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[Motorola Droid 3] Hashcode:
Hi Guys,

As promised here is the actual OTA leak .zip pulled from a staging server on 11/03. This needs to be installed via your STOCK RECOVERY, this doesn't work in Safestrap or Koush's CWRecovery.

[ WARNING: I want to repeat my earlier warning that if you plan on installing this: HAVE A ROOT KEEPER INSTALLED (mount_ext3.sh / loadpreinstall.sh modified to set suid on the su binary on boot). CURRENT 1-CLICK ROOT WILL NOT WORK. If you search the Bionic boards there are many users asking for help where they lost root applying a similar OTA leak like this one for their phones. I would hate for the D3 community to be in a similar situation. ]

** I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY ILL EFFECTS OF THIS OTA LEAK OR IF YOU BRICK YOUR PHONE -- WHEN IN DOUBT, DON'T USE THIS **

** And, I know that the file name is our current version. It's something Verizon does with the patch filenames where they use the version of the OS that it applies to.

Details of the update:

BUILD ID: 5.5.1_84_D3G-64

BUILD DATE: Mon Oct 31 11:31:36 CDT 2011

BUILD VERSION FULL: Blur_Version.5.7.894.XT862.Verizon.en.US

BASEBAND VERSION: N_03.18.2EP

Download Link: http://www.mediafire.com/?x6ltlt51aa98hgw

md5sum: 93f535d986b94a810a00530ea722ea69

[ Edit 11/07: added the baseband version ]
[Motorola Droid 3] limaxray:
Thank you for sharing this.

Do the fastboot files that we have still work after applying this? My main concern is that it could replace the signing key making it impossible to downgrade to a rootable version.
[Motorola Droid 3] 8339923:
wonder why the name of file you update is 5.6.890?
[Motorola Droid 3] verkerria:
Does anyone know what this file improves or breaks?

Droid 1 Rooted (ChevyNo1 0.9MV Kernel, LGB2.6)

Droid 3 Rooted (Stock Kernel, Custom lite De-bloat)
[Motorola Droid 3] ChaoticWeaponry:
Hashcode does this update also include the update to the kernel?

Thanks.
[Motorola Droid 3] neilrl79:
Yes, it's the full untouched update from the staging servers.
[Motorola Droid 3] ChaoticWeaponry:
Thank you. And I'm assuming I need to be on the motoblur rom as well?
[Motorola Droid 3] neilrl79:
Probably, not 100% sure but i think you need to be on motoblur fully bloated. Make sure you do a forever root before you update tho cause word is the moto/vzw have patched the exploit.
[Motorola Droid 3] Dri94:
is there a changelog or does anyone know any of the changes with this update?
[Motorola Droid 3] eXecuter.bin:
The update won't commence even if you modified one file from /system/.
[Motorola Droid 3] gkitab:
Is this rootable using petes one click root?
[Motorola Droid 3] neilrl79:
The only thing i know of is a faster camera.
[Motorola Droid 3] chevycam94:
Yes, im curious too. Not going to play with it, unless I can still fastboot flash back to stock.
[Motorola Droid 3] Grimace78:
I am WAY too new at this stuff to take a chance on bricking a brand new phone unless it really seems like it is worth it. How much better is the overall performance supposed to be with this upgrade?
[Motorola Droid 3] ChaoticWeaponry:
I would expect something pretty significant, due to the file including a kernel update..
[Motorola Droid 3] erismaster:
It says in the op that its not rootable using one click root, you need rootkeeper.
[Motorola Droid 3] slvrarrow:
Can you just flash back to the 890 SBF afterwards if you don't like it?
[Motorola Droid 3] gkitab:
Thanks, just got it.

