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Upgrading RAZR Firmware from 42.09R to 09ER without upgrading from bootloder 8.23
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Posted by: vadim

Ok,
Here is a dilema, one of my v3s has 8.23 bootloader, and I don't want to upgrade it to 8.26, Yes I know that 8.26 is now supported for unlocking but I still want to keep 8.23 bootloader. However I'm used to the 09ER firmware that I run on my other v3 which has 8.26 bootloader (came that way). I'd like to reflash this 09R to 09ER without upgrading the bootloader, is this possible?
Thanks.

Posted by: djdownhill

Yes. Just flash it. The bootloader will upgrade but won't show up. I'm running 0ER and still show the 07.E0 or what ever 7 bootloader on my phones still.

Posted by: vadim

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Originally Posted by djdownhill

Yes. Just flash it. The bootloader will upgrade but won't show up. I'm running 0ER and still show the 07.E0 or what ever 7 bootloader on my phones still.

what do you mean it will uprade but won't show up? does it mean the phone will be running new bootloader but showing incorrect version?

Posted by: hidden_dragon

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Originally Posted by vadim

what do you mean it will uprade but won't show up? does it mean the phone will be running new bootloader but showing incorrect version?

Correct. As far as I'm concerned, the bootloader flash is not necessary.

Posted by: vadim

this defeats the whole point then, i want to keep older bootloader and not just incorrect version showing.

Posted by: djdownhill

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Originally Posted by vadim

this defeats the whole point then, i want to keep older bootloader and not just incorrect version showing.

You can't keep the old bootloader. It will upgrade just not show correctly. It is IMO a glitch. But the upside used to be that GSMliberty's thinks the bootloader is the older one and you could still unlock your phone no matter what SW you had. But since they now can unlock the 8.26 bootloader it doesn't make a difference.

Posted by: scotty2

you can flash any monsterpack you wish, and it will not touch the bootloader.
the ram downloader in a monsterpack does NOT replace the bootloader on the phone.
a bootloader can only be replaced by specialized flash files or with ramldr or flashbackup.
08.26 can only be replaced by a smartclip.

Posted by: Lionz

I have:

Bootloader 07.e0
SW R373 0e 42 0cr

I want to flash it with a monsterpack of motox that says has bootloader 8.26. Is it possible? Maybe 8.23? Do I need to flash a bootloader first?