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Just picked my bionic up

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laptop is bad ass!!!
time to root

dammm that was quick!!!
just used petes tool kit to root. This is awesome!

During the first power up, did u have to sign in using a blur account? If so was it optional atleast?

i always by pass the first setup screen and enter data later... but there is a **** ton of blur on this thing cant wait for a rom to come out at least a clean rom.

How did you get your's so early?
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I have a business account plus if you go to verizon the ring out if you live in dallas texas and go to northwest highway and preston they will sell them today
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Anyone want to help get all this blur off if my phone... to much
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I live in KS, and the sales clerk was shocked that I knew the Bionic was coming out tomorrow. I'll be ordering mine from Verizon online tonight, or as soon as they post it.
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jfgirard0423 said:
dammm that was quick!!!
just used petes tool kit to root. This is awesome!
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Are you able to use any of the WiFi tethering apps?
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Can you the default progrm verizon ia charging let me try one real quick
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Wifi teather 3.0 works like a charm. Couldnt get barnacle how ever you spell it to even install!! weird
This is the only one i can get to work
http://db.tt/4EWouQp
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I actually ordered my Bionic from Verizonwireless.com this morning.. Too lazy to haul my cookies 40 minutes away to pick one up.. I'm pretty excited to see what it can do. I haven't gotten a new cellphone in 2 yrs - had the Droid Eris. Although I liked HTC, their hardware is suckish. My Eris was replaced 4 times due to multiple hardware malfunctions. I've always heard pretty good things about Motorola. Looking forward to seeing what the Bionic community will do with this phone!

jfgirard0423 said:
Wifi teather 3.0 works like a charm. Couldnt get barnacle how ever you spell it to even install!! weird
This is the only one i can get to work
http://db.tt/4EWouQp
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How did you install that without root?

jfgirard0423 said:
Wifi teather 3.0 works like a charm. Couldnt get barnacle how ever you spell it to even install!! weird
This is the only one i can get to work
http://db.tt/4EWouQp
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How did you set it up? It won't work for me.

I'm having some difficulty locating a link to Pete's tool, could you please post a link to the version you have working? (I also want to make sure I've got a program that is known to work, and not accidentally download something bogus.) I'll be getting mine in about an hour or so.
EDIT: I think I finally found it: www_dot_psouza4_dot_com/Droid3/
(forum won't let me post links yet.) ...Please correct me if this isn't the same one you used, though!

Just got mine. Coming from an Eris. Worst part of the experience was sitting in the Verizon store for 2 hours waiting for the slow bionic activation process of customers ahead of me.
Been playing around with it for a bit, I like it so far. Can't wait for a root to get rid of all this bloatware. It's truly absurd how many useless apps they've installed that cannot be removed.

teegale said:
Just got mine. Coming from an Eris. Worst part of the experience was sitting in the Verizon store for 2 hours waiting for the slow bionic activation process of customers ahead of me.
Been playing around with it for a bit, I like it so far. Can't wait for a root to get rid of all this bloatware. It's truly absurd how many useless apps they've installed that cannot be removed.
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How is the pentile matrix screen?

phone is very nice coming from thunderbolt...I boughty the extended battery and the laptop. i use my phone a lot for work. took it off the charger at 6:00 am used it for a lot of phone call a lot of text and emails... and im still at 90%

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How is the pentile matrix screen?
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Yes I would like to know more about this so called screen issue. I'm picking mine up this evening. Is it really as bad as everyone says it is? I had the sensation for 30 days till I returned it (T-mobile sucks) and it had a beautiful screen.
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psufan5 said:
How did you install that without root?
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Please go back the first page and read the second post in this thread.

New Bionic owner looking for tips!

