I was wondering if anyone has found the original ROM that cam with the Droid 3. I had bricked mine trying to unroot it so I could get the OTA latest update. I would upo having to FB 5.6.890 ROM. It was the only one that seemed to work. I know this is the latest ROM out there for my phone. I would just love to be able to put it back like it came out of the box and be able to receive OTA updates. I was a newbie when I rooted the phone and didnt realize you cant un root it if you have deleted any system apps that were on the phone originally. If anybody has the answer or idea it would be greatly appreciated.
Rob
If you look through the threads here, the sbf is there.
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Afaik once you upgrade to 5.6.890 you can't downgrade via sbf. I've heard it will fail.
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http://dev-host.org/t6y98oinbk1f/Droid_3_SBF_5.6.890.zip If you want the 5.6.890, it's not the first version, but it's still the moto stock.
does anyone have a link to the stock fxz? Ive bricked my bionic and the one for download here will not work for some reason.
did you install the drivers as well?
What download link "here" are you talking about? I was about to link you the one from here, as it worked just fine for me. It only works if you didn't install any of the OTA leaks. If you go to About Phone and your "Baseband version" has 05.15.02 at the end, you can't FXZ because you upgraded the kernel and radio.
[FXZ] Droid Bionic Stock 5.5.1_84_DBN-55
Turned out to be the computer I was using. I switched to my older vista laptop and it flashed right away. Thanks for the help.
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Hey guys,
I currently have a very messed up 5.7.893 (webtop missing, forever root, unable to get to 5.8.894 from cheesecake, etc...).
I'm looking to get back to completely factory stock image that accepts OTA's properly. Seems like there are a lot of mixed messages in the threads. Does anyone have a method that is confirmed working?
I was able to get to the OTA update using the following. Not sure if I got lucky or if it works for everyone.
I was able to get from the leaked 5.7 update to the official Verizon 893 Ota update.
1 – I used the R3L3AS3DRoot program and restored back to stock.
2 – Using the same program I 4RVRRooted the phone
3 – started up phone and did not sign into anything (google, etc). Did the bare minimum to get the phone up and running.
4 – Restarted in stock recovery and flashed radio.zip file that puts the radio back to stock. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19680673&postcount=40
5- Downloaded the OTA update and attempted to install. Phone rebooted and said that the update failed.
6- Copied the OTA update from http://www.multiupload.com/0ZEN69NGO2
7 – Installed the OTA update – SUCCESS!!
8 – Root is still there.
I am now at:
System version – 5.7.893.xt875.Verizon.en.US
Baseband Version – CDMA_n_03.1C.57r LTEDC_U_05.15.02
Webtop – WT-1.3.0-108_dbn-21
Kernel – 2.6.35.7-g68606e6 [email protected] #1
Build number – 5.5.1_84_dbn-62
Links for #4 and #6 are no good. You have dots in that link "..."
hopefully I fixed them. Sorry about that
rumpy said:
hopefully I fixed them. Sorry about that
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Thank you very much. I will try it out tonight and let you know.
but system # 5.7.893 is a cheesecake leak, not the OTA. The OTA is 5.5.893
the only things that don't match the leak I am on are the Webtop version ( WT-1.3.0-105_DBN-1) and the build # on my phone has an added MR-11 to the end of it
dB Zac said:
but system # 5.7.893 is a cheesecake leak, not the OTA. The OTA is 5.5.893
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This is correct. I won't need to do that part, just get to stock, flash stock radios, and then check for updates and install the OTA when it shows up.
what part? I am saying that the post above did not get him to the OTA according to his own final information.
dB Zac said:
what part? I am saying that the post above did not get him to the OTA according to his own final information.
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That's right because he flashed 5.7.893 instead of the OTA. I'm just stating that I won't be flashing 5.7.893 and will just update the actual OTA (5.5.893). I'm aware he was mistaken.
If you applied the leaked 5.7.893 update there is no way at all to apply the official ota of 5.5.893. the leak updates your kernel and that makes the ota fail. at this time there is absolutely nothing you can do to work around the kernel mismatch.
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open1your1eyes0 said:
That's right because he flashed 5.7.893 instead of the OTA. I'm just stating that I won't be flashing 5.7.893 and will just update the actual OTA (5.5.893). I'm aware he was mistaken.
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You can find your way back so that you can take the OTA. Follow the instructions that p3droid has posted here: http://www.mydroidworld.com/forums/droid-bionic-forum/9800-how-get-your-phone-back-upgrade-path.html
I can personally testify that this works, because that is what I did to my phone last night. You can also use the forever root method from here: http://droidmodderx.com/bionic/too-easy-unbrick-bionic-with-oneclick-fastboot-restore/
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Are there any advantages to "downgrading" to 5.5.893 OTA from leaked 5.7.893?
rumpy said:
I was able to get to the OTA update using the following. Not sure if I got lucky or if it works for everyone.
