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[arcanexvi]

If I choose to install this, but decide I want to revert back to ics to take the official ota, can I use Matts toolkit to do it?

Yes.

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[coolestmage]

Yeah, the lack of overscan in the Jelly Bean leaks has me somewhat skeptical. Not being able to change hdmi settings doesn't seem right, especially when the phone has a micro hdmi port, and motorola is all about the lapdocks and things. If the ota doesn't add this functionality back in it looks like I will be on ICS...

[Rhubarb]

I have frozen a lot of junk/bloat with TiBU (IE: i either did the disable in the apps list or frozen with tibu. nothing has been forcefully removed). If I go through all those frozen apps and thaw them out, will i be fine? If the sideload of the update fails, will I just be left at where i am with ICS or does it brick the phone?

[Rhubarb]

I went through the update and it was mostly a success, but i wasn't able to regain root. i used OTA Rootkeeper to protect root, updated the binaries (before protecting su) and tried to restore root after the update. Rootkeeper said that it restored su, but it didn't work. (i tried two different apps and they weren't able to acquire root access).

[mattlgroff]

I went through the update and it was mostly a success, but i wasn't able to regain root. i used OTA Rootkeeper to protect root, updated the binaries (before protecting su) and tried to restore root after the update. Rootkeeper said that it restored su, but it didn't work. (i tried two different apps and they weren't able to acquire root access).

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[arcanexvi]

I have frozen a lot of junk/bloat with TiBU (IE: i either did the disable in the apps list or frozen with tibu. nothing has been forcefully removed). If I go through all those frozen apps and thaw them out, will i be fine? If the sideload of the update fails, will I just be left at where i am with ICS or does it brick the phone?

You'll be left where you are. In most cases.

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[newms323]

im attempting to help a friend of mine get his hd on this so he doesnt have to wait for the ota. his build number is 7.7 1q144 vqw s334252 2. Is this the correct build he needs to to flash this?

[mattlgroff]

im attempting to help a friend of mine get his hd on this so he doesnt have to wait for the ota. his build number is 7.7 1q144 vqw s334252 2. Is this the correct build he needs to to flash this?

To install the Jellybean OTA on the DROID RAZR HD (Verizon) you must be on System Version 0.7.2.XT926.Verizon.en.US

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your a good man Sir. Thanks for the assistance in chat:)

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[Rhubarb]

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the first one didn't work. it's definitely the "/system/usr/we-need-root" path..
Anyway, the first command in the second set of steps produced a requesting ROOT ACCESS prompt.
the rest of the commands run w/o any errors than I rebooted. i still didn't have root access.
i went into the super user app and tried to update the su binary. it shows that it's copying the su binary to /system/xbin/su
is that the correct path?

[djspy]

Can anyone confirm USB tethering still working?

[Brenardo]

@Rhubarb Did you temp unroot before install?

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[Rhubarb]

oh crap! I didn't. I forgot about that.
Is root access still recoverable or do I need to start over?

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[Brenardo]

I *think* you will need to start over.Be sure to grant SU access and update binaries and temp unroot each time.

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[arcanexvi]

@Rhubarb Did you temp unroot before install?

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I *think* you will need to start over.Be sure to grant SU access and update binaries and temp unroot each time.

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Temp unroot is not necessary for modern motorola devices.

[NattyBee]

Temp unroot is not necessary for modern motorola devices.

it may be worth pointing out that if you don't temp unroot, you will likely be unable to restore root. I am fairly sure I have seen several reports of this....and also I have tested this theory myself (not necessarily on purpose, but hey, I did test it, lol) and found that without temp unroot, I was not able to restore root. I went back and started over, and temp unrooted...and everything went smoothly

[NattyBee]

you know what sucks? on both the HD and the M...the camera became retarded on JB update...approximately 15 second lag...try taking a picture of a 15 month old that way...lots of blurry wasted shots, let me tell ya,not one decent picture

[NattyBee]

I *think* you will need to start over.Be sure to grant SU access and update binaries and temp unroot each time.

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oh...also, you don't need to root until after you take the 0.7.2 OTA (or whatever the version # is, haha!) no need to spend time rooting it when you first go back to stock

[b_wat]

Well 9.1.41 is definitely 100% official...just saying

[arcanexvi]

it may be worth pointing out that if you don't temp unroot, you will likely be unable to restore root. I am fairly sure I have seen several reports of this....and also I have tested this theory myself (not necessarily on purpose, but hey, I did test it, lol) and found that without temp unroot, I was not able to restore root. I went back and started over, and temp unrooted...and everything went smoothly

I promise you your failure is not due to failing to temp unroot as I've never temp unrooted a RAZR (original or HD) and it hasn't caused me to fail a root restore. Not updating binaries or having a improper version of SU apk installed has though. The biggest reason I've seen failures is if you've rooted your phone but not gone into the SU apk and given it permission to use root itself before backing up your root it'll fail. This usually happens to those of us who are quickly going through and restoring to factory and rooting to get back to whence we came for whatever reason. Forcing a binary update will trigger the SU permission check for the app and you'll be in good shape which is why you never have an issue if you do this.

oh...also, you don't need to root until after you take the 0.7.2 OTA (or whatever the version # is, haha!) no need to spend time rooting it when you first go back to stock

I root first to make absolutely sure OTA rootkeeper is working properly. If for some reason it were to fail to restore root after this mini-update I can re-root and check my permissions before taking an update that would require a system restore to try again. Obviously this isn't mandatory but helps for those times that I forgot to give SU proper permissions or forgot to update binaries etc.