---------- Post added at 05:43 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:40 PM ----------

It should be if its 2.3.5. Im assuming the cam is like the one in the dx2 ATRIX port. If so its good stuff the continuous focus is much faster, and has other focus options. Then we can add the camera tweaks that are already out there.
[Motorola Droid 3] Hashcode:
This is still 2.3.4 btw.
[Motorola Droid 3] redsox985:
I don't have a replacement. :( I'll think this one over and maybe send in a request for a replacement tomorrow. Or, just say this is dead and request a different model...aka, a GNex.
[Motorola Droid 3] droidian1441:
I've had 8 droid 3's and they won't give me a 4g phone, I would doubt your chances with fond nostalgia my friend.
[Motorola Droid 3] redsox985:
Raining on my parade here...time to be overly nice and persuasive, yet annoyed. Would it have to deal with your data plan? Because I still have an unlimited plan.
[Motorola Droid 3] droidian1441:
I still have unlimited on my D3, but they usually offer something up after having 8 phones. I've got my ninth coming on Tuesday.
[Motorola Droid 3] redsox985:
Do you keep going into the store or do you call VZW Customer Service? A store tech told me the store can only offer to order you a replacement, not offer a new model.
[Motorola Droid 3] droidian1441:
I call customer service.
[Motorola Droid 3] redsox985:
Damn. :( I'll just have to be persistent. See if I can try to get them to hang up first lol.
[Motorola Droid 3] droidian1441:
The only reason they wont upgrade me or probably you is because it would be a move from a 3G to a 4G phone.
[Motorola Droid 3] redsox985:
I assume you've argued unlimited data is unlimited data? Anyways, if I try any leak, I'm going to try 5.7.905 most likely.
[Motorola Droid 3] droidian1441:
If ya upgrade the phone unlimited is still grandfathered in. Im on 5.7.905 right now, I posted the link in my thread.
[Motorola Droid 3] redsox985:
I'm still tentative about attempting to flash 905 because if flashing BP fails, then I'm bricked, and no one has mentioned being able to use the quick unbricking script to fix this (I know RSD fails). I feel like it should because it writes everything, but I'm not sure enough to gamble until I have a replacement in hand.
[Motorola Droid 3] droidian1441:
Yea call up VZW and ask for a D3 replacement, say it wont power on and they usually wont do anything. Have the phone off so it isnt connecting with the network.

If ya do try to get a new model, PM me what ya did if its successful.
[Motorola Droid 3] redsox985:
Will do if it works. Usually when something is off (like a functional, but sticky key), I make a nand, call up Big Red, tell them some button doesn't work, then they do the factory reset crap, oops! doesn't fix it. They agree to send a new one. I restore my nand til the new one arrives. Once it gets here, I hex edit the keyboard file to kill whatever key I named in the call, root, place it in there, unroot, wipe, and send it back.

I assume they'll just FXZ the phone and never see the few null entries in keyboard file.
[Motorola Droid 3] droidian1441:
Lol I heard they just scrap the phone for parts at one time, but I don't really think they do that.
[Motorola Droid 3] ratman6161:
Hmmmm. And everyone wonders why phones are so expensive. They have given you 8 for free. Being that corporations are not in business to lose money, the cost just gets passed on to everyone else.
[Motorola Droid 3] droidian1441:
I got all of my (now 9) DROID 3's on warranty replacements. Its a wonder why they don't lock me down!
[Motorola Droid 3] watermummy7:
Help :(

I updated to this file and i can't root my droid 3. I read on an earlier post the only root that worked was petes one click method i did that and i keep receiving an error on step 3. Sooo this update it not able to be rooted? i didn't use ota rootkeeper before i flashed so i hope im not stuck
[Motorola Droid 3] watermummy7:
This actually is rootable using the D4 Root Exploit, Just tested it and it works!! :) ota root keeper is not nessary!
[Motorola Droid 3] Grimace78:
Well, in that case, it would be nice if I could find someone to help me through it. I've already rooted and got a custom ROM, but this seemed a bit more risky to me.
[Motorola Droid 3] The Solutor:
yes you can.
[Motorola Droid 3] donwhall70:
Have you already tried this?
[Motorola Droid 3] gkitab:
whoops! Thanks for the clarity

---------- Post added at 06:59 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:56 PM ----------

how about fastboot?
[Motorola Droid 3] The Solutor:
Yes.

