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[RAZR HD General] KachowPow:
Correct, this is the other way to restore Root, which tucstwo did a nice write up. :D If you happen to lose Root and if the OTA is not successful and it fails or partially installs. I do recommend downgrading with an FXZ preferably of 9.16.6 (as I think the 9.18.79 update is more stable on failed attempts.) While the OTA may install it is important to check to ensure that the new Baseband is installed which is VANQUISH_BP_100730.160.64.15P. The old Baseband is VANQUISH_BP_100730.160.64.09P, which if this is the radio that you have after the install, then installation was unsuccessful.
[RAZR HD General] jfriend33:
I wish more people would chime in on how the update is running. Mine downloaded by accident. Have voodoo ota root keeper installed with a backup. On the fence about taking the plunge...
[RAZR HD General] jfriend33:
Update installed just fine. I'll let you know how great it is lol

I had to install superuser from the market after restoring root on voodoo. So now I have superuser and supersu.

I can just delete one of them and I'll be fine?

Sent from my DROID RAZR MAXX HD
[RAZR HD General] nocaldawg:
I am complete stock without root unlock or anything. Installed the update last night and it runs fine. Seems smoother and faster than before. Appears to be minimal new, fwiw
[RAZR HD General] nigezee:
This happened to me as well, I just let it charge up even tho I could see its status. Then I turned it on and it powered up like nothing never happened. It was very weird
[RAZR HD General] nigezee:
When i got the update pushed to me I used voodoo to temp un-root. But when it installed it went all the way thru until the last minute and was an unsuccessful install. It seems that the software updated but the radio didn't. How can I try again and how do I get it to work this time. I also cant seem to find the update anywhere on my phone. When I click on update software it say that I'm on the latest software version. HELP!
[RAZR HD General] KachowPow:
You are on the latest software version, in which you received a partial update, where most everything flashed (-) minus the new .15P radio. If you want to try again you can either run Matt's Utility or you can FXZ back to 9.16.6. Then restore and apply the Update, again.
[RAZR HD General] jpetrach:
So my issues are just... Rooted, stock rom cleaned(froze vzw bloat) and recieved ota update. now all the froze apps/ setting changes are still in place but I dont have root binarys. i still have SU and nothing else seems to have changed. but no SU root permission.(checked ##program and it shows device rooted) so if i can re root using motochopper. so looking fo anyone who may know if this is how i should do it or if there is a better way?
[RAZR HD General] Cpudan80:
Hey,

Just wanted to chime in here -- the post by larsdennert explaining the update procedure is correct. I did use the "temp unroot" option in Voodoo before I installed the update. The update did seem to take longer than usual, not sure what was up with that -- but in the end all appears to be working fine and the bootloader is still unlocked (obviously).
[RAZR HD General] big ach:
So....

I enabled all the stock apps that I had disabled.

I ran Voodoo Temp un-root

Downloaded and attempted to install the update but I keep getting a message saying that the update failed

Any idea whats going on?
[RAZR HD General] KachowPow:
Take a look at your about phone screen. Check the System version and the Baseband. If Baseband ends with a .15P then OTA went through, if it reads .09P then check System version should be either 9.18.79 or 9.20.1 if this is the case need to downgrade back to 9.16.6 or 9.16.9 and try again. The OTA has been known to work and fail and still provide a complete update.
[RAZR HD General] big ach:
Thanks..

I just checked:

Baseband ends with .09P

System version is 9.16.9.
[RAZR HD General] LunaticSerenade:
Is there a way to flash only the radios?

Sent from my CM 10.1 XT926
[RAZR HD General] jpetrach:
motochopper did not work, so i performed a factory reset and everything is good. but now all i can do is down grade and root, apply root keeper, update, then be happy?

along with that i was wondering can i root, stay stock just freeze all the vzw crap, and flash a better kernel. just a kernel for speed?
[RAZR HD General] recDNA:
Do you think anyone will work on a new root exploit? Lots of folks will purchase or get replacements of maxx hd with .79 already installed.
[RAZR HD General] jfriend33:
Omg Omg. I never thought about that.

