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[Motorola Droid Bionic] K.AuthoR:
It's like reading Droid-Life or Engadget on the weekends. Not a lot goes on the inside of the tech world on weekends. :p
[Motorola Droid Bionic] phydo:
What servers for 999? I had only found 2 qa servers with it
[Motorola Droid Bionic] mistawolfe:
They were both on the QA server...
[Motorola Droid Bionic] rlewis312010:
Seems this is dead now. The "Bounty for bootloader unlock" thread as well as others seems to have died. This one seems like it is about dead also. I think people are giving up and looking to the RAZR and other phones coming out. Hoping for some popping fast Samsung phone that is unlocked out of the box. I have had the bionic but this is the LAST Moto phone I ever buy. IF THEY STAY LOCKED. My wife had the D1, I had an Eris and then an X. 2nd int helped BUT murdered battery life. In fact, I may sell my Bionic and get out of it soon. I held out for over a year with my X.

Anyone remember the Droid X March "April fools" joke about the keys being found? It is good, but I only imagine what this phone COULD DO if we could use it to it's potential. Did the Photon ever get 4G working? I heard it was unlocked but lost the 4G capability. "Here you go, unlocked, BUT you have it locked with 4G or magically unlocked while losing 4G." Occupy Moto and other idiot companies anyone??? Lol.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] phydo:
Who are you to name something as dead? We just found another update last week. Thanks for your condemnation though.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] idefiler6:
Is it dead? I think you jump to conclusions too easily.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] rlewis312010:
Not condemning you or others working on this phydo. Disappointed in people who charge $600 for devices that they don't give you the keys to. Do we lease our phones? I wish you the best, but I am not holding out hope. Especially when it seems Moto is toying with you guys. People don't leave holes like that in servers. NOT INTENTIONALLY. Whether somebody leaks the right file/keys or they "Accidentally left it on the server for us to find and use" they are still just keeping interest. Moto lets phones that are on crappy networks or phones that are "Outdated" be unlocked; meaningless. Except somebody might get the phone that can be unlocked (makes them more money and keeps some interest in the old phones). I hope it is unlocked, while it still matters and is useful.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] mistawolfe:
It's alive and well...
[Motorola Droid Bionic] rlewis312010:
I hope so phydo and mistawolfe. I support you guys, and want to see you guys succeed.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] mistawolfe:
Phydo,

Did you see p3's post today about keeping root through an upgrade?

I want to try this and accept the 999, if it works.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] ddggttff3:
https://supportforums.motorola.com/thread/57394?start=30&tstart=0

I would post here to share opinions to motorola... only way they can make things change...
[Motorola Droid Bionic] necroscopev:
Got a link you could share? I want to read up on this.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] necroscopev:
NM found it!
[Motorola Droid Bionic] yutzyscott:
In my opinion, and my opinion is all im stating, our bionics will be unlocked around november 11th. It will be motorolas way to keep us away from the galaxy nexus and using our bionics. Keep in mind that googles deal to buy Motorola has not been finalized to the point of them having the keys to the main office just yet. So Motorola will still try to remain competitive even against the google branded galaxy nexus release from samsung.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] mistawolfe:
To be honest, I doubt they even care about the Bionic anymore. They announced it what, like a year ago? They went through how much trouble to get it out?

They are done with it man. If not today, tomorrow when their next baby is released. Then that one will be forgotten when the next one is released, etc...
[Motorola Droid Bionic] HaYNigloo:
Something funny happened, and I'd like anyone to confirm if it happened to them... I installed [R3]Blurred v1.8, and was messing with a few things. When suddenly I get the 892 update, only thing is, its 15mb. I did p3's root maintainer, and was wondering I'd its safe to d/l. Anyone please confirm...

From my BIONIC COMMANDO using XDA App
[Motorola Droid Bionic] phydo:
Well I'd dl it and compare it to the previous first
[Motorola Droid Bionic] phydo:
Big find :) http://db.tt/wVSh50J2

That's a .892-.893 update.

