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[Motorola Droid Bionic] Travisdroidx2:
Hey guys please help refresh my memory since I have been on gnex and nexus 7 for a while. My wife's bionic is on the .905 based eclipse 3.0 I still have the stock nano back up of .905 rooted. My question is can I just restore her stock .905 back up and use voodoo ota to temp unroot then place the .246 update and run it in stock recovery? Also do I need to rename the file to just update like my x2 days? Thanks in advance glad you all are getting official ICS finally!
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
Maybe. No. :)
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Travisdroidx2:
Thanks samurai I see you are the bionic expert as I get caught up on the bionic. I see your HOB read your whole OP. I am no noob but have not used moto for a while. If I ran your script so she does not loose data can I get her from eclipse to the new update? She gets pissed when I have to wipe her data lol
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
I cautiously want to say yes. Roms aren't my expertise area at all. So I don't know how it impacts the data partition. But, in theory, yes. Worse case is if it doesn't work, then you'd have to use the REINSTALL option and then instead of wipe cache you'd do a factory reset. That's as close as you can get to an FXZ (I call it a mini-fxz....it basically is the same thing as a full FXZ except you have to reapply the update zip in recovery). So I'd back up the data first, and see what happens. I can't tell you one way or another whether it'll definitely work or not but I'm optimistic.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Travisdroidx2:
Thanks!! Looks like your script is very nice work!
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
Thank you. I've put a lot of time into building it up to what it is today. Including the Linux/Mac House of Bionic with identical functionality. It's quite the handy util.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Travisdroidx2:
Oh ya you have a lot of time in your work you can tell. The FAQ section is great very good info in there.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SCFirefighter:
I meant to post this earlier but somehow my root survived the OTA update.

When I launched 'adb shell' I was greeted with a root prompt. I remounted /system r/w and changed the permissions on 'su' which were altered.

I rebooted my phone again and now I have root access. I'm really kinda baffled about how /system/bin/su survived.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SubVirus:
I didn't test if root stays after update, i decided to start fresh.

I didn't want any GB stinking up my ICS
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Der_Wolfsandroide:
It didn't stay for me, but got it back fast enough with sam's help.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SCFirefighter:
I get what you're saying, and that's why I factory reset (from stock recovery) my Bionic after the upgrade was completed and I modified for permissions for /system/bin/su again.

The beauty of the wipe is that it doesn't change /system, so my 'su' was still there after the wipe :)
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Travisdroidx2:
Samurai downloaded all files and went through set up. However I uninstalled my old rsd 5.7 and installed yours and went through set up form desktop. However even after reboot I do not see it. When. Run your .bat file first thing it says I need to install the fxz installer which I assume is red? What am I missing I also went through the set up for the .905 fxz.

It says no fxz fond I run the set up for fxz nut do not see the .exe file looks like I have to extract the files doing that now.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
sigh. I made this very simple.

1) Install SamuriHL_HouseOfBionic(8.1).exe

2) Install SamuriHL_HouseOfBionic_FXZ_(5.9.905).exe

3) Install SamuriHL_HouseOfBionic_RSD_(5.7).exe

4) Install SamuriHL_HouseOfBionic_(246).exe

In that order. To the same directory which defaults to your desktop\SamuriHL_HouseOfBionic. I promise you that you didn't do that exactly like that and are missing a step.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Travisdroidx2:
Sorry I did follow steps I read your thread several times. Problem was I downloded the fxz setup but did not extract the files. It is working now.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
Excellent.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Travisdroidx2:
Running the fxz keep data now. Gonna run all the way through. I will give you feedback on how it worked or not with a custom rom. Once again great work appreciate your time and hard work.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
Oh, you're doing that? I wouldn't have bothered. I'd have just used the 246 INSTALL option.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Travisdroidx2:
Ah thought I needed to do that to keep data first from 905.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Travisdroidx2:
Ah boot looped after. Factory reset now.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
That answers the question of whether you can keep the data partition....or not. You'll have to FDR it and then you'll be full factory 905.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Travisdroidx2:
Yep I knew the risk
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
It's good to know, though.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Travisdroidx2:
Worked great samurai! Nice job not your fault I lost data. Your script worked perfect. Rooted and running ICS which recovery are people using still cwm?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
Sweet. I use this:

