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[Motorola Droid Bionic] mistawolfe:
I think 5.5 was perfect minus the data issue. They tweak that, add a .6 and call it a day. Ready to roll out to the masses.

However, the camera did seem pretty damn quick, and the launcher was smooth as silk.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] bgs_piece:
So in order to receive the actual OTA, do I need to go back into cheesecake and change the server back to the stock one or should I just leave it as is?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] abuttino:
I'm restoring apps from a nandriod backup and calling it a day :)

Unfortunately, reblurred was sucking my battery to a death, so I guess I'll stick with stock.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] mistawolfe:
Sorry to hear that.

My battery life is amazing. This is by far the best this phone has ran for me.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] abuttino:
5.6.893 Stock? or ReBlurred?

I haven't had it running more than a few hours, no real life situations (work calls and data) till later today.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] abuttino:
Sure is, just got it and still rooted!

System Version 5.7.893

Same 05.15.02 Baseband Version

Build Number 5.5.1_84_DBN-62_MR-11
[Motorola Droid Bionic] quentin0:
That looks like 5.5.886, the stock radio...?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] mistawolfe:
Does webtop work on this 5.7?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] abuttino:
I wouldn't suggest going backwards in Radio Versions. You could very well hard-brick your phone.

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It says "Unknown Version" on the Webtop. Why, Hasn't it been working in 6.893?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Calla969:
I downloaded it, but I installed the 5.6.893 since it is confirmed to be functioning. I know the file is called 5.5.893, but so is the 5.6.893. I'm not sure what radio is in it or how to find out without installing it.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] 0mie:
https://www.box.net/shared/ryreblfx05ctxi331v2g
[Motorola Droid Bionic] abuttino:
You downloaded something that you didn't know, installed it, it had the wrong label on it....

You are very lucky at this point that you are not crying to Asurion to replace your phone. I'd suggest getting to know what the consequences are before you start flashing.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] mistawolfe:
That's the 5.6.893 radio. It's very good. I haven't had a single data drop yet.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] mistawolfe:
I'm not sure what's up with the webtop. I installed the hack but it just hangs at the red orb on my tv. Very sad.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] abuttino:
It would seem to me that we have a few more updates then. Verizon is probably bickering with Motorola about something in the Webtop..
[Motorola Droid Bionic] 0mie:
Best/easiest upgrade route

Stock .886 (FOREVER ROOT) ---> 5.893 (54MB) ---> 6.893 (12MB) ---> 7.893(4MB)

Don't think I'm missing anything lol
[Motorola Droid Bionic] abuttino:
That's exactly what I did. Worked very well. Wish I would have waited till this morning to upgrade to 5.7 instead of 5.6, but what the hell I am a hobbiest and still have a bit of a cold so I am not doing much today..

7/1 odds they'll have another update in the next couple days.

Don't do much to your rom's other than Freeze some apps that you can unfreeze. You'll be good to go for the next update.

BTW, uninstalling the new google music app or going to the new ICS market will bork your upgrade.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Calla969:
I said that I downloaded it and did not install it. I installed the .6.893 that has been confirmed to work. I uploaded a link to the file that I downloaded using the Cheesecake app directly from Motorola that was labeled as 5.5.893, just like the 5.6.893 was. I did not install anything that I wasn't sure of as I stated in the post that you quoted, but thanks for your concern.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] quentin0:
At this point, I'm probably going to wait for the OTA instead of flashing these incremental, possibly brick-inducing files that are misslabeled. And this is coming from a person that will stop at nothing for the latest and greatest.:p
[Motorola Droid Bionic] jphillips.hd88:
I think the updates pulled...gone through all staging folders and nada...
[Motorola Droid Bionic] cellzealot:
The update.zip files themselves are always named for the version they update FROM not TO. So the files are named properly and not mislabeled. The updater app on the phone displays the proper version number of the build ready to be loaded but the file itself is named for the current build that is on the phone already.

