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I just got AT&T .91 Update OTA!

Installing this OTA update will make it so you can't use RSD lite to flash a SBK from an earlier version.
This is important because if for any reason you mess up your phone beyond repair and want to go back to a "stock" state, you will not be able to use the SBK files we currently have.
It will cause your phone to brick (as we have seen with the SAME file that was leaked a couple of weeks ago) if you go back to an earlier version via RSD.
Rooting after update. (Confirmed working on page 20)
http://briefmobile.com/motorola-atrix-4g-root
Mark

Sorry if thats not the exact correct version because I was so excited and hit download right away but I did see the .91. Ill let you know as soon as its done installing.
Atrix, Detroit, MI

4.5.91 yea I just got it too! for the last month, I've been checking for updates every hour or so. I'm mad pumped! Its downloading now, and I cannot wait to root it and get rid of the ads, try CM7!

It's true!

Screenshot attached, I am drooling all over the progress bar

What build were you guys on? Unlocked or not?

I got the update as well, but reluctant installing the new version since I may lose root. Has anyone tried Gingerbreak, to see if it will work?

I don't think I will get it since I have the 2.3.4 beta 4 installed. Right?
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omni_angel7 said:
What build were you guys on? Unlocked or not?
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I just got it too. I'm on stock .83 locked. Woohoo!

You will lose the ability to flash back if you want/need to with the OTA upgrade.
Better to flash KP's beta 4.5.

That's what I have beta 4.5
CaelanT said:
You will lose the ability to flash back if you want/need to with the OTA upgrade.
Better to flash KP's beta 4.5.
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now its on, and its absolutely amazing! the weather widget actually works, as does maps now! does anyone know how to root the official OTA?

Post screenshots
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Install done, attached screeny. Its definately different!

Here are the release notes for the update:
http://www.motorola.com/staticfiles/Support/US-EN/Mobile%20Phones/ATRIX_4G/US-EN/Documents/StaticFiles/SWU_ATT_ATRIX_v4.5.91.htm
I'm hesitant to do it because I haven't unlocked my BL yet.
Apparently I don't know how to post links on XDA. I'll let someone less noob do it.

I see 1080p video in the log. I have had this build for a couple weeks...but dint have 1080p video. We need that camera apk.
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nalorite said:
Here are the release notes for the update:
http://www.motorola.com/staticfiles/Support/US-EN/Mobile%20Phones/ATRIX_4G/US-EN/Documents/StaticFiles/SWU_ATT_ATRIX_v4.5.91.htm
I'm hesitant to do it because I haven't unlocked my BL yet.
Apparently I don't know how to post links on XDA. I'll let someone less noob do it.
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It works just fine. Thanks for the link.

How do I go back to stock?
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I have k's beta 4, so I am not able to get it right? or can I get it by flashing back to 1.26 and it's all the way up? I used cemetery to install bg btw
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xmckinzie said:
I see 1080p video in the log. I have had this build for a couple weeks...but dint have 1080p video. We need that camera apk.
Sent from my ATRIX 4G.
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The notes say 1080p "playback," NOT recording. AFAIK the leak already had playback.

Milestone X - C-Spire: Custom ROMS? Droid X Bootstrapper Working

Anyone with luck flashing a Milestone X w/ a custom ROM?
Running Rooted 2.3.5 w/bloatware removed (but backed up) along w/ DROID X Bootstrapper.
Have made my first full system backup using this tool.
If complete ROMS could not be used, what components would I need to modify, replace, ... exchange to get it to work on C-Spire (say, Verizon).
I've heard that there are some ROMS that don't mess with the baseband and other communications settings, files, frequencies, protocol, etc... What are these type called if they exist? Where can I find them? Are these a safer alternative to full ROMS?
Will DX Bootstrapper get the job done? Reports ClockworkMod REcovery v2.5.0.6.

I would recommend staying off custom roms for the Milestone X until a working sbf for us makes an appearance. Myself and ngholson both had issues where we got stuck in a bootloop and the sbf just output more errors until a replacement device was needed.

