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[Q] Having issues trying to OTA update?

so i used odin to revert completely back to stock jf6 firmware, everytime i try and update it goes thru the process of updating and stops during reboot at 50 percent and says download failed, can anyone help me troubleshoot this issue. im all ears, thanks in advance...

this seems to be happening to all of us who had been rooted at one point or another

yea this will be my fourth try. this time im going to do a factory reset and sign into the market and see what happens. i wonder if this has something to do with the jf6 zip that all of us are flashing back to....

interesting. ive been seeing a fail message as well but 3-button recovery is working now.

beazie0885 said:
yea this will be my fourth try. this time im going to do a factory reset and sign into the market and see what happens. i wonder if this has something to do with the jf6 zip that all of us are flashing back to....
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please update us after the factory reset

no go on factory reset hopefully someone will post the zip after they get it to work.
[edit] im on the phone with dumbass at&t customer service right now working my way up to level 3 tech support.
[EDIT again..] he found some errors on their side of things that he just corrected and pushed a new update directly to my phone via OTA.

ouch, live long and prosper and may the force be with you

life2monkeys said:
ouch, live long and prosper and may the force be with you
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lol, just rebooted and.... fucx... no good still but hes gonna give me a call back in about a half hour.. will rpost then

still a no go, he said to try again tonight when he sends me another update. then again tomorrow, looks like till then, SOL

Can you use File Explorer or USB debug to see if there's an update.zip in /sdcard on your device?

same here. i've tried everything.
Also I should mention that you can cheat the 24 hour system by changing the clock manually to a day later... lol

brunson said:
Can you use File Explorer or USB debug to see if there's an update.zip in /sdcard on your device?
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i checked and nothing...

having the same problem

Guys.. chill out - the Samsung official announcement said
"An update to improve the Samsung Captivate's GPS performance is now available. Captivate customers will receive a notification on their device that an update is available and will simply need to download the file to update their phone. The updates will be pushed to customers' devices over the next few weeks."
You do not need to check for the update yourself.

not the point. the point is, it is possible to get it now, and it's not working for us rooters :/

Eschmacher said:
not the point. the point is, it is possible to get it now, and it's not working for us rooters :/
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Well said... I'm not even worried about the jh7 update, we've had that for a while now, I'm more worried about my phone being ABLE to receive updates than anything else.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App

well... i backed up my contacts with kies... i'm going to completely clear everything and go back to stock...
after that i'll re-root. but i'll be sure to use the adb shell to backup the stock kernel...

Its working now for me, I also got the updated failed message and have rebooted my phones several times through the day and just verified on google maps twice that it zoomed in accurately
My phone is rooted and have every setting in ryans lag fix set...oh yeah I got the beast unleashed installed.
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TheRealXenu said:
Stock rom with update is ready here http://www.megaupload.com/?d=RZXMUXY4
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From the General section. Good luck all.

cappysw10 said:
From the General section. Good luck all.
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call me stupid, but how would I go about installing this?

5.9.902 is official!

Check out the changelog in the link.
http://www.droid-life.com/2012/02/07/new-droid-bionic-update-5-9-902-is-ready-here-is-the-changelog/
Post up if you got it.
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What if i am on the 901 leak unrooted should I still receive update or do I have to use pathsaver to revert yo 893
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bfitzpatrickd2d said:
What if i am on the 901 leak unrooted should I still receive update or do I have to use pathsaver to revert yo 893
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If someone can grab/post the 5.9.902 update file, You can try it first while still on .901, and see what happens. It shouldn't hurt.. either it will work, or the "assert" check will fail and not proceed.

currently on 5.901 should I fxz back 5.893 or use p3's one click? will I still get cdt bin errors if I fxz?

ROB281 said:
currently on 5.901 should I fxz back 5.893 or use p3's one click? will I still get cdt bin errors if I fxz?
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I was on 5.9.901 as of last night.
Following P3's posts on MDW (http://www.mydroidworld.com/topic/9906-bionic-path-saver-1-click-method/ )... and what CellZealot posted later in that thread (post #440 to be exact)... I unzipped the 5.5.893 full flash xml, replaced the CDT.BIN file, then flashed back to 5.5.893 via RSDLite successfully.
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Based on the screen shots from when Droid-Life posted about 5.9.901, and the screen shot someone posted in the comments of their 5.9.902 story, the base band in .902 is updated.
I'm hoping that means a possible fix for the data dropping.
Only time will tell.

