I was running a tricked-out (rooted [gingerbreak], tetherable, MIFI-hub enabled, sideloading, webtop-via-HDMI-only and others) Atrinx with Android v2.2.1 and Atrix build OLYFR_U4_1.5.7.
Everytime i tried updating to the next OTA update, the updater was always saying "updater not available - try again later".
I did a hardreset, now the update's pouring in. To the point that they are "forced" automatically in the background and automatically restarting the phone to "force update" my Atrix.
But then it gets stuck while trying to update it. (see pic)
then I have to hit the [OK] button a few times for the dotted line to continue for a reboot.
any ideas whats going on ? I highly would appreciate any help how to fix this.
thanks-a-thon in advanced
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You have to unfreeze any frozen apps if you want to accept an OTA. But I'm gonna go ahead and guess with all those mods you will have to flash back to stock SBF (before accepting an OTA).
WiredPirate said:
You have to unfreeze any frozen apps if you want to accept an OTA. But I'm gonna go ahead and guess with all those mods you will have to flash back to stock SBF (before accepting an OTA).
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Isnt that what the Hardreset is doing ? put it *all* back to stock the entire OS?
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Isnt that what the Hardreset is doing ? put it *all* back to stock the entire OS?
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No.
10char
did the SBF flashing, back to the "OLYFR_U4_1.5.2_SIGNED_OLPSATTSPE_P012_HWolympus_1g_1FF.sbf" which was successfully executed.
now it's telling me i am already "Your device is up to date - No update is necessary at this time", instead of pulling v1.5.7 and v1.8.3 OTA updates....
WTH ???
Did i miss something/did something wrong ? Everything appears to be working.
atlana said:
did the SBF flashing, back to the "OLYFR_U4_1.5.2_SIGNED_OLPSATTSPE_P012_HWolympus_1g_1FF.sbf" which was successfully executed.
now it's telling me i am already "Your device is up to date - No update is necessary at this time", instead of pulling v1.5.7 and v1.8.3 OTA updates....
WTH ???
Did i miss something/did something wrong ? Everything appears to be working.
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dumbass me - i used the "stock Atrix" SBF and not the "AT&T Atrix" SBF
atlana said:
dumbass me - i used the "stock Atrix" SBF and not the "AT&T Atrix" SBF
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Yup, 4.1.26 -> 4.1.57 -> 4.1.83
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Hey all, I'm running a rooted 2.1 Eris. I used the Eris one click root app and I'm running zanfur's Kernel. I didn't think I was supposed to be able to get OTA updates once rooted, but this morning I started recieving the annoying "update now" message. It comes back up every 30 minutes when I press "update later," so I'd kinda like to be able to fix that... What happens if I do the OTA update? Would I just have to re-root my phone afterwards? I was reading some speculation that the update may make re-rooting difficult... Either way, I'm clueless as to what I should do right now. Any suggestions? Thank you in advance!
It will keep bugging you and then it will do a force update. I say let it update then just reroot... sometimes the updates will start installing but because you are rooted it will fail and then go away
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It will keep bugging you and then it will do a force update. I say let it update then just reroot... sometimes the updates will start installing but because you are rooted it will fail and then go away
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Pretty sure this is what happened to mine this morning when I tried it. I didn't even think about, just hit "Continue" then realized it didn't work...
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Hey all, I'm running a rooted 2.1 Eris. I used the Eris one click root app and I'm running zanfur's Kernel. I didn't think I was supposed to be able to get OTA updates once rooted, but this morning I started recieving the annoying "update now" message. It comes back up every 30 minutes when I press "update later," so I'd kinda like to be able to fix that... What happens if I do the OTA update? Would I just have to re-root my phone afterwards? I was reading some speculation that the update may make re-rooting difficult... Either way, I'm clueless as to what I should do right now. Any suggestions? Thank you in advance!
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If you have a custom recovery on the phone (which would be the case with the One-Click app), then you can just hit "accept". The phone will reboot into recovery, as if it was going to do the update, but it will fail immediately in the recovery without causing any changes to occur. After that, you will not get update "nag" screens any longer.
If you want to be ultra-conservative about it, you can boot into recovery and make a Nandroid backup before you accept the update in the regular OS. Making backups regularly is a good practice anyway. Strictly speaking, it is not necessary in this particular case (and moreover, the saved state of that backup will have the "nag" behavior still present).
bftb0
Thank you!
Thank you everyone, I clicked "update now," and it wet to the boot screen, no problems. Thanks for putting my mind to ease before I did it.
