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Overcome via Mac

I tried searching for this, but could not find it. If the answer is somewhere, I would appreciate pointing me the right area.
How do you install Overcome ROM via Mac? The installation guides say to use ODIN, but there is no ODIN for Mac. Well, at least I couldn't find it.
Please help.
BTW, I'm all rooted, etc. (used the ./adb install z4root.apk) through the SDK/Terminal. I've already backed up using Titanium back up.
Any mac help would be greatly appreciated on how to install Overcome on Mac.
I tried the update/upgrade no wipe version, but it did not work. After rebooting I got a message that there is no "update.zip" file found, if I choose that from the clockwork recovery boot menu.
Thank you all in advance for any help.

macsrock said:
I tried searching for this, but could not find it. If the answer is somewhere, I would appreciate pointing me the right area.
How do you install Overcome ROM via Mac? The installation guides say to use ODIN, but there is no ODIN for Mac. Well, at least I couldn't find it.
Please help.
BTW, I'm all rooted, etc. (used the ./adb install z4root.apk) through the SDK/Terminal. I've already backed up using Titanium back up.
Any mac help would be greatly appreciated on how to install Overcome on Mac.
I tried the update/upgrade no wipe version, but it did not work. After rebooting I got a message that there is no "update.zip" file found, if I choose that from the clockwork recovery boot menu.
Thank you all in advance for any help.
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Nope. Not helping... for atleast 2 reasons... any guesses?
Meh not b waiting. Read. Simple. Start with forum rules and then find a flashing guide on mac.. if one exists.. it shouldn't... blasphemy using apple to root Android ... just not right. Anyway then substitute PC (aka real computer) wih Mac (little poo toy) and you should be off and well off hopefully
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More crap polluting the dev section I see.

Forget IT.
You can never have it install on your Tab., both Mac and PC are impossible.!
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I have to agree... It is possible to run heimdall from a mac, but since you can't really read anyways, I suggest against it...
Sent from my "better than an iPad" tab... Running Overcome GINGERBREAD!!!

Thanks fellas!!!

macsrock said:
Thanks fellas!!!
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Why don't you read first or do a search inquiry before cluttering the forum. also this sounds more of a Q/A topic. Heimdall is your answer if you would have searched and researched you lazy bum.

Are you serious? Thanks for making a judgement that I'm a lazy bum. I searched for 3 hours. Tried everything to get the signature error fixed. I've download version 1.3 of Hiemdall. However I get an error there too when I run it. Says something about a invalid file size in tar or something. Now I'm researching on what the hell that mean. But really thanks for helping. I do appreciate it

macsrock said:
Are you serious? Thanks for making a judgement that I'm a lazy bum. I searched for 3 hours. Tried everything to get the signature error fixed. I've download version 1.3 of Hiemdall. However I get an error there too when I run it. Says something about a invalid file size in tar or something. Now I'm researching on what the hell that mean. But really thanks for helping. I do appreciate it
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I seem to remember from my days of owning a dell streak,something about a Mac software/program called 'mono' that had to be installed when using a Mac to fiddle with heimdall ...
I'm not at my pc atm else I would have researched it a bit more....
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stoney73 said:
I seem to remember from my days of owning a dell streak,something about a Mac software/program called 'mono' that had to be installed when using a Mac to fiddle with heimdall ...
I'm not at my pc atm else I would have researched it a bit more....
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Mono is to run .NET apps, there's a OS X native version of Heimdall that runs just fine.
nobleskill said:
Nope. Not helping... for atleast 2 reasons... any guesses?
Meh not b waiting. Read. Simple. Start with forum rules and then find a flashing guide on mac.. if one exists.. it shouldn't... blasphemy using apple to root Android ... just not right. Anyway then substitute PC (aka real computer) wih Mac (little poo toy) and you should be off and well off hopefully
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Don't be such a zealot. OS X is closer to the Linux OS that Android runs on than Windows is. Also, what's to say he's not running OS X on a "PC" (aka a Hackintosh). Android hackery is certainly easier via Windows but perfectly possible via OS X as is evidenced by the various devices I've modded on a combination of the two systems, plus some Linux modification for good measure.
I think by "PC" you mean "Windows".

I lol'd at this entire thread.
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kvswim said:
I lol'd at this entire thread.
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I did not.
Closed, Moved aaaaand relax.....

[Q] How to start over?

I'm not sure whats going on with my D3. However, I have RSD and I have .890 and .959 downloaded as well as Fastboot.
What I want to do is just wipe the phone completely and just flash it like its a brand new phone.
Anyone know how to do so? Please post a link or instructions, I would greatly appreciate it.

