I got myself an xt910 yesterday and it came with the 2.3.6 version. So should I do the update from about phone section? Will the update take me to ics or jb? And is the update Im gonna be downloading a buggy one? Should I rather stay with my current gb one?
Thanks!
Note: Not planning to root anytime soon
berq219 said:
I got myself an xt910 yesterday and it came with the 2.3.6 version. So should I do the update from about phone section? Will the update take me to ics or jb? And is the update Im gonna be downloading a buggy one? Should I rather stay with my current gb one?
Thanks!
Note: Not planning to root anytime soon
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The update will give you ICS 4.0.4. Yes go ahead and update it, no bugs. You can root it using EternityProject EasyRootICS v1.5.
If you want the Jellybean leak... read about it here
It was leaked on the CDMA version, but a hack is included in the instructions to get the GSM band working. That is a choice you have to make, though most have reported a stable and good working JB. Though you need root to do this, so you might want to skip it.
Hope the new phone works good for you!
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So, its mid July ...I'm sure the update for Gingerbread is coming ....but apparently ...mostly everyone has installed the leaked gingerbread...now I ask is it worth it to go back to stock to be able to download the new update if so how do I go back? What do I need to flash? This question has probably been answered but I couldnt find it...thanks.
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Hello filmusikat,
I see that you're running gingerblur 4.5 on your atrix, so do i. You need to flash 4.1.8.3 official sbf and check for the gingerbread update regulary. I don't think the leaked gb roms are worth to spend time for now. They all have glitches which would effect daily usage.
filmusikat said:
So, its mid July ...I'm sure the update for Gingerbread is coming ....but apparently ...mostly everyone has installed the leaked gingerbread...now I ask is it worth it to go back to stock to be able to download the new update if so how do I go back? What do I need to flash? This question has probably been answered but I couldnt find it...thanks.
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Hi filmusikat!
The latest ROM has proven to be very stable:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1169409
The instructions are included within the thread. Not addressing the unlocking part since your signature already tells you got it.
As for being worthy, I say it is. I was in Gingerblur too, and the performance difference is big.
Regards,
glemDot
Semseddin said:
Hello filmusikat,
I see that you're running gingerblur 4.5 on your atrix, so do i. You need to flash 4.1.8.3 official sbf and check for the gingerbread update regulary. I don't think the leaked gb roms are worth to spend time for now. They all have glitches which would effect daily usage.
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no glitches affecting any daily usage on me for 4.5.91. 100% functional, and 100% better than froyo.
Remains to be seen which version of GB will be the official release. The leaked versions everyone is flashing may not be the most current which will be offered up.
NOTE SHE/HE NEVER MENTION GB 4.5, actually if she/he indeed installed ota gb update.zip, with you instructions she/he will have a HARD BRICK
So first thing to find out is what actually she/he has installed
Semseddin said:
Hello filmusikat,
I see that you're running gingerblur 4.5 on your atrix, so do i. You need to flash 4.1.8.3 official sbf and check for the gingerbread update regulary. I don't think the leaked gb roms are worth to spend time for now. They all have glitches which would effect daily usage.
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Thank you guys for the reply..I am a she btw(to the last post). I currently have kens beta gingerbread rom installed. I know my signature says otherwise..i haven't changed it. So... I guess I should not flash 1.8.3 cuz I would end up with a hard brick... so where to now from here if I wanted to test out the official ota coming soon?
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filmusikat said:
Thank you guys for the reply..I am a she btw(to the last post). I currently have kens beta gingerbread rom installed. I know my signature says otherwise..i haven't changed it. So... I guess I should not flash 1.8.3 cuz I would end up with a hard brick... so where to now from here if I wanted to test out the official ota coming soon?
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Install fruitcake updates, forget about ota forever. If there is anything good in the ota, our kind devs will include it in our roms.