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?6mp45b9dlxm5gfs
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Travisdroidx2:
Wanted to say a huge a huge thanks to samurai! Thanks for your time and experience and very prompt replies. My wife will be happy :). Thanks again and great work.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
You're very welcome. Enjoy!
[Motorola Droid Bionic] aflansburg:
I have not received the soak OTA update. I think that is obviously due to the fact that I had to FDR last night because my phone hung during the flashback to .905. I guess I need to wait until the official goes out. Oh well. Nostalgic GB.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
The OTA started this morning. They're doing a simultaneous soak. Both are going out in batches. Keep checking.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] aflansburg:
oh wow I need to stop skimming things when I read them...... Thanks sam, so I should see the soak or OTA today sometime?. Oh also, thanks for the House. Although I didn't use it too much, I did use it to keep my data from being obliterated by the flashback to .905.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
It's going out in batches. So, sometime over the next week you'll see it. It's completely random as to when, so, who knows. But I bet I cut a whole day or two off the upgrade cycle for Moto with my HoB. :D
[Motorola Droid Bionic] NikkieL:
Got the e-mail about the push in the morning and still nothing....I think they forgot me!

NikkieL
[Motorola Droid Bionic] aflansburg:
For sure! Thanks :)
[Motorola Droid Bionic] smokedkill:
Motorola just announced that ICS is beginning to roll out today.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
Screw ICS.....

https://forums.motorola.com/pages/00add97d6c

Read closely.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SCFirefighter:
Yep, already heard and read the official update. Awesomeness. :thumbup:
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
Moto is REALLY making an effort here. That can't be overstated. Especially in light of the past year.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SCFirefighter:
I'm just surprised they got VZ behind it. But then again I have to admit I don't know how those b2b relationships work, and who is really in control.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
That's a conversation I don't wanna get into. Let's just say VZW made some concessions where the Bionic is concerned and we'll leave it at that. ;)
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SCFirefighter:
Works for me! I wasn't asking you in particular. Didn't even knew you were knowledgeable on that subject :cool:
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
Only thanks to someone else. I don't have first hand knowledge but I do know someone who does. We'll just say that we owe Moto a debt of gratitude cause things could have gone an entirely different direction and we could still be waiting for ICS. Let alone getting JB.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] aflansburg:
I wonder if Verizon was going to have to shell out some $$ and upgrading to 4.1 was a cheaper solution........ Whatever, I am just glad to see some future support. :)
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SubVirus:
Probably puts you in a better mood Sam. At the least it means more leaks for us to play around with before the official jb
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
Need the ICS FXZ first, but yea.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Delirious17:
Is this the soak test?

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B7z9xJrt55a6bFM0YUV1amhLZVU/edit?pli=1
[Motorola Droid Bionic] TechnoHippie:
JB coming - but ....

So Motorola has promised Jelly Bean for our phones - but one thing to keep in mind here is that they've also discontinued the lapdocks - so I bet IF we actually see JB the lapdocks won't work with them. Ahh well I use this latest ICS, hopefully it will keep me happy until I've put away enough $ for a Galaxy Note 2...
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
I have zero problem if they wipe the webtop partition completely. Sorry for those who like it or use it, but, they got rid of it and it'll not ever be updated again.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] un1ocked:
yes, kudos for motorola, bring the JB for bionic

but i need fastboot flashing first (fff), my bionic just rooted now

EDIT:

the booting M-ario logo, does not have "dual-core" label, since when?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] waffleb051:
SO i got my email also this morning I am on 905 rooted with just some stuff frozen, i have already de frosted all of it. Do i need to un-root first before I get the Soak?

