Sync icon gone, 588 to 591 to 595

[tucker973]

Just wanted to pop in and mention this... I installed the .588 OTA leak "back in the day," no data wipe, and I had the permanent sync icon lighting up as many others have reported. I really didn't want to wipe and had no other issues, so I just dealt with it and learned to ignore it.

Yesterday, I went through the process of jumping to 595 via installing 591 first. Funny thing is, 591 still had the sync icon lit up. Figured I was going to have to deal with it until breaking down and doing a wipe. Went in, installed 595 over 591, and holy crap - no sync icon!

Not sure what Moto did in this build, if it was intentional, or if it just happened to be a side effect of all the installs, but I'm sitting pretty on 595 with no sync icon, no issues, and NO DATA WIPE. Happy camper here, absolutely love this build.

 

[IkariWarrior]

What method did you use to go from 588 to 595? I'm not rooted and running 588 but can't get Netflix running and won't be ready for the OTA update. I don't really want to root or get into complicated methods to get to 595.

 

[tucker973]

What method did you use to go from 588 to 595? I'm not rooted and running 588 but can't get Netflix running and won't be ready for the OTA update. I don't really want to root or get into complicated methods to get to 595.

I didn't want to go through the hassle either, but unfortunately that looks like the only way right now. Fortunately, I did find that it was quite a bit simpler than I expected overall.

Step 1 was getting rooted, which was a snap with GingerBreak 1.20:
[26.04.2011][v1.2] GingerBreak APK (root for GingerBread) - xda-developers

Read the detailed instructions, but basically, make sure you have USB debugging enabled, install the APK, run it, click a button, phone reboots, and it's rooted.

Step 2 was installing the Clockwork Recovery bootstrap for droid 2 (not X, most threads are careful to point out). You can find it in the market for two bucks, or you can do what I did and find it.... elsewhere. Unfortunately the links in the original post are no longer valid, but googling it didn't take very long.

Again, same sort of deal - you install it, click the top button (Recovery) and then when it's successful, click the bottom (Reboot) and it'll reboot into the bootstrap. I made a backup from there, and then I installed 591 without a hitch.

It may not actually be the case that you *have* to go to 591 first, but that seemed to be the general consensus, so I played it safe. Once you get running with 591, you basically have to do the GingerBreak and Clockwork Recovery again with the 595 update.

I installed the stock 595 package rather than the rooted/deodexed one, just because I tend to like to play it safe. It appears that GingerBreak doesn't currently work with 595, so I'm pretty much just running the stock, bloated, unrooted build, and I love it.

...and BTW, Netflix runs great on it.

Anway, was hesitant to go through it all myself, but as I looked into what exactly was involved I realized it wasn't as big a deal as I thought. In the end it was worth it for Netflix and to get rid of that ^&@#%$ sync icon.

 

[wildman]

You have to clear data to resolve this, this has been the only way to help...

 

[tucker973]

You have to clear data to resolve this, this has been the only way to help...

I respectfully disagree, sir. Did you read my OP? I specifically wrote this post because I did NOT clear data. In fact, the only time I ever cleared data was pre-froyo in the early days of my phone, back in May or June 2010. The sync icon went away between .591 and .595.

I know there's no way to "prove" this to "nonbelievers," but I'm here telling ya the thing just went away after I jumped .591 to .595.