yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Vibrant Android Development] Mr. Apocalypse:
I don't know how good the battery will be on MIUI, but i'm on OMFGB and the battery is excellent
[Vibrant Android Development] stevedrz:
By excellent, on the stock battery how many hours, with what kins of use?
[Vibrant Android Development] Xenoism:
I just switched over to immortality from glitch v12. So far, I am really impressed. Everything runs very smoothly and without any real lagging.

There is one thing however that is really really odd....when playing videos, when the video finishes buffering and is about to begin playing, I get the, "cannot play ths video" message, and it closes. As far as I know, this shouldn't have anything to do with your kernel...but videos worked fine before flashing over to immortality...so I'm stumped, any ideas?

Either way, great work. Top notch job, as always!
[Vibrant Android Development] PhilUSAF21:
Wow seems great anyone use this with biffmod?
[Vibrant Android Development] Mr. Apocalypse:
I think Biffmod is a CM7 variant, so it should work.
[Vibrant Android Development] RensoreK:
Can you flood us with some specs, info, software? I tested video with Glitch v11 before Immortality and it worked, flash it and tested it again and it WORKED. So not sure why it wouldn't work for you. Im running nickmcminns LE-6 MIUI
[Vibrant Android Development] Xenoism:
Sure, I'm running Biffmod v 1.3 with a kb5 modem on a T959.

I actually noticed 2 things that went way weird after flashing this kernel. First was the video issue, and the second was an issue with voodoo color (i assume). The video issue made it so that no video would play on my device; youtube, internet, or one that was already on the phone. The voodoo color issue was when I toggled from 25% brightness to 50% the screen would go green, almost as though I ran a green render effect.

Really weird, I actually ended up restoring a nandroid backup that I made before flashing the kernel which restored me to glitch and it fixed all the issues. I think i'm going to stick with Glitch v12 for now, but it is good to note these issues Ive had (even if they are rare) for other members who might experience them as well.
[Vibrant Android Development] Mr. Apocalypse:
I see no video issues, even after flashing Glitch, then flashing my kernel, i see no video issues. I'm actually watching Equals 3 right now from my phone, i do appreciate the bug reports though. If anyone else has these issues, please don't hesitate to say so. I can only attempt to fix what is reported ;)
[Vibrant Android Development] PhilUSAF21:
H'm I'm getting video issues to no video just audio.
[Vibrant Android Development] SSJ_Gomike:
Will this work on revolution rom? Thanks.

Sent from my Galaxy S Captivate with Serendipity
[Vibrant Android Development] Mr. Apocalypse:
It will work on CM7/MIUI based roms, last time i checked, Revolution was JVP based or something, so no.
[Vibrant Android Development] SSJ_Gomike:
Thanks.... Just started using revolution, though it is jvq based it has a lot of cm7 features so wasn't sure...

Sent from my Galaxy S Captivate with Serendipity
[Vibrant Android Development] bigtom624:
I tried using this today with latest nightly and got a bootloop. I tried it again using the kernel cleaning script first and got it again.
[Vibrant Android Development] Mr. Apocalypse:
This will not work with the latest nightly, i believe CM updated some stuff w/ their kernel. I've been busy with school, haven't been able to update it lately. I'll see about updating this weekend or next week.
[Vibrant Android Development] bigtom624:
Thanks for letting me know that. I kinda figured that's what is was. Thanks again.
[Vibrant Android Development] jrongi1:
It is not for sh or the others of that type. It's for Cm7.1 based roms.

vibrant miui lithium 2
[Vibrant Android Development] amarsana:
ok how do i install another kernel that works?

i installed it, thinking it will work on the CM, however i had flashed nightly 158. i am kind of noob to this. know i can go into download mode, how do i install a kernel that works???
[Vibrant Android Development] jrongi1:
Kernels flash in recovery, but this one is not up to date. Try Bali, glitch, or platypus/neo.

vibrant miui 360° Productions
[Vibrant Android Development] Mr. Apocalypse:
I'll be updating soon, got alot of projects I'm dealing with

Sent from my XDA app cuz I'm stalking your mom....
[Vibrant Android Development] jrongi1:
I hope you didn't take offense. We are all very thankful for all your hard work, as well as all the other developers. I just wanted to give them another option. Thanks again.

