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[Motorola Droid 3] LaZiODROID:
Not really much different. Ill charge it overnight, unplug it at 8am, go to work (remembering to turn wifi off of course) and with minimal usage it will be at 70% by 530pm when i get home (this could be 79% or 71%, it doesnt seem to go in 1% increments). Moderate usage it would be 60%. Heavy 40 or 50.

When i get home though, i turn wifi back on and it stays on. So by the time i go back to bed im at like 20% or 10%
[Motorola Droid 3] mvp3:
uploaded root tools
[Motorola Droid 3] eezdva:
This means we can install the 2.3.5 and root it?? Also on the XT860???
[Motorola Droid 3] The Solutor:
Looks like it's working on 2.3.5 too

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1319653
[Motorola Droid 3] Endoroid:
So 2.3.5 is confirmed rootable now? Does CWM work? Are there any advantages to running the ME863 ROM as opposed to the stock XT860?

Sent from my rooted xt860
[Motorola Droid 3] LaZiODROID:
Im going to try on my xt860 (me863 stock rom) later tonight. Ill let ya know.
[Motorola Droid 3] Endoroid:
Is cell standby still the biggest user of battery life?

Sent from my rooted xt860
[Motorola Droid 3] btn21:
With root, people who had to flash the ME863 should now be able to go back to the original XT860 ROM (assuming they did a nandroid backup first).

Did anyone try to install hashcode's recovery after rooting their ME863 ROM?
[Motorola Droid 3] leobg:
Has anyone attempted this yet? Sounds like possible SBF workaround for Bell XT860
[Motorola Droid 3] dvet:
Well, I did root, but I did not do nandroid backup first... having lived on WindowsMobile for last 5+ years I did not expect something like that to be necessary... could please somebody post full backup for us unfortunate ones who did not do so?

This and nandroid backup - there might be other android beginners such as myself -closest I googled searching how to be safe was this ... could somebody post something more (guide-ish), related to D3 XT860 exactly?
[Motorola Droid 3] Endoroid:
guide to what exactly? installing the CW recovery, or restoring a nandroid?

i'm not quite sure what you are asking, if you can clarify myself or someone else can give you more detailed instructions

you may find ppl hesitant to post nandroids, as i understand they can contain personal info.
[Motorola Droid 3] The Solutor:
Personal info are in the data and cache partitions, no need to post them.
[Motorola Droid 3] dvet:
both. On WinMo, this all was quite simple - and maybe it is on Android too, but I just do not know, so let me explain in WnMo terms:

1. Worst case scenario: My phone goes totally wrong (bad ROM, bad moves on my side, whatever...), so I connect it to the PC, run an app (paid) to restore it to the factory state to start all over again. How do I do this on Android?

2. Bad case scenario: My phone goes wrong, but not totally, so it does not seem feasible to execute (1) option, so I just would like to go couple of steps back...I thought Titanium Backup should do this, but it failed me.

3. Flashing bits and pieces scenario: I want to try different radio, different this or that... how t do so and how to go back?

... on WinMo, all of this just seemed to be much simpler to achieve, I do not remember myself asking this kind of questions, I have just read a readme (if any) and that was it.

That is why I thanked you for - I did not know that and now I understand. OTOH - as sb. on the link I mentioned above says he makes a backup first thing, there cannot be that much information...

...and as we are on development forum, it seems logical to me to have some sticky at the very beginning to allow people to go back despite of what did they just try.
[Motorola Droid 3] LaZiODROID:
Rooting using DooMLoRD_v1_ROOT-zergRush-busybox-su.zip was successful on my XT860 (that is running the stock ME863 ROM) - I am now rooted!

Next up is to try to get bootstrap in so I can restore my nandroid... I will update...
[Motorola Droid 3] beard0:
1)installing cw recovery

Either pay for the droid 3 bootstrap app in the market or source for the tweaked version hashcode made in the d3 dev section. Instal and run the app. Give it superuser access. Hit bootstrap recovery and give it time. When it says successful on the bottom you just installed cwrecovery.

