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[REQUEST] Root &.902

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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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.

safestrap recovery help!!!!

in the proccess in flashing the ics rom and just ran the exploit and got rooted and i navigated to safe system menu and i toggled safe menu and it says data.img not found sskipping restore of /data safesystem is no enabled does this mean it did not back up my previous file i want to flash this but i am curious on what this exactly means please help!!!

Someone please help! !! Just sitting in recovery waiting to find out what I should do
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bfitzpatrickd2d said:
Someone please help! !! Just sitting in recovery waiting to find out what I should do
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What does it ask you to do next?
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When you toggled to safe mode, which.toggle option did you select? One will back you up and the other one won't I don't believe.
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I just did toggle safe system after done it says safe system is now enabled I would flash ics I think just want to reboot but just making sure I didn't screw anything up while in recovery
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I didn't flash any roms just rooted running the exploit and then enabled toggle safe system so I should probably just reboot and be fine but I just want to make sure
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Once you toggle to safe, then you flash ics. Even if it didn't back up your original system, the worst that should happen when going back to your normal system is that it will take you back to a fresh install and you will need to set your accounts back up and reinstall your apps
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bfitzpatrickd2d said:
I didn't flash any roms just rooted running the exploit and then enabled toggle safe system so I should probably just reboot and be fine but I just want to make sure
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If you don't flash ics (or any rom) when your in safe mode and reboot your phone, it won't load because there isn't a version of android there.
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Sweet give it a try thanks man ill report back in a minute
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flashed ics and it gave me bad/installation aborted going to try and transfer on sd card with my wifes phone with a fresh download see if that works and it should go onto external correct???

I believe I have mine in internal. I think you can install it from either location.
You may want to clear the cache and stystem data before flashing if you didn't. Sometimes that helps.
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at this point i am worried about my battery dying on me and i am just sol...

ok looks like was just a bad md5 or something so when i flash google apps do i wipe anything prior to flashing that???

cool got it up just setting up but i have to say this rooting proccess was so much more work than i made it out to be but can't hurt to be too careful i guess

Can't update HELP!

I've been trying to do the OTA update and can't. I've uninstalled recovery, uninstalled safestrap, updated my SU, unfroze all apps, and downloaded voodoo. Well after I think 7 attempts of this I decided to switch methods and do it through fastboot. Well I can't get fastboot to actually stay open on my computer to accomplish this. I have tried to figure that problem out too no help there. I'm assuming I deleted something before I froze the apps that isn't allowing me to do the update. Is there any solution to all this? Especially getting fastboot to work. Also in safestrap the first time I flashed something to my safe system it worked fine. After that regardless of what I did I could never get another rom to work. Everything else just sent it into a black screen forever.

What are you using to try to fastboot? RSDlite or jsnweitzel's Droid 4 tool?
Droid 4 - AOKP FLATLINER-KRUSH

Rsdlite
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Wolverinepur said:
Rsdlite
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I would try using the Droid 4 Utility. I successfully fastbooted GB a while back using it. Also, make sure you have the latest moto drivers installed.
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Yeah I just did that. It worked took a couple minutes but I'm all updated now.
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Jb ota question