I dont have a recovery set up, just stock 905 rooted NO OTHER MODS
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
As long as it doesn't have forever root, it should be ok. No bootstrap recovery. No forever root, etc. But root itself is ok.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SubVirus:
Since after 235. No functionality changes just the logo.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] waffleb051:
I think I have the forever root app on their but not running I have to check
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
Forever root is not an "app". It's a modification made to a system file. And it's a file that's asserted now. So if it's changed, assertion will fail, and the update will throw an error 7 and piss you off. :)
[Motorola Droid Bionic] waffleb051:
Oh no I dont have that I had Voodoo root keep, just the app no super user clearance, but I uninstalled it. I also have to re install the swype version the phone came with. I currently am running the beta
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
Yea, everything's gotta be all stock or it'll fail the assertion checks and annoy you. That's why the HoB is so awesome. It's deals with all that crap for you so you don't have to. :) You could always run your phone through a 905 FXZ KEEP DATA in the HoB if you wanna clean stuff up before doing the update. Or you can just use the 246 INSTALL option and go all out.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] waffleb051:
Honestly I have only had this Bionic for less than 2 weeks so it isnt all tricked out like the previous one was.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
No problem. Just wanted to make sure you don't bang your head against a wall with stupid error 7 assertion failures. Good luck!
[Motorola Droid Bionic] waffleb051:
Thank you it is all back to stock now all i am doing is waiting for the soak to start judging by assumptions we should have it a 2a.m.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Travisdroidx2:
Why wait for the ota when you can get it now from samurai's hob? Its the same thing same md5 sums. I updated my wife's phone and it worked great!
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
Not sure what you're saying about the soak. The soak and ota started this morning. Many many people have gotten it already.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] waffleb051:
I got an email from moto confirming i get the soak tomorrow morning
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
Fair enough then.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] bigd5783:
I won't be updating till an FXZ is found for it. Im just that always wants a safety net.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
That's why I wrote the reinstall option for the HoB. I call it a mini-fxz. It works in much the same way except that it prepares the phone so that you can boot into recovery and apply the update again to get back to a working phone. As long as the update zip is left on the sdcard-ext I've never failed at un bricking a bionic with this method. My support record is 100%. I don't say that to sound arrogant but to make people understand that I put a lot of thought into the design of the HoB and understand the risks of not having an fxz.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Drunkula:
Still waiting for my update. WTF? Can't believe I got off the 232 leak a week ago for them to pass me by. Gingerbread sucks.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
It takes up to a week to fully roll out. It depends on what batch your phone is in as to when it gets pushed.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Drunkula:
A week? It'll be Verizon ota by that time!
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
"Verizon ota"? What does that mean?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] greeneink:
so, does anyone know if they changed the splash screen to the dual core yada yada? just curious.

Since eveybody felt the need to start their own thread, I figured I'd shout out.

Glad they chose .246, I had some static issues on .247 and only stayed there a few days.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
The dual core logo was changed in 235. No idea why it was changed, but, it doesn't affect any functionality.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] greeneink:
Did you get a copy yet? i checked my backup phone and it's still unavailable
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
That's cause they queue up batches over a week. Everyone seems to think that once they flip the switch they'll have it within hours. LOL. Yes, I got it and verified the md5 hash against the leak I got weeks ago. Identical. All of my HoB users are back on the OTA path and aren't waiting. ;)
[Motorola Droid Bionic] greeneink:
I was just curious if they changed it back, I'm good.

May dual core is standard technology now.

I wish I could just - not be bored with my phone - thinking of selling both my Bionics and getting something else. I just don't think Samsung is a way to go for me and the Motos are all the same in my eyes.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
No they changed it and never changed it back. No idea what that's all about given that we NOW are running a dual core phone where we weren't for the last year. Very odd.