2)making a nandroid backup

Either hit the reboot recovery button in the bootstrapper app you installed or if you installed hashcode's tweaked app you can power down your device and hold down the volume + and - buttons as you hold down the power button, then use the volume - button to navigate to 'bp tools' then the volume + button to select it. Either way you do it you are now in cw recovery. Navigate down to backup/restore using the volume buttons and select it using the power button. Now navigate to backup and select it then go down to select that you actually wanted to backup and now wait..you are now doing a nandroid. When it's done you can go back to the first screen and reboot or you can flash a new rom.

3)restoring a backup

Now go to cw recovery any way you wish. Navigate to backup/restore. Navigate to restore. Choose which nandroid you wish to restore (it names them by date and time..you may wanna rename each backup so you can tell the dif easier) select the nandroid then go down and select that you do wanna restore and wait..when its done you have just restored your nandroid

/Droid3
[Motorola Droid 3] LaZiODROID:
Remember though, the xt860 and ME863 dont have any custom ROMS available yet ( i think ) so having the recovery bootstrap is nice, but.... dont be tempted to flash any droid3 (verizon) roms. Thats how i got myself into ME863 situation.
[Motorola Droid 3] Endoroid:
I don't see if you posted which model you have. This matters, as if you have the XT862, you have a full recovery, if you have XT860 then you don't.

For you worst case scenario, if you have the XT862 check out this

http://rootzwiki.com/topic/4370-sbf-droid-3-fastboot-files-55959-and-56890/

this is for if totally bork your phone.

For number 2, if you're booting looping but can still get into the boot menu(holding M+power button) you can use CW recovery. This is the nandroid previously mentioned. Check out Droid 3 bootstrapper

http://hash-of-codes.blogspot.com/p/android-downloads.html

The safestrap is for flashing custom ROM's, if you have the XT860 you can't use it. Use's koush's bootstrap. These use a hijack to bring you to clockworkmod, which allows you to backup/restore, assuming you haven't borked your phone so bad you can't reach this state. You have to have installed and made a backup before you get to this point.

To go back to your number 1, if you have the XT860 we don't have a sbf yet, however if you are at the point you need one, you can flash the ME863, as described in this thread.
[Motorola Droid 3] LaZiODROID:
Update.... after rooting ME863 i installed Droid3CWBootstrap.apk

Ran it, did the first step, ("Bootstrap Recovery"), allowed it at the SuperUser prompt, and it said Success!

Then did the 2nd step ("Reboot Recovery") ... it rebooted but was stuck on Motorola logo.

It was a nice try... any suggestions! Id like to undo what it did if possible, so that my phone is clean for the next attempt.
[Motorola Droid 3] Endoroid:
Hey LaZIODROID, is cell standby and phone idle still the biggest users of battery life on the ME863 ROM
[Motorola Droid 3] Endoroid:
Were you able to battery pull and do a regular boot? If so did you try using power+M > BP tools. If I not mistaken they use a different method to initiate the hijack. Which version are you using, the tweaked or the original? Might also be worth trying the safestrap(can't remember if nandroid are compatible between safestrap/bootstrap). If we can figure out a workaround to our lack of sbf it would make all us xt860 owners a little happier, could also lead to some custom ROMs. Be a little safer to experiment.

Or is there anyway to restore a nandroid using adb?

Sent from my rooted xt860
[Motorola Droid 3] LaZiODROID:
Endoroid: Yup.
[Motorola Droid 3] Endoroid:
is that 10 and a half hours and only half battery?!

i'm at 3 hours

34%voice call

31%cell standby

27%phone idle

5%display

2%android sys

with half battery left
[Motorola Droid 3] LaZiODROID:
Yeah a battery pull reboot worked fine. Also powered up with M+POWER, went down to BP Tools to launch it, same result (frozen on Motorola logo).