KidJoe said:
I was on 5.9.901 as of last night.
Following P3's posts on MDW (http://www.mydroidworld.com/topic/9906-bionic-path-saver-1-click-method/ )... and what CellZealot posted later in that thread (post #440 to be exact)... I unzipped the 5.5.893 full flash xml, replaced the CDT.BIN file, then flashed back to 5.5.893 via RSDLite successfully.
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Based on the screen shots from when Droid-Life posted about 5.9.901, and the screen shot someone posted in the comments of their 5.9.902 story, the base band in .902 is updated.
I'm hoping that means a possible fix for the data dropping.
Only time will tell.
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i'm about to use the same xml to flash back to 5.5.893. i can't find the CDT.BIN file to replace. can you provide me with a link?
edit: nevermind. is it the same cdt.bin file that is inside the 901fix.zip?

envizion58 said:
i'm about to use the same xml to flash back to 5.5.893. i can't find the CDT.BIN file to replace. can you provide me with a link?
edit: nevermind. is it the same cdt.bin file that is inside the 901fix.zip?
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Yes. That is the one I used.
but since I'm assuming its hitting soak testers (since Moto posted something about invites), its going to be a few days until VZW pushes, assuming soak goes well?
So maybe you should wait until we see more posts of people getting the OTA first?
(My bionic has been sitting on the shelf idle, while I use my TB... so rolling it back early, in anticipation, doesn't impact me at all)

Why not just sit tight and see what they screwed up in this OTA BEFORE you get all giggly.
RMD

rduckwor said:
Why not just sit tight and see what they screwed up in this OTA BEFORE you get all giggly.
RMD
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No faith huh? Make sure you decline it then. I'm willing to take the gamble (though I'm going to guess there is not much risk).

Other than a new radio and some app differences, it looks very similar to 901. I doubt they will have made anything worse so I for one am looking forward to getting ahold of 902. However, I'm not jazzed about the concept of moving back to 893. We'll see how patient I am to see if a 901->902 update is released to those who OFFICIALLY got the 901 update accidentally pushed to them. I'll PROBABLY go back. I have a nandroid of 893, so, I just need to FXZ my phone back to it (with the proper cdt.bin, of course), restore the nandroid, and then update it to 902. Oh so fun. Of course, we have to get our hands on 902 for that to happen, so, right now patience is forced.

I may be missing something here, but if I unzip the fxz file all I can click on in rsd is the xml file out of the zip
do I need to recompress the file or anything like that?

ROB281 said:
I may be missing something here, but if I unzip the fxz file all I can click on in rsd is the xml file out of the zip
do I need to recompress the file or anything like that?
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if you're looking to get back onto 5.5.893 so you can update to .902... then...
See -> http://www.mydroidworld.com/topic/9...-click-method/page__view__findpost__p__112340
in particular...
...To flash with RSD Lite you download the full xml.zip and extract it to a directory and then open RSD Lite and connect the phone and then drag the .xml file from that directory into the right pane of RSD Lite and hit the start button. It will do the rest and switch the phone into fastboot flash mode and run all the component flashes and then reboot into recovery to complete the radio flashes and then reboot again. The entire process will take about 20 min. depending on your PC.
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Only caveat being, if you are on 5.9.901 right now, BEFORE YOU FLASH the Full 893 XML, you need to overwrite the cdt.bin that is in the DIR where you extracted the full xml zip to, with the one from the 901fix.zip... or you will get errors.
do not re-compress, or anything.
And if you want root 893, then here is the info I used -> http://www.mydroidworld.com/topic/9...-upgrade-path/page__view__findpost__p__103640 and then did the manual steps at -> http://www.mydroidworld.com/topic/9...ot-through-any-upgrade-motorola-devices-only/ to keep ROOT after updates.
For more specific details/steps, see -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22286991&postcount=50

got 902 this am in wyo. ready for ics now. the update seems to be ok xcept for added unness bloat 3 or so...blutooth working better and still have tether.

Dropped from 901 to 593, but it's not seeing the update. Yay...

done, and back on 5.893 thanks

If they're doing a soak test, dropping back to 893 unless you're part of the soak test is a tad premature.

SamuriHL said:
If they're doing a soak test, dropping back to 893 unless you're part of the soak test is a tad premature.
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Right. If I'm not mistaken, Moto said the soak would roll out to about 1000 testers who they did NDA with, and requested feed back, as well as a couple thousand that they were not soliciting feed back from.
So unless you're from that small group, OR your Bionic is sitting on the shelf collecting dust (like mine), there isn't reason to roll back yet... at least, not until/unless one of the soak testers breaks the NDA and leaks, or one of the non-soak/feedback participants (and therefore not under NDA) grabs and posts.

