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[RAZR HD General] croso:
Voodoo OTA Rootkeeper restore issues resolved

Hello everyone.

So I was stupid and didn't read all the instructions about updating the su binary BEFORE applying the JB update, so my VoodooOTA restore didn't work properly.

I wanted to try and fix this without having to flash back to ICS stock (losing data) and then doing the whole procedure again and then restoring my root properly and then my data from TB.

This is what I did and it works to restore root. This is assuming that you did use VoodooOTA to backup your su before applying the update but also assuming that you were stupid like me.

1. Use VoodooOTA to restore your su binary.

2. Update Superuser 3.1.1 APK from play store, tried to perform update binary but it fails to gain root access.

3. Download hxxp://downloads.androidsu.com/superuser/su-bin-3.1.1-arm-signed.zip and extract the su file inside of it to a known location. I will call this C:\users\idiot\downloads\su

4. open a command prompt and type adb push C:\users\idiot\downloads\su /sdcard/su

5. now type adb shell and at the shell@vanquish prompt type su

6. if this is going to work it will now say root@vanquish. Now type mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 /system

7. now you have write access to the system partition, now type cp /sdcard/su /system/bin/su

8. now set executable on su with chmod 06755 /system/bin/su

9. now go back on the phone and make sure superuser can do a check and re-update binary. This time you should get the allow/deny superuser popup and you should be golden

10. exit your adb shell and be happy

Let me know if this works for anyone or if they have a simpler or better way to do this :)
[RAZR HD General] donwhall70:
You can't just move the market version of an app to /system/app for an update because it will have a different md5sum than the original. Need to pull it from another device.
[RAZR HD General] bogeydog:
Can someone pull from their device and post?
[RAZR HD General] krazyace35:
Here you go!

http://db.tt/T5ncjdJc

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Make sure Google play is not set to auto update otherwise u will have to uninstall update then try again

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[RAZR HD General] bogeydog:
Ok that didn't work either. Anyone have directions on how to do a sbf?
[RAZR HD General] krazyace35:
Go here and use this tool It's a great tool!

http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php/topic/5146-droid-razr-hd-utility-100-windows/

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[RAZR HD General] M@|ice:
OK gonna do this here in a few as topic might have noticed I'm the guy who deleted 30 something system apps because of ocd. Now I'm willing to reinsyallll them one by one however I don't remember which I removed. I have the sbf file for the OEM software. Can I extract the woks from that and just throw them I to system/app and reboot after setting permissions correctly? Please tell me they aren't in the image in some way I can't just pull them out.

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[RAZR HD General] krazyace35:
Shouldn't be a problem but some of the apps are in the vender folder so make sure u replace those too :)

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[RAZR HD General] M@|ice:
Vender folder in the OEM image?

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[RAZR HD General] krazyace35:
Not sure! I'm not at my computer to look I've never done that before I just sbf and start over

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[RAZR HD General] M@|ice:
Yeah there's one on the device. Your right. The verizon crap is in there. I'm trying to find out how to extract the apks from the sbf image now. Kinda clueless.

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[RAZR HD General] krazyace35:
I use 7zip and extract the sbf image to a folder on desktop then open the extracted file, open system folder, and look for the apk's and copy and paste in sd-ext

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[RAZR HD General] M@|ice:
thank you so much!

i know wiping the phones easier but i have always wanted to learn the hard ways and get my hands dirty skipping the easy routes.

thanks again!

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sigh.....i grabbed 7zip and cant seem to figure out which file to extract from. i think i tried them all and none will open for me to see inside.
[RAZR HD General] Ban-Hammer:
Are the volumes loud as hell on this or is it just me? I have media on the lowest setting and it hurts my ears a little with headphones... Also with the external speaker, anything over about 75% sounds the same. I like having a loud phone, but it's a little too loud...