vibrant miui 360° Productions
[Vibrant Android Development] Mr. Apocalypse:
nah, i didnt take offense, and i recommend Bali, drhonk is a waayyyy better kernel dev than i am, you can never go wrong with the Bali series.
[Vibrant Android Development] amarsana:
cannot go into download mode

i tried recovering the nandroid image but that probably messed up everything. now i cannot even go into download mode. how do i go about fixing that? i know i have the cm7 and the nandroid image on the device, is there anyway to fix it now?
[Vibrant Android Development] Mr. Apocalypse:
you should be able to get into download mode, since thats not kernel related. If you have GB bootloaders, try holding the vol + button while plugging in the usb
[Off-topic] Breakthecycle2:
Question, is there a way I can install Mac Os X on a pc without the use of a mac?
[Off-topic] MacaronyMax:
Ewwwwwwww....... That's like getting a cat & dog and forcing them to breed :rolleyes:

But yes, It's called a hackintosh, Works better with intel PC's
[Off-topic] Breakthecycle2:
LOL, im bored. I need a new project. I read hackintosh but all the instructions claim I need use of a MAC. Where did you see you didnt?
[Off-topic] MacaronyMax:
Haha, Well tell us your CPU & Graphics card (If you have one) And I'll get some steps for ya :D
[Off-topic] Breakthecycle2:
Im buying an HP mini 110 today. I have a external dvd drive,

Intel(R) Atom(TM) Processor N455 (1.66GHz, 512KB L2) + Intel(R) Graphics Media Accelerator 3150
[Off-topic] Breakthecycle2:
Also, if you recommend a different laptop or netbook let me know, I need to keep it under 500.
[Off-topic] MacaronyMax:
Hopefully that is possible, I'll look in a bit, going for something to eat
[Off-topic] Breakthecycle2:
Anyone?????
[Off-topic] MacaronyMax:
Have a look here http://www.tonymacx86.com/index.php
[Off-topic] Baby_Phil:
Why not linux :-)
[Off-topic] MacaronyMax:
Yeah, Because instead that's like breeding dogs of different types :rolleyes::p
[Off-topic] Breakthecycle2:
Crap man. There are like 4 or 5 different methods. I don't know which to do!
[Off-topic] MacaronyMax:
XD read them through and see which you think seems the easiest and try that first:)
[Off-topic] omnomnomkimiiee:
Virtualbox or equivalent, maybe ?

Sent via my magical HTC Wildfire S.
[Off-topic] Breakthecycle2:
WHat???....
[Motorola Droid 3] scottml:
POST REMOVED.

I'd like to apologize for posting this update which had previously been available to soak test members and not in wide release. The file was not altered in any way or distributed with any intent of causing harm to Motorola or Verizon.

It was a bad judgment call in posting it for others to use. I was excited at the prospect of bug fixes and feature improvements to what is an otherwise fantastic phone.

That is all. Nothing to see here. Move along.
[Motorola Droid 3] androidphan88:
so have you flashed it?

Does it fix any of the known issues like camera app and so forth
[Motorola Droid 3] Androidsims:
So what exactly is this? A leaked OTA essentially?
[Motorola Droid 3] scottml:
So after looking through this file, I placed it on my sdcard, and patched through recovery (power + x).

I was basically reset to stock:

- De-rooted

- Made sure I had all my bloatware back

- Wiped user/cache (this was probably unnecessary but i was all messed up from doing the OTA hacking anyway)

The patch has fixes for many items:

- BP upgrade for the Radio

- Talk2 for Video

- Boot.img patch

- Recovery.img patch

- Various patches to alot of system files

- And some stupid bloatware patches as well.

