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[SoLongSidekick]

THE ICS CHEESECAKE LEAK IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE ITS BEEN PULLED FROM THE SERVER BY MOTOROLA.

OK since a lot of people decided that the file being pulled until all the bugs were address didn't apply to them, and went ahead and found the leak elsewhere, ignoring the constant warnings that it is extremely dangerous to do so, we are posting this thread to help anyone who needs to get back to 6.12.173.

Here are the fastboot files needed to return to .744:

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And here is a good thread with step-by-step instructions on how to use the fastboot files above and RSD to return to stock:

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A couple things to remember:
- Make sure you have at least 70% battery left!
- DO NOT use Matt's utility, it will not work.
- Make sure you have at least 70% battery left!
And last but not least:
- MAKE SURE YOU HAVE AT LEAST 70% BATTERY LEFT!!!!

And here's a thread on how to charge your battery if you tried to use RSD on a low battery anyways:

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Edited by VantenKiest, 03 April 2012 - 06:00 PM.
no longer available :D

[mal_eskrito]

Lets Just hope People can follow these simple instructions......since they are so desperate to try Moto ICS leak.

[superrelaxx]

Where do i find the stock fastboot files?

J/K. Part of the flashing game is knowing how to restore a f'd up phone. More thought should have gone into the original leak post. What a frenzy.

Btw...no one was desperate to do anything. Crack flashers will flash. That's why we're here. Don't judge.

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[swiftmazda]

The directions are pretty self-explanatory. I'd be surprised (well, maybe not) if someone was unable to follow them. I had my first experience with RSD on the Razr tonight when I went back to 6.12.173 from Gummy ICS in preparation for the ICS OTA being pushed soon. It was painless and only took about 15 minutes or so. I didn't really expect it to be difficult though since I used it numerous times on my Droid X.

[(TSON)]

Nobody's phones are messed up beyond repair that actually followed directions. I've been on ICS since forever and I'm not having any issues, worked first time I flashed too. :I

[swiftmazda]

Where do i find the stock fastboot files?

J/K. Part of the flashing game is knowing how to restore a f'd up phone. More thought should have gone into the original leak post. What a frenzy.

Btw...no one was desperate to do anything. Crack flashers will flash. That's why we're here. Don't judge.

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The only thing that was slightly annoying was watching all the crack flashers continue to flash after the files were pulled and numerous warnings posted. Heck, chat blew up with people trying to figure out how to correct the mess they made. The general rule of thumb is if files are pulled, there's a pretty good reason why.

I love running the latest and greatest as much as anyone else, but common sense is needed. Plus, it's really easy to get thrown off the update path if you're not careful. I think the original post was handled fine. After problems were recognized, the files were pulled. The blame shouldn't be attributed to that.

[superrelaxx]

The only thing that was slightly annoying was watching all the crack flashers continue to flash after the files were pulled and numerous warnings posted. Heck, chat blew up with people trying to figure out how to correct the mess they made. The general rule of thumb is if files are pulled, there's a pretty good reason why.

I love running the latest and greatest as much as anyone else, but common sense is needed. Plus, it's really easy to get thrown off the update path if you're not careful. I think the original post was handled fine. After problems were recognized, the files were pulled. The blame shouldn't be attributed to that.

Seriously, who wants to be on the "official" upgrade path. If we're on these forums, we want custom roms, not stock. Right? I installed out of curiosity but as soon as the official ota is out, better roms will follow and that's what i, and everyone else here wants

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[(TSON)]

And LOL at people getting stuck at "communicating with servers" and thinking they're bricked. Just skip setup. Try wiping if you need to

[swiftmazda]

Seriously, who wants to be on the "official" upgrade path. If we're on these forums, we want custom roms, not stock. Right? I installed our of curiosity but as soon as the official ota is out, better roms will follow and that's what i, and everyone else here wants

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The leak is stock... There's already ICS on the Razr if you don't take into account the updated kernel/radio that the OTA brings to the table. Using your logic, I really don't see the point in flashing a leaked stock ROM that will be most likely pushed out later this week as an official OTA, especially if there are no custom ROMs based on this update at this point.

Personally, I'm fine with Gummy 0.9 or 0.95 for now until the official OTA is pushed. I'm not a fan of messing with Cheesecake, and I wouldn't be surprised if Moto eventually catches on that there's an unusually high level of load on their servers. If they decided to do something about it, that would have negative implications for anyone that actually shares leaks with the community. I'm curious too, but I have the patience to wait a few days.

