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[Nexus 4 General] twochinz:
There isn't many alternatives, google already has its clutches on most
[Nexus 4 General] jherbold:
Actually, my nexus 4 runs just fine with NO Gapps installed. None. Nada. You just have to find alternate paths to the functionality Google provides. It's out there. Keep looking.
[Nexus 4 General] gorilla p:
Yeah people don't have to be inconvenienced by avoiding google data mining. Tons of alternatives.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] martimat000:
My brother has an S3 on AT&T running a nightly build of CyanogenMod 11.

It's been running this build for a while. However, he was on it today, and it crashed. Now it won't even try to boot unless you take out the battery and put it back in, in which it will show the samsung logo and shut off. It won't boot into recovery, it won't boot into download mode.

I'm thinking it's hard bricked, but why would it randomly hard brick itself like this? And is there any way to fix it?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] audit13:
Maybe it bricked because some files got corrupted? Not sure. If you can get into recovery, try wiping the cache, data, and Dalvik. If that doesn't work, you could try an updated CM11 ROM.

Did you try to get into download mode with a USB jig?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Maduro78:
Its not hard bricked. Boot it into download mode and Odin back to stock
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] audit13:
Don't use desktop Odin if the phone has been updated via an OTA update to stock AT&T 4.3 ROM.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] RichDMartin:
I'm the brother with this problem, I just couldn't post at the time.

Anyway, I can't boot it into anything. not recovery, not download mode, nothing. The only way I can force it to even try to boot is to take the battery out, and back in.

After this, "Samsung" appears for all of about a second, and it shuts off again.

Edit: it seems I can boot into download mode, but like the samsung logo, it disappears. It's almost as if it's crashing after a second each time. Any ideas?
[General Questions and Answers] siri7000:
I would like to know if any user is currently using Straight Talk, currently I'm on AT&T unlimited Talk, Text, Data (65 talk,text)(30 unlm data) but they are taking 95 monthly from me.

I get around 10 to 45 MBps speeds with AT&T

I anyone have been using Straight Talk on a nexus 5 or iPhone 5 and is working good I would like to know and what are the average data speeds
[M.O.J.O. General] Pleiades7:
Okay, saw this can be rooted now.

So my questions, desire for advice, are....

1) Would there be a benefit of installing a custom rom?

2) Will installing a custom rom erase necessary programs that will allow the controller to successfully map to the games I want to play?

3) I'm really only get this because I want to use a good PSX emulator that can use the chip's power to use the shaders and give the games a good HD makeover. This should be more than possible with something like this, right? Basically I'm creating a super PSX device + some N64 emulator. My hope is that I can play this games on 1080p on my television, using either the controller that comes with it, or at least my PS3 controller.

4) Would using apps that overclock this device help game performance?

Should I wait to root this when the official MOJO kitkat android update comes out or does it matter?

Thanks for all your advice!
[M.O.J.O. General] gwaldo:
1) Would there be a benefit of installing a custom rom?

For psx emulation, I doubt it.

2) Will installing a custom rom erase necessary programs that will allow the controller to successfully map to the games I want to play?

Again, not really the controller is easy to map as is (at least with the ouya's emulators)

3) I'm really only get this because I want to use a good PSX emulator that can use the chip's power to use the shaders and give the games a good HD makeover. This should be more than possible with something like this, right? Basically I'm creating a super PSX device + some N64 emulator. My hope is that I can play this games on 1080p on my television, using either the controller that comes with it, or at least my PS3 controller.

What you want can be done on the MOJO, just depends on the games.

I haven't tried PSX emulation, but N64 is pushing it- playable but very laggy at least with mupen64plus AE.

from: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=49205879&postcount=6

The mojo's controller is better, the PS3 controller will have to be wired in I think.

The R1/R2 might be only digital and not analog depends on the emulator detection of R1/R2.

4) Would using apps that overclock this device help game performance?

Yes it would, but not sure how playable the games would be.

Should I wait to root this when the official MOJO kitkat android update comes out or does it matter?

It's nice that it can be rooted, but I don't really need it, I'm fine waiting for kitkat, but if you want to overclock then you'll need to root it.

I'll be installing FPSE and SuperN64 soon, I'll let you know how I go :fingers-crossed:
[M.O.J.O. General] Pleiades7:
Yes, please do!

