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[RAZR HD Android Development] ray4jc:
I just went back to ICS stock rooted, updated to the .72 or whatever update and restored root from the OTA Jelly Bean because I lost root and I didn't really care for Jelly Bean, quite a few apps won't work and wifi keeps dropping for me.

The thing I was forgetting was to temp unroot before OTA update.....

So to answer your question it worked for me!
[RAZR HD Android Development] 007shark:
I am thinking of going back to ICS too. I miss the Mass Storage option for USB. The Sony Walkman port doesn't have all the features in JB. I hate the white background of the contacts which doesn't flow with the stock dialer and messaging app. I noticed that once on JB I cannot revert back to ICS with a backup I had in safestrap so I will have to flash with the utility. I will wait for the next incremental update for bug fixes before jumping to JB.
[RAZR HD Android Development] GoClifGo05:
MTP mode does the same as mass storage. Its annoying but it works. Also make sure USB Debugging is enabled.

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[RAZR HD Android Development] fletch33:
well i am very familiar with the process and i did the OTA and for whatever reason now fastboot fails on both RSD 6.1 and RAZR HD Utility?

tried them both several times and fastboot fails on both of them.

thought anyone?
[RAZR HD Android Development] GoClifGo05:
There is a XT925 version lol

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[RAZR HD Android Development] Borderpatrol1987:
I finally got it to work. Once everything was done and I booted 4.1, I kept getting an error message that said "unfortunately, motorola services has stopped"

I fixed it by going into privacy and doing a hard reset.

Now to enjoy my new phone on JB!:D

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Its also a hell of a lot slower too. I didn't need debugging enabled to get this to work btw
[RAZR HD Android Development] freeky1:
Thank you so much for this thread! I learned a lot and now I am on the latest Jelly Bean OTA with root and my wifi tether for root users works like a charm!
[RAZR HD Android Development] fletch33:
well i uninstalled and reinstalled device manager and it worked all good

thanks for directions
[RAZR HD Android Development] Igor977:
I get an error when I try to download Jelly Bean OTA 9.1.41 (Android 4.1.1). Can anybody point me where I can download this?
[RAZR HD Android Development] freeky1:
Do a Google search for "delta-ota-Blur_Version.0.7.2-9.1.41.XT926.Verizon.en.US.zip". It can be found in multiple places. You really don't need it now that the OTA is actually out. When you get to the point where you need that file, go to settings-about phone-system updates and it will download the OTA for you. That's what I did.
[RAZR HD Android Development] swboland:
Solution to problems with downloading update/flashing update from web

I FOUND A SOLUTION…

Here's what I was getting when I tried to flash the update in recovery while following the instructions in the OP…

This was before the OTA was available to me. I followed the instructions in the OP and had no clue why this wasn't working. Then I saw this guy's post:

THE ISSUE IS SAFESTRAP. I tried uninstalling the recovery from the Safestrap app but that didn't help either. When the OTA became available for me to download, I kept getting a error when trying to download saying I didn't have enough disk space. That didn't make sense at all b/c I had like 26 GB free.

So I went back to the DROID RAZR UTILITY, performed the fast boot recovery and went back to the original stock conditions of the phone.

Then I downloaded and installed the 0.7.2 update (ICS) from Settings>About Phone>System Updates.

Then I rooted with the DROID RAZR UTILITY, went into SuperUser and made sure everything was up to date. (Idk why the OP says to update SU in the Play Store and to update the binaries in SU. For me it was all up to date already).

Then I installed Voodoo OTA Rootkeeper with the DROID RAZR UTILITY.

Then I downloaded the OTA (9.1.41) by going to Settings>About Phone>System Updates BUT I DID NOT INSTALL IT. YOU CAN NOT INSTALL THE UPDATE IF YOU ARE ROOTED.

Then I protected root and temporarily unrooted with Voodoo OTA Rootkeeper.

Then I went back to Settings>About Phone>System Updates and installed the update I had just downloaded.

Then I went back to Voodoo OTA Rootkeeper and restored root.

BOOM…I'm rooted on Jelly Bean with the OTA.

This all worked because I did not install Safestrap at all.

