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[Motorola Droid Bionic] gnargnarshreder:
it says blur version....5.5.886..... so i dont know if that has any 7.983

but whats the general consensus here ... do we have to update to update each one to get to 7.983 or can i go strt from stock forever rooted to 7.983 and bypass all the other ones
[Motorola Droid Bionic] minmongoblin:
5.7.893 pushed to my phone when I went to System Updates. Apparently it's live?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] droidrev71:
I noticed my webtop was missing and reverted back to factory. The webtop didn't come back. So then I tried to go back to 5.5.893 with the update file like I originally did. In stock recovery it aborts the install. So I'm stuck at. 886 with no Webtop. Is there something I'm missing to get back to 5.5.893? I was at 5.7.893.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] ebourlet:
I went from stock base to 5.7.893 . Headphone whine gone and webtop works
[Motorola Droid Bionic] jpen:
same with me but it downloads and then goes to install but keeps saying installation of update failed! so not sure what to do now....
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Irieone:
You need to update them sequentially unless all the files get combined into one zip that can be flashed through the stock recovery. There are system files and radios within these patches.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] minmongoblin:
Sorry, mine installed with no hiccups, can't help =(
[Motorola Droid Bionic] jpen:
were you coming from stock 5.5.886?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] minmongoblin:
Yes, I did Option 1 of the Forever-Root 2.1 program, and after about an hour (mostly checking to see if the files in the OP ever came back up...), I figured I'd give it System Updates a try, and voila.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] cellzealot:
Actually, running the sequential updates has proven to break webtop, whereas the only reported successful upgrade to 5.7.893 with working webtop is when using the full 54.4 mb 5.5.886 to 5.7.893 update.zip which does, in fact, incorporate all of the updates including system, kernel, radio and other boot files.

That is what is recommended to use.

All of these files need to be carefully examined so we can determine how best to safely use any of them and also how they can be modified to fix any problems that have arisen for users that upgraded incrementally.

The really smart thing to do would be to wait until that process has had a chance to occur and then reap the benefits of everyone's experience! ;)
[Motorola Droid Bionic] dan46n2:
Could you provide a link to the original posting?

I'd like to check the MD5 of the download to be sure it's all there.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] gnargnarshreder:
im going to try installing the update posted 54.4 mb one.

EDIT-well tried updating threw stock recovery and got an aborted installation. i think its because i have deleted some of the bloat apks, so i might try to restore,root,4ever root and try it again and see where that gets me
[Motorola Droid Bionic] droidrev71:
i have tried several times and it has been a no go for me.. good luck i hope it works for you.

edit.. i dont think the restore is taking the phone totally back. that is why the update file is aborting. i installed droidth3ory's shift3r rom for .893 over stock .886. and it went fine. it updated my system version to 5.5.893. still no webtop of course.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] ticrandall:
Not on production server for me.. no push.. still in staging though.. My finger is getting itchy..

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It can't take the radio back.. thats probably the problem.. after you tried installing 7.893 what were you left with? Paper weight until used the one step restore, or did it revert back to a working phone?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] gnargnarshreder:
no i was on stock rooted, im not sure if i did it wrong but i placed the zip onto sd ext booted into stock recovery like the op says and hit update from zip and no go so nothing happened

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when u installed shift it doesnt update the radio or kernal tho just steels some apks from what i gathered so even tho it says 983 its not really all 983
[Motorola Droid Bionic] jpen:
were you ever on the 5.5.893? cuz i think even if you go back to stock with forever root you still will have the radio and kernel from the 5.5.893 so you will be unable to do the jump from 5.5.886 to 5.7.893...so i think you are going to hafta flash back to 5.5.893 before you continue the process....I THINK!!! lol i had the 5.7 update on my phone and kept failing and thats the only reason why i think it keeps failing...
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Rootuser3.0:
Where you able to keep root
[Motorola Droid Bionic] gnargnarshreder:
nah man ive been bone stock .886 the entire time the only thing ive done to my phone was root it and delete the bloat.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] jbby:
I have successfully installed the Blur_Version.5.5.886.XT875.Verizon.en.US and now have 5.7.893.XT875.Verizon.en.US. I was on completely stock 5.5.886 w root and all bloat. I had never upgraded to any of the previous OTA's. I wiped data and cache then installed it via stock recovery and worked the first time I selected it to install. No problems thus far using it. 3G works cannot confirm 4G since I do not live in a 4G area, but I will be heading into the city later this evening to verify all is well.