Since I will be starting work next week and activating my Thunderbolt I had to return to stock & unroot
After following the instructions below....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1009423
I noticed after the first flash, that when I shutdown and started up in bootloader it automatically asked if I wanted to update and did so almost instantaneously....
I just wanted to know if there is anyway I can confirm that I'm back to stock and unrooted... Also will I be able to get the recent update from Verizon now that I returned to stock MR1?
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Since I will be starting work next week and activating my Thunderbolt I had to return to stock & unroot
After following the instructions below....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1009423
I noticed after the first flash, that when I shutdown and started up in bootloader it automatically asked if I wanted to update and did so almost instantaneously....
I just wanted to know if there is anyway I can confirm that I'm back to stock and unrooted... Also will I be able to get the recent update from Verizon now that I returned to stock MR1?
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Boot to bootloader and make sure S-on and no custom recovery.
Check rom for Superuser.apk
Make sure baseband matches mr1 baseband.
If bootloader wanted to update immediately, you probably left a radio PG05IMG.zip file on your sdcard. Delete it.
Yes, after returning to stock you should get the OTA. You can manually force a software update to check for OTA too.
after doing the first step, i removed the first pg05img and replaced it with the next steps file...so like i said, it just took an update and completed in seconds. I assume that was the restoring of the original bootloader. No superuser so no more root
I cant restart just yet to check if S is back ON b/c OTA update is taking FOREVER to download....setting up my screens in the meantime. Thanks bro
baseband updated?
Another quick question....
my baseband is 1.39.00.0627r, 0.01.69.0625r meanwhile this ad for the OTA verizon update has a different baseband listed, 1.39.00.0613w, 0.01.69.0613w_1
source:
http://www.techwafer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/HTC-ThunderBolt-software-update.jpg
Do i have the latest, whats the deal?
THANKS in advance!
bump...anyone??? above post
ace2525 said:
Another quick question....
my baseband is 1.39.00.0627r, 0.01.69.0625r meanwhile this ad for the OTA verizon update has a different baseband listed, 1.39.00.0613w, 0.01.69.0613w_1
source:
http://www.techwafer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/HTC-ThunderBolt-software-update.jpg
Do i have the latest, whats the deal?
THANKS in advance!
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The first baseband is the OTA MR2 Radio. I'm not sure about the other one.
Source:
http://support.vzw.com/system_update/thunderbolt.html
Hit "Benefits of Software Update" and it will show you the baseband.
I am ready to install the latest update to my x2, but i am currently rooted and have the pulldown toggle zip and crt animation on my device, as well as the supercharger script, i know its very easy to remove the supercharger script,but would the crt or pulldown effect the install? Anyone encountered this issue yet?
thanks for the help.
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I am ready to install the latest update to my x2, but i am currently rooted and have the pulldown toggle zip and crt animation on my device, as well as the supercharger script, i know its very easy to remove the supercharger script,but would the crt or pulldown effect the install? Anyone encountered this issue yet?
thanks for the help.
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In order for you to update your gonna have to sbf back to 2.3.3 if that's what your on. If not, then the update will fail because of the root. You will be able to update once you sbf & wipe data in stock recovery as well just to be safe. Hope that helps
Edit: this is for if you are trying to get the ota...sorry I should clarified that first
thanks for the help that basically clears it all up, seeing as im fairly happy with it right now im going to leave well enough alone, when they roll out a bigger update i will consider it, thats what i figured i was going to have to do.
amancini92292 said:
thanks for the help that basically clears it all up, seeing as im fairly happy with it right now im going to leave well enough alone, when they roll out a bigger update i will consider it, thats what i figured i was going to have to do.
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Just use titanium backup then and back to stock, do the update and reload ur apps. Takes all of about an hour, tops.
Droid X2 - Eclipse v1.0
yeah i have all of that done already, i might give it a try, thanks
Rp...I don't think it will fail just due to root. U WILLA lose ur root.
It most likely WILL fail due to the mods/or rom u run due to missing files that are necessary.
if u are stock rooted I think it would work...but either way good idea to go back bone stock just to avoid any issues altogether
im running the completely stock rom, removing the script i have isnt an issue what so ever, is there any way to remove installed zips that were installed in the recovery?
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Rp...I don't think it will fail just due to root. U WILLA lose ur root.
It most likely WILL fail due to the mods/or rom u run due to missing files that are necessary.
if u are stock rooted I think it would work...but either way good idea to go back bone stock just to avoid any issues altogether
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True always better to be safe than sorry
if your on stock and you want to return your animations to stock you could possibly extract framework-res.apk from /system/framework/ of the stock gingerbread and push it via adb to your phone or you could use root explorer to do so as well. that should erase your mods to animations. and you'll most likely have to reboot after. but animations should retrun to stock after, than unroot and take the ota. but its never a bad idea just to go to bone stock via sbf as rp076 suggested
For taking off the toggles u can just flash the stock notification zip from one of those threads I think it is there somewhere. Or ask the creator of the toggle zip u flashed for the stock one...
