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[dhacker29]

Bionic Path Saver and Restore/Root Utility for 5.9.902

Return to stock from off the path or after a brick

This tool is a combination of my original R3L3AS3DRoot tool, P3Droid's PathSaver, and crpeck's BionicRestorer.

Special thanks to:

P3Droid for the original Bionic PathSaver

Crpeck for his Linux/Mac updates to my original R3L3AS3DRoot via Moto-Rooter and Bionic Restorer

DroidTh3ory for help in developing the original R3L3AS3DRoot

djrbliss for motofail and the many other exploits we use to get our root on

This tool will take any bionic on any system and return it to stock 5.5.893 (Option 1 for Bionics that have never been on 5.9.90X and option 2 for those that have), has the option to root any system version, install Project VooDoo OTA Rootkeeper, and push the 5.9.902 update to your SDcard with instructions for installing in stock recovery.

Download the tool for your OS along with the FXZ file listed below, extract the zip and follow the enclosed ReadMe.

Windows version:

Please Login HERE or Register HERE to see this link!

Linux/Mac version:

Please Login HERE or Register HERE to see this link!

5.5.893 FXZ File:

Please Login HERE or Register HERE to see this link!

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[eye__dea]

dhacker....you = GOD!

[SLCMotor]

Thank you, could have used this a few days ago but I'm sure I will use it sooner or later.. Thanks again!

[aubryjai]

Anyone tried this yet? If so , please submit your results.

[ProCompSolutions]

Just used the ROOT part of it and worked great! Will be doing for ICS here in the next day or two.

[dirtydroidx]

Very nice work David

Sent from my DROID RAZR using Xparent Blue Tapatalk

[bmplekan]

Thanks David!! Please keep on keep-in on with the Bionic man. I know you've got the Razr now, but all the work with the Bionic is greatly appreciated!!!

[CellZealot]

Nice job! This should help a lot of folks out. All of the changes that have been taking place over the last week or so have made many methods redundant or legacy and lot of users are jumping through unecessary hoops and following very complicated guides to get back on the path.

Thanks!

[chefb]

thanks mr hacker...ive been looking for a waybtobget my buonic back to the updatable path with out to much coding...now if a dev will come back and bless the bionic with some fresh roms...... in the mean time.....

of to the nexus

Edited by chefb, 13 February 2012 - 09:48 AM.

[maltliq]

dude the link in the readme file for the 5.5.893 zip dont work any more.. i just did the root part since my phone has 5.5.886.. im rooted but cant update to 5.9.9.. is it too late for me since i rooted the phone? or can i still get a link and flash to 5.5.893 so the update can work?

[dhacker29]

maltliq, on 13 February 2012 - 12:18 PM, said:

dude the link in the readme file for the 5.5.893 zip dont work any more.. i just did the root part since my phone has 5.5.886.. im rooted but cant update to 5.9.9.. is it too late for me since i rooted the phone? or can i still get a link and flash to 5.5.893 so the update can work?

The third link at the top of OP is the file you need I may have forgot to update the reader. But no it's not to late. Just download and run the program

Sent from my XT912 using Tapatalk

[MILKY7272]

So if I am on an unrooted Bionic on .902 option 2 even thou it says .901?

[Xaero252]

<p> </p>
<div>Hello dhacker! Thank you for putting together this awesome patcher; however upon trying to use it on my middleman leak update (not 901 or higher) Bionic I get the following output:</div>
<div> </div>
<div>(notice the errors upon the initial few flashes)</div>
<div> </div>
<div>