Rocheforte said:
I would recommend staying off custom roms for the Milestone X until a working sbf for us makes an appearance. Myself and ngholson both had issues where we got stuck in a bootloop and the sbf just output more errors until a replacement device was needed.
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agreed. [10chars...............

another thing to consider, since we cannot sbf at this time, is that the bootstrapper will break your ability to install any future ota updates. it modifies the logwrapper and makes a copy called logwrapper.bin, however, uninstalling the bootstrapper and restoring the logwrapper file does not correct the problem. best i can tell the only answer that i can find when this happens is to sbf back to stock... well you see where this is going.... currently we cannot do this, so unless you never want the ota upgrades i do not recommend installing the bootstrapper on cspire's milestone x.
oh well nevermind went back and re-read your post, you already have the bootstrapper installed. (at least you did it after ota)

here is a link to the post that has the sbf that is reported to work with cell south (cspire) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1117885
maybe someone else can try it again and report back.
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SBF flash for MB809 - Milestone X Generic North America
SHADO_X6_3.1.39_SHADOW_BP_C_02.06.00R_AP_BP_Flex_1E_signed_secure_dist_1ff_P3_USERBLD.sbf.gz
http://www.filesonic.com/file/11766...x_1E_signed_secure_dist_1ff_P3_USERBLD.sbf.gz
Compression MD5 - BF942D55992C774446F24B56116649A1
SBF MD5 - 2EAEBD1540D563114523BEB09539A8AF
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Well I can confirm it works on Cellular South.
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I can confirm that the old sbf it does not work after ota update. I had to get a new phone. I have rooted, but I am not installing a bootstrapper until a working sbf is available. Hopefully that will happen soon.

I am on C spire out of Byram, MS and can in fact confirm that "Droid X Bootstrapper" from the market indeed works like a charm on the Milestone X with stock versions 2.2.2 and 2.3.5.
I use "Super One Click" to root, then the same prog to "Allow non market apps" then buy "Droid X Bootstrapper" from market, run it. Reboot while holding camera button and power button,,,,voila
Confirmed roms that I have and currently run or ran: CM 7 nightlies, Liberty 1.5, and Fission 2.5.7 DroidX
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A little trick I figured out to sbf back to stock,,,,download the latest ota from Cspire "Blur_Version.3.2.6.MB809.ACG-CellSouth.en.US" blah blah,,,,,rename it to "update.zip",,,,not "update.zip.zip"put it on the root of your sd card and boot into stock recovery or clockwork mod and run update.......BLAM! Simple as that...

Brickster said:
A little trick I figured out to sbf back to stock,,,,download the latest ota from Cspire "Blur_Version.3.2.6.MB809.ACG-CellSouth.en.US" blah blah,,,,,rename it to "update.zip",,,,not "update.zip.zip"put it on the root of your sd card and boot into stock recovery or clockwork mod and run update.......BLAM! Simple as that...
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i tried that too it didn't work for me.

I dunno,,,, it worked for me twice. I tried to update cwm from the app using the flash for droid x and it messed up my recovery. So i updated to the latest ota from Cspire via the stock android recovery by naming the ota file to update.zip and running it like that.
I'm running CM7 nightlies for the droid x on the Milestone x....you might have to remove the line of code in the update file that asked for Kernel assert,,,,I can't remember, but seems like it kept giving me an error that says, "assert failed: run_program("/tmp/check_kernel") but after that all was fine.
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Brickster said:
I dunno,,,, it worked for me twice. I tried to update cwm from the app using the flash for droid x and it messed up my recovery. So i updated to the latest ota from Cspire via the stock android recovery by naming the ota file to update.zip and running it like that.
I'm running CM7 nightlies for the droid x on the Milestone x....you might have to remove the line of code in the update file that asked for Kernel assert,,,,I can't remember, but seems like it kept giving me an error that says, "assert failed: run_program("/tmp/check_kernel") but after that all was fine.
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is there a reason that your not using the new liberty rom and used 1.5?

tylorjefcoat said:
is there a reason that your not using the new liberty rom and used 1.5?
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Nah, it's a cool rom .....I'm just a flash whore. I like cm7 nightlies the best though.

