I will start off by apologizing for my ignorance, but I am new to rooting. I have had my Atrix for i guess a month or two now and I am wanting to root it. I just dont know where to start for rooting I've read that superoneclick isnt good to use and I tried aRoot but when i opened titanium backup it is saying it isnt rooted. Does anyone else have links to other threads helping with rooting or a Faq or tutorial on how to? Im not sure how to even get the files onto my phone and such and help will be greatly appreciated thank you all very much!
the superoneclick and aroot threads have all of the info you need to root your phone. if you cannot manage to do it by following the instructions already provided i really dont think you should be messing with your phone. they are basically one click solutions. i have tried both and they worked as described. you might want to go to youtube and watch videos of it being done
hondaguy said:
the superoneclick and aroot threads have all of the info you need to root your phone. if you cannot manage to do it by following the instructions already provided i really dont think you should be messing with your phone. they are basically one click solutions. i have tried both and they worked as described. you might want to go to youtube and watch videos of it being done
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Ive done super one click and it stops doing anything at psneuter so idk what to do about that and ive dont aRoot and it installs superuser and everything go through the process and says its rooted but when i opend titanium backup to verify that it is rooted it says it is not...That is not my fault.
Hxcmetal said:
Ive done super one click and it stops doing anything at psneuter so idk what to do about that and ive dont aRoot and it installs superuser and everything go through the process and says its rooted but when i opend titanium backup to verify that it is rooted it says it is not...That is not my fault.
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Either you didn't enable Debugging or you're running 4.1.57.
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Either you didn't enable Debugging or you're running 4.1.57.
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Ah Im running 1.57...actually didn't know that affected it. tonight im going to attempt to flash back to 1.26
Hxcmetal said:
Ah Im running 1.57...actually didn't know that affected it. tonight im going to attempt to flash back to 1.26
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Good luck. Just make sure to use a short filename if you have problems with RSDLite. Some people aren't able to flash because of that. I was one of them but it flashed just fine.
Enable Wifi and enter your MotoBlur ID and you'll be able to go ahead and root on 1.2.6. Then you can check for updates and run the update. Use GladRoot as there's a rooting batch file, as well as another file to run after you upgrade. It also enables Sideloading (non-market apps) as well as tethering if you so wish.
If you can get ADB working then you won't have any trouble.
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Good luck. Just make sure to use a short filename if you have problems with RSDLite. Some people aren't able to flash because of that. I was one of them but it flashed just fine.
Enable Wifi and enter your MotoBlur ID and you'll be able to go ahead and root on 1.2.6. Then you can check for updates and run the update. Use GladRoot as there's a rooting batch file, as well as another file to run after you upgrade. It also enables Sideloading (non-market apps) as well as tethering if you so wish.
If you can get ADB working then you won't have any trouble.
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This seems so much more difficult than jailbreaking haha
Hmmm well Im going to try and get this to flash back before i worry about rooting -_-
This is a fantastic guide, I highly recommend it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=12631216&postcount=2911
I used GladRoot to update to 1.57 now i want to upgrade to .83 and dont know how about doing it. I hear about this gingerbreak and gingerbread stuff but have no idea about it. Any ideas? if i update i will lose my root right? thanks
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1046626
here is the guide on how to do it.
if not fluent in ABD follow the guide by ken at the bottom
Originally Posted by kennethpenn View Post
Hey everyone, I made a little tool that does all of this stuff for you.
Go ahead and download then run.
http://bandbinnovations.com/xda/GingerBreak.exe
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just place ur phone in usb debugging mode and run the EXE. it will push gingerbreak to your phone. make sure u backup your SD card then run the app. you will then have root
hope that helps
wishb0n3 said:
I used GladRoot to update to 1.57 now i want to upgrade to .83 and dont know how about doing it. I hear about this gingerbreak and gingerbread stuff but have no idea about it. Any ideas? if i update i will lose my root right? thanks
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I just used Afterupdate from GladRoot and worked great.