One last question. You mentioned that the N64 emulator isn't running well on this. Isn't there one on the Ouya??? I could only imagine that on that one, using the much lesser chip (the tegra 3) it would run like crap, if at all.

Im I missing something? Or is this an accurate observation?
[M.O.J.O. General] ExtremeRyno:
SuperN64 is decent, but there really isn't a good N64 emulator at this time. They're all built from the exact same code, just changed the names, really. When one updates, they all seem to update within a few days. My judgement that SuperN64 is flawless has gone out the window because it cannot run Conker at decent speed....One of my all-time favorite games. I still like it, though. From what I've read, I think N64oid is probably a bit less laggy.

Also, I've not tried with it yet (I don't have a cable to root, so I cannot install the mapping software), but the PS3 controller is compatible without needing the cable. It connects with BT, just as it does on tablets or phones.
[M.O.J.O. General] gwaldo:
I don't have an ouya but if you youtube ouya's N64 videos you'll see.

The mojo's is playable, overclocking would help but not sure by how much.

I'll do a youtube video of N64 and PSX on mojo ;)

[MENTION=4748392]ExtremeRyno[/MENTION], I'll try Conker tonight using my mupen64plus AE see what FPS I get :cool:
[M.O.J.O. General] Pleiades7:
How soon until MOJO gets an update and KitKat?

Any idea if this is coming soon?

Any idea on what the update will fix in terms of bugs, etc?
[M.O.J.O. General] gwaldo:
[MENTION=4748392]ExtremeRyno[/MENTION], I tryied Conker using my mupen64plus AE, at 300% it's laggy but not too bad, the sound is messed up tho.

Pretty crappy you have to sit through the intro lol

Anyway I have my settings there so you can see it.
[MENTION=5680092]Pleiades7[/MENTION], I also did some other random games too

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGbdTEVF2pw

I couldn't get any of the free PSX emulators working on my iso's.

I'll try again next week and I'll install the other N64 emulators, but I'm pretty happy with mupen.
[M.O.J.O. General] mherma:
Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think it's possible to make PSX games look or perform any better than they did on the original playstation hardware. Emulators are made to best mirror the hardware the games were originally intended to run on. I think that's why some roms wont work or have trouble playing on any emulator for that reason. Sure your playing the games on a 1080p TV through the MOJO, but that doesn't automatically convert the games themselves to HD quality.
[M.O.J.O. General] Pleiades7:
I get that. But those games blown up on a big 1080p look pixelated and really show their age anyways.

BUT an emulator like FPse includes OpenGL plugins that redraw the textures and graphics in a way I don't fully understand but transform those games. Just try Twisted Metal 2 on your PS3. Then open up a emulator on your MOJO and play the same game in FPse but turn on the high res open gl plugin. Not only will you feel the difference, but you will swear you are playing a different game. No where was that more apparent than in the Resident Evil Games. Pixelated zombies which might have been novel long ago feel dated now. But those filters on FPse and PCSXreloaded , etc., redraw the monsters in a way that is now thematically coherent and gives the games a fresh coat of paint they always deserved, especially fun considering you couldn't play those games in HD back in the day.

In any case, that's what fun about these things for me. The chance to preserve great games in all their glory and then some. :)
[M.O.J.O. General] mherma:
I haven't messed around with Fpse that much to realize it can use OpenGL. That's pretty cool, kinda anxious to try it out now :)
[M.O.J.O. General] ExtremeRyno:
I've got shaders enabled, and it runs just swell. Crash Bandicoot looks great, and games like Wipeout still run at 100%.
[M.O.J.O. General] gwaldo:
[MENTION=4748392]ExtremeRyno[/MENTION] Conker is playable at 100% enabling Force 4x MSAA & Force GPU rendering for 2D in developers option.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGajiU6hpPg

Not sure how it effects other android games tho
[M.O.J.O. General] ExtremeRyno:
I will check that out this evening. Thanks for the tip.
[M.O.J.O. General] willdj79:
Just wondering if anyone has tried to install a custom recovery and do a nandroid backup. I didn't know how different this device differs from a phones software.
[M.O.J.O. General] scorpio16v:
I don't know, if someone of the developers knows a working way to flash a working custom recovery.

As you can see in the way how the root method works, there seems no other way to get out of bootloader/fastboot mode, as to unplug the USB and power cable.