Brickster said:
Nah, it's a cool rom .....I'm just a flash whore. I like cm7 nightlies the best though.
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what has been the best in your opinion? i just upgraded from the hero and was running aosp and loved it.
i actually like some of the blur apps, hard to believe that i like a custom ui on android lol.
i have been reading on the droid x vs milestone x and i am weary of flashing update that also includes the radio/baseband.
what version of cm7 nightfiles are you on? any complaints?

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I dunno,,,, it worked for me twice. I tried to update cwm from the app using the flash for droid x and it messed up my recovery. So i updated to the latest ota from Cspire via the stock android recovery by naming the ota file to update.zip and running it like that.
I'm running CM7 nightlies for the droid x on the Milestone x....you might have to remove the line of code in the update file that asked for Kernel assert,,,,I can't remember, but seems like it kept giving me an error that says, "assert failed: run_program("/tmp/check_kernel") but after that all was fine.
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I am getting the exact same error. Where do I need to go to eliminate this line of code. I have setup everything else up until this point and it works perfectly with recovery and everything. A bit of help please.

thenig said:
I am getting the exact same error. Where do I need to go to eliminate this line of code. I have setup everything else up until this point and it works perfectly with recovery and everything. A bit of help please.
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Open the ROM zip and go: META-INF/com/google/android/ and in the updater-script, remove the code that asked for Kernel assert.

tylorjefcoat said:
what has been the best in your opinion? i just upgraded from the hero and was running aosp and loved it.
i actually like some of the blur apps, hard to believe that i like a custom ui on android lol.
i have been reading on the droid x vs milestone x and i am weary of flashing update that also includes the radio/baseband.
what version of cm7 nightfiles are you on? any complaints?
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I too just upgraded from the Hero....and I still love that phone! My hero has had every rom known on it,,,and some that weren't even made for it....It's unbrickable! LOL
Yea, the Milestone is a little more finicky than the Hero, and with Motorola's locked bootloaders, one could get in a fix..
I've ran the past 3 nightlies and currently on cm_shadow_full-154.zip.
I tell ya, they all have some kind of bug somewhere. It all depends on what you want to put up with. Me, personally, I like the stock ota 2.3.5 from Cspire. It works. Plain and simple. Now, I would like some of the CM7 options and spare parts.

Brickster said:
Open the ROM zip and go: META-INF/com/google/android/ and in the updater-script, remove the code that asked for Kernel assert.
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Open the updater-script with notepad (new to this) and found no mention of kernel assert. Almost there...a bit more help would get me in.

It should be the top 3 lines, if I remember correctly.... I checked it out on my phone to make sure but,,,, duh, I already removed it (face palm).
It's in there somewhere.
Run install again and right down all the errors... Then try to find them in the script file.
I'm new to this also (as far as motorola stuff) too. And I take risks that most people wouldn't..... Hell, if I mess something up bad enough , just sbf back.
I'll try to help you more when I get off work... Maybe send you my roms that have already been fixed.
Make sure to turn off script and signature asserts off in cwm... Sometimes that helps.
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Brickster said:
It should be the top 3 lines, if I remember correctly.... I checked it out on my phone to make sure but,,,, duh, I already removed it (face palm).
It's in there somewhere.
Run install again and right down all the errors... Then try to find them in the script file.
I'm new to this also (as far as motorola stuff) too. And I take risks that most people wouldn't..... Hell, if I mess something up bad enough , just sbf back.
I'll try to help you more when I get off work... Maybe send you my roms that have already been fixed.
Make sure to turn off script and signature asserts off in cwm... Sometimes that helps.
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Thank you sir! I'm gonna try that.

Brickster said:
I too just upgraded from the Hero....and I still love that phone! My hero has had every rom known on it,,,and some that weren't even made for it....It's unbrickable! LOL
Yea, the Milestone is a little more finicky than the Hero, and with Motorola's locked bootloaders, one could get in a fix..
I've ran the past 3 nightlies and currently on cm_shadow_full-154.zip.
I tell ya, they all have some kind of bug somewhere. It all depends on what you want to put up with. Me, personally, I like the stock ota 2.3.5 from Cspire. It works. Plain and simple. Now, I would like some of the CM7 options and spare parts.
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I despised that phone lol, wait i take that back, i guess i had "phone" envy lol Mine was a rom whore as well, it was rooted almost immediately after i got it with the ole gold card method.
the ota 2.3.5 is actually a good CLEAN rom, i do like the fact that it is so clean, just need a few tweaks as you said from the cm7 build, status bar tweaks ect..
may build up one.
built a rom for a tablet we are selling here, BIG learning curve but the locked boot-loader throws a real curve ball
now, have you gotten it to overclock?