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Right. If I'm not mistaken, Moto said the soak would roll out to about 1000 testers who they did NDA with, and requested feed back, as well as a couple thousand that they were not soliciting feed back from.
So unless you're from that small group, OR your Bionic is sitting on the shelf collecting dust (like mine), there isn't reason to roll back yet... at least, not until/unless one of the soak testers breaks the NDA and leaks, or one of the non-soak/feedback participants (and therefore not under NDA) grabs and posts.
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That's exactly right. Hence why I'm not jumping to move back to 893 just yet. With all the soak testers who've claimed to get it, not one of them has released it. (Which is as it should be, tbh, as they did sign an NDA). I'm sure it WILL get leaked eventually, but, until then, just leave the poor Bionic alone.

Can someone post the update.zip please

SamuriHL said:
That's exactly right. Hence why I'm not jumping to move back to 893 just yet. With all the soak testers who've claimed to get it, not one of them has released it. (Which is as it should be, tbh, as they did sign an NDA). I'm sure it WILL get leaked eventually, but, until then, just leave the poor Bionic alone.
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I got it earlier today via soak, installed over stock but rooted 893 (with 4everroot) and kept root. 902 seems fine for me, no issues. I did of course grab a copy of it before updating. Figured someone else would have posted it by now...

Official Motoblur ICS for the Droid 4 possibly leaked

Just saw this thread at droidforums: http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-4-roms/208767-stock-motoblur-ics-droid4.html
Can anyone confirm if this is legit?
EDIT: Removed link to the update file for everyone's safety. This is not an update you want to install. It will take you off the update path and attempting to flash one of the currently available fastboot files will result in a brick.

I pulled the same thing by the cake method earlier today but was afraid to flash a unknown.

I tried, based on the instructions on the page, and as usual, cheesecake won't work for me. I get the "account needed" prompt. I'll try again tomorrow.

Thanks!
I'm downloading it now. I hope this works with Safestrap and I get to keep root. Or at least be able to re-root again. Have to be carefull. Need GSM to work

The day after I sold my T-Mo Sensation, and the day before I get my VZW Droid 4. Looks like the gods have decided not to smite me today.

Booted Safestrap. Flashed stock 215.
Can't update to 219 So no wonder I couldn't update to ICS... Here I go again...

It sounds like a couple of people over on DroidForums HAVE gotten this to load. To paraphrase what hashcode said over there, be very very careful with this guys. There are quite a few Razr owners now stuck outside of the upgrade path and unable to use fastboot to restore after flashing an ICS leak. I think I am going to hold off on this one personally. What I am REALLY hoping to see is some improvements to CM9, AOKP, and Gummy come out of this. Particularly the data issues.

Trying it the Cheesecake way and its downloading. Anyone tried it yet? Curious if Safestrap survived. As long as it works I'll be glad. Hope the different baseband fixed audio over UMTS/HSDPA.

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Trying it the Cheesecake way and its downloading. Anyone tried it yet? Curious if Safestrap survived. As long as it works I'll be glad. Hope the different baseband fixed audio over UMTS/HSDPA.
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You are a brave man Try using OTA RootKeeper. It worked with the last update. I would be very interested to see if it works with the ICS update as well.

Ok guys, I installed it. Voodoo OTA RootKeeper did NOT work for me, and attempting to flash the 6.13.219 fastboot file resulted in a brick.
I would strongly advise not installing this update.

SGMD1 said:
Ok guys, I installed it. Voodoo OTA RootKeeper did NOT work for me, and attempting to flash the 6.13.219 fastboot file resulted in a brick.
I would strongly advise not installing this update.
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Really sorry to hear that. Thanks so much for the information though. Did you try the .215 fastboot file? I'm guessing the result would be the same but might be worth a shot.