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I see what your problem is. You're not using Linux! :P
[RAZR HD General] M@|ice:
oh hell....is that it? theres got to be a way for me to get these apks out of these files. i have the will, just need the way.
[RAZR HD General] Ban-Hammer:
try extracting the EXT4 file: right click, 7zip, extract
[RAZR HD General] SquireSCA:
There is a circles widget in the Google Play Store(free) that works on stock launcher.
[RAZR HD General] Ban-Hammer:
Lynx?
[RAZR HD General] SquireSCA:
The app is called, "Rings Digital Weather Clock" in the Play Store:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/...rclock&feature=nav_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDNd
[RAZR HD General] M@|ice:
error...."cannot open file as archive".
[RAZR HD General] stl-fan:
Has anyone had any radio issues? I keep getting kicked to CDMA auto prl
[RAZR HD General] krazyace35:
Try a FDR it fixed my two issues

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[RAZR HD General] stl-fan:
Worked like a charm. Thank you sir.
[RAZR HD General] clouse2013:
The install went smooth but I my superuser is funny. I tried updating the binaries but it fails because it never asks me to allow or deny root access. Any one else run into this problem?
[RAZR HD General] krazyace35:
Did u use voodoo ota root keeper? If not then u lost root! I had the same thing happen to me when I did an adb push of a deodexed version of this leak. But I had a voodoo backup of root, so I just reinstalled voodoo ota root keeper and run it and got root back.

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[RAZR HD General] clouse2013:
I did use it. That's why its weird
[RAZR HD General] krazyace35:
Are all the boxes checked in voodoo?

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[RAZR HD General] clouse2013:
All but root permission granted
[RAZR HD General] krazyace35:
Click on restore root

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[RAZR HD General] clouse2013:
I did. Apps still won't ask for rootaccess
[RAZR HD General] krazyace35:
Did u update su binaries before making a voodoo backup if not then u will have to go back to stock update to the 0.7.2 ics update the root phone update su to latest version then update su binaries run voodoo to back up root then temp unroot and install jelly bean leak once that is done run voodoo to return root then update su binaries that should get root back for u

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Go here to see what I'm talking about

http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php/topic/5212-jelly-bean-leak-9139xt926verizonenus/page__st__100

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[RAZR HD General] Ban-Hammer:
I have this problem too. I didn't let superuser get root permission before I flashed :( so superuser doesn't have permission from superuser, and it can't get permission until it gets permission >.<
[RAZR HD General] clouse2013:
Just tried that and it works. Thanks!
[RAZR HD General] lazarus2297:
Yeah I tried that and its just... ok.. its a far cry from bring as good as the Motorola one.. I guess for now I will just use the moto launcher.
[RAZR HD General] JPCV88:
Signature verification failed

I have unlocked and rooted my phone, however I cant install since it says signature verification failed. I have already re downloaded the .zip. Any advice?
[RAZR HD General] croso:
try the first part of this and see if you can su over adb, if so it is fixable.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=33654062&postcount=119

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ditto.. try the first part of this and see if you can su over adb, if so it is fixable.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=33654062&postcount=119
[RAZR HD General] zenvita:
can you utilize all 64gb?
[RAZR HD General] lucidvtec:
U lose so much space due to the partition or file system whatever.. lol
[RAZR HD General] djsaxon:
Could be a dumb question but will this leak only work for verizon razrs? I'm on Rogers and wanna make sure that the GSM modems are somewhere in this leak before i try. Thanks
[RAZR HD General] GoClifGo05:
Yes, this is VZW only. There is an international one floating around here too.

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[RAZR HD General] macpro88:
Can't Flash Back from JB Leak

Installed the leak the day it came out, went groovy etc etc etc. Now I want to go back and just get back on the official firmware.

I can NOT for the life of me flash back.

What I have tried:

RSD 5.7 & RSD 6.1.4 (rebooting after each install etc...)

Re-install the drivers from the Motorola Mobility website.

REBOOT THREE FREAKING TIMES

Taking my SIM/SD cards out

Different combos of connecting phone to computer and opening RSD

Changing the freaking levels of UAC on Windows...