User's beware if you also want to patch this file. Be sure to be as close to stock as you can get.
[Motorola Droid 3] buckmarble:
Were you able to re-root after flashing?
[Motorola Droid 3] Droid2Life:
This sounds like the OTA that is being pushed to D3 owners that are in Motorola's soak group. Radio fixes and whatnot for battery life purposes. I could be wrong though.
[Motorola Droid 3] djrajir:
this is the real question that matters atm until we have a custom recovery.
[Motorola Droid 3] Androidsims:
Million dollar question. I want the updated gtalk when I get my replacement D3 tomorrow. I'll be completely stock so I'll be good to go on this as long as the same root exploit exists. I can't imagine they had time to remove it though.
[Motorola Droid 3] scottml:
You can re-root using the same exploit.
[Motorola Droid 3] dincodee:
Done lol, I just took the apk out of the update and installed right over the existing. You also need the libtalk_jni.so from there and out it in the syste/lib folder and you are all set new gtalk with video
[Motorola Droid 3] buckmarble:
So I have another question, if all that is modified is that fact that it has been rooted, what is wrong with flashing this while rooted? Wont it just unroot us at worse and we will have to reroot? Just trying to understand.
[Motorola Droid 3] buckmarble:
Has anyone tried flashing this while rooted? With no other mods.
[Motorola Droid 3] Abradax:
Just did. You will need to reroot.
[Motorola Droid 3] suzook:
Will this fix a softbrick if you can get into recovery? Any thoughts?
[Motorola Droid 3] Abradax:
I would imagine the update would fail. If you modified the phone to the point of bricking, I doubt the update would run.
[Motorola Droid 3] kingharrison:
Works great. Already seems faster. Battery reports less for cell standby and phone idle. Either the reporting is better or they fixed the issue.
[Motorola Droid 3] Droid2Life:
I've been trying for a while to get this flashed. Even went so far as to reinstall bloat that I had deleted before to see if that would work and it's giving me the same error every time.
[Motorola Droid 3] wuwtk:
I have some really good news, I soft bricked my phone a little while ago because I was an idiot with deleting my apps. I needed my phone and was going to activate the insurance and pay the deductible when I figured I might as well try this. I wiped the cache and data and applied this through the recovery mode and My phone is fully operational now. I can access my contacts, texts, setup accounts and not one force close yet. Now for disclosure I am probably very lucky this worked for me, try at your own risk. I am way to scared to try and delete apps again until I get a proper backup or I see enough people try it themselves with no issues. But to OP... Thank you very much you just saved me $100 :)

edit: Found one glitch, dont know if its my specific phone or not. But if wifi is on and you receive an e-mail the notification light will not go on, if wifi is off it will... Very minor bug though.
[Motorola Droid 3] DoubleYouPee:
So won't this update be available automatically? How does it work with motorola?
[Motorola Droid 3] buckmarble:
So I must be an idiot or something. I put the file on the root of the sd card and then booted into recovery. It gave me an error. Said can not mount sdcard file or directory doesn't exist.
[Motorola Droid 3] kishin14:
You could say the same thing for any type of modding, including rooting. Man, if nobody took any risks, this would be a very quiet board, moreso than it already is. Thank goodness many of us see it differently.
[Motorola Droid 3] slow88lx:
You COULD say the same thing about other mods. But I didn't. I said THIS unofficial update was a bad idea. The only bad ideas are the ones with no hope of reversal. You can get unrooted, you can restore system apps. However there could likely be no return from this, especially after hearing about how an SBF may never be available.

For all we know(and we don't know) soak testers would get an incremental update to get them ready for an official OTA update. I.E. something that may never go public. I hope whoever found this update is still regularly checking the server to catch such an update.
[Motorola Droid 3] Dmw017:
Man the people who keep bringing up the same warning over and over need to quiet down and calm their titties.

I think this convo has been discussed, ended, and brought back up at least 3 to 4 different times in this thread alone.

Anybody who reads this thread will see the stupid warnings so let it go already. Its been said to death, this update will utterly ruin and destroy your phone if you even think about looking at the download link and bla bla bla more ridiculous nonsense bs.

Divide by zero, I dare you...
[Motorola Droid 3] kishin14:
Uh, in order to unroot, you have to successfully root first. That in itself is not without risk. Like I said there are few things in the modding world without risk. And I'm sure there are people that have ruined there phone attempting to root using Adb before the oneclick method was created. People are usually rewarded for taking risks, and my reward so far has been a more stable user experience with my D3. Whatever happens from on out happens. I have no regrets at all.
[Motorola Droid 3] kishin14:
You're right. For my part, i'll stop. Thanks for bringing some sense to all this nonsense.
[Motorola Droid 3] kshen1:
. I was on the irc last night helping out adamogle and a bunch of others so that we could check the servers the same way that scott did, and doing adb logcats and posting the urls to help him out

Android is open. We can do whatever we want with it. If you want to update to the leaked, go ahead. Just know the risks.
[Motorola Droid 3] spacecasespiff:
How is this any different then what people did with the many LEAKED gingerbread fiels for the dx yes I know that there was an sfb to go back but ist a leaked file. As long as its a different build number im positive you will get the official update if its different. And im sure that if for some reason we can't get it someone will post the file. Its not brain surgery.
[Motorola Droid 3] Dmw017:
Man there's less back n forth in a tennis match than in this thread.

