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[Motorola Droid Bionic] cellzealot:
P3Droid just told me he modified his one click Bionic Path Saver to include the .902 update instead of .901 and completed the upgrade in under 20 min.

I used RSD Lite as I described above and it took approximately an hour including making fresh Nandroids and restoring data after clear flashing everything in RSD Lite.

These files and other modified xml.zip methods will be made available very quickly, so I suggest waiting for them if you have any hesitation managing it manually.

The good news is we have all of these methods at our disposal to manage this easily and safely and we understand them all very well at this stage.

There is little danger and much to be gained for all users, rooted or not.

There is no reason for another huge influx of bricked phones following this release, as has been the case over the past months with this device.

A nice peaceful transition to the new build should result, while devs crack away at ICS and Moto is hopefully not too far behind them! ;)
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
Hey if *I* can do it without bricking, as I did, ANYONE can. :D Thank you to you, p3droid, and everyone else who has made these methods possible and easy. I modified the pathsaver locally to do the downgrade/upgrade, but, I felt the RSD method was safest given my previous experience. :)
[Motorola Droid Bionic] cellzealot:
I entirely agree, and was just making that point to P3Droid. Many users will want to use the Path Saver for convenience sake, but the preferred method is probably using the prescribed tools and slightly modified official files, with the only changes being those required by our own self created "special needs" for rooted users in various states of current firmware and leaked or custom builds.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
Using the modified 893 FXZ was incredibly easy. And since I kept my data (not ENTIRELY a recommended procedure ;)) it was really fast and simple. Reapplying root was a pain, but, I used the 1-click exploit that's always worked for me on 893, and then just applied forever root on top of that. Reboot into recovery, let 902 do its thing, and nandroid. Done. :) Couldn't be happier that it went so smoothly.

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Oh, one more thing that we need to consider going forward while I have your attention. We're going to need to make sure people understand that if they need to go back to 893 from 902 (if they forgot root or whatever) that they will need the cdt.bin from 902 now. I'm sure you and P3Droid are on top of it, but, I thought I'd mention it anyway in case it slipped through the cracks.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] 340DartMan:
More NOOB ????'s

Some more noob questions: I am currently forever rooted with .901. I have a Bootstrapped BU of .893 with all bloatware.

1) Nortorious93 asked if using the nandroid .893 BU would work and you said no. Is this with Bionic Bootstrapper? I have .893 backed up (nandroid?) with Bionic Bootstrap and was hoping to use this for future OTA's. I thought Bootstrapper BU's were complete system backups.

2) Where is the cdt.bin file located?

3) "Yea, I modified the full xml.zip to not wipe my user data partition..." Where is this file located and how did you modify it?

4) What user data are wiped out and where is that located on the phone?

Apologies for the simplistic questions. Still new to all of this but love to play with my Bionic.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] cellzealot:
Yes, that is understood and there also was no mbmloader included in this update, so that is of no consequence. Reverting to prior build or even experimenting with the various radios we have in update.zip form should be easy and safe too, although it's likely we will find the most recent baseband to be the best option for most users.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
1) you can't use that nandroid backup across versions because of the locked bootloader.

2) cdt.bin can be found in the 901 update zip file you used to get to 901.

3) I don't have a link to it handy. It's a zip file that contains the full fxz for 893. I unzipped it replaced the cdt.bin with the one from 901 and edited the XML file to remove the erase user data line.

4) not removing that line will basically perform a factory reset. All your apps, settings, etc get erased.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
That's very likely yea. Seems to be a version higher than the awesome radio we had in 901 so that's a good thing. I don't anticipate the need to go back now that I have a rooted nandroid for 902 but for those that lose root for whatever reason I just wanted to make sure they're covered. So that's great news. Thanks!
[Motorola Droid Bionic] markduenas:
Lost root after update from 893 to 902

I've lost root in my update from 893 to 902...Superuser is there but it denies permissions to all that request it. What should I do? Thanks in advance.

