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[Motorola Droid Bionic] Tayhan:
getting old apps back

i know for a fact i backed up my apps using titanium with my stock root but how can i get all my apps back? the titanium now says i have only the apps that are currently on my phone not the 75 i had before that i backed up. do i have to manually re-install every single app i had?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] crobs808:
I'm not a fan of app backup programs but Titanium will use the internal sdcard location to backup stuff. If you did not manually move that data to sdcard-ext (external SD card) then it is gone. Internal sdcard gets wiped in this process. External SD is untouched.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Tayhan:
Damn i dont think i moved the backup from titanium over to the sd-ext. well with this said, going back to the FXZ process idea, i want my phone now back to the way i had it before this entire threads process (ics and custom rom). since i have a safestrap backup of my stock root on my sd-ext, if i do your FXZ method i can get my exact OG rooted bionic... right? or can i just take backward baby steps and slowly get to my og root?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] crobs808:
If you want to go back to GB, just FXZ to .905, root, install Safestrap, then restore your nandroid backup.

I don't understand though since you posted on Sept 6 that everything was good.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Tayhan:
I was stupid, I was just happy to gave gotten it to work and flash correctly I didn't even think of trying to get my old phone back right away. Anyway I read somewhere that ics is supposed to come out no later than September so i'm back to stock (no root) and i'm going to see what happens with that...(hopefully they actually come through with it this tinge) if all else fails, I'll come back to this and give it another whirl.

Thanks for putting up with me and my many questions. again great job, keep up the guides.

Here's where I heard about ics most recently.. http://www.gottabemobile.com/2012/0...eam-sandwich-update-rolling-out-in-september/
[Motorola Droid Bionic] crobs808:
It's been 'rolling out' for a year. That's why I switched to the Nexus a month or so ago. Loving Jellybean. Bionic will never get JB (officially anyway)
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SyCoREAPER:
How should I go about making a backup of the current OS (Current and Only OS - ICS .232 )? I do not plan on ever dual booting. Bootstrap or Safestrap. And why?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] crobs808:
Either one. They both do the same thing when it comes to making backups.

- Install Boostrap if you want to use Webtop/lapdock features.

- Install Safestrap if you do not care about Webtop, but want to be able to toggle back and forth between OSes (faux dual-boot).
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SyCoREAPER:
Cool thanks. I used bootstrap beforw but didnt know if it mattered with the ics install we did and the way it was done.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Maciel509:
GSM Radio Droid Bionic

I followed your guide and it worked perfectly!!!

My only problem is I was using straight talk on my phone before this update. Now I cant figure out how to activate the GSM radio. I tried Radio Comm, which is how I unlocked it before, but its just not working. If you have any suggestions or advice I would be very greatful.

Thank You
[Motorola Droid Bionic] crobs808:
GSM options got removed at the radio image level by Motorola/VZW I believe, but there may be some new way to hack it post-905. there may also be an older radio ZIP file out there that you might be able to flash separately in recovery - I never needed anything but CDMA/LTE, so I'm sorry but I can't be much help on this one.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] T_Dog:
Car Dock

I went through the upgrade and everything seems to be is working great. Much appreciated for putting this together!!! I was accustom to using my Car Dock for GPS and other apps while driving and notices that after the upgrade it no longer recognizes when i slide my phone in the docking station. I know there was a program called motodock or car dock that was installed for this. Any ideas on how to get this back? Another issue is " not sure if this is even fixable" I use NFL Mobile and when i plugged in my HDMI cable and connect it to my TV I'm not able to get around the ability to watch NFL mobile on my Flat-screen. I used an app called Xternal Display for Droid X to get around this before but now a message pop-up saying my HDMI is connected and is triggering some kind of lockout which won't display this on my big screen. I'm kind of stuck watching on my phone which is OK but the ability to watch it on the big screen is priceless. Thanks again for all your help!!

T_dog
[Motorola Droid Bionic] crobs808:
I think you lose Webtop/HDMI-out with the ICS leaks. There may be a hack to get it working or you might have to wait for official ICS.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] jgw1985:
Google play not working.

