OFFICAL OTA .zip Installation Guide Droid Razr & Razr Maxx

[RAZRuser89]

100%? And now your battery is too low for AP? lol and reply to the PM so we can further try more things, and is Maryland close enough? =D

What are you guys trying? I'm still stuck. I'm about to try and take the battery out and try to charge it using a battery charger...

 

[bjmoore30]

100%? And now your battery is too low for AP? lol and reply to the PM so we can further try more things, and is Maryland close enough? =D

Ya at 10AM this morning it was 100%. Depends on where at in Maryland. I replied to PM. It's still a no go for now, but I trust in your magic. :hail:

 

[Bornatiger]

Can I use the "go back to stock" guide at the bottom of the op to unroot my phone? Then just follow the instructions to update to ICS?

 

[rda990]

I did reboot back to GB. I used the matt utility thing and then followed steps you gave to someone who was stuck at the M dual core screen. I'm up and running on GB and I think i'll keep it that way till the OTA. I don't know when I would see the error message so I don't want to risk ruining anything. Earlier you said that its supposed to fail the first time and to not let it try and reboot and then try the install again. When would you try the second installation? I still want to try again but i'm trying to fight the urge lol.

I hope you didn't take my post about someone helping the other guys as rude. I didn't mean it that way I figured you had your hands full I just felt bad for them cause i've seen them posting on here for hours.

This is why you would try it a second time:

Other people with older recoveries, the reason they are bricking is their recoveries are old, once you initialize the update, the first thing that happens is the recovery gets overwritten with the new one. Then fails updating the system portion half way through, causing the brick. Many of them don't try to go back into recovery and re-flash it (which would work because they would have new recovery flashed from the first update). They all panic and automatically go to Matt's utility to reflash. If i rewrite everything and put that the FIRST failure is ok, and will occur, right after go back and install it a second time, which would work 100% does that make sense? lol

If it makes sense it means your phone has the "new" recovery to try the update and pass it.

If you really want to, charge your phone 100%, then recovery, wipe cache twice, initialize update from sd and it SHOULD go through no problem. If it fails, you already have fastboot which you did once, so nothing to lose. Hope it works if you try =D


I didn't take it the wrong way, it's fine, i feel the same as you, actually worse that all this is happening =/ , atleast it didn't fail for EVERYONE. If there was a way i would just go around every ones place and update their phones to ICS lol, would be way easier.

 

[jfbb43]

Okay, I went ahead and did it. For the record, the 1st install failed as expected, went into recovery and repeated steps like everyone else. But now that I have ICS, my 4G doesn't seem to be working. I enabled the LTE/CDMA network obviously, but I'm still stuck on 3G. Anyone else having this problem?

UPDATE: The 4G issue seems to have resolved itself. I guess it was an ID10T error.

Answer found on Droid-life...
DROID RAZR ICS Update Removes “3G Only” Option, Here’s How to Manually Toggle It – Droid Life

The skinny...

1. Open the dialer and type *#*#4636#*#*
2. A menu will appear – choose “Phone information.”
3. Scroll down until you see the pulldown menu for “LTE/CDMA/EvDo/etc.”
4. Tap on that menu and choose “CDMA Auto (PRL).”
4. Hit the back button to get out of these menus and to your home screen.
5. Wait 20-30 seconds and watch your 4G LTE logo turn to 3G.
6. To confirm you are on 3G only, head into System Settings and tap on the “More…” button.
7. Tap “Mobile Networks” and “Network type and strength” to see something like this:
8. Enjoy longer battery life.

 

[Droid800]

Just installed this using the method on one of the previous pages. (let the first one fail, then go back into recovery, clear cache, and install again)

So far its great! 4G was turned off by default and the system was a little slow at the beginning, but its back to normal. I had a Nexus, and this update is as close to stock as you could ask for from Moto.

 

[rda990]

Can I use the "go back to stock" guide at the bottom of the op to unroot my phone? Then just follow the instructions to update to ICS?

No, check the market for VooDoo Root Keeper, since you have root, save it with that app. Once saved click "Temp. unroot" and you won't be rooted anymore. Once you're on ICS open the app back up and click "root" and will restore root with no problems. PLEASE make sure you uninstall safestrap or bootstrap if you currently have it, and i don't mean just uninstall the app, go into the app and uninstall Boot/Safestrap, THEN uninstall the app.

 

[rda990]

Just installed this using the method on one of the previous pages. (let the first one fail, then go back into recovery, clear cache, and install again)

So far its great! 4G was turned off by default and the system was a little slow at the beginning, but its back to normal. I had a Nexus, and this update is as close to stock as you could ask for from Moto.

Glad it worked for you! =D This will the new method from now on.

 

[rda990]

How do you know when it fails? I tried it once earlier and since returned it back to stock. I was going to wait for the OTA but I have the urge to try again. Did you update the OP? I looked but it didn't seem to be any different.

I haven't updated the OP at all yet, im not even home and won't be able to update it with the new method until late tonight. I've been writing all this on my Razr all along, so its pretty hard lol

 

[bjmoore30]

while doing the install of the update, did anyone else notice a line that reads -

Deleting facebook cache folder ...

 

[rda990]

while doing the install of the update, did anyone else notice a line that reads -

Deleting facebook cache folder ...

Yup, that's i think the only real/visible different with .210 and .211, .211 clears the facebook cache while updating.

 

[Revans310]

I'm at the Dual Core screen and it's been 30min how long does it take?

 

[rda990]

I'm at the Dual Core screen and it's been 30min how long does it take?

Go into recovery right now and update again! It'll work, If you cant get into recovery its soft bricked.

 

[Scott0719]

This is why you would try it a second time:

Other people with older recoveries, the reason they are bricking is their recoveries are old, once you initialize the update, the first thing that happens is the recovery gets overwritten with the new one. Then fails updating the system portion half way through, causing the brick. Many of them don't try to go back into recovery and re-flash it (which would work because they would have new recovery flashed from the first update). They all panic and automatically go to Matt's utility to reflash. If i rewrite everything and put that the FIRST failure is ok, and will occur, right after go back and install it a second time, which would work 100% does that make sense? lol

If it makes sense it means your phone has the "new" recovery to try the update and pass it.

If you really want to, charge your phone 100%, then recovery, wipe cache twice, initialize update from sd and it SHOULD go through no problem. If it fails, you already have fastboot which you did once, so nothing to lose. Hope it works if you try =D


I didn't take it the wrong way, it's fine, i feel the same as you, actually worse that all this is happening =/ , atleast it didn't fail for EVERYONE. If there was a way i would just go around every ones place and update their phones to ICS lol, would be way easier.

I think i'll try it again. So since I put GB back on do I have to do it two more times now? Also, if it works will it erase all my apps and info? Counting the failed attempt with this today this is the second time I factory reset my phone in two days. I don't feel like doing that again lol.

 

[rda990]

I think i'll try it again. So since I put GB back on do I have to do it two more times now? Also, if it works will it erase all my apps and info? Counting the failed attempt with this today this is the second time I factory reset my phone in two days. I don't feel like doing that again lol.

Just clearing it once will be fine, then just install. Updating to ICS this way wont delete apps or any info.