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[Motorola Droid Bionic] LucasMN:
Hey Tuck,

Received my Bionic yesterday and got up to 893.

I'm following your procedure to get er rooted. FYI, I've tried a multiple times on step #5 to get the R3l3As3Droot_Windows_v2.1.zip downloaded. It says it has "completed" but it has not. I tried form my work as well as my house, it is not a connection issue on my end.

I do not know what would happen if you tried to install this incomplete download (mine failed at ~53mb.). I'm sure it would not be pretty.

Can you upload the zip to another location?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Tucknology:
Looking into it...

EDIT: I just passed 65 MB no problem so far. It is a slow download, but it is 200 MB what can you expect? I'll add some mirrors...

EDIT2: Try http://bionic.th3oryrom.us.to/R3L3AS3D/R3l3AS3DRoot_Windows_V2.1.zip

EDIT3: Added yet another mirror, just in case. I recommend trying my instructions for tehsusenoh's method. They should work fine, and the download is MUCH smaller.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] pure_player52:
awesome thanks man i appreciate the thread there's a lot of relevant and useful information all in one spot makes it nice for someone who just got the phone.

just one question

any fix for wifi tether?

i kind of need to tether or else i have no internet at home.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] LucasMN:
Thank you. I was able to get it downloaded over lunch.

To be clear, by alternate instructions you are refering to Tehsuseno's method?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Tucknology:
Yes. Try Tehsusenoh's method. It is definitely easier, and the download is much smaller (< 6MB).

CLARIFICATION: There is no technical difference between the older instructions and the alternate instructions. Tehsusenoh just took the two scripts, and copy-pasted them together so you only had to run one thing instead of two. They both do the exact same thing.

Also, the root process is very safe from a noob standpoint. Either it works or it doesn't. No one bricks their phone using this root procedure. It's afterward that people have the option of doing stupid things...
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Tucknology:
The search button is located in the top right of the screen.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] LucasMN:
Ahh, right you are. His method was quick. Took literally 5 mintues to perform the whole procedure. Rebooted and checked for root, still have it! Sweet.

One note on his method, once you change to charge mode and hit enter, it sits there for 10 seconds or so without doing anything. I was confused as to whether or not it had started, but it did.

I will still use your method for getting on 901. Thanks bud!

I haven't done much searching (only had the phone for 24 hours), but how hard is it to return to 893 from rooted 901?

Simple as flashing the OTA zip of 893?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] thereisone:
Do you have to use wifi or are you OK with usb tethering?

Both Ways work for me. I just downloaded the most recent version of wifi tether and it worked just fine.

And for Usb tethering I downloaded auto usb tethering app I can get a link if you want. It enables the stock usb tethering.... I have watched my bill close and haven't seen additional charges.

Hope this helps.

Sent from my DROID BIONIC running Eclipse 2.1 Rc1 created by reverse engineering of superior alien technology!
[Motorola Droid Bionic] LucasMN:
Google "wifi tether apk"

Click on the first link

Download the one uploaded Jan 12

Install

Works perfectly, I'm posting from a laptop connected through it.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] pure_player52:
awesome thanks guys its working now. getting outrageous speeds out here
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Tucknology:
The best way to downgrade from 901 is the pathsaver (see link in the assumptions section of OP). You cannot simply flash the OTA zip of 893 (btw, which is named 886), because it is a patch not a complete system copy.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Tucknology:
Updated

I've cleaned up the post to integrate links into the text (whoa). If I killed a link by accident please let me know.

If I don't hear any complaints I will be deprecating the (old) root instructions in favor of the (new) tehsusenoh method. There is no technical difference, its just that tehRoot is a little easier. If you are new please try tehRoot (alternative method in OP) first.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] GreenLanternX:
Great post/instructions! Thanks Tuck!

Tuck, that was a great write up. Thanks a million!

The Bionic is my first Android phone and therefore my first attempt to root anything. Your directions are clear and concise and the links were all working and easy to get to.

Pardon my noobness but some suggestions that could help others if they get stuck like I did.

