Where do these fastboot files come from? Im new and trying to figure out how all this works. Thanks
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twizzles said:
Where do these fastboot files come from? Im new and trying to figure out how all this works. Thanks
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They come from Motorola. However, they are not files that would normally be released to the public, so we have to wait and see if someone is nice enough to leak them for us.
If? Oh my that just sux
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How long?
Dave Lister said:
They come from Motorola. However, they are not files that would normally be released to the public, so we have to wait and see if someone is nice enough to leak them for us.
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I've heard the equivalent experience with the Droid Razr fastboot restore file used around here and other fora as support for the idea that the D4 restore should be leaking soon. What I've never heard was how long it took from release of the phone to a leaked usable restore. I'm deferring taking my bricked Droid 4 back to the store and playing dumb to try to get a warranty exchange in hopes I can just unbrick my phone sometime in the coming days or maybe weeks.
gnoitall said:
I've heard the equivalent experience with the Droid Razr fastboot restore file used around here and other fora as support for the idea that the D4 restore should be leaking soon. What I've never heard was how long it took from release of the phone to a leaked usable restore. I'm deferring taking my bricked Droid 4 back to the store and playing dumb to try to get a warranty exchange in hopes I can just unbrick my phone sometime in the coming days or maybe weeks.
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I'll in the same boat. I soft-bricked my D4 earlier this week and I feel like trying to swap it would be wrong. I messed it up, so I should fix it. I just have to play the waiting game.
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I did a little google-fu and calendar math and came up with an answer to my earlier question about how long it took for the Droid Razr to have a leaked fastboot file.
That phone was released on 11 November 2011. Its fastboot recovery appeared here on 29 December the same year. That's 48 days.
48 days after the release of the Droid 4 (February 10th) was March 29th. That was 11 days ago.
So, the example of the Droid Razr leaked fastboot is interesting, but not necessarily insightful. It's already taken longer than it did for the Razr.
Sigh.
Here's a scarier thought. The Droid Bionic was released in September, and fastboot files didn't leak until February. Hopefully it won't take much longer! I'm very close to just using my spare upgrade to get a RAZR MAXX, or maybe the Droid Fighter that is supposed to come out soon.
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Not true, we had Bionic fastboot files for the stock release within a couple weeks.
This is actually very unusual that we have not seen them yet for this phone.
Ah, my bad. I should have looked into that further. The article I read about it made it seem like the ones that leaked in February were the first.
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I could really use this right about now. Can't seem to figure out why my OTA update is failing and I'd love to be able to revert to stock and then apply it, if only I had the fastboot file =(
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I could really use this right about now. Can't seem to figure out why my OTA update is failing and I'd love to be able to revert to stock and then apply it, if only I had the fastboot file =(
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Download the update (do a Google search for the link) and put it on your SD card. Boot into recovery and apply the update. It will tell you where it's failing. You'll probably need to get a stock system dump and copy over any files that are missing/altered, making sure to change the permissions and owner if necessary.
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Download the update (do a Google search for the link) and put it on your SD card. Boot into recovery and apply the update. It will tell you where it's failing. You'll probably need to get a stock system dump and copy over any files that are missing/altered, making sure to change the permissions and owner if necessary.
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Thanks...I would have done this but I don't have an external SD and for some reason the update won't apply if it's from internal storage.
EDIT: Got it working! Turns out my system/build.prop file was the culprit. I replaced it with a stock build.prop file, fixed the permissions, and then the update succeeded.
There is a link in the Eternity Project thread in the Dev section for fastboot files! I just downloaded it, but haven't tried using it yet. Someone with a bricked D4 wanna try these out?
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There is a link in the Eternity Project thread in the Dev section for fastboot files! I just downloaded it, but haven't tried using it yet. Someone with a bricked D4 wanna try these out?
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I will, later today. When I checked the link earlier, it was a 404 at the download site, but I have the page bookmarked at The Eternity Project and will give it a swing this evening (US Central time). My D4 is about as bootlooped as it gets, so I think I'm a prime candidate for this.