Sent from my DROID RAZR MAXX HD
[RAZR HD General] nigezee:
With this method how would I restore root?
[RAZR HD General] bradleyem:
I tried applying the update using this method from the "update ready to be installed" nag screen. it rebooted into CWM and started to apply the update, then I got a whole filename verification error. I told it to skip verification and then I got a file not found E:\update.zip (which is the last package that I had installed from CWM, I believe) From there if I reboot I was stuck in a boot loop where it would keep trying to install the update until I restored from a backup in CWM. Next, I moved the update file to the SD card and tried doing it from CWM directly, and this is what I get:
[RAZR HD General] larsdennert:
I fail to see how you could be following the instructions I posted. If you have CWM then you are already rooted and these instructions do not really apply to you.

Having no idea what you have done to your phone I can only make an educated guess as to the steps you need to follow:

Install the stock rom with all bloat

delete the ota update in /cache so it doesn't get in the way

apply motopocolypse if you want an unlocked BL (now or in the future)

install voodooOTA rootkeeper and backup root.

uninstall CWM

download and apply the ota

restore root

install CWM if you want it

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I don't know if the BL keys have changed but you can try flashing an earlier version with RSDlite and rooting that. The BL is probably not unlockable though.

http://sbf.droid-developers.org/vanquish/list.php

BTW, after the OTA battery life is insane. I'm ending the day with 90% battery on my MAXX.
[RAZR HD General] bradleyem:
When I got my phone it was running factory 9.16.9.XT926.Verizon.en.US but it had CWM Recovery installed because the PO had been running a custom ROM. I tried Slim Bean for a bit, but there were too many things that didn't work that I needed, so I used RSDlite to go back to completely stock, then I installed CWM Recovery in preparation for future custom ROMs. So, my phone at this point was stock except for having CWM Recovery installed. So, from that point I followed the step that you did, with the exception of uninstalling CWM Recovery before applying the update. I wasn't sure how to do this, and I was also not sure if I would be able to re-install it after the update even though since the bootloader is unlocked, it SHOULD be able to be installed fine afterward. I figured that having an "other than stock" bootloader may have been the issue, but just wanted to be sure.
[RAZR HD General] larsdennert:
If your BL is unlocked (ie you get a warning when you boot) you should always be able to root via a flash. You should google removing CWM but I think it still goes like this if it is the same as on my previous phone (Bionic)

Uninstall bootstrap app

Explore to internal file of system/bin mount to r/w

Delete:

/hijack

/logwrapper

Rename:

/logwrapper.bin to /logwrapper

(just remove the '.bin' from the name)

Reboot

You won't be able to update with CWM unless someone prepares something.
[RAZR HD General] big ach:
I've discovered I've lost my stock recovery which is why I can't update. Any ideas what I can do now?
[RAZR HD General] Mr-Glass:
So you do not have - install-recovery.sh.bak in system/etc on your device? I thought you could just take off the .bak and it would boot to stock recovery.. Some people may have deleted instead of renaming that file to the .bak - guess you would need to get that file back...
[RAZR HD General] IDroidThere4Iam:
You can load the stock recovery through fastboot. There are some tools/scripts in the development forums here you can use to do it easily.
[RAZR HD General] big ach:
The file is definitely still there, I just checked. But I can't reboot into recovery, I just get that passed out android with his belly open then the phone reboots after a bit - I tried pressing the vol up/down button when I see him laying there, but it does nothing.

Ok - I'll check it out - thanks for letting me know!
[RAZR HD General] larsdennert:
Otherwise backup your data and flash with rsdlite
[RAZR HD General] recDNA:
I'm very curious if someone has tried this and found it to be true?
[RAZR HD General] Mr-Glass:
The girl has the HD with her at work til later tonight - I can try it then, but my understanding is that the file was renamed to .bak to keep original recovery from rewriting after boot..
[RAZR HD General] recDNA:
Yes, I remember that... I just wasn't sure that simply removing bak would cause standard recovery to install successfully even if you had already installed twrp or if it would just brick or something.
[RAZR HD General] cicispop:
Need confirmation

My XT926 was rooted using Motochopper. Root is protected with Voodoo OTA. The bootloader is not unlocked and I don't have a real need to do so. Baseband version is VANQUISH_BP_100730.081.64.09P and build number is 9.8.1Q-62_VQW_MR_2. System version is 9.16.6.XT926.Verizon.en.US. I need confirmation that if I unprotect root using Voodoo OTA and install the update that I will be able to restore root after the update. Please advise.