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I've got to say I'm very pleased... I have Gingerbread beta 4-5, hotspot enabled, webtop working perfectly via webtop-joe, Netflix - streamingly like it should. My Atrix feels like it should have come out of the box like this. I honestly don't think within the next year or two they will release another operating system better than GB and by then I'd probably be upgraded to the newest phone AT&T has... Atrix Quad core 3D with a 5" screen LOL
Phoneguy589 said:
I've got to say I'm very pleased... I have Gingerbread beta 4-5, hotspot enabled, webtop working perfectly via webtop-joe, Netflix - streamingly like it should. My Atrix feels like it should have come out of the box like this. I honestly don't think within the next year or two they will release another operating system better than GB and by then I'd probably be upgraded to the newest phone AT&T has... Atrix Quad core 3D with a 5" screen LOL
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Lol, good for you.
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For the nice lady:
"If you want to confirm your status, please adb, su, and "cat /sys/firmware/fuse/ReservedOdm" or just open the file in Root Explorer. If you see something like:
10000000000010001000300004000
Then you should NOT SBF anything from Motorola"
If you want to post your ReservedOdm to look and see if you will be fine to SBF 1.83 again
Probably you are safe if you actually installed Kenth by CDW or moto-fastboot (boot.img and system.img)
But if you actually run the update.zip or any update trought the normal android recovery screen and if you saw the following legend "updating AP20 bootloader" in that case you CAN NOT flash any SBF from Motorola
I hope it help
filmusikat said:
Thank you guys for the reply..I am a she btw(to the last post). I currently have kens beta gingerbread rom installed. I know my signature says otherwise..i haven't changed it. So... I guess I should not flash 1.8.3 cuz I would end up with a hard brick... so where to now from here if I wanted to test out the official ota coming soon?
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Is there a method to take the stock RAZR to 211 yet? If so, what file do I use and do I install through recovery?
Thanks!
Matt has created a utility for this purpose. Get it here:
http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php/t...y-17-for-ics-and-those-who-want-to-go-to-ics/
Option 1 is what you want IF you are running a GB ROM or are on an ICS leak 79 or earlier. Anything after 79 and you cannot get back to Gingerbread.
Thanks a lot! And should the install fail, I can just use option 2...correct?
does this method root your phone in the process? I want ICS but I don't want to root and not be able to get future updates.
n3tt3chman said:
does this method root your phone in the process? I want ICS but I don't want to root and not be able to get future updates.
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No. After you've applied the update, it will NOT be rooted. You need to use options 6 or 7 to root ICS.
iBolski said:
Matt has created a utility for this purpose. Get it here:
http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php/t...y-17-for-ics-and-those-who-want-to-go-to-ics/
Option 1 is what you want IF you are running a GB ROM or are on an ICS leak 79 or earlier. Anything after 79 and you cannot get back to Gingerbread.
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Makes me want to do this... but also might just want to wait for official ICS just to make sure nothing is different.
For the record, rooting has never stopped an update.
iBolski said:
Matt has created a utility for this purpose. Get it here:
Option 1 is what you want IF you are running a GB ROM or are on an ICS leak 79 or earlier. Anything after 79 and you cannot get back to Gingerbread.
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Does this wipe data or just apply the update like the OTA does? I just got my phone today and finally got it setup and don't want to wipe again
Official OTA is due anytime this WEEK, can you really not wait that much longer to not have to do anything special?
I can certainly wait, but I just went from the Nexus to Razr and the browsers are killing me. Both the ICS stock browser and Chrome are so much better and have all of my bookmarks from my synced Chrome account. I don't want to go through the process of setting up the phone again, so I'll just wait.
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Please Post questions in the Q&A section
In anticipation of ICS coming out. as it was just released for the atrix 2. I was wondering how do i go about rolling my phone back to stock to get ICS or Can i just got straight on with an OTA?
djshadowxm81 said:
In anticipation of ICS coming out. as it was just released for the atrix 2. I was wondering how do i go about rolling my phone back to stock to get ICS or Can i just got straight on with an OTA?
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1) wrong forum
2) no you cant get an OTA with nottach (use search feature to find a stock rom)
3) when an update is made available there is a 99% chance someone will post a CWM/TWRP flashable zip within hours/days.
4) use search feature to find things before making posts in the wrong forum.
Random Canadian said:
1) wrong forum
4) use search feature to find things before making posts in the wrong forum.
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1 Didn't know...
4.. I did quite a bit. thank you
either way thanks that all the information ineeded
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=30540799&postcount=2
djshadowxm81 said:
In anticipation of ICS coming out. as it was just released for the atrix 2. I was wondering how do i go about rolling my phone back to stock to get ICS or Can i just got straight on with an OTA?