Im new to android what is ADB lol.. i just used the stock 26 or whatever when i rooted to newest one before the new one that just came out (83). So i can just do what you said straight off the gladroot for my current (57). Let me know the run down. Im At&t thanks alot. COming from an iphone so things are alot different lol
wishb0n3 said:
Im new to android what is ADB lol.. i just used the stock 26 or whatever when i rooted to newest one before the new one that just came out (83). So i can just do what you said straight off the gladroot for my current (57). Let me know the run down. Im At&t thanks alot. COming from an iphone so things are alot different lol
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Update to 1.8.3, run GingerBreak, and viola. If you don't have sideloading, or are waiting for a ROM to provide it, push GingerBreak APK by ADB install or GingerBreak.exe (which does it for you).
Well i tried to update from my phone after i hit install to newest update.. it reboots and comes back with a exclamation point in a triangle and the little green android guy. Tried it twice now, had to take out my battery to get back to my phone. Any advice would be nice. thanks
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Well i tried to update from my phone after i hit install to newest update.. it reboots and comes back with a exclamation point in a triangle and the little green android guy. Tried it twice now, had to take out my battery to get back to my phone. Any advice would be nice. thanks
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What do you have on your phone? Is it rooted, do you have a custom ROM installed...we need more details before we can help you out. If you have GingerBlur or any other custom ROM installed, what happened to you is normal. You'll have to flash back to stock before you can install the update. Or you can flash the update itself.
More information would be very helpful.
Thanks for the quick response! im not quite sure on what roms are really lol. I dont think i have any installed. This is what i did. Got my phone it was already on 26. I used Gladroot to get to .57, then i was rooted. Now i want to get the new update. So i tried to update straight from my phone and it did what i had said. So i have to flash back? Last time i tried to flash i couldnt seem to get it to work. Thanks alot for the help.
So basically im on a rooted .57 from factory 26. I just used gladroot straight from when i got my phone to root it.
If you can give me any info on this it would be much appreciated. Thanks
So, I am new to this site and to the android community. I apologize if I sound stupid to any of you but if you aren't going to help I'd appreciate it if you just ignored me.
Anyway, I got my Atrix a couple days ago on AT&T and started learning about rooting and such. Everything on it is still stock, last night I upgraded to Gingerbread from Froyo and I'd just like to know if there's any specific rooting program, method I can use right now for 4.5.91 Also, when I upgraded I lost my music player widget, is there I can get it back without going back to Froyo?
Follow the procedure in the second link in my signature. Since you had root before you updated go into settings manage applications clear app data for superuser.
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phobos512 said:
Follow the procedure in the second link in my signature. Since you had root before you updated go into settings manage applications clear app data for superuser.
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will there be any severe consequences if I screw up?
Use gingerbreak.
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TheToiletSpaula said:
Use gingerbreak.
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I've read that gingerbreak doesn't work with this version. I'll look it up though.
phobos512 said:
follow the procedure in the second link in my signature. Since you had root before you updated go into settings manage applications clear app data for superuser.
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^^^^^ only way to root gb and probably the best way if there are other methods
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^^^^^ only way to root gb and probably the best way if there are other methods
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cool, just one question. Am I supposed to have the device connected to my computer the whole time? and if not between which steps should I connect/ disconnect it? also, when I put the root.img in the C: folder, do I put the zip file or just the .img inside of it?
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Follow the procedure in the second link in my signature. Since you had root before you updated go into settings manage applications clear app data for superuser.
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If you are just trying to "root" your phone only, YES, this is the best method.
Thanks for posting this and providing the link in your signature. I was crapping myself reading the other post about how the new updates bricks your phone but no one said if you are just looking to root your stock OTA's you'll be fine. So, thanks again. They should sticky this under "If you are just running stock and want to root without unlocked BL/pudding use this"
PSY0NIC
PSY0NIC said:
If you are just trying to "root" your phone only, YES, this is the best method.
Thanks for posting this and providing the link in your signature. I was crapping myself reading the other post about how the new updates bricks your phone but no one said if you are just looking to root your stock OTA's you'll be fine. So, thanks again. They should sticky this under "If you are just running stock and want to root without unlocked BL/pudding use this"
PSY0NIC
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Since this is the 1st time I've seen some one say it this way....
If you are just trying to "root" your phone only, YES, this is the best method.
Brand new phone, all stock... just want root.... use gingerbreak?
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Hi all,
Renaissance613, can you post if you had success and if you ran into any problems? I have the same setup as you (2.3.4/4.5.91) and I'm nervous about rooting so soon after the update (I just installed it).