Also, it appears that webtop is broken and may require re patching of the new apks rather than using the original patched .886 versions. Everything seems to be untouched in the webtop partition itself and the 5.7.893 update(4.2mb) did not touch the webtop partition at all, just the system and boot image.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] lawtalking:
I went back to stock rooted .886, but when I look at staging1 in cheesecake, it says I am up to date.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] quentin0:
So you're telling me that 7.893 which is 4.2mb big, which is named 5.886, is a full upgrade from stock (since that's what the file is named). It would seem to me that it's an incremental upgrade from 6.893 for testers since the file is so small.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] kasandoro:
When I pulled 7.893 earlier today, it was 54MB in size...however, I hadn't installed any of the other incremental updates. Any chance it only displays what you need to upgrade?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] 0mie:
That's correct, if you don't upgrade they are bigger.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] mistawolfe:
I really hope someone can get webtop working again. I miss it.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] cellzealot:
Check my reply here.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1281722&page=15
[Motorola Droid Bionic] bgs_piece:
So if I am on 5.6.893, I can rename the 4MB 5.7.893 file to "update.zip" and flash through stock recovery?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] 0mie:
If you're stock, yes....you don't need to rename it...but you can
[Motorola Droid Bionic] bgs_piece:
Just to clarify, I use Clockwork or stock recovery?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] 0mie:
Stock
[Motorola Droid Bionic] ebourlet:
Just updated to 5.7.893 today using Cheescake. came from Stock and it now shows version 5.7.893

webtop version WT-1.3.0-108_DBN-21

Verfied webtop working in hdmi dock last night. I did roll back to stock rom prior to applying 5.7.893 the file was 54 mb.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] demo333:
Witch server u use i get the update in the morning but now i gone :(
[Motorola Droid Bionic] 0mie:
Easy upgrade to 5.7.893

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1327537
[Motorola Droid Bionic] demo333:
Webtop version is unavailable for me :(
[Motorola Droid Bionic] cellzealot:
If you upgraded incrementally through the various versions after 5.6.893 webtop reports unavailable and thus far seems to be broken. Reverting my system to 5.5.893 where everything previously worked properly did not restore webtop functionality.

Right now, it appears that the exploit for any HDMI using the original modified apks from .886 stock build no longer works. If this is a block of some kind in the kernel or if it's merely an incompatibility with the new kernel and the old apks remains to be determined.

Anyone who has updated to 5.7.893 from stock using the single file and reporting the new webtop version properly, if they could try the mods and see if it works that could help narrow down the variables.

Thanks!
[Motorola Droid Bionic] ticrandall:
Ten posts later..

Nice work, and a thanks to everyone who has been working on this.

I've rooted, forever mod, webtop mod, and 5.5.886 stock. Some bloat frozen. I am about to pull the trigger here, getting sick of data drops.

The Question is, after installing cheesecake and changing servers.. How does one get back to the standard "Verizon" server? (of course I could restore the backup I made before installing cheesecake, but I have yet to 'restore' any thing yet on this phone, and wonder what the standard server is. Any thoughts?

If 5.7.893 is the 'official' update, will there be anything different between what we can get from cheesecake, and what would come ota from VZ? (ie, any reason to wait till VZ pushes this)
[Motorola Droid Bionic] dch921:
To get back to the stock update just choose the production sever from cheesecake.

Its just up to you if you want the update now or just wait for the update to be released. I wouldn't be surprised to see a few more minor changes between now and then
[Motorola Droid Bionic] ticrandall:
Ahhhh.. Nice, thanks..

I figure Ill wait till this afternoon.. The rumors been today for update, if its not, im going to try 5.7!
[Motorola Droid Bionic] ebourlet:
How can I change servers in cheescake after doing it once? After update when I open Cheescake and try to change server I get a popup that says should be good but can't change server. Do I need to remove cheescake and reinstall, or is there a file that needs changed?

Figured out it's because like an idiot I had lost the root from going to 5.7.893 without using the for3v3r root method.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] ticrandall:
I can always change servers. Although, I have to be on wifi to bypass the Motorola account crap.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] jessie02:
Has anyone found any working servers today? 11/1/?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] mistawolfe:
I can get them to work, but haven't found anything.

