I am still on the older HKTW 2.3.4 and now that the newer ATT leaked 2.3.4 is out there i would like to know the best way to flash it? And by best i mean safest . I know there have been a lot of bricked atrix's, so any help is greatly appreciated!
Additional info:
I have installed Clockwork recovery
I have rooted it
Thanks
The best way is to use Ken's cwm zip. The danger is in updating using the orange pulled from moto servers and then trying to sbf back to an earlier build.
Ken's rom and Dorian's red pill rom are both fantastic.
Edit: This assumes you have the unlocked CWM, which I would guess is the case since you are on HKTW.
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so can i just flash dorians redpill over my hktw 2.3.4, because he says you can do it if you are already on 2.3.4 but i am not sure if it will only work if you are on Kenns 2.3.4. WOuld the safest method be to flash back to 1.8.3, then unlock the bootloader and flash back to kenns 2.3.4 then to dorians redpill?
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I have 1.83 rooted and i flashed gingerblur, I now want to flash greyblur instead. Can I just flash it right over Gingerblur? Or do i need to wipe data first or install a fresh sbf and flash it over that?
Thanks
It worked when I flashed gingerblur over greyblur so I'm assuming vise versa would work. Worst case scenario you would have to sbf flash back to stock.
I'm running 4.1.83 and greyblur worked for me but switched to gingerblur because it supports 4.1.83. According to the op of the greyblur thread it was meant to support 1.5.2. I'm waiting for an update before I flash back to greyblur.
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I too am patiently waiting for Greyblur .83. I loved what Kennethpenn did with it. I am all the way back to .83 rooted but running stock ROM till I get Greyblur back.
So does greyblur not work with 1.83? If I flash it over gingerblur 3.1 on 1.83 will it work correctly. I find gingerblur to have bad battery life compared to stock.
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That would be a question best asked of Kennethpenn. I do not think it will work but I am also not the best person to answer.
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I unlocked the bootloader of my atrix and flashed thed HKTW GB. And then I flashed the navaylnt's mod. I'm still on GingerBread but then my system version is 4.1.83. Is there something wrong? What system version should I have?
I seem to recall the HKTW not changing the system version. Although it does change the Android version. I flashed it a while ago but couldn't get things working. I would definitely recommend just flashing this version of GB if you're on AT&T:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1159385
It works great and the system version should 4.5.91
On htkw build it stays at 1.8.3
The new gb by kenneth will change from 1.8.3 to 4.5.91
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anyway.....my adb ability and fastboot ability has mysteriously disappeared
ever since I started using cherryblur (V0.4d IIRC)
the dev (navalyt) suggested me to sbf or flash back to stock.
whats currently the safest way for me to go back to froyo?
cheers
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Use a froyo CWM fruit cake. Wipe before and after.
If all else fails, flash a 2.3.4 sbf with pudding.
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xploited said:
Use a froyo CWM fruit cake. Wipe before and after.
If all else fails, flash a 2.3.4 sbf with pudding.
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If fruit capes fail then use RSD to flash gingerbread and pudding right?
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IF you have cherryblur that means you are unlocked..
probably you have and news tenfar port of CWM or the official via Rom Manager..
right?
i think cherryblur is only by cwm flashable and not fastboot(no need to)
so.. the safest way.. is CWM zips..
make a backup of what you are right now..
and then flash a fruit cake of froyo.. or maybe an old backup if you had before you went on 2.3 ..
AVOID sbf's..
If the contain bootloader stuff, you are screwed!
droid_does said:
If fruit capes fail then use RSD to flash gingerbread and pudding right?
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Fruit cake shouldn't fail. It should flash without problems. I meant, if fruit cake doesn't fix your problem, only THEN use RSD to flash 2.3.4 sbf with pudding. (You are unlocked, right?)
Paschalis said:
IF you have cherryblur that means you are unlocked..
probably you have and news tenfar port of CWM or the official via Rom Manager..
right?
i think cherryblur is only by cwm flashable and not fastboot(no need to)
so.. the safest way.. is CWM zips..
make a backup of what you are right now..
and then flash a fruit cake of froyo.. or maybe an old backup if you had before you went on 2.3 ..
AVOID sbf's..
If the contain bootloader stuff, you are screwed!
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tenfar's unlocked CWM
xploited said:
Fruit cake shouldn't fail. It should flash without problems. I meant, if fruit cake doesn't fix your problem, only THEN use RSD to flash 2.3.4 sbf with pudding. (You are unlocked, right?)
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unlocked yup
cheerio, I'll give it a shot tonight
heya dudes
sorry to revive thsi thread
tried to use a froyo fruit cake to flash back to froyo...BUT in the middle of flashing the zip it popped up a warning "noob check: build prop...olyATT" or something along those lines.
is that because my build prop is showing the french version of the atrix instead? cherryblur 1.3 is based on the france ROM...soo editing the build prop shoudl fix my problem?
I have an 2.3.4 AT&T device that I have installed romracer CWM, rooted, and unlocked. But I would like to use a UK retail rom/fruitcake on it.
I'm not sure which download I should be using, help me please
pick whatever fruitcake you want, then also download a custom kernal, such as faux123 stock enhanced.
Install the fruitcake then the kernal
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Is bootstrap recovery the same as clockwork recovery? Are they one and the same?
Also I'm on kernal 2.3.4 do I have to do anything special if I want to load a 2.3.5 rom?
Sorry I'm new to playing around with motorola phones.
I thought they were the same when I first started hacking my phone. But it turns out they are not the same.
As for updating your phone to 2.3.5, if you are on stock 2.3.4, all you need to do is root your phone, install bootstrap recovery and flash the 2.3.5 ROM using bootstrap recovery.
There is a nice guide someone put together in the dev. Section.
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Basically, yes - those recoveries a almost the same. They are both used in the same way, which is to backup/restore, wipe data and flash a ROM. So there's no real difference.
As for the 2.3.4 kernel. SOME people can get away with flashing a 2.3.5 based ROM on their 2.3.4, others can't. Either way, I'd recommend just updating to 2.3.5 to safe. Plus (to me), 2.3.5 seems smoother and faster.
To Update to 2.3.5, just download the update.zip from here: http://www.multiupload.com/0ZT7FTOW0R
This is just the update file, so all you need to do is flash that, but I won't get into much about that.
If you need a guide on updating it, then you can look at this one right here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1391824
That's the one I used.
Ok so I'm currently on Molten 2.2 wich is a 2.3.4 romand was looking at liberty rom wich is 2.3.5 rom. So all I would need to do is just clear the needed data and flash it like any other rom?
The reason for asking about if it was clockwork was because in one of the roms the instructions says to use clockwork and I never saw a like to clockwork in the dev section
Yes I looked in the stickies first and these were just the questions that popped up that I didn't see the answer to it. I may have just over looked it but I figured I would ask before I borked my phone lol
looks like while I was writing a responce some one answered lol thank you all for your help
U don't need to root to install 2.3.5
It is signed by moto so we can flash in stock recovery
(actually that's how you SHOULD FLASH 2.3.5)
And our BSR is a hacked/ported cwm
To update to 2.3.5 you WILL need to be STOCK (you CAN be rooted but it will take away root when u flash it....just root again with zergrush...)
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Ok so I'm currently on Molten 2.2 wich is a 2.3.4 romand was looking at liberty rom wich is 2.3.5 rom.
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Just so you know, Liberty is a 2.3.4 rom. Have a look at the OP in that thread. If you're on Molten, just wipe data and cache and you should be set.