The Droid3CWBootstrap I used (which worked on my XT860 when it was normal) came from http://hash-of-codes.blogspot.com/2011/09/stock-cm-bootstrap-for-droid-3.html

Any idea how to undo what it did? (I don't imagine an uninstall will do that...)

re: Battery... I dunno, I've been playing with it on and off since 11 a.m.
[Motorola Droid 3] Endoroid:
There's another version that koush tweaked to fix some issues the bootstrap was having available here

http://hash-of-codes.blogspot.com/p/android-downloads.html?m=1

As for removing it, not really sure how to do that.

If you feel like giving the tweaked bootstrap a whirl, make sure to uninstall your current bootstrap

Sent from my rooted xt860
[Motorola Droid 3] LaZiODROID:
I uninstalled the Droid3CWBootstrap and powered off phone.

Started up with M+POWER, tried BP Tools (to see if uninstalling the app un-did the Droid3CWBootstrap), but it froze at Motorola logo again.

Pulled battery, started up phone normally, and it was on the Motorola logo for some time... but eventually phone started up like normal (it didn't display the boot animation - interesting)...

Anyway, back on my phone, I then attempted to install the Droid3SafeStrap you mentioned above, and it said "Application Not Installed".

Good look though.. thanks for mentioning that
[Motorola Droid 3] erismaster:
I believe you would need to delete the logwrapper that the 2nd init hijack changes with a fresh untouched logwrapper.
[Motorola Droid 3] LaZiODROID:
Thanks erismaster. Not sure if I'll do that, as I'm not sure what's involved (or where to get an untouched logwrapper)
[Motorola Droid 3] Endoroid:
Start a new thread I'm sure there must be someone who is on the me863 rom who would be willing to share. I wonder if there's a way to make it work on the me863.

Sent from my rooted xt860
[Motorola Droid 3] LaZiODROID:
I'd consider that if anyone here feels that it is causing the failure of the new safestrap's installation.

Or - i can just re-flash the ME863 sbf, re-root it, then try the safestrap install again.

Decisions....
[Motorola Droid 3] Endoroid:
Some poking around on hashcodes blog found a comment that the bootstrap isn't working on xt883 either. Same issue of being stuck at the boot logo.

Hopefully hashcode will take a look at the issue.

Sent from my rooted xt860
[Motorola Droid 3] emprize:
What would be the worst consequence if bootstrap at me863?
[Motorola Droid 3] The Solutor:
On Xt883 safestrape works, its bootstrap that doesn't.

BTW although working it fails to do nandroid backups, other functions are working.
[Motorola Droid 3] LaZiODROID:
2 things I noticed after installing Droid3CWBootstrap.apk (and trying to use it) on my XT860 (running the Chinese ME863 ROM):

-"adb devices" would always show my device, but list it as "offline"

-Turning off the phone, and then turning it back on (like normal) would always cause a freeze on the Motorola (dual-core) logo. Pulling the battery and turning it back on like normal would start it up fine.

Moving forward, I flashed the Chinese ME863 sbf/xml. After the phone restarted, I noticed my wallpaper and app shortcuts / widgets were intact (strange), so I did a factory wipe, and then re-flashed the Chinese ME863 sbf/xml again (as well as google apps of course).

I then rooted it using DooMLoRD_v1_ROOT-zergRush-busybox-su.zip (THANK YOU to all who created that), and attempted to install Droid3Safestrap.apk. Got the same messge "Application Not Installed".

So I'm back to normal, it seems. With root. Things can be better, but things right now are pretty good...
[Motorola Droid 3] mvp3:
look forward to SafeStrap 1.0 :D
[Motorola Droid 3] LaZiODROID:
Tried 1.0 out today.