That means, you can't be simple do "fastboot boot xxx.img" and boot a temporarily kernel or recovery.

I have tried it with some of the kernel/recovery images from Nvidia Shield, but after loading the image, it stucks in bootloader.
[M.O.J.O. General] Mojorising:
SEGA games rock on the MOJO
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] kc2kth:
I've been reading here for a couple of hours now - and looking at the ftp site and wiki - yet I'm still not sure what I need. I'm looking to update my Verizon (US) issued BA that is running ROM 1.36 WWE, Radio HA01_151 (not sure how to translate that), Ext ROM 1.36.117, and BT build 3500.

I'd like to update everything I can, I had a single update package at one point but now can't seem to find it anyplace.

Can someone tell me if there is a WWE package that will work here in the US with Verizon that is up to date?

Thanks in advance!
[Motorola Droid Bionic] chrisp6825:
I thought I'd list some ROMs here, divided by their status (Stock vs Kexec). These are (semi) current, and you should be able to find these and load them up on any Bionic updated to stock JB :

Stock based

RAGING BIONIC

Blurry

Call of Droid

FlyingJelly

Gameblur

Revolution-Unleashed

Kexec

Cyanogenmod

Cool Blu

Eclipse v5

LiquidSmooth

CyanFox

Avatar

PACman

CarbonRom

Mokee OpenSource

Gummy

AOKP

Thanks to KenanAlcorn for the tips

Basically, if you see "Stock / moto / no gapps needed" then its a Stock based ROM. (webtop, docks, hdmi)

If you see "Gapps / CM / AOSP / AOKP / Kexec " or an android version number > 4.1.2 then it's a Kexec ROM. (no webtop, docks, hdmi).

I'd be happy to add links, if they would be helpful to any one. Though I don't want to upset anybody. Some ROMs are released exclusively on some forums, in order to keep a hold on issue tracking and other such things. If you see this, I'd be glad to link to any ROMs with permissions.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] DrJwC:
Great post for the bionic noob!

Sent from my KK DROID BIONIC using my fingers
[Motorola Droid Bionic] KenanAlcorn:
Thanks for this, I'm sure it will help out a lot of bionic beginners. A few KEXEC ROMs you could add to that list are Mokee OpenSource, Gummy, and AOKP.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] bedwa:
As long as things are done right, running it on AT&T is no issues whatsoever.

You follow the instructions in the Q&A section (Root, NV edit and Prop Edits) I have been using CM 11 with no issues, tethering the whole 9 yards.

I Flash this zip Here. This Zip is GOLD.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Ismokel:
Thanks for this! Great post

XT875 Running CyanFox
[Motorola Droid Bionic] zebinadams:
Thanks! I recently reset my computer and lost all of the settings I had when I first rooted my Bionic. This is a great thread to help if that were to happen again!
[Motorola Droid Bionic] kschang:
This will sound weird, but I'm one of the guys that NEVER got the official JB firmware from Verizon. And I'm running SlimKat just fine through Safestrap ROM slots, and my last official firmware is the official ICS release.

Right now I have 3 slots

Stock = Technically Icarus HD, but it's still based on stock

Slot 1 = My "daily driver" Cyanogen MOD 10, NOT the latest (I think I'm still on 10.1.2 when they're up to 10.2.1 already)

Slot 2 = SlimKat, not the latest either, I think it's a beta from February 2014.

I switch among them "at will" via Safestrap, and I got SlimKat pretty dialed in now.

So if people are having problems upgrading to JB... Or problems with firmware after JB OTA, perhaps they shouldn't do it, and just live with the previous firmware? What are the potential problems?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] chrisp6825:
As far as I can tell, there are no true benefits to upgrading to JB, as opposed to staying on ICS. Any benefits can easily be found in a CM based ROM (now are fairly stable, even on 11/Kk).

But just to clarify, once you begin the JB upgrade process, you most likely cannot abort or undo it. You risk a great chance of messing the flashing process up and potentially bricking.

If the upgrade completes, you most certainly cannot go back to ICS (as of yet).

(All in regards to the official moto upgrades, JB, ICS, etc)
[Motorola Droid Bionic] kschang:
Yeah, that's what I figured. Since I'm KEXEC'ing SlimKat I see no reason to do the official JB upgrade at all. My ROM at the time was to customized to run the FXZ upgrade.