My error: "Failed flashing process. Unknown fastboot command. (getvar)"

I don't get what I'm missing... I'm not new to this, but I feel like I am now lol

Help???
[RAZR HD General] GoClifGo05:
Try the 1.0 utility...

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[RAZR HD General] Cloudsnightmare:
I haven't finished reading this, but I don't want to forget to post this to you. There is a clock widget app that includes the circles one.

Its called "One More Clock". Sorry if this has been posted, but I didn't want to read three more days of posts to just forget ;P.
[RAZR HD General] krazyace35:
Download the RAZR HD utility from here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1970267

it's the best way to fast boot back to stock and u can also root with this utility. ;)

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[RAZR HD General] Xelios029:
You could use the utility or you can edit the XML file. Thats what I did for the SBF. Just open the XML file with notepad, and remove the lines that include the variable "getvar". The entire line. Then save it and try again, works like a charm. Do it with 6.1.4 though, dont believe it works with anything before 6.0.
[RAZR HD General] leyvatron:
This is what I was going to say... delete the three lines with getvar and you should be good.
[RAZR HD General] lazarus2297:
That app comes the closest to the Motorola widget for sure, but its just not quite as polished. I am learning to live with the Motorola launcher just wish I could remove the persistent search bar..

On a side note I think I am actually getting slightly worse battery life with this leak.. my "awake" times in the graph don't correspond as cleanly with my screen on times as they did in ICS.. but still making a consistent 13-14 hrs with my typical usage so I will take that little loss for the gain I perceive in the "smoothness" of the OS operation.
[RAZR HD General] koftheworld:
I agree with your assessment on battery life. I'm at 80% with about 7.5 hours on battery with an hour of on screen time. I had to shut off google now because i was getting really killed in terms of battery life lost. I'm sure it will get better with newer builds and the final version.
[RAZR HD General] lucidvtec:
I just used TB to uninstall Google search. All together...its gone

Been doing that since my Evo and photon....stupid dedicated search button

If we wanna search..we will install a widget or go to the browser!! Stupid moto
[RAZR HD General] braves10:
Is there something funky about stock recovery with Jellybean? I'm having trouble updating binaries for superuser and I figured that using stock recovery would get the job done, but I can't get into the menus. The only thing that happens is the Android with it's chest open. And from there it just reboots normally after sitting.
[RAZR HD General] SquireSCA:
I believe so. I didn't notice anything wrong. I have a few hundred songs, 6 or 7 full length DVD quality movie rips that are over 1GB apiece, lots of pics and stuff and still have 45GB free...
[RAZR HD General] clouse2013:
You have to press the volume up and down buttons simultaneously to get past that screen
[RAZR HD General] Ban-Hammer:
Press vol + and vol - at the same time. The menu will appear.

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Beat me to it ;)
[RAZR HD General] stl-fan:
Frustrated

I have been running the JB leak for a week or so now, and it was running smoothly, but not as good as my brother's phone. (I put it on his, too). After some browsing around, I noticed mine was getting a ton of wake locks and his has basically none. I just decided to boot in to recovery, wipe cache and just restore device. Ever since, it has been super screwy. I finally got it to boot back up last night, and thought it was fine. (Don't ask me how, but I got it to get into fast boot, then just selected normal bootup. This morning, i put it on the charger, and it shut off again, and when I try to turn it on, the Moto logo appears, then a blank screen for a few seconds, then an android, standing up, with a blue 3D spinning shape in his chest. I can't get it to go past that. I don't have access to a PC right now, but I will tonight. So my question is, can I even SBF if I can't get into fast boot? Because I'm pretty sure Matt's Utility requires it, right? If anyone has any input, I would love to unbrick my phone!! ;) Thanks
[RAZR HD General] rstlhiii:
status 7

did you ever find a way past the status 7 error? I had installed the leaked update just fine originally, and then wanted to do install safestrap and back a recovery backup. But after going back to stock i am unable to flash the update again. I've even completely taken safestrap off, unrooted, wiped the device, tried using different memory cards.