I really really really hope this works. My D4 has been bricked for weeks.
I was able to download the file so it looks like the link must be fixed. I look forward to hearing if it works for you! My D4 is running fine so I'm a little hesitant to try it out myself.
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kwyrt said:
I was able to download the file so it looks like the link must be fixed. I look forward to hearing if it works for you! My D4 is running fine so I'm a little hesitant to try it out myself.
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Me too, though I do believe these things have to be signed or they won't flash, so theoretically there shouldn't be much risk for us
This really has made my day. I remember back when I first got my OG Droid, I somehow managed to screw up EVERYTHING in the first week (CWM and ROM), so being able to bring the phone back to life via RSDLite was awesome.
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Me too, though I do believe these things have to be signed or they won't flash, so theoretically there shouldn't be much risk for us
This really has made my day. I remember back when I first got my OG Droid, I somehow managed to screw up EVERYTHING in the first week (CWM and ROM), so being able to bring the phone back to life via RSDLite was awesome.
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Made my day too. Saved my butt on my D2 more than once. Magic files that bring your phone back from the dead!
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Link to droidlife with installation directions, and the whole bit.bitterness )
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/dr...roid-4-fastboot-image-file-now-available.html
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Link to droidlife with installation directions, and the whole bit.bitterness )
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/dr...roid-4-fastboot-image-file-now-available.html
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IIRC, didn't you have a bricked D4? If so, has this brought it back to life?
Here is hoping you are back up and running, one way or another...
Well, I was definitely one of the bricked ones, but as you can tell from my signature, I'm not bricked anymore. The fastboot file worked flawlessly.
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The reason we haven't said much on the OTA is it's not entirely official. Until it starts hitting everyones phones I wouldn't say it's released. And until then, it could change! We know the leaked OTA works with our tools still. But that doesn't mean the released one will. Once we KNOW what is final, we will make a method to update without the nonsense of ruu'ing your phones. If you wait, you will get a easier time. If you are in such a hurry to get 720p, so be it.
Yeah, I'm not really understanding why everyones rushing to get this on their phone. I'm waiting. I know once it officially hits our phones it shouldn't take long until we can patch it properly and still keep our root.
Yes, this i can wait for... a good, working froyo rom ---------- that's another story...
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Thanks for the update and of course all of your hard work, it's really awesome when devs keep the community informed as much as you guys do.
I as well was wondering why people were rushing to get this done on their phone so fast. I knew you guys would be patching it I also noticed that you guys now have an unlocked bootloader?!
http://twitter.com/unrevoked/status/18736914664
full nand unlock + whatever else this can accomplish (I guess anything now) here we come!
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Yes, this i can wait for... a good, working froyo rom ---------- that's another story...
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A good one will come when it's released for our phones from HTC.
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I as well was wondering why people were rushing to get this done on their phone so fast. I knew you guys would be patching it I also noticed that you guys now have an unlocked bootloader?!
http://twitter.com/unrevoked/status/18736914664
full nand unlock + whatever else this can accomplish (I guess anything now) here we come!
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I am a tweaker by heart, so I cannot sit idle, waiting. I'm not saying its a bad thing to wait, its just not for me and I am willing to take the risks.
what does unlocked bootloader mean?
It means our phones are completely unlocked and we can screw them up even easier than before.
I am currently rooted, but would like the contents of the upcoming OTA. I understand that I have to revert back to stock and unroot in order to install this update, since the new radio is what I am most excited about. Is this our only option to go about applying the update? I like having root access, but ultimately I would rather receive the OTAs that will be coming soon. Does anybody have any insight about whether or not there will be a way to install these updates in the form of a ROM without losing root, or should I just bite the bullet and unroot if this is what I ultimately want with my phone?
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. Does anybody have any insight about whether or not there will be a way to install these updates in the form of a ROM without losing root, or should I just bite the bullet and unroot if this is what I ultimately want with my phone?
