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#1 mattlgroff

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Posted 24 February 2013 - 02:15 PM

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Instructions for pulling an OTA update.zip:
  • Do NOT install the update! Do these first!
  • Be rooted. We got plenty of methods thanks to djrbliss.
  • Download the Root Explorer app, or the ES File Manager app. (Instructions are for Root Explorer.)
  • Open Root Explorer and go to the ~/cache/ directory, which resides on the root directory of the phone '~/'
  • Hit the 'Mount R/W' in the corner, if successful will then say 'Mount R/O'
  • Copy the update file .zip from the ~/cache/ to your sdcard, external to be safe.
  • Copy over the update file .zip from the sdcard(s) you chose to your computer and upload it.

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  • You will want to use Voodoo's OTA Rootkeeper before updating. --- Instructions for this are: Backup Root, Temp Unroot, Restore Root, Temp Unroot, Restore Root. ---
  • Send me or post a link here to the update and exactly what System Version you were on, and where the update takes you to.
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A note for the naming of update.zips:

They will always be named after the version that you are currently on, not the one you are going to. For example, when moving from Version 123-A to Version 124-B the zip would be named:

Blur_Version.123.A.XT912.Verizon.en.US and would NOT be named after where you are going to.


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#2 Bmplekan

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Posted 24 February 2013 - 04:22 PM

Matt,

With the official update finally on the way, will you be updating your utility also?

#3 mattlgroff

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Posted 24 February 2013 - 04:45 PM

Matt,

With the official update finally on the way, will you be updating your utility also?

I have a couple ideas on it. Will need to see how things pan out exactly.

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Posted 24 February 2013 - 05:24 PM

I have a couple ideas on it. Will need to see how things pan out exactly.

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I umm, didn't get a soak invite so when this isn't pushed to me, I won't save it. Ok?

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Posted 25 February 2013 - 09:59 AM

Matts iPhone wont recieve the ota jb update so he needs us slaves. haha
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Posted 25 February 2013 - 10:01 AM

but great instructions Matt, lets see who gets the golden ticket.
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Posted 25 February 2013 - 10:10 AM

Challenge accepted. Lets see if they push it as late as they did for ICS. :D

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Posted 26 February 2013 - 07:45 PM

:-)

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#9 mattlgroff

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Posted 04 March 2013 - 11:17 PM

This should help it make it easier now :)

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Posted 05 March 2013 - 06:53 AM

This should help it make it easier now :)

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Another great job Matt! Should help the masses.

#11 loociddreemr

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Posted 05 March 2013 - 07:17 AM

Now if only there were an OTA to snatch

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Posted 05 March 2013 - 07:25 AM

Now if only there were an OTA to snatch

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Posted 05 March 2013 - 07:29 AM

Yeah, moto has been a little slow on the uptake with this soak, that's for sute

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Posted 05 March 2013 - 03:01 PM

Just wandering: wouldn't it be better to get the final version instead of the soak version in case the soak has a bug or two? Or does it really matter?

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Posted 05 March 2013 - 03:07 PM

Just wandering: wouldn't it be better to get the final version instead of the soak version in case the soak has a bug or two? Or does it really matter?


98% of the time the soak is the final build

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#16 my2cents

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Posted 05 March 2013 - 08:27 PM

98% of the time the soak is the final build


Can I see your research on this please? :P All kidding aside, I have had 3 Moto phones and I don't think one time the final version was different from the soak. So, my research shows it is 100%! :D
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Posted 06 March 2013 - 06:55 AM

Can I see your research on this please? :P All kidding aside, I have had 3 Moto phones and I don't think one time the final version was different from the soak. So, my research shows it is 100%! :D


Haha I was trying to give a bit so I wasn't proven wrong in this case. Which is why I went 98%. NO! you cannot see my research it is top secret and classified. If I let you see it then I would have to... well we all know how that ends. :ph34r:

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#18 mattlgroff

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Posted 06 March 2013 - 11:18 PM

Get ready folks!
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Posted 07 March 2013 - 05:11 AM

Here the update i was on version 98.72.8.x912 updated to 98.72.16.x912

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Posted 07 March 2013 - 05:16 AM

I'll fast boot back to .211 for obvious reasons...




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