Any additional ideas would be appreciated.
[RAZR HD General] Ban-Hammer:
I SBF'd, OTA'd, rooted, protected root, and flashed the JB update. Try wiping data and wiping cache right before flashing the zip.
[RAZR HD General] epinter:
Anybody with the JB firmware can send me all the files from /firmware, /persist and the /system/lib/modules/*, please ?

This files don't contains any personal information ...

Thanks in advance.
[RAZR HD General] syntrix:
I could never get into stock recovery after the JB leak. Not that I needed to. I even held vol+ and vol- for about 2 minutes on the recommendation on another forum. Nada.

Stock, the android would go away after a few seconds, it would not go away with the JB leak at all.
[RAZR HD General] tbcpn:
Poor Call Quality?

Was running this JB leak for the past four days, and everyone that I called commented that I sounded "fuzzy" or llike I was "inside a small room," but that person sounded very clear to me. So, after a couple of days and in different areas, both 3G and 4G, with same-same, I flashed back to stock ICS, took the ICS OTA small upgrade, and now, as when I first got the Maxx HD, everyone I call comments how clear I sound. Apparently the kernel and / or radios in the JB leak didn't play nice with my phone. Too bad, as aside from outgoing call quality, the leak ran very, very nicely.
[RAZR HD General] syntrix:
Voice is just fine here, just like stock imho.

Not saying you don't have a problem, but different towers, software on the towers, etc... first thing that comes to mind.

BTW the entitlement hack works here with usb tethering and here's a copy/pasta about what I noted about battery life, and what an app was reporting. I tried this on the maxx hd tonight, but the notation was on the regular hd I initially had....

I did note better battery life on another forum (edit: this was on the first one I had, I went from razr hd to razr maxx hd). I ran exlir after a boot and my normal apps running on the stock rom:

about 500mA drain constantly, was really worried about battery life

Just did the JB again, applied the entitlement update, and ran a few apps and went to the home screen, launched elixr again and have been watching for a while...

under 150mA drain, usually about 120-130mA... interesting.
[RAZR HD General] tbcpn:
Totally agree, but I did travel about 100 miles. In any event, as with all things Android, YMMV. May flash JB again down the line. Frankly, a rooted and debloated stock ICS runs pretty damn well on this phone. I don't use Now, or much of the other JB features that ICS doesn't have...except butter.
[RAZR HD General] syntrix:
I think that google now used a bunch of battery on a commute about an hour, but it's going to use more battery than if it's off :)

so far tonight, with similar use, I'm not bleeding battery like I was. It's apples to apples, except I have 1-2 bars here at home. I have a good 3 bars at work, all 4G. Everything is on as usual, except for bluetooth... even run gooveip a voip (xmpp) client!

I'll have to give it more time, but it's mimicking the last install, yay!
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Rempty:
Its possible to resize system partition??
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] SmG67:
Yes, that's what they do for JB to make it fit... but the parameters are baked into CWM, so I'm not sure how to do it manually.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iamthor:
Hi guys, this is my first time to flash my Kindle. I rooted my KF using KFU V0.9.6 and installed TWRP 2.3.1.1.

I have may OS backup in TWRP. I flash AOKP Milestone 6 and it keeps rebooting. So i tried other roms. I flashed gederom, jandcane and cm10/sg7 but all of them are stuck in bootanimation. This was my guide in flashing my KF, techhive.com/article/258452/how_to_install_ice_cream_sandwich_on_your_kindle_fire.html,

I followed all the instructions there. Guys help, what do i miss? I can still recover my stock KF OS. TIA
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Guitarman:
Here is a link to Amazon's website for the official stock software to flash on the Kindle if you want it back to being just like you took it out of the box brand new. You'll have to re-root it if you flash this stock software. Hope it helps :) http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=200790620#download
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iamthor:
Thanks guitarman. I can restore the stock os.But I still want to flash.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Guitarman:
You might want to read up on TWRP version 2.3.1.1

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1592681
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iamthor:
Do you recommend twrp 2.2.2.1?:confused:

Dont know what to do.