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That's pretty much what this post is about. Once the OTA is final and is actually being pushed, we will get a version of it that doesn't require us to go through the current process which requires us to unroot our phones.
I, for one, can wait for the rooted version of the OTA...continued thanks to the unrEVOked team for their unselfish efforts on our behalf.
JC
If the version that was posted on here for everyone to DL is indeed the true official ota u wont lose root. As unrevokeds brilliant tool still makes even verizons ota its *****. I love it when vzw and htc gets owned by some guys that do this shot for free. All hail unrEVOked lol
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If the version that was posted on here for everyone to DL is indeed the true official ota u wont lose root. As unrevokeds brilliant tool still makes even verizons ota its *****. I love it when vzw and htc gets owned by some guys that do this shot for free. All hail unrEVOked lol
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+1, I wonder if these guys (and girls?) ever get job offers from htc/vzw or even google. I would if I was one of those companies. Skills can be taught but passion and critical thinking can't.
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If the version that was posted on here for everyone to DL is indeed the true official ota u wont lose root. As unrevokeds brilliant tool still makes even verizons ota its *****. I love it when vzw and htc gets owned by some guys that do this shot for free. All hail unrEVOked lol
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LOL. I like to think that the reason the root still worked is because HTC isn't a douche like Motorola and realized that the hackability of the phone translates to sales of the phone.
Just my opinion...
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LOL. I like to think that the reason the root still worked is because HTC isn't a douche like Motorola and realized that the hackability of the phone translates to sales of the phone.
Just my opinion...
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Sorry, no, they would be quite happy to close the hole. And with the leaks posting the plaintext method up for them recently, they will pretty quickly.
To be honest all you most likely need as opposed to these elaborate methods to unroot, is to flash stock recovery back (hint, use reflash with the ruu's recovery.img as the image you select!), and then run the leaked ota as update.zip. But again, I don't see much reason to upgrade until it's official and we determine the changes.
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Sorry, no, they would be quite happy to close the hole. And with the leaks posting the plaintext method up for them recently, they will pretty quickly.
To be honest all you most likely need as opposed to these elaborate methods to unroot, is to flash stock recovery back (hint, use reflash with the ruu's recovery.img as the image you select!), and then run the leaked ota as update.zip. But again, I don't see much reason to upgrade until it's official and we determine the changes.
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LOL... what a novel idea. Guess that why you get paid the big bucks.
Not installing the leak here. Installed leak on my eris...once bitten twice shy.
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You will install an alpha aosp rom and not an ota?
Seems funny.
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You will install an alpha aosp rom and not an ota?
Seems funny.
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Sorry I meant the leak ota. That's where I got burned before.
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Does anyone here know if someone is working on a recovery system for this phone?
i wish......
I have emailed clockworkmod about this and the not received an answer. If i get a response i will post it.
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Now that there is a forum at xda, it won't be long.
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Now that there is a forum at xda, it won't be long.
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one can hope... I don't think it'll be THAT quick, but I'd wouldn't mind being wrong
I haven't had a phone this fresh out of the box.. i got the DINC about a month after release and didn't root it for like 4 months... so there was already recovery and roms. Lets hope we get recovery and a good asop rom; CM7 would be great.
Took a few weeks for the OG Droid to get recovery iirc. I bought a release one the day it came out, rooted a month and a half later i think and at that point they had cwm on it for a couple weeks.
Ok I need the radeo to the cdma droid 3 so I can go back so I can still use my droid 3 with verizon after I test this and info on how to flash back if I can get this working then we will not ever have to buy unlock codes for the droid 3 ever so links to MF will be a big help and im not 100% if this will work or not but im going to try my best guys!
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If this works I will also make a youtube video to show you
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Interesting, but didnt understand very well what you are trying to do
Here you have the radio from OTA 5.6.890 http://www.mediafire.com/?2t145ao0uvlpsc9
Thank you man if this works then you will be one of the 1st to get the guide on how to do this
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If you need testing or help, just ask.
