Once the Offical 2.3.4 update is out how would we go about rooting the phone. i have read other post about gingerbreak not working.
Use SuperOneClickv1.7-ShortFuse ..
You will need to use the preinstall method.
http://briefmobile.com/motorola-atrix-4g-root
Ken's site give pretty decent instructions under the Gingerbread section.
biggins1870 said:
You will need to use the preinstall method.
http://briefmobile.com/motorola-atrix-4g-root
Ken's site give pretty decent instructions under the Gingerbread section.
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Will this work with 2.3.4 stock too?
also do you need to have the boot loader unlocked too? I hope not
Yes it works with stock, no you don't need to unlock the bootloader.
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so FINALLY its out OTA, its amazing! Keyboard owns, as does the weather widget and google maps! So how do you root this? Also, how do I know if the bootloader is unlocked? I just downloaded and installed it. I want my adfree android already!
Happy GB!
DiamondJay20 said:
so FINALLY its out OTA, its amazing! Keyboard owns, as does the weather widget and google maps! So how do you root this? Also, how do I know if the bootloader is unlocked? I just downloaded and installed it. I want my adfree android already!
Happy GB!
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Guess which forum this belongs in? (Hint: Not this one.)
I know! I know! The Q&A forum.
Bootloader is not unlocked. You have to go through the unlocking methods (flashing pudding, fastboot, oem unlock etc).
For root, you'll have to do the cwm root zip someone posted or the preinstall method. You can find it through searching the dev. forum or looking at the n00b faq that it's in the stickies.
To root all you need to do is do the preinstall method found in the dev forums. Works fine. If you need help shoot me a message.
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been trying to run GingerBreak v1.2, waited and waited, nothing happens.
I am on 1.83 rooted with GladAtrix V4. If I update to 1.91, can re root with "After Update"?
Thanks much
kumar_r100 said:
been trying to run GingerBreak v1.2, waited and waited, nothing happens.
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Gingerbreak will not work on 4.5.91. You need to either flash the preinstall img or flash cwm and root zip.
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To be honest, I have root. I did Gingerbreak 1.2 about a week ago and rooted my phone, heard about OTA, Updated, and still have root. Dunno if anybody else did that but it worked for me.
GuerillaZhou said:
Gingerbreak will not work on 4.5.91. You need to either flash the preinstall img or flash cwm and root zip.
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guess i have to wait for new root method then.
here ppl, just did it myself
http://briefmobile.com/motorola-atrix-4g-root
gnahc79 said:
here ppl, just did it myself
http://briefmobile.com/motorola-atrix-4g-root
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At what point in those directions does one actually install the update? Between which steps? At the end?
Do the fastboot and su stuff after you apply the OTA update.
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After you apply the OTA update.
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Got it thanks
didn't work for me
when i in adb shell
/preinstall/dosu
bash: groups: command not found
kumar_r100 said:
didn't work for me
when i in adb shell
/preinstall/dosu
bash: groups: command not found
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keep going, I got that too and thought it was not working.
yup it works. thx for your help
Anybody try Gladroot yet?
I'm on Bell so count me out...
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Good work !
only use the preinstall img method if your are on the gingerbread build. in fact this is a very universal method for all versions.
GingerBreak or Gladiroot are limited to older versions; they will not work on the new build at all.
what would be the correct process for this procedure? I'd prefer to do motorola's official release, but I really just don't know what the method I should follow is.
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Flash 2.3.4 + pudding from the2dcour
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Bump -____-
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mramirezusa said:
Flash 2.3.4 + pudding from the2dcour
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Which should I flash, the Dev section is a swamp of wtf to me right now, and should I flash it with RSD Lite?
the Dev section is a swamp of wtf to me right now
lol... well said... lol
I did this last night myself.
HOW TO FLASH A SBF:
The Motorola Atrix 4G SBF Thread. This is your fall back, you flash this if you screwed yourself, wanna go back to stock, or you just wanna try it out. Make sure you pick the right sbf file too, don’t go flashing a Latin America sbf on a US AT&T Atrix. Currently there are 3 U.S. Motorola sbf files you should be concerned about: 1.2.6, 1.5.7 and 1.8.3 (w/ 2.3.3 coming soon!)
Motorola Atrix Firmware Super Thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1125944
Here are instructions for flashing a sbf file to your device. These particular instructions were for 1.2.6 sbf, but also apply to all other .sbf files. Ready carefully & make sure you have all the prerequisite files, programs, drivers, etc:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=991072
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Texasyoungin said:
I did this last night myself.
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Were you on gingerblur? And which one did you flash? I want unlocked Gingerbread
Since there was a lack of help, I put on my big boy pants and tried it, and it worked perfectly.