Brickster said:
. Hell, if I mess something up bad enough , just sbf back.
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that still amazes me. i haven't tried it on 2.3.5, but when i did it from stock 2.2.2 it was a no go.... maybe it will only work if you are already on 2.3? hell i dunno... motorola has me chasing my tail.... like everyone else, i came from the hero too, that was one awesome little phone. i read somewhere that the motorola bootloader had been cracked by someone on here but..... not sure what ever happened there.....

[.621] Update Breaks SBFing

Update 4.5.5.621 is live and breaks the ability to SBF back to an earlier version.
Only take the update if your willing to lose the ability to SBF. A fix is in the works but there is no ETA.
If you decide to update, there is no way to root, but OTA Root Keeper can be used to retain root.
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I am rooted on. 605 and im gonna update will this hurt my phone
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htcdroidincredible23 said:
I am rooted on. 605 and im gonna update will this hurt my phone
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No, but be aware that you will not be able to return to .605 or earlier, and you will lose root unless you use OTA Root Keeper.
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infazzdar said:
Update 4.5.5.621 is live and breaks the ability to SBF back to an earlier version.
Only take the update if your willing to lose the ability to SBF. A fix is in the works but there is no ETA.
If you decide to update, there is no way to root, but OTA Root Keeper can be used to retain root.
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I was on stock .605 with 1 click root then updated with the .621 OTA and after it was done I still had root. Verified by running Root Explorer and Titanium Backup.
Update: After reading a response to this post I decided to try and see if I could get root access with any new apps that were not installed prior to the .621 update and I have discovered that I cannot. So user trebuchet76 (the one that had questioned my results) had the right suspicion that I didn't really have root anymore but rather the apps I had installed prior to the .621 update that had root kept it after the update but new apps will not get root access.

I can't install the update
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I'm running Liberty 3 ROM, and am quite happy with it. However, I've seen this SBF issue posted here and other places.
A few questions:
- can I update without flashing back to stock .605 (understanding I need to use OTA root keeper to keep root access)?
- once I do that, will I need to flash Liberty back on the phone again?
Basically, my DX was a total piece of crap until I switched off the Verizon stock .605 update. I would rather not lose the freedom I have now and be forced to stay with Blur and whatever other bloatware is installed by Verizon. In all likelihood I'll be upgrading in a few months anyway, and Liberty has made my phone not only tolerable, but fun again. I'd rather skip the update entirely than go back to the stock ROMs from Verizon.
Actually, my next phone choice will probably be based on how easy it is to root... ;-)

mikecico said:
I'm running Liberty 3 ROM, and am quite happy with it. However, I've seen this SBF issue posted here and other places.
A few questions:
- can I update without flashing back to stock .605 (understanding I need to use OTA root keeper to keep root access)?
- once I do that, will I need to flash Liberty back on the phone again?
Basically, my DX was a total piece of crap until I switched off the Verizon stock .605 update. I would rather not lose the freedom I have now and be forced to stay with Blur and whatever other bloatware is installed by Verizon. In all likelihood I'll be upgrading in a few months anyway, and Liberty has made my phone not only tolerable, but fun again. I'd rather skip the update entirely than go back to the stock ROMs from Verizon.
Actually, my next phone choice will probably be based on how easy it is to root... ;-)
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Don't update! You won't be able to flash Liberty, and you won't be able to flash back to .605 to install Liberty.
If you update there is no going back. Ever.
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What about a hard reset. Then root shut off ota then sfb 605 re_root shut ff ota again ? Could this work?