Remember defy´s has a soft unlock solution, made by a russian team. It just replaces two files on /system, but need a specific cm7 build to work.
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If you need testing or help, just ask.
Remember defy´s has a soft unlock solution, made by a russian team. It just replaces two files on /system, but need a specific cm7 build to work.
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That will be a big help and also that was what I was going to do in a way but will like to take a look at it and see if I can get it working with out using the cm7 build
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Im going to have to get a better computer just to do this as i only have 3gb of ram and a intel celeron pro......
so in a mouth or 2 i will get a better computer and will also on top of this make a stock ICS rom and then also work on geting 100% working as will so there will be more to come from me soon guys so keep a eye out for the new stuff coming soon to the droid 3!!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2084935
Did anyone tried this?
Actually here is the hope:
When my JB on XT925 something went wrong, I was able to go back to ICS 4.0.4 with the utility 1.10.
However, it will install the Verizon version of 4.0.4 on your phone, so if you are with another provider, it will say that your SIM card does not mach the current network (Verizon).
But, it will let you update to JB of your choice & install the CWM-SuperSU-v0.99 (for root) on your XT925 .
So, as a the last resort reason, you can use it on XT925.
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I would try the to delete getvar from the Atrix HD ICS sdf but I'm saving up for another Honda Accord.... Being unable to root makes this phone useless but I'm not ready to give up on it just yet. I might say fu ck it and try after my daughter goes to sleep tonight.
I bricked my phone :highfive: but only after I tried to flash the Verizon Motorola Droid RAZR HD VZW_XT926_4.0.4-7.7.1Q-144_VQW_S3-34-25_CFC files. I knew what was gonna happen. I was hoping for a miracle.
RSD LITE only says "Dqhsusb_dload"
I think I'm gonna get a Galaxy S3 now.
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I bricked my phone :highfive: but only after I tried to flash the Verizon Motorola Droid RAZR HD VZW_XT926_4.0.4-7.7.1Q-144_VQW_S3-34-25_CFC files. I knew what was gonna happen. I was hoping for a miracle.
RSD LITE only says "Dqhsusb_dload"
I think I'm gonna get a Galaxy S3 now.
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Not a bad choice.
Lots of development going on for the S3 no matter which carrier you're on.
My S3 is great, but my note 2 just blows everything else right out of the water (if you can handle a 5.5" screen).
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Note 2
N2licious
S3
S3licious
AHD
H Delicious
Licious ROMS © 2012-2013
I'm gonna give it a shot later in the afternoon I'll post my results when I'm done with it.
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Why is that, I asked the RAZR HD guys and they said they can go back to ICS just fine from JB and we cant? Maybe we can find the difference in the FXZ and edit it ?
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Why is that, I asked the RAZR HD guys and they said they can go back to ICS just fine from JB and we cant? Maybe we can find the difference in the FXZ and edit it ?
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Totally agree mate, there has to be something.
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As i write here i am working on it, i am taking a look at the XML file and i am requesting external help to see if we can get it to work, so we can finally have a way to get root access for the people on JB, ill post later any update on the matter.
when I have time and solve my "storage problem" maybe I post a guide how I re obtain root on JB...
still I dont feel very confortable with this phone, just 3 custom ROMs, and the forums are very quiet just asking the same question
I think I'm gonna buy an HTC One X or S3 mini
MaEdCo said:
when I have time and solve my "storage problem" maybe I post a guide how I re obtain root on JB...
still I dont feel very confortable with this phone, just 3 custom ROMs, and the forums are very quiet just asking the same question
I think I'm gonna buy an HTC One X or S3 mini
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I had a HTC One X...... it made me realize that I dont like HTC Sense so why buy a HTC phone.
sounreal said:
I had a HTC One X...... it made me realize that I dont like HTC Sense so why buy a HTC phone.
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+1 Lol I like moto, I'll stick with moto
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Tomorrow I'll test the modified XML and I'll post my results and everything else concerning the matter.