********************************************************************************</div>
<div>*																			  *</div>
<div>*				dhacker29 Presents: 5.9.902 - Bioinic Pathsaver			   *</div>
<div>*   Recover and root after updating to 5.x.893 or 5.9.901 OTA for the BIONIC   *</div>
<div>*	This script will fastboot flash the full FXZ to your phone, restore the   *</div>
<div>*   proper CDT.bin and reroot your phone using zergRush and apply 43V3R root   *</div>
<div>*																			  *</div>
<div>*				  A special thanks for the info and files to:				 *</div>
<div>*		  revolutionary for zergRush https://github.com/revolutionary		 *</div>
<div>*	  P3Droid for the Forever Root method and original Bionic Path Saver	  *</div>
<div>*																			  *</div>
<div>*	YOU WILL NEED (VRZ_XT875_5.5.893.XT875.Verizon.en.US_CFC_01.xml.zip)	  *</div>
<div>*  IF YOU HAVEN&amp;#39;T DONE SO YOU NEED TO FOLLOW THE README TO GET THE FXZ FILES   *</div>
<div>*																			  *</div>
<div>********************************************************************************</div>
<div>*</div>
<div>* http://r3l3asedroot.th3oryrom.us.to/VRZ_XT875_5.5.893.XT875.Verizon.en.US_CFC_01.xml.zip</div>
<div>*</div>
<div>* Press enter once you have extraced the contents of the FXZ zip into this directory</div>
<div>Press any key to continue . . .</div>
<div>*</div>
<div>* PRESS the appropriate number to make your slection and continue</div>
<div>*</div>
<div>* 1. Restore a Bionic to 5.5.893 - NOT FOR 5.9.901 BIONICS!</div>
<div>*   -restores EVERYTHING to official 5.5.893</div>
<div>*   -wipes data</div>
<div>*   Note: you still need to run option 4 if you want to root</div>
<div>*</div>
<div>* 2. Restore a 5.9.901 Bionic to 5.5.893</div>
<div>*   -restores EVERYTHING EXCEPT for the cdt.bin to 5.5.893</div>
<div>*   -cdt.bin is restored using the 5.9.901 file</div>
<div>*   -wipes data</div>
<div>*   ** YOU SHOULD ONLY USE THIS IF YOU ARE OR HAVE BEEN ON 5.9.901 **</div>
<div>*   Note: you still need to run option 4 if you want to root</div>
<div>*</div>
<div>* 3. Minimal Restore of system, boot, and recovery only</div>
<div>*	-restores ONLY the system,boot and recovery to official 5.5.893,</div>
<div>*	Great for 893 Bionics that are  bootlooping</div>
<div>*   Note: you still need to run option 4 if you want to root</div>
<div>*</div>
<div>* 4. Root and ForeverRoot a non-rooted Bionic</div>
<div>*	-roots and installs the ForeverRoot hack</div>
<div>*</div>
<div>* 5. Install Project Voodoo &amp;quot;OTA Rootkeeper&amp;quot;</div>
<div>*	-this installs the OTA Rootkeeper app and provides instructions to</div>
<div>*	protect root prior to installing the 5.9.902 update.</div>
<div>*</div>
<div>* 6. Copy 5.9.902 update file to sdcard</div>
<div>*	-this copies the 5.9.902 update file to your sdcard and reboots the</div>
<div>*	phone into stock recovery so you can install the update</div>
<div>*</div>
<div>* 7. Help - I need more information!</div>
<div>*</div>
<div>* 8. Quit</div>
<div>*</div>
<div>* Type 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, or 8 and then press ENTER: 1</div>
<div>********************************************************************************</div>
<div>*																			  *</div>
<div>*					This will restore your phone to 5.5.893				   *</div>
<div>*																			  *</div>
<div>********************************************************************************</div>
<div>*</div>
<div>* Please make sure you do the following:</div>
<div>*</div>
<div>* If you see the prompt: &amp;quot;waiting for device&amp;quot; you need to download the</div>
<div>*	 Motorola Mobile Drivers V5.2.1</div>
<div>* For 32-bit drivers go here:</div>
<div>* http://bandbinnovations.com/xda/bionic//Motorola_PreRelease_Mobile_Drivers_5.2.1_32bit.zip</div>
<div>* For 64-bit drivers go here:</div>
<div>* http://bandbinnovations.com/xda/bionic//Motorola_PreRelease_Mobile_Drivers_5.2.1_64bit.zip</div>
<div>*</div>
<div>* Ready to restore your system when you are!</div>
<div>Press any key to continue . . .</div>
<div>* Rebooting to bootloader...Hit any key when AP Fastboot is up</div>
<div>* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *</div>
<div>* daemon started successfully *</div>
<div>Press any key to continue . . .</div>
<div>* Fastboot flashing needed partitions...This will take about 5-10 minutes</div>
<div>	 rebooting into bootloader... OKAY [  0.007s]</div>