BridgeScore said:
What about a hard reset. Then root shut off ota then sfb 605 re_root shut ff ota again ? Could this work?
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If you are on .605 or below disabling the OTA Updater will keep you from updating, but once you update there is no going back.
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i hadn't seen this thread when I took the ota. tried to sbf using rsd lite 4.8 and the following sbf files, 2.3.34, 4.5.596, and the latest 2.3.4-4.5.1. found the last one through a Google search, it said it would work but it doesn't. so my old dx is currently out of commission. i wanted to use it as media player but i guess that's not going to happen right now.
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marculous said:
i hadn't seen this thread when I took the ota. tried to sbf using rsd lite 4.8 and the following sbf files, 2.3.34, 4.5.596, and the latest 2.3.4-4.5.1. found the last one through a Google search, it said it would work but it doesn't. so my old dx is currently out of commission. i wanted to use it as media player but i guess that's not going to happen right now.
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The .621 SBF should work. Make sure your battery is charged and try SBFing again. If RSD Lite doesn't work try using Linux.
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infazzdar said:
The .621 SBF should work. Make sure your battery is charged and try SBFing again. If RSD Lite doesn't work try using Linux.
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it still failed and now battery is too low to program and dx won't leave bootloader with battery in.
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You have to use RSD 5.4 or higher with the .621 sbf.

OTA Update
Appears that keeping my .605 is a good thing, how do I disable the updater??

harveyhungwell said:
You have to use RSD 5.4 or higher with the .621 sbf.
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is there a way to charge the battery? only bootloader screen comes up with battery in, says code corrupt, battery too low to program.
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marculous said:
is there a way to charge the battery? only bootloader screen comes up with battery in, says code corrupt, battery too low to program.
Droid Razr
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You can strip the red and black wires in a USB cable and place the exposed copper to their respective battery terminals while the battery is in the phone.
This will allow you to SBF the device.
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Just thought I'd share this.............
So yesterday I figured I try to get root back and if anything it would brick the phone and there was an sbf to get it back. At least to .621 stock. Well I did the one click root ( droid3 i believe it was, with of course with droid 2 bootstrap ). So it put my phone back into clockworkmod and I was able to wipe everything including the dalvic cache and restored my phone to a backup I had from stock .605 that was rooted but no rom installed. It actually worked no brick, no nothing. So I ran the D2 bootstrap and went back into cwm and restored to another backup I had with liberty 2.0 running.....and that also worked. Now, I was surprised it actually worked so I went into about phone and confirmed! It did say .605. So I was ecstatic!
I was prepared to brick my phone (which wouldn't be the first or second time anyway) but glad it all worked out. Now im back to being rooted and running 4.5.605.

infazzdar said:
You can strip the red and black wires in a USB cable and place the exposed copper to their respective battery terminals while the battery is in the phone.
This will allow you to SBF the device.
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going to try that this morning, and thanks for the tip.
holy **** it worked with rsd lite 4.8 after wiring split USB to battery. you are awesome.
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marculous said:
going to try that this morning, and thanks for the tip.
holy **** it worked with rsd lite 4.8 after wiring split USB to battery. you are awesome.
Droid Razr
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I'm glad you got it worked out =D
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I'm on CM4DXGB, the only update's I will EVER take again for my DX is the ones the ROM devs put out, screw Moto's crap!

[Q] 4.7.3 rooting

Hello guys. My droid pro was updated before 4.7.3 (by downloading with System Updates in Settings) from 4.6.8 without root. How to root 4.7.3? Thanks.
p.s sorry, my english is bad

Try SuperOneClick http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803682
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I think that the only way to root droid pro is downgrading to 4.6.8, root phone, save root by something like OTA Rootkeeper and flash/upgrade OTA to 4.7.3.
That's how i solve this on my droid pro.
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mulat666 said:
Try SuperOneClick http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803682
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not working, error on 7th Step

Abstractionist said:
I think that the only way to root droid pro is downgrading to 4.6.8, root phone, save root by something like OTA Rootkeeper and flash/upgrade OTA to 4.7.3.
That's how i solve this on my droid pro.
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I was wanted alternative method without downgrade, but have to downgrade

收件人： [Q] 4.7.3 rooting
#GmV# said:
I was wanted alternative method without downgrade, but have to downgrade
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Nobody can root 4.7.3 now.
Except rootkeeper(or "Survival Mode" in SuperSU Pro Version)can keep root access across OTA updates,why not have a try about to use other roms?Most of unoffical roms have root access.
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Odp: [Q] 4.7.3 rooting
Try CM7 is realy good and it's rooted
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mulat666 said:
Try CM7 is realy good and it's rooted
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I installed CM 7.2.0-venus2 on my droid pro. Awesome firmware, but have some problems.
After dial numbers with dialer, sometimes phone rebooting. After change to GSM/WCDMA auto this problem it seems has fixed.
1. Why I hear instead of beep (when calling) signal indistinguishable noise?
2. Why display is flashing when calling?
How fix this problems? or prompt me stable CM7 firmware WITHOUT this problems. I Hope to your help. Thanks.