Mark
[Motorola Droid Bionic] i2ollingstone:
I'm confused. Inside the Bionic902.zip file you're saying there should be another zip? I only see a folder named Blur_Version.5.5.893.XT875.Verizon.en.US. I tried to just zip that up and flash it but it didn't work and I also tried naming it update.zip with no luck. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. I'm on foreverrooted .893 currently nothing frozen.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] cellzealot:
The best and safest suggestion is probably to go back to .893 using the full .893 xml.zip with RSD Lite and the new .902 cdt.bin and then start over making sure you have properly rooted and perma rooted by editing mount-ext3.sh by a verified method like ROTA893 or manually.

Then run the update again and hope for better results. The update itself does not assert mount-ext3.sh so it shouldn't have removed root if that was in place.

That is a safe, repeatable method to get back to stock and forwards again to any desired build that we have now, including 5.9.902.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
A link to the 901->902 update is out now. No one needs to downgrade to 893 anymore. I'm mobile so i can't post it right now but it's up on droid-life forum.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Notorious93:
That makes sense..thanks for that clarification

Now I just need a noob friendly link so I don't mess up..I just don't do well with locked phones vs unlocked
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/mo...nstalled-902-soak-test-build-post-here-5.html

Just use the link in that thread to go from 901to 902. Enjoy. :)
[Motorola Droid Bionic] willbur73:
Don't zip anything. You should just be able to unzip the main file and use what's in it. Shouldn't need to zip anything.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Bjgregu:
This not working for anyone else? Im on eclipse 2.1 .901 sideloaded. Tried doing this and getting an error halfway through.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Notorious93:
For that to work I would have to be on stock 901 right??
[Motorola Droid Bionic] junksecret:
I was running forever rooted, sideloaded 901 with lots of frozen bloat, different camera files, FM radio installed, changed boot animations, etc.

I used the file posted on Rootzwiki, Blur_Version.5.9.901.XT875.Verizon.en.US.zip put it on my ext. SD, booted into stock recoverery, updated from SD and am on 902 with root retained and all the bloat still frozen, hacked camera still installed and working etc.

Life is good.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] ticrandall:
This is a dumb question no doubt, but flashing 902 pretty much disables the ability to use any current roms, Yes? So I/we will be stuck on Blur until someone builds a custom rom based on 902.. ?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] wlarsong:
Did you download the 902 update from rootzwiki? Or did you download 901 from rootzwiki then get 902 OTA?

Link please if you have one to 902 update. I am on 901
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
Did you see the link I posted a few posts back? There's a 901 to 902 update out there that has been working for people.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Vincent Arnold:
Thats the one I used to go from 901 to 902 and it worked for me. I got to from a download not OTA. :)
[Motorola Droid Bionic] wlarsong:
h/t/t/p/://db.tt/GFqAz7lA

I updated to 901 Manually. I used the update above. For some weird reason the update would not recognize until I renamed the file to Blue_verison...902..zip

Works though it's about 22 megs if you are going from 901 to 902 and 58 meg if going from 893.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] lawtalking:
I used RSD to go from 901 back to stock 893, did 4ever root, and then flashed the 902 update, and lost root. Anyone have any ideas on how to get it back?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Bfitz26:
Noob question how so i flash 902 if i am on stock 901 as in recovery bootloader buttons etc
[Motorola Droid Bionic] ticrandall:
That sucks.. How did you forever root? manual or abd? (curious) I want to update to 902.. but don't want to deal with trying to root again. So far only thing that has been mentioned is to FXZ back to 893.. and someone noted that you'll need the 902 bin file..
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
Follow this guide:

http://www.droidforums.net/forum/dr...4-how-do-manual-update-901-a.html#post1989565

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If you're on 902 and don't have root, the only way to do it is to go back to 886 or 893 and use a working root exploit. Then forever root. After that you can upgrade back up to 902 and it'll keep root.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] voc627:
I was using voodoo rootkeeper and unfortunately after update it didn't find the backed up root. I'm attempting to flash back to 886 but RSD is giving me a failure at the very first step.

USB drivers are installed and I just used RSD to flash back to 886 before installing 902. Thoughts?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
Voodoo rootkeeper didn't work for me, either, sadly.

