Now that we have unlocked bootloader thanks to dan
What all things we can do?
1.have custom recovery?
2.flash different kernels.
This means we will soon have official CM versions and AOKP?
We will no more have to rely on current safestrap... and we can use CWM/Touch recovery and TWRP.
I m a newbie on this and will like you guyz to correct me or add more on this thing.
Thank you.
I think it's too soon to say we'll got a stable CM10 or aokp. But,we have entered a whole new life. This is just a beginning.
Nice to see some devs are still using this phone. Will see some custom roms soon. And we may see some custom kernels too. Rooting our phone is way easier than before. I can flash sbf without worrying to reroot using Ubuntu. Just flash cwm via fastboot and flash supersu. Damn! It just happens too fast. Lol.
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Most important for me: you can downgrade to 4.0 and use lapdock properly!
So we can down grade
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Hey All,
Soooo this is my first Motorola Android device and I have to say I'm quite excited, but nervous. Just recently I was using Verizon's thunderbolt, and I've always used HTC. Well, after my 2nd thunderbolt, it crapped out on me again. So, I complained to Verizon and in return they sent me a Bionic. After reading reviews I hear nothing but great things.
Now my issue, I don't know what to do. Usually with my HTC devices, I root and flash roms, enough said. But with this Bionic I dont know where to begin. Some folks say install the ICS .232 build (which not sure how to do) and some folks say root and flash a ROM on. (Also, not sure what all this safestrap/bootstrap stuff is)
In all honesty, I really want a newer android OS. I think I was using gingerbread with my Tbolt, and I know ICS is out now, and Jellybean.
My main concern in what I want, and I hope someone can direct me to the correct place. I really want a fast, stable, build/ROM. I would like for everything to work as far as apps, gps, bluetooth, camera, etc.
I really appreciate all who respond, and I apologize greatly in advance if this is a repost. I tried researching before posting.
Again, huge thanks to all who respond.
Follow this guide to get on the an ICS leak. Personally I would strongly recommend not going beyond the .232 ICS leak for now.
Follow this thread to get rooted.
Here's a link to everything you need to know about the bionic. http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php/t...tstrapall-download-links-in-op-updated-daily/.
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Hey...
Thanks the responses. I'm just confused. Everyone is saying to put on the.232 build, but can I put a Rom over top of that? If so, what Rom do you recommend and why?
Is .232 stable? Any known issues?
shockaholick said:
Hey...
Thanks the responses. I'm just confused. Everyone is saying to put on the.232 build, but can I put a Rom over top of that? If so, what Rom do you recommend and why?
Is .232 stable? Any known issues?
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Yes you need to install the .232 leak in stock recovery. Then you need to root it and install safestrap, which is a recovery in which you can flash things. Once you have that installed, you need to boot into safestrap and make a backup of the nonsafe side. Safestrap works by partioning your system into a safe and nonsafe side. You are able to flash stuff on your safe side. So you need to toggle to your safe side and then you can flash a rom. I recommend http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=32349741#post32349741 but thats just me haha, theres a ton of other info in the different sections here http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php/forum/68-droid-bionic/
Hey guys! My apologies if this is a redundant question, but I just wanted to be sure:
If ASUS decides to actually put out an official KitKat update for this thing eventually, would I still be able to try it out / install it normally *after* I've unlocked?
If so, what exactly would be my procedure? Will I be blocked from getting or installing the OTA, or would the process be no different?
There's been some great progress it seems on custom ROMs for this thing. I'm a bit gun shy admittedly, as running custom ROMs on previous devices led to a lot of instability. I guess I want to ensure I'll still have the option to try out a future official build if I choose. Thanks in advance!
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Yes you will definitely be able to update to KitKat once released. However you won't be able to get the OTA update automatically sent to ur tab once u unlock it. But its pretty simple to get it. After Asus has pushed the ota to devices, the also upload the firmware to their website. U would simple download that and place it in the root of ur internal SD, and reboot. Tab will recognize the update, and give u notification for installing it. And u continue with that. Very simple.
And as for the Roms , the cromix ROM is by far very stable ROM. I have tried it for very long time, and has no issues at all, and the plus side is u can do a lot of customizations yet the ROM still runs faster than stock. I strongly recommend cromix ROM.