.892 was originally pushed to testers, so that version isn't off upgrade path. Hopefully testers will get 893 update pushed now. Small stuff but good. Not sure if this was actually what haynigloo found...
[Motorola Droid Bionic] open1your1eyes0:
Has anyone been able to flash any of the 891/892/893 update and then successfully FXZ via RSDLite back to stock? I'm interested in trying something.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] phydo:
You're most likely looking for a brick there. You can't usually go back to a previous version. Extremely bad idea, do this at your own risk. If you do perform it, let us know what happened though :)
[Motorola Droid Bionic] open1your1eyes0:
Well I'll be honest I'm not looking to risk bricking my device just for the little experiment. :p

Just curious, what exactly prevents the downgrade? When you FXZ flash it, isn't the phone just completely rewritten?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] phydo:
The bootloader and radio can't be flashed over with a previous version so long as the bootloader is locked
[Motorola Droid Bionic] open1your1eyes0:
Oh that is interesting. Has anyone figured out what exactly prevents that?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Sjflowerhorn:
Has anyone attempted to update to .891-.893 after applying this "forever root"?

Because im feeling froggy.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] phydo:
Don't do it yet. Wait a couple days for news on whether the official testers get pushed 893. Looks like they might.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Sjflowerhorn:
Its in staging via cheesecake im assuming its almost ready
[Motorola Droid Bionic] phydo:
Oh wait you said 891-893 update? Someone found one? Post the update if you've got it.and it should be safe
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Sjflowerhorn:
Not from 891 to 893, I was speaking in reference of 886 to any of the updates without typing it sorry to have confused you.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] open1your1eyes0:
5.5.893 Update: Download Here
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Sjflowerhorn:
I have the update im just wondering if anyone has updated to it and used the "forever root" hack and if so results. . Still rooted? etc.

I just don't want to jump on another leak like with the eris which is unrootable for 4-6 months i foeget how long but it was wack.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] open1your1eyes0:
P3Droid seemed pretty confident about the method that you will maintain root through any update on a Motorola device. I would try it myself but I cannot risk my device, root is critical to my daily use.

I'm really hoping someone else who doesn't need root as much is willing to give us a test. Many thanks awaiting.

FYI the method is very simple (as per P3Droid):
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Sjflowerhorn:
Ive applied it and now ive downloaded the. 893 update from cheesecakes update method via staging. I guess here goes nothing guys wiah me luck ill report back as soon as i can. X|
[Motorola Droid Bionic] dadsterflip:
Good luck.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] open1your1eyes0:
Best of luck. Really hoping this works!
[Motorola Droid Bionic] phydo:
Before you do that, install the. Cheesecake app and check staging. See if an update shows up under staging1. Make sure you do this under 891. If you find one let me know
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Sjflowerhorn:
I just updated from 886 to 893 with success if retaining root via the forever root method

IT WORKS!
[Motorola Droid Bionic] open1your1eyes0:
This is excellent news!! :) Can you detail exactly each step you took to get it working? I may try this shortly.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] phydo:
Were You on 891?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] dadsterflip:
Awesome. When you added the script. Did you put it right under the last letters or did you leave a space in between?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Sjflowerhorn:
886 and Space between.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] HaYNigloo:
Can I update from [R3]Blurred v1.8 firmware 892? I should be able to using 4eveRoot, right?

From my BIONIC COMMANDO using XDA app
[Motorola Droid Bionic] phydo:
You need all the bloat apps installed or else it'll fail
[Motorola Droid Bionic] draco259:
Droidth3roy just tweeted that the update will be in 2.0
[Motorola Droid Bionic] phydo:
He can't include the radio though
[Motorola Droid Bionic] open1your1eyes0:
Any chance you can upload the 893 update? Apparently, mine was called 893 but was actually 892. :/

Also did you flash this via ClockwordMod or stock recovery?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Sjflowerhorn:
I used cheesecake to use the stock moto updater to download the file. It was under staging. I have a file labled 892-893 and one labled 891 so presumably i have them all with your link but i think that doing the cheesecake ota style way is best.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] HaYNigloo:
So I take it most of you are running a stock, rooted Bionic(wheres the fun in that!?).

From my BIONIC COMMANDO using XDA app
[Motorola Droid Bionic] indybong:
Can we just flash the 'Stock deodexed' zip that is available? Would that be sufficient to update? Or is the FXZ the only true way to get all the bloat back. I lost my back up of the files i removed via Root Explorer to a bad sd card. I'm running just a debloated, deodexd version of what came on the phone.