I don't know if you can flash back to 886 easily. I used the 893 full FXZ and was able to go back to that, root it, apply the forever patch, and then update that to 902. I modified 2 things in the FXZ...I dropped the 901 cdt.bin in there (you'd have to do the 902 cdt.bin if you're on 902 now). And I removed this line:

<step operation="erase" partition="userdata" />

from the xml file. Then I was able to use RSD Lite 5.6 to flash that over 901 (in my case). I then used the 1-click root exploit, applied forever root on top of that, and then I was good to go.

The FXZ I used:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1417116

VRZ_XT875_5.5.893.XT875.Verizon.en.US_CFC_01.xml.z ip

http://www.fileserve.com/file/bmrN7h...CFC_01.xml.zip
[Motorola Droid Bionic] lawtalking:
You will need the cdt.bin file from 902 to use RSD
[Motorola Droid Bionic] voc627:
Trying the 902 cdt. RSD is doing the motions. Will report results.

RSD failed at 10/15 "boot.img"
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
Right. You can't use the old 886 FXZ as it won't work. Try what I outlined in my post. That's what I did and it worked for me and I didn't even lose my data.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] voc627:
downloading 893, it's a slow download so I'll get back asap.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
Ok. It'll work. Just extract it, drop in the cdt.bin, edit the xml with the change I showed you in that post (if you want to retain your user data partition), and RSD Lite it to your phone. That'll get you back into 893 with all your data in tact. Once you get that far, we'll discuss what I did to root it if you have problems. I think ROTA893 is something you should be able to find that should work.

http://rootzwiki.com/topic/13807-root-ota-55893-aka-rota893/

Like, say, there. :)
[Motorola Droid Bionic] voc627:
Much appreciated, I'm cool with data wipe. Figured I'd go fully clean for the 902 update. I'm 30% in on the download, shouldn't be much longer.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
Great then you should be good to go. Good luck and let us know how you make out.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] skullvet:
The. 901 to. 902 update metioned earlier works and keeps root if you forever rooted. No need to go back.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
Yup. The only reason to go back at this point is for those who for whatever reason lose or need/want root. Other than that, make sure you're forever rooted (if you want/need root), pick the right upgrade, and you're good to go.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] sniffs:
I am trying to do the .901 to .902 update and it keeps failing on the verification check of SystemUI.apk

I'm not modded, running stock except for my phone's 4ever rooted. :(
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
It thinks something that it needs to patch has been modified. So it's failing an assertion check. You're sure you didn't freeze anything or accidentally remove something?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] sniffs:
Well, what I had done was right when I updated to .901, I copied my SystemUI.apk and framework-res.apk into my backup folder and then applied some metamorphs.. (changed my 4G and signal icons to look like the ICS tablet version).. well, I restored the SystemUI.apk from my backup

the 4G icon and signal icons are back to stock, so it's definitely not modified now, but it's still throwing up that error.

permissions are set correctly and everything.. :(

I have a feeling this is all revolving around me modifying the SystemUI.apk but it's stock now, so I don't understand why..
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
I don't know how the asserts are written. One thing you can TRY is clearing the cache and the dalvik cache and see if that helps. Otherwise, I have no idea. Well, I do, but, it involves doing things you won't wanna do. :) And that is, see my posts about going back to 893 and then back up to 902.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] sniffs:
I'm going to try a few more things.. I'm going to insert a SystemUI.apk from the .901 rom dump and see if that works..

I'm going to try a co-worker's SystemUI.apk

If all else fails.. I'm going to cry myself to sleep.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
Sounds like you have a well thought out plan to execute on. :D
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Bfitz26:
ok so i am stock .901 that i downloaded earlier as a leak when it was here on xda now trying .902 but i can't get this .902 to work it is labeled nBlur_Version.5.5.893.XT875.Verizon.en.US is this the right one or can someone post up a link thanks..
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
No that doesn't upgrade 901. Look back a few pages for my post. I linked to it.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Bfitz26:
so what you are telling me that there is no method for .901 to .902 update that works do i have to pathsaver back to .896 ?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
uh, what? That's not what I said at all. :) There's a post a few pages back with the link for the 901 to 902 upgrade. You have the 893 to 902 upgrade, which, of course, doesn't work on 901.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Bfitz26:
ok what is the link called