By now most people should have the OTA available so if you're having problems downloading or installing it try this and I hope it works for you.

It's basically following the steps in the OP but DO NOT INSTALL SAFESTRAP. You can install it after you update and restore root.
[RAZR HD Android Development] km8j:
Is this file in the OP the same as the official OTA? New RAZRs don't come with JB yet so the process should be fairly straight forward, right?
[RAZR HD Android Development] madkel:
Yes it can. I reinstalled the recovery and everything is working fine on Jelly Bean.

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It sounds like you may have had a different issue than the one I faced. For me, I was able to fully download the OTA update with Safestrap and the recovery installed, but it was just the installation of the OTA update that would fail for me. Once I uninstalled the recovery within the Safestrap app (I did NOT uninstall Safestrap itself), then I was able to install the OTA update without issues.

On a side note, I rooted my phone before the Utility was available and installed Safestrap on my own. When the 9.1.41 OTA update came out, I waited until it was available to me rather than downloading onto my SD card from the OP. That's when I faced the issues with Safestrap, but once I uninstalled the Safestrap recovery (and did everything else like temp unroot, etc.), then I was able to successfully install the OTA update and reinstall the Safestrap recovery AFTER the installing OTA update and restoring root.

Hopefully between our two issues, other won't have to have the headaches we faced!
[RAZR HD Android Development] Joeywhat11:
Having issues with this process on my Maxx HD. First time through I was still on ICS, and went through the steps listed to protect root and took the OTA JB update. Everything updated fine, and was able to root again through OTA Keeper, however after I rooted I had no cell service. No 4G/3G, no calls, nothing. I could still use wifi, but no mobile data.

At that point I performed a factory reset (basically following ALL the steps again), and once again used the OTA Jelly Bean update. Again it installed fine, and I was able to root the phone again. But once rooted I still don't have any mobile service for the most part. Interestingly enough before I went to bed last night I had rebooted the phone a couple times, and I had full service for several hours (while rooted). When I woke up...gone. In fact, a phone call was what woke me up (I didn't answer), and when I checked the phone it no longer had service. I've checked this with another phone calling into mine as well (doesn't work).

As of now, if I use OTA Keeper to unroot, then reboot, it'll behave normally, and I have full mobile service. If I proceed to reroot it, I'll lose it soon after. This is only happening with Jelly Bean, no issues with ICS.

Any thoughts on this?
[RAZR HD Android Development] dcmarch:
May not be the right place but what would happen if I fast boot and just install the official update. I don't care about root I am on the earlier leaked jelly bean.
[RAZR HD Android Development] Playb3yond:
the link to the OTA update returns an http error.
[RAZR HD Android Development] dreamliner330:
I think there is an updated version here:

http://sbf.droid-developers.org/vanquish/VZW_XT926_4.1.1_9.8.1Q_39_VQW_CFC.xml.zip

Looks to be 4.1.1 9.8.1Q.39

Personally, I just did the OTA Root Keeper and did the OTA update to JB. It seemed to have worked any my version is 9.1.41...
[RAZR HD Android Development] jldr:
For some reason after fastbooting back to ICS, my phone is taking an incredibly long time to boot.

Is this normal? I'm on step 5.

****Edit: Ignore this, I see what I did wrong now****
[RAZR HD Android Development] Moose1988:
rooted

hey guy!, first time attempting root on anything, and it was a success. one question though.. im frequently getting FC messages of "Unfortunately, Motorola Services has stopped" it just keeps popping up. any ideas? also, it seems as if the phone is running very slow.

thanks.
[RAZR HD Android Development] Borderpatrol1987:
Clear the cache or do a hard reset of the phone in settings. I did the latter and it fixed it right up.
[RAZR HD Android Development] Serial_Noob:
Really? I wasn't able to access the external SD card. I've reverted to ICS because of that, and because I lost root when I updated. I've figured out the lost root issue, but I'm hesitant to go back to JB because I don't like the loss of mass storage mode.
[RAZR HD Android Development] sxg75:
Mass storage mode is gone with Jellybean. Yes it sucks.