Divide by zero, I dare you...
[Motorola Droid 3] kshen1:
Donald Young is a beast.
[Motorola Droid 3] spacecasespiff:
Im just want people not to freak out about all this. I love my phone more now that I put the update on it. Just sit back and and enjoy it.
[Motorola Droid 3] kshen1:
Me too! Jeez
[Motorola Droid 3] RRiVEN:
Here is the file that was posted for people still looking for it and understand the risks

http: //174.127.123.13/

Since this is my first post I can't post links and it is just an ipaddress because it is a server i threw up just for this file. The file was taken strait from scottml via wget from his link to that server.
[Motorola Droid 3] LRiley:
HELP

I was rooted and removed some of the bloatware, before applying this update I reinstalled the bloatware and unrooted, when I try to update it goes through but hangs on updating bp then it says

assert failed: motorola.motoflash("/tmp/bp.img")

E:Error in /tmp/sideload/package.zip

(status 7)

installation aborted

...idk what to do I tried wiping, rooting then unrooting and I keep getting the sam message and I guess thats needed for radio because now my phone can't find it, is there a package file or something i need????????????
[Motorola Droid 3] moskey71:
My battery life before the update. 16 hours with light usage.

After the update. 48. I couldn't be happier.
[Motorola Droid 3] kshen1:
Same here. Lol I love this new update D:
[Motorola Droid 3] suzook:
Seriously? Seems like a stretch.
[Motorola Droid 3] Dmw017:
Yeah I got like 29 hours on light usage ...

Divide by zero, I dare you...
[Motorola Droid 3] spectrumfox:
I've also seen a huge improvement in battery life. I have the official extended battery and was able to get over 1 day 12 hours of battery life on a single charge.
[Motorola Droid 3] btonetbone:
Hey everyone -

Motorola has confirmed that their soak test has not yet begun. Whatever you may have installed on your phone from this hack of Moto's servers is NOT the official soak.

https://supportforums.motorola.com/message/460846#460846

That being said, it may eventually become the soak, or there may be various development adjustments between. Whatever the case, be ABSOLUTELY CAREFUL while flashing your phone with files that nobody knows anything about. Temporary benefits may be completely overshadowed by longterm difficulties.
[Motorola Droid 3] Androidsims:
Reupped on rootzwiki for those of you who understand the risks and still wish to flash it.
[Motorola Droid 3] kshen1:
Drip......drip....drip...@adamogle
[Motorola Droid 3] ConfusedDroid:
I’m so confused right now. I just read every post in this thread. I’ve also read every post from a bunch of different android forums regarding this update, and I still don’t know what to do. I’m posting here for some advice since it seems to be the site with the most activity on the matter.

I already have the update file, just haven’t installed it yet. From the sound of it, it seems to fix a lot of issues. And I have a lot of issues right now. Had the phone for three weeks and there’s not a day that goes by where my 3g signal doesn’t drop randomly. GPS also works when IT wants and not when I want. Battery life sucks, the worst for any phone I’ve ever own. And one of the main reasons I bought the darn thing was so I could vchat. I really don’t know if I can put up with these (and other problems) that much longer). I really want to do this update as it seems to fix a lot of the problems I have with the phone. And I’m comfortable flashing from stock recovery.

But with people warning that this could end up destroying ur phone every 5 seconds, I’m a bit reluctant. I know I’m being a bit melodramatic, but it really has been frustrating. I probably should have returned the phone within my two week period, but I didn’t and now I’m stuck with it.

I hear people say that this isn’t official, then others say yes it is, still others say not the soak, and still others say yes it is, and blah, blah, blah. But someone who got a refurb phone posted over at mydroidworld that he got it WITH the update (or was able to update after he got it). I know it is the update because it’s the same update number and that post was dated 8/22, a week before the file was posted here.

Here’s the link: http://www.mydroidworld.com/forums/droid-3-discussions/8923-i-got-ota-update-my-droid3-today.html

Then I read over at droidforums that someone else also got the update legitimately (though I can’t find that post anymore). Are these folks just the luckiest people in the world? Or are they totally f'd because now they won’t be able to update to the OTA? What if a bunch of refurb phones were sent out with the update. Are all those people screwed? What the hell is Motorola doing anyway, giving it to some and not to others?