Can you tell us why you tried to install the fastboot file? You didn't like ICS or is it because of root priviliges? I've tried like 15 times. It just won't update. So now I temp unrooted, uninstalled Safestrap and hope for the best. Next step woul be to fastboot 219 and try on a fresh clean install. The only thing I can think of is that my build.prop gets in the way. Anyone mind posting a stock .219 build.prop?
XDA app on XT894

kwyrt said:
Really sorry to hear that. Thanks so much for the information though. Did you try the .215 fastboot file? I'm guessing the result would be the same but might be worth a shot.
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Downloading .215 as we speak, but I'm not getting my hopes up. No big deal though, VZW is overnighting me a warranty replacement and I've got an old phone I'm using for the day.
EDIT: .215 failed at 6/18 as well.
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Can you tell us why you tried to install the fastboot file? You didn't like ICS or is it because of root priviliges? I've tried like 15 times. It just won't update. So now I temp unrooted, uninstalled Safestrap and hope for the best. Next step woul be to fastboot 219 and try on a fresh clean install. The only thing I can think of is that my build.prop gets in the way. Anyone mind posting a stock .219 build.prop?
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There were a several things with this ICS build that were a bit disappointing (native ICS screenshot function didn't work, no "Charge only" mode when connected via USB to PC) but no root access was the dealbreaker. I knew flashing the .219 file was a risk based on what happened with the RAZR ICS leaks but I just figured I'd be the guinea pig
I had the same problem you did when attempting to install it, so I flashed the clean .219 fastboot file and then the ICS update was successful.

build.prop
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Can you tell us why you tried to install the fastboot file? You didn't like ICS or is it because of root priviliges? I've tried like 15 times. It just won't update. So now I temp unrooted, uninstalled Safestrap and hope for the best. Next step woul be to fastboot 219 and try on a fresh clean install. The only thing I can think of is that my build.prop gets in the way. Anyone mind posting a stock .219 build.prop?
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Here is the build.prop file... it is compressed into a zip archive since .prop cannot be attached.
****EDIT: THIS IS THE .215 build.prop

build.prop 219
rumgool said:
Here is the build.prop file... it is compressed into a zip archive since .prop cannot be attached.
****EDIT: THIS IS THE .215 build.prop
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Okay... here is the 219 build.prop zipped

You gotta be kidding me pffffff. Those guys at Motorola check eeeeeeverything. Thnaks for the build.prop btw rumgool. But now it hangs on Motorola_XT894....3gp. Unbelievable...
Finally got it going. But like you said, had to flash SBF. That's some pretty scary **** . I'm used to Milestone / Droid 1 flashing and I've flashed a Razr before. This one takes twice as long. So for you wanting to flash SBF, don't be alarmed. It takes a while, a very loooong while.

Question: Why would the update prevent flashing via fastboot? I'm only familiar with SBFs, but the point of those were that no matter how bad things got, you could wipe everything out and start over. Is that no longer the case

GSM working!!!!!!
Yes!!!! audio over 3G GSM!!!!
Finally. Don't know what works and what doesn't. But audio works and you have GSM settings right from the get go. Now I'm gonna eat, then I'm gonna play and after that I'll tell you what I think of it.
Thanks guys!

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Question: Why would the update prevent flashing via fastboot? I'm only familiar with SBFs, but the point of those were that no matter how bad things got, you could wipe everything out and start over. Is that no longer the case
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The new fastboot files are nothing like the old sbf's. Wrong radio, different build number and many other things can cause it to fail. Then your stuck in fastboot mode with a soft brick.
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This is a really nice build! I am not at all sorry to have risked being stuck, to be honest.
Everything appears to work very well so far and I am posting from Chrome Beta.
Still looking for the downside...

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?

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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?

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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.

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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.

Upgrading to JB Issue

I'm looking to upgrade to JB or another rom as my current version is starting to act up. My phone has gotten ridiculously slow and I struggle with switching tasks and random reboots. I'm currently running 6.7.232, I flashed this version last year before the official ICS release came out. Can I flash straight to JB from my current version or do I have to go back to GB then doing the OTA upgrades? I'm very confused on what order I should follow when trying to get JB. I've been trying to find a guide but I'm afraid of bricking my phone if I try to go back to GB or straight to JB.
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I'm looking to upgrade to JB or another rom as my current version is starting to act up. My phone has gotten ridiculously slow and I struggle with switching tasks and random reboots. I'm currently running 6.7.232, I flashed this version last year before the official ICS release came out. Can I flash straight to JB from my current version or do I have to go back to GB then doing the OTA upgrades? I'm very confused on what order I should follow when trying to get JB. I've been trying to find a guide but I'm afraid of bricking my phone if I try to go back to GB or straight to JB.
Thanks for the help!
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My suggestion is don't touch the Jelly Bean leak. I check the thread out every couple days and nothing but problems. If you want to try Jelly Bean download Liquid Smooth 2.3. The only thing not working is Bluetooth (apparently, have no use for bluetooth).

I believe you must be on .246 to update to JB. No frozen, deleted, or altered system files either. I took the update and am very happy with it.