Hmm. If you flashed vanila's ROM, i don't know why this problems, that you writing about appears. I'm using this(vanila's CM7) ROM for more than 3 months and didn't met any bug's like you writing about. So maybe before flashing CM7, you need to format data, system and cache, and then flash CM? I don't know.
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recovery?
Morning all,
Been reading about rooting this little feller all weekend and it seems the only way is to downgrade first.. A post in the devlopment area gives a gent a hard time for not having a nandroid... and I do not want to be that fella. =)
Did I miss a post about getting recovery on this device?
I will search that again, but if anyone had a nugget of knowledge for me, it would be great.
My daughter choose this little critter for the keyboard, I did not know it was in the "legacy - not worked on much" area. =) Sure am glad Vanilla is giving it a little love. I am not sure I could handle having a phone that was stock...
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Sorry... the sticky that reads "Update in progress tricked me... skipped it since it said 8-5-12... figured it was out of date... Lots of good stuff in there.
theroar said:
Morning all,
Been reading about rooting this little feller all weekend and it seems the only way is to downgrade first.. A post in the devlopment area gives a gent a hard time for not having a nandroid... and I do not want to be that fella. =)
Did I miss a post about getting recovery on this device?
I will search that again, but if anyone had a nugget of knowledge for me, it would be great.
My daughter choose this little critter for the keyboard, I did not know it was in the "legacy - not worked on much" area. =) Sure am glad Vanilla is giving it a little love. I am not sure I could handle having a phone that was stock...
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[Q] update failed

i have returned my phone to stock using house of moto, it is rooted, and xposed. any ideas why it failed after d/l and reboot?
do i remove root and xposed and modules? also lucky patcher.

OTA's are SUPER sensitive. You have to be running the phone at STOCK so it doesn't fail, literally everything has to be how it was when you got your phone. Thats why a lot of people are RSD'ing back to stock and then installing KK. That way you know it wont fail.
In your case, yes: remove root with OTA keeper (which sometimes doesnt work) and get rid of Xposed.

You will have to be running a completely stock ROM. To get mine to OTA, I used the 90.30.1 update from droid-developers(dot)org and House of Moto to flash. OTA went smoothly after that.

xKroniK13x said:
You will have to be running a completely stock ROM. To get mine to OTA, I used the 90.30.1 update from droid-developers(dot)org and House of Moto to flash. OTA went smoothly after that.
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I had to do this to get my phone to boot after freezing too many apps. Apparently the OS didnt like this and didint boot up again. Ive learnt my lesson.

are you saying you need to unroot in order for kit kat update to work mine downloads but wont install gets halfway thru reboots and says update failed

xKroniK13x said:
You will have to be running a completely stock ROM. To get mine to OTA, I used the 90.30.1 update from droid-developers(dot)org and House of Moto to flash. OTA went smoothly after that.
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I did unroot, and unfroze everything. Was hoping not to lose everything when I updated.
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The update failed for me, too. I'm locked, and I did use saferoot at one point but I unrooted a week ago. Not sure what to do.

tronjojo said:
I did unroot, and unfroze everything. Was hoping not to lose everything when I updated.
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Strife89 said:
The update failed for me, too. I'm locked, and I did use saferoot at one point but I unrooted a week ago. Not sure what to do.
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SafeRoot modifies the kernel slightly and even a full unroot will not resolve the kernel change. You must flash to 90.30.1 via House of Moto. You can do that on a locked BL, I did it yesterday to mine. You can flash to the same ROM or NEWER on a locked BL, but you cannot flash to an OLDER ROM.
I used SafeRoot on my phone, and was in the same scenario as you.

xKroniK13x said:
SafeRoot modifies the kernel slightly and even a full unroot will not resolve the kernel change. You must flash to 90.30.1 via House of Moto. You can do that on a locked BL, I did it yesterday to mine. You can flash to the same ROM or NEWER on a locked BL, but you cannot flash to an OLDER ROM.
I used SafeRoot on my phone, and was in the same scenario as you.
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I can't seem to locate a thread/post on doing this. Could you point me in the right direction?
EDIT: I eventually found this. If anyone would like the prepared House of Moto folder (and assuming it doesn't violate any licenses; I'd better check), I'll zip it up and paste a Dropbox link.