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UPDATE:

So I went into the city and did not notice any loss of 4G while there for a couple of hours. One thing that I did notice is that while talking on the phone It seemed that the in ear audio was lower than before. At first I thought I had the volume turned down, but I pressed volume up and it was at the maximum level. Any suggestions on how I could possibly tweak it to make the in ear audio possibly louder?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] gnargnarshreder:
i honestly think its the bloat thats messing me up, cuz mine is removed which is weird. i didnt do a wipe or anything but im pretty sure thats not the problem
[Motorola Droid Bionic] jphillips.hd88:
it is in the forever root + 893 = winning thread... post 320....

he tells us it is the full update from 886 to 7.983.....I edited my post to indicate that i was just sharing what I found...i don't want to mislead anyone...
[Motorola Droid Bionic] will2live:
That is exactly the problem. For any OTA to work correctly you MUST be stock with all apks installed and nothing removed. That said if you have always been stock on .886 its an easy fix to update tho. You just need to reflash system.img of .886 wiht one of hte many options on the float. from there root, then do the 4ever root and reboot the device. Once you know that is good to go boot into stock recovery and let the update go and you'll be fine.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] gnargnarshreder:
this is the error i get assert failed: apply patch check ("/system/app/accountandsyncsettings.apk",

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

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reflash by using the relashed root program or using fxz?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] will2live:
Either will work if you are on stock .886 with just root. doing the FXZ is a bit overkill tho really seeing as you just need to get /system back to stock setup.

Other option is to just do it via fastboot and flash /system only and then do the root stuff which is the process i use myself. I'm not a huge fan of 1-click stuff but that is my choice.

BTW I was getting the same error the other day when trying to go from 5.5.893 to 5.6.893. Had to get myself back to a functioning 5.5.893 /system so the 5.6.893 would install correctly. Once I did the update flashed no problem
[Motorola Droid Bionic] minmongoblin:
Has anyone else gotten 7.893 via the regular update under About Phone -> System Updates?

Or was I finally one of the first rollouts, which NEVER happens? Lol
[Motorola Droid Bionic] ticrandall:
Nope.. have you been using cheescake?? if you changed the server on there then about phone > system update pulls from whatever server you changed to.. In which case you could have gotten that from the staging server.

I am curious, because if it was pushed to you from VZ, I will be done waiting!
[Motorola Droid Bionic] p8ntballah21:
If I use the R3L3AS3DRoot and 43V3R root for the BIONIC v2 tool it says that if I restore on 5.893 it will give me the 866 system but the kernal and radio will stay the same.

What would be the update process if I did the restore and had the 866 system and the 5.893 kernal and radio?

And if it isnt possible to upgrade this way ^^^

How would I get back to a 5.893 stock system with a 5.893 kernal?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] droidrev71:
I had made the upgrade last night to 5.7.893. Saw that webtop wasn't there so restored to 886. Then tried update file and no go. Tried cheesecake says I am up to date. I was just guessing that the 2.1 restore doesn't bring all of the phone back to stock. Couldn't get webtop back and can't upgrade.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] minmongoblin:
I did not install it after the forever-root, nah.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] will2live:
Before trying to update to 5.7.893 and then trying to restore using v2.1 what did you have installed. reason I ask is once you move forward with any of the updates it is IMPOSSIBLE to get back to FULL stock. At best you can get /system back to stock, but the radio & kernel will still be the updated one you got install prior to doing a restore.

I actually messed up my 5.5.893 update the other day and had softbricked. I was able to get back to 5.5.893 tho so that I could update to 5.6.893 over the wkend and have been fine since. That said at this point until there is some more info I'm not going to mess with 5.7.893
[Motorola Droid Bionic] jpen:
do you have the 5.5.893 zip?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] will2live:
you mean the OTA file? Or an actual *.893.zip

I had a *.893.zip but i accidently formatted the wrong sdcard yesterday and lost all the files I had I was messing with, and I don't recall where I tracked it down at. If I'm not mistaken it was over at MDW.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] anlog:
Updated a brand new Bionic today to v5.7.893. Phone was stock v5.5.886. First rooted with 43V3R (option #2) then flashed the ~50MB Blur_Version.5.5.886.XT875.Verizon.en.US.zip file via stock recovery. Flashed perfectly the first time and phone is now on v5.7.893.