Go install 246, install SS3, and grab a CM10 rom. ;)
[Motorola Droid Bionic] greeneink:
Count me in that group. .246 is rock solid. Except for the day or so I spent on .247, I've been on .246 since you updated HOB. Before I got home from work I might add, you really should consider a career in the software field ;) it may be your calling
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
LMAO. Yea, I guess I should become a software engineer 16 years ago in the past future. :D LOL!
[Motorola Droid Bionic] greeneink:
Getting my gameface on now, countdown 1 hr 10 minutes
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Travisdroidx2:
To everyone waiting serious why wait samurai's hob will get you the same update and works great. And you will have the reinstall function to fall back on if you screw up. No need to wait here. Yesterday did my wifes phone from .905 based eclipse 3.0 to on the upgrade path of .246 thanks to samurai! Would reccomend his house of bionic to all bionic users!
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Obsidian_soul:
I used your program and it worked perfectly. It was the cleanest and easiest program I have run. Great work.

Sent from my redtide bionic SS 3.05
[Motorola Droid Bionic] aflansburg:
Yep, I didn't wait. I used HoB. Gave me extra time jack up my wifes Droid X by flashing over the radio and baseband. Whoops. Still trying to fix. Hahahaha.:)
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
ROFLMAO! WOOPSIE! :D No, there's no House of DX. My friend probably wishes there was, but, not gonna happen. They still use SBF's! OMG! :D LMAO!
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Travisdroidx2:
Lol I still remember screwing my first droid x up. Time for sbf :) better hurry also nothing worse than screwing up the wife's phone you will never hear the end of it and be banned from her phone :)
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
I'm "lucky"....my wife, son, and daughter have iPhones and I swear up and down that I'll never touch that crap. :D Fortunately my wife is quite capable of taking care of her own stuff.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Travisdroidx2:
Lmfao a iPhone family with a android dad that makes awesome scripts for android device :)
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
Yea. My parents are DX users. Her brother and his wife are iPhone users. We all went to a wedding last weekend which was 3 hours each way. I was on 247 and forgot to charge my phone the night before (woops) so it'd been off charger for over 24 hours. Still had 80%. My sister in law's iPhone was dying on the way up, so she wanted to look something up and asked if she could use my phone. "Ohhhh, this is nice! What a big screen!" LMAO! ALMOST had her converted to Android. :D
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Travisdroidx2:
That's awesome!!
[Motorola Droid Bionic] waffleb051:
blarg I am on the soak test and I still havent gotten the update. what the heck...
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
Um, hmmmm. They ended the soak this morning. So that's really screwed up.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] aflansburg:
I have SBF'ed my brains out this morning. Still haven't got 3g back up, so no data connection. At least I have the Liquid 3.0 ROM running, and all accounts synced. Once I get data back her phone should be good for a while (until next week when she gets tired of it) hahahahaha
[Motorola Droid Bionic] ronaldheld:
I am running eclipse 3.0. Short of going to the unsafe partition and rebooting to .905, what else do I have to do to accept the OTA?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
LOL! You should teach her. :)
[Motorola Droid Bionic] aflansburg:
Yeah right, she would be so lost and then mad. :) I actually just started a thread over on DX side. Maybe some old DX pro is feeling nostalgic:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=33051126#post33051126

I have a fun Saturday ahead of me........
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
You and me both. I'm getting a bunch of "it didn't work" posts. I hate having to pull information out of people. Drives me insane.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] aflansburg:
Oh man i can imagine. The blissful joys of development and rollout. Lol
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
Once I get everyone through the OTA I can relax and get back to the HTPC world for a while. LOL
[Motorola Droid Bionic] aflansburg:
That is actually on my agenda as well provided the funds are not used on a new phone for my wife........ have case already
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
Oh my HTPC's are built. I just didn't have time in the last 4 months to really keep them up to date with all the latest and greatest software. I've spent the morning updating my main HTPC....a 3770k with 16 gigs of pc2100, 6 tb hard drive, 680 video, and 256 gig ssd. Quite the "HTPC". LOL :D
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Travisdroidx2:
Wife was on eclipse also. You will need to wipe and I am not positive but pretty sure you have to ditch safe strap before updating to ICS also. You can try and back up what you can with titanium back up but not sure if the data from GB and ICS will play well when restored?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
*ONLY APPS AND APP DATA*. If you do system data, you will corrupt your ICS install and cause yourself a headache. ONLY apps.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] hawleyncsu:
Is there a thread on the house of bionic with the downloads and everything?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php/topic/4026-samurihls-house-of-bionic