First off thank you for the guide and the hard work put into this. This was a very painless and easy set up. I followed step by step and installed the tweaked/modified version of Liquid. After doing step "M" installing the Liquid rom, I then repeated "M" and installed the gapps file as well. Everything on the phone works perfectly fine except Google play store. It just says "Server error - Retry". I have tested other aspects of Google app's such as Gmail and everything works fine. I just can't get Google play store to connect.

Edit: Just noticed all my pictures are missing from the Gallery as well. I'm guess I did something wrong or is there a way I can just remove the gapps zip file
[Motorola Droid Bionic] crobs808:
Go into "Manage Apps" and do a Force Close/Clear Data on the Play Store. If that doesn't work then wipe/format/reflash.

BTW - I recommend the JB apps zip file.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] HaleYeah:
This is awesome

Thank you! My bionic feels faster than it did the day I got it, and I have yet to see my data drop. :victory:
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Renocat:
I did the first half of your tutorial ( didn't root or install a custom rom yet) with no problems. Thanks for the great instructions.

I seem to have one issue. The geo location for beautiful widgets is not working. It seems to be working in google maps. Any ideas?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] MelloAndroid5123:
Back to OTA path

Can you go back to 905 from this leak? Because I read that you can't on this newer leak?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] crobs808:
Yes. This is the last (best) leak that you can revert from.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] jgw1985:
No matter what I seem to do I can't get the JB apps to work. I have reflashed 3 times now and as soon as JB apps is installed I lose all connection to the market. My connection bars go grey, rather then the blueish color. Phone calls, text, browser work. But not the play store. Force closing and clearing data does nothing. Phone restarts do nothing. Reflashing does not help. Should I follow all the steps 1 by 1 from installing ICS again? I don't think it has anything to do with that since if I don't install JB apps everything works fine.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Rubb3rNick3ls:
Thanks for the great tutorial. Been running trouble free all day. I really appreciate all the hard work.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SyCoREAPER:
You shouldn't have any problems at all. Been running for a month(?) now with no problems. I take that back, a 1 in 12 time headphone audio issue where there is some crackling. This build is so stable I don't think i want to risk installing the final build when it comes out in Q4 which was suppose to be Q3.

.232 is the one for me. Newer builds i heard are faster and better on battery, though i have no complaints with either especially compared to GB. Like that i still have a choice of going back if needed.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] misterhobbs:
Thanks!

Awesome, awesome guide. It was well written, easy to follow, and thorough. I really appreciate the time and effort you put into the guide.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] llt_droid:
I applied this today with no problems except one. I'm running the leak stock and rooted. However I cannot use clockwork mod to do a Nandroid backup. It acts like it's going to work and then just reboots instead of going into recovery. I have ROM Manager free and premium installed. I also tried it with jrummy's ROM toolbox with the same result. Any ideas? Thanks. BTW all other root apps are running fine as far as I can tell.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] jesterscrew:
Rooting after ICS update.

Noob here, I have spent 3 hours looking for the answer and need to get some work done.

So, I decided to up grade my Bionic to ICS and have been successful, (Thanks to crobs808 very easy to follow) now I want to recover all of the information that I stored in Titanium backup. In order to do this, I went to root the new OS, but have so far failed. Busy box says the device is rooted, Terminal emulator says that it is not and Titanium Back up says that I need to be rooted. So I am confused. I have used motofail-ics and razr edge to try to root this system. Moto says "waiting for device" Razr has 40 lines and they all say error. I had no problem rooting the earlier version. AGAIN, let me stress, NOOB. I think I can follow directions, so any help here would be appreciated.

So in review, trying to re install my titanium files.

System Version

6.7.232xt875

Android Version

4.04

Kernal

3.0.8-g44ffd6a

build #

6.7.2-223_dbn_m4-9
[Motorola Droid Bionic] milski65:
Use razr edge on 232, and plug in to usb on back of desktop or at least another usb.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] jesterscrew:
2 computers later and I finally got it to work. Thanks,
[Motorola Droid Bionic] milski65:
Excellent. Glad it worked for you.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SyCoREAPER:
Try it again. Mine did the same thing and scared the hell out of me.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] crobs808:
Try using SuperSU instead of the regular Superuser app.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] llt_droid:
I tried it numerous times to no avail. I did finally get a backup using Bionic Bootstrapper. Thanks.

