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Another OTA floating about? (5.9.901)

I downloaded the file twice renamed one update.zip and left the other alone dropped both in the root directory but when I go into recovery to update I can't see either file any suggestions?
 
dtranewayne said:
I downloaded the file twice renamed one update.zip and left the other alone dropped both in the root directory but when I go into recovery to update I can't see either file any suggestions?
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What App are you using? Files? Astro? Titanium Backup Pro? Something else?

What do you mean by "root directory"? The folder "root"?

You have to place them in a folder on the \sdcard or \sdcard-ext folders (using Astro lingo) if you want them accessible by the Files app.

... Thom
 
Just hold off updating this OTA.

The Moto support forum mod claims it was a mistake. Pushed before testing was complete to a few lucky souls.

The rest of us mortals will have to continue to wait.

RMD
 
rduckwor said:
Just hold off updating this OTA.

The Moto support forum mod claims it was a mistake. Pushed before testing was complete to a few lucky souls.

The rest of us mortals will have to continue to wait.

RMD
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Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And the waiting continues...

Do you have the URL for the download page?

... Thom
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I thought I saw it on their website. Apparently I can't find it. I can't even find those PDFs we saw a couple weeks ago.

I downloaded the file twice renamed one update.zip and left the other alone dropped both in the root directory but when I go into recovery to update I can't see either file any suggestions?
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If you download the OTA it must be updated via Stock Recovery and not CWM. To enter Stock Recovery you must hold the volume keys while it's powering up. You should get a droid with an exclamation mark and a blank screen. Press the volume up key and it should pop up a menu. From there you should be able to open the OTA files.
 
amageus said:
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And the waiting continues...



I thought I saw it on their website. Apparently I can't find it. I can't even find those PDFs we saw a couple weeks ago.



If you download the OTA it must be updated via Stock Recovery and not CWM. To enter Stock Recovery you must hold the volume keys while it's powering up. You should get a droid with an exclamation mark and a blank screen. Press the volume up key and it should pop up a menu. From there you should be able to open the OTA files.
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I did all that but the files aren't being seen I'll just wait for the ota I guess.
 
Thom Little said:
Soft reset ... hold down Volume Up/Volume Down/Power until the menu appears and then disappears.

Factory reset ... a next to last resort wiping data ... why sould you do it?

... Thom
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I have tried the soft reset method you descibe but cannot get it to work. Last tried yesterday after first "BSOD" since the previous update a week ago (Had to use the finger nail technique to remove the battery). Does it matter what order one pushes the buttons?
 
Bcreekski said:
I have tried the soft reset method you decibel but cannot get it to work. Last tried yesterday after first "BSOD" since the previous update a week ago (Had to use the finger nail technique to remove the battery). Does it matter what order one pushes the buttons?
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Reset (sometimes called a soft reset) ... You hold all three buttons down at the same time. After a few seconds a menu appears. Keep holding them all down. When the menu disappears release all the buttons. You can see that it then starts to boot up.

Factory Reset (sometimes called a hard reset) ... a Factory Reset is a BIG DEAL and I would only do a Factory Reset if I was inches away from getting the phone replaced. A Factory Reset is going to erase all the data on your phone and you are going to have to reenter it. If you turn the phone in or sell it a Factory Reset is a good thing to do just before you turn it over.

... Thom
 
I'm jumping on board to flash this puppy. I have the file and I'm hitting it as hard as possible - I want this stupid flash failed error message gone lol.

I'm a guinea pig enough to know that I really really want this new file. A user above said he was on 5.7.893 with stuff hidden and it worked fine, so, I'm about to do the same....
 
johnlgalt said:
I'm jumping on board to flash this puppy. I have the file and I'm hitting it as hard as possible - I want this stupid flash failed error message gone lol.

I'm a guinea pig enough to know that I really really want this new file. A user above said he was on 5.7.893 with stuff hidden and it worked fine, so, I'm about to do the same....
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Let us know how it goes, what advantages you see over 5.7.893.
 
It gave me a sideload error - I don't think it likes me having the full 5.7.893 on the system.

Which is rather odd, since someone else posted that they had 5.7.893 and it applied.

I gotta figure this out.
 
Is this update still being rolled out or has it been stopped? I have a non rooted Bionic and every time I try to get update I get message try later.
 
neil154 said:
Is this update still being rolled out or has it been stopped? I have a non rooted Bionic and every time I try to get update I get message try later.
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If you are asking about 5.9.901 the answer is that as far as we can tell it is in "soak test" and was also sent to a few people at the same time. The rumor is that those people had reported problems to Verizon.

I have not received it. I did receive 5.5.893.

... Thom
 
Lol yeah, as you saw in my other post.

Someone has presented me a way to revert the kernel - it fails to boot after that (soft bricked), but since you will already have reverted everything else, you'll have a fully stock phone in your hands - and that means you can apply 5.5.893 or 5.7.893 or 5.8.894 or do 5.5.893 --> 5.9.901 - like I am doing right now.

I love these guys!

BOOM! I'm now on 5.9.901 :D
 
johnlgalt said:
Lol yeah, as you saw in my other post.

Someone has presented me a way to revert the kernel - it fails to boot after that (soft bricked), but since you will already have reverted everything else, you'll have a fully stock phone in your hands - and that means you can apply 5.5.893 or 5.7.893 or 5.8.894 or do 5.5.893 --> 5.9.901 - like I am doing right now.

I love these guys!

BOOM! I'm now on 5.9.901 :D
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Sweet! Can't wait to see the procedure on this.
 
actually pretty simple - lol. and it proves my theory back about 3 weeks ago that we should, in effect, be able to revert the kernel b/c they're all from Motorola to begin with....
 
5.9.901 is the one accidentally pushed out to users around last week - naturally, more enterprising users save the files and upload them. I got it so I could compare it with the 5.7.893 that I was running for 2 months - which made my phone damned near rock solid.
 
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