I'm not used to "sell" guesses as facts...
[Motorola Droid 3] juelzfire23:
How do I flash this
[Motorola Droid 3] Grimace78:
My Droid 3 (about 2 days old), is one-click rooted with the DARK DROID ROM. Also just downloaded and installed the camera fix (sorry, I looked for the link but couldn't find it). Here are a few screen shots for information. Would you or anyone else that really knows what they are doing help me out with this?
[Motorola Droid 3] wootizzle:
Why don't you just wait until some devs work it into their roms and give you directions as to upgrading w/o losing anything important if you're not comfortable diving head first into this ****.
[Motorola Droid 3] Grimace78:
Because I don't have any sense apparently.
[Motorola Droid 3] gravenimage:
A changelog for this update would be nice. I'm curious to know what I've got running here :p

sent from my MONSTERDroid3 from the XDA app
[Motorola Droid 3] Androidsims:
Updates are named after the build they are meant to be applied to.
[Motorola Droid 3] ChaoticWeaponry:
Hey Hashcode im getting an assert failed error, it looks like it can't mount ext3 or system for some reason. Im using the x + power recovery if that means anything.
[Motorola Droid 3] SX86:
Where do you find those ? I wish we could find one for Bell's XT860.....
[Motorola Droid 3] Dri94:
so when is this update supposed to be officially released?
[Motorola Droid 3] daimerion:
Is there a thread of detailed instructions on how to keep root? Someone link it please. Thank you in advance.
[Motorola Droid 3] eXecuter.bin:
Download OTA Rootkeeper from the marketplace, back up su with it, update, then restore su with it.
[Motorola Droid 3] daimerion:
Thank you
[Motorola Droid 3] wattnxt:
OK. So it seems there either aren't a lot of takers on trying to load this, or there isn't enough changed in this OTA to have those that have tried it notice a lot and post.

From what I see so far:

Must be on pretty close to stock 5.6.890, def /system must be correct and bloated.

Must use stock recovery to flash

There appear to be some Kernel updates

Rumors of updated camera

updated baseband

CAN be flashed back to 5.6.890 via RSD

MUST have rootkeeper installed as 1 click root method does not work

Exploit appears to have been patched

Still 2.3.4

Anything I'm missing or is incorrect?

I'm going to RSD back to 5.6.890 stock, and then after re-rooting and protecting root, try flashing it tomorrow night.

Anyone who has flashed it already got any input/tips?

I'm hoping the baseband helps me, as I'm in a fringe area and whenever I'm at home my battery life SUX. When I'm in a good area, it darn near will run 2 days. My D1 improved greatly with the latest baseband that it is still running, I'm hoping this will do the same. I also noticed that the last baseband update for the D3 is wreaking havoc with my cell repeater at my office. Something the last baseband did not do; curious if the new baseband has anything to do with that.

We shall see. Anyone else flashing this, or have we all become so used to root we're afraid to push the envelope anymore? I admit some trepidation, but hey, noting ventured--nothing gained. Will post with more updates as I have them.

Thanks for the OP link! :D
[Motorola Droid 3] spectrumfox:
I successfully installed it on my Droid 3 yesterday. Here are the stats:

System version: 5.7.894

Android version: 2.3.4

Baseband version: N_03.18.2EP

Build number: 5.5.1_84_D3G-64

So far I don't notice anything that immediately jumps out at me. The camera/camcorder seems to be a bit more stable/responsive, however there is still an unwelcome delay when starting either app. Haven't noticed anything special about the battery yet, but I will be able to comment on it after using the update for a couple of days.
[Motorola Droid 3] Ohh_Trenton:
I'll wait to flash this. I'm not sensing true advantages of it right now.