Read EVERYTHING in that OP. Then read the FAQ. You will find I'm helpful but have little patience for questions that are already answered.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Travisdroidx2:
The FAQ section is best loved the humor :) it works perfect. My only mistake was make sure to extract the files from the fwz files so the script can see it. Other than that was very easy and worked great. Make sure to select yes to save copy of update on ext SD and leave it there. But you will know that after you read the whole op ;)
[Motorola Droid Bionic] ronaldheld:
Not certain I understand. I cannot just go to the unsafe partition and somehow remove safestrap?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Travisdroidx2:
Sorry not sure I never used safe strap I just read that it can not be on you phone? Maybe samurai can clarify his house of bionic worked great for me though.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Cris_C:
Hey guys quick question here that I couldn't find answer to. I am on stock .905 and was wondering if I have to save the update on my sd-ext when I am prompted by HoB? In the FAQ's it says "Apparently it needs to be pointed out that this FAQ applies to ICS builds..." which leads me to believe that it is only for those on the ICS leaks, and it says "Apparently it's not clear to some people....KEEP THE DAMN UPDATE ON YOUR SDCARD-EXT UNTIL I SAY OTHERWISE." What should I do? Also just to make sure, this is the official update correct (not just the soak test)? Will all still be on the official OTA path?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
It ain't going to magically install if it ain't on your phone. It's very clear in the instructions that tell you "this step is only optional if you manually copy the file to your sdcard-ext".
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Obsidian_soul:
You need to boot to stock side of your partition. Open up the safe strap app. Uninstall the recovery. Then unroot your phone. Once your back to stock, unrooted 905 you will be able to use the OTA. or you can follow the house of bionic link earlier in this post and save yourself the trouble.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Cris_C:
Thanks for clearing that up Sam. I apologize for my idiocy. Everything went smoothly, and I really appreciate your work on HoB. Do you have a donation page? Also can anyone provide an answer to my second question?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
I do not have a donation page because donations aren't necessary. I donate my time to help the community. As for the answer to your second question, I didn't think it needed to be answered. I mean I've told you that this build you installed is identical (md5 hashed) with what's being pushed OTA.....Sooooo, what's the question? :)
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Sir_Eagle:
One thing I noticed was I'm still only clocked at 1.0g after updating to .246 via HoB. I guess some phones go to 1.2 and some don't.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
Yes, when you first boot ICS, Moto runs a script that determines if your phone can handle 1.2.....or not. Sadly you are not in the can category.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Sir_Eagle:
What is the deciding factors that the script is looking for? Is it the earlier Bionics that can't run 1.2? I've had mine for a year now.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
There's a certain batch of OMAP chips that can apparently handle it. I don't know if they run a test or whether they simply check a revision on the CPU itself. I really have no clue. You can try changing the last slot from 1.0 to 1.2 using tweakerz oc but this is not an area I have any real knowledge in. I defer to the experts here.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Drunkula:
Seriously? The damn soak was one day? Wtf? Don't invite me to a ****ing party an NOT open the damn door when I get there. ****ing douchebags. I've been suffering with GB for The past week.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
Well, at least the OTA is pushing. :D
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Drunkula:
Just in time for me to sell this ****ing POS.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
And miss out on JB? Come on...where's the fun in that? ICS makes this a whole new phone. :)
[Motorola Droid Bionic] ronaldheld:
I would prefer to update, but not if I have to do a complete wipe. I maybe can unroot, butdo not know how to remove savestrap in the unsafe partition.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Drunkula:
I had ICS before the soak. I FXZ'd when I got the invite. Been running stock **** for over a week in anticipation. ****ers dangled that carrot in my face and then pulled it away at theed last second.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Travisdroidx2:
I read a page or so back how to get rid of it.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] aflansburg:
Hey sam. What mb? :)
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
Hmmm?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] aflansburg:
What motherboard on that HTPC build?