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I'm not sure whats going on with my D3. However, I have RSD and I have .890 and .959 downloaded as well as Fastboot.
What I want to do is just wipe the phone completely and just flash it like its a brand new phone.
Anyone know how to do so? Please post a link or instructions, I would greatly appreciate it.
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http://goo.gl/7NoAv

Androidsims said:
http://goo.gl/7NoAv
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Tried that. It keeps failing saying something about size was not as expected or something like that.

Redownload?

Avelnan said:
Redownload?
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I have. MD5 sums match up each time. Should I try removing the ext sd card?

I would redownload everything and try agian

littleneutrino said:
I would redownload everything and try agian
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Alright, attempt will be made again. Should I redownload RSD again or just the sbf's?

atquick said:
Alright, attempt will be made again. Should I redownload RSD again or just the sbf's?
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Downloading the sbf's again. Went over to check and see if the phone was still on, The charging led is on, however the screen is off..
Held power, nothing. Held M + Power. Still nothing... Any thoughts on whats going on now?

I didn't see if you have pulled the SD card but yeah it can't hurt.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1278056
Follow the first portion of the instructions on how to flash back to original 5.6.890. Note the making of a folder and it's name for the 890 flash.
Ignore the part about flashing the new ROM. These are the best instructions I've found so far for flashing back to stock via RSD lite.
Good luck, keep us posted.
Download and follow exactly and you'll be good to go.
Hope that helps.
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wattnxt said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1278056
Follow the first portion of the instructions on how to flash back to original 5.6.890. Note the making of a folder and it's name for the 890 flash.
Ignore the part about flashing the new ROM. These are the best instructions I've found so far for flashing back to stock via RSD lite.
Good luck, keep us posted.
Download and follow exactly and you'll be good to go.
Hope that helps.
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It keeps failing.
Step 3 mbmloader.bin
Step 4 mbm.bin
Step 8 logo.bin
Step 9 'lbl'
I'm stuck.

Let me do some looking when I get home tonight. I remember there being a file for certain versions of XP that helped some people and they couldn't flash without it.
I never had it happen personally, but I know those that did were terribly frustrated.
I also hear the 959 version is easier to flash for some reason. Never flashed that version, so this is only hear-say. But I know it did flash easier according to posts.
I will try to dig up a link for you.

i am getting the same thing also getting the bad CG boot.. now this may be a fix but idk how this guy got it it.. i have been asking eveywhere maybe you guys could help me... here is the thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1248721

I found this by Psouza. He is likely the foremost expert on making things easy as far as unbricking your D3. Rumor has it he has a set of unbrick tools floating around this forum somewhere, though I haven't found it yet. Try in the Development thread, for sure it has to be there somewhere.
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For those of you having problems flashing this and/or are suspicious of flashing ebr, mbr, and parts of the bootloader, you can selectively just flash the rest of it.
See attachment.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=715510&d=1315657647
Hope this helps.
I also saw that flashing the pre-installs file alone first helped someone. That file borked on me once, but I was able to adb it over and then execute it via adb to get my phone unbricked.
Please let us know what works for you, as all of this is a work in progress right now.
Good luck!

i don't know to much about adb and are looking for help on pre-installed files. I don't understand what that means or how to go about it? i also cant get past the bootloader screen, "invalid CG version". i can not boot up at all.

How bricked are you? can you boot into CWM? Are you able to boot into tools, or how far can you get?
What version were you running? 5.959 (stock) or 6.890 OTA or Leaked OTA or Soak test (all the same as far as 6.890 goes).

i can get into boot tools and just tryed another flash got to step 6 till it failed instead of 3.. I'm running stock. Cannot get passed boot tools... scratch all that just tried to flash again just on the off chance it mnight work and i got it. Going to try and re-root and CWN recovery with sdteel froids rom... will keep you in the loop

Awesome!!
Here is the link about the adb commands for preinstall.sh
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=17196391&postcount=88
It helped me when I borked my leaked update. I ran into the same problem as limaxray did with too many files in /system. So make sure you clean out any apps you made into system apps before trying the update via the standard update route, and that all stock system apps are in place and properly named.
I had to remove some that updated partially with the leaked update when mine borked. I used the posted system dump to push them to the phone and then the update ran properly and updated them anyhow.
If for some reason re-rooting doesn't work for you. Go to /system/bin and remove su, busybox. Do the same in /system/xbin. For some reason if you already have them in there when you run the process, it will say success but no root after reboot. My 2c as it happened to me. You do not need to remove superuser.apk, but you will have to update it in the market after you re-root.
Congrats!!
I see now too there is a fastboot and moto-fastboot. moto-fastboot has worked for some who had issues from what I've found.
Keep us posted, and smile knowing you've recovered from a bork; none of us got where we are without doing it at least once, so you're in good company.

re-rooted and installed bootstrap, just got steel droid all loaded up and all is good.... thanks for your speedy responses and detailed instructions and links. I realy think all that happened was i took everything aet it sone last time tried to flash and it went threw. All i used was RSD lite and flashed the 8.6.590 fast boot file and after a several retries it went threw. If anyone needs help on this i will post the file links if you need the ones i used

APlooped...

i have tried just about every recovery to no avail. rsd fails, moto fastboot doesnt accept commands or read device and the one i thought would never fail released root doesnt get my phone working. please help been at this for 7 hours.