_____________________________________________________________

"One mistake and biggest learning experiences of my life is letting people stay in my life far longer than they deserve to. " -Trenton Blakley

Phone: Droid III

Rooted: Duh

Rom: CM7

Twitter: @TrentonBlakley_
[Motorola Droid 3] Dri94:
I was on steel droid 3.0 debloated and flashed strait to this by following safestrap instructions.

i didnt download rootkeeper, when flashing to this the root just kept. superuser and allt hat working.
[Motorola Droid 3] erismaster:
That's because you didn't apply the full ota. You flashed the pre-rooted version that hashcode made. The true ota must be flashed in stock recovery.
[Motorola Droid 3] limaxray:
I didn't see this anywhere in this thread so maybe I missed it, but what's the kernel version after this update?
[Motorola Droid 3] spectrumfox:
Kernel version

2.6.35.7-gcb61aba

xrpk47@il93lnxdroid25 #1
[Motorola Droid 3] limaxray:
In other words, this is a new build of the existing kernel. It seems this is a pretty minor update, and is probably limited to bug fixes.
[Motorola Droid 3] Hashcode:
If Moto ever posts the updated Kernel source (which they should do once this update is released) then we can diff sources and see what was changed. BP is a harder nut to crack ...
[Motorola Droid 3] ZaneKaminski:
Am I safe to flash this over a de-bloated system?
[Motorola Droid 3] spectrumfox:
It won't work. This has to be applied to stock 5.6.
[Motorola Droid 3] buckmarble:
Just wanted to confirm with you all that the hot spot hack works with the new baseband.
[Motorola Droid 3] wootizzle:
For the wireless tether right?
[Motorola Droid 3] buckmarble:
Yes
[Motorola Droid 3] danifunker:
What are some of the changes everybody has noticed after applying this upgrade? I heard about the camera, anything else?
[Motorola Droid 3] DoubleYouPee:
I'm running it now with mavarick but nothing yet. I'll keep an eye out on battery life
[Motorola Droid 3] stevefxp:
Can we extract the baseband and just install this?
[Motorola Droid 3] lordgodgeneral:
Has anyone tried downgrading to 5.6 with the rsd sbf to see if its possible. It would be nice to know if you can downgrade to root if you have to exchange your phone since the one click has been patched
[Motorola Droid 3] btonetbone:
See post 22 for the answer to your question.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=19114480&postcount=22
[Motorola Droid 3] Rotkaeqpchen:
Can please please someone try if sleep mode now works?
[Motorola Droid 3] joeyx2:
Sleep works for me
[Motorola Droid 3] Rotkaeqpchen:
Thanks, does it also wake up after going into sleep mode?
[Motorola Droid 3] MrJudylicious:
yes it does wake up after going to sleep. has anyone used monster after applying the update? i flashed mav because it said it was using 5.7. i just installed mosnter, formatted, and now am rebooting..
[Motorola Droid 3] joeyx2:
I was wondering if I install safestrap and then flash a rom that's not 5.7.894 will I keep the new kernel and baseband?
[Motorola Droid 3] MrJudylicious:
well let me start off by saying monster didnt work for me. i installed, wiped data/cache, and rebooted and it would not boot up. the screen was on but stayed black as if it was a bad boot animation. i gave it 13 minutes to boot and it did not. Mav did keep new baseband and kernal

only mav will flash for me. liberty, dark droid, and monster will not boot up after flashing. i guess its safe to say thank god i was using safestrap or mightve really fubar'd it
[Motorola Droid 3] DoubleYouPee:
probably because mav is the only one on the new ota
[Motorola Droid 3] MrJudylicious:
yeah i wasnt sure. i searched a few times but didnt come up with anything so i did it anyway. Shouldve known, but now i do. I wonder how much work it is to change the roms. Mav wasnt running well at all at 3505. Monster and Liberty were 5200+ Antutu
[Motorola Droid 3] btonetbone:
At this time, the only way to change baseband and kernel ia by flashing a file from either Motorola or Verizon. The ROMs created by or modified by devs will not modify those.
[Motorola Droid 3] joeyx2:
Cool I was thinking of putting mav back on my phone, just wanted to make sure the baseband and kernel changes would stick. Good to know that none of the other roms wouldn't work. Thanks for testing that out and letting us know. I would have done it but needed my phone in working condition till tomorrow. Saved me some headaches.
[Motorola Droid 3] gkitab:
+1 If you want one of the other roms other than mav you would have to sbf back.
[Motorola Droid 3] Hashcode:
Tonight, I can do some tests on ROMs using the 5.6.890 /system files. I went ahead and aplied 5.7.894 so that I could look for potential issues and test the CM7 build.