But ur safest bet is sbf and data wipe. It's not hard to do at all and is just a good thing to know how to do
I recovered my stock rooted backup from eclipse .8 and took the OTA no problem. You will lose root but Pete's one click will work to root again. You won't lose any apps.
Sent from my eclipsed DROID X2 using xda premium
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In order for you to update your gonna have to sbf back to 2.3.3 if that's what your on. If not, then the update will fail because of the root. You will be able to update once you sbf & wipe data in stock recovery as well just to be safe. Hope that helps
Edit: this is for if you are trying to get the ota...sorry I should clarified that first
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Steve125 said:
I recovered my stock rooted backup from eclipse .8 and took the OTA no problem. You will lose root but Pete's one click will work to root again. You won't lose any apps.
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Why do people keep thinking that just because you have root you have to SBF.. Root has nothing to do with the OTA update..
If you try and it fails it's not due to root, it would have to do with something frozen, or you have OTA Blocked with Rom Manager, or something else changed...
Of all the phones out there I can't think of any (ever) that have blocked OTA updates just because of root access.. In fact OTA Blocking had been added in to Rom Manger a few years back to prevent the OTA updates so people wouldn't update and lose root on updates that were not rooted yet.
On a side note, why would you SBF to 2.3.3 instead of just going to 2.3.4? You're just adding an extra step there. That would be like flashing back to Froyo SBF (what's the point?) if you want 2.3.4 GB..
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Why do people keep thinking that just because you have root you have to SBF.. Root has nothing to do with the OTA update..
If you try and it fails it's not due to root, it would have to do with something frozen, or you have OTA Blocked with Rom Manager, or something else changed...
Of all the phones out there I can't think of any (ever) that have blocked OTA updates just because of root access.. In fact OTA Blocking had been added in to Rom Manger a few years back to prevent the OTA updates so people wouldn't update and lose root on updates that were not rooted yet.
On a side note, why would you SBF to 2.3.3 instead of just going to 2.3.4? You're just adding an extra step there. That would be like flashing back to Froyo SBF (what's the point?) if you want 2.3.4 GB..
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Calm down killa...just stating what I know thru past experiences & I'm not the only one who's had the problem before. When the 2.3.3 update first came out I couldn't update because my phone still was rooted, NOTHING FROZEN OR REMOVED. I read in other threads at the time that sbf'ing was the way to fix the problem. Once i did that, i was able to get the update installed successfully. Its not a wrong procedure, but a way to be sure to get a clean install. And as for flashing back, I was saying to do that if he wanted the ota
Side note...rom manager isn't or hasn't even been available yet for this phone ...surely you knew that
Ok, I know there are a lot of posts already on updating to 2.3.6 and root, but there appears to be a lot of different situations and limited information that is causing me some confusion.
So, what I want to do is get some clear details about probably the second most common situation: A Motorola Atrix 4G running the stock ROM with root access and an unlocked bootloader.
With regards to updating, aside from the obvious actions (i.e. TiBu, maybe a Nandroid), is there anything else that needs to be done to perform the update?
Additionally, I would like to keep root/unlocked even with the update, but I am willing to re-do root after the update. I can't find clear information on what methods work to keep root or to restore root after updating.
That is pretty much all that I am trying to do. I can not afford to brick my phone, so I want to make sure that I understand everything before I update.
P.S. Curse Motorola and it's stupid locked bootloaders!
I'm in the same shoes and looking to do the same thing...I want to keep root, not brick my phone...Apply the 141 update. I don't mind a little work (re-root, re-modify some files)
I'm running an unlocked bootloader, AT&T Atrix with 4.5.91 which is rooted with some custom changes (tethering, 2g/3g toggle, unlock APNs, agps)
Seems it could be possible to rebuild Blur_Version_91.4.5.141.MB860ATT.en.US available from Motorola and exclude the bootloader portions to keep the phone from bricking?
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I'm in the same shoes and looking to do the same thing...I want to keep root, not brick my phone...Apply the 141 update. I don't mind a little work (re-root, re-modify some files)
I'm running an unlocked bootloader, AT&T Atrix with 4.5.91 which is rooted with some custom changes (tethering, 2g/3g toggle, unlock APNs, agps)
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Yeah, I used the script that applied the tethering/hotspot tweak. That's about it. I haven't had to use any agps or anything, it's got amazing gps as it is.