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ok so i think i found it a 25 m file and when i try flashing it say veriificatino failed incomplete like it is a incomplete file or something :(
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
It's not incomplete. It's JUST a patch to go from stock 901 to 902. Hence why it's small. If it's failing the assertions then something isn't stock on your 901 install.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Bfitz26:
no i am 100 percent stock i have never rooted at all
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
Then I have no idea why it would be failing the assertions.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Bfitz26:
ok downloaded and tried again transfered and its converting now so looks like it worked sorry for the noobi ness probably transfered incomplete or something... who knows thanks
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
Ah, great! Glad to hear it!
[Motorola Droid Bionic] ticrandall:
Is there anyway to ... 'verify' you are forever rooted? The 3 lines of chmod text are in the proper file, however the last time I upgraded (893) I lost root..
[Motorola Droid Bionic] bhp117:
I had the same problem when i downloaded the 902 update ota as it won't install then i download the 901-902 file and it also won't flash from stock recovery

Then i realized i was overclocked so i went back to stock recovery and flash the update901.zip file i used before to be on 901 then flash the 901-902 file again and it work this time. I'm still rooted and on 902

So i think if you did the manual update to 901 like me and still have the update901.zip then you can try to flash that file from stock recovery to get back to completely stock 901 then try to flash the 901-902 update file

Hope this work for you as it work for me
[Motorola Droid Bionic] bhp117:
Are you still on. 893?

If you are i'll recommend rooting it manually then apply forever root before going to 902

If you are 901 rooted and forever root you shouldn't lose root when you use the 901-902 update

I didn't lose root when i use the 901-902 update file

And if you want you can reapply the forever root just to make sure its there
[Motorola Droid Bionic] ticrandall:
Yes .893, I am rooted, and I have done the manual forever root.. But that didn't seem to work last time.. not sure..
[Motorola Droid Bionic] maxxram:
Used the file in this link to update from .901 to .902

Worked without issue.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] sniffs:
Dude if you could link me to that or email me it, I'd be in your debt! none of what I've tried works.. keeps failing. PS. I'm not overclocked either..

PSS. I'm really trying to avoid wiping my data.. couldn't I reapply the .901 update I had originally applied and just not wipe data/cache and reboot? :)
[Motorola Droid Bionic] bhp117:
When you root 893 you'll have to apply forever root separately

Its like you'll have to manual root 893 first then you can apply forever root its a 2 different step process

I notice alot of people loose root when they update from 893 to 901 back then because they thought when you manual root 893 you'll have forever root also so alot of people forgot that they'll have to forever root separately using p3 forever root

So since you're still in 893 and rooted use p3 to forever root your phone before moving to 901 or 902
[Motorola Droid Bionic] bhp117:
What is it that you need?

The update901.zip file or the 901-902 update file?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] bhp117:
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/mo...-installed-902-soak-test-build-post-here.html

This is where i got the 901-902 update file

Its on post #38 posted by fantomphlasher
[Motorola Droid Bionic] bhp117:
Here's the link to forever root incase you need it

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1279825
[Motorola Droid Bionic] sniffs:
well I am not sure. I have the full 901 update(Blur_Version.5.5.893.XT875.Verizon.en.US.zip), and then I got something called 901.zip

lol..

If I just reapply the .901 update and not wipe, that should do what I need, no?

EDIT: Here goes.. 901.zip is reapplying, it's gotten past the systemui.apk check and it's doing it's thing..