What did u do? Did u try petes tools? Make sure ur drivers are up to date.
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You should let us know if what you have already done with success, too. That is, before it bricked.
Maybe sleep it over, too.

i have trie d everything and my poor phone is still bricked!!!!will someone please guide me???willing to pay a lil cash to unbrick my phone. i cant flash boot.img in fast boot dont know if thats why. it gives me an error and says failure

brandonaspencer said:
i have trie d everything and my poor phone is still bricked!!!!will someone please guide me???willing to pay a lil cash to unbrick my phone. i cant flash boot.img in fast boot dont know if thats why. it gives me an error and says failure
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Try a different USB port.
Follow these instructions: http://briefmobile.com/droid-bionic-receives-fastboot-recovery-files
Use the complete FXZ.

been using those instructions since bionics release. its a no go

you cannot flash boot.img. you will always get errors on that one, its the kernel.

denpth said:
you cannot flash boot.img. you will always get errors on that one, its the kernel.
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so what do I do??

Laptop or desktop? That made the difference for me when i used rsd. Wouldnt work on my laptop using the big tar file. It worked using the small tar file on my moms desktop. It did kinda hang on the 3rd process a little but it did work. I hope this helps.
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jennandjoey76 said:
Laptop or desktop? That made the difference for me when i used rsd. Wouldnt work on my laptop using the big tar file. It worked using the small tar file on my moms desktop. It did kinda hang on the 3rd process a little but it did work. I hope this helps.
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I appreciate your concern but I used a desktop and it does the same everytime. fails right away. right when i click start. but also my option to run as administrator is unavailable. wonder if thats why. its blurred out...I have been in this situation previously but used r3l3ased to flash back now I am stuck and I already have 5 lines so I cant add the nexus.

[Q] Rooted and installed the ICS Rom. Can I go back to Stock if necessary?

Hello. First off, I want to thank everyone for their hard work here. I have followed many tutorials and have seen many great conversations to keep noobs like me from making mistakes when trying to delve into the world of ROMs and rooting. However, I did encounter some troubles while installing the ICS rom onto my bionic (running on .902). I think I may have accidentally overwritten the stock rom backup that I made with safe strap or whatever that app is (I'm sorry, like I said, I am a complete noob). Is there a way to restore the phone to stock, as in before I even touched it, even if the backup I made during the process is gone by my mistake?
I'm sure this has been asked a million times, and if so, I apologize, but as I noob, I have no idea how to even begin to search for clues. Walkthroughs would be nice, but links are fine too, since I'm sure there are plenty of the same questions out there.
Thanks!!!

Pete's motorola tools check it out you will find what you need there just google Pete's tool bionic
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Also I believe if you disable safe mode it will boot up rooted stock from don't quote me on that I am not for sure. Also I believe there is a unroot method in development not sure if it is for 902 or not though..
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Thanks for the info!

No problem here to help
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R3l3as3DRoot and for3v3r root will take you back to 886
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Thanks! Can that be used after the .902 update? Is it possible to do a dual-boot type deal between stock and the ICS version I have installed? I've seen mentions of dual-boot around here, but I can't get a clear grasp on whether it is possible or not, or if so, how to do it. Thank you very much!

Lonepalm said:
Thanks! Can that be used after the .902 update? Is it possible to do a dual-boot type deal between stock and the ICS version I have installed? I've seen mentions of dual-boot around here, but I can't get a clear grasp on whether it is possible or not, or if so, how to do it. Thank you very much!
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Yeah I'm sure you can.
Get on stock .902(here).
Install SafeStrap.
Backup Stock Rom by Toggling "SafeMode"
Boot up ICS.
When you want to go to Stock .902 undo "SafeMode" and the Stock Rom should boot up on Reboot

Thanks for the answer! Hopefully I can give this a shot soon!

Lonepalm said:
Thanks for the answer! Hopefully I can give this a shot soon!
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Yeah those instructions above are correct. I just came back from the AOKP ICS Rom to stock. 902. Worked fine. I have all my apps and stuff too.
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Don't know what I'm doing wrong here, but when I plug my phone in to my PC, the phone realizes it, but doesn't seem like the PC does. Also, when I open RSD Lite and try to load the file, it doesn't do anything after clicking "Start". Please help me try to diagnose what I may be doing wrong if you can! Thank you!