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I installed SuperSU and was able to get into Clockwork Recovery. Thanks!
[Motorola Droid Bionic] richwag:
Hi Guys,

Following the instructions on a win7 64 bit machine and the flash to 905 seems stuck at 9/22 erase emstorage. Any suggestions?

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Restarted on a different USB port (on the front of my computer actually). Maybe I was using one of the USB 3 ports on the back? Anyways, 905 is on.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] mrmarcdee:
liquid won't boot

I did the optional extra to install the liquid rom. It opens to the logo screen with the water in the circle, but never goes beyond that. Is this common? Could I have done something wrong? The blur ICS booted and worked just fine before I safestrapped and flashed to liquid.

Thanks,

Marc
[Motorola Droid Bionic] crobs808:
How long did you wait? Initial boot can take up to 10 minutes.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] mrmarcdee:
I didn't keep track of the time, but I feel like it was at least 20 minutes.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] crobs808:
You installed Liquid on the Safeside right? Toggled and all before installing it? If so you may just need to start over from the beginning of the custom ROM steps.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] theMaverickD:
Updated last night to ICS (without Liquid). I've only had one problem, which I'm not sure if it's just me or not.. When I try to delete a text message thread it will delete all the messages but not the thread itself. It keeps the name of the person and sets the date of last message to Dec 31, 1969, 7:00PM.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] milski65:
Probably not it but check your time and date under settings, about phone. Sometimes the date gets screwed up.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] theMaverickD:
Figured it out, I had restored my SMS/MMS through MyBackup Pro and *somehow* that keeps you from deleting the threads. I did a data/cache wipe and it seems to be sorted.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] buffsabsbills01:
fxz back to 905

If i install 232 will i be able to get back to 902 or 905 again?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Tomsgt:
Yes you can still sbf back to 905
[Motorola Droid Bionic] buffsabsbills01:
fxz

Dumb question but is sbf the same as a fxz file?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] crobs808:
Basically. Some phones SBF and some FXZ.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SyCoREAPER:
Are liquid roms built from the ground up or do they take an existing rom as a base and tweak it?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] crazytime:
Apologies for my ignorance. If I followed the first part of this guide (steps 1-16) successfully, is my phone rooted, or is that another procedure?

EDIT: nevermind, just checked with root checker app.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] sikgambler:
liquid rom - fails to boot after first time?

I installed the liquid rom, and it runs after it gets installed, and is great.

I reset my phone, the rom will never load again, it is stuck on perpetual splash screen.

:[
[Motorola Droid Bionic] lovethecode:
cm10 unofficial worked me! A great jb system it is.

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http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1862459
[Motorola Droid Bionic] crobs808:
The best custom ROM may have changed since I originally wrote this guide. I'd check the 'Bionic Android Development' and see which ROMs are the most talked about.

I switched to a Galaxy Nexus a few months ago and will never go back so my Bionic knowledge is a bit dated at this point.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] crobs808:
Did you try pulling the battery then putting of back in? When I had a Bionic I had to do that at least once after every ROM flash.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] bonzai276:
Installation aborted

When I try to upgrade to ICS using the steps in this thread it will go fine until I apply update from sd card then it says signature verification failed installation aborted... any help would be appreciated
[Motorola Droid Bionic] crobs808:
Which exact step number/letter are you referring to?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] dornstar:
Not sure what happened, but I followed all the steps and it loaded up, but the touchscreen won't work. The volume and power buttons are fine, but I'm stuck at the welcome screen. I repeated the steps and have the same problem.

Any help would be appreciated.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Windiddy:
Installing custom ROM from 6.7.230

Hi I have 6.7.230 installed instead of .232. It is rooted and Google Now installed. Can I still follow your instructions to install a custom ROM?

Thanks

:confused:

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Also what is the difference bet 230 and 232? Like I said in previous post, I have a rooted 230 with Google Now installed. Should I go to 232 and get more stable stock ICS ROM? The only problem w 230 is that I use Webtop and it makes low level humming noise when I dock my Bionic to WebTop. Not sure if 232 will remove the noise.