[SpyderMan]

what's wrong w/Matt's util to get back to 173 in preparation to get ICS update?
Is itmissing something?


Also, what will going to ICS do in terms of using our favorite roms?

Eclipse 1.3 needs to be installed over Stock 173…

Also, since using Matt's util, I've become rusty w/RSD Lite. Will RSD Lite wipe the Razr internal SD card?

Which version of RSD Lite is needed?

TIA, seeker613

[DonDraper]

I think they mean that Matt's utility won't work once you have installed the leaked OTA.

[superrelaxx]

The leak is stock... There's already ICS on the Razr if you don't take into account the updated kernel/radio that the OTA brings to the table. Using your logic, I really don't see the point in flashing a leaked stock ROM that will be most likely pushed out later this week as an official OTA, especially if there are no custom ROMs based on this update at this point.

Personally, I'm fine with Gummy 0.9 or 0.95 for now until the official OTA is pushed. I'm not a fan of messing with Cheesecake, and I wouldn't be surprised if Moto eventually catches on that there's an unusually high level of load on their servers. If they decided to do something about it, that would have negative implications for anyone that actually shares leaks with the community. I'm curious too, but I have the patience to wait a few days.

ICS roms that have been released have equal or more problems than the leak.

I'm sure that this isn't news about cheesecake. It's been around for awhile.

If moto wanted it secure, it would be
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[got556]

I think they mean that Matt's utility won't work once you have installed the leaked OTA.

If you used the zip files people posted up to install or sideload, Matt's utility won't work, if you used cheesecake to install, the utility will work.

[SpyderMan]

got556,

I'm not clear on what Cheesecake is in droidspeak,
I used Matt's Util ver 1.40 to get back fm some form of bricking while running Eclipse 1.3 (my own fault, was messing around & wasn't careful). I was stuck in a bootloop & Matt's util saved my Razr Maxx.

I didn't even get the ics leak, & I'm of two minds on the upgrade.

On the one hand, I want ICS, but on the other, I like Eclipse a lot; but as far as I've read Eclipse only runs on 173.

Anybody know the diff between the main features Eclipse has that ICS doesn't & what does ICS have that Eclipse doesn't?

tia, seeker

[nix80908]

I actually used Matt's utility several times, it works great. The rooting, obviously not. But worked for me.

[VoXPCS]

And LOL at people getting stuck at "communicating with servers" and thinking they're bricked. Just skip setup. Try wiping if you need to

I have a large bank account. I'll give you 100K to take my phone and "just skip setup. Try wiping if you need to" while I "LOL" at you.

$#!+ doesn't work. Period. 100K. do it.

[nix80908]

I have a large bank account. I'll give you 100K to take my phone and "just skip setup. Try wiping if you need to" while I "LOL" at you. $#!+ doesn't work. Period. 100K. do it.

Lets try to remain civil. There's some validity to what (TSON) is saying.
Also, if you have something to contribute, please do, but I ask on behalf of everyone to keep it civil and respectful.

[Ramdanih]

screenshoot?

[STiK]

Doesn't anyone have the .173 fastboot files? Why are people being pointed to the .744 stuff?

[crashercarlton]

i saw in the other thread that peopel's phones were seriously messed up...does that mean they didn't have root? I didn't read one reply where people's phones were bricked lol?

[Dr. Carpenter]

Doesn't anyone have the .173 fastboot files? Why are people being pointed to the .744 stuff?

Because fastbooting to 173 will soft brick your phone when coming from the leak. Happened to a couple guys last night. 744 worked fine though.

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[Dr. Carpenter]

i saw in the other thread that peopel's phones were seriously messed up...does that mean they didn't have root? I didn't read one reply where people's phones were bricked lol?

The guys that soft bricked were in chat, not the thread... as far as i know, only two ppl soft bricked and it was because they fastbooted to 173. Fastbooting to 744 or 748 seems to work fine.

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[Dr. Carpenter]

Tbh, i think the "risk" here has been blown way out of proportion. I was able to install the leak without issues, no data wipe etc, and everything is running fine. And I know that I'm one of the lucky ones, but it's more being careful and thinking ahead than luck. If it turns out that I'm off the upgrade path, not the end of the world. Happened to the bionic too, and the community figured out a way to get back on. I think it's time to stop treating the community like a bunch of children. We're all here for a reason, and that's to mod our phones. We know there's risk involved, and we don't hold droidrzr or any other forum site responsible for anything that goes wrong. When folks were getting kicked out of the chatroom last night just for saying they were going to install the leak, I think that was going a little too far on the part of the mods here. The most "screwed up" anyones phone got was an easily fixed soft brick, the majority of issues had to do with getting it to install and keeping root.

