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[Motorola Droid 4] jsnweitzel:
The fastboot files are not mine. Will upload new ones tonight. Try copy and paste for the kernel link. Some users have reported some browser issues just clicking.
[Motorola Droid 4] jwagman1:
What do i do if the push 212 to sd card didnt work.

I am to the step to flash the new OTA put its not on my sd card even though it says it pushed it. There is a file : Blur_Version.6.13..219.XT894.Verizon file but i belive thats old right?

(i think when i copied the file to sd, it was actually the internal mem not sd-ext.

Any way to push/move the file at this stage??

i dont have a way to connect my sd direct to my computer...

also i can only get the phone to keep rebooting, i cant get it to stay turned off so the battery doesnt die... any suggestions?? NVM got it to turn off by entering fastboot and hiting power button.
[Motorola Droid 4] kwyrt:
The update files from Verizon are named after the version they are updating from so the file on your sd card is probably the correct file.
[Motorola Droid 4] jwagman1:
ohhhhhh ok. Scared me!!!!

ill give it a go... hope it works (Crosses Fingers)

THANK YOU!!

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ok so i tried the update and got the following error:

Verifying current system...

assert failed: apply_patch_check("MTD:boot:8388608:fe086e1f547082c3cf2a5f65dacb81fd232ecd89:8388608:4a7070c32d0312aa48e52e207c7932434bc46cb1")

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

(status 7)

Installation Aborted

I have tried the whole process twice and still get the error.

If the update did not save to my sd card correctly, is there any way to copy it over now? i dont have any way to directly connect the micro sd card to my computer... Can it be pushed using fastboot mode?

After step 5 am i supposed to immediately power down or let it go though the android boot and the android comes up with the blue spinning box and the loading bar???
[Motorola Droid 4] jwagman1:
If immediately power down then flash the kernal, when i boot into recovery it goes to the android guy with the box automatically... Just not sure if it should be doing this load screen before or after i flash the 212 kernal. PLEASE HELP!
[Motorola Droid 4] kwyrt:
Disclaimer: I just flashed to the .212 leak last night for the first time from GB .219 so I'm not sure how much help I'll be. Anyways, since you are flashing the ICS kernel I assume you are coming from a previous ICS leak. They way I read it after flashing the kernel you should be able to boot into recovery. When you get to the android guy with the box press both volume buttons at the same time and that should get you to the point where you can select your ICS zip to flash.

Someone with more experience flashing from leak to leak please feel free to jump in here.
[Motorola Droid 4] kwyrt:
First off, thanks so much to @jsnweizel for the awesome tool and instructions and @droidian1441 for pulling all these update files! Just successfully updated from .212 to .213, my first leak-to-leak update!

One suggestion: under step 5, you might want to add something about letting your phone run with the little android guy until the progress bar fills up and the screen goes blank before powering down. I think that might be where @jwagman1 got tripped up.

Thanks again!
[Motorola Droid 4] jsnweitzel:
I am just about to add in the newest leak and will clarify the instructions on that point. You can let the update attempt run between the fastboot of GB and the kernel flash or after. In my testing it didn't make any difference.
[Motorola Droid 4] kwyrt:
So I have apparently lost root updating to .213 and I can't seem to get it back. I have my D4 plugged in connected as "camera". When I run option 14 it says "Daemon not running. Starting it now." and then "Daemon started successfully" but then it just sits there and doesn't do anything. Am I doing something wrong?
[Motorola Droid 4] jsnweitzel:
I have only ran the root script in the mtp mode not camera, but i don't think that makes much of a difference. I think it may just be a driver issue. If you are using motocast just click the little tab on your pc system tray and the moto icon and update. If you are not using motocast go here: https://motorola-global-portal.custhelp.com/app/answers/prod_detail/a_id/78460/p/30,6720,8302 and download the usb utility.

Then try it again after the driver update.
[Motorola Droid 4] kwyrt:
Yeah, it was a driver issue. Just re-installing Moto Device Manager wouldn't fix it though. Had to install motocast, which then re-installed the drivers, and for some reason THAT fixed it. Still had to run the script twice to obtain root for some reason but I finally got it. Thanks for your help!
[Motorola Droid 4] gigageert:
I am having sort of the same issue as jwagman1,

When booting in recovery and selecting the OTA zip (step 12) I get the following:

qe 0/1

-- Install /sdcard ...

