Once they install they auto delete so download, install later and copy. Then install and enjoy

correct me if im wrong, but those of us on ICS leak CANT flash this OTA right?

depends on the version. if it's 217, I don't see why not. if it's later, then you should, but if they reverted, you're screwed.

alex94kumar said:
correct me if im wrong, but those of us on ICS leak CANT flash this OTA right?
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Correct. OTA's update a stock phone.....it's not a ROM but patches to the ROM on the phone and it is looking/checking for specific file sizes/versions as it attempts to patch them. Missing files, different files.......update aborts.
The OTA's only patch what the manufacturer calls the latest official OS....for the Droid 4 that is system 6.13.219 (Gingerbread).
Anything else will need to find a different method to update. If it is leak .217 then those on .217 are fine and need to do nothing. If it is a newer build.....say .220, then someone will have to pull the files and see if they work using the same methods people used to update from leak .200 to .206 or to .208 or .217.

I see. I'm on eclipse right now, which is amazing, so I think I'll sit tight unless something amazing happens with this soak test ICS

DmdStar said:
Yup, me too. Yay!
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How did you register to be able to take part in the soak test?

640k said:
depends on the version. if it's 217, I don't see why not. if it's later, then you should, but if they reverted, you're screwed.
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Not necessarily, AFAIK we can move back and forth between the ICS builds, just not ICS-GB. Of course, if they changed the partition tables again, yes we're screwed. It is my understanding (somebody correct me if I am wrong) that Motorola changed the partition sizes on ICS, which causes GB fastboot files to not work. Assuming the partition table stays the same we should be alright.

bdbraaten said:
How did you register to be able to take part in the soak test?
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First, create an account on the Motorola Owner's Forums. Then, in your account options there is some sort of opt-in for the Motorola Software Feedback program or some crap like that. I believe it occurs when you are adding the specs on your device.

How long best guess will it take for the actually soak update to arrive after you'll get the email and done with the survey...?
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rumgool said:
First, create an account on the Motorola Owner's Forums. Then, in your account options there is some sort of opt-in for the Motorola Software Feedback program or some crap like that. I believe it occurs when you are adding the specs on your device.
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Thank you, I just signed up. Doubtful I'll get it but if I do I'll try to grab the files.

Grabing files
I received the email and i am almost done with the survey. If i agree to it and grab the files, can i delete them and not update, share them to find a solution for all the ICS Leak users?
I am on the assumption that it will be like another OTA leak that has been applied with the d4 utility and it will work for those members that are still on the last leak if in fact it is 217 the name for the new OTA.
Im just wondering if once someone gets the new OTA will they HAVE to update or can we get them and delete it from the folder?

bdbraaten said:
Thank you, I just signed up. Doubtful I'll get it but if I do I'll try to grab the files.
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I'm pretty sure if you sign up, you get in, it's not like were beta testing WoW here...

wheels01 said:
I received the email and i am almost done with the survey. If i agree to it and grab the files, can i delete them and not update, share them to find a solution for all the ICS Leak users?
I am on the assumption that it will be like another OTA leak that has been applied with the d4 utility and it will work for those members that are still on the last leak if in fact it is 217 the name for the new OTA.
Im just wondering if once someone gets the new OTA will they HAVE to update or can we get them and delete it from the folder?
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i'm sure if you delete the file, you won't update, but you may get notified again, to update.

So now that soak tests are here, what is a best guess as to when the OTA rollout will begin?

AMTrombley0924 said:
So now that soak tests are here, what is a best guess as to when the OTA rollout will begin?
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Soak tests aren't here yet. Historically, once they roll out the soak test, as long as there aren't show-stopping issues, it rolls out to the rest of the population in a week or two. But since this is a major upgrade, they may decide to take longer. Who knows?