Was on Gingerblur 4.5, i unlocked with kennethpenn's method
http://briefmobile.com/how-to-unlock-the-atrix-4g-bootloader
and then flashed this sbf using rsd lite:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1182526
I was in a similar situation.... I flashed straight from locked bootloader stock 1.83 to gingerbread + pudding sbf. I have not unlocked bootloader from there because I have no reason too.
So for anyone with a similar question, you DO NOT need to unlock your bootloader before flashing the gingerbread + pudding SBF! Just flash that and you get gingerbread, plus the ability to unlock in the future.
Hi guys, I had been running gingerblur on my atrix since the first beta release but wanted to take part in the 2.3.4 soak test so I wiped and updated OTA. I am still running stock 4.5.91 and would like to unlock so I can move back to a custom rom (probably Alien) but I have no clue where to start. This is my first android phone, no past experience with unlocked bootloaders. I am sure there are more than just myself in the same boat so if anyone would be willing to write up a tutorial for those of us on stock 2.3.4 that will allow us to get unlocked, rooted, and up and running with some custom roms that would be amazing.
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Hi guys, I had been running gingerblur on my atrix since the first beta release but wanted to take part in the 2.3.4 soak test so I wiped and updated OTA. I am still running stock 4.5.91 and would like to unlock so I can move back to a custom rom (probably Alien) but I have no clue where to start. This is my first android phone, no past experience with unlocked bootloaders. I am sure there are more than just myself in the same boat so if anyone would be willing to write up a tutorial for those of us on stock 2.3.4 that will allow us to get unlocked, rooted, and up and running with some custom roms that would be amazing.
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Your bible.. ;-) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1154600
Vangelis13 said:
Your bible.. ;-) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1154600
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I went through this thread, it seems a bit dated. A few 404 links too:
Simple Guide to Install the New CWM Recovery: (if you have questions about this, ask them in the proper thread and not here. This is my post from that thread)
1) Unlock your bootloader first:
See Here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1136261
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^ example of one
dcarpenter85 said:
I went through this thread, it seems a bit dated. A few 404 links too:
^ example of one
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Fine, I'll spell it out then.. Unlock your bootloader http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1136261
Now you have two steps to go, easy enough to figure out in the Development forum.
I purchased my Atrix 4G recently, running Gingerbread, and every procedure I've tried has failed. I tried unlocking it and all I got was oem unlock not implemented. I did not try the Froyo-specific procedured as I heard they could brick your device. I'm not sure but maybe this is because the phone was bought running Froyo, then the previous owner must have updated it to Gingerbread himself, that's why they aren't working. How would I go about unlocking and rooting my Atrix? Please provide detailed instructions, I'm quite new to this..
To unlock, Grab and use IHOP from the XDA Atrix development section. That's what you need to unlock.
The root from Briefmobile's website has worked for everyone here on GB.
I'm on my phone so I don't have any links, but I'm sure if you Google - root Gingerbread briefmobile - it will take you there...
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AT&T ?
Run this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1182871
International ?
Read everything : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1136261
If you only want to root:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1255548
i just traded my xperia play for a motorola atrix, and the android version is 2.3.6, can you root and unlock the bootloader to flash custom roms from 2.3.6 at the moment?
http://briefmobile.com/how-to-unlock-the-atrix-4g-bootloader yep and welcome to the atrix forums
may i suggest first things firs install
android sdk on your pc
it has adb and the fastboot stuff we use alot and can communicate to the atrix
when the atrix gets messed up or just
to help unlock the bootloader with fastboot also
it would be great if ya can include phone
specs but DO NOT include stuff like imei but the other stuff in about settings-about phone
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See Noob guide (link in sig).
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so... from what i understand, i have to downgrade my firmware first? and is it the same method for 2.3.6 as 2.3.4
Swiftks said:
See Noob guide (link in sig).
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for the automatic bootloader unlock, do i choose 2.3.4 as the option? 2.3.6 isnt one
keep getting bootloader oem unlock is not implemented
sofar these methods have not worked, i just getting, " bootloader oem unlock is not implemented"
Swiftks said:
See Noob guide (link in sig).
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RSDLite gives me error " Failde flashing process: unable to retrive interface handle (0x7027); phone connected."
I would follow the pudding OP. Flash the unlock only sbf file, boot into fastboot and enter the fastboot commands. .sbf files can be trickey and there at helpful hints to curve sbf flashing problems in my noob guide.
As far a the automatic unlock... the Android version doesn't matter so much as your firmware version. 2.3.4 & 2.3.6 are both 4.5.91 firmware I believe. But still suggest using the pudding OP as a guide.