Thanks in advance
[Motorola Droid Bionic] idefiler6:
No, but it took 5 minutes to get back there.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] open1your1eyes0:
I am very happy to tell everyone that I am the second person to confirm that P3Droid's "forever root" method works perfectly and I am currently on 5.5.893 update with full root access. In fact, even the free tethering hack still works. :D
[Motorola Droid Bionic] idefiler6:
And I am very sad to tell you that you are third. =)
[Motorola Droid Bionic] phydo:
I probably bump you all back since I've been using it before it was released ;)?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] droidxjay:
Maybe I missed it but just incase it wasn't posted in detail, I just downloaded the .893 update from server Staging and I selected the first server listed under that.

Got lucky it was on my first one that I checked. Downloading right now and will be moving up to a rooted .893 later tonight. Im back to running stock rooted anyway as I just never seem to get along with ROMs that well, but Theory's rom and my Bionic made sweet music together for well over 3 weeks :)
[Motorola Droid Bionic] open1your1eyes0:
I could care less what number, I'm just happy this worked. :D

I wonder if we'll see any bug fixes, better battery life, or better reception. Can't really tell too much so far but I feel like the device is a little snappier now and might actually have better reception.

The obvious unwelcome change that we all know is it breaks root but thank god for P3Droid's method. :)

Anyone know if a factory reset (from the device menu) will keep Superuser (and root)? It used to on my Thunderbolt but I want to confirm for the Bionic as well before doing anything further.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Sjflowerhorn:
Praise be to p3droid!
[Motorola Droid Bionic] HaYNigloo:
Can I install all updates our is that not advised. All updates being 891, 892, 893, 999...

From my BIONIC COMMANDO using XDA app
[Motorola Droid Bionic] zachdroid:
I believe 999 is a rollback.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] lemonoid:
do you mean before our after 893 update? When i soft bricked for the fifth or so time a couple Weeks ago, it removed root. I FXZd and my phone was doing exactly as it had before so i factory reset and it was completely as it came out of box. idk if i helped you at all

Or
[Motorola Droid Bionic] open1your1eyes0:
So wait a second...these updates are reversible??? :confused:

Anyone else have proof that you can successfully FXZ back after this update?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] cellzealot:
No they are NOT reversible. The updates contain an mbmloader upgrade and cannot be reverted to the stock release build once you have installed any of the updates.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] phydo:
I do have a .892 - .893 upgrade tho so 892 can be upgraded
[Motorola Droid Bionic] phydo:
Is anyone out there on .891? I need someone and its a little important. Don't install it if you haven't already tho
[Motorola Droid Bionic] DroidTh3ory:
891 or 893? If it is 893... Hit me. :)
[Motorola Droid Bionic] open1your1eyes0:
Oh my mistake I misread his post.

Here's another idea. Is it possible to revert to older ROM working on the updated mbmloader? In example, clockworkmod wipe/factory and restore older backup on the stock ROM.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] papi92:
Anyone looking into finding an xml file for 893 I updated
[Motorola Droid Bionic] zachdroid:
Its an ongoing search for any complete xml for this phone. Could save a lot of peoples asses.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Nismo6921:
i want to roll back to .999 but im stuck on a botched install...see i updated to .893 and then did a one click restore to .886 so its saying im on .886 when I know im not, anyways all i wanna know is can I push .999 to my phone and somehow install it without root? please respond.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] phydo:
Um at this point I don't know. So you fxzd to, 886 but the loader and radio prob didn't change. You can try I suppose but I'm not sure how risky it is
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Nismo6921:
Okay but how would I do that?

I do not have root on my phone nor do I have a custom recovery.

So lets just pretend I'm completely stock, how would I apply the .999 update as if I had downloaded it from the server?

Could I rename the file to "update.zip" and just hope that the phone picks it up on it's own.

I tried numerous times to achieve root on my phone after what I did and each time it fails.

Guys I'm desperate here, I need a solution or I am gonna have to cry to Verizon to get me another phone. (Not something I am looking forward to.) :(
[Motorola Droid Bionic] mistawolfe:
With all due respect man, I think you need to quit "playing" with your phone. You have about 7 posts in the last two days of one brick or another in every single forum. I think you're in territory you can't handle.

In addition, you are bringing a bricked phone back to Verizon? Thanks for making everyone else pay for your mistakes. Failed attempts that result in bricks (then replaced by warranty/insurance) might have something to do with Verizon wanting to keep bootloaders locked.