<div>		sending &amp;#39;mbm&amp;#39; (256 KB)... FAILED (command write failed (No such file or directory))</div>
<div>	 rebooting into bootloader... FAILED (command write failed (No such file or directory))</div>
<div>   sending &amp;#39;mbmloader&amp;#39; (40 KB)... FAILED (command write failed (No such file or directory))</div>
<div>		sending &amp;#39;mbm&amp;#39; (256 KB)... FAILED (command write failed (No such file or directory))</div>
<div>	 rebooting into bootloader... FAILED (command write failed (No such file or directory))</div>
<div>	 sending &amp;#39;cdt.bin&amp;#39; (16 KB)... FAILED (command write failed (No such file or directory))</div>
<div>* If you see an error at any point during the fastboot flash make sure you</div>
<div>* picked the proper option for your current system version</div>
<div>			   erasing &amp;#39;cache&amp;#39;... FAILED (command write failed (No such file or directory))</div>
<div>			erasing &amp;#39;userdata&amp;#39;... FAILED (command write failed (No such file or directory))</div>
<div>		 sending &amp;#39;lbl&amp;#39; (16 KB)... FAILED (command write failed (No such file or directory))</div>
<div>   sending &amp;#39;logo.bin&amp;#39; (854 KB)... FAILED (command write failed (No such file or directory))</div>
<div>		 sending &amp;#39;ebr&amp;#39; (16 KB)... FAILED (command write failed (No such file or directory))</div>
<div>		 sending &amp;#39;mbr&amp;#39; (16 KB)... FAILED (command write failed (No such file or directory))</div>
<div>	sending &amp;#39;devtree&amp;#39; (512 KB)... FAILED (command write failed (No such file or directory))</div>
<div>< waiting for device ></div>
<div>  sending &amp;#39;system&amp;#39; (262144 KB)... OKAY [ 16.428s]</div>
<div>			  writing &amp;#39;system&amp;#39;... OKAY [ 15.962s]</div>
<div>  sending &amp;#39;system&amp;#39; (229120 KB)... OKAY [ 14.377s]</div>
<div>			  writing &amp;#39;system&amp;#39;... OKAY [ 11.953s]</div>
<div>	  sending &amp;#39;boot&amp;#39; (8192 KB)... OKAY [  0.519s]</div>
<div>				writing &amp;#39;boot&amp;#39;... OKAY [  0.870s]</div>
<div>  sending &amp;#39;recovery&amp;#39; (9216 KB)... OKAY [  0.847s]</div>
<div>			writing &amp;#39;recovery&amp;#39;... OKAY [  1.326s]</div>
<div>	sending &amp;#39;cdrom&amp;#39; (12032 KB)... OKAY [  0.999s]</div>
<div>			   writing &amp;#39;cdrom&amp;#39;... OKAY [  1.879s]</div>
<div>sending &amp;#39;preinstall&amp;#39; (262144 KB)... OKAY [ 16.431s]</div>
<div>		  writing &amp;#39;preinstall&amp;#39;... OKAY [ 14.957s]</div>
<div>sending &amp;#39;preinstall&amp;#39; (49152 KB)... OKAY [  3.084s]</div>
<div>		  writing &amp;#39;preinstall&amp;#39;... OKAY [  2.631s]</div>
<div>  sending &amp;#39;webtop&amp;#39; (262144 KB)... OKAY [ 16.407s]</div>
<div>			  writing &amp;#39;webtop&amp;#39;... OKAY [ 16.966s]</div>
<div>  sending &amp;#39;webtop&amp;#39; (262144 KB)... OKAY [ 16.406s]</div>
<div>			  writing &amp;#39;webtop&amp;#39;... OKAY [ 13.597s]</div>
<div>  sending &amp;#39;webtop&amp;#39; (262144 KB)... OKAY [ 16.408s]</div>
<div>			  writing &amp;#39;webtop&amp;#39;... OKAY [ 13.659s]</div>
<div>  sending &amp;#39;webtop&amp;#39; (262144 KB)... OKAY [ 16.409s]</div>
<div>			  writing &amp;#39;webtop&amp;#39;... OKAY [ 13.796s]</div>
<div>  sending &amp;#39;webtop&amp;#39; (262144 KB)... OKAY [ 16.408s]</div>
<div>			  writing &amp;#39;webtop&amp;#39;... OKAY [ 13.802s]</div>
<div>   sending &amp;#39;webtop&amp;#39; (54016 KB)... OKAY [  3.386s]</div>
<div>			  writing &amp;#39;webtop&amp;#39;... OKAY [  3.283s]</div>
<div>	sending &amp;#39;radio&amp;#39; (21768 KB)... OKAY [  1.368s]</div>
<div>			   writing &amp;#39;radio&amp;#39;... OKAY [  3.447s]</div>
<div>*</div>
<div>Rebooting your phone now, just one last step...</div>
<div>Your Bionic will boot into Recovery Mode, to finish loading.</div>
<div>Recovery Mode shows the box with an arrow coming out the top</div>
<div>and the little green Android dude standing there. There is a</div>
<div>Progress Meter on the bottom, that show&amp;#39;s how far along it is.</div>
<div>You may see the Motorola Logo for a long time before it boots</div>
<div>into Recovery Mode.</div>
<div>					 rebooting...</div>
<div>*</div>
<div>* This will take a bit so be patient.</div>
<div>* Once your phone is rebooted hit enter and select option 4 if you want to root</div>
<div>********************************************************************************</div>
<div>Press any key to continue . . .

