DROID X2 minor update (1.3.418) is NOT live

iBolski · Mar 15, 2012

UPDATED 3/25/2012

Talk Android, in the article below, mistakenly stated the update was for the X2 was live. Turns out not to be true.

http://www.talkandroid.com/99664-droid-x2-minor-update-1-3-418-is-now-live/#.T2HsKEGxFI4

I'm so avoiding this. Anyone else that decides to be brave and apply it, let us know the following:

Can you root with Zergrush
Can you SBF back to 2.3.4 without bricking your phone
Just for S and Gs, see if the bootloader is unlocked. I doubt it, but maybe a dev did something stupid? If so, save that update!

skwoodwiva · Mar 15, 2012

Thanks iBolski. (Or should I say Mr Ambassador

)
If anyone has a phone info screen shot, that would be nice to see.
Also confirmation that VooDoo works?

jsgraphicart · Mar 15, 2012

Thats all the update brings? Why bother?

skwoodwiva · Mar 15, 2012

I am (just) thinking the kernel will be better for my Mx2 "Nandroid port".

iBolski · Mar 15, 2012

jsgraphicart said:
Thats all the update brings? Why bother?

Exactly. I've tweeted to both Verizon and Motorola that I'm done with both of them. I'm looking for a new carrier and a new phone.

Verizon is reaching out right now asking why I'm so unhappy. Do I really have to answer that question? Give me a break!

litetaker · Mar 15, 2012

iBolski said:
Per Talk Android, the X2 minor update is available.

http://www.talkandroid.com/99664-droid-x2-minor-update-1-3-418-is-now-live/#.T2HsKEGxFI4

I'm so avoiding this. Anyone else that decides to be brave and apply it, let us know the following:

Can you root with Zergrush

Can you SBF back to 2.3.4 without bricking your phone

Just for S and Gs, see if the bootloader is unlocked. I doubt it, but maybe a dev did something stupid? If so, save that update!

One question. DID ANYONE get the Soak???

If not, is this "really" what Moto was soak testing?

What if it means...

(gasp!)??

Edit: I don't think it is live yet, iBolski. Verizon's webpage still says "Coming Soon", like I'm supposed to be happy. I think the article is misguided... Did any brave soldier get the update and then apply it?

gaad0701 · Mar 15, 2012

litetaker said:
One question. DID ANYONE get the Soak???

If not, is this "really" what Moto was soak testing? What if it means... (gasp!)??

Edit: I don't think it is live yet, iBolski. Verizon's webpage still says "Coming Soon", like I'm supposed to be happy. I think the article is misguided... Did any brave soldier get the update and then apply it?

I am signed up for the soak and I have not received it yet. I also tried to force the update to my phone just now and it is not pushing it.

I am going to be brave on this one because I have a back up phone I can fall on if anything does go wrong, but I am pretty much ready to just drop my DX2 like our Ambassador and just use something else until my upgrade....

I will let everyone know as soon as I get the email for the soak or if I can update to this at some point today...

Travisdroidx2 · Mar 15, 2012

Security update! I do not trust those bastards. I hope someone tries it so we know but I don't wish anyone to get stuck without root or able to sbf. Need a normal user that does not care about these things. I will not get close to it before we find out what it does.

iBolski · Mar 15, 2012

gaad0701 said:
I am signed up for the soak and I have not received it yet. I also tried to force the update to my phone just now and it is not pushing it.

I am going to be brave on this one because I have a back up phone I can fall on if anything does go wrong, but I am pretty much ready to just drop my DX2 like our Ambassador and just use something else until my upgrade....

I will let everyone know as soon as I get the email for the soak or if I can update to this at some point today...

If/when you get it, check also just in case some dev made a "mistake" and left the kernel unlocked. Would be nice.

gaad0701 · Mar 15, 2012

iBolski said:
If/when you get it, check also just in case some dev made a "mistake" and left the kernel unlocked. Would be nice.

I am no dev, can you walk me through how to do that? I am willing to try anything but I do not know how to do that off the top of my head.

ztotherad · Mar 15, 2012

gaad0701 said:
I am no dev, can you walk me through how to do that? I am willing to try anything but I do not know how to do that off the top of my head.

do you have the Android SDK on your computer? if you do just go into the folder where it's stored:
if windows C:/SDK (i believe)
if Linux /home/yourname/android-sdk-linux

it should have fastboot within there, but i'm bad at explanations, so iBolski'll walk you through it better than I can.

iBolski · Mar 15, 2012

gaad0701 said:
I am no dev, can you walk me through how to do that? I am willing to try anything but I do not know how to do that off the top of my head.