Don't take this as me being a jerk, I'm just trying to give you some advice. You don't seem to have the skill set to jump in as deep as you want. Quit while you're ahead...
[Motorola Droid Bionic] xkape:
its how we learn man.. i admire his persistence.. most would brick, get it back and quit..this dude trudges on.. determined to get it.. i like it.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] darkrom:
Having Verizon replace the phone you bricked when messing around without a clue what you are doing is fraud.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] RoboJoe:
Is it really? From what I understand, the insurance covers anything. Way back when I first got the insurance, the guy said if I got pissed because the Red Sox lost and whipped my phone at a wall, I could bring in the pieces and they'd replace it. So, I don't understand all the hand-wringing about turning in a phone that is software bricked. That's the point of phone insurance, right?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] GulMiguel:
I had no idea that this was how the process works. I'm totally impressed and totally in love (in a non-homo sort of way). Thank you because it is always nice to receive a piece of knowledge that helps you think along new lines. Now that I understand, I have a little less fear. I also have an insatiable desire to search for new goodies so this could be a lot of fun. Wish I had an extra phone (Bionic) to use for just testing and developing, but if I got one, my wife would literally place me in my dog's doghouse. Too cold for that right now - wouldn't even get 4G in there.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] phydo:
Of course dude. That's why I made this post, to help. Ill admit I kind of dumbed it down by making the app, but it was a lot of work without it. Now you can scan them in like fifteen minutes instead of 5 hours.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] r0ckstar323:
Since it's soft bricked get mad and whip it at wall.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] mistawolfe:
Since it's soft bricked, fix it :)
[Motorola Droid Bionic] idefiler6:
Love this.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] phydo:
At this point I think its impossible to hard brick a bionic
[Motorola Droid Bionic] moosc:
can we save the 893 file if we dl to our phone but not install it? where is it on the sd card?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] mistawolfe:
Yes. /cache.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] DroidTh3ory:
http://rootzwiki.com/showthread.php...-ROOT-after-893-OTA-OOPS)&p=189877#post189877

For those who got buckwild and lost root with the Cheesecake 893 OTA
[Motorola Droid Bionic] dch921:
Can some pm me a link to the 893 update. Forgot to grab it off my phone before I installed it.

Thanks
[Motorola Droid Bionic] phydo:
http://db.tt/Zt22RKQO

893
[Motorola Droid Bionic] ProCompSolutions:
Ok since the OTA servers were not working for me and you gave us this. Stupid question but what now because i am loooost lol
[Motorola Droid Bionic] crpeck:
Can I just drop this onto my /sd-ext somewhere and reboot to get the update to 893?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] phydo:
Sd-ext root, name update.zip. boot into power + vol up (or down I forget) when you get to the droid with exclamation, push I think volume up + volume down at same time and it will load it. Warning you can't fxz after this and you should do forever root by p3 before. Also don't do anything stupid because since you can't fxz you can't fix some stuff easily (or at all sometimes)
[Motorola Droid Bionic] chetqwerty:
already applied the forever root, piece of cake thanks, is it safe to do 893 if im deodexed with a 1% battery mod? thanks
[Motorola Droid Bionic] phydo:
It probably won't apply without Odex files at the very least
[Motorola Droid Bionic] cellzealot:
You have to be completely stock and odexed and all bloat installed and all webtop modifications completely removed and stock files in place, or the update.zip will fail.

I had to use moto-fastboot to restore my webtop partition before I was able to run the update successfully.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] phydo:
Yeah I fxd'd to update.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] mistawolfe:
One-click here. That thing needs to be stickied. Absolutely wonderful.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] bgs_piece:
If we have the 893 zip file renamed to update.zip, can it be installed via clockwork recovery or does it have to be stock recovery?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] chetqwerty:
ok thanks got back to stock from deodexed and installed 893 via update.zip from sd card, went smooth. anybody try kejars deodex on top of 893? love the 1% battery mod

BGS i used stock yeah much more of a pain than clockwork but i wanted to be safe
[Motorola Droid Bionic] HaYNigloo:
Its this P3's 4eveRoot method? Is this update the same method as manually imputing it in the /sytem/bin/mount-ext?