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Fingers crossed
I await your results eagerly Sir. Becoming unrooted due to my own error was painful. I'm dying to regain root. And if I can't root I at least want the ap fastboot screen to stop appearing each reset. What exactly is different from you're new method and the old rsd methods that have you remove getvar?
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+1 Lol I like moto, I'll stick with moto
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well, if you use it as a phone to make actual real voice calls, Motorola is just better than the others.
Some people are ok with the JB update but for myself with a lapdock, ICS was more suited for my needs; I would go back to ICS in a heartbeat.
(I'm even close to sell the Atrix HD and get a new one, just not to update it to JB.)
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well, if you use it as a phone to make actual real voice calls, Motorola is just better than the others.
Some people are ok with the JB update but for myself with a lapdock, ICS was more suited for my needs; I would go back to ICS in a heartbeat.
(I'm even close to sell the Atrix HD and get a new one, just not to update it to JB.)
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I actually use it to make phone calls mate, lol i feel you if this doesnt work, ill try to do that
triloger said:
I actually use it to make phone calls mate, lol i feel you if this doesnt work, ill try to do that
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Trilogger, no luck?
I need the JB OTA AT&T Zip file from someone who is rooted and is in ICS and hasnt updated, ASAP, awaiting reply, i am trying to make a script to go back TO ICS from JB and i need a couple of files from the OTA zip.
The DROID RAZR HD XT926 CAN go back to ICS as the secure version did NOT increase in the Jellybean update.
On the Atrix HD, it has increased for the official Jellybean.
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The DROID RAZR HD XT926 CAN go back to ICS as the secure version did NOT increase in the Jellybean update.
On the Atrix HD, it has increased for the official Jellybean.
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Xt926 is a dev version.. But the second post shows a guy who reverted jb to ics with a xt925!
Saw this on the Android Central forum, thought I'd share it here. I have not tried this myself, but the OP, SamurHL is a trusted developer and source, the creator of House of Bionic.
!!!WARNING!!!
THIS IS ONLY FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOT ALREADY TAKEN THE JB UPGRADE. YOU WILL BRICK YOUR PHONE IF YOU HAVE ALREADY UPGRADED YOUR BIONIC TO JB AND YOU TRY THIS. I'M NOT KIDDING.
Furthermore, this is not my hack. I am not responsible (nor is anyone else) for you monkeying about with your phone if you break it.
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Re: DROID BIONIC Jelly Bean Update
So, thanks to timmy10shoes (one of my Bionic mentors), we have a new method for people to use to get to JB. All of you (including myself) who rushed to upgrade are going to kick your own @$$ now. Trust me. Using the cdt.bin from the 246 FXZ and using it to replace the cdt.bin from the 98.72.22 FXZ, you can then use the House of Bionic's FXZ Keep Data option to upgrade to JB. Big deal, says you...I'm already upgraded....so what....Ah the skeptics. The big deal, says I.....say you don't like JB or can't live without root. Fine....put the 246 FXZ back into the House of Bionic and downgrade away. "WAIT, WHAT??!! I heard, FROM YOU, that I'd brick my phone doing that!" Yes, YOU will...cause YOU took the update and didn't use this process. Therefore your security is updated. Using THIS method, however, the security is NOT updated and you can happily downgrade to your heart's content.
I take NO responsibility for those that try this. This is a USE AT YOUR OWN RISK and I will not provide ANY support for it whatsoever. But it has been confirmed to work so long as you follow the quite simple directions EXACTLY.
A word of warning...those who took the JB update already, don't bother. You're screwed. You WILL brick.
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External link to original Android Central forum discussion.
Well this is intriguing. Gives me something to try tomorrow.
jjkoolaid said:
Well this is intriguing. Gives me something to try tomorrow.
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Please post your feedback...
I'm a corporate user... can't go for trial and errors...
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Sorry, work then races got home late. Shower and sleep. Let ya know tomorrow
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