I don't give a crap about webtop or blur or all that crap. Removed it all with Titanium and have a nice clean setup now with ADW.

I can confirm that the headphone hissing sound is gone with this latest update. That was the one reason I've been holding off on switching to this phone. When you listen to headphones 4-6 hours a day like I do, the hiss will drive you insane.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] jpen:
ok thanks....i found the zip now my system matches the radio and kernel at 5.5.893....heres the link if anyone wants to check it out....

http://www.mydroidworld.com/forums/...nic-cwr-update-zip-system-only-886-893-a.html
[Motorola Droid Bionic] TheRedBull:
Bandwidth has been exceeded today. Would anyone happen to have mirrors please?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] ebourlet:
Yesterday I used cheesecakev2 on a stock root. It took the phone to ver 5.7.893 that I liked, no headphone whine data and battery appeared better... the problem is I lost the root and Pete's one click method did not work any more on this version. So I used the R3L3AS3DRoot but the only option that would work was 4 "Restore Bionic Only" then I followed the process to root and install cheesecake. The problem now is that the Cheesecake servers do not recognize that I need updates because the R3L3AS3DRoot took the System version to 5.5.886 but the radio and kernel are the ones from the 5.7.893. I know that I'm an idiot for not heading the Dev's warnings and thank them for all the work they do for the community. Is there any way to get the files to flash 5.7.896 so that I can get my phone back in the update stream?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] p8ntballah21:
That was what I needed too. I never made a backup of stock rooted 5.5.893 so now when I restore to 886 system and use this zip I can have a matching system and kernel, so I can now update to 6.893 and 7.893
[Motorola Droid Bionic] jpen:
yea it worked like a charm! i hope theres a way to go straight from 5.893 to 7.893 but i can't find any yet...
[Motorola Droid Bionic] 0mie:
I will post new links in a bit...didn't think many people cared about this lol but you guys used over 10GB of bandwidth with such small files
[Motorola Droid Bionic] TheRedBull:
Awesome. Thanks!
[Motorola Droid Bionic] will2live:
Thanks now I don't need to hunt it down again.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] gnargnarshreder:
well i flashed the system.img and now its taking like a champ.. im about half way threw. so pretty stoked to get it to work. now just gonna try droid theorys rom and see how it is. heard good things.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] jpen:
No prob...and i just read they announced the official update to hit in 30 to 60 days.....might just stay at 5.893 til then....not sure now
[Motorola Droid Bionic] johnlgalt:
0mie - you've got PM :D
[Motorola Droid Bionic] collin1806:
are those files gonna be back up tonight?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] droidrev71:
I was on. 886. Stock rooted. Then used update zips.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] 0mie:
They are up on the first page...the old one won't work anymore
[Motorola Droid Bionic] droidrev71:
Any word on getting webtop back? Thanks
[Motorola Droid Bionic] johnlgalt:
The links on the first page have changed - they're back up again.

He said he is posting the full 5.7 update when he gets home.

The full 5.7 should (probably) make webtop work, as long as you revert to 5.5.886 and root and 4r3v3r root and then apply the full update directly.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] collin1806:
THANK YOU SO MUCH! been waiting patiently all day :cool: how to we flash them? just flash in stock recovery? no wipe?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] 0mie:
I think I have a fix, going to test it when I get home.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] 0mie:
follow the steps in post 1 ;)
[Motorola Droid Bionic] droidrev71:
Great to hear. Have my fingers crossed..
[Motorola Droid Bionic] envizion58:
if i'm currently on 5.6.893, how should i go about updating to 5.7.893 so that everything webtop works? i read flashing 5.6.893 => 5.7.893 leaves webtop still broken?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] droidrev71:
so your webtop is OK with being on. 5.6.893? If so, I'd sit tight right now. That's just from my experience.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] envizion58:
webtop version is unavailable in the setting screen currently. heard the 7.893 was an update for webtop so i thought updating to that will have it available again, but reading otherwise? anyone that went from 6.893 => 7.893, confirm webtop working?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] droidrev71:
omnie is working on a fix. If its not there it isn't coming back..
[Motorola Droid Bionic] envizion58:
i see, i'll wait for the fix then. thanks
[Motorola Droid Bionic] droidrev71:
your welcome.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] lmsilver:
Any help on this? What's the upgrade process if running th3ory 2.1 with 5.5.893 installed already.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] cellzealot:
Ok I solved the webtop version unavailable issue by manually copying two file from the full update version of the file that were not there in my /osh/etc directory. This did not fix the webtop opening problem but gives me a good place to start looking for the culprit. There are a large number of files in the update.zip that are also not in my /osh/etc directory and that is only one place I have checked so far. I feel very certain that the fix will be found here. I could try replacing the entire directory but would rather try and be surgical about it in order to isolate the necessary files.