You might try this APK
[RAZR HD Android Development] robdec17:
I have Jeallybean on my Maxx HD and I have no issues browsing both SD cards, internal and external from my windows 7 machines. I can transfer files over using drag and drop with no issues.
[RAZR HD Android Development] GoClifGo05:
While mass storage is gone.... there is MTP mode... it works exactly the same so stop complaining and use the search feature before whining about it.

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[RAZR HD Android Development] mrf582:
No it doesn't work exactly the same. Try using Winamp's sync service in MTP mode... Next time you feel like getting a bit pretentious, shut up instead.
[RAZR HD Android Development] trandazz:
Any XT926...Verizon??

I've never rooted a phone, but based on the benefits I've learned are available, I'd like to do so. I came to this forum to learn how, but I'm now I'm confused.

I've read through this thread more than once, but correct me if I'm wrong... I thought if an XT926 (Verizon) already was updated to JB (from the factory or ota - same right?), having never been rooted prior to JB, that it would not be possible to go back to previous OS (ICS) to root with the aforementioned instructions.

Am I missing something here? At the very beginning of this thread, I thought it was clear to me that if my maxx hd (XT926) had already taken the ota JB from Verizon, that I was outta luck (no way to go back to ICS, root,etc).

Hope I'm not getting encouraged for nothing... Can someone here provide some clarity? Thanks

trandazz
[RAZR HD Android Development] GoClifGo05:
It doesn't matter if you already have the JB update. The easiest way I have found is to use Matt's utility found here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=33610625

1. Use option 1 to go back to ICS

2. Go to settings - about phone and take the 6mb update.

3. Root using the utility

4. Install voodoo ota rootkeeper either from the utility or Google play

5. Open voodoo and protect root

6. Temporarily unroot.

7. Take the JB OTA

8 Open voodoo and restore root.

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[RAZR HD Android Development] trandazz:
Backup internal storage and sd card (how?)

I believe I read in a previous thread that you suggested backing up the internal storage and sd card before going back to ICS. Could you elaborate on this? Is there any more to it than just copying the files from my phone (using MTP mode through usb) to a folder on my desktop?

I think I'm ready to give this a go, but just want to be confident that I'm not missing anything important.

Thanks

trandazz
[RAZR HD Android Development] nimblejester:
just asking

Can i ask what steps could i use to just put a stock load on my rszr maxx.

Long story short i deleted the Amazon app now i can't do the jelly bean update.

The error 7 thing. I even went a far as to install it back and make it a system app again still no been.

Any suggestions?
[RAZR HD Android Development] GoClifGo05:
Use Matt's utility to fast boot back to stock 4.0.4.

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[RAZR HD Android Development] Action123:
Trying to download OTA on device, It's just taking forever. Can you confirm that this link is the actual OTA and will work just the same as my active (but slow) OTA download directly to my device?
[RAZR HD Android Development] tha5150:
followed step by step and 13. Open OTA Keeper: click 'protect root' and then 'temp unroot' isnt working for me.. I do not have "protect root" option. Because of this, when i go to install SS3 and Install Recovery, it still says Not Active instead of Active which i guess would allow me to boot into the new SS3 option to create a Rom Slot

please help!
[RAZR HD Android Development] GoClifGo05:
If you don't have a protect root option it sounds like you never had root to begin with. After root run something like root checker from the market to confirm root.

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[RAZR HD Android Development] disa5080:
Unroot

Hi all.

This worked great! For warranty purposes how do I unroot if needed? How do I get rid of root and restore the original recovery?

Thanks!
[RAZR HD Android Development] GoClifGo05:
Hmm, proper drivers installed? Did you extract the utility to one folder on your desktop?

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Once you root they will always be able to tell you were rooted. They put a file or something on the phone that keeps track of it. If you want to unroot anyway for whatever reason you can always do a fastboot restore just to make sure its all cleaned up.

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[RAZR HD Android Development] ThatKasper:
Failed

OK, not a total n00b but not a dev either so go easy on me!

I followed OP's steps to the letter and still no love. Back story: Got brand new XT926 w/ICS and one of the 1st things it did was call for the update, which I didn't catch right away in the flurry of other updates from Play Store, etc. so naturally rooting was out of the question now.