My findings are on page 6 of the thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1315982&page=6
[Motorola Droid 3] mvp3:
It seems still did't support me863.....
[Motorola Droid 3] Willis111:
I don't think the issue is the partition sizes, Hashcode posted partition sizes for the verizon model for userdata and preinstall and my rooted xt860 has the same partition sizes (still running the bell software). Unfortunate but hopefully I'm wrong.
[Motorola Droid 3] Hashcode:
Yeah the XT860/883 support is really a tough nut to crack. Definately send me the /init*.rc files and I'll take another look at it.

And I apologize, as I didn't re-read all of the other pages, but what was the status of Koush's Bootstrap?

- Works for Backup/Recovery: yes/no

In the next release I'm probably going to make the CM7 build "Droid3Bootstrap" compatible.. not sure if that will help. It will be the first AOSP ROM to be used with Koush's Bootstrap on the D3, so it might be messy :/
[Motorola Droid 3] Willis111:
Koush' works for backups/restores. Here are all the init*rc files located in / on my device. Again, lemme know if you need anything else. The zip contains init.goldfish.rc, init.mapphone_cdma.rc init.mapphone_umts.rc and of course init.rc. We all really appreciate you looking into this for us.
[Motorola Droid 3] Hashcode:
Got the files and I'll take a look here in a bit.

A side note: As of the next build, CM7 should work w/ Koush's Bootstrap. I'm going to borrow a very daring tester once I'm done with the GSM / Camera fixes.

This should enable more international phones to use CM7 where Safestrap is currently not compatible.
[Motorola Droid 3] LaZiODROID:
Sweet. If u need an XT860 user on the ME863 rom to try any experiments, I volunteer. Unfortunately i couldnt get any bootstrap to work on this rom though.

Thanks hash!
[Motorola Droid 3] TBBle:
Just a note for this thread, I got my ME863 yesterday (Hong Kong edition) and it comes with 60.1.103.ME863.Retail.en.05 (build SLNCU-60.1.103), while the rom posted here is "ME863_SOLANAUMTS_SLNCU-60.1.101_Fastboot-CFC-service.xml.zip" according to the download page.

It's also 2.3.5 with Baseband u_13.2c.0Es and kernel 2.6.35.7-g806ecf3 (e6178c@zch68lnxdroid61 #1)

I don't know if there's anything I can offer to help, but I'm happy to post whatever files might be interesting from my phone. It's stock except I rooted it with DooMLoRD_v1_ROOT-zergRush-busybox-su.zip from another thread here.

I tried Safestrap 1.04 without much success (booted into recovery, but it's unable to mount /system) and am going to try ROM Manager v4.8.02 (CWM 5.0.2.6 for Droid 3) now.

Edit: It claims to be installed, but the "reboot into recovery" just appears to be booting normally. Ah well. No nandroid for me then.

Edit again: OK, so I think I needed Bootstrap as well? That left me looking at the M logo until I did a battery pull.

Am I going about this right? Install Rom Manager, flash CWM Recovery. Install Droid3Bootstrap.apk, Bootstrap Recovery, Reboot Recovery. Should I be using Droid3CWBootstrap.apk instead? I'm going to try that next.

Also, things keep mentioning "removing other bootstraps" but other than Safestrap, none of these appear to have that button. >_<
[Motorola Droid 3] emprize:
Please make it support me863~
[Motorola Droid 3] Willis111:
He's working hard on it, read through the last few pages of the bootstrap thread.

If you need anything else lemme know hashcode. When you need that daring tester I can jump on arc if you want someone with a stock xt860, I have been thinking flashing to me863 is the only way I'm going to get a software update on my phone before q2 2012 anyways lol. Again, we all appreciate your hard work.
[Motorola Droid 3] Willis111:
Does koush' backup/restore work on xt860 with a rooted me863 rom? Anyone know/tried or are all the backups you guys have available made w/hashcodes? Or any working(just need backup/restore) recovery on the me863?
[Motorola Droid 3] LaZiODROID:
While on the ME863 rom, i first tried Droid3CWBootstrap.apk, and it did not work (is that koush's? Im. Not sure)

Then I re-SBF'd back to ME863 again to hopefully ensure a clean environment to try SafeSttrap 1.0, which doesnt work after hitting menu at the splash screeen (just does a bootloop).