The two files that fix the version reporting error in settings/about are:

oshwt-ProductBuild

oshwt-version.txt

Place both in /osh/etc and chmod 777
[Motorola Droid Bionic] 0mie:
There was some files in the webtop folder from the update that I was messing with and seems it's going somewhere, still messing with other files...but seems we are making progress :)
[Motorola Droid Bionic] ddemlong:
I have tried updating through stock recovery and keep getting errors. I originally had 5.5893. I read on rootzwiki it was because the radio and kernel were already flashed and could not be reverted back.

Basically were they correct? Can I not upgrade the "easy" way now... dang servers for motorola appear to be fubar right now.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] envizion58:
looking forward to your good news
[Motorola Droid Bionic] jphillips.hd88:
Where'd you end up getting the file? I was wondering if it was that one I posted earlier....thanks.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Rootuser3.0:
Anyone try flashing the webtop hack over the 5.7.893 update?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] cellzealot:
I got the file from P3droid who had it sent to him by someone while I was busy posting here about needing it, thanks.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] droidrev71:
Sounds like some hope.. glad to see this. I use webtop daily..
[Motorola Droid Bionic] gnargnarshreder:
i have a question... after we upgrade to 7.893 how do we de-odex? can we still run the auto deodex app... i want to install the 1% battery mod
[Motorola Droid Bionic] jphillips.hd88:
Could you tell me what size it is? Thanks
[Motorola Droid Bionic] ups2525:
BUMP...:confused:...any advice?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] envizion58:
i believe you just need to revert back to stock 5.5.893 then use the full ota that upgrade 5.5.893 straight to 5.7.893
[Motorola Droid Bionic] droidrev71:
where is there a full upgrade from 5.5.893 to 5.7.893?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] jphillips.hd88:
Dang dude...it's like the first line of the op....the op tells you exactly...I mean exactly...how to upgrade ....with files and all....
[Motorola Droid Bionic] cellzealot:
It is 54.4mb and is the full update from 5.5.886 to 5.7.893
[Motorola Droid Bionic] envizion58:
not sure where to find it. i keep reading about it in these forums or maybe it was 5.5.886 to 5.7.893
[Motorola Droid Bionic] jphillips.hd88:
Right on bro...thanks...I have it...lol...mixed in with all the others..
[Motorola Droid Bionic] cellzealot:
This is the file link that was posted earlier in this thread.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/20562469/Blur_Version.5.5.886.XT875.Verizon.en.US.zip

It is the 54.4mb full update from stock.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] ups2525:
Is there an option to upgrade from 5.5.893 to 5.6.893 and then to 5.7.893?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] jphillips.hd88:
I got you...however if you do this step by step, it will get you there...
[Motorola Droid Bionic] jtpterp:
Ok so, through previous tinkerings I had flashed one of the updates and gained the new radio and kernel then flashed liberty and was on that for awhile.

I now tried reverting back to stock using the released method and then upgrading 1 by 1 as the op says but the first update fails every time. Is it because I already have the new radio and kernel? Would really like to get to .7 trying to figure out if it's possible.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] jphillips.hd88:
Yes, get to stock

Step 1. Do 1

Step 2. Do 2

Step 3. Do 3

And so on.......