This is on 3g. Most of the updates I've found and downloaded were with me on 3g.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] jessie02:
Copy... Same here. Seemed to find some that work, but they werent finding the update. Using both 4G and Wifi. Thanks for the reply
[Motorola Droid Bionic] mistawolfe:
It's ticking me off too, because 5.7.893 sucks.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] jpen:
why does it suck?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] mistawolfe:
The data drop that was fixed in 5.6.893 is back. I never had to toggle airplane once with 5.6. I've lost data probably 5 times today on 5.7.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] MrR0ng:
I can't find any either. It keeps telling me "Your device is up to date! No update is necessary at this time". Tried all the different staging servers.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] cellzealot:
There was no radio in the 5.7.893 file, only system and boot image patch files, so any radio performance changes cannot be attributed to the update.

As I mentioned to you last night in our discussion, there are network issues that can induce the same or similar symptoms as the data drop bug itself making diagnosis very difficult and frustrating.

FWIW, I also experienced a data drop today associated with generally poor network performance, even though I haven't left the apartment all day.

I also do not have 4g LTE service here, so all of my experience and data points are regarding CDMA/EvDO 3G network and radio performance.

Again, isolating all of these variables and correlating data from anecdotal reports is virtually impossible under these circumstances. :confused:
[Motorola Droid Bionic] mistawolfe:
So no radio change? I guess I misread what you said last night. My data is horrible today. It also seemed to have only happened once I installed 5.7.

I guess I'll quit blaming my horrible data on 5.7 then. I keep scouring the Moto servers looking for something new - no dice.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] cellzealot:
5.6.893 MR-1 contained an LTE radio update but not a CDMA BP update, which happened earlier in the cycle. It also contained whatever webtop update that caused it to start reporting unavailable and fail to open. That appears to be the problem file rather than the 5.7.893 update.

It would take very close scrutiny of all of these factors at the various stages to accurately evaluate...I am considering buying a new stock phone to do just that...it is bugging me that much!
[Motorola Droid Bionic] mistawolfe:
I definitely installed the MR1 update. In hindsight, I wish I would have just went back to stock 886 and tried to find 5.7 from the get go. Oh well. I'm sure someone here will find a fix...

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Do you think they are c-blocking the webtop in an effort to push more of their Moto 100 webdocks? Doesn't seem like a crazy idea...
[Motorola Droid Bionic] ddemlong:
I actually downloaded 5.7.893 about 0930, after that nothing. I lost it messing around forgetting to wipe switching roms... :p
[Motorola Droid Bionic] sk8tingusmc:
Can anyone confirm working webtop on 5.7.893? Mine is working fine, I was on stock 5.5.893 and found update in cheesecake servers QA1 today that upgraded to MR1, then I upgraded to MR11. This was all incrementally, but I never lost Webtop. Also there were two different versions of MR1 update on the servers today, the first was from stock 5.5.886 which I could not use, the second was from stock 5.5.893.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] mistawolfe:
Confirmed working on 5.7.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] docluv01:
Just so I'm clear guys, I'm on 5.893.

If I stock, forever root, and then go to 7.893, Will I lose root? Or will it simply not work?

The problem I'm having right now, is that my phone will not go into 3G. I'm thinking this has to do with my older radio....

Any suggestions?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] sk8tingusmc:
the 7.893 update has no radio img so it should not effect your 3g, what is currently listed in your about phone baseband version? If you do have forever root you should maintain root.

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Thanks I just jumped in this thread after I updated and saw that some had webtop unavailable unless I misread.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Sjflowerhorn:
If you restock, forever root, and then flash to 7.893 you will be fully functioning on newest version of radio kernel and webtop.

It worked for me at least.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] wardo5757:
the op said to change the server to staging. when i click on staging there are 6 options to choose from, which one should I choose?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Sjflowerhorn:
I just almost peed myself with excitement!
[Motorola Droid Bionic] draco259:
You had more self control than me ;)
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Nismo6921:
so the question now is do I attempt to get the updates with the forever root method? or should I just wait for reblurred 2.0 to come out?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Sjflowerhorn:
1 or 100 ive had a few drinks since then sorry about that.

