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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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davwman said:
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!

What do I need to know about bionic before rooting

So I think I want to root this thing but I would like to know the do's and donts before rooting what to stray away from and some orecausions so I don't end up with a pretty paper weight!!!
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There is a newbie guide on the first page of the bionic general forum that has everything you will need to know and links.
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Just follow my guide, take your time, and you'll be fine. It's not that big of a deal. I'm working on a guide to restoring so if you want to back out you'll be covered.
Rooting in particular is really easy because of the hard work of p3 and dhacker. Plug in phone and run a script. Can't mess it up.

Charge your battery!

bfitzpatrickd2d said:
So I think I want to root this thing but I would like to know the do's and donts before rooting what to stray away from and some orecausions so I don't end up with a pretty paper weight!!!
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Don't delete anything. To de-bloat, use Titanium Backup to freeze apps instead. That way you can restore them before accepting an OTA. Sometimes they check.
I was going to post a link to a page that has a good list of bloatware that's safe to freeze, but the forum won't let me post links.
Also, make a nandroid backup before you change anything.
Good luck!

What about being on. 901 root possibly I am more or less referring to flashing rom and bootloader stuff on what precausions that way
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Anyone;??
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tuckmobile said:
Charge your battery!
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I can't stress this enough. If your battery is low (say 20% or less) Recovery WILL NOT WORK (at least in my experience.) Plug your Bionic into a wall charger (not USB) and let it charge fully. Be patient and just let it charge. Once fully-charged, have at it.
I don't know if it's possible to truly "brick" a Bionic, but I have gotten into a couple boot loops that scared the heck out of me. I was able to recover cleanly each time, but in both cases, I had to charge to over 40% in order for it to sustain the recovery process.
Oh, and backup. Titanium Backup rocks. Be sure to back up.

bfitzpatrickd2d said:
What about being on. 901 root possibly I am more or less referring to flashing rom and bootloader stuff on what precausions that way
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Just follow the noob guide mentioned above. Its stickied in the general section. It'll get you on 901 rooted and gives you a selection of 3 roms compatible with 901. Read through some of the posts too. I'm not sure what else you are looking for.
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More or less do and don't to not brick my bionic my charge was pretty much unbrickablr
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You can soft brick the bionic. But i have yet to hear about or experience a hard brick.
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[Q] ok common

i got the bionic in the mail today, installed the drivers and crap to my PC, and my phone wont detect that its connected to a computer! ive wiped data, and reinstalled the drivers a few times, whats wrong?

Try a different PC different cord enable debugging under development in settings and just toggle that lastly you can run a fresh install of windows
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I called Verizon last night.. they said that the bionic is planned on getting an update next week.
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what does that have to do with anything..

Sorry forgot to put the last part. They said that problems like this would be resolved
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Also make sure you are using one of the rear USB ports if you are on a desktop PC - the front case ones are not always the best quality.
On top of that did you try rebooting both PC and phone? Helped mine a few times when the PC wouldn't pick it up.

Yea i tryed all that... verizon sent a replacement... should be here today
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Can you use safestrap to restore cwm backups?
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You may have to move them to the safestrap/backups folder but yes you should be able to. Maybe even install zip from sd card would work
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They always say that...
OP, are you using a Motorola cable?

You have to use a Verizon branded USB cord. They have some partnership to make sure you pay $20 for something worth $5. Other USB cords will let you.charge but nothing else.
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[Q] Bionic will not connect with USB cable

Here is my situation... Wifes bionic is on leak. 904. Shortly after she has had charging issues and now it wont connect to the p.c also. After i reboot it it will charge just fine but it will not connect to p.c any suggestions? Known bug or do u think the port is damaged?
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Lots of folks have had problems connecting with tether. Not sure about your case, but I was on my fourth cable and still it did not work. I finally called Moto and they sent me the correct cable. It was clear in my case that the information the VZ support people were given was not clear enough to help select the right cable.
Shouldn't you be able to let the phone update to current version to make sure you software install is OK?