Glad I'm not the only one though
If you have a stock rom unlocked bootloader with root don't do the ota update.I just soft bricked my phone.
Sadly, I did just that. I just wasn't paying attention.
Update: resorted to a factory reset. Now I have 2.3.6 running. Just going to take some time to restore my apps and settings.
Looks like I'm in the same boat. What's the best way to recover from a soft-brick in this situation?
thatguy193 said:
If you have a stock rom unlocked bootloader with root don't do the ota update.I just soft bricked my phone.
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Yeah, this is exactly why I have asked. I read at least one post somewhere where someone tried both the SD Card and the OTA update and the SD didn't work, but the 2nd OTA try did. I don't know if they said they had unlocked or not.
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Yeah, this is exactly why I have asked. I read at least one post somewhere where someone tried both the SD Card and the OTA update and the SD didn't work, but the 2nd OTA try did. I don't know if they said they had unlocked or not.
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Well I found this threadhttp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1498856 was trying the auto updater as suggested but my phone wont stay on long enough for it to work.It does the auto shutdown and tries re-installing the OTA update which gives me the android triangle guy.
I recently made an update of my Atrix 4G's System from 2.3.4 to 2.3.6.
My 2.3.4 version was unlocked and rooted. It is on ATT.
Initially I received a notification in my phone about the new System update available. I tried three times OTA, but each time the process failed. When it was booting up always gave me the Android Icon with an Exclamation mark inside of a triangle. But nothing else happens. My phone continued working but with the 2.3.4 version.
Then I went to this page:
Because I haven't less than 8 post in this site I can't post any URL.
But, go for the "Motorola software update" in the Motorola's web page or Google it and get it.
And installed the "Motorola Software update" application. I had to restart my PC in order to make the software to recognize and connect to my Atrix 4G. When the Atrix was connected, by USB port, I had to select the "Windows media Sync" in the USB connection options list to make the connection to work.
Then, all that I had to do was wait until the process got completed.
I hadn't see nothing different with the new update.
I conserved my "unlocked" condition but I lost my "Rooted" condition. But that is not a big issue, there are several thread in the web that help you to get rooted again.
Hope this can help, It works for me.
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I conserved my "unlocked" condition but I lost my "Rooted" condition. But that is not a big issue, there are several thread in the web that help you to get rooted again.
Hope this can help, It works for me.
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You have an unlocked bootloader? Or sim-unlocked phone?
I'm in the same situation of @cjfermin and the 2.3.6 was flashed without any problem.
Of course I've lost ROOT, but I've followed simple instructions on the web (using Fasboot) and I've re-rooted the Atrix in 3 minutes.
PS: my Atrix was/is sim-unlocked and with unlocked bootloader.
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I'm in the same situation of @cjfermin and the 2.3.6 was flashed without any problem.
Of course I've lost ROOT, but I've followed simple instructions on the web (using Fasboot) and I've re-rooted the Atrix in 3 minutes.
PS: my Atrix was/is sim-unlocked and with unlocked bootloader.
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Thanks, that is exactly what I was needing to find out. I've heard yes and no's on different re-rooting methods. Could you link the one that you used? I was thinking about using Gingerbreak or OneClickRoot
I was trying to apply the OTA 4.5.141, on my rooted AT&T Motorola Atrix stock rom 2.3.4 and after the first reboot, following the instructions from the update, I am getting the message “failed to boot 2 starting rds mode” and just sit there. After removing the battery and booting up again, the phone seems to booting up normally and then when the phone finishes loading most of the widgets, I get a message saying “turning off” and the same cycle keeps repeating.
This is my primary phone and I am really desperate right now and I do not know what to do.
Please I need some help,
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Could you link the one that you used?
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Here: http://www.android-advice.com/2012/root-the-motorola-atrix-4g-running-4-5-141/
Hope that helps you!
Alverik said:
I was trying to apply the OTA 4.5.141, on my rooted AT&T Motorola Atrix stock rom 2.3.4 and after the first reboot, following the instructions from the update, I am getting the message “failed to boot 2 starting rds mode” and just sit there. After removing the battery and booting up again, the phone seems to booting up normally and then when the phone finishes loading most of the widgets, I get a message saying “turning off” and the same cycle keeps repeating.
This is my primary phone and I am really desperate right now and I do not know what to do.
Please I need some help,
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Ok, is your bootloader unlocked as well? I googled the "failed to boot 2 starting RSD mode" that you mentioned and there are a number of posts on it from over the years. It seems that you may need to flash a SBF file, but I don't know enough about your situation to competently tell you more than that.