Finding update package...

Opening update package...

Verifying update package...

Installing update...

assert failed: file_getprop("/system/build.prop". "ro.

build.fingerprint") == "verizon/maserati_vzw/cmda_mase

rati:2.3.6/6.5.1_167_DR4-1_M1-219/4:user/release-keys"

|| file_getprop("/system/build.prop". "ro.build

.fingerprint") == "verizon/maserati_vzw/cmda_maserati:

4.0.4/6.7.2-180_DR4-16_M2-33/41:user/release-keys"

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

(Status 7)

Installation aborted.

After this I do step 10, reboot. But step 11 is not really happening to me at this moment.

I am updating from the .200 version to the .213 version. Is there a step or a file I might be missing?

What I alo notices in AP fastboot mode is the following:

Device is LOCKED. Status Code: 0

Is this related to the error I get? I was able to do step 4 and 7 without problems as far as I can tell.

I hope this is enough information for someone to help me.

Is there a way to put my Droid4 back to a (older) stable version?

Please help.....
[Motorola Droid 4] kwyrt:
It sounds to me like something is going wrong with the fastboot of .219. I was coming from .212 to. 213 so I thought maybe since it is the same kernel I could just flash it without going through the whole fastboot process. It failed with the same message. Basically means the build.prop is still telling the update that you are on a version other than .219. The fastboot really does take a LONG time so make sure you are letting it go through the whole process until your phone reboots on its own.
[Motorola Droid 4] jsnweitzel:
The kernel (boot.img) and OTA have to be the same build otherwise it will fail. Be sure that either after you fastboot the GB files or after you do the kernel you let the system attempt to run. You should see the android with the spinning ball.
[Motorola Droid 4] droidian1441:
So I thought I would give this a try, and it won't open. It opens but closes by itself after like 30 seconds. Ehh?
[Motorola Droid 4] gigageert:
Thanks a lot, and to jsnweitzel as well!

Did all the steps again and noticed the .219 fastboot files weren't there. It took a lot longer this time but it's worth waiting.

Thanks again!
[Motorola Droid 4] jsnweitzel:
Just modified and update the script in the tool. Read the OP for more.

The best change is the jump from one leak to another. I have combined the flashing of the GB files and the 213 boot.img into one step. This should make jumping a bit easier. With this change I went from 211 to 213 in about 40 minutes including the time to put the 213 zip on my sdcard and rooting.

I cleaned up the instructions a bit too.
[Motorola Droid 4] wheels01:
Tool worked fine! I kept on making the mistake to not load the GB files to the "file" folder, when I got that it worked perfectly. Thanks for the detailed instructions, it all helped a lot.
[Motorola Droid 4] natenate360:
linux?

Anyone working on this for linux?? I want to take the plunge into ICS, but am leery since I don't have any windows machines around....
[Motorola Droid 4] omniuni:
The utility worked great, thank you!
[Motorola Droid 4] nowell29:
natenate360

I am a fulltime linux user/admin. I keep an XP VM around for just such instances... sadly. :)

virtual box = free

your computer likely comes with a legit windows licence

just learn to use the usb and you're set!
[Motorola Droid 4] jsnweitzel:
Funny I run Linux in a virtual box!

Maybe you can help me with an issue. I set it up with a guide from rootwiki to run CM9 kangs for my hp touchpad. The guide recommended a fix drive size. I set mine to 50gb, but now I am a little low on space in windows. This is on a laptop. Looks like the VB is only taking up about 30GB, anyway I can cut it down to just 40GB and get 10GB back in windows? Or should I just bomb it and start over?

Oh and if you can write a linux script for the tool, I would be happy to add to the post with credit to you.
[Motorola Droid 4] Gig103:
Not ICS?

Hi all,

I read all 5 pages and it seems most of you are putting ICS leaks on the phone. In my household, the D4 is my wife's and she doesn't want any non-official ROMs but I do want to root it so I can restore her apps and data via Titanium Backup Pro.

