Droid 4 in USB Debugging Mode - Can't Find Drivers

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  1. themib

    themib Senior Member

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    great, post back here if rooting worked or not
     
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    Successfully rooted. I'm going to try to figure out how to get this back to ICS now.
    Thanks again!
     
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    Root won't give you a way back to ICS.
     
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    closest you can get is a ics rom with kexec.
     
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    Right, but I still needed to get the drivers installed to root ICS, too, and I decided to go back after starting this anyway.

    Whatchu talkin' 'bout "closest I can get?"

    Thanks
     
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    you can not go back to ICS from jellybean, it will not work
    rooting has nothing to do with that
     
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    I understand rooting has nothing to do with going from jb to ics.
    How can I install other roms, but not install ICS?

    Thank you
     
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    rom has to be compatible with the Kernel, only way around the jellybean kernel is a kexec rom
     
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    If your Droid 4 is on JB 4.1.2 you cannot go back to ICS. Root isn't going to give you the ability to do that.
    Fastboot, RSDLite, whatever....you can't go back to ICS.

    It's as simple as that. The locked bootloader does not allow it to be flashed backwards to earlier versions.
     
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    And there's no way to go back to the older kernel? Sorry, I don't know much about this. Thought these things were supposed to be pretty much open technology.


    Thanks

    Edit: Well this sucks.
     
    #22 Jenny5, Apr 16, 2013
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    One reason I want to go back is I want to be able to toggle between 3g/4g, and from what I've been reading, JB disables that ability on the D4. Would an ICS rom give me back that and other functionality?

    Thanks again

    Edit: This is depressing. I just got this phone and I'm already regretting it.

    Is it expected that Motorola will allow the Droid 4 bootloader to be unlocked in the near future?

    https://motorola-global-portal.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/87215
     
    #23 Jenny5, Apr 16, 2013
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    there is almost no chance that the bootloader will get unlocked
     
    #24 themib, Apr 16, 2013
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