Used the RAZR HD Utility 1.10 to fastboot restore back to ICS 4.0.4, and Root. At this point everything runs great and I can lock/unlock root w/Rootkeeper so I did the temp.un-root and tried for the regular OTA update for grins and it will download and act like it's installing only to give me a failed installation message after rebooting. Quick check verified I'm still at 4.0.1. I then copied the 'VZW_XT926_4.1.1_9.8.1Q_39_VQW_CFC.xml' from dreamliner330 's posted link (thanks for the link to the JB OTA Update file, btw) to the SD card and tried the Update From External Data recovery method but after about 30 seconds I get:

Finding update package...

Opening update package...

Verifying update package...

E:signature verification failed

Installation aborted.

Any ideas?
[RAZR HD Android Development] bobukcat:
You mean that it was at 4.0.4 before you tried to apply the JB update, right? I'm pretty sure you have to be on 4.0.4 before it will install.
[RAZR HD Android Development] ThatKasper:
Sorry, I mis-typed that. Yes you are correct, I meant that it was & still is 4.0.4 and trying to update to JB 4.1.1. I had the un-rooted OTA JB 4.1.1 on it when I first received it so I flashed back to 4.0.4 to get root and now trying to get back to JB and retain root. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
[RAZR HD Android Development] GoClifGo05:
Sorry if you said this but I just want to be clear. When you went back to ICS did you take the small 6mb update and then root? If so, did you make a backup of SU before you temp unrooted? Also you didn't delete or freeze any apps before the ota did you?

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[RAZR HD Android Development] ThatKasper:
Uhhhhhh....yess/no?? To be honest I'd be hard pressed to say I didn't do anything at all in between going back to ICS, rooting, then trying to update back to JB because I was poking around making sure things worked properly after I went back to ICS and rooted (like installing Titanium once I was rooted so I could perform restores, etc.). So what do you think, start all over?
[RAZR HD Android Development] GoClifGo05:
Hmm I would.

1.) Restore to 4.0.4 via the utility.

2.) Go to settings - about phone - update and take the 6mb update.

3.) Root using the utility

4.) Install voodoo ota rootkeeper.

5.) Protect root

6.) Temp unroot

7.) Take the JB OTA

8.) Open voodoo and restore root.

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Oh and this is the utility I keep referring to http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=33610625

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[RAZR HD Android Development] ThatKasper:
Allrightythen. Can't hurt, huh? Thanks for your quick help, btw. I'll post an update with outcome.
[RAZR HD Android Development] GoClifGo05:
No problem. Good luck.

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[RAZR HD Android Development] ThatKasper:
This might be interesting info to some. I wanted to make sure I had good backups once more before doing this so I opened Titanium but it told me it couldn't get root access, even though the Superuser & Rootchecker apps told me otherwise. I updated SU binaries & toggled root on/off/on in Voodoo Rootkeeper then tried Titanium again but still no luck verifying root in the app (again, even though Rootchecker told me I was successfully rooted)...no biggie since my last full wipe was last night so I have a recent backup. So I plugged in the USB cable to start the process over and the Motorola Device Manager immediately popped up to tell me there was an update: 9.1.44.XT926.Verizon.en.US (JB 4.1.1!). Nothing to lose so clicked next to install and waiting, rebooted to a clean JB install but alas, no root.

Going thru the above steps again to start from scratch as we speak.

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Great, getting further away from the goal here. Repeated steps 1-3 and now my device won't even root on 4.0.4. I've tried several times to root using the 1.10 utility and even though it claims to succeed in the script my device says otherwise. (Rootchecker fails to get root, can't update binaries, etc.) *SIGH*
[RAZR HD Android Development] GoClifGo05:
Do you have USB debugging enabled in developer options? Also do you have unknown sources checked in security options? Were you able to get the vibration for the bug report?

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[RAZR HD Android Development] ThatKasper:
Success!

Yes, yes, and yes. But that's all irrelevant now because I have finally made it to JB 4.1.1 with root. I guess if at first you don't succeed, kill it with repetitiveness. The only thing I did differently in the 4 full attempts thru the process is the last time I used a different account to log into the Google Play Store. Could there actually be some sort of interference from an account that was used previously that was set to be the sync/backup/restore default account?