And nismo if draco is saying what i think hes saying you will have to be running the leak to flash the 2.0 rom but if you want to wait and find out thats up to you. No rushing think things over.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Nismo6921:
ADB forever root method...

can someone please double check the effectiveness of the ADB METHOD, this is the second time I've attempted it and again I am stuck as the RED M LOGO something is wrong with the method, please someone look into it. Thank you!
[Motorola Droid Bionic] astrogiblet:
I just tried the root explorer method and it bricked my phone too.. I'm not sure how great this forever root is!
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Sjflowerhorn:
I used the root explorer method with file explorer because its free set it to read write /system/ in options renamed and then saved the new file in its place
[Motorola Droid Bionic] idefiler6:
Are you both on straight stock rooted? Not running a theoryrom or liberty, right?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] astrogiblet:
Correct. Stock ROM. Rooted (obviously). Using ES File Explorer.

How do I get back into the recovery mode that you get from the Bionic Bootstrap Recovery? Volume Down + Power gives me the fastboot menu...
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Nismo6921:
what exactly did you do...what did you have to rename?

cause initially I tried the root explorer way

i had the .893 update downloaded and started the install

but it failed.

im just trying to find the easiest way to do this without completely messing up my phone...so far im two strikes...third strike im gonna stop trying.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] wardo5757:
i have downloaded and tried to install this update 4 times. Phone reboots, begins installation then stops. I keep getting "update failed". any ideas?? im stock, rooted, BR and rom manager...
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Sjflowerhorn:
Nismo OP i edited with more info and also are you running stock full of bloat 5.5.886? All i did was restore my original nand from when i first rooted. Did forever root and a reboot. Then updated. Simple as pie. Open your eyes also managed to walk through it as well. I will ask him if im leaving anything out
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Sjflowerhorn:
Dont bootstrap let your device let it do its thing.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] wanderfowl:
So, if I get this right, this forever root just tweaks the filesystem loading script such that any time the phone starts up, it automatically changes the permissions on su and superuser.apk to allow us access to them. Which is slick.

If that's true, isn't this actually a relatively easy thing for a future update to break? If they modify/replace that file in a future update while removing root, then next time the phone boots, won't we be back where we started? What am I missing here? Sorry for the silly question!
[Motorola Droid Bionic] astrogiblet:
For anyone that wants to attempt this, I highly recommend doing an image with the recovery mode (From the Bionic Bootstrap Recovery app) first.

Link to app: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.koushikdutta.bionic.bootstrap

Then if your phone bricks like mine did, run the one click Fastboot restore and root.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1279825

Then install the Bionic Bootstrap Recovery app again. Hit "Bootstrap Recovery" then reboot into recovery. Go to Backup/Restore, hit restore, and voila you're back to where you began.

This might be kind of a nooby guide for most of you, but I'm pretty new to this and wanted to let my fellow noobs know what to do!
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Nismo6921:
FOOK YEA!!!

On my third and final attempt to use root forever I was completely successful.

I use the Root Explorer Method.

Simply added the three lines to the end of mount_ext3.sh file and saved.

Then rebooted.

Then downloaded update .893 from staging1 and installed.

Phone rebooted and told me installed successfully.

Whoohoo!!!:)

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My phone is like a million times faster on the .893 update thank you devs for making this possible. I'm in love with this! Sorry I was such a pain in the butt earlier I obviously was not following the directions properly. I'm gonna go enjoy my super fast phone now.:D
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Droidmoder:
If you are stuck at the M logo then you will need to flash your system partition in fastboot with the signed image from the full XML.zip and then reroot via the djrbliss method and try again.

I found this. Hopefully it helps some of you guys.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] jgrimberg1979:
Yes but i dont think that will update the radio/lte radio which a new version with the update
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Droidmoder:
You guys are quick lol. Glad you guys got it working.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] turtleman2008:
does this help with the data dropping at all?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] necroscopev:
Thanks for testing it out man!
[Motorola Droid Bionic] idefiler6:
Will a nandroid bring one back to stock? Has anyone tried it?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Sjflowerhorn:
Ive only made a nandroid backup but in theory no because of the newer radio
[Motorola Droid Bionic] rqballjh:
Which version of CWM did you make the backup using? The restore?