Step #4 - when trying to install Root and 43V4E Root I kept getting an error that the adb server daemon (or something like that) couldn't be started. I found on another forum that the port it uses maybe blocked. As soon as I shutdown my ZoneAlarm it worked with no problem.

Step #10 - I couldn't get the 901 update to install after downloading and redownloading the files, renaming them, moving them around...turns out my old school @$$ still put MP3 files ON the phone, my 16GB SD card was full. As soon as I cleared it out it installed with no problems.

That's basically it, I installed Liberty last night...couldn't get Eclipse to install. But then I freaked because all my contacts were lost, I didn't realize that VZ Backup Assistant was gone. So I used the SafeStrap this morning and got back to my stock system. I'll need to back it up via Google I guess that way the Safe System can reload my contacts.

Anyone have any idea why Eclipse won't load? This was last night so I don't remember the error messages (helpful I know). I'll try it again and post the messages when I try again.

Again just some friendly suggestions to help other noobs like myself. Great write up and THANKS AGAIN!!!!:D

How do you thanks someone? I see that at the bottom of a lot of posts. Do I need to be less of a newb before I can do that?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] eye__dea:
Using Laptop?

Tuck..Great instructions. Anyone able to root using their laptop? -eye__dea
[Motorola Droid Bionic] LucasMN:
I rooted mine fine using a laptop with Windows 7 32bit Enterprise and Tehsusenoh's method.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] eye__dea:
Install Titanium Backup too?

If I am using safestrap and custom ROMS...do I need Titanium Backup? -eye__dea
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Tucknology:
I'll mention this issue in the OP. Thanks for the info.

Do I understand correctly, the problem was you didn't have enough free space available?

To make your life easy, I'd recommend you export your contacts to the SD card. That is the most direct way.

Need more info on the specific problem you are experiencing. I just flashed Eclipse two nights ago for fun with no problems. Then I restored to Kin3tix because I didn't feel like setting up from scratch. Restore = awesomeness.

You're very welcome. To thank someone:

1) Make sure you're logged in

2) At the end of the post there are a few buttons including the thanks button (with a thumb's up symbol). It is next to reply, quote, etc.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Tucknology:
I would recommend using your laptop, because in the (unlikely) event the power goes out in the middle of an operation you won't be affected (assuming your battery is charged).

Titanium backup gives you a different level of backup compared to the Nandroid backup, which is built into safestrap. TiBU will backup your apks and data on an app-by-app basis. Nandroid is sorta all or nothing. Sometimes TiBU messes up a ROM or something when you restore too much data, but there are way too many special cases to get into. Learn what all the color-coding in TiBU means, and read up on TiBU elsewhere. There's more to the story, but the short answer is you can use both without too much of a problem. You're not going to brick your phone using it.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] GreenLanternX:
Yeah sorry, I went the VERY roundabout way of saying I didn't have enough free space.

I will try it again tonight and post up the error logs I get.

Thanks again for the help and the great work!
[Motorola Droid Bionic] GreenLanternX:
It says it's opening the package and then:

E:/sdcard/Bionic-Eclipse.R1C1.zip

(bad)

Installation aborted

Any thoughts?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Tucknology:
Redownload? Also, why has the name of the .zip changed? Typo?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] GreenLanternX:
I tried downloading it again. I even went to the "More Info" link and downloaded it from there. Still no luck, keeps giving me the error.

Yes the filename was a typo, I was trying to type it from memory.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Tucknology:
I will upload my copy of the file. See if that one works... One hour...
[Motorola Droid Bionic] GreenLanternX:
No need. I got tried downloading it a few times from eclipseroms. After a few downloads and moving the file to the sdcard via my PC instead of the phone, it worked! Thanks for the effort tuck. Much appreciated for everything!
[Motorola Droid Bionic] LucasMN:
Hey Tuck,

Followed your instructions for getting to 901. Nice and simple (though I wish CWM would work, haha). Kept root too!

Incase anyone can't figure out how to navigate. In the stock recovery, you have to use the volume DOWN button, to select you need to use the volume UP button, this is in step 11. Then in step 14 it is different, up and down work to navigate, but the power button is to select. If you put the update in a folder and not just in the root of your SD card, you will have to go into that folder. I created one called "Updates" so it's easy to remember.