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My suggestion is don't touch the Jelly Bean leak. I check the thread out every couple days and nothing but problems. If you want to try Jelly Bean download Liquid Smooth 2.3. The only thing not working is Bluetooth (apparently, have no use for bluetooth).
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Even with it being an official upgrade?

Can't you flash to 246 using RSD then OTA to JB? I'm not sure you can flash to GB from 232 or whatever u said u are on. I tried doing that and got an error each time, but I was trying to go from 246 to GB. I flashed 246 over my installed 246 then OTA to JB and my device has been stellar since.
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Can't you flash to 246 using RSD then OTA to JB? I'm not sure you can flash to GB from 232 or whatever u said u are on. I tried doing that and got an error each time, but I was trying to go from 246 to GB. I flashed 246 over my installed 246 then OTA to JB and my device has been stellar since.
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That's exactly what I ended up doing. I flashed to 246 and OTA'd to JB. It ended up working quite well. I want to put on CM10.1, hopefully I don't have to flash back to 246.

A couple things here. First you could have saved time and effort by just fxz'ing to jb directly using the 98.72.22 fxz. Yes, even over 232. Second, your comment about "hoping you don't have to downgrade" is frightening. Simple solution to that one. You can't. Period.
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SamuriHL said:
A couple things here. First you could have saved time and effort by just fxz'ing to jb directly using the 98.72.22 fxz. Yes, even over 232. Second, your comment about "hoping you don't have to downgrade" is frightening. Simple solution to that one. You can't. Period.
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So if you've taken the OTA JB update then you're screwed? No possible way to go back to ICS?
My phone worked great on ICS but since the forced OTA JB update it has become a complete piece of crap. I lose Verizon signal constantly and have to reboot my phone to get it back. This happens probably 6-7 times a day. Text messages hang and don't send, I get strange UI FC's, etc.
Has anyone else run into these issues? Any suggestions on how to fix?
Thanks,
Michael

Correct, there is no possible way to downgrade to ICS once you've taken the JB update. The security mechanism behind this inability to downgrade has been well understood since the ICS days. Given that you couldn't downgrade to GB from ICS, I'm not sure why so many people are surprised to find the same situation with JB.
Anyway, to fix your issues you should probably do a Factory Data Reset (FDR). This will wipe your data partition so you will have to reinstall your apps and setup the phone as if it were brand new out of the box. However, this will give it a fresh start and will likely fix the issues you're seeing with the phone.

SamuriHL said:
Correct, there is no possible way to downgrade to ICS once you've taken the JB update. The security mechanism behind this inability to downgrade has been well understood since the ICS days. Given that you couldn't downgrade to GB from ICS, I'm not sure why so many people are surprised to find the same situation with JB.
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Honestly I am not surprised. I am the idiot who clicked OK without researching what the update was first. If I had, I wouldn't have taken it.
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Anyway, to fix your issues you should probably do a Factory Data Reset (FDR). This will wipe your data partition so you will have to reinstall your apps and setup the phone as if it were brand new out of the box. However, this will give it a fresh start and will likely fix the issues you're seeing with the phone.
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I thought about doing that, but I was hoping not to have to do so.
Since I was also dumb enough to not have OTA root keeper installed of course I lost root too. I see there is another post about rooting stock JB using Linux, etc. Has anyone developed another method yet? I have searched but haven't found anything. I used the motofail method to get root on ICS, but no posts as to whether that works on JB or not.
Thanks,
Michael

No possibility of root without using the Linux exploit. Don't bother waiting for a windows version as it's not coming. There are "easy root" solutions out there that are basically a virtualbox image that you can just load up and run the script.
As for an FDR, you're needing to if you're having those problems. Nothing else is going to fix it.

SamuriHL said:
No possibility of root without using the Linux exploit. Don't bother waiting for a windows version as it's not coming. There are "easy root" solutions out there that are basically a virtualbox image that you can just load up and run the script.
As for an FDR, you're needing to if you're having those problems. Nothing else is going to fix it.
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Ok so be it. I saw that post on the Easy Root using a virtualbox image.
I also saw this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=40430047&postcount=73
Since I previously had root on ICS, will this work for me?
Thanks for patiently answering my questions, I appreciate it.
Michael

It's worth a shot. FDR won't affect the system partition at all so if it works you won't lose root doing the FDR.

SamuriHL said:
It's worth a shot. FDR won't affect the system partition at all so if it works you won't lose root doing the FDR.
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Ok I will give it a try and go from there..
Hopefully with root restored and FDR my phone will return to what it was and I will be happy with it once again.
Thanks again,
Michael