OFFICAL OTA .zip Installation Guide Droid Razr & Razr Maxx

[RAZRuser89]

Don't freak out, you'll skip a step or go through it too fast when your panicking lol.

1. Turn off phone, plug in charger.
2. Go to the AP Fastboot menu. (Hold Volume Up, Down, and power button alltogether, then go down and select AP Fastboot)
3. Press and hold Volume Up (+), Volume Down (-), and Power button down for 10 seconds. (10 Mississippi :biggrin
4. After that quickly press and hold Volume Up (+) and Volume Down (-) for 10 seconds. (10 Mississippi again)
5. Select BP Tools or the very last choice and press the power button to select it.
6. If nothing happens there, go back to the menu and press the power button on the last choice to select it again.
7. You should see the big red "M" and should take you to the battery charging icon.

Ok... still freaking out lol. But I did these steps very carefully 3 more times and all I can ever get to is the big red M and then it stays on that screen and won't go to the battery charging icon. I waited a couple minutes to see if it would.

Anything else I can try?

 

[alcamedes]

well after about 2 hours messing with phone,after i tried to do the update without mats utility it has been a success!! if you are stuck on the dual core screen u have to do a battery pull with the phone to get u back to the fastboot screen. basically, you have to simulate a battery pull by holding down power button and the down volume key, as soon as it goes off then immediatly hold power and both volume keys down and that will take you to the screen with the fastboot option. then make sure u have mats utility 1.7 and install the drivers u need for your os u have on your pc, then plug it up and follow instructions and i did exactly what it said, rebooted again, got back to recovery and wiped cache data and installed from sd, and bam, i now have my desert, root free!!!

 

[Scott0719]

After rebooting how long should it be at the red "M" dual core screen for?

 

[ForeverZ3RO]

Followed the instructions PERFECTLY to charge battery, but to no avail. When you say press the power button to select BP Tools, do you mean volume +? because you cant select it with the power button.

 

[Scott0719]

Ok... still freaking out lol. But I did these steps very carefully 3 more times and all I can ever get to is the big red M and then it stays on that screen and won't go to the battery charging icon. I waited a couple minutes to see if it would.

Anything else I can try?

I'm stuck here too. Currently download the matt recovery thing. Its taking a very long time. Anything else I can try while I wait for it to download?

 

[alcamedes]

you move it down with the volume down key and when u get what u want highlighted then the up volume key

 

[alcamedes]

well u can go into the fastboot mode and plug your phone in so it can charge, the file for the utility is like 700mb, but i downloaded it in 3mins at home, but if you are having to wait a while i would suggest charging phone.

 

[Phreaker47]

Hmm, think i'll wait for the official push. Sounds very iffy right now.

 

[Scott0719]

well after about 2 hours messing with phone,after i tried to do the update without mats utility it has been a success!! if you are stuck on the dual core screen u have to do a battery pull with the phone to get u back to the fastboot screen. basically, you have to simulate a battery pull by holding down power button and the down volume key, as soon as it goes off then immediatly hold power and both volume keys down and that will take you to the screen with the fastboot option. then make sure u have mats utility 1.7 and install the drivers u need for your os u have on your pc, then plug it up and follow instructions and i did exactly what it said, rebooted again, got back to recovery and wiped cache data and installed from sd, and bam, i now have my desert, root free!!!

Can you re-word some of this please? How are you using mats utility 1.7 to put the ics update on your phone? What instructions are you saying to follow?

 

[farquhar]

Use this method if you haven't gotten the OTA prompt yet or your wi-fi/3G/4G is too slow to download it.

READ EVERYTHING BEFORE ATTEMPTING ANY STEPS

YOU MUST BE STOCK STOCK STOCK 2.3.6/6.12.181.XT912 FOR THIS TO WORK

If you have installed Safestrap or Bootstrap, uninstall them.
If you are rooted, unroot.

IF YOU BRICK, DON'T PANIC, DON'T GIVE UP, DON'T CALL VERIZON TO SEND YOU A NEW PHONE, READ THE BOTTOM OF THE POST TO UNBRICK YOUR PHONE
(You'll know it's bricked when you're waiting about 20 Minutes in the red "Dual Core" boot up screen)

If you reboot back into GB, make sure again, you are 100% stock, no root, nothing, and try these steps again. For some it's taken doing these steps about 2 times to work 100%.

Want to be 100% SURE you WON'T brick or have any errors or problems? Or simply want to make sure you're 100% stock? Follow the guide below (Just as if your phone is BRICKED)

Last thing, make sure battery is AT LEAST 60% CHARGED, if not 100%.

Files needed:

4.0.4 / 6.16.211.XT912 Update ----------> Blur_Version.6.12.181.XT912.Verizon.en.US.zip

(Don't worry if the name of the .zip is 6.12.181, it's supposed to be that way, it means that's the VERSION you are coming from)

(Verification Hash)
File: Blur_Version.6.12.181.XT912.Verizon.en.US.zip

CRC-32: 0732c03f
MD4: ac94d73a7d97f3105dde4456bf84513c
MD5: 79a1ee4a992eacd1d08f98dee5deebf7
SHA-1: 5193bebc18cf70939259ee52ebb1e33eb8fae84c



Steps to Update to ICS

1. Download the official OTA "Blur_Version.6.12.181.XT912.Verizon.en.US.zip" file from above.

2. Place the file downloaded in step one into the ROOT of your EXTERNAL SD card. (DO NOT UNZIP THE FILE)

3. Turn off phone.

4. Go into recovery by pressing and holding the Volume Up (+), Volume Down (-), and Power button all three at the same time. (Press and hold all physical buttons.)