Yep...that's in the op...
[Motorola Droid Bionic] droidrev71:
you don't even know what i was asking do you? the post above me was indicating that there was one file!!!! I have already upgraded to 5.7.893.. the problem i'm waiting for is for a fix for the webtop..so i must know what the op is saying.... wow....dude
[Motorola Droid Bionic] jtpterp:
Not sure who you're replying to but does stock mean just the 886 system or do you need to have the stock radio and kernel? I have the new kernel radio and borked webtop from previously flashing 5.6.993

So essentially I have on 886 w/ the new radio and kernel and the first update won't work.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] jphillips.hd88:
just system...i started on 5.893 and went in sequence...so maybe if you start with #2 it will take...then go to the next...
[Motorola Droid Bionic] droidrev71:
is your webtop gone?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] ddemlong:
Been having the same issue. Had 5.5(6) 893 and got the new radio/kernel. Everytime I tried the 2.1 restore then the updates/root/ it fails immediately too.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] jphillips.hd88:
yep yep, my bad....seen a bunch post that are asking how to or where to get, when its plainly in the op...
[Motorola Droid Bionic] cellzealot:
There is plenty of opportunity to be confused here and nobody has a right to cop an attitude.

BUT, likewise, none of us should be doing any of this stuff to $600 phones and if you want to play in the deep end you better know how to swim!
[Motorola Droid Bionic] jphillips.hd88:
yep, and there is no way (as of right now or that i've seen) to go back (if your on 6.893) to 5.893 so you can flash the full 7.893...if that makes any sense...

I hope im wrong, because id really like to get webtop back...
[Motorola Droid Bionic] droidrev71:
ok..but isn't your webtop gone? in the op it says there is an issue. i have lost mine.. i have messed with my phone most of the day trying to get it fixed cause i use my wetop daily. i don't understand why directions (help to flash the files) are still being given out.. i feel like i am in the twighlight zone..lol
[Motorola Droid Bionic] jphillips.hd88:
agreed, out of body experience i guess....got to hit it, before my other foot makes it to my mouth!
[Motorola Droid Bionic] johnlgalt:
So far, if you go in order from .886 --> 5.5.893 --> 5.6.893 --> 5.7.893, Webtop stops reporting version number and becomes inoperable.

Cellzealot is (i believe) working on a way to patch the files so that Webtop works again.

0mie posted at the very bottom of his OP that he will post the full 5.7.893 upgrade, meaning you don't need 3 steps - you go from .886 --> 5.7.893. But it is not posted yet

Capiche?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] 0mie:
Somebody posted the full 5.7.893 update before I got home and uploaded it, hence why I never uploaded it. But I guess I can link to it in the OP if people want it, the full 5.7.893 kept failing on me when I was trying it at 4AM.

I'm sure I missed something simple and that's why it wasn't working, but doing the 3 steps to upgrade always worked. That is why I posted that method of upgrading, but that broke webtop.

I am in the process of messing with other files and comparing to see what I am missing or if I can get webtop back, it's trial and error at this point for me (us or whoever is trying also)
[Motorola Droid Bionic] cellzealot:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/20562469/Blur_Version.5.5.886.XT875.Verizon.en.US.zip

I posted this a page back but things are moving quickly.

In general, lets all try to have less heat and more light in this discussion and everyone will benefit.

I will plagiarize my own sig from another forum...

Read more, post less.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] jtpterp:
Ya, I just tried again with no luck.

My exact steps were:

1. DT/DH fastboot restore too 886

2. Zerg Root

3. Attempt to flash first update in stock recovery and it fails.

Only thing I can possibly think of is the fact that I already have the new kernel and radio and it's just not letting me update because I am following the op to a t and not getting any results.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] johnlgalt:
Thanks, guys. I didn't realize this was the full update to 5.7 since the filename is 5.5 instead of 5.7

Gonna try it out now and see.

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I just tried it. The package verifies fine, and the system is verified fine, it removes unneeded files, it starts patching system and then boot files, it unpacks recovery, removes and patches there, unpacks preinstall, removes and patches there, unpacks webtop, removes and patches there, then updates: HS mbmloader; mbm; devtree; BP; NV item 5884; LTE; cdt.bin

And then is complete.

It seems to have worked.

To recap, I used the method in the first post to revert to .886 with 4r3v3r root, did not log into my account or perform any setup items other than enabling WiFi, and finally ran this file in stock recovery.

0mie - link if you want it: http://www.mediafire.com/file/ah4t6ruiksupuun/Blur_Version.5.5.886.XT875.Verizon.en.US.zip

Rebooting now.