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Yes you will definitely be able to update to KitKat once released. However you won't be able to get the OTA update automatically sent to ur tab once u unlock it. But its pretty simple to get it. After Asus has pushed the ota to devices, the also upload the firmware to their website. U would simple download that and place it in the root of ur internal SD, and reboot. Tab will recognize the update, and give u notification for installing it. And u continue with that. Very simple.
And as for the Roms , the cromix ROM is by far very stable ROM. I have tried it for very long time, and has no issues at all, and the plus side is u can do a lot of customizations yet the ROM still runs faster than stock. I strongly recommend cromix ROM.
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Thank you! Answered my question perfectly. I think I'll pull the trigger on unlocking here soon. Cheers!
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Your welcome and have fun, which I'm sure you will
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This is not 100% true. The current official ROM will only flash with the stock recovery installed and not a custom one, so I would assume the same for any update.
It's not an issue to flash the stock recovery back but it will be an extra step.
Also if and when an official KitKat comes out you will more than likely have to wait until a new recovery is made that is compatible for a custom ROM after that.
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This is not 100% true. The current official ROM will only flash with the stock recovery installed and not a custom one, so I would assume the same for any update.
It's not an issue to flash the stock recovery back but it will be an extra step.
Also if and when an official KitKat comes out you will more than likely have to wait until a new recovery is made that is compatible for a custom ROM after that.
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And this is very likely 100% true.
I never understand why people are pining for the stock rom - no matter which version or update....
I would feel helpless and lost with only the stock recovery! Lately I've been trying to help several people on stock firmware with corrupted data, no custom recovery, no root, locked bootloader.... You're toast!
All you can do is send it in to Asus and pay a bundle! Whereas unlocked you just fire up fastboot or custom recovery and start to fix it!
Besides - once Asus releases a KK version for this tablet you can bet your.... house that sbdags will have a custom version of it out in no time. And it's going to be better than Asus firmware, receive frequent updates, can be flashed with a custom recovery....
A no-brainer IMHO
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And this is very likely 100% true.
I never understand why people are pining for the stock rom - no matter which version or update....
I would feel helpless and lost with only the stock recovery! Lately I've been trying to help several people on stock firmware with corrupted data, no custom recovery, no root, locked bootloader.... You're toast!
All you can do is send it in to Asus and pay a bundle! Whereas unlocked you just fire up fastboot or custom recovery and start to fix it!
Besides - once Asus releases a KK version for this tablet you can bet your.... house that sbdags will have a custom version of it out in no time. And it's going to be better than Asus firmware, receive frequent updates, can be flashed with a custom recovery....
A no-brainer IMHO
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I'll agree with that 100%
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I've got my Verizon SCH-1800 that I wanted to start using again.
Looking at it now, I'm on CM 9-20120511-NIGHTLY-p1c, which is 4.0.4
The kernel is 2.6.35.7-g8f42093, [email protected]#1
I've been reading around about new ROMs, etc but if I'm not mistaken, back when I rooted this processes were very particular about how to root this tablet and all I'm seeing is a lot of older threads. I guess I'm hoping someone can answer two simple questions for me:
- Is there a method of rooting that is the definitive way for this tablet?
- After so much time, is there a version of Android that is most stable for this aging tablet? ICS, JB?
Thank you if anyone can help, I appreciate it.
If you have CM9, then you have root access. As to stable or good rom's, you just have to read up on the different ones to see what sounds good to you. Then flash it. Don't like it? Try another.
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Ok, so from now on it's just a question of installing zips via recovery? I never have to go back to stock again like you once used to?
Something more must be needed because I can't even flash this CM ROM without problems: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2032726
Recovery says it's a bad ZIP. But I got it from that link.
Okay, I am trying to make sense of this....I downloaded Validus 6.0 ROM the other day with the KK bootloader and it didn't work. So I tried another ROM and got it to work...used it for 24 hours and did a NANDroid backup and tried Validus 6.0 with JB bootloader. The one with the JB Bootloader worked....but yet, its still Android 4.4.4 KitKat....So obviously, I have the JB Bootloader. Is this what is keeping me from using alot of ROMS? IF so, how would I upgrade to the KK Bootloader for my Atrix HD?