5. The menu will come up and select "Recovery".(Volume Down key to go down and Volume Up key to SELECT/ENTER Recovery.)

*The Android and Exclamation mark logos will come up*

6. Press both Volume Up (+) and the Volume Down (-) buttons at the same time. Release.

7. With the Volume Down (-) button go down to "Wipe CACHE partition" and press the Power button to select it. DO THIS TWICE (Don't worry your data will not get erased by wiping the cache.) (Thanks smmfc)

8. With the Volume Down (-) button go down to "Apply Update from SDCard" and press the Power button to select it.

9. Volume Down (-) go to the “Blur_Version.6.12.173.XT912.Verizon.en.US.zip” and select it with the Power button. (This is the one we put in the External SD in Step 2.)

10. It will take a while to upgrade, mine isn't even done yet and I started it when I started to write Step 1

11. Once it is done, go to "Reboot system now."

12. Official ICS, Enjoy!!! =D

Once it's your first time starting ICS, it WILL take a while to load up, it is normal, it will also be "Optimizing applications" at first start up.

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If you need any help reply here and myself and others can help you, or on Renzo Acevedo (RDA990) on Twitter @rda990 I can give you a step-by-step help.



Unbricking/Flash phone to stock

If you happen to brick, which there's a 50/50 chance you will, follow these steps to put your phone back in a working state.

Files needed:

Droid Razr Utility 1.7 ---------------> DroidRazrUtility1.7forICS.zip (Thanks to mattlgroff Droid Razr Utility 1.6 [Contains 6.12.181 Fastboot Files] - DroidRzr.com)

(Verification Hash)
File: DroidRazrUtility1.7forICS.zip


CRC-32: 40adc704
MD4: 1c388f25e385d42e0b5ceba609b7dadd
MD5: 40dc068dc4b0dfba12c96a7d18c267e5
SHA-1: 61cbd07166a4d719a5413ca0c48e40f3bc06064f

Steps to Unbrick/Go Stock

1. Download the official OTA "DroidRazrUtility1.7forICS.zip" file from above.

2. Unzip all the files into the ROOT of your computer (C:\). (Thanks loudneon)

3. If you DO NOT already have the Motorola drivers installed, go into the "drivers" folder and select your OS type (64bit or 32bit). If you already have the drivers installed, continue.

4. With the phone turned off, press and hold Volume Up (+), Volume Down (-) and the Power button all together.

5. With the Volume Down (-) key go down to AP Fastboot and select it. You are now in AP Fastboot mode.

6. Connect the phone to your computer.

7. From Step 2 files, double click on the "DroidRAZRUtility.bat" file.

8. Press any key to get started.

9. Select option 1 and follow the instructions.

10. Once it is done with the process, your phone will be unbricked and be 100% ready to try the steps above, or if you want, be safe and wait for the OTA =D

is this considered a root?

 

[Technoman]

Ok, I have a helpful suggestion for those who want to take the plung but are concerned with it failing.

My first install failed as many of you have had.

Once I got the failure notification, I selected the reboot option and then immediately held the vol- and vol+ and power.

This put me back in where I could go back to recovery.

Did a wipe cache again, and then immediately selected the install from zip.

Everything worked this time, and I am loving my ice cream sweetness!

Sent from my AT100 using Tapatalk 2

 

[RAZRuser89]

Ok... still freaking out lol. But I did these steps very carefully 3 more times and all I can ever get to is the big red M and then it stays on that screen and won't go to the battery charging icon. I waited a couple minutes to see if it would.

Anything else I can try?

I'm stuck here too. Currently download the matt recovery thing. Its taking a very long time. Anything else I can try while I wait for it to download?

I don't even care about getting the ICS to work anymore. I just want a phone that WORKS!!!!!!

 

[rda990]

The people whos phone died, follow the post below made in this thread earlier this morning.

Managed to find a quick solution to my problem...Using the last post in this thread in case anybody else ever has this problem.
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-razr-hacks/204567-help-battery-died-during-flash.html
Basically, trick the phone into thinking I have "enough" battery to finish the Fastboot. Basically, if you boot the phone with it plugged in, it thinks the battery is fine, even in recovery and FastBoot mode. My phone is rebooting now as we speak so hopefully everything worked fine and I managed to not completely ruin my night. XD

Followed the instructions PERFECTLY to charge battery, but to no avail. When you say press the power button to select BP Tools, do you mean volume +? because you cant select it with the power button.

Yes, sorry Volume Up (+) =)

Ok, I have a helpful suggestion for those who want to take the plung but are concerned with it failing.

My first install failed as many of you have had.

Once I got the failure notification, I selected the reboot option and then immediately held the vol- and vol+ and power.

This put me back in where I could go back to recovery.

Did a wipe cache again, and then immediately selected the install from zip.

Everything worked this time, and I am loving my ice cream sweetness!

Sent from my AT100 using Tapatalk 2

The above will work 100%, since the first time it updated, it overwrote the NEW recovery "needed" to flash this update. So right after it fails the first time, immediately get into Recovery again, clear cache once and install = ICS! !

Let me test a device with the method up top, if it works as describe that will he the new method and ill update the OP. No bricks at all should occur that way, as long as you get into recovery right after the first failed update. =)

 

[RAZRuser89]

I don't even care about getting the ICS to work anymore. I just want a phone that WORKS!!!!!!

Under Recovery there is an option for "wipe data/factory reset" what would this do? could this unbrick it?

 

[Scott0719]

I just got mine to work. I did the mats utility thing and it didn't work right away. In fact I got an icon of a droid laying down that looked like his stomach was open and it had a red exclamation mark. So I followed the steps that the OP first said to you when you were stuck at the red M. After a couple minutes it worked. No ICS but it got me back to stock which is fine.