TIA
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ixthusdan:
Go back to twrp 2.2.2.1.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jlshady00:
Yes the new version has some issues when wiping, 2.2.2.1 is still working quite well
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iamthor:
Sorry for the noob question but how do i donwgrade 2.3.1.1 to 2.2.2.1. Thanks.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thepooch:
In settings check the box that says " use rm -rf instead of formatting" perform a full wipe minus your external storage and try and flash a rom again.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iamthor:
I tried this but i was still stuck in boot animation. How to downdgrade to twrp 2.2.2.1? thanks
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shazzy1:
Try flashin the stock Rom once and do what u were doing again may be this was helpful,,,,,, lol
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iamthor:
What do you mean by what "do what u were doing again "?:D Thanks
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shazzy1:
Lol ...I am feeling a bit lazy.to type the whole thing...hehehe!!!!! :P
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thepooch:
Here is a flashable zip provided by user jamminjon82 in post 208 http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1592681&page=21 remember to hit his thanks button. Don`t flash stock bad idea. One of the important things when flashing stock is wiping twrp 2.3.1.1 isn`t wiping right bad idea!
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iamthor:
Do i just install/flash this twrp 2.2.2.1 in my recovery? no more terminal command just like when i installed twrp 2.3.1.1? Thanks
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thepooch:
Just flash it in recovery.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iamthor:
Thanks. It worked.:cowboy:
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Flashdot:
Where in gods name is the source code for aosp? I searched Google, including the source and developers website. I don't even know where to begin. A little disheartening. I thought long and hard on it and I really want to make a Rom from source so I can start with a clean slate. I may need some help like every first time Rom builder. I guess it would help to join a team? I don't know where to begin with that either. If anyone can help either post on here or PM me. I recently read that development for our phones is slowly dying. I don't want to believe that, but if it does...I want it to go out with A BANG!!! Thanks everyone for your help! :good: :fingers-crossed:
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Flashdot:
Am I breaking a rule by asking this question? Can someone at least point me in the direction of a tutorial about roms. I don't want my hand held just to be clear.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Soap:
Check out the chef central section for some guides. As for sources, look around at some of the development roms that include links to their github. You can start from their source and merge others into it to create it how you want.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Diablo67:
Here you go brother... http://source.android.com/

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[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Flashdot:
@soap Wouldn't I have to ask permission for those?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Soap:
Its open source so it should be that big a deal. A github is used for hosting open sources. Just credit where credit is due.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Nutzzer:
In my contacts, I have my google contacts, my Touchdown, my facebook, my google+ contacts. As you can assume, there are tons of duplicates from contacts with the same name that is in google, touchdown and facebook, sometimes google+. I set in contacts to ONLY show my google contacts, but still when I search, I see 3 of my friend name.

Its really annoying...I'm almost inclined to wipe the contacts database.

How do I clean it up? Also, for anyone that use Touchdown, how can I prevent the contacts to show up on the phone contacts in the future?

Thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] zedocus16:
You could try to long click a contact, select join contact, and then find the duplicates to join.
[Asus Transformer TF700] Asus700t:
Hi all Just joinned up and also just got myself a Asus infinity TF700T

So far I have charged it done firmware update and rooted it.

I would like to know what is the best / stable rom out at moment. Also overclocking options.

Thanks
[Asus Transformer TF700] psych2l:
A good stock option is CleanROM 2.3,

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1919851

however if you're looking for an AOSP rom I'd go with the CM10 Nightlies

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1957660

There are overclocking options for both courtesy of Clemsyn's overclocked kernel

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1950039

Personally I'm on CM10 and I'm waiting for a modified Clemsyn kernel since I'm also using the Data2SD mod.
[Asus Transformer TF700] Asus700t:
Yeh was thinking about CM10. I had CM on my acer a500 and have it on my cellphone and find it nice and easy to use.
[Asus Transformer TF700] jjdevega:
Install Browser2ram for the fastest web experience using stock browser.