Comments on: DROID Bionic and RAZR OTA Updates Can Be Rooted Using Latest DROID 4 Method

By: RoadsterHD1

RoadsterHD1 — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:08:00 +0000

I was thinking about trading in my Bionic for a RAZR and yesterday i did a side by side comparioson cause a friend of mine has a RAZR and what I found blew me away.
1. I compared data speed in a fairly good area for speed. My Bionic was faster in the up and down loads on about 7 test I took. The RAZR dropped to 3G and my Bionic stayed in 4G. The RAZR eventually returned to 4G and retested them again. The average score were Bionic down was 8Mbps and UP 5 to 6Mbps. The RAZR was 7 to 8Mbps down and 1 to 3Mbps up. My down at my home is 20 to 28Mbps and up is the same.
2. The screen on the RAZR is more color saturated than the Bionic, but looking further I discovered the reason for the saturation on the RAZR is because it has a blue tint to it. You can really see it if you look at the RAZR’s screen side ways. This causes the brightness to go down.. Bionic screen is brighter. The gray scale really tells the story. Bionic’s grey scale is blacker and whiter more true. The RAZR is blueish even greenish at times. Look at the power widget and you will see what I’m talking about. Open GOOGLE-MAPS and it’s obivious that the clarity and color is better on the Bionic. To make this more interesting I compared the GNex screen and it was worse than the RAZR.
3. The RAZR was faster onthe bench marks but in everyday use you will not notice the difference.
4. All the Verizon 4G phones have data drop issues, Bionic’s “were” worse but are just like or better than most now after the 902 update.
5. Pentile Screen can be seen in direct sun light, the other HD amoled screens can NOT. Pentile will show what’s called compression on low resolution video but that’s because Pentile is more focused and clear than the others. I use “Vplayer Version0.99 and Daroon Player and play back High Def 1080i video and it looks incredible, no compression and no lag. The video recording at 1080p look incredible. But put crappy video in and it will give you crappy video out. Colors in my opinion are more realistic than the RAZR. For poor quality video the Bionic tends to favor reds, so I use “screenadjuster” and “filter your screen” to adjust for this. Netflix has different resolution streams and you can tell the two. For the most part Netflix does and incredible job and the streaming looks great. Please know that different player play differently on any phone. The old version of VPlayer is allot better that the newer versions. Daroon player play high quality HD video very well.
6. The speaker is louder on the Bionic.
7. I decided to keep my Bionic and not get the RAZR or the RAZR MAXX.
We have high end phones with high end screens, use high end video and you will be happier…

By: Psymonp

Psymonp — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:55:00 +0000

did it on my razr maxx, seems ok so far

By: Noe Nevarez

Noe Nevarez — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:16:00 +0000

have u put a black background on your gnex yet?? seen any blotches?

By: DP

DP — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 23:05:00 +0000

The fastboot files are up so if you did want to flash it back to stock it is good to go now. Her switching to that phone wont be a problem, of course she’ll need a new sim card. You can keep it rooted until/if she has to send it in but before she sends it and it still powers on you will want to flash it back to stock so they dont charge you 500 for breaking warrenty

By: Mrdixon

Mrdixon — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 01:55:00 +0000

Has anyone had any trouble with their razer overheating after rooting? When I turn on wifi tethering it will overheat after about 10 minutes then shutdown. Won’t start back up until it cools off.

By: Mrdixon

Mrdixon — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 02:48:00 +0000

As a side note to my previous page about the razer rebooting itself..it only does this when my transformer is trying to connect to it.

By: Mrdixon

Mrdixon — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 01:14:00 +0000

I rooted with the above file. Downloaded a wireless tether app. My laptop will connect but my transformer will not. Also the razer now reboots itself when it wants to. Any suggestions?

By: Nick

Nick — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:31:00 +0000

Yeah but she has a tendency to either drop phones, or somehow mess up software hahahaha, I love her but shes a goof when it comes to her smartphones. The manager at the local Verizon store knows I root my phones and he doesn’t care so I might be all good anyway. Only thing is, when going from my account to hers I don’t know if Ill need to uninstall CWR and have it just stock for that part but keep root….

By: Damon Marshall

Damon Marshall — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:31:00 +0000

It’s just your mother don’t worry about unrooting it

By: Nick

Nick — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 08:28:00 +0000

How can I unroot as well? Is there a tool for that so I don’t have to FXZ the .893 OTA then update to .902 OTA. Reason is because I’m planning on getting a GNEX in the next few weeks and am going to give my mom the Bionic. Does Pete’s Root tool for the Bionic unroot the .902? or no…Thank you guys in advance

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:42:00 +0000

Has anyone else noticed that when you unzip the root tool, there is nothing in the folder? Am I the only one having this problem?

By: Keith Sumner

Keith Sumner — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:40:00 +0000

Shame on me? For having a phone that I love?

I am perfectly happy with my Bionic, it meets my expectations and then exceeds them.

Shame on you for being a troll and an imbecile.

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By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:13:00 +0000

All I did was Settings > About Phone > System Updates and the Bionic got it.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:11:00 +0000

My office is a dead zone for all phones so I got a free voice only repeater from Verizon and live on WiFi for data during the day.
I have a great 4G signal at home and on the road.
Overall, I am very pleased with my Bionic.