On a side note, I've read 3-4 threads between the Droid 3 forums and the Bionic forums where users had to SBF because they "did something wrong" and were using Koush's Bootstrap.. nice to see that Safestrap is doing what it's supposed to do.
[Motorola Droid 3] MrJudylicious:
Yes I was very thankful I used safestrap as I had just sbf'd to stock to do the ota. All I had to do was hit menu at bootup and reflash mav
[Motorola Droid 3] danifunker:
Can someone take a system dump for me after this patch was applied? I'd like to see if I can apply some of the new patched binaries to my XT860 but need a full system dump.

To take the dump please do the following:

1. adb shell

2. su dd if=/dev/block/=/dev/block/mmcblk1p21 of=/sdcard/VZW_D3_U5-70894-STG-mmcblk1p21.img

3. exit

4. adb pull /sdcard/VZW_D3_U5-70894-STG-mmcblk1p21.img

Thanks in advance!
[Motorola Droid 3] Hashcode:
I have this update setup as a Safestrap ROM here:

http://goo.gl/vGJ8X

That's basically a system dump.
[Motorola Droid 3] wattnxt:
Initial Impressions. Not all that different. Camera is faster, but the Atrix mod still makes this seem slow.

In a fit of stupidity, I attempted to rework some of my themes and apparently borked something. So I'm finishing my pre-flash restore and will try again tomorrow...read as later this morning...lol.

This time, I will do a Nandroid of the new 5.7.894 right after completion. Though I'm getting RSD down to the point where I can do this in my sleep...

OK. More later. I will be happy to do a system dump, if you can give me a place to upload it.

good night for now.
[Motorola Droid 3] Rotkaeqpchen:
5.7.894 is working great!

Sleep Mode now works. For some users, there is a downside: The camera lost it's continuous autofocus feature. I think it's better that way, so there is no more re-focus-tries while recording at night.
[Motorola Droid 3] Rotkaeqpchen:
I can confirm that screen turns off after hdmi was used. This was a bug in previous versions.
[Motorola Droid 3] slvrarrow:
If anyone is waiting on installing this it was easy. No wiping, SBF back to .890 using RSDLite, use Pete's root tools and root device. Download OTA Rootkeeper off of the market, use it, Flash new OTA from recovery, use OTA Rootkeeper to install root once more.

If you're not sure on performance, for me I definitely believe the UI performance to have been improved, list scrolling, pulldown scrolling seems a little better

Camera is noticeably quicker and seems more stable. The phone seems less "stodgy" when the app is running.

Sleep works
[Motorola Droid 3] stevefxp:
I tried using Rootkeeper but it didnt work for me. I am betting I prolly did something wrong but cannot be positive.
[Motorola Droid 3] slvrarrow:
on rootkeeper I checked all boxes bar the bottom one. after restoring root try going into superuser app, preferences and update superuser binary
[Motorola Droid 3] droidian1441:
So i can use this on unrooted stock and can SBF back to 5.6.890 using RSDLite?

Also where is the SBF? I need on before i do some real rooting work on my phone.

Thanks

Edit: I did the update, but still need the 2 responses.
[Motorola Droid 3] somemadcaaant:
Yes you can RSD back to the SBF 5.6.890.

-smc
[Motorola Droid 3] spectrumfox:
I ended up returning to 5.6.890 after a couple days. While the 5.7 update fixes some lingering problems with the camera, I found general phone performance to be sluggish. There also seemed to be some added lag found in the responsiveness of the touch screen.

I jumped back to 5.6 and all those performance issues went away.

I can deal with the slightly buggy camera for now.
[Motorola Droid 3] Rotkaeqpchen:
I have experienced the exact opposite.