If you are on 901, under "about phone", the System version will be 5.9.901.XT875.Verizon.en.US.

I'll be giving your safestrap install a run here in a couple minutes.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] LucasMN:
After installing the safestrap.apk, reboot. Then go into your app menu and open safestrap. It will give you 2 options, install recovery and uninstall recovery. You need to install before the recovery will work. (If you reboot and don't see the safestrap recovery, you need to go into the app and install it).

Then reboot again, hit the menu button when safestrap comes up. Now you can backup,

Minor, but in Step 21, it's actually "Toggle Safe System", not mode.

To clarify, the "Unsafe" is your stock rom. "Safe" is where you can load your roms. This seems backwards to me as when I think "safe", I think stock. But never the less, "unsafe" is stock. I copied the stock "backup" folder to my laptop for a worst case option.

This write up makes doing all of this stupidly easy. Props to you Tuck, wish the OG Droid, G-Tab and Touchpad guys would have made something like this "all in one" write up.

Edit: lol at the prompts for KIN3TX during the install. "Lets mount this b****"
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Tucknology:
Safestrap includes CWM.

EDIT: Sorry didn't see your 2nd post. Duh.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] LucasMN:
I did realize that once I read a little more and deff. noticed when I got it installed.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Tucknology:
The Kin3tx install process alone is worth it. DroidTh3ory is a hilarious mofo. May he rest in peace.

Thanks for your suggestions. I added them to the OP. Some of that stuff I already had, so please continue to give suggestions on how to clarify it.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Mattyv2478:
network problems

Im having issues making this ROM work with my network not being able to make calls
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Tucknology:
Crystal Ball is Broken

You'll have to provide a few more details if you need assistance.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Mattyv2478:
I installed the eclipse ROM. It seems like I cant make any phone calls there is no data on the phine the only thing I can do is hook up to wifi. I have rebooted several times still no data or signal.

Thanks

---------- Post added at 07:58 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:50 PM ----------

also on 5.5.893
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Tucknology:
It isn't going to work if you didn't install the 901 update.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] codygs83:
Quick question.

I'm on 893 now with eclipse 2.0

Can I safetly do the 901 update zip through recovery while on eclipse 2.0?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Tucknology:
No. You must be on stock 893 afaik. I don't know what to recommend... Are you using safe strap or bionic bootstrap recovery? Did you backup your stock system?

If you don't have a backup look into the path saver script...let me know how it goes.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] codygs83:
thanks for the quick reply.

I have bionic bootstrap and tried flashing through both recoveries and got errors both times.

I did backup through cwm, so I may check in the path saver script and see how it goes.

Thank you!
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Tucknology:
You might have some luck restoring your stock backup.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Tucknology:
Out of date. See latest post.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] LucasMN:
I will be watching this thread like a hawk. Haha.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Tucknology:
In other news, nitroglycerine33 has released the official Eclipse 2.1 and it has been reported to be compatible with 902. Nitro also says he will be releasing a 902 build soon, but it will not be different except for saying "902" in the build box. I will be testing ROM compatibility of Kin3tix tonight so stay tuned.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] dandycat:
Just wondering how I tell what version I'm on to update from. In my settings > about phone it says 893 after I'm rooted, so I download the second file from the link in your second post correct?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Tucknology:
Dandycat, thanks for your question. Right now I don't know the answer. It took me a while to figure out what to do for myself. Those are the directions I've provided. As I stated in my first post, I'm figuring out the best methods for everyone else (like you). This is a major challenge because so many people are in so many different situations, and information is scattered all over the place. There is a lot of bad info, a lot of misinformation, and a lot of people doing things the hard way.

Please take this advice. You are on 893. Don't do anything right now. Just be patient. I'll have good info up soon. If you update to 901 or 902 without correctly rooting first you'll just have to go back anyway, and this will be MUCH MORE DIFFICULT. I am absolutely positive about that.

