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So I dont brick my phone whats the best way to go from a root gingblur blur 1.26 back to stock to get the new software update?
bigdje said:
So I dont brick my phone whats the best way to go from a root gingblur blur 1.26 back to stock to get the new software update?
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Your best bet is probably just to flash to SBF 1.83. You can root from there using Gingerbreak
bearsfan172 said:
Your best bet is probably just to flash to SBF 1.83. You can root from there using Gingerbreak
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Sorry for the noob question first android phone. How do I flash to SBF 1.83
bigdje said:
Sorry for the noob question first android phone. How do I flash to SBF 1.83
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You wait for AT&T to release to the general public!
CaelanT said:
You wait for AT&T to release to the general public!
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I can get the update now. I was part of the ATRIX 4G Pre-Release Software Test.
Problem is that I cant get software update since my phone is rooted.
search the forum and download sbf 183.
Then open the sticky thread how to flash sbf to your phone, and use the 183 file you found .
183 on mine didn't wipe my data..
So installed a clean 142 then update then flashed 183, root etc etc, and waiting for the 3.0 gingerblur!!!!!!!!
And I think that update increased wifi reception!!!
Sent from my MB860 using XDA App
bigdje said:
I can get the update now. I was part of the ATRIX 4G Pre-Release Software Test.
Problem is that I cant get software update since my phone is rooted.
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You can try the post above, flashing 1.83 sbf. Easy to do.
Or try unroot script within Gladroot
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1016060&highlight=remove+root
dicksteele said:
Or try unroot script
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or the new gingerbreak 1.20 !
It has unroot function.
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From my understanding, you can upgrade even if the phone's rooted as long as you don't have a custom theme or pseudo-ROM like GingerBlur or GladAtrix installed. You'll lose root though, so make sure you can re-root it.
This should be in QA bro!
Moved to proper forum...Please read before you post!
Where do I go from here?????
I am a newbie and so far have been lucky enough to not brick my phone, but I feel I'm getting in over my head now.
I have read & eaten about as much Gingerbread, froyo, & pudding that I can handle. Here is what I have and what I want to have.
HAVE: Att MB 860 Atrix , rooted, unlocked, 2.2.2, 4.1.83, gingerblur 4.5.
WANT : Stock Gingerbread or if not possible then any good proven mod.
Have NOT installed pudding....at least I don't think I have.
Have installed Tenfar's Recovery, but not sure if it is up to date.
Need step by step instructions to install Gingergread...
Any help will be appreciated!!!
Thanks & sorry If I've left out any needed info.
ragtag58 said:
Where do I go from here?????
I am a newbie and so far have been lucky enough to not brick my phone, but I feel I'm getting in over my head now.
I have read & eaten about as much Gingerbread, froyo, & pudding that I can handle. Here is what I have and what I want to have.
HAVE: Att MB 860 Atrix , rooted, unlocked, 2.2.2, 4.1.83, gingerblur 4.5.
WANT : Stock Gingerbread or if not possible then any good proven mod.
Have NOT installed pudding....at least I don't think I have.
Have installed Tenfar's Recovery, but not sure if it is up to date.
Need step by step instructions to install Gingergread...
Any help will be appreciated!!!
Thanks & sorry If I've left out any needed info.
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Well if you want to go to gingerbread then 1st thing 1st is
lets do pudding
Open rsd lite make sure its 5.3.1 version.
Put phone in rsd and use pudding.
LINK:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1136261
Once you flash pudding.
lets check to make sure you have updated CWM (clockworkmod)
LINK:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1138541
FYI You have to use fastboot to install this if you need help ask.
I have typed a guide and there is one on here somewhere.
After you install CWM download Kennethpenns Gingerbread beta. ( REALLY STABLE) I use this daily as i use my phone for work.
LINK:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1159385
Has Preinstalled Root. Works great.
Mods are op. look around.
Please post if you need help.
183_pudding.rar??? Is this the file I need?
Yes, The 1.8.3 pudding.
do you have a msg-er I can walk you thur it.
Xenocyde said:
Yes, The 1.8.3 pudding.
do you have a msg-er I can walk you thur it.