EDIT2: Applied .901 and then immediately applied .902 and rebooting.. here goes nothing!
[Motorola Droid Bionic] bhp117:
Hope you didn't wipe data because you don't have to
[Motorola Droid Bionic] sniffs:
Nope! all's good, I'm on .902, data's still intact and everything's working..
[Motorola Droid Bionic] bhp117:
Good

Glad it work out
[Motorola Droid Bionic] mrhoogles:
i cant seem to install safestrap, anyone else having that issue?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] dragon droid:
I'm assuming that this update still didn't unlock bootloader
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
ROFLMAO! That was hilarious. :)
[Motorola Droid Bionic] ticrandall:
Thanks man. Is this different then editing mount.... and adding the 3 chmod lines?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] ProCompSolutions:
.902 is installed without a hitch. Hopefully this will solve issues with my bionic as im about to get a HTC Rezound if not.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] junksecret:
I just had my 1st data drop on 902, didn't last long but made me kinda sad.....:(
[Motorola Droid Bionic] dragon droid:
I made the mestake of coming from HTC and didn't realize how moto was untill it was too late. My dad has a xoom and I.just assumed all tablets and phones would be unlocked bootloaders. Like I tell my self. "Assumption is the mother of all F*&% UPs"
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
OG Droid and Xoom user here, so, you don't need to explain to me. I got my first taste of locked bootloaders when I was stuck on 5.7.893 when 5.5.893 was released. I was one of the first people to try getting back on the upgrade path and fried my bionic in the process. Fortunately this is such an AMAZING community that I was able to recover it and get it on 901 all at the same time. Now we're on 902 using that same process of being able to go back to a previous official version. Locked bootloaders are a real pain, but, the community is attempting to work around it.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Stories:
Anyone else missing their camera? Weird thing to be missing...
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
That happened to some people when they upgraded to 901, too. I'd do a search for "missing camera bionic 901" and see what turns up. I think they found a solution to it but I don't remember.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Stories:
Thanks. Managed to find a link to the .apk from this link on RootzWiki: http://rootzwiki.com/topic/14291-59901-camera-apk/
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
Excellent. Check to make sure the music.apk is there, too, as that one was missing for that had the missing camera issue.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] wlarsong:
Are your battery settings set to MAX saver. I customized min a little more and now I have no drops under 902.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] libertus77:
Updated to 902 after a few false starts because of V6Supercharger. Build.prop changes. Good now, and still rooted after root and forever root via tehroot v 1.1.

Thanks to all of the info and file providers!
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Legato Bluesummers:
Checked for update after midnight. It was there. Downloaded and moved it from /cache/ to my SD card. Booted into stock recovery and flashed it. First time EVER for me an update has gone with no issues. Passed and installed. On reboot it took an error displaying the update successful message cause I got SMS bombed. Tried to make too many sounds at once. LoL Checked my about phone. Shows. 902. I'm happy. Doesn't seem to be much improvement for data for me. But we shall see.

If anyone wants I can upload the update to my dropbox. If you are antsy waiting for it
[Motorola Droid Bionic] ronaldheld:
I got my notice yesterday. I had no problems with the installation plus I still have root access. Too soon to see any improvements.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Acturbo:
I dont want this update and didnt do the last one. I am perfectly happy with my phone the way it is still running the theory ROM.

Anyone know if I can make a change to the build.prop or some other method to stop getting notified every hour of the update?

thanks in advance.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] YeloSub7:
Just download the update and then just don't install it.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] snapplex:
Disable it.

/system/etc/ rename the ota .zip to .bak then "freeze" Updater to stop notifications.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] xtremeskier97:
I'm sitting on 5.9.901 right now and got the notification this morning of the update to 5.9.902. Since being on 901, I haven't had ONE single data drop. I'm very scared to change anything because I don't want to go back to data drops.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
902 has been better than 901 for me. And 901 was rock solid. What I'm seeing is better battery life in 902.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] jerkweed:
battery life for me is off the charts. I was getting around 18hrs from the standard battery before with juice defender on with .901. I've been on battery 26 hrs now and i still have 40% with .902. I can't even imagine what this will be like with the extended battery.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] YeloSub7:
Just want to add a +1 for .902! Battery, signal, performance, etc. All so much better. I was seriously contemplating forking out the dough for another phone, but this has truly brought life back to the BIONIC. This gives me hope that whenever we get ICS, it will run like a dream.

For all you on the fence, just upgrade. And don't worry the ROMS will come, as some are already here. Just be patient.