There are a few things to note:

1) Only stock based ROMs have dock support... ANY dock support. That includes HD dock, Nav Dock, clock/desk dock, etc.

HashCode said NavDock was on the todo list for CM10 for MONTHS... until Bionic fell off the scope. So I guess that's our "last best hope". :D

You can work around the Nav Dock by having in-car bluetooth autorun the car mode app. Not as convenient, but tolerable.

2) Only stock based ROMs have WebTop support... if any one still use that.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Shakkuras:
CM11 NavDock DOES work

There was a commit back around 04/08/2014 that enabled USB analog dock audio for OMAP4; there was another dock-related OMAP4 commit on 04/06/2014 as well. Since the 04/09/2014 nightly build on CM11, my Moto NavDock works - the phone automatically recognizes NavDock insertion and opens my chosen car mode app (I use IBolt as my dock screen software), and closes out from it upon removal. Audio via the dock's split USB cable functions as well. The phone successfully recognizes and sets car mode (seen in notifications), but you need a program installed to handle car mode, as otherwise it does nothing.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] kschang:
I noticed that the 4/15 nightly of SlimKat does this too. May have to revise my statement. :)
[Motorola Droid Bionic] kschang:
A couple notes on hardware...

1) It is possible to replace the trim piece (that metalic looking cover on top that goes around the screen and buttons, has the Verizon logo), you can often find it on Amazon or eBay, but it's a pretty involved process as it uses a trimmed sheet adhesive. Probably not worth the effort, just put a case on it.

2) I got the Diztronic case that fits the extended battery. Fits like a glove, cheap (about $10) feels grippy and pliant, doesn't add too much bulk (still fits into docks).

3) You can get super-extended battery that's even bigger than the BX8 extended battery, but those often requires its own battery back, and thus no longer fit into docks. If you have no docks this doesn't affect you much, except those super-sized setup are too big to fit into belt cases and such, so you'll have to carry the phone naked, and the battery backs often comes with bad tolerance problems. I bought one and I had to sand down a lot of areas to get it to fit properly.

4) If you have the extended battery, your best option for belt case is... wait for it... a Mophie Juicepack Belt Case for iPhone 5, available at most Best Buys for $29.95. It's designed for iPhone 5 with the extended battery case by Mophie, but it fits the Bionic quite well. Your other option is order one of those (p)leather cases off Amazon. There's one that has the clip AND two belt loops for under $10, and it fits surprisingly well.

5) The best car dock is still the Moto NavDock.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] windwise:
Very useful to me,thanks a lot.

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[Motorola Droid Bionic] chrisp6825:
Just wanted to note, I've moved much of my focus to a new device (moto x), and won't be paying full attention to the Bionic development anymore.

I do still have the device and am planning to use for a project in the future, although it's battery is seriously shot (wont hold a charge for more than 7 hours, even with screen off the whole time).

I still checkout the various forums I used to frequent over the years, but I know that will become less and less over time.

If anyone spots any out-dated info in this thread, please feel free to post here or PM me to let me know, and I'll update the original posts. I'm glad this thread was able to help a few people, and I hope it continues to help long after activity dies and info is buried.

Live long Bionic scene, the most helpful/entertaining/surprising phone group I've been a part of. lol
[Motorola Droid Bionic] m33rkat:
Thanks again for doing this, you may be moving to greater things but your legacy lives in the Bionic forums :good:
[Motorola Droid Bionic] mhrussell1:
Confirm Alt Root Method

I just wanted to confirm that the second method in the Rootjunky YouTube video above does work as advertised. Much simpler than setting up a Linux VM. Thanks for all of the info.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] ShadyDreamer:
I think towelroot was also reported to work. IIRC, it is for Android 4.4.2 and lower.