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It will be a while.... Got a slow connection for the download. Google talk- jjseifert
ragtag58 said:
Where do I go from here?????
I am a newbie and so far have been lucky enough to not brick my phone, but I feel I'm getting in over my head now.
I have read & eaten about as much Gingerbread, froyo, & pudding that I can handle. Here is what I have and what I want to have.
HAVE: Att MB 860 Atrix , rooted, unlocked, 2.2.2, 4.1.83, gingerblur 4.5.
WANT : Stock Gingerbread or if not possible then any good proven mod.
Have NOT installed pudding....at least I don't think I have.
Have installed Tenfar's Recovery, but not sure if it is up to date.
Need step by step instructions to install Gingergread...
Any help will be appreciated!!!
Thanks & sorry If I've left out any needed info.
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try my guide its a detailed video not to discredit anyothers just some people like visual spoken guides. : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179506
I'm tired of all the issues with battery and want to downgrade back to 2.2. Is it safe to do from Gingerbread which I have right now?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1160408
It's a sticky. Don't reply to this topic, let it die.
logswithmoss said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1160408
It's a sticky. Don't reply to this topic, let it die.
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This is just tells that it's impossible to do with SBF flash. Can this be done via CWM flash instead?
Which GB did you upgrade with? Leaked OTA, Kenneth Penn's, official OTA, etc?
Beamed from WinBorg 4G via XDA Premium
CaelanT said:
Which GB did you upgrade with? Leaked OTA, Kenneth Penn's, official OTA, etc?
Beamed from WinBorg 4G via XDA Premium
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I have unlocked bootloader and on Kenneth's Gingerbread ROM.
artisticcheese said:
I have unlocked bootloader and on Kenneth's Gingerbread ROM.
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You have not done anything wrong thus far. Which is to say, you haven't burnt a fuse by going to 2.3.4. OTA. As of now, you're capable of reverting back to 1.8.3. without any issues.
mpalatsi said:
You have not done anything wrong thus far. Which is to say, you haven't burnt a fuse by going to 2.3.4. OTA. As of now, you're capable of reverting back to 1.8.3. without any issues.
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Question is what would be the correct procedure for that.
artisticcheese said:
Question is what would be the correct procedure for that.
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I'm assuming you know how to flash? If so, here is the link to all available firmwares:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1125944
After reading your post again, I realize you probably don't know how to flash...
Go to our wiki (http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=Motorola_Atrix_4G) and get RSD Lite (search it if you don't see it)
That's the tool you'll use to flash the firmware you pick out from the first link I gave you.
mpalatsi said:
I'm assuming you know how to flash? If so, here is the link to all available firmwares:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1125944
After reading your post again, I realize you probably don't know how to flash...
Go to our wiki (http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=Motorola_Atrix_4G) and get RSD Lite (search it if you don't see it)
That's the tool you'll use to flash the firmware you pick out from the first link I gave you.
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Thanks. So I don't risk bricking my phone like others did if I flash one of those ROMs you mentioned with RSD lite?
artisticcheese said:
Thanks. So I don't risk bricking my phone like others did if I flash one of those ROMs you mentioned with RSD lite?
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Not at all, from what I understand... you've not updated with the OTA Update. In which chase you're safe from "the point of no return"
waiting for the brick in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1..............
If you attempt to flash any froyo sbf that doesnt contain pudding pre-applied, and only after you've unlocked, you might as well throw your phone in the toilet.
Sent from my MB860
hoodlikegaza said:
waiting for the brick in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1..............
If you attempt to flash any froyo sbf that doesnt contain pudding pre-applied, and only after you've unlocked, you might as well throw your phone in the toilet.
Sent from my MB860
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If you read the post on Kenneth's thread then you would know that ANY Over The Air, OTA, update would result in a hard brick. If you flash Kenneths ROM, Which this guy did, then it is safe to use RSDLite.
I would recommend pointing him in the appropriate direction rather then saying "waiting for the brick" since you do display knowledge of knowing what to do.
From kenneths thread about Hard Bricks!
How can I avoid this Brick?
You can avoid bricking your device by not flashing any over-the-air updates to Android 2.3.4. Instead, try flashing the 2.3.4 zip over here. Or, flash the pure stock images from here.