Lonepalm said:
Don't know what I'm doing wrong here, but when I plug my phone in to my PC, the phone realizes it, but doesn't seem like the PC does. Also, when I open RSD Lite and try to load the file, it doesn't do anything after clicking "Start". Please help me try to diagnose what I may be doing wrong if you can! Thank you!
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Enable Usb Debugging and Unknown Sources. Download Motohelper drivers
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I'm sorry I probably should be a little more specific. I have both of those enabled and I do have the Motohelper drivers installed. I am following the steps here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=22758211#post22758211
On step 8, I do not see a file named FXZ or a file with that extension, but I figured it was the file with the name that the zip file had. I chose that file after clicking "..." and hit Start, but it doesn't do anything.
I am running the ICS version cyanogen mod 9.0.0-rc0-droid_bionic-kang build number alpha_2012_02_10
I already have SafeStrap installed (used that to get this rom on). So, looks like I'm stuck on or around step 8 from the other steps posted. Once I can get past that, I can continue with the steps posted in this thread!
Thanks!!!

Lonepalm said:
I'm sorry I probably should be a little more specific. I have both of those enabled and I do have the Motohelper drivers installed. I am following the steps here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=22758211#post22758211
On step 8, I do not see a file named FXZ or a file with that extension, but I figured it was the file with the name that the zip file had. I chose that file after clicking "..." and hit Start, but it doesn't do anything.
I am running the ICS version cyanogen mod 9.0.0-rc0-droid_bionic-kang build number alpha_2012_02_10
I already have SafeStrap installed (used that to get this rom on). So, looks like I'm stuck on or around step 8 from the other steps posted. Once I can get past that, I can continue with the steps posted in this thread!
Thanks!!!
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SafeStrap disables ADB(that Im sure of) which will not let RSD run(im pretty sure) you have to select the xml file
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Yes, the XML file is the one I select. However, it will not do anything in RSD. Is there anything I can do to enable ADB in order to let RSD run?

Update: I found a way to do it. I think things are going okay so far. Looks like it is installing. If it does install successfully, I would like to do everything perfectly right going forward.
So, after this is installed, I will want to:
1. Get root access again using Motofail? I assume doing this return to stock will remove root access.
2. Install SafeStrap. Once that is done, I toggle Safemode to enabled, which will backup my stock rom and protect it from being overwritten?
3. Then, flash ICS from the zip files on my sdcard?

Lonepalm said:
Update: I found a way to do it. I think things are going okay so far. Looks like it is installing. If it does install successfully, I would like to do everything perfectly right going forward.
So, after this is installed, I will want to:
1. Get root access again using Motofail? I assume doing this return to stock will remove root access.
2. Install SafeStrap. Once that is done, I toggle Safemode to enabled, which will backup my stock rom and protect it from being overwritten?
3. Then, flash ICS from the zip files on my sdcard?
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Yes sir.
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[Q] Cant update to JB

Bought my bionic a while back and rooted it and used safestrap to use a JB rom.
Now that JB is out for the bionic ive been trying everything i can think of to update it. I've tried unrooting, uninstalling safestrap via the app itself and multiple factory resets. I try to update and it will get to about 25% after rebooting then of course the lil droid will die and i get a software update failed message.
Is there something i missed?

Gabraham said:
Bought my bionic a while back and rooted it and used safestrap to use a JB rom.
Now that JB is out for the bionic ive been trying everything i can think of to update it. I've tried unrooting, uninstalling safestrap via the app itself and multiple factory resets. I try to update and it will get to about 25% after rebooting then of course the lil droid will die and i get a software update failed message.
Is there something i missed?
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Follow this thread: "http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2242075"
"mc_akiong" has the solution in the third post. Go and thank him for it.

pmrmx774 said:
Follow this thread: "http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2242075"
"mc_akiong" has the solution in the third post. Go and thank him for it.
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i cant seem to locate the file he is referring to. What general area of the phones files should it be in?

Gabraham said:
i cant seem to locate the file he is referring to. What general area of the phones files should it be in?
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You need the FXZ file from Verizon. You unzip it and open the file suggested. edit out the two entries in notepad and save. Then, run RSD to apply to your phone. this hould be a US based phone.
You can get the file cdma_targa_9.8.2O-72_VZW-22_cfc.xml.zip at "http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2240725"

Been having trouble getting rsd lite to recognize my phone . could these issues be related ?
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downloaded the cdma, properly booted my phone into fastboot with RSD lite, flashed the modified cdma zip ( sans step operation lines) worked like a charm, if not a bit overly complex. thanks much