I flashed back to stock using RSD Lite and still can't update... This is weird.

Strife89 said:
I can't seem to locate a thread/post on doing this. Could you point me in the right direction?
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Droidrzr(dot)com has a tutorial on House of Moto. And sbf(dot)droid-developers(dot)org supplies the firmwares to use with that. I can't post links because I'm too new. MODS: sorry if I'm linking to a "competitor" website, but I couldn't find the information here!
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I flashed back to stock using RSD Lite and still can't update... This is weird.
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That is weird. Did you use 90.30.1 from the link above? I did it through fastboot and did a complete wipe (absolutely all data lost).

xKroniK13x said:
Droidrzr(dot)com has a tutorial on House of Moto. And sbf(dot)droid-developers(dot)org supplies the firmwares to use with that. I can't post links because I'm too new. MODS: sorry if I'm linking to a "competitor" website, but I couldn't find the information here!
That is weird. Did you use 90.30.1 from the link above? I did it through fastboot and did a complete wipe (absolutely all data lost).
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I think I edited my post as you were writing that, so take another look.
House of Moto worked well by all appearances. I used KEEP-DATA, incidentally.
The update is flashing as I type this, so fingers are crossed!

Strife89 said:
I think I edited my post as you were writing that, so take another look.
House of Moto worked well by all appearances. I used KEEP-DATA, incidentally.
The update is flashing as I type this, so fingers are crossed!
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I did read one account that someone could still not OTA with KEEP-DATA. Try universal, if you don't want to lose all of your data*. I did FULL mode when I did it, and it wiped everything but my SD card, and OTA worked flawless.
* I'm really not sure what universal keeps. Backup your stuff!

I was under the impression that if you were under the latest JB ota you couldn't return to stock. I'm actually TRYING to get back to stock.
Have I been misinformed?
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cpspecial said:
I was under the impression that if you were under the latest JB ota you couldn't return to stock. I'm actually TRYING to get back to stock.
Have I been misinformed?
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I believe that you are able to flash back to the version you are currently on. So, if you were on 90.30.1 rooted/modified, you could RSD/FB back to 90.30.1 stock. You, however, cannot flash back to a version older than 90.30.1.

Strife89 said:
I can't seem to locate a thread/post on doing this. Could you point me in the right direction?
EDIT: I eventually found this. If anyone would like the prepared House of Moto folder (and assuming it doesn't violate any licenses; I'd better check), I'll zip it up and paste a Dropbox link.
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That would be nice if i could have the prepared folder. I havent used house of moto ever can i get a brief explanation and how to?

AKShotgun said:
That would be nice if i could have the prepared folder. I havent used house of moto ever can i get a brief explanation and how to?
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im gonna house of moto after titanium backup for apps, then i will let you know how it went. sorry i cant post links either

deathwithafi said:
im gonna house of moto after titanium backup for apps, then i will let you know how it went. sorry i cant post links either
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and now it says update check cannot be performed at this time

Where would i be able to download the 98.18.94 firmware for the razr m so i can RSD back to it? I uninstalled a lot of the verizon bloatware so the update fails. I've looked everywhere and i can't seem to find it. Suggestions?

mauri6870 said:
Where would i be able to download the 98.18.94 firmware for the razr m so i can RSD back to it? I uninstalled a lot of the verizon bloatware so the update fails. I've looked everywhere and i can't seem to find it. Suggestions?
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Right here: http://sbf.droid-developers.org/
AKShotgun said:
That would be nice if i could have the prepared folder. I havent used house of moto ever can i get a brief explanation and how to?
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Almost done uploading it. I'll write up some brief directions and PM you the link in an hour or two.