Also, I'm wondering if I will have to undo this root when another automatic update gets pushed down, or if it will just unroot like my gingerbreak root did. I don't have/intend to use any ROMs. I like stock phone with phone-pulled updates and rooted.
In any case, thanks for the link phobos512 - and thanks to this community of developers and users. You guys are awesome.
Hambone~
hambone123 said:
Hi all,
Renaissance613, can you post if you had success and if you ran into any problems? I have the same setup as you (2.3.4/4.5.91) and I'm nervous about rooting so soon after the update (I just installed it).
Also, I'm wondering if I will have to undo this root when another automatic update gets pushed down, or if it will just unroot like my gingerbreak root did. I don't have/intend to use any ROMs. I like stock phone with phone-pulled updates and rooted.
In any case, thanks for the link phobos512 - and thanks to this community of developers and users. You guys are awesome.
Hambone~
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I'm about to try it but I'm still confused about a few things like when exactly to connect or disconnect my phone and what to do after I've entered all the commands on my computer, will it install by itself? This is my first time rooting a phone, and my first time even owning an android so I want to make sure I know exactly what I'm doing
I hear you man, it's nerve wracking to worry that you're going to brick your phone. I did the gingerbreak on the last release and it worked perfectly. I'm sure this method will work fine as well, as you said I just want to be sure I'm doing the right thing for my goal: stock phone/downloaded updates/rooted. Best of luck, and thanks to anyone who gives us noobs some more reassurance.
this is by far the best method to root on gingerbread, but i dont see any reason to root but to only flash custom roms, i only needed root pre-GB to allow non market apps, and the new GB OTA UPDATE allows non market apps, so im pretty happy with wat i got, before i updated to the OTA GB i had BL unlocked and rooted, just flashed back to 1.2.6 to be rid of root and unlocked BL, then just went throught the OTA updates to get to GB and im loving it, dont really care to flash any other custom roms, BUT BEWARE DOING THE OTA TO GB AND UNLOCKING THE BL THEN TRYIN TO FLASH BACK TO A STOCK ROM WILL HARD BRICK SO DO YOUR RESEARCH so if u dont want a hard bricked phone dont do the ota stick to custom roms and ignore all OTA'S
so I got through the fastboot reboot command, phone booted back up automatically, then put the phone into debug. Then typed in the adb shell code and said the specified path could not be found.
Now I was still in the command prompt that said the c:/root
What did I do wrong?
So, adb says it is a bad path?? Do this instead..it is easier and it works -- I did it this way last night!
After "moto-fastboot reboot", once your phone has completely rebooted, go to the Android Market and download and install "Terminal Emulator." Once it is instslled and you have opened it, enter the EXACT SAME commands that you were going to type into the Adb Shell..once again, type in the commands VERBATIM. After the last command, there should be a message saying (in terminal emulator) that it was successful! Congrats, you have achieved root access on the AT&T issued stock Gingerbread 2.3.4 build! I hope it works for you!
~Eric
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this is by far the best method to root on gingerbread, but i dont see any reason to root but to only flash custom roms, i only needed root pre-GB to allow non market apps, and the new GB OTA UPDATE allows non market apps, so im pretty happy with wat i got.
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I'm very vanilla. I root pretty much entirely for free wireless tethering and being able to delete bloatware.
Hello everyone, I am still a little confused between what will or what will not brick my phone. I appreciate your responses.
I am still in froyo 2.2.2 (firmware 1.8.3), rooted using GladRoot method (rooted in previous firmware, then upgraded to 1.83 and used the AfterUpdate.bat.
I am afraid to do the updrade to GB because after reading a looot of threads here on this I am completely confused on what will brick my atrix and what not. If I upgrade to GB OTA, will that brick my phone? if it doesn't brick it, what does? if I upgrade to GB OTA will I able to root it? what method should I use?
thanks a lot
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Hello everyone, I am still a little confused between what will or what will not brick my phone. I appreciate your responses.
I am still in froyo 2.2.2 (firmware 1.8.3), rooted using GladRoot method (rooted in previous firmware, then upgraded to 1.83 and used the AfterUpdate.bat.