Ok soooo ive uninstalled safestrap and back on stock recovery and stock ics rooted. What else do i need to do to recieve ota when its pushed out?
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rruleford said:
Ok soooo ive uninstalled safestrap and back on stock recovery and stock ics rooted. What else do i need to do to recieve ota when its pushed out?
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If it's like the last OTA to ICS, you're probably going to have to flash the ICS fastboot files before the new OTA will take. The problem before was safestrap changed something, somewhere (logwrapper maybe?), that did not get changed back after uninstalling the safestrap recovery and app. MAYBE this has been changed/fixed in the new versions of safestrap? Pretty sure we were on version 2.x at the time. You can always try without fastbooting and see what happens. Won't hurt anything. If you do need to fastboot, use jsnweitzel's utility. It has an option to fastboot without wiping data. That's what I'm planning on doing. It should still fix whatever safestrap changed.
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kwyrt said:
If it's like the last OTA to ICS, you're probably going to have to flash the ICS fastboot files before the new OTA will take. The problem before was safestrap changed something, somewhere (logwrapper maybe?), that did not get changed back after uninstalling the safestrap recovery and app. MAYBE this has been changed/fixed in the new versions of safestrap? Pretty sure we were on version 2.x at the time. You can always try without fastbooting and see what happens. Won't hurt anything. If you do need to fastboot, use jsnweitzel's utility. It has an option to fastboot without wiping data. That's what I'm planning on doing. It should still fix whatever safestrap changed.
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In doing that it froze on step 3 of 17 mbmloader. Over night. When disconnected and tried again the battery was to dead. Plugged into wall charger now. Should i try again when its fully charged??
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rruleford said:
In doing that it froze on step 3 of 17 mbmloader. Over night. When disconnected and tried again the battery was to dead. Plugged into wall charger now. Should i try again when its fully charged??
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Yes. Never try to flash a fastboot or sbf file without making sure you have PLENTY of charge. Same goes for backing up and ROM flashing. You never want your phone to die in the middle of a flash.
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I think the most important thing to do is grab the update file and post it on Mediafire or similar so that the rest of us can have it

Failed flashing process 6/21 flash "cdt.bin" phone returned fail ; phone connected

Failed flashing process 6/21 flash "cdt.bin" phone returned fail ; phone connected
Ok I updated to JB, but lost root - so I've tried to flash back to ICS and now get this ****:
Failed flashing process 6/21 flash "cdt.bin" phone returned fail ; phone connected
Any solution? I gather that others are stuck like this too.

TechnoHippie said:
Ok I updated to JB, but lost root - so I've tried to flash back to GB and now get this ****:
Failed flashing process 6/21 flash "cdt.bin" phone returned fail ; phone connected
Any solution? I gather that others are stuck like this too.
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already try to flash stock ICS .246 FXZ?

renonakal said:
already try to flash stock ICS .246 FXZ?
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My mistake - that is what I'm really trying to do - FXZ to ICS.

I don't think it's possible to fxz and downgrade the Android version. I got a similar error when I tried to fxz and accidentally chose the old 5.9.905 zip file.
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It's been discussed at length that you can't flash back to ICS because of securities. Likely brick risk.

metaljr81 said:
It's been discussed at length that you can't flash back to ICS because of securities. Likely brick risk.
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Well this sucks - there is no way around this problem? I guess perhaps a JB FXZ might do it when it becomes avail.

If it makes you feel better I blew it too. Didn't even think twice as I was doing it. I'm better than that too. I'll be patiently waiting for the FXZ...
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I did the same thing did the update lost root so I tried to go back I got the same error but now im booting into fastboot flash mode every time I turn my phone on. do you guys have any idea why?

TechnoHippie said:
Well this sucks - there is no way around this problem? I guess perhaps a JB FXZ might do it when it becomes avail.
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siggers said:
If it makes you feel better I blew it too. Didn't even think twice as I was doing it. I'm better than that too. I'll be patiently waiting for the FXZ...
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Won't have to wait much longer. It's just been posted in development
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obsidianfirefly said:
Won't have to wait much longer. It's just been posted in development
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Link?

chicagows said:
Link?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2240725

Back up and running. Thanks for the heads up on the FXZ. I expected at least a week.
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what if i flash ICS without cdt.bin? Mabye it help back to ICS?

You will brick. The security doesn't allow any of the secure partitions to be downgraded. Not just cdt.
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siggers said:
Back up and running. Thanks for the heads up on the FXZ. I expected at least a week.
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what version of RSDlite did you use?

stupeds said:
what version of RSDlite did you use?
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RSD Lite v6.1.5
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Maksim_ka said:
what if i flash ICS without cdt.bin? Mabye it help back to ICS?
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no... it won't boot,
but, it will let the bionic boot into recovery mode (manually), then you can install the OTA update
tada...

siggers said:
Back up and running. Thanks for the heads up on the FXZ. I expected at least a week.
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How did you solve this?
What firmware should i use? i dont what is FXZ
can you please help
i am using razr xt912 and fails on flash 1/24 cdt.bin
what should i do?

You are in a bionic thread instead of xt912 one. If you look through the threads for your device, you should be able to find what you need. Good luck!