From my BIONIC COMMANDO using XDA app
[Motorola Droid Bionic] RoboJoe:
It was never soft bricked, and I have root back.

Swyped from my Droid Bionic, unless I was in landscape, in which case I Swiftkeyed the hell out of it.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] G8orDroid:
Wouldn't a CWM restore to a stock backup work as well?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] phydo:
The issue is your apps are a newer version than his rom. If you flash it, they'll revert
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Baked-Potato:
+1,000,000

Its saved my ass many times already. And its so quick and easy.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] ups2525:
I'm updated...

I did what I usually do and spent the last 3 hours reading every line of every comment both good and bad before I felt comfortable enough to attempt the forever root and Cheesecake app to get the .893 update and I can say I'm updated and still have root access!

Now I have to share the fact that I was continually watching my data drop in and out, go from 4g to 3g to no data at all (for 3 hours), and the first time the device booted with the new update it immediately showed 4 bars on 4g and has stayed at just that for the last hour or so while I continued reading further. Now thats why I did this...if the devs are talking about it I figured it has to be worth it and so far I'M GLAD I DID IT! :D

I'll get back with ya guys and share more details once I have had more time to gather info...
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Baked-Potato:
Is anyone still scanning the servers in hopes to find something valuable to help unlock the bootloader?? I've been trying, but ever since I updated to .893, I only get WiFi errors or a message saying my device is already up to date.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] zachdroid:
For sure. As soon as the new update drops it'll be time to dig for some Ics goodness.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] phydo:
When ics comes out I'm dropping this device for a nexus. I'm tired of these bootloader issues.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Jhiciano:
Still remains to be seen if the Galaxy Nexsus is going to be locked on Verizon .
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Rockwell22:
Yup same here :-)
[Motorola Droid Bionic] phydo:
That might happen but I don't think Verizon really has a say in it.

Its a developer phone officially sanctioned by Google. Vzw knew what it was before they asked for it
[Motorola Droid Bionic] r0ckstar323:
True but Verizon doesn't have to subsidize it.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] smalltownbird:
Being a Google and Samsung phone it should be pretty easy to unlock if Verizon decides to lock it.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] bigeddthemonk:
I hate to be the bearer of bad news but Verizon will have the razor bootloader locked. Here's the link ( http://goo.gl/HEo37 )
[Motorola Droid Bionic] cellzealot:
The Galaxy Nexus is having problems that are entirely separate from its unlocked bootloader status...and who said VZW asked for it anyway? ;)

Isn't this a Motorola Bionic forum? :D
[Motorola Droid Bionic] bigeddthemonk:
Sry, its just I've been really intreasted(envious) in the razr because its, beside the unremovable battery, better than the bionic. Anyway, is that. 999 still showing up in the cheesecake, because I can't seem to find anything(currently running. 893
[Motorola Droid Bionic] slvrarrow:
Can this sort of thing be done for the Droid 3?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Baked-Potato:
Ever since I updated to .893 I haven't been successful at finding anything via cheesecake either. Its all WiFi errors and pop ups saying im already up to date. /:
[Motorola Droid Bionic] mistawolfe:
To be honest, I'm not bent out of shape with locked bootloaders. A lot of people dont even know what it means, they just join the chorus. This phone flies and I see no need to overclock. Give me rooted Ice Cream and I'm happy.

Moto for life here...
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Rockwell22:
My samsung charge was way faster than this phone. Don't get me wrong the bionic is a great phone and has great support the devs are doing a great job. But in the future I will only purchase samsung phones. Just my personal preference.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] RoboJoe:
To be honest, it's not about overclocking at all, for me. I hate that if I soft brick my phone, I need a computer to fix it, instead of just booting into cwr and restoring from the nandroid backup I always make.

Unlocked bootloader fixes that.

Swyped from my Droid Bionic, unless I was in landscape, in which case I Swiftkeyed the hell out of it.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] das7771:
I would like the ability to overclock myself. One reason is because webtob is very laggy and I think it would run smoother with a frequency bump. I would also like to overclock for the hell of it as well. Even though the phone is fast, why not make it faster. As the previous poster stated it would also be nice to have a full CWR with out needing to bootstrap or to use a comp to restore your device when things go wrong. Besides that this phone is awesome and the fact that we will be getting ICS makes me think I will just keep this one for a while.