edit: ok, maybe not - I just tried it on one. (unless there is a modstring you can enter in the app in the place you enter those to get it working on this phone)
[Motorola Droid Bionic] kitcostantino:
there was a time when I felt like I knew all there was to know about the Bionic...3 phones later, i don't remember so much about the early days. I have a bionic on .905 (as to preserve the original web top). I probably have to keep it on crap software, which is ok. I want the appropriate version of Eclipse (for that many moons ago, i think 6/2012) os I can at least have a custom rom that supports web top/hdmi dock/car dock/wireless charging. i honestly just found out today that the bionic works with it...and picked up the back for $5 on ebay. :0 anyway, My question that i do not remember the answer to is what versions of safestrap can i use and stay on .905 . the newest one (1/2015) would be awesome, but somehow, i doubt that works. I don't want to make the only Bionic i still have on GB a sacrificial experiment, but at the time i left it on .905, i had 3 bionics and there was a reason i didn't upgrade safestrap. i just can't find and don't remember why. anyone have a copy of Eclipse? thank you!!
[Motorola Droid Bionic] DroidisLINUX:
Newest safestrap has to have jellybean kernel don't flash it, stay on the 3. X that your on, no need to update I miss webtop2 so bad
[Motorola Droid Bionic] kitcostantino:
yeah, man. i killed my last .905 bionic. updated to newest. it is running stock, now, though. i let my kid have it. he loves the lapdock (jb). i played around with the old lapdock build long enough to realize it just isnt there. (what i envisioned). i liked it when i had it on the sd card waay better. oh well. maybe moto will realize lapdock with todays phones would be a better user experience. ;)
[Motorola Droid Bionic] DroidisLINUX:
The razor has a new safestrap same as ours but they have a new ROM and an install script that installs the first boot ROM onto the old webtop, and preinstall partitions to make it run faster, might be something to look into
[Motorola Droid Bionic] jbbr135:
Install ROM over STOCK slot Saftstrap 3.75

Hello,

I'm running CM 12.1 Nightlies on my Bionic and am very happy with it. In trying to squeeze every drop of performance out of this old phone (my daily driver) I would like to remove the stock JB ROM to free up space on my internal storage.

As I understand I need Safestrap v.3.75 because of a locked bootloader, so if another recovery is not possible I am curious if it is possible (worth the risk) to install CM 12.1 over my stock ROM.

Does anybody have experience with this?
[Moto X Q&A] bmsimon:
I bought the unlocked GSM Moto X that is rooted and has the bootloader unlocked. ROM is stock 4.4 Kitkat Every time after I shut the phone off, it doesn't have any service when it turns back on. I usually have to shut it off and turn it on a few times and mess with the SIM card. Also, the wi-fi won't turn on, either. It just gets stuck on the 'turning on' message but never actually turns on. It kind of seems like the phone just gets stuck in airplane mode and won't come out of it or something.

The biggest potential problem is that I cut a micro SIM card down to a nano SIM to fit in the Moto X. I use my phone on Straight Talk and they don't have a nano SIM yet. But I don't think the cut SIM card is the issue. The phone came with some T-Mobile SIM card. Even though it doesn't have any service from T-Mobile associated with it, when I put the T-Mobile SIM in, it will show that there is service and wi-fi will work. However, after the phone shuts off and I put the T-Mobile SIM in, it still says no service. Plus, the my cut Straight Talk SIM works perfectly fine until the phone shuts off.

Even though it would make sense that cutting my SIM card would cause this problem, I really don't think that's the case. It seems like it's more of a software issue at this point. Does anyone else have this problem or have any insight?
[Moto X Q&A] bmsimon:
The problem is that I unlocked the booloader and voided my warranty. So there will be no new phone for me. Plus, I bought it straight from Motorola through the Moto Maker
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] altimax98:
For those of you who switched from another smartphone how are the radios from LG.

I currently have an HTC One and it is passable in my workload, but nothing to write home about. I'm looking at phones now to JUMP with and the N5 is what I really really want but the terrible battery and unknown radios worry me a lot.

So how are you finding them? I don't care about speed, I care about the ability to get and hold signal. Compared to your last device is it better or worse.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
first off, your questions dont go into the general section, they go into the q&a section.

now, whatever you read from bloggers is mostly untrue.

the battery life on the nexus 5 is actually very good. i average about 5-6 hours screen on time. also, im with tmobile in nyc, theres absolutely not a single issue with the radios for me. calls sound great, they dont drop. and data speeds are very fast, i average arounf 30mbps download and 20mbps upload speeds.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] altimax98:
I don't go on bloggers, I know what I've gotten with other devices (namely the One) and the average I've seen throughout forums. I don't believe in turning off features I use such as location reporting and such. Most I've seen with same/similar usage as I aren't getting great battery life. Top that with the fact that I work in a Studio in the middle of a building and get minimal signal as it is, I have to assume I will get lower then average battery life.