There is not much discussion on GB 2.3.6 (aka 6.13.219) on here, except one line in the OP mentions

"Root GB" as a menu option. Is that still going to work, and if so should I expect any issues when ICS OTA comes through? After her backup she may not even care about loss of Root but I'm more concerned with a brick.

Thanks!
[Motorola Droid 4] jsnweitzel:
The tool will root GB and ICS too. Also the leaks are not really complete roms, but updates to the current GB 219.

Also i just updated the tool..again. It now contains the root method written by Dan Rosenburg. This will install superuser and busybox too.
[Motorola Droid 4] zPacKRat:
Not sure how you can insinuate that the current leaks are "not really complete roms, but updates to the current GB 219". the ICS leaks are complete roms, new framework, new kernel, etc. please don't spread misinformation.
[Motorola Droid 4] jsnweitzel:
Maybe that came out wrong. My intention was to explain that the leaks install over the current system and patch it. Therefore they are not stand alone complete roms. Granted it is a major update and you are right, new kernel, new webtop, some new apps, etc.
[Motorola Droid 4] zPacKRat:
gotcha, still getting used to a Moto, have an Amaze 4g for my personal and there are update files that totally rewrite everything, not update.
[Motorola Droid 4] Gig103:
Hey there,

I downloaded all the files from your Dev-Host site, unzipped everything, and put everything in \Files (except of course the batch file).

I ran it the ADB server starts, and then I get the following:

**************************************************
* Droid 4 Utility 0.4 with ICS Fix and Root *
* Created by mattlgroff and skylarmb *
* -Thank Dan Rosenberg for his Droid 4 Root- *
* Tool Updated by jsnweitzel July 1, 2012 *
* Credit Zuofu for help with the D4 ICS Fix *
* Credit droidian1441 for the ICS Boot Image *
* Credit Dan Rosenberg (@djrbliss) for ICS Root *
**************************************************

\Double was unexpected at this time.
D:\Downloads\Droid4withICSfix-rootLITE (2)>

Any advice on what this "Double" error message could mean? USB debugging is enabled, and I have the "MOT Composite ADB Interface" driver installed from THIS page

The phone is in "Charge Only" mode. Edit: The timestamp on the batch script is 07/01/2012 10:04 PM which matches what you said, and I ran as administrator and as a my normal user.
[Motorola Droid 4] jsnweitzel:
I am not sure what that is about. Perhaps the file was damaged during the download. I check it out and everything looked OK. Just to be sure I uploaded a fresh copy. Be sure you extracted the file out of a zip. Try just downloading again, see if that works.
[Motorola Droid 4] bgarlock:
I'm currently on the .206 leak, and getting ready to give it a whirl moving to .213. I did mod my build.prop and froze some apps, but since we are fastbooting some GB here to fool the update script, I probably don't need to restore back my frozen apps, and original build.prop, since the fastboot of GB files will probably put those back?

Also, has anyone run Windows XP in VMWare Fusion on a Mac, or VMWare on Linux and had any luck with this? Or, better yet, has anyone ported the tool to the Mac or Linux yet?
[Motorola Droid 4] jsnweitzel:
Look back one page in the thread. Nowell is running a windows XP in a VM and used the tool.
[Motorola Droid 4] bgarlock:
Thanks - and should I revert my frozen apps and original build.prop, or will the fastboot put those back to the required ones?

Many thanks,

Bruce
[Motorola Droid 4] jsnweitzel:
Shouldn't matter the fastbooting of GB will run over that stuff.
[Motorola Droid 4] bgarlock:
That's what I figured - just wanted to be sure since I haven't used 'fastboot' on this phone yet.

I just looked at the .bat script, and it looks like this does the whole shebang for ya! Looks good :-) Many thanks for it - it's a crying shame Moto doesn't make this stuff easier for us..

It certainly makes things nice for those of us who want to stay stock Moto as much as possible.