Those 2 are all i've tried. Im willing to try others, just name them specifically so i know im working with the right ones.
[Motorola Droid 3] Endoroid:
I believe safestrap is at 1.06 now. There is also 2 versions of bootstrap. The "stock" and the tweaked. From what I've read if you want to try each one you need to rm some file "logwrapper.bin" or somesuch. Look around and you can.probably find the thread

Beamed by invisible waves from my rooted xt860
[Motorola Droid 3] TBBle:
I posted a modified recovery binary (not image. Do not flash it.) for safestrap 1.06 on ME863 at http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=19683372&postcount=249 if you want to try it. The brief instructions are there, but summary usage is something like:

Install Safestrap 1.06 and be able to boot into it.

Remount /system read-write

Get a copy of /etc/safestrap/2nd-init.zip

Add supplied binary to 2nd-init.zip, replacing existing file

Replace /etc/safestrap/2nd-init.zip with the modified one

Remount /system read-only

Enjoy your new nandroid backup ability

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Don't do that, you'll soft-brick. The short answer is to replace logwrapper with logwrapper.bin. logwrapper.bin is the backup of the stock logwrapper and pretty darn important. ^_^

Install safestrap, install recovery then uninstall recovery, that'll have the same effect I believe. It leaves logwrapper.bin behind, but it's identical to logwrapper at that point so you're basically stock. After you've uninstalled all hijacks, _then_ you may remove logwrapper.bin, but there's no real need to as far as I know.
[Motorola Droid 3] LaZiODROID:
OK. I wiped and restored the ME863 sbf/xml to my XT860 (fresh!)

Then rooted, then downloaded SafeStrap 1.06 (from this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1315982), and installed.

Same result as I experienced with older versions. Safestrap splashscreen appears when I turn the phone on, and says to hit Menu to get into recovery. Hit menu, get motorola dual-core logo, then the safestrap splash screen again. Then I just wait the 10 seconds... black screen, and phone boots up like normal (no recovery, and no boot animation).

I will go look for Koush's beacuse I'd like to try that as well. Unless Koush's is the Droid3CWBootstrap.apk, as I've tried that one before (perhaps there's a newer version since I've tried it).

Thanks!
[Motorola Droid 3] TBBle:
Droid3CWBootstrap.apk is a version of Koush's bootstrap. So's Droid3Bootstrap.apk. One has been modified by Hashcode for (something?) on Droid 3, but I don't know which one. You can tell the difference because Hashcode's one has "Tweaked" on its screen when you run the app.

However, I never managed to get either of them working on my ME863, but your procedure worked for Safestrap (although I was on an older version, 1.04?)

Perhaps there's something in the 10.1.101 ME863 system that breaks Safestrap, that isn't in the 10.1.103 ME863 system? I've been meaning to compare the two and see what's actually changed.
[Motorola Droid 3] ricardo.damico:
I tried this but it didnt work, when it tells i have 10 seconds to press menu or else its gonna boot the system, i press and it restarts itself, and it goes on forever if i keep pressing menu- i'm having the same situation as the other guys, a xt860 with chinese ME863 without being able to enter safestrap or bootstrap.

Does anyone have a .sbf from vivo xt860 or any .sbf that we can flash with RSD lite?
[Motorola Droid 3] mvp3:
did you change file-permission to rw-r-r ?
[Motorola Droid 3] ricardo.damico:
if its chmod 755, i did, but i got the same results
[Motorola Droid 3] mvp3:
if you don't replace file,

just use original safestrap 1.06, did it work? can you see the recovery menu?
[Motorola Droid 3] ricardo.damico:
no, it does the same thing - ask me to press menu to go to recovery and reboots itself, then asks the same thing over and over - i tried Droid3Bootstrap.apk and Droid3CWBootstrap.apk too, but neither worked - i uninstalled them correctly, i guess
[Motorola Droid 3] ricardo.damico:
a little help someone? i just want to install Gapps - but since i cant use recovery, i dont know what to do - i'd appreciate some enlighment and sorry for being a noob.
[Motorola Droid 3] mvp3:
GMS for ME863 ?