I was able to get from the leaked 5.7 update to the official Verizon 893 Ota update.
1 – I used the R3L3AS3DRoot program and restored back to stock.
2 – Using the same program I 4RVRRooted the phone
3 – started up phone and did not sign into anything (google, etc). Did the bare minimum to get the phone up and running.
4 – Restarted in stock recovery and flashed radio.zip file that puts the radio back to stock. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19680673&postcount=40
5- Downloaded the OTA update and attempted to install. Phone rebooted and said that the update failed.
6- Copied the OTA update from http://www.multiupload.com/0ZEN69NGO2
7 – Installed the OTA update – SUCCESS!!
8 – Root is still there.
I am now at:
System version – 5.7.893.xt875.Verizon.en.US
Baseband Version – CDMA_n_03.1C.57r LTEDC_U_05.15.02
Webtop – WT-1.3.0-108_dbn-21
Kernel – 2.6.35.7-g68606e6 [email protected] #1
Build number – 5.5.1_84_dbn-62
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How did you get the OTA to install from multiupload? I tried via stock recovery and cwm. I got my radio back to stock, but cannot get the ota flashed.
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If you applied the leaked 5.7.893 update there is no way at all to apply the official ota of 5.5.893. the leak updates your kernel and that makes the ota fail. at this time there is absolutely nothing you can do to work around the kernel mismatch.
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Can anyone else confirm if this is true?
If Rumpy will post how he was able to get the OTA to flash manually after rolling back the radio, then I should be able to do the same thing. I am back to stock from the leak, with the stock radio and leaked kernel. My OTA fails via the auto method, CWM method and stock recovery method. I am rooted and haven't messed with any .apks or my webtop.
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If Rumpy will post how he was able to get the OTA to flash manually after rolling back the radio, then I should be able to do the same thing. I am back to stock from the leak, with the stock radio and leaked kernel. My OTA fails via the auto method, CWM method and stock recovery method. I am rooted and haven't messed with any .apks or my webtop.
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It seems like the kernel is the only thing that can't be returned to stock (which is why the OTA fails). I want to see if anyone else can confirm this first.
What I'd like to find is the radio from 5.5.893. I think if we had that, we could find a way to get back on the upgrade path going forward. But so far, I've not been able to find it.
Baseband 5.5.893: CDMA_n_03.1C.57r LTEDC_U_05.15.01
Baseband 5.7.893: CDMA_n_03.1C.57r LTEDC_U_05.15.02
The kernel and webtop appear to be the same. My theory is if we could downgrade the radio, we could then use one of the 5.5.893 CWR images floating around to get back on the upgrade path. There's a signed radio for 886 to get back to stock, but, that won't help us. We need the kernel and radio to match 5.5.893 to guarantee being able to upgrade in the future.
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If Rumpy will post how he was able to get the OTA to flash manually after rolling back the radio, then I should be able to do the same thing. I am back to stock from the leak, with the stock radio and leaked kernel. My OTA fails via the auto method, CWM method and stock recovery method. I am rooted and haven't messed with any .apks or my webtop.
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Has anyone else been able to get the OTA to take after going back to stock with the leak?
I used R3L3AS3DRoot and was then able to download the ota.
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If you applied the 5.7.893 leak there is no way to apply the officially released update. the update fails on checking the kernel and there is no current way to revert the kernel. for now just have to wait it out.
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I have a droid bionic that i rooted and installed CWM via bootstrap. We were on 905 and i tried to flash different ICS roms and now i just get the motorola logo and it doesnt do anything. I cant get back into CWM, what do i need to do?
You are going to need to fxz .905 from a computer using rsd lite. There are links for the files somewhere in these threads. If I can find them I will post links for you. To use the ics leak roms you will need to install a leak first. Recommend .232 or lower so you can still go back to .905 if something goes wrong
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While running the RSD lite process it stops at 6/22 does anyone know why this would happen?
you are trying to go back to .905...from what?
If you're on ICS or jb you can't go back to 905. If you're on ICS, flash the ICS fxz. If you want jb, flash the jb fxz. Rooting jb is more involved if you're not into Linux, but if you had updated to jb you can't go back to ICS.
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This is really a thread? I'm not trying to be mean or anything, but this isn't exactly a secret that you can't do it. You may want to read through the other posts before trying to do anything else.
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There's no point in OTA updating when the FXZ files for ICS and JB are out, and you already have RSDLite. Also root methods are available for all OTA's. Just FXZ yourself to the place you need to be.