I also read that official Moto ICS update is being soak tested. Maybe I should wait for the official OTA? and then reroot.

with kind regards:

Windiddy:laugh:
[Motorola Droid Bionic] schmizzle:
Hi, I'm having an issue connecting to wifi and my regular data network. I used the liquid ics 1.5 mr2.3 jbod file in the second half of this guide if that makes any difference.

Everything has worked fine for days(I just rooted it a few days ago), and then today it just stopped working about an hour after my mom upgraded from a basic phone to the new Razr M along with our plan changing from our old 500 minute/unlimited text and data plan to the new share everything with 6gb of data plan.

When I was on the phone with the lady from Verizon getting my name and number to be the primary line, at the end she asked me for everyone on my contract to turn off their phones, take out there SIM card, put it back in, and then power the phone back on because of the account changes. Everyone did it except for me(I waited for like an hour, where my phone's 4G worked the entire time) and everyone else's phone worked properly in the mean time.

Then, I did the exact same process my brother did turning off the phone, taking the SIM card out, and powering it back on. Following my reboot, I couldn't get any network connection. Even my wifi won't work - it just says authenticating then obtaining ip address, then repeats that for a few times until it says avoided poor internet connection, even though I'm sitting 2 feet from my router.

Any ideas? If I went into Verizon would they ***** and make up an excuse to not help me due to my phone being rooted? Or what would you guys suggest?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] crobs808:
Try using the stock 232 ROM instead of Liquid.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] schmizzle:
Awesome, and this is a noob question, but am I able to go back to where I was with any simple step? Or do I need to go through steps J through M to get back to that point?

Thanks again for the quick response, at least I've got my 4g back. :)

edit: Just went back and enabled safe system, but I lost my 4g/ability to connect to wifi. I'll just wait until later and try the liquid ics 1.5 mr1 instead of the mr2.3. Hopefully that will work.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] crobs808:
You may want to look at the main Bionic Android Development forum. I do not have a Bionic anymore but I would hope by now there are more current/updated ROMs that you could flash on the safe side (while still keeping your stock 232 on the unsafe side)
[Motorola Droid Bionic] digitalr0gue:
If you waited that long, chances are your phone might need to be reprovisioned by the carrier. There's a small window to complete that step before the request gets closed by the system I believe. I've had to do that once or twice for a 4g android at work (I manage our vzw androids at work. Deal with this a lot.)

I would try that before the pain of a reinstall. They will likely just need your meid number.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] schmizzle:
That makes perfect sense to me, but the thing is is that my 3g/4g and wifi instantly starts working when I go back into the 232. I'll probably just end up going to a different custom rom and seeing how that works some time tomorrow.

My battery life has been almost hilariously good though, it's been off the charger for 12 hours and still has 92%. :good:
[Motorola Droid Bionic] bonzai276:
I was on the 232 leak here and decided to fzx back to 905 to see if I received the OTA 246. when I went to install the 232 leak again it did not give an option to apply update from external sd... while in the recovery utility... how do I get back to this option?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Windiddy:
U might as well apply the .246 leak (OTA) using stock recovery from .905
[Motorola Droid Bionic] MrCHUPON:
FXZ for ICS .246

Since ICS came out as an official OTA this week, an FXZ has been released on the over on XDA's Bionic Developers threads.

Go to Droid Bionic Android Development from the parent boards and look for this thread (since I don't think I can post l links):

[FXZ] 6.7.246 - Final ICS

Crobs, can you verify whether or not this works with your tutorial in place of the GB FXZs? My assumption is yes, but I didn't want to lead anyone else astray.

Also note that once you flash this, you can't go back to any version lower than .235 -- and I assume this means that means you can't access any custom ROMs based off of .232.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] crobs808:
Sure go for it. I don't follow the Bionic anymore. Been on Jellybean so long now. So sad some devices are just getting ICS.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] MrCHUPON:
I just verified that following the original post through step 11, and merely replacing the GB FXZ with the ICS FXZ, works. The difference is that when your phone reboots after the RSD Lite flash, the update installer screen will appear as ICS finishes installing--but in my experience, it didn't auto-reboot; I had to hit Volume Up and Down to show the recovery menu again and THEN I manually rebooted. After a long load it booted up and I was in the official .246 OTA release.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] xxnonamexx:
What release am I at?