I'll be giving this a try later on today, and it looks like it should be smooth. Looks like the only hairy spot is making sure to let it do it's thing after fastbooting GB, and restarting (which makes sense, since fastboot is probably moving files into a staging area, and the phone booting up is actually the files being moved into the right places)

Many thanks,

Bruce
[Motorola Droid 4] bgarlock:
I searched this thread for MD5sum's of all these downloads to make sure I didn't get a corrupted download, but can't find them. Sorry if these are already posted somewhere in this thread, but I just can't seem to find them with a search.

I just don't want to be fastbooting my phone unless I am 100% certain the files are 100% complete.
[Motorola Droid 4] jsnweitzel:
I don't have the info on most of these. Most of these files except for the actual tool have been posted in several locations. There is more activity in at droidforums.net under the tech support and the roms section. For the fastboot files you can download from here: http://www.droidforums.net/forum/dr...otorola-droid-4-xt894-stock-windows-only.html MD5's posted for 215 and 219.

But it's a good suggestion and will look into it.

The first link with all the files (http://d-h.st/users/jsnweitzel/?fld_id=3413#files) has the check sums posted with each download link. I just check them against my copy and they match fine. I will edit the op later with this info. Thanks for the good tip to help users out.
[Motorola Droid 4] bgarlock:
Rock on! It worked great! Like a dummy, I copied the .213 OTA to my internal SD, so I had to get it copied to my external SD (like the instructions said!). Other than my mistake, the instructions are great, and thanks for posting that tip on the checksums - that was crucial in my opinion. Nothing worse than doing all that and having a corrupted DL.

Many, many thanks!!

Bruce
[Motorola Droid 4] dlucio:
Just to be sure

So, who is jumping from ics .200-208 to latest .213

is .213 the official OTA?

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some links, specially ics images and boot.img are broken, could you place them again.

I can place a permanente place to let you download if you dont mind. Contact me.
[Motorola Droid 4] jsnweitzel:
Try the "dev host" link. All four files are there. The gdrive and dropbox seem to drop out with a lot of traffic and then are fine later.
[Motorola Droid 4] Gig103:
My phone is having some issues and the tech support would like me to do a factory reset. Should I use the 'unroot' option first? Or will factory reset take care of it?
[Motorola Droid 4] jsnweitzel:
A FDR only removes user data and account information. Which means your user apps will be erased. Superuser should be installed as a system app and therefore will remain, but you will lose the binary for superuser. If you install voodoo rootkeeper and then reinstall after the date wipe you should be able to retain root.

So what kind of issue are you having? Rooting shouldn't cause any problems unless you edited or removed some system apps or data information.
[Motorola Droid 4] Gig103:
I can't connect to either Mobile network. I don't suspect root, but to follow their troubleshooting procedures I wanted to make sure I don't break anything in the mean time.

Edit: ota rootkeeper worked and the factory reset restored the LTE. Thanks for reassuring me before I did it.
[Motorola Droid 4] dlucio:
just for the records

i did jump from 208 to 213 sicessfully

no problems on mobile, and it seems signal steeng is better
[Motorola Droid 4] mrAdvo:
Dropbox links still broken, found it on dev-host, seems working fine.
[Motorola Droid 4] jsnweitzel:
Try the dev host link...it has all four files, the gdrive seems to drop out with heavy traffic.
[Motorola Droid 4] je2854:
any possible way to get this in a downloadable state?
[Motorola Droid 4] jsnweitzel:
This works fine:

http://d-h.st/users/jsnweitzel/?fld_id=12676#files

This is an ICS Android 4.0 tool, don't use on a JB updated phone.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Att.Fan1982:
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Ehem.

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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] EscuTCheoN:


I wnat clear statusbar

What can I do??
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] HumanXv2:
Custom Rom

Aokp gives you that option
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DLD511:
Damn beat me to it. Here's what AOKP Looks like with full transparency.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DLD511:
Chill out it's a GNEX.

Not a HTC phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DLD511:
Here's reassurance that it is a GNex.

The only phone with back, home, & task soft keys.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] filmaker:
Hey, don't know if a topic on this was already started, so please delete if it was, but this whole internal and external storage creates so much frustration. All the apps just save their content to /sdcard which is just the internal memory. I would personally just like to combine the sdcard with the internal memory and create one big storage...just a thought though.