It only use stock recovery to flash.
[Motorola Droid 3] LaZiODROID:
ricardo.damico:

If you freshly flashed the ME863 rom to your phone (using RSD Lite), your phone should have the stock recovery. There are 2 links to the GMS file (the file name is ME863_update_r7.zip), which is shown in the very first post of this thread. Before thee link, it indicates the key combination to hold when powering up your phone to access recovery.

So to install gapps for the ME863 ROM,

1) Put that file (ME863_update_r7.zip) on your SD Card (preferably in the root/main folder)

2) Power on your phone by holding the X key and the power button. You will see the exclamation mark with the little green android.

3) Now hit both VolUp and VolDown buttons together to see the menu.

4) Use the VolUp / Down buttons to navigate the menu - choose "apply update from sdcard" and hit the power button once to select it

5) Scroll down to the file (ME863_update_r7.zip) and hit the power button once to select it.

I hope this helps.
[Motorola Droid 3] ricardo.damico:
hey! it most certanly did - i did not know that i had to press volup/down together to see the menu, i thought i was stuck in the little green droid screen - im gonna try it as soon as i get home and tell you how it went, but im optimistic now - im most grateful, thanks!
[Motorola Droid 3] intfranknet:
I can't download ME863_update_r7.zip. Links are down, anybody have this file or another mirror for download? Thanks!
[Motorola Droid 3] LaZiODROID:
I had a copy of this saved on my phone... I have now uploaded it to depositfiles at

Http://depositfiles.com/files/e9d4uc5a9

Sent from my XT860
[Motorola Droid 3] intfranknet:
I'm trying to use this file on my XT883, but appears the next message:

E: Failed to verify whole-file signature

E: Signature verification failed

i'm doing something wrong?

Thanks!
[Motorola Droid 3] LaZiODROID:
Well the ME863 and the XT883 are different phones. That is probably why.

Sent from my XT860
[Motorola Droid 3] singh.r:
How to download from gokuai. I installed the desktop tool also even though it's in chinese. but don't know how to download?
[Motorola Droid 3] LaZiODROID:
I liked this ROM! I have uploaded the ME863 SBF/XML/Stock ROM to Depositfiles. (I have trouble using gokuai too). I uploaded the GAPPS also.

Filename is ME863_SOLANAUMTS_SLNCU-60.1.101_Fastboot-CFC-service.xml.zip (is this the latest one? I hope so... I downloaded it some time ago)

ROM: http://depositfiles.com/files/u29gf4ody

GAPPS: http://depositfiles.com/files/y189l17u2

MVP, can you please update the OP with these new mirrors?

Please click thanks if you found this useful!
[Motorola Droid 3] emprize:
can this flash from rsdlite? or how can i do that? when i flash this with rsdlite, i got a fail error

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can someone re upload the me863 rom? i cant download it from OP
[Motorola Droid 3] LaZiODROID:
When I first flashed this rom to my Bell XT860, it was via RSD Lite. Later on, the Mexican stock rom came out, which I wanted to try out... so I flashed THAT via RSD Lite. Once I flashed that rom, I could not flash back to the ME863 rom - ever. Maybe the ME863 rom is old and detected as such by the phone/RSD Lite?
[Motorola Droid 3] mvp3:
use Mexican stock rom's 1.boot.img 2.cdrom 3.cdt.bin 4.device_tree.bin 5.lbl 6.logo.bin mbm.bin replace ME863 ROM.

modify MD5 in XML file.

maybe delete below line.

<step operation="flash" partition="recovery" filename="recovery.img" MD5="36e63a35ef3ca8b8cd3f860400829b1e" />

try try

sorry my english not good.....