So is it safe or not to downgrade ROM? Say, can I just download GingerBlur (http://briefmobile.com/gingerblur-rom-for-atrix-4g) and install it using CWM with no repricussions?
I never updated any OTA updates and right now on unlocked bootloaders and Kenn's Gingerbread
Ok, Since everyone rather comment on how not to do it but not point you in the right direction then I will give you the link to a place that is a safe alternative for you.
But first I want to ask you if you tried to flash any other ROM like "Ninja v0.4.5" by samcripp or "Alien" by kenneth? The Alien ROM has the battery fix with it so it is safe and battery life lasts awhile. When I say awhile I mean I did not charge my phone two days and dropped to 30% in a 48 hour period. There is a script by Juggernaut that you can flash to any ROM that fixes the battery spike issue.
But if you rather go backwards to FroYo then here is a link with directions to flash, a new method, Fruit cakes! it's a safe alternative and you flash it through CWM never using RSD ever again. Fruit cakes
If you have any questions I would either ask here or ask on the Fruitcake thread.
HAPPY FLASHING!!!!
A
Thanks. That worked. I'm now on Froyo but still having battery issues. Problem is that Fruitcakes does not contain radio image and I'm still on GB radio. How do I downgrade radio? I don't beleive there is CWM packages for that. If I find radio.img for Froyo can I downgrade it safely via RSD or fastboot without possibility of bricking my phone?
If you have any questions I would either ask here or ask on the Fruitcake thread.
HAPPY FLASHING!!!![/QUOTE]
Well I did some searching and I can only find two threads that are relatively close to a radio on FroYo.. Only difference between our stock ATT and these two are international/tweaked radios.
Tweaked ATT radio
French modded radio
ClearFire said:
Well I did some searching and I can only find two threads that are relatively close to a radio on FroYo.. Only difference between our stock ATT and these two are international/tweaked radios.
Tweaked ATT radio
French modded radio
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This is SBF file, do I risk bricking my phone if I flash it?
That, is a VERY good question.
I would PM Kennethpenn and ask him about something like that. Wish I knew the answer to that.
artisticcheese said:
This is SBF file, do I risk bricking my phone if I flash it?
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You can always hard brick your phone when you're in RSD; loss of connection between phone & PC, power outage, anything that disrupts the process = (more or less 100% of the cases) hard brick
Vangelis13 said:
You can always hard brick your phone when you're in RSD; loss of connection between phone & PC, power outage, anything that disrupts the process = (more or less 100% of the cases) hard brick
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And for that very reason I try to not SBF my phone unless there's no other way. CWM and fastboot work perfectly fine. Besides that, my main PC is a desktop.
Loss of power = brick. That's why I only use RSD off of laptop.
Hello all. My phone is trying to auto-update itself to GB...2.33. However, I am currently rooted...which I do not want to lose.
If the phone updates itself, is there currently any way to re-root the phone?
Thanks
- Steve
Well, I auto updated this morning while I was rooted. The OTA update went fine but I have lost root. If anyone can figure out how I can regain root in 2.3.3, I would forever be in your debt.
Thanks!
ls5454ss said:
Hello all. My phone is trying to auto-update itself to GB...2.33. However, I am currently rooted...which I do not want to lose.
If the phone updates itself, is there currently any way to re-root the phone?
Thanks
- Steve
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I Think You Can Just SBF Back To 2.2.2 And Use P3Droid's Pre-Root. Don't Quote Me Yet.
MikeJ92YJ said:
I Think You Can Just SBF Back To 2.2.2 And Use P3Droid's Pre-Root. Don't Quote Me Yet.
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If anyone can verify this, I'll be on it this afternoon
That's what I did. I updated to the official gingerbread then sbf back to 2.2 and updated using p3droids pre rooted zip
Sent from my DROID X2 using XDA App
chewybang said:
If anyone can verify this, I'll be on it this afternoon
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Yes, it's true. You can update to 2.3, then SBF back to Froyo 2.2. Then grab P3's Pre-Root 2.3 GB update, and flash it. Follow these instructions.