I kinda solved my own problem with this simple fix: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=27539066#post27539066
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] StormMcCloud:
The only problem with that would be you would then never be able to remove your SD card without corrupting all of the data, or so I would think.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] megabiteg:
We have good enough app space I wouldn't want to tank performance on the phone for that. Those features are better off for older phones or phones without good specs
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] lonnydub:
That's why I like the Galxy Nexus. It's all one HD and none of this partition crap. The down side is that there is no card to remove. I hated with my Photon I had two internal partitions and then ext-sd. I couldn't move apps to my ext-sd only interal "sd" if you can call it that. Dealing with the pains of partitions makes me prefer that all Androids should only have one internal partition and then the removable SD. After the win95/98 days and HD sizes I thought I would be done with partitions until I ran into big HD Android devices. /end rant
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] firmbiz94:
Yea I'm having some issues trying to figure out how to move data around between storage on this device
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] PsiPhiDan:
I don't understand how this is complicated. Am I missing something? Why in the world would a device with 16GB of internal space and nothing else be preferable to one with 16GB of internal space PLUS a 32GB sd card?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] firmbiz94:
.... I never said i wouldn't want the extra storage im just trying to figure out what goes where and how to easily move data between internal and the sd card. Ive had some success astro.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] megabiteg:
Regarding partitions, that's because Android is founded on the roots of Linux, if you use Linux you would understand where and why partitionsare used and needed
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] StormMcCloud:
Copy/paste

Just use an app like Astro, Root Explorer, or ES File Explorer and it will allow you to easily move your data to basically wherever you want on the phone/external sd card.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] filmaker:
Yeah, that's one of the things I like about the galaxy nexus and the one x, is just having internal. The SD card option is great, but not much of use, if all apps are going to do is save to the internal memory (*cough* Google music) and leave it up to the user to bind the folders together...but I digress.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] lonnydub:
It's just a personal preferance. I have used many different distros of Linux along with Unix. I like to put all my money into one pants pocket. I don't like to have some money in the back, some in front, some in the left pocket.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] filmaker:
check updated OP
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] slowfncar:
I could and have easily filled 16gbs of storage! Bluray rips lol:p

You probably don't need an sd card slot for this device if your an average user. Me on the other hand thinks its perfect that my apps are in internal storage and my photos,music,vids use my 64gb extsd. I'm pretty sure the internal flash is faster then my class 10 card. It seems they have it partitioned correctly. I don't understand why you would want to put your apps in the sd,probably slower & becomes non removable.

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I prefer my apps in one pocket and my videos/photos in the other. Otherwise I'd be spending to much time trying to find crap in one pocket lol
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] filmaker:
See...I guess it's really a personal preference. It just bothers me, when I have a 32 GB card just sitting there with only 2 GB used, meanwhile my internal storage has only 2 GB free.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] dahray02:
use link2sd....this thread has more info..basically use ext2

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1678817&highlight=link2sd
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] mvh11:
Actually, I have a fair amount of Linux knowledge and have set up more than a few PC's and servers in my time. I've never understood the reasoning behind it, and it really isn't needed, as you can do a single partition install on even the most recent distros and it will operate normally. You don't need a separate system and homespace. It is unnecessary, and in my opinion managing multiple partitions in that manner is a pain and adds to clutter. I will install it that way if people want me to, but I don't enjoy it that way.

If you grab any older Linux CD, you will see that a lot of them will normally install and configure itself on one data partition unless you state otherwise, and there is a reason for that. It's bad enough that the OS by default dislikes you being an admin all the time, which I also find ignorant. If you can't use a PC without fear of breaking something then you probably shouldn't be using one. It's just another extra precaution taken to try and make it more user friendly.

I don't know if you ever have, but I wasted one hour doing some editing in vi just for me to try and save and realize I forgot to use sudo so I couldn't use the necessary admin privileges... If I have permissions to perform an administrative task, then saying "I want to be admin now" shouldn't be necessary. Most people wouldn't make that mistake, but I have, and now I'll probably never do it again.

Granted, I do see a use for apps like superuser as a seemingly legitimate app in the market could do something dangerous behind the scenes and you can't easily monitor that(and I don't have to approve root each time I use a root app, unlike having to sudo before everything)