Either way, all is good now. To anyone who hasn't tried or has but failed once or twice, the key is these steps DO work...even if it doesn't the very first time. AND...the users on this board are damn helpful! Thanks for the help & patience, GoClifGo05 .
[RAZR HD Android Development] GoClifGo05:
Glad you got it worked out. :)

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[RAZR HD Android Development] drumzalicious:
Just wanted to say thanks. Picked myself up a RAZR HD today and its already rooted. Goodbye bloat and hellooo JB.
[RAZR HD Android Development] Keanen:
Hello everyone, I have a RAZR Maxx HD in route (via Swappa) and it is new and unused. From what I can tell here, even if the phone is already upgraded to JB it seems that I can go back to ICS to root and then upgrade with root keeper. Is that correct?

I am coming from the Rezound and am very excited to have this device.

Thanks!
[RAZR HD Android Development] GoClifGo05:
Yes you can go back. Mattlgroffs utility makes it super easy. Everything you need in one utility.

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[RAZR HD Android Development] Keanen:
That's great news. Thank you.
[RAZR HD Android Development] RAWK227:
download location

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1. Put "delta-ota-Blur_Version.0.7.2-9.1.41.XT926.Verizon.en.US.zip" on your Phone SD card

Where can I find this DOWNLOAD? TY
[RAZR HD Android Development] tCizler:
You can just accept the ota update now. It's the same thing. Just remember to update super user, make a backup of the updated super user, as in protecting the root after you update super user. And then unroot and update.
[RAZR HD Android Development] RAWK227:
Root Maxx HD

Thanks for you reply...I give up on this...After my 4th attempt. I followed the directions, got to the part re: delta blur-found it somewhere else-didnt work and then lost root once again after JB update...Hopefully soon someone will figure out a JB root.
[RAZR HD Android Development] GoClifGo05:
Why not just use Matt's utility? So much simpler.

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[RAZR HD Android Development] RAWK227:
matts utility

I have tried it...several times. I am not an expert...I have successfully rooted 2 other phones. Just can t figure this one out. I am soo limited with experience..so if instructions are not 100% clear...I won't know what to do to get around it...that is why I am hoping that there will be a jb root.
[RAZR HD Android Development] dsenibaldi:
razr maxx hd root

Hello, Is it now possible to root a razr maxx hd on the newest update from verizon?

thanks
[RAZR HD Android Development] digital_cha0s:
Yes sir/ma'am

and if you follow the OP to the tee you shouldn't have any problems
[RAZR HD Android Development] jaredwins:
Okay guys I just registered here because I'm having two struggles and I'm spinning in circles.

I've got a Droid Razr Maxx HD that was just updated to 4.1.1 Jellybean last night (now I'm wishing I didn't update).

I've spent the last 4 hours trying to root and have gotten nowhere. This is my first root attempt so I'm a beginner but I followed the tutorial word for word and am having two issues:

[EDIT] I did solve this first issue.... Now onto the second.

1. When I click the link to download jellybean sbf.droid-developers./vanq...izon.en.US.zip) it throws a 404 not found error. I even googled Jelly Bean OTA 9.1.41 trying to find a download but to no avail :(

2. Now even if I could successfully find the zip for jelly bean it wouldn't matter because when I launch the Batman utility it starts the daemon, and gets to the Batman screen telling me to press any key. I've tried different keys (Enter, A, S, D, F) but they all produce the same result of the program just disappearing. I even tried setting my environmental variable as mentioned in an older thread that mattlgroff had posted.

Can someone please point me in the right direction? Thank you!

Jared
[RAZR HD Android Development] GoClifGo05:
You can't. You need to go back to ICS, then root. Check the development sections. Matt's 1.10 utility is a one stop shop.

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[RAZR HD Android Development] jaredwins:
Have you seen Matt's util not work? The problem I'm having is that I start it, hit a key, and it instantly dissappears/closes
[RAZR HD Android Development] GoClifGo05:
Did you extract the zip to a folder on your desktop? Are all the files in one place? Are you sure you're running the batch file?

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