I guess what I’m getting at is that I’m about this close to doing the update. If you guys think that there’s a decent (doesn’t have to be 100% but say, better than 70%) that you won’t be stuck on the leak -- that someone somewhere will figure out something to allow leaked users to upgrade even if the official OTA doesn’t, I’m willing to take that chance. And please, NO more warnings. I GET that this is dangerous. I just want to know a percentage of how dangerous.

Sorry for the long post but thanks for listening.
[Motorola Droid 3] cellzealot:
Did anyone else notice that this file contains both an mbmloader_hs.bin and an mbmloader_ns.bin but only has a single mbm.bin?

This means that there is only one bootloader(mbm) but has mbmloaders for Hardware Secure(HS) and Non Secure(NS) devices.

This is a different setup than previous devices where there were NS, SE and S bootloader SBF files for the 3 variants of devices including Secure Engineering which had locked bootloaders but no checks above the bootloader level and are effectively the same as unsecured devices except for the bootloader, which is also labeled HS but nonconsumer to distinguish it from the Secured stock component.

This is very significant information and these files need to be very carefully scrutinized and understood for their importance.

Lots to look at...thanks for the OP! :D
[Motorola Droid 3] btonetbone:
The folks who received the update already have developer phones. They are slightly different than the ones you would normally buy from Verizon, and received the initial update OTA.

The broader "soak test" that you can sign up for directly with Motorola has not yet begun.

Because this update was taken from Motorola without their permission, we do not 100% know it's effect. It may or may not work forever, and you may or may not be able to update to the official update when it is released.

Basically, this is only for the brave and adventurous folks who want to take the risk that there phone either may not work or may not work forever.

But, it does appear to offer some initial benefits for those who survive the update process.
[Motorola Droid 3] ConfusedDroid:
The guy over at mydroidworld sure didn't sound like a developer. In fact, he sounded like he knew less about development than me. I suppose he could have been sent a refurbed developer phone. But would Motorola really give regular joes like us refurbed developer phones? Wouldn't they have some way of knowing. See, that's the kind of stuff I'm talking about. What the heck are they doing over there besides frustrating customers like me.

Also, using words like "survive" makes its sound like I'm going to war or something. I'm not rooted. I usually don't root my phones until I've had them for several months so as to get comfortable with the software as is first. But isn't it as simple as getting into stock recovery and then flashing the update zip? Am I missing something?
[Motorola Droid 3] ConfusedDroid:
Well, it's nice to know that there are folks out there looking at these files in detail. I follow P3Droid from your team :) on twitter so I know he's been tinkering with his wife's droid 3. Please let him know that there are people out there (well, at least one, anyway) who would be willing to buy the TBH app and support your work if you guys can make some magic on the droid 3. Regardless, it gives me hope that there might be some good devs working on the device. Thanks cellzealot. Now, I'm 68% sure I will flash the update.
[Motorola Droid 3] Dmw017:
Yep. recovery and flash it.

Dunno what's gonna happen with this update in a few months but right now its epic.

(Btw... Nexus Prime, that is all)

Divide by zero, I dare you...
[Motorola Droid 3] ConfusedDroid:
Okay now 69% sure. Thanks.

And I've read about the prime and all and it does sound like one great phone. Sadly, I can't afford a new one so quickly. However, when I can, I definitely will NOT be getting another Motorola.
[Motorola Droid 3] Dmw017:
For the most part I blame Verizon for any inconvenience with the D3. Motorola is a great company imo. If my phone isn't from Moto, its from HTC which has superb build quality btw.

I imagine the Nexus is going to cost around 600 to 700 full retail (which is what ill have to pay, being on a prepaid line lol). My plan is to sell off the D3 about 2 weeks before the Prime is released for 300-350 (half of retail) and in excellent condition lol. That's why I have a screen protector on.

The remainder $300 is what im saving up for already.

Divide by zero, I dare you...
[Motorola Droid 3] kshen1:
So apparently there is a chance of us getting an sbf tomorrow...that's all I heard, don't know how, who, what. Don't quote me on this :P
[Motorola Droid 3] btonetbone:
You've just been quoted. :)

Seriously, that would be a huge game changer for this phone! I hope it happens.
[Motorola Droid 3] cellzealot:
News travels fast...we'll see...seems to be some rustling behind the curtains ;)
[Motorola Droid 3] sparkyman216:
That would me amazing.