No, you have to be on. 902 in order to update to. 905. I might try to see if it will connect in fast boot. If it does I guess Ill just flash back to. 902
I tried several (6) cables including moto cables... nothing
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Do you have the latest drivers?

I do. My pc dosent even recognize it being plugged in..( the bah dump ) beep.
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I was upgrading my wifes bionic last night and came across this problem as well (ironically with a moto cable). Swapped out with my HTC cable from my Thunderbolt & it came right up in mass storage. Apparently some older cables aren't compatible with bionic! Shocked me too.

Help!!! My phone was hacked!

OK so the weirdest thing happened just now. I was charging my atrix HD when I went on it to check a phone number. Then it started opening apps and going on xda then other apps. I had no control over it. I couldn't even turn it off. I had to do the power and volume down thing to shut off. It was very creepy. I was just looking for a minute while the person did what they did. It was like when a person from dell controls your computer if something isn't working right. At first I thought it was being laggy but no! It kept going settings were changed and the person tried playing music on it! I turned it off before he could but the wierdest part is that I had turned of my wifi and set my phone on airplane mode so it can charge faster. No communication what so ever. Right now its off and I plan to keep it that way until someone can tell me what to do to protect myself. Also this could have been happening before i went to go check my phone. Which was like 15 minutes before I checked it. Please help
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Maybe you installed an app that had a RAT or some other virus in it
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That's what I'm thinking. A bad app. The likely hood of it being hacked are slim.
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What apps have you installed recently? And have you sideloaded any apps?
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I haven't installed any new apps. Just updated.
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Anything I can do? Has anyone experienced this before?
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I'm guessing you handle it like you would handle a virus on a computer and just wipe everything and start over.
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Did you use any Samsung charger?
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Aingaran said:
Did you use any Samsung charger?
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no a blackberry one

The Android Attorney said:
no a blackberry one
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android is very hard to hack probably a virus delete data in cwm

Best thing to do is just wipe.
Easy way to do it is to go to Settings->Privacy->Factory Reset
It was probably a bad app.
Click thanks if I helped!
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Another thing to be aware of is I've noticed Motorola's screens (at least on the Atrix models) are kind of finnicky. If there's a little bit of moisture around they just start registering touches on their own sometimes.

With my battery life being... less than ideal.. I find myself plugging into all kinds of chargers along my travels. Some non moto chargers make my phone go nuts, exactly like what was described - apps opening etc. Have experienced this several times. Feel the other explanations are possible of course but highly unlikely.
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There was a story on the news recently that someone's iPhone was hacked by trying to charge at a public charging station. I would be weary of these charging stations.
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lucasantarella said:
There was a story on the news recently that someone's iPhone was hacked by trying to charge at a public charging station. I would be weary of these charging stations.
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Airport WiFi connections are VERY insecure. Basically they monitor everything that goes through. Text messages, calls, anything. Maybe they also have access to control phones?
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I agree with above post non oem chargers can make the phone act funny especially the cheap dollar store chargers get an oem cable the you will know that it will work for charging and data.
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Aingaran said:
Did you use any Samsung charger?
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Charger ??? Really ? ... u mad bro ?
[You just went full retard,Never go full retard!]

right...
Were you on a custom rom, or stock rom...?
The Android Attorney said:
OK so the weirdest thing happened just now. I was charging my atrix HD when I went on it to check a phone number. Then it started opening apps and going on xda then other apps. I had no control over it. I couldn't even turn it off. I had to do the power and volume down thing to shut off. It was very creepy. I was just looking for a minute while the person did what they did. It was like when a person from dell controls your computer if something isn't working right. At first I thought it was being laggy but no! It kept going settings were changed and the person tried playing music on it! I turned it off before he could but the wierdest part is that I had turned of my wifi and set my phone on airplane mode so it can charge faster. No communication what so ever. Right now its off and I plan to keep it that way until someone can tell me what to do to protect myself. Also this could have been happening before i went to go check my phone. Which was like 15 minutes before I checked it. Please help
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