The phone has a much better performance and responsiveness, screen timeout after hdmi works now, sleep mode works now too, the atrix camera is even faster now, signal reception (GSM) is great (with verizonwirelessglobalphone = 0).

Now it is a perfect phone with no lags and bugs.
[Motorola Droid 3] stevefxp:
I hate to be a pita but I cannot seem to get Rootkeeper to work properly. Can I get a step by step summary on what to do to make this work?

Thanks,

Steve
[Motorola Droid 3] MrJudylicious:
heres what i did: SBF to 5.6.x -- root with 1 click -- install otarootkeeper, one of the boxes isnt checked, but check it and it backs up su. -- install leaked update -- run ota rootkeeper and restore su --
[Motorola Droid 3] matthskim:
Currently, I see 4 line items are checked. I see the last item "Protected su copy available" not checked. But I cant not check it if it is what you meant. or how do I check it?

Edit: Oh, NVM, as soon as I protected it, the last line item has been checked. Thanks.
[Motorola Droid 3] spectrumfox:
But you're using an alternate patched camera, not the stock camera. That means 4.7 is still somewhat bugged as there are still issues.
[Motorola Droid 3] stevefxp:
Finally got it to work...thanks!
[Motorola Droid 3] MrJudylicious:
Also figured I'd share here that Hashcodes patch for CM7 worked as a patch for Liberty rom, if youre updated to 5.7.894
[Motorola Droid 3] Rotkaeqpchen:
AAAAAAAAH! Shocking error this morning!

I always make Clockwork Backups. This morning i tried restoring an older 5.7.894 backup, and there was an "error restoring /system" !!!

Tried another 5.7.894 backup and the same message. I never had errors while backup / restoring but now with 5.7.894 things seem to be different.

What's gone wrong?
[Motorola Droid 3] somemadcaaant:
@Rotkaeqpchen

Did u restore while in safestrap mode?

Has any1 else tested backups and restore with 5.7.894?

-smc
[Motorola Droid 3] Rotkaeqpchen:
I don't have Safestrap installed, I use Droid 3 Bootstrap for Backups.
[Motorola Droid 3] hurrrtin:
I did this as well when updating to 5.7.894, however the su binary was not restored for some reason; only a sym link pointing to a non-existant su. I poked around in the terminal and found there was a file called su-backup. So I executed that, got root, did a mount -o remount rw /system , and copied the su-backup to /system/xbin/su . Worked fine after that!
[Motorola Droid 3] MrJudylicious:
did you re run ota rootkeeper and restore su? or u did and it didnt restore? either way im glad you were able to make this jump. I have restored from 5.7 to 5.7, but not going from 5.7 back to 5.6 if thats what ur asking.
[Motorola Droid 3] 640k:
is there an actual app/script, etc for ota rootkeeper? if there is, i didn't see it.

i made the changes manually, then re-ran the one-click root, then re-updated my su binary... a little clumsy, but it worked.

and thanks to OP for teh leak.
[Motorola Droid 3] btonetbone:
There is an app, and it's available in the market.

https://market.android.com/details?...m9yZy5wcm9qZWN0dm9vZG9vLm90YXJvb3RrZWVwZXIiXQ..
[Motorola Droid 3] lunacie:
Is there a deodexed version of this yet?
[Motorola Droid 3] redsox985:
Currently I'm running this rooted and I just manually debloated it with TB freezing as well as the TBH app's debloat option. The only thing I miss is my 1% battery icon.
[Motorola Droid 3] techi33:
Solid Build

I have installed this in a non rooted Droid 3, it is still non rooted. Everything is working fine, the stock camera has some speed increase. Ill have to worry about getting back to stock if this build does not get released, but I have time to do that later, I'm enjoying this build in the mean time.
[Motorola Droid 3] MrJudylicious:
you can always SBF back to 5.6.890. Ive debloated and it doesnt work too bad. I was able to install liberty which is deodexed or CM7 (both require the patch). I have no flashed back to 5.6.890 because monster just runs so much faster.