I backed up in the cvpcs "unofficial" CWM, before I flashed my first ROM. ow I have the "official" CWM from Koush. Can I restore the older version's backup using the newer CWM?

When you say let the phone do it's thinh, do you mean actually get the ota 893 actually OTA?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] mistawolfe:
You force it to give you an OTA with cheesecake. It gives you the same popup box and all. Legit OTA.

And 999 is a rollback.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] bgs_piece:
If I am running the stock rom but have frozen some bloatware with titanium, would unfreezing the bloat mean that my phone was stock and I wouldn't have to FXZ and I could just install cheesecake and proceed from there? I also did enable init.d scripts for stock roms if that would matter for being stock or not.

I really don't want to lose all of my apps and settings which I believe would happen if I FXZ'd.

Thanks for any help!
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Droidmoder:
You don't have a custom rom you are stock. The bloat shouldn't matter but you can unfreeze to be safe.

Run a batch backup using tb on your apps and messages. It will save in a folder on your sd card. Which you can put onto your computer too.

Follow directions from the op, start with root explorer. If you lose your apps you can always restore them with tb. If it bricks or bootloops or gets stuck you can fix that too there is a post in this thread on how to do it. I suggest reading it first.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] itzmeehtimmy:
i dont understand. So in order to get the update I need to use the cheesecake app or method. And in order to use cheesecake I need to root my phone, BUT dont install any updates because it might mess up my phone...wtf?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] twinkyz1979:
Do not try this on anything but rooted stock. I was running 1.8 and it bricked my phone. I am cuurently waiting to see if my battery will charge while sitting at my boot logo so I can reflash it. Right now my battery is to low according to fastboot.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Calla969:
Does anyone know if bad things would happen if you installed the update and then installed th3ory? I just want to have the new radio. Everything else seems pretty good in th3ory.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] tdubs99:
Just wanted to clarify, are you saying that should you install .893 and the official OTA is something else, .999 will roll you back to .886 and you will be able to apply the official .886-> whatever OTA?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] rancidcrab:
Exactly. If we update to this is there any way we can be stuck outside of the upgrade path? Does the fact that we will still be rooted mean that we always have a way back? I'm wanting to do this, and then wait for Th3ory's ROMs to catch up.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Nismo6921:
so umm I lost root on the .893 update, here's the thing...I love the update cause of its massive speed increase and the improved connection of my 4g signal, however I miss my root abilities...and on top of that Superuser is stuck on my phone and I can't get rid of it without root. What are my options at this point? Is it possible to root the .893 update?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] casca_the_immortal:
Hey bud go to radio shack and spend 25 bucks on an enercell universal charger (Model 23-972). It will let you charge your battery (line up the moving pins to your batter leads (pos and neg)).

Let it charge for 12 hours (its a slow charger) and then you will be able to flash as you will have a full battery.

Good luck (it's happened to me, I know it works with the bionic I've charged my battery with it a dozen times).

BTW: You can save your receipt and bring it back to Radioshack afterward lol, I kept it because it's very handy to have.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] cellzealot:
You should disconnect and turn off your phone immediately. It cannot charge while on the boot logo and is just draining further.

You have several choices.

Get another battery or external charger or borrow someone's Bionic to charge your battery in.

Make a hotwired USB cable to charge your battery directly by connecting the stripped leads to the terminals while in the phone. This is obviously not recommended, but can work, google for details.

The last option is to get or make a factory flash cable that has the pinout setup with +5v power on pin 1. This will power the phone directly when connected and bypass the charging circuit and battery completely.

You can make one yourself if you are good with a soldering iron and have a station setup and can read schematics, or you can purchase one from TBH for $35.

This is a permanent solution to the problem of losing power during a flash or recovery cycle.

Those are your only choices.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] minmongoblin:
So does this mean, if I prefer, I can do none of this stuff and just wait for BLURR3D to do it for me?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] tragicremedy:
Considering DT just posted this on the deblurred thread....

I would say yes. :D