I decided to start using my old revolution as a backup phone. It is basically a brand new refurbished replacement they sent me a while back that I've never used. When I go to update it to gingerbread it says that there isn't an update available. I'm just wondering if Verizon pulled the update when they ended its life and is there any way I can still root it and and install a gingerbread rom on it without first updating to gingerbread? Any help would be appreciated.
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smokedkill said:
I decided to start using my old revolution as a backup phone. It is basically a brand new refurbished replacement they sent me a while back that I've never used. When I go to update it to gingerbread it says that there isn't an update available. I'm just wondering if Verizon pulled the update when they ended its life and is there any way I can still root it and and install a gingerbread rom on it without first updating to gingerbread? Any help would be appreciated.
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Just go into about phone and make sure. It may have come updated from the shop. Then check this link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1337386
smokedkill said:
is there any way I can still root it and and install a gingerbread rom on it without first updating to gingerbread?
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You need to be on gingerbread to install a gingerbread ROM or you'll brick your phone, it's a complete pain in the ass to fix so I wouldn't try it. There are instructions to manually update to gb in the dev section if you have access to a pc...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=21865912
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Thank you. I figure since I still have it, I may as well as play with it some. I'm interested to see how it's improved since it.got gingerbread.
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I'm currently running theory ROM with 893, I want to update to 902 can I do that
While using theory ROM? If not what am I supposed to be running to do so? Also I deleted some bloatware I heard this might be a problem is there a way to get them back "honestly I forgot which ones they where" I been reading alot of post but I can't find any good info
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I've never used a rom, but my guess is you'll need to return to stock like everyone else. pick your poison and read some more.
RSD Lite method
PathSaver method
You will need to install the 4ever root patch after root, before going up.
Thanks for the help I was about to just update while on theory haha..
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finally ics on bionic and running LTE!!!!! woootttt wooottr
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Does the camera work? Dale.
Seriously what rom where! !!!
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Not sure if I can post links or not, so go to rootzwiki, then go to forums, then click on Droid bionic, then click on Droid bionic developer forum, then click on Th3oryrom and you'll find it.
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Does the camera work? Dale.
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That would be a negative
Don't see why you can post external links to development sites where deving is placed there used to be links to rootzwiki on my charge all the time so i don't see why not
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I think the reason this thread hasn't blown up is because everyone is still trying to keep root on .902
Nevertheless, I am still in that group. Post up some screenshots!
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There on rootzwiki
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Finally ready to root now that are stable ics is here now the question is where to start
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No camera, no calendar, but 4g data! Awesomeness. Can't wait till the above get worked out so I can say buhbye to gingerbread!
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Every one says 3g/4g is not working correctly, only 1x or 3g if your not in a 4g area.
Edit: I see there seems to be a work around, by turning on the LTE ram dump.
Is it a port of this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1413349
ok so if i am understand the instructions correctly i run the sbps script on pathsaver run the script flash into stock recovery flash the 893 reboot wait boot into recovery again flash the 901 reboot and then i run teh root option one run script and then i am forever rooted on 901 now what do i do to get to 902 rooted and flash the ics rom as far as recovery system?? sorry for the noobness new to flashing moto devices..
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ok so if i am understand the instructions correctly i run the sbps script on pathsaver run the script flash into stock recovery flash the 893 reboot wait boot into recovery again flash the 901 reboot and then i run teh root option one run script and then i am forever rooted on 901 now what do i do to get to 902 rooted and flash the ics rom as far as recovery system?? sorry for the noobness new to flashing moto devices..
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You need to go to 902 from 893 not 901. I think you can flash stock 893 in rsd, use voodoo from the market to save root, then take the OTA update and restore root with voodoo, but I'm not 100% sure voodoo works on the bionic (it does on my transformer prime)
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Don't see why you can post external links to development sites where deving is placed there used to be links to rootzwiki on my charge all the time so i don't see why not
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Xda has lost its luster. When I started rooting phones, everyone was linking to xda because this was the main source. Now I'm seeing that rootzwiki is the main source. Not sure why that is, maybe someone else can give an explanation
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I am running it now on my Bionic. I am at 5.9.901 software it does work.
no camera, no calendar. but it is very fast and I like it.
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Xda has lost its luster. When I started rooting phones, everyone was linking to xda because this was the main source. Now I'm seeing that rootzwiki is the main source. Not sure why that is, maybe someone else can give an explanation
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I think its because theres a lot of new users who don't read before they ask questions or start threads. I have seen rom threads where a question that was answered 10 times in the last 5 pages continues to be asked. The search function is horrible on here but if you can't read the last few pages of a thread, or 2-3 pages of thread titles before asking a question or starting a thread then you are just cluttering up the forum. I have seen a few devs leave simply because of all the people that wouldn't read a few pages, or even the OP before asking stupid questions which have already been answered. Also the moderation in some sub forums is horrible, that's another big reason I've seen a lot of devs leave.
Thank you for the explanation. Makes sense.
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I think the reason this thread hasn't blown up is because everyone is still trying to keep root on .902
Nevertheless, I am still in that group. Post up some screenshots!
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It isn't hard to keep root. ROTA893 is your friend
I got my phone replaced over warranty the other day, and whenever i try to use the one-click root i get an error. I'm guessing this is because the phone came with 5.7.906 on it. Is there a way to root it?
You may have to dig through forums and news articles to find it, but Motofail does the trick. I found it a few weeks ago through a news link discussing a XYZ tool for rooting Motorola tablets.
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use Motofail
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1497690
Thanks alot my friend, this worked great
im glad it worked for you
Hi I'm new to the forum and I have some questions. hopefuly I'm in the right area.
Ok #1 so I own a bionic and I've had it about 10 months now. Should I wait for the new ics then root or should I just root now?
#2 What are the pros and cons of rooting the bionic? I still own the orginal droid and its rooted and it was a bada$$ phone. I just want to know if it will be the same with the bionic.
#3 If i root can anybody point me to a good root program? I've been searching and found motofail and petes root tool. Are these any good?
Thanks to anybody that can help
You can root using motofail if on the .902 or .905 update petes method works on prior versions. If u install a ics leak you can also root with razor edges method.
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^you phantom posted.
godroid36 said:
Hi I'm new to the forum and I have some questions. hopefuly I'm in the right area.
Ok #1 so I own a bionic and I've had it about 10 months now. Should I wait for the new ics then root or should I just root now?
#2 What are the pros and cons of rooting the bionic? I still own the orginal droid and its rooted and it was a bada$$ phone. I just want to know if it will be the same with the bionic.
#3 If i root can anybody point me to a good root program? I've been searching and found motofail and petes root tool. Are these any good?
Thanks to anybody that can help
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Motofail is easy as hell to root the Bionic with. There is a special edition of Motofail (only root program period) that worked for my Bionic running ICS. I say if you are willing to tinker. Install ICS .232 and than root.
Thanks man. How do I get my hands on the ICS leak?? Every time I find it the link says error nothing here.
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godroid36 said:
Thanks man. How do I get my hands on the ICS leak?? Every time I find it the link says error nothing here.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1771993
If any of the links are dead let me know, I made a complete back up of that entire thread and its data.
Thanks again I will check it out. I will hit u up if the link dont work
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The .905 file is missing an image. Do u have a good one. Oh how do I get my thank u meter up?
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