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Ok, is your bootloader unlocked as well? I googled the "failed to boot 2 starting RSD mode" that you mentioned and there are a number of posts on it from over the years. It seems that you may need to flash a SBF file, but I don't know enough about your situation to competently tell you more than that.
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I am on stock rom 2.3.4 and have only rooted my phone nothing else. It seems that because it was a rooted phone the update could not finish the process.
Now I don’t know what to do.
Should I try to flash to 2.3.4 using RDS lite and then update using OTA 4.5.141 or flash using 4.5.141 (I don’t know where to find it)?
Help please, this is my only phone.
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I am on stock rom 2.3.4 and have only rooted my phone nothing else. It seems that because it was a rooted phone the update could not finish the process.
Now I don’t know what to do.
Should I try to flash to 2.3.4 using RDS lite and then update using OTA 4.5.141 or flash using 4.5.141 (I don’t know where to find it)?
Help please, this is my only phone.
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If the only thing you've ever done to the phone is root then flashing the official 2.3.4 (not fruitcake) with RSDlite and then applying the 141 OTA update should be ok. Things to note:
1) Make sure the phone is fully charged
2) Apply the 141 OTA update from sd card. Go to motorola's website . I've had mixed results when applying previous updates when downloading over wifi.
3) Be VERY sure you've done nothing else to your phone other than root, i.e. unlock, mess with the bootloader and/or recovery (unlock, ROMs).
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If the only thing you've ever done to the phone is root then flashing the official 2.3.4 (not fruitcake) with RSDlite and then applying the 141 OTA update should be ok. Things to note:
1) Make sure the phone is fully charged
2) Apply the 141 OTA update from sd card. Go to motorola's website . I've had mixed results when applying previous updates when downloading over wifi.
3) Be VERY sure you've done nothing else to your phone other than root, i.e. unlock, mess with the bootloader and/or recovery (unlock, ROMs).
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The only thing that I have done other than rooting my phone it’s unlocking the sim card.
I don't have a SIM unlocked phone, so I can't with 100% certainty say you will be ok. You should be fine though. Maybe others with SIM unlocked phones will chime in.
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I don't have a SIM unlocked phone, so I can't with 100% certainty say you will be ok. You should be fine though. Maybe others with SIM unlocked phones will chime in.
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I am not able to copy the update file to the SD card because I get a message saying “turning off” a little bit after the phone loads the sd card and then I get the "failed to boot 2 starting RSD mode" and after that the only way to take it out of that mode, it’s by removing the battery.
What options do I have now?
Thank you,
Hi all,
My AT&T Atrix is running 4.5.91. I unrooted it to update to 4.5.141 OTA (I understood it was risky to do an OTA update while rooted).
After I finished downloading the update, I started installing but during installation, the package icon changed to a warning icon (with no error message) and the phone rebooted on 4.5.91 with a message saying the update failed
I think the package may have been corrupted in the download as it was interrupted. Although, I did try this 3 times (redownloading each time)
Any tips?
Thanks
You must have frozen and/or deleted some Blur apps as well as being rooted. Unless you have all the stock files from the firmware you are updating from, the install will fail.
I have unrooted the phone
However, I did use the "integrate system apps updates into ROM" option on TB.
I did not freeze anything
Will this work:
http://www.motorola.com/Support/US-EN/Atrix+Upgrade/Atrix-Gingerbread-Update
If not, what must I do?
Edit: Oh, and I also have AdFree installed and enabled. Should I revert?
mickeycohen said:
I have unrooted the phone
However, I did use the "integrate system apps updates into ROM" option on TB.
I did not freeze anything
Will this work:
http://www.motorola.com/Support/US-EN/Atrix+Upgrade/Atrix-Gingerbread-Update
If not, what must I do?
Edit: Oh, and I also have AdFree installed and enabled. Should I revert?
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The sd card method will fail for you as well. Undo everything that required root access, including adfree...not sure if it will restore the modified files back to stock though, never used that app.
Exactly what happened to me. Successfully updated using Motorola Software Update
Hi
You have succeeded?
I am stuck for months trying to do this update...
It's absolutely frustrating...
I actually stopped trying. I got a RAZR a few weeks after I started this thread...
I might unlock the BL and install some ROMs to play with the Atrix but basically I don't use it anymore...
Anyway, I think the problem I was having was because I integrated updates into the ROM and I don't think it can be undone
Bootloader Unlocked?
If your bootloader is unlocked the update will most likely not work. Regardless, the link below has some useful information.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1501532