EDIT: That was supposed to say JB bootloader and KK bootloader.....my mistake
Dvdxploitr said:
Okay, I am trying to make sense of this....I downloaded Validus 6.0 ROM the other day with the KK bootloader and it didn't work. So I tried another ROM and got it to work...used it for 24 hours and did a NANDroid backup and tried Validus 6.0 with JB bootloader. The one with the JB Bootloader worked....but yet, its still Android 4.4.4 KitKat....So obviously, I have the JB Bootloader. Is this what is keeping me from using alot of ROMS? IF so, how would I upgrade to the KK Bootloader for my Atrix HD?
EDIT: That was supposed to say JB bootloader and KK bootloader.....my mistake
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Until the OFFICIAL version of KitKat is released by Motorola for the Atrix HD, then your phone will always have the JB Bootloader. It is part of your phone and is not changed when you flash a Custom ROM, and you can't upgrade it on your own. Others have tried.
That being said, there are still some ROMs that you can flash to your phone, but only if the ROM developer/maintainer has built it specifically for use on a phone with a JB bootloader.
Personally, I'm using a branch of CyanogenMod built for JB phones like ours: https://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=moto_msm8960_jbbl
So if you're just looking for any custom ROM, I'd give that a shot. It's probably the most stable, but lacks some of the advanced features of the other ROMs.
Hope that helped.
p.s. The reason it's so complicated was that on 7/1 is when the CM team decided to (temporarily) abandon the JB bootloader folks on our family of devices. Some other devs stepped up and started to maintain it, until the official version is released. Many ROMs are based on that "unified" base, so everything got messy after that date.
this answered my question in the other section. thanks.
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Until the OFFICIAL version of KitKat is released by Motorola for the Atrix HD, then your phone will always have the JB Bootloader. It is part of your phone and is not changed when you flash a Custom ROM, and you can't upgrade it on your own. Others have tried.
That being said, there are still some ROMs that you can flash to your phone, but only if the ROM developer/maintainer has built it specifically for use on a phone with a JB bootloader.
Personally, I'm using a branch of CyanogenMod built for JB phones like ours: https://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=moto_msm8960_jbbl
So if you're just looking for any custom ROM, I'd give that a shot. It's probably the most stable, but lacks some of the advanced features of the other ROMs.
Hope that helped.
p.s. The reason it's so complicated was that on 7/1 is when the CM team decided to (temporarily) abandon the JB bootloader folks on our family of devices. Some other devs stepped up and started to maintain it, until the official version is released. Many ROMs are based on that "unified" base, so everything got messy after that date.
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I have unlocked my bootloader, installed CWM, but when I try to install the version of CM 11 that you linked above it returns an error status 7 message. Is there something I'm missing here, because as far as I can tell I've followed all the correct steps so far.
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I have unlocked my bootloader, installed CWM, but when I try to install the version of CM 11 that you linked above it returns an error status 7 message. Is there something I'm missing here, because as far as I can tell I've followed all the correct steps so far.
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Could be a bad download. Redownload and try again.
theusualuser said:
I have unlocked my bootloader, installed CWM, but when I try to install the version of CM 11 that you linked above it returns an error status 7 message. Is there something I'm missing here, because as far as I can tell I've followed all the correct steps so far.
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Try installing Philz recovery, version 6.43.8 (and nothing later than that). https://goo.im/devs/philz_touch/CWM_Advanced_Edition/moto_msm8960/
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Try installing Philz recovery, version 6.43.8 (and nothing later than that). https://goo.im/devs/philz_touch/CWM_Advanced_Edition/moto_msm8960/
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You were right, it was the recovery. Once I got cwm touch on there it installed no problem.
I was wondering if there was any hope for a custom recovery with the Droid Turbo. Back when I had a Droid Razr I remember having a safestrap TWRP based recovery and being able to flash all the big name ROMs that were ported like CM, PAC, AOKP etc. So will we ever be able to see this for the Turbo or is the rooted stock image the best we'll get?
Right now, the answer is no, there is no known vector for this. In the future, who knows.
Probably the same chance of winning the lottery. There's always a chance but probably not gonna happen.
That will probably never come around, I don't think this phone will see an unlock or an exploit for the bootloader at all
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