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Wait, what country is your phone from? There's different versions of the Atrix, but there's next to no visible differences. They can't take the same firmware without a fix.
Any blur based ROM can receive updates from Motorola. However, this is not a good idea if you have an unlocked bootloader since there is a high risk of hard bricking your device. This happened with the 4.5.141 update, and the same could happen again (assuming we ever get ICS).
The safest option is to wait until an ICS fruit cake is available.
I am new to installing ROMs and i have just finished installing ABSYM 1.0 on my droid razr. the razr is flashed to cricket wireless and is using gingerbread 2.3.6. i used safestrap to install the new rom, and 3g isnt working. the 3g is working just fine on my "unsafe rom" i pay $55 a month, and would like to use the safe rom as my primary rom. If there is a fix to the 3g issue. and if possible, mms... please post here! all suggestions will help.
If possible, post links as to where i can get updated for Droidthory's ROM - ABSYM v1.0. the links on droidrazr site aren't available anymore.
I was told by a friend that the 1.1 update fixes it. please help me find a link to the update
Thanks
You should do yourself a favor and upgrade to the ICS kernel, no one (tmk) is developing for GB anymore.
shobon said:
You should do yourself a favor and upgrade to the ICS kernel, no one (tmk) is developing for GB anymore.
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I would if I knew how. I have my phone flashed to cricket, and dont want to loose the flash by changing kernels...
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I believe you will have to flash stock GB back if you want to upgrade to ICS (and possibly JB, if you have a XT912) without hassles.
I suggest giving this thread a good read: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1840296
Look into the OTA sections for hassle-free upgrading.
That is, of course, assuming you have already tried going into the "About Phone" section and checked for updates to no avail.
ZackDark said:
I believe you will have to flash stock GB back if you want to upgrade to ICS (and possibly JB, if you have a XT912) without hassles.
I suggest giving this thread a good read: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1840296
Look into the OTA sections for hassle-free upgrading.
That is, of course, assuming you have already tried going into the "About Phone" section and checked for updates to no avail.
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Its not that I dont know how to upgrade... Its that my phone is flashed to a differnt phone company (cricket). And If I accept any system upgrades, it will take my flash away...
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Hello everyone!
I have recently ordered a verizon motorola droid xt912 to use in a europe GSM network. I have seen that the latest OTA update is JB 4.1.2 but I have seen many people having issues with this update. What I want to know from you guys is if I should update it to ICS (it will be on 2.3.5) manually or do I simply do the official OTA update to 4.1.2 . Which one do you recommend ?
If ya ordered it recently then there may be chances of getting RAZR with ics or jellybean too . So wait till ya dont receive it .
Both methods,are safe to update to ics or jellybean but i would recommend ya to go with flashing manually by yaself . Thx
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KejdiKola said:
Hello everyone!
I have recently ordered a verizon motorola droid xt912 to use in a europe GSM network. I have seen that the latest OTA update is JB 4.1.2 but I have seen many people having issues with this update. What I want to know from you guys is if I should update it to ICS (it will be on 2.3.5) manually or do I simply do the official OTA update to 4.1.2 . Which one do you recommend ?
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IMO, JB is the better choice than ICS. I've been using it and don't have any issue. Many people feel there phones were more stable or battery efficient with ICS, however I never felt anything like that. My phone always lasted a day as it does now. Its was as responsive and stable on JB as it was on ICS.
The only thing to keep in mind is, you cannot downgrade. Once you update to JB, there's no goin' back.
anurag.dj2u said:
If ya ordered it recently then there may be chances of getting RAZR with ics or jellybean too . So wait till ya dont receive it .
Both methods,are safe to update to ics or jellybean but i would recommend ya to go with flashing manually by yaself . Thx
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I am not asking about which method is easier I just wanna know if I should update to JB or ICS so which is better for this cellphone since I have seen some people having issues with JB thats why
IMHO jellybean and ICS are very similar. jellybean is more optimized and refined. Consequently the phone will be more responsive and have better battery life on jb.
aokp and cm 10 should be mentioned as well both are excellent ROMs. Aokp is my favorite however I think cm10 may be more stable last I compared the two.