Please, if you are patient I promise by the weekend I'll have step-by-step for everyone.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] dandycat:
Sure! I'm in no hurry to root and get a different rom on the phone. I wasn't sure which one to pick, so I figured I'd wait until someone had a more solid answer. Thanks a lot for your wonderful post! I look forward to moving on past root!
[Motorola Droid Bionic] ms0chez:
I managed to get on 902 from 901 but for some reason I can't toggle safe system in safestrap. When restoring data its says error failed to restore data.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Tucknology:
I assume you are trying to enable the safesystem? Make sure you have sufficient free space on your internal sd card?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] ms0chez:
Well what I did was uninstall safestrap delete the safestrap folder in my sd and the safestrap folder in internal storage. Installed safestrap again and was able to enable safesystem.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] FAUguy:
Had .893 on the Bionic and it was rooted with the command line method from:

http://www.mydroidworld.com/topic/9...-upgrade-path/page__view__findpost__p__103640

Now it had the .902 OTA update and lost root in the process.

I've tried the same command lines that worked with .893, but it doesn't work:

shell@cdma_targa:/data/local$ ./zerg

./zerg

[**] Zerg rush - Android 2.2/2.3 local root

[**] (C) 2011 Revolutionary. All rights reserved.

[**] Parts of code from Gingerbreak, (C) 2010-2011 The Android Exploid Crew.

[+] Found a GingerBread ! 0x00016118

[*] Scooting ...

[*] Sending 149 zerglings ...

[*] Sending 189 zerglings ...

[-] Hellions with BLUE flames !

[1] + Stopped (signal) ./zerg

shell@cdma_targa:/data/local$ mount -o rw,remount /dev/null /system

mount -o rw,remount /dev/null /system

mount: Operation not permitted

[1] Segmentation fault ./zerg

shell@cdma_targa:/data/local$

I also tried the Tehsusenoh all-in-one zip file, but it doesn't work either.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Bfitz26:
anyone have path saver links are broken ??
[Motorola Droid Bionic] snavid972:
4ever rooted, downloaded update to folder on sd card , booted up recovery installed updated and I get

E verification failed . any ideas? Im on .893
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Bfitz26:
ok so if i am understand the instructions correctly i run the sbps script on pathsaver run the script flash into stock recovery flash the 893 reboot wait boot into recovery again flash the 901 reboot and then i run teh root option one run script and then i am forever rooted on 901 now what do i do to get to 902 rooted and flash the ics rom as far as recovery system?? sorry for the noobness new to flashing moto devices..
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Bfitz26:
Anyone ????
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Bfitz26:
Its in gereral linked might be on the second page I know it was posted yesterday
[Motorola Droid Bionic] korkwin:
Fantastic write up

Great guide. Thank you for this. I have not rooted an android device before this. I can't believe I waited so long to try it.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] kukabuka:
Thanks for the guide. I went from .893 non-rooted, followed the guide to root & forever root, and installed safestrap. Then I just flashed to .902, and it stayed rooted. Safestrap didn't even have to be reinstalled for me.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Xluthienx:
Root Method for 902 that works

Try the Droid 4 Exploit aka motofail.

I was in the same boat as you... I even forever rooted before updating... but it didn't keep...

I ran motofail and not only did it work... but it worked really quickly, much faster then the zerg exploit...

Hope this helps!
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Oozura:
Wow. Didn't D4 come out last week? Jeez nothing but hand me downs for us.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] tehsusenoh:
Hey, sooooo it looks like tehRoot got spread over here!

Just to let the OP know, I've done a minor change to the code, it's now at v1.1.1.

:D
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Tucknology:
Thanks for your script in the first place, for the update, and for the notification.

No offense to tehsusenoh, but I'm recommending MotoFail as the best root method. Please see the OP for those directions.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Tucknology:
At long last, I've finished the write-up to accomodate the 902 system update. Here are some miscellaneous thoughts:

• The Motofail root method works on all versions, including 902, and is therefore the method I am recommending. See the OP for instructions.

• If you are using Bionic Bootstrap (BB), you really should switch to Safestrap. Fear not, backups from BB will work with Safestrap.

• To my knowledge, all 901-compatible ROMs are also 902-compatible. 893-compatible ROMs will not work.