Getting my bionic tomorrow, what are the first few things I should do to it, apps to get, or anything else y'all would suggest. I want to root it but don't know how.
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Return it. Then buy sometbing other than motorola.
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if you want something you can flash roms and kernels with, you chose the wrong phone unless moto unlocks the bootloader

Lol well that was a lot of help. It's a replacement for my crap Samsung Charge or should I say the previous 4 replacements.
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Get a spare battery. I got 2 with a charger for less than $13 on ebay with free shipping.
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davwman said:
if you want something you can flash roms and kernels with, you chose the wrong phone unless moto unlocks the bootloader
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What's that mean? I want ICS when it's available.
Just want a fast bloat free phone that I can teather and run root apps on.
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Bought 2 extended batteries and covers and battery only charger with a regular battery today.
3 batteries ftw!
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thereisone said:
What's that mean? I want ICS when it's available.
Just want a fast bloat free phone that I can teather and run root apps on.
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well then, you are good because thats what the bionic is most capable of.

Now I just have to figure out how to do it!
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well then, you are good because thats what the bionic is most capable of.
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For tethering, try ClockworkMod Tether. I also installed Eclipse ROM 2.1 a few days ago and it seems to work pretty well, without any bloatware (which didn't bother me much on this phone anyway).
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thereisone said:
Lol well that was a lot of help. It's a replacement for my crap Samsung Charge or should I say the previous 4 replacements.
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Hi thereisone. I also just switched over from the charge last week. I've been very happy with the bionic. I had the static problem with my radio, but I was also disappointed with the battery life, slow GPS, and general slow response on the charge. All these were improved on the bionic. Of course the screen isn't as nice, but I can live with it. Only real complaint is that the camera sucks.
Anyway, I've been writing up a guide for how to root and get to the latest and greatest. It can be hard to figure it all out because of out-of-date posts. Like others have told you already, we can only go so far right now, but if you just need a phone that functions without all the bloat you'll be alright. I'll have it up by tomorrow.

Get a 901 radio data is,very stady nit so hot on 893,
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Please do.
tuckmobile said:
Hi thereisone. I also just switched over from the charge last week. I've been very happy with the bionic. I had the static problem with my radio, but I was also disappointed with the battery life, slow GPS, and general slow response on the charge. All these were improved on the bionic. Of course the screen isn't as nice, but I can live with it. Only real complaint is that the camera sucks.
Anyway, I've been writing up a guide for how to root and get to the latest and greatest. It can be hard to figure it all out because of out-of-date posts. Like others have told you already, we can only go so far right now, but if you just need a phone that functions without all the bloat you'll be alright. I'll have it up by tomorrow.
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The other day I went to the verizon store and played with the Galaxy Nexus. I've been thinking about retiring the Bionic for the Nexus, bad thing is the Bionic was a birthday present from my family and I feel bad for ridding it. Anyways, to my surprise, it felt like the Nexus was running as fast and smooth as my Bionic was. I was kind of shocked honestly. So the only thing the Galaxy has going for it: unlocked bootloader, ICS, its a Nexus Device.
anyways hope that makes you feel a little better about having the Bionic.
Before there were any roms for the Bionic, I rooted it (there are guides on how to in the dev section) then found some free apps from the market that remove bloat.
If you are comfortable installing roms, there are instructions on doing so in the dev section but read them carefully and do not skip steps. I recommend eclipse 2.1. It's fast, it looks nice, and it has a much better data connection thanks to the 901 radio. It's a bit tricky to flash for some, but because you are on stock, you will have less of a problem.
Hope it helps!
Happy Droiding!

As stated above, I would make sure you have the 901 System Version. You can check that on the Settings->About Phone menu. It will read 5.9.901.XT875 ... The next thing would be to root it and then install a Custom ROM which is compatible with this version. AFAIK, you have to buy a MySQL app to modify one of the system settings to allow you to do the WiFi tether. You have to fake out the installed Verizon app. Sorry if you already know all of this but when you install the Custom ROM they generally recommend you clear all of the stored data so you will have to set up all of account usernames and passwords again for the apps that are in /system.
I rooted my phone before I did anything. I just took it home, plugged it into the computer and started the scripts I needed.
Good Luck.

