Leak .242?

[LaurelRaven]

Everyone installing 242 needs to pay attention to this warning. Keep the update on your sdcard. Do not delete it. If you brick later and tell me the update is not on it you will be responsible for figuring out how to get it back on there.

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I saw you saying that to others, and you put it somewhere in your HoB instructions (either the post, the batch, or both), and I'm not going to ignore your warnings.

I said I'm feeling brazen, not stupid (that's supposed to be a wink, not a tongue sticking out...)

 

[LaurelRaven]

Oh, and just in case...I do still have my 229 update image on the SD card. I never bothered to delete it, and figured it might be important later, so...

Finished with your "magic" part where my phone is now some bastard child of 229 and 905 temporarily...flashing 242 right now.

 

[SamuriHL]

Yea. I just wish everyone would read my warnings and take them seriously. One person bricked their 235 bionic and are wondering why addupdate isn't working to put it on their sdcard. I can't type my thoughts on this without getting myself banned from the forum. Some days I just give the frack up...

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[LaurelRaven]

Yea. I just wish everyone would read my warnings and take them seriously. One person bricked their 235 bionic and are wondering why addupdate isn't working to put it on their sdcard. I can't type my thoughts on this without getting myself banned from the forum. Some days I just give the frack up...

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It's okay, people suck sometimes. I'm in IT, I see it every day.

I still think you are a hoopy frood. :biggrin:

 

[LaurelRaven]

My only question...should I do step 6, extract recovery image? What is that for?

 

[SamuriHL]

Most people shouldn't even see that option. There's no recovery img file in the 242 folder? You can skip it but I'm curious why it's showing up as an option.

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[LaurelRaven]

Most people shouldn't even see that option. There's no recovery img file in the 242 folder? You can skip it but I'm curious why it's showing up as an option.

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I didn't until the very end, after rooting. In the zip, there is something in the recovery image.

Do you want me to send you any logs or whatnot?

 

[nobreak1970]

We love you SamuriHL!!!!
:crazy:

 

[josh1980]

First, the zip file if modified in ANY way will fail the assertion check in recovery when you go to install it. So, while I rename the zips, you can rest assured they are direct from moto's servers unmodified. I rename them because too many people download "Blur_Version.5.9.905.XT875.Verizon.en.US.zip" and install it. What version is that? 229? 230? 232? 235? 238? 239? 242? From that filename, you have *NO FREAKING IDEA*. So my "suspicious" zip as you call it tells you what version it installs on top of, and what version you will end up on. This is by my design.

As for the inner workings of the House of Bionic, I've been over this all before. It's in my thread. It dynamically builds the menus so that it'll support any FXZ and set of updates without having to be rewritten. Believe me when I say that's challenging in a batch file. Once you select what you want (INSTALL or REINSTALL) then the appropriate RSD script is copied into the FXZ dir, certain files in the FXZ dir are backed up and replaced with files from the update you're installing as needed (i.e. the boot.img for an install, and MANY more files for a reinstall to build a mini-FXZ), and then I command line script calling RSD to flash the files to your phone. We intentionally throw an RSD error as the last command to force the phone to stay in AP Fastboot mode. The reason is we do *NOT* want the phone trying to reboot itself at this point as it will fail and require a battery pull. Next we have you boot into recovery and install the update. A cache wipe, and you're good to go. Then you can root it as needed.

By suspicious I meant that it was the update file. I never contemplated whether you had messed with it, I figured someone ELSE may have but as with downloading anything over the internet you never know who may have played with it. I'm cautious like that. I've seen you in the forums and I take anything you say as gospel. That's where I found the MD5 . The link I previously used was from earlier in this thread and I didn't think it was provided by you, so I wasn't sure if I should trust it.

I think the reason why I didn't find the thread initially was because I figured I could ignore a thread titled "Downgrade to 902 - No app or data loss". If it had said "SamuriHL's homepage" I would have clicked it

SamuriHL, if you thought any of my comments about the reliability of information or files was directed at you, I ask for your humble forgiveness. You've performed magic in this forum. I just wish I knew you personally because I'd love to watch you work and pick your brain with all of my questions.

 

[LaurelRaven]

Oh, and in case you were wondering, it went smoothly; the phone already feels smoother (though I've really not had any time to gauge it yet, to be honest), and it is reporting version 6.7.242. No hitches, no moments of nail-biting terror.

Thank you, Samurai!

 

[josh1980]

I'm on 242 also

Smooth as silk. I used the HoB but I didn't have to. And yes.. I'll be keeping the update file on my sd and sd-ext forever. I always do that with every update. I have every update I have ever used. I think once ICS is OTA I'll delete the old ones.

 

[josh1980]

My only question...should I do step 6, extract recovery image? What is that for?

Mine did the exact same thing, and right after rooting too!

 

[Mike.757]

Mine did the exact same thing, and right after rooting too!

I had a day between 242 install and rooting. It showed up for me when I went back to root.

 

[DevilDogMP]

I intend to. In fact I'm FDR'ing tomorrow on 242. Do you have to? No. But think of it in the analogy of Windows 7 and Windows 8. Can you do a Windows 8 upgrade of Windows 7? Sure. (in theory....they've failed on EVERY single machine I've tried it on....meh) Should you? Debatable. I'm a fan of a clean start on a new OS. That analogy holds true when going from GB to ICS. Sure, they wrote a decent upgrade script...but a clean start will give you the maximum benefit of the new OS.

What steps do you think I should take when the ota come out? Like accept the update first then reset or reset then update?

Sent from my DROID BIONIC

 

[Mike.757]

Take the update then do the fdr. That is what cleans up the bits and pieces of the old operating system and gives you a clean slate.