Thanks.
[RAZR HD General] spencer88:
You should be able to, it succeeded when I did my JB update coming from ICS.
[RAZR HD General] Doug8307:
I think I screwed up but I wanted to ask the experts. I unlocked my bootloader earlier today using motopocolypse without any issues. I checked off OTA survival in Superuser but I didn't do anything with Voodoo OTA Keeper (I forgot about it) and accepted the OTA.

Now when I go into Superuser my su binary has -rwxr-rx-x and root shell in RED, but /system/bin/su in GREEN. When I tap it, Gaining Root Access fails. I tried re-running MotoFail2Go, but I wasn't able to run a bug report (vol up and down) and it failed as well.

The weird thing is, when I go into the programming menu (dial ##PROGRAM with password 000000) that says I'm rooted.

I tried booting into recovery but all I get is the dead android which leads me to believe root is lost. Am I boned?
[RAZR HD General] surfmly:
I am in the same boat and am looking for a more definitive response to ensure taking the OTA won't loose Root or brick the phone. I don't need the bootloader unlocked and actually need to be able to return on insurance if needed (this is a phone I use for work too) and only use Stock ROMs, I just need to keep Root.

Anyone out there already tried this on the config noted above? Should we thaw out any frozen bloatware prior to taking the OTA, should we use OTA Rootkeeper's temp unroot (after backing up root first of course)??

Any additional details would be much appreciated.
[RAZR HD General] cmajpwc:
Not sure if this is an issue with the update or not, but ever since updating my phone will get really hot, freeze and reset itself every so often. Never had this problem before the OTA. I'm running the 20.1 version (its what my phone received). Beyond that reboot issue the battery life has doubled at idle for me.
[RAZR HD General] JungleKing76:
Droidrzr.com has a flashable zip for just the radios.

Sent from my DROID RAZR HD using Xparent Purple Tapatalk 2

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If you did not protect root then your phoned is not truly rooted anymore even though it may say it is in the info. When you go into recovery the dead Android is normal is it not? When that comes up you press both volume buttons to get into recovery. Of course that is stock recovery.

If you want to get root back, download one of the utilities that allows you to flash a custom recovery in AP fastboot mode.

Then go back a couple pages on this thread and there is a link to a zip that you flash in cwm or twrp that will get your root access back.

Sent from my DROID RAZR HD using Xparent Purple Tapatalk 2

---------- Post added at 02:53 AM ---------- Previous post was at 02:50 AM ----------

Yes. Protect root with voodoo. Temp unroot. Update. Restore root. I did not thaw any system apps and all went well but it wouldn't hurt to unfreeze them just in case.

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[RAZR HD General] hollovoid:
So, you are still on locked bootloader? If thats the case your only hope is to have root preserved, and yes id thaw out anything first so it doesnt fail on you. As far as how well it works, cant say, I tried rootkeeper myself and it failed to work, only way I got it back is from being unlocked and flashing root in recovery.
[RAZR HD General] rafjak:
Can I do it with unlocked bootloader too?

regards

RJ
[RAZR HD General] gf1723:
It failed for me

I got this update notification last night. I'm running stock 4.1.2, rooted and unlocked bootloader with CWM as my recovery. I went into Titanium and defrosted everything and then ran the root keeper. Rebooted the phone and accepted the update. When the phone rebooted to do the install, it failed and then CWM asked if I really wanted to apply the update.zip. I choose "Yes" and it also failed and gave me the regular options, so I rebooted. By doing this every time my phone would power up, it would immediately power off to apply the update.

I went through this cycle 3 times and then when I was in CWM, I wiped dalvik cache and the cache partition. Thinking maybe this would solve the rebooting issue. Now when I restarted it showed "Updating apps..1 of 116" (or something like that). Then the OS loaded but I'm still on my old version.

Any ideas? I'm avoiding connecting to WiFi since I think that's how I originally got the notification for the system update. I have a backup of an AOSP ROM and my original stock rooted ROM I can reflash.