System Version says 6.7.2233.XT875 Android Version 4.0.4 I want to know which tutorial should I follow to downgrade to get the official ICS leak? Thanks
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Sir_Eagle:
Your on .2233 and can FXZ back to .905 to get OTA, or just download .246 and load it.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
Or go get the 246 FXZ and call it good.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] crobs808:
Poor Bionic users just now getting ICS...I've been on JB for 3 months. Sorry guys, it may be time to upgrade (or wait for the Nexus 5 phones to cone out). I'll never go back to non-Nexus again now
[Motorola Droid Bionic] wats6831:
Just to verify: you can follow the tutorial in the OP and just substitute the 246 FXZ and you'll be on "official" .246? Even when coming from the "leaked" .2233?

What is the benefit? thanks.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
What is "official" 246? Is there some "unofficial" version that's different? LOL. There is only ONE 246.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] wats6831:
Sorry by 'official' I meant installing the newest .246 from a bone stock phone rather than installing a leaked version (like my .2233). I was comparing the OTA that came from the carrier vs. my leaked install of .2233. I'm assuming .246 is the current OTA update....i could be wrong.

Can you answer if just going from .2233 to .246 via the OPs instruction will work? thanks for the help.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
Yes, you can use the 246 FXZ in place of the 905 FXZ and you will then be on the "OTA" release.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] audiomixman:
Stuck on 230?

I intentionally stayed on .230 waiting for the OTA. I got impatient after the OTA was released and downloaded what I thought was the official .246 update from a link here on XDA, followed the instructions in this thread to go back to .905 (which my device did), then I flashed the downloaded .246 update. My concern is that I may not be on .246. In Settings-->About Phone I see:

System Version:

6.7.230.XT875.Verixon.en.US

I'm assuming that means I'm still on .230? When I try again to go back to .905 I get this error in RSD:

Failed flashing process: 6/22 flash cdt.bin "cdt.bin"

Dare I try HOB or do I risk bricking?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] wats6831:
You don't need to go back to .905, and i don't know if you can. there is a point where you can't go back to the gingerbread kernal. you can just flash the .246 FXZ without needing to go back. See my posts above.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
Anything 235 and above can't go back. 230 could, but, why? Just use the 246 FXZ and call it good.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] audiomixman:
You're right, I have no need or desire to go back to GB. I had no idea the FXZ was out, duh. I just ran that in RSD and everything went through without an issue. Unfortunately, as of today I am no longer a Bionic owner. I needed something global and got a fantastic deal on a NIB Razr M (local Best Buy employee won it at work and didn't want it). I'm selling my Bionic and lapdock to one of my employees (I'd give it to him but I just gave him a bonus check) and will be setting him up well with things. I'll probably keep an eye on this forum to help him out with it.

Thanks for all the hard work, Samuri. You've helped many people get the most out of this device, and the gift seems to keep on giving :)
[Motorola Droid Bionic] paradoxed:
thanks this helped so much
[Motorola Droid Bionic] crobs808:
do not use this method anymore. Use the ics fxz method
[Motorola Droid Bionic] eatcrispycreme2:
Does this mean that if we have already used this method then we should go use the other "how-to" thread to factory reset to stock gingerbread? If we do this will we receive an OTA update to ICS?

Thanks, and sorry i'm new to this
[Motorola Droid Bionic] crobs808:
Correct. Or just flash the ICS FXZ file directly.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SyCoREAPER:
Will we still be able to flash custom roms after going to official ICS? I hadn't realized how god-awfully slow leak is until I switched to Liquid.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] NuroSlam:
Depreciate Thread

Why not remove the sticky tag so this goes away?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] superbrad9:
why use ics at all when you can be rocking jelly bean? Hashcode has a fantastic jelly bean rom that I'm using as my day to day rom. here is a link to it: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2032257