</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Interestingly, the script reboots my bionic and *does not wait* before attempting to flash the mbm and cdt.bin files, and then waits for the device.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>I noticed that it said that any errors would be abnormal so I just wanted to check here, my Bionic hasn&amp;#39;t entered the final recovery mode stage yet, but the script seems to have completed successfully, my bionic has entered the final recovery stage and is setting up as we speak, I just want to double check that my issues are not abnormal. Also important to mention is that this is my *second* attempt at flashing this Bionic using the script, the first attempt got hung up on flashing the system partition, and the bionic was unable to boot until I flashed a good cdt.bin file, I&amp;#39;m not sure why that happened, but it seems to be working fine now.</div>

EDIT: Whoa what happened there?! None of these tags were in my original posting, so I'm not sure what happened.
Also, upon finishing the final recovery and booting, I am presented with unchanged data on the phone (i.e. the setup wizard has been completed, my contacts remain) and a message box labelled "Info" containing the text "An error has occured." with OK being the only available option.

MILKY7272, on 13 February 2012 - 02:56 PM, said:

So if I am on an unrooted Bionic on .902 option 2 even thou it says .901?

If you are on an unrooted 902 bionic and want to revert to a prior version you would need to obtain the cdt.bin for 902 if I am correct in my assumptions, and then use that to flash instead of the cdt.bin.901 and it would work; however since 902 is an official update you DO NOT NEED TO REVERT to continue to obtain updates (and I'm not sure why you'd want to since 902 is supposedly an improvement over 901 and 893 and the other soak OTA leaks.) If you are on unrooted 902 you want to run option "4" to root your Bionic.

Great, more problems, it fails to copy mount_ext3.sh over as well:

********************************************************************************
* Motofail: Universal Motorola Android Root Exploit (Windows version)
* by Dan Rosenberg (@djrbliss)
*
* Tested on Droid 3, Droid Bionic, Droid RAZR, and Droid 4
*
* Before continuing, ensure USB debugging is enabled, that you
* have the latest Motorola drivers installed, and that your phone
* is connected via USB.
********************************************************************************
*
* Press enter to root your phone...
Press any key to continue . . .
*
* Waiting for device...
* Device found.
* Deploying payload...
3374 KB/s (359392 bytes in 0.104s)
* Owning phone...
* Rebooting device...
* Waiting for phone to reboot.
* Attemping persistence...
remount succeeded
2411 KB/s (22228 bytes in 0.009s)
4074 KB/s (1994516 bytes in 0.478s)
3660 KB/s (843503 bytes in 0.225s)
* Cleaning up...
* Rebooting...
* Exploit complete!
* Installing Forever Root Hack...
failed to copy 'mount_ext3.sh' to '/system/bin/mount_ext3.sh': Read-only file system
Unable to chmod /system/bin/mount_ext3.sh: Read-only file system
* Rebooting your phone now
* All done! Your phone should now be rooted, if no errors were seen!

Edited by Xaero252, 13 February 2012 - 04:48 PM.

[sirrous]

Xaero252, on 13 February 2012 - 04:28 PM, said:

**** Post removed for clarity ****

I had the exact same issues as Xaero252 in the exact same locations.

[maltliq]

while flashing to 5.5.893 after the green android went away my phone rebooted but has been on the moto sign for an half hour...is thing going to boot or is my phone done???

[maltliq]

maltliq, on 13 February 2012 - 06:08 PM, said:

while flashing to 5.5.893 after the green android went away my phone rebooted but has been on the moto sign for an half hour...is thing going to boot or is something going wrong???

i know it says it will take a long time to boot..but im at 40 mins now seems a little excessive

[MILKY7272]

I am trying to run optoion 4 on stock 902 and it runs and reboots but says motofail permission denied. I have debbuging checked not quite sure were to go from here.

[mrr0ng]

Worked flawlessly. Thanks so much for your work.

[chefb]

Hey did that guy get his phone to boot?

[maltliq]

chefb, on 14 February 2012 - 06:54 AM, said:

Hey did that guy get his phone to boot?

i got my phone to boot.. i was hung on the moto sign after the 5.5.893 update..luckly i had already put the .902 update on my sd card..i did a battery pull and went into recovery mode by pressing both volume buttons and top display button at the same time.. then when the droid man popped up i was able to press the two volume buttons and find the update in my sd card.. updated to .902 and phone booted like butter..Like Y.C. say im Rooted and Booted

Edited by maltliq, 14 February 2012 - 08:20 AM.