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I saw tour post in my thread... that's funny that you claim none of the unlock methods work, b/c what I think you meant to say was that they don't work for you.
How do you think hundreds or thousands of people have unlocked their bootloader? Do you think there's some secret super easy way we just aren't telling you about?
I helped someone unlock their bootloader this afternoon with nothing but the instructions in the Pudding thread OP. Check out the conversation in Rom Racers recovery thread. I'm chalking up your problems to user error.
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Swiftks said:
I would follow the pudding OP. Flash the unlock only sbf file, boot into fastboot and enter the fastboot commands. .sbf files can be trickey and there at helpful hints to curve sbf flashing problems in my noob guide.
As far a the automatic unlock... the Android version doesn't matter so much as your firmware version. 2.3.4 & 2.3.6 are both 4.5.91 firmware I believe. But still suggest using the pudding OP as a guide.
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I saw tour post in my thread... that's funny that you claim none of the unlock methods work, b/c what I think you meant to say was that they don't work for you.
How do you think hundreds or thousands of people have unlocked their bootloader? Do you think there's some secret super easy way we just aren't telling you about?
I helped someone unlock their bootloader this afternoon with nothing but the instructions in the Pudding thread OP. Check out the conversation in Rom Racers recovery thread. I'm chalking up your problems to user error.
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i got it to work, but its because everyone lacked the mention wheather they were on 2.3.6 or not.... nobody told me it was the same firmware, anyways i unlocked it and flashed recovery, and then flashed a ROM ( neutrino's) and now im stuck and motorola boot screen
tutchthesky7 said:
i got it to work, but its because everyone lacked the mention wheather they were on 2.3.6 or not.... nobody told me it was the same firmware, anyways i unlocked it and flashed recovery, and then flashed a ROM ( neutrino's) and now im stuck and motorola boot screen
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Did you factory reset / wipe data, and clear cache partition & dalvik cache in recovery before you flashed?
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i got it to work, but its because everyone lacked the mention wheather they were on 2.3.6 or not.... nobody told me it was the same firmware, anyways i unlocked it and flashed recovery, and then flashed a ROM ( neutrino's) and now im stuck and motorola boot screen
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all i had to do was switch my recovery to CWM and wipe/install and it works fine now
tutchthesky7 said:
i got it to work, but its because everyone lacked the mention wheather they were on 2.3.6 or not.... nobody told me it was the same firmware, anyways i unlocked it and flashed recovery, and then flashed a ROM ( neutrino's) and now im stuck and motorola boot screen
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Which method did you have success with?
dont forget to delete the install-recovery.sh in system/etc or you
cant boot into recoveryat startup
and only through rom manager :sly:
I'm running in to the same problem!
I can't get my Bell Atrix 2.3.6 to unlock bootloader
Tried following the pudding noob link but I ran into the problem where RSD lite detected it as "SE Flash Olympus" instead of "NS Flash Olympus"
As I continued reading other ppl's posts down the page, ppl are suggesting project cheesecake or the other link to do the sbf flash which doesn't work for BELL anyways ...
I'm not ready to go with project cheesecake yet cause the directions aren't so straight forward ... (step#3. Using root explorer move those files into their correct places (just follow folder setup, where they came from is where they go) Just where is these "correct places" are?
My device is already rooted and I think this is the only thing stopping me from flashing my rom to CM7
Please help ...
Getting super frustrated!
sorry missed a few posts somehow...
Hi i'm in the same boat, i don't want even try to unlock until i'm sure, my Atrix have 2.3.6 the firm version is not a 4.5.91 is 4.5.2A-51_OLL-48 so i don't want to mess up, i only want the battery fix in CWM, but i understand is only for unlocked phones. Thanks for the help.
Same here. After a lot of reading I am totally confused.
All the guides for unlocking the bootloader are for 2.3.4 / 4.5.91.
My virgin Atrix has stock Bell 2.3.6..
Under Build number it says 4.5.2A-51_OLL-17.8
System Version 45.21.78.MB860.BellMobility.en.CA
Baseband N_01.07.05P
Does this mean that I can still safely unlock the bootloader using pudding's guide and the instructions for unlocking the bootloader on 2.3.4 / 4.5.91 ?
It seems that I am not the only one asking this question.
Someone please clarify that once and for all!
A million THANKS in advance!
Same here
I have the same Question, I have a rooted Atrix 4G no Bootloader unlocked
Android Version 2.3.6..
Build number 4.5.2A-51_OLL-48
System Version 45.2.48.MB860.Latam.en.01
Somebody knows if is safe use the Only unlocker sbf for International for Unlock the bootloader this Atrix???
Thanks