• There is an alpha version of ICS that is being developed by hashcode and dhacker29. These guys are heroes. I'm not recommending the alpha version right now for n00bs, because it doesn't entirely work yet (for example, the camera and calendar don't work). For more information see dhacker29's twitter.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] eye__dea:
new 902 root..forever rooted?

Does the new root method contain the fover root codes too?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Tucknology:
Forever-root was only relevant because, previously, 901 and 902 were not rootable. You had to forever-root an older version (like 893), then upgrade to 901/902. Now, the Motofail method works on any system version, so 43v3r r00t is no longer necessary.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] ozziedog:
New guy question, will Motofail work on Atrix 2 with 2.3.6?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] tehsusenoh:
Yeah.

And thanks for including tehRoot in the guide, I didn't expect it to get thousands of downloads.

I see you marked it deprecated, thanks!

If I have enough free time, I'm going to see if I can write up a GUI for all of this, but don't take that as a promise.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] nuggsfan9:
Worked GREAT! downgraded to 893, rooted and installed 902 update with NO problems. im running a ICS ROM from the rootz site and it works wonderfully. Thank you GREATLY for this!
[Motorola Droid Bionic] snavid972:
after I ran option one. its not letting me use option 6 to install update to card .

*rebooting to bootloader hit any key when ap fastboot is up error : device not found.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Tucknology:
I wish I could help you. Please repost your question in English. Your chances of getting useful assistance will be improved if you include more details about what problem you are having, what system you started with, etc. If you are having a problem with the PathSaver script, you should post questions in dhacker29's thread dedicated to that topic.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] idigscars:
Hey, im a major noob and having slight difficulties with Motorola driver. I downloaded and went to install, but it's showing up as a bin file. How do i install this to my pc?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Tucknology:
Somehow you have made an error. The driver installer files should be .msi (Microsoft Installer) files. I've added additional mirror links for the download in case the problem was with the fileserver.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] eye__dea:
Just go to motorola.com..mobility page. Then use the Get Help link and go to the drivers section.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] milky7272:
Guys it says My access to Motofail is denied. I am on .902 stock. I am new to the bionic and have had a charge and x2 but never really had a promblem. It reboots the phone and gos through the steps just says acces is denied? Any one have any ideas? I am on stock .902 OTA
[Motorola Droid Bionic] eye__dea:
Did you...On phone, go to Settings -> Applications and turn on "unknown sources". Then go to "Development" and turn on "USB debugging

Also, make sure you have the latest Motorola drivers on your PC. Just go to motorola.com..mobility page. Then use the Get Help link and go to the drivers section.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] milky7272:
Yes did all that not real sure whats going on. It runs but in adb when it gets to motofail it says access denied. It reboots and runs but nothing happens.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Tucknology:
This part sounds funny to me. Can you explain better? can you take a screenshot?

Some stabs in the dark...

-try different USB cable

-try different computer

-do you have administrator access on your PC? Try right clicking on the script (run.bat) and selecting "run as administrator"

-did you unzip the files? You can't run the script from within the zip file.

Did you skip any steps or have problems with any of them?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] eye__dea:
It does sound wierd. Few other possibilities: rooted before or tried in the past, how did you get to 902?, maybe not enough space on phone? Motofail should be flawless!

Most likely..all the files are not unzipped. It needs to be unzipped and all stored in a folder together. Then click run.bat
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Bfitz26:
Make sure you extracted it to correct location that failed for me the first time too
[Motorola Droid Bionic] milky7272:
Thanks for all the help. I have rooted my x2, and my charge never an issue. This time I had to run as administrator and it worked. Would also like to say that safestrap is bad ass! Once again Thanks.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] rayntree:
Thanks!

Great guide - just upgraded my Eris to a Bionic, and was happy to see that I had some options for root and alternate roms. Rooted in installed Eclipse in about 15 minutes with no problem...
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Tucknology:
2/16/2012 Update: New, even easier rooting instructions! Folks, rooting simply cannot get any easier. Props to crobs808, be sure to thank him.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Bfitz26:
Should have mentioned figured that was a no brainer ;) I always run everything ad admin so it was second nature to me