It came with 893. Should I use forever root update then flash eclipse?
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I can be considered a newb when it a to all this rooting. I know nothing so I'm leaning as I go. Following the guides I can find and useful users like y'all.
Thanks.
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My instructions are here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1455888
Still updating a few details. Allow until this evening and then try it out.

I also just got my Bionic today as a replacement for my Charge. My Charge had an unfortunate accident and were out of them so they offered me the Bionic and LG Revolution. Like I'd really pick the Revolution over the Bionic? Lol
But looking forward to the guide cause I am completely lost when it comes to the Moto World. And also am looking to wifi tether.
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tuckmobile said:
My instructions are here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1455888
Still updating a few details. Allow until this evening and then try it out.
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I've had my Bionic for a few months, and have been recently resisting the .901 update because I didn't want to lose root. All that aside, followed this guide and it worked great!

Bionic Or Thunderbolt

Hey guys Verizon needs to replace my Thunderbolt and after so many replacements they offered me a bionic. Would it be a good choice over my Bolt? We have S-off and Unlocked bootloader.

Pros of bionic:
Dual core 1.0ghz
1gb ram
Lots of great devs
Cons:
Stock has blur
Locked bootloader
And it's moto so probably no stock ics for about a year
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another PRO for Bionic is killer long battery life since the .901 update, .902 is killer battery life also.

I uses to have the thunderbolt. The bionic is a much better phone.
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smokedkill said:
I uses to have the thunderbolt. The bionic is a much better phone.
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Yeah this one's a no brainer. Get the bionic.
Regarding the above cons:
• Hexec workaround was recently posted allowing for custom kernels. This was really the last issue caused by the locked bootloader. In less than a month it will be old news
• There are CM9, AOKP, AOSP, and MIUI variants of ICS available now and improving daily. Who needs stock ICS?
My buddy has a tbolt and there's no comparison in the speed, responsiveness and battery life.

Bionic is on it's way with free extended battery
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nativi said:
Bionic is on it's way with free extended battery
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Free extended battery? How'd you manage that? #slickmoves

tuckmobile said:
Free extended battery? How'd you manage that? #slickmoves
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#slickmoves fo sho!!!
Well I told her I use the extended battery on my thunderbolt and told her that 4G phones have poor battery life. So she said ok free extended battery.
And now I'm getting $40 from a coworker for the thunderbolts extended battery and the verizon case I had. :thumbup:
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DUDE! Win Win WIN!
Well played, Sir.

Hopefully I will be getting mine..... I hate HTC.....
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I love HTC special how developer friendly they are.
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nativi said:
I love HTC special how developer friendly they are.
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I think the skilled developers are on Motorola though. Look at what these guys are doing with a locked bootloader. We got a handful of ice cream with a locked bootloader. How much more can they do if it was unlocked.
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im part of a concession line and we get upgrades every year. best buy mobile has been treating me so well that i just ended up buying the bionic. i got a tbolt for free and it was a great phone but when bionic came out like 2 months later i bought the bionic. i got it for 230 at cowboom.com. thats were we send all our phones that we get returned or serviced. its EXTREMELY cheap. spread it. i love my bionic and i plan on selling it tho. im using my tbolt because i got the infected rom on it with beats. i like it but i kind of miss my bionic. either way rezound here i come!!