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[STiK]

Coming from the leak, I know because I have done it, If you fastboot .173 properly and wipe data/cache afterwards it works just fine.

[Dr. Carpenter]

Coming from the leak, I know because I have done it, If you fastboot .173 properly and wipe data/cache afterwards it works just fine.

Good to know. Like I said, I only know of two cases where that didn't work, no idea if they wiped or not.

And I'm getting tired of the "the files were pulled for a reason" crap. They were pulled because you couldn't sideload them, not because of any bugs. Really getting tired of the attitude certain mods here have towards the users, as if they alone decide whether i should mod my phone. You wanna ban me for that opinion, go right ahead. And I'm not directing this at you STiK, just didn't want to make another post for it lol. Bottom line, if it's a risky procedure (like none of the other stuff we do is risky), educate on the correct process, don't use scare tactics to prevent people from doing it. We all know we're still going to do it, that's just what we do.

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[crashercarlton]

Everybody forgets to wipe...i swear do they do this in the bathroom too? ;D

[detr0yt]

Coming from the leak, I know because I have done it, If you fastboot .173 properly and wipe data/cache afterwards it works just fine.

Hey stick.... where bouts. Can i find a .173 rsd (fastbootable) xml file? Only one i found to work was through matt's utility.. i dont need it.. just like to have it.. although i did lose root on the ics leak update...

[STiK]

Tbh, i think the "risk" here has been blown way out of proportion. I was able to install the leak without issues, no data wipe etc, and everything is running fine. And I know that I'm one of the lucky ones, but it's more being careful and thinking ahead than luck. If it turns out that I'm off the upgrade path, not the end of the world. Happened to the bionic too, and the community figured out a way to get back on. I think it's time to stop treating the community like a bunch of children. We're all here for a reason, and that's to mod our phones. We know there's risk involved, and we don't hold droidrzr or any other forum site responsible for anything that goes wrong. When folks were getting kicked out of the chatroom last night just for saying they were going to install the leak, I think that was going a little too far on the part of the mods here. The most "screwed up" anyones phone got was an easily fixed soft brick, the majority of issues had to do with getting it to install and keeping root.

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I left chat because the mods were getting a little out of hand. I understood their point on not supporting this stuff but to start kicking people who were talking about it was a little over the edge for me. If they don't want to help those who are doing it, I can understand that but don't start kicking others who are discussing it. They made their point and all they had to do is ignore any requests for help in the matter. It's really not my fault that they make their contact info available to everyone and get bombarded with help requests on their personal device all day. There is a reason I don't give my stuff out to every tom shlong n harry that I cross paths with.

As far as the risk is concerned, I believe that to be as high or low as the level of the person attempting this stuff. The cheesecake info should have never been posted in the first place. It was stated that other than the sideloading issue that this update works just fine. Judging by the build date, this will be the OTA unless moto or verizon for whatever reason holds back on it. The update process and software seem to work flawelessly other than the typical quirks that go along with an update without wiping data goes. It's when people who don't know much about what is happening with these all in one utilities hit the slightest bit of trouble and rely soley on these utilities and start doing anything and everything to try and fix their device in panic mode. Trust me, I've been there myself at one point and it is not fun at all.

The best advice I can give is if you have *ANY* reservations at all as to what you are doing or what the process entails and you really do care about your device, wait until the official updates show up. You have no one but yourself to blame if you don't. Just because someone says something is easy doesn't mean that it's easy and/or safe for novice users. I've helped many people fix their devices in my day and I can honestly say that a good 95% of the issues could have been prevented by using a little caution and a bit of common sense. Just because someone says that Cheesecake is the cats meow doesn't mean that you should just install it and go to town without having a clue as to what is involved in the process.

[SpyderMan]

detr0yt,

did RootProtector not work?

anybody - btw, what exactly does sideloading mean?

seeker

[mindrazr]

I'd have to agree with some of the points that are being made here. You can't throw steak in front of a hungry pack of wolves and then tell them not to eat it.

The post should have been removed as soon as the links were taken down if there was a genuine concern for the community. Although then you wouldn't have had all the buzz and traffic, plus all those juicy ad impressions that came along with it.


-Sent from my rooted Razr running the leaked ICS update.