EDIT: I see that bradleyem on page 4 is having this exact same problem. However I'm not seeing if anyone has tried uninstalling CWM and it successfully working.
[RAZR HD General] IDroidThere4Iam:
When I first applied the update I had the same situation. I found that installing the stock recovery fixed the constat power down after booting. Whatever the stock recovery does, it must set some flag after a failed installation to stop your phone from constantly retrying. CWM didn't do this. If I remember right, after going back to the stock recovery, I had one more reboot before it stopped. On that last reboot I just got a message saying the update failed instead of a power down.
[RAZR HD General] recDNA:
How did you get from cwm to stock recovery? Step by step if not too much trouble? Thanks.
[RAZR HD General] IDroidThere4Iam:
I used the RAZR HD Tool 1.21 found in the developer forum. It has an option to flash the stock recovery while in Fastboot. I ran mine through linux, but the post for the tool makes it pretty clear what you have to do. It has options for Windows/Mac/Linux.

If you need more detailed instructions let me know.
[RAZR HD General] surfmly:
So Voodoo rootkeeper didn't work for you but you are on an unlocked bootloader... hmm, wonder if rootkeeper will work as I see other folks suggest and it was the unlocked bootloader you had that was part of the issue or something else.

I'll need to think about this more as I can't loose root, meaning I may need to look into unlocking the bootloader first even though that voids the warranty.

Thanks
[RAZR HD General] Mr-Glass:
I have read a lot of these threads on here and different sites.. Are people with TWRP having the same issue? I only ask because it seems like the majority if not all posts are referring to CWM.. Also if you have an unlocked bootloader and have your custom recovery why not just flash root from there? Am I missing something?
[RAZR HD General] IDroidThere4Iam:
Seems to be similar for TWRP - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2369621
[RAZR HD General] JungleKing76:
All official ota updates must be flashed in stock recovery. Your phone basically has to be pure stock or it will fail.

Sent from my DROID RAZR HD using Xparent Purple Tapatalk 2

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Absolutely. Just protect root with voodoo and check temp unroot. For users who say that voodoo didn't save root it is because they did not temp unroot.

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[RAZR HD General] big ach:
So I reflashed stock recovery, tried to update through recovery and here is the error I get

Any ideas?
[RAZR HD General] IDroidThere4Iam:
Did you ever modify your build.prop? I think it's saying it can't find those values (vanquish) where it expects it.
[RAZR HD General] big ach:
Not that I recall?

I ran the V6 Supercharger script? But I unsupercharged it and brought it back to normal? Maybe that did it?
[RAZR HD General] surfmly:
JungleKing - per my question and your response earlier in this thread (http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=43741206&postcount=56), will the OTA fail for me since I have Safestrap (based on TWRP) as my recovery? I thought your answer from earlier thread was suggesting my setup would work fine (i.e. not stock recovery). Can you clarify? Thanks.
[RAZR HD General] JungleKing76:
You must have a stock setup. Stock recovery and all stock system files. The update will fail in any recovery that is not stock. I apologize that I did not clarify that earlier but since your post did not mention safestrap, I assumed you were stock and only rooted.

Safestrap actually presents a bigger problem than either cwm or twrp. With the other two you can simply flash stock recovery back to the phone and you are good. With safestrap, if you ever activated the safe side, it actually modifies one of the system folders. Even if you uninstall safestrap and use stock recovery, the ota will fail because the "preinstall" folder was modified by safestrap.

If you simply installed safestrap but never activated or flashed a ROM on the safe side, you can just uninstall it and update via stock recovery.

Hope that helps.

Sent from my DROID RAZR HD using Xparent Purple Tapatalk 2

---------- Post added at 01:46 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:35 PM ----------

I didn't go back and look to see if you mentioned in another post but when you say you reflashed stock recovery, I assume you have unlocked boot loader and had cwm or twrp.

Something has obviously been modified. I have never used the v6 script so I don't know if that had done left over modifications or not. You were on a pure stock system right? Not a custom ROM.

If you are not against starting over, you can download the RAZR HD utility and refresh your phone to completely stock. Then of course, you would have to root your phone again. Protect root with voodoo, temp unroot, update through stock recovery. After boot restore root.