I am afraid to do the updrade to GB because after reading a looot of threads here on this I am completely confused on what will brick my atrix and what not. If I upgrade to GB OTA, will that brick my phone? if it doesn't brick it, what does? if I upgrade to GB OTA will I able to root it? what method should I use?
thanks a lot
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Updating to GB won't brick your phone. After updating to GB you can't down grade to older OS (like the one your on right now) that would brick your phone. So as long as you don't plan on going back to a past OS version (and I don't know why anyone would) you'll have no problems at all. As for Rooting >follow this link< and follow the instructions there after you update to GB. It works perfectly, you don't have to unlock your BL or anything else like that to just have Root on GB. Hope this helps.
Thanks!!! That was the response I was looking for
Now, what method should I use if I were planning to unlock the bootloader?
Also, if something goes wrong and I need to reinstall the upgrade (or better, flash with GB again with a spf file) will that not brick by atrix either?
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aroca1978 said:
Thanks!!! That was the response I was looking for
Now, what method should I use if I were planning to unlock the bootloader?
Also, if something goes wrong and I need to reinstall the upgrade (or better, flash with GB again with a spf file) will that not brick by atrix either?
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Click on the link below, that thread will give you the answers and files your looking for.
> Click Here <
Okay, here is the situation: I have an Atrix (obviously) that I rooted using the Gingerbreak.exe downloaded from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1046626. I just tried to update my phone to Gingerbread using the OTA update in About Phone and it failed; I’m assuming it is because I have rooted the device (if not please correct me and tell me what I did wrong). So I hopped onto these forums looking for a way to undo the root, or a way to get the update to work, and my eyes have glazed over. Could someone please tell me how to unroot my atrix before i use it as a hockey puck
I posted a thread very similar to this. You should look around.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1184199
Now honestly, I have no idea why it didnt let you update, since I used SuperOneClick with Gingerbreak and it seemed to work after updating, Didn't really test out any SU apps but I still had it. To think of it, It's kinda useless for me to state that, however it states success...
One of the options for you, since you are still on Froyo and apparently rooted are to install Gingerbreak 1.2. I'm not 100% sure if it will work, but i do know it can't harm your device.
After you install Gingerbreak 1.2, you should root again, then after the reboot, reopen the app and unroot. This method should be flawless since you did re-root with the app. But again, Not 100% sure. And right now you can unlock your bootloader and just start loading if you'd like. That is a much easier and safer way to do it. Plenty of tuts on Android Dev forum here.
lol don't worry about unrooting. I'll tell you that much.
It's not so much of a problem with root, but moreso the pre-test that accompanies the OTA. If you fail it because you use Titanium to clear out bloatware and stuff like that. even if you remove root, you still won't be able to upgrade. Instead, just use this method.
Just download the Automated Upgrade for PC Users and let your phone upgrade. All your data should still be there, but backup before just in case. Oh, and if you wanna root again after you upgrade (cause i mean, why WOULDN'T you want root?!), just use the preinstall method (hehe I'll leave this for you to search. it'll be good practice for the future, i promise =])
happy upgrading!
~jojojohnson7410~
Saying I still haven't mastered android would be a bit of an understatement. I always feel like I am missing stuff. I rooted my Atrix a while ago using gingerbreak. I now want to update to gingerbread. I used the gingerbreak unroot feature, then downloaded the update and attempted to run it. It did not work and I was terrified I had bricked it. Fortunately it does work now but it is still on 2.2.2.
Does anyone know where I could find a step by step guide on how to update a rooted Atrix, or to unroot it so that I can?
I have been searching but to no avail. I don't particularly care even if I have to flash to do it, although obviously this would not be the preferred route.
Flash a stock sbf of your same exact current build and then update or undo all the system.file changes you've done and hope it works.
Ie. Unfreeze apps, and undo any webtop mods.
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Flash a stock sbf of your same exact current build and then update or undo all the system.file changes you've done and hope it works.
Ie. Unfreeze apps, and undo any webtop mods.
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Unfreeze Apps! That's what I was forgetting. Thank you. I'm pretty sure I just bricked my phone though. I feel so dumb and lost on android, I have no idea why.
gigashadowwolf said:
Unfreeze Apps! That's what I was forgetting. Thank you. I'm pretty sure I just bricked my phone though. I feel so dumb and lost on android, I have no idea why.
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softbrick or hardbrick?