Don't hold me to it, but you can probably use P3's to go straight from 2.2 to 2.3, without updating first, then SBF'ing back to Froyo. I could be wrong though, and I'm not responsible.
There may be an apk responsible for this. I'm not sure, but could FOTA.apk be Forced OTA? I haven't tried freezing this, but is someone willing to try?
I don't think that's it.
I just froze "Updater 2.2.2" using Titanium Backup and restarted the phone...I don't see a popup anymore. Hopefully that stops the OTA until I can install it and root.
I have the phone setup just the way I want it right now...I doubt the 2.33 would make any much of a difference.
Here is what you do...
.sbf back to 2.2.2
boot up and re-setup the phone (*228)
use gingerbreak to root it
install the recovery app
download p3's update.zip and place it in the root of your sdcard-ext
boot to recovery and hit the sdcard:update.zip option
There are more detailed instructions in this subforum if you look.
SwiftLegend said:
Yes, it's true. You can update to 2.3, then SBF back to Froyo 2.2. Then grab P3's Pre-Root 2.3 GB update, and flash it. Follow these instructions.
Don't hold me to it, but you can probably use P3's to go straight from 2.2 to 2.3, without updating first, then SBF'ing back to Froyo. I could be wrong though, and I'm not responsible.
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I never let the ota install. but I did have to sbf my deodexed and deblurred 2.2 back to stock, install p3droids prerooted 2.3 then deodex and deblur it.
made a huge difference for me. text entry improvements alone are worth the hassle!
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I never let the ota install. but I did have to sbf my deodexed and deblurred 2.2 back to stock, install p3droids prerooted 2.3 then deodex and deblur it.
made a huge difference for me. text entry improvements alone are worth the hassle!
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What changed with text entry if you don't mind me asking?
ls5454ss said:
What changed with text entry if you don't mind me asking?
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You can long press letters to bring up other options instead of constantly switching keyboard modes
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So I guess to answer the original question there is no root without sbf back to stock and flashing the pre rooted version. correct ???
dx2maniac said:
So I guess to answer the original question there is no root without sbf back to stock and flashing the pre rooted version. correct ???
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Correct
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Edit: disregard my post please.
guess I get to try a ROM now
Is there a simple way like "SuperOneClick" to root my Fascinate that is running firmware 2.3.5? Please help.
rogerbaker75 said:
Is there a simple way like "SuperOneClick" to root my Fascinate that is running firmware 2.3.5? Please help.
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either flash a rom prerooted rom, or follow the instructions to root with adb in my eh03 odin thread
if you cant do either...well then perhaps rooting isnt for you
rogerbaker75 said:
Is there a simple way like "SuperOneClick" to root my Fascinate that is running firmware 2.3.5? Please help.
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Yes, Odin cwm4 and download superclean eh03 and flash that via cwm. Wipe data cache and davlik before flashing.
better to be safe than odining - me
This is way over my head. I was hoping for something simple. Thanks for the help though.
rogerbaker75 said:
This is way over my head. I was hoping for something simple. Thanks for the help though.
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give this a read... It works, just a lengthy process.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=17222830&postcount=2
as nitsuj17 posted, flashing deodexed eh03 rom is by far the easiest method. If you got your phone on 2.3.5 this should be easy...or is verizon finally ota updating 2.3.5 to the fascinates?
It's really not that hard at all. Follow this guide. It couldn't be any more simple than this.
If you just want to be rooted and leave your phone on gingerbread, follow section 5. It's very easy. If you're looking for something else, read his description carefully at the top.
Rooting and flashing is incredibly easy on this phone. If you're coming from the OG Droid for example, you're going to be blown away at how easy it is. Anyway, good luck and don't give up. It's really not over your head!
Don't give up...
Roger,
I know it can sound daunting, but it really isn't. Everthing you need to get to rooted version of GB (SuperClean3) can be found in the first 4 posts of this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1350621
Follow the instructions step by step and you will be good to go. The advantages of both a rooted phone and a debloated/modded ROM are well worth the effort. I am a relative noob, and managed to get there in under 30 minutes.
Good Luck.
Dave
Droidstyle thanks this worked great.