From what I understand, you do the following, but back everything up to your external SD card first (do a nandroid) and you must have the Motorola USB drivers and Android SDK installed. Of course, since you've been flashing and SBFing, you definitely have those already installed:

Have your phone hooked up to your PC and type "ADB REBOOT BOOTLOADER"
The phone should reboot into the bootloader saying "Starting Fastboot Protocol Support"
When it's rebooted into the bootloader, type this in your DOS command window: "fastboot eom unlock"
Read the warnings. This WILL reformat your phone so be sure you've backed it up.
Tap Volume Down to switch to "Accept"
Now press Volume Up to actually "accept" the warning.
After that, you should be unlocked and formatted IF the bootloader and kernel were unlocked.

I could be wrong, but that's what I've read before.

skwoodwiva · Mar 15, 2012

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1136261

the thread w/ 1/3 of a mil hits!
IT'S all about the last 2 pics in the op.

gaad0701 · Mar 15, 2012

skwoodwiva said:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1136261

the thread w/ 1/3 of a mil hits!
IT'S all about the last 2 pics in the op.

iBolski said:
From what I understand, you do the following, but back everything up to your external SD card first (do a nandroid) and you must have the Motorola USB drivers and Android SDK installed. Of course, since you've been flashing and SBFing, you definitely have those already installed:

Have your phone hooked up to your PC and type "ADB REBOOT BOOTLOADER"

The phone should reboot into the bootloader saying "Starting Fastboot Protocol Support"

When it's rebooted into the bootloader, type this in your DOS command window: "fastboot eom unlock"

Read the warnings. This WILL reformat your phone so be sure you've backed it up.

Tap Volume Down to switch to "Accept"

Now press Volume Up to actually "accept" the warning.

After that, you should be unlocked and formatted IF the bootloader and kernel were unlocked.

I could be wrong, but that's what I've read before.

Good deal, I can do that for sure. I will make sure to update everyone as soon as anything comes through.

I won't be able to do any of the testing until I get home from work (roughly 6:30 central time) but I will keep trying to update throughout the day.

Thanks guys.

Peperm1nt · Mar 15, 2012

No updates have started to roll out yet....

Tapin' the Talk on the xSquared

gaad0701 · Mar 16, 2012

gaad0701 said:
Good deal, I can do that for sure. I will make sure to update everyone as soon as anything comes through.

I won't be able to do any of the testing until I get home from work (roughly 6:30 central time) but I will keep trying to update throughout the day.

Thanks guys.

Still no update, nothing to report tonight probably. Hopefully I get something tomorrow so I have something to do at work...

Sent from my DROID X2

Skelente · Mar 16, 2012

For those of you considering doing the update, you might want to take a look at these two threads on RootzWiki: rooted before update and important information regarding .621 update (I'm sure there are XDA equivalents of this by now, but these are two threads I'd been following previously for my brother's DX.)

Apparently using OTA rootkeeper (and ADB in some cases) it should be possible to keep root after the sbf *IF* you have SU backed up on /system/! SU cannot (CAN NOT) be restored from the SD card. Of course, any SBF/factory restore will lose SU and you'll be SOL until that gets sorted. Another problem (for us) is that we do not yet have an SBF file for this, so if anything goes awry, you could (potentially, not necessarily) be looking at a nice expensive paper weight until the SBF gets leaked.

This was also mentioned in the DX information thread, but if anyone is brave enough to update from rooted stock (using OTA Rootkeeper) and could get a nandroid, it could potentially be useful for anyone in the know (read: devs) to see what has changed in the update, so that we can examine alternative root methods. Unfortunately, most devs have moved onto newer/better phones so this may take a bit, but there is still a lot of dev for the DX (and the dx2 of course) so hopefully we can get something going (and presumably any exploit found on either phone should hopefully be useful for the other.)

coolpoete · Mar 16, 2012

Hey ibolski if VZW is reaching out it's a good thing.. Even if nothing is going to change in terms of their policy. Take the opportunity to reach out to them and let them know how we feel. Perhaps they can understand or at least listen to how HTC customers can feel better about unlocked bootloaders.

Sent from my MB870 using Tapatalk

iBolski · Mar 16, 2012

coolpoete said:
Hey ibolski if VZW is reaching out it's a good thing.. Even if nothing is going to change in terms of their policy. Take the opportunity to reach out to them and let them know how we feel. Perhaps they can understand or at least listen to how HTC customers can feel better about unlocked bootloaders.

Sent from my MB870 using Tapatalk

I've tried. After I started doing that, the replies via twitter stopped. Figures.

Ihatepullups · Mar 16, 2012

listen I'm not saying anything, but just mentioning: I just tried to root my dad's Droid 2 Global and bricked it because the D2G got a "security update" around a week ago that kills root (Duh) and if you try to sbf back down it causes the phone to hard brick.

Now that may not be the case with this- who knows, that particular update went from 2.3.3 to to 2.3.4 and obv this one probably isn't going to update the kernel/bootloader/god knows but even still I find the closeness in time for these two OTAs suspicious, so be careful my flashaholic friends

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