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[RAZR HD General] big ach:
No don't have an un locked boot loader nor did I ever use another recovery. My stock recovery just stopped working so I used the utility tool and reflashed it. Worked fine after that?
[RAZR HD General] joelbon:
downgrade from 9.18.79

Is it possible to downgrade from 9.18.79 if the phone is still locked? I lost root in the upgrade process and would like to downgrade, root and upgrade again? Is that possible without bricking the phone?

I assume that I am sol as they changed the bootloader, but would like to ask people that know what they are talking about as I really don't. Thanks.
[RAZR HD General] rafjak:
I have stock ROM and stock RECOVERY.

I have only unlocked bootloader and rooted phone.

Unfotrynatelly update has failed.

PS.

Where can I unfreeze Verizon apps, because I forgotten.

regards

RJ
[RAZR HD General] JungleKing76:
It depends how you froze them. If you used titanium, ROM toolbox, or another app. Just go back and unfreeze. However, I have never had to unfreeze my system apps to update so I am not sure if that is your problem. The update package basically just checks to see if all the system apps are there. Even if they are frozen, they are still on your phone.

If the update fails it is likely due to something else like maybe you deleted an app that you shouldn't have. Or something had been modified. Either way, your best option would be to use the RAZR hd utility to flash your phone with a fresh install of stock.

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I don't think you will find a 100%clear answer on this. I have read a few posts where they insinuate that we will not be able to downgrade but I have also read posts from users who say they did flash back successfully because they lost root like you did.

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[RAZR HD General] rafjak:
I have remembered. I REMOVED several stock apps, so only Utility.

regards

RJ
[RAZR HD General] Mr-Glass:
Matt posted on his 1.2.1 Utility software link "DO NOT USE THIS UTILITY ON THE LATEST 4.1.2 OTA UPDATE." on 7/16..... http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2307439
[RAZR HD General] realbbb:
I lost root on ota. I rsdlite flashed mr2 xml without tz partition, no erase user data, or getvar commands. Rooted. Voodoo. Then accepted ota. Root stuck this time.

BBB
[RAZR HD General] rafjak:
Haw to flash 9.16.6.xt926.verizon.en.us OTA? (I removed several VZW apps).

Where can I find this ROM?

regards

RJ
[RAZR HD General] JungleKing76:
There is no ROM to flash. You have to flash the xml file in fastboot mode. Follow the link two posts above by Mr. Glass for the HD utility 1.21. Download that, follow instructions there. This will return your phone to full stock. Then you can use that same utility to root. Download voodoo root keeper. Back up root. Check temp unroot. Update with the new ota. After boot restore root with voodoo.

The utility can't be used to go back after you have the new update but you haven't updated yet so you can use it.

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[RAZR HD General] bradleyem:
What I ended up doing was using RSDLite to get back to 100% stock (except unlocked BL). It immediately said that there was an update available. Then I rooted with motochopper, preserved root with voodo, temp uprooted, and took the update. Restored root and reinstalled my apps, and re set up everything. It's allot of work, but I've never liked using a backup on a new system anyway. It is a little easier for me since all of my contacts are on exchange, so once I set up my exchange e-mail, they automatically restore.

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I would think that you could use RSDLite to get back to 9.16 even after the update, since it basically overwrites everything on the phone.
[RAZR HD General] gf1723:
Well I finally got it working this evening. I was originally on stock 4.1.2 (rooted) with an unlocked bootloader and CWM installed as my recovery. Here were the steps I took to get it working since initially I was getting the failed attempt:

1) Unfroze (or "defrosted") all the bloatware in Titanium.

2) Ran the Droid Razr Utility 1.21 and got back the stock recovery (option 2 in the utility).

3) Booted up the phone, and used Voodoo OTA Rootkeeper to temporarily un-root.

4) Downloaded/Installed the update.

5) Went back to Rootkeeper and restored root successfully.

6) Froze all the bloatware again.

7) Rebooted to Fastboot.

8) Flashed CWM image.

9) Held down Power+Volume UP+Volume Down.

10) When the screen went blank, I immediately let go of all three buttons and pressed them down again real quickly since the phone would seem to turn itself back on when releasing them, so I could get to the bootloader screen.

11) Choose the Recovery option and Voila! No dead android logo and CWM loaded.

12) Selected Reboot in CWM.

13) Selected Yes when it asked to disable stock recovery.