Why would you NOT trade your garbage 3G tBolt for a bionic? Even if you had the data issues with the bionic, it's 100x better.
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Verizon is exchanging my Droid charge for the bionic, any thoughts on that? Which would you choose?
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cbrown245 said:
Verizon is exchanging my Droid charge for the bionic, any thoughts on that? Which would you choose?
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Well so far I like it. Battery life is better then my bolt. I would get the bionic for sure. Also, just a hint tell them you saw online that to transfer data from your phone to the PC you need to Motorola USB cable just a heads up
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coldhardtruth said:
Why would you NOT trade your garbage 3G tBolt for a bionic? Even if you had the data issues with the bionic, it's 100x better.
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The tbolt is 4g. Although I do agree i would rather get the bionic.

dirtyfingers said:
The tbolt is 4g. Although I do agree i would rather get the bionic.
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I Kno, i call it a 3G phone compared to a bionic. Sooooo slow. worst radio software ever.
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Actually now that I've had it I would have taken a bolt again is so weird all this stuff you have to do to flash anything. And it seems lime the only roms out are ics which are ok but still too many things broken for me. And there are no stock like roms with alot of features like on sense. But I like the phone. I just had more options on the bolt being I'm a themer I want something solid I can theme. But the bolt was the best phone for everything. And my data connection and speed is the same on both phones.
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One thing though is the bionic screen and colors in it suck big time
And the rom selection on the bolt was crazy huge.
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New phone upgrade

I have had alot of fun with my revo but I'm eligible for an upgrade now nd was wondering what people might suggest my next phone should be. I can get one starting march 3rd. Any suggestions??
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Nexus
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Nexus or a phone that's getting ICS or one that has a good community with roms and such.

jmaxin07 said:
I have had alot of fun with my revo but I'm eligible for an upgrade now nd was wondering what people might suggest my next phone should be. I can get one starting march 3rd. Any suggestions??
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PM me if you're planning to sell your Revo

for me if i was gonna upgrade at this moment i would have to pick either the razr max or the lg spectrum dunno why but those 2 phones have caught my eye

I've just been on the Nexus for a day but I highly recommend it. Incredibly fast and smooth and tons of active development.
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Yea i just ordered my nexus i didn't end up using my family members upgrade. Since I've had so many issues with my phone and had to get 3 replacements they sent me a nexus instead of a new Revo free of charge without changing my contract. Ill have it Monday or Tuesday. To be honest tho I was looking thru the nexus forums and like the Revo community a whole lot more. I don't know why but it just feels more like home here
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On board with the Bionic

Just made the jump to the Bionic from the Thunderbolt. Just did a flat trade locally for it. Awesome device.
Will be rooting soon. Anything I should know on the front end?
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Follow this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1455888

Yeah. I'll probably do that this morning.
Thanks for the help. What ROM do you prefer? I'm leaning towards the Gummy ROM but I'm undecided. Lol
MOTOBLUR isn't as bad as I thought it would be. Lol
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If you want a fully functional ROM, go with eclipse or kinetx. ALL of the ICS roms are still BETAs and updates LAG immensely. Jus so you know.
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Wow! U made out like a bandit on that trade
Congrats

urphonesux said:
Wow! U made out like a bandit on that trade
Congrats
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I had a lot of accessories with it. Mainly a Trident case and two extended batteries.
But I definitely think so.
Guy already had a Razr Maxx so I'm not sure what he was gonna use mine for.
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coldhardtruth said:
If you want a fully functional ROM, go with eclipse or kinetx. ALL of the ICS roms are still BETAs and updates LAG immensely. Jus so you know.
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Oh ok. I'll check out Eclipse. So the ICS roms here are actually ICS? They're not GB with a theme on it? Lol
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CanesDrew said:
I had a lot of accessories with it. Mainly a Trident case and two extended batteries.
But I definitely think so.
Guy already had a Razr Maxx so I'm not sure what he was gonna use mine for.
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I would like to get the Razr MAXX... But good trade I have the Tbolt too but use my Bionic mostly better device for the most part.
Just wish the camera was as good as the TBolts.

Went with Eclipse 2.2 with Titanium theme. Solid so far.
Now, the true test: battery life!
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yep the ics roms are actually ics. they have no hardware acceleration yet though so flash doesn't work. also depending on what area your in ppl have problems with data drops. when it drops you gotta reboot to get it back. we need to get an official moto update with a better kernel and ics drivers to get it really solid.
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