ok so last night i tried to install a custom rom on my stock 4.5.91 (gingerbread) atrix and it bricked me and froze on a screen that said "failed to boot idk idk idk"
got a new one this morning and i really want the AT(HoneyComb)RIX V3.3 rom, I have installed gingerblur before the update and also have a captivate running MIUI so ive had flashing experience but this has got me stumped can someone help me out
You need to read more about what you're doing before you do it. You didnt unlock your bootloader before trying to flash your custom ROM. Which is why you got the 'failed to boot....' error. Was completely fixable, you just didnt do your homework first. Read the stickies in the Development Section and other sections. They are full of information you MUST KNOW if you plan on flashing and modding the Atrix.
i didnt :l my mistake usually i look into it but not this time, and also after the fail to boot mssg it would say something about NvFlash and just shut off
This guide is a good start for you. The Atrix is not the same as the Captivate is. (I own both as well) This guide has a lot of good info in it for you, noob or not. I recommend giving it a THOROUGH reading.... and when you're done, read it all AGAIN.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=15357326&postcount=1
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Hey, im new here, and completely new to the whole "custom rom flashing" thing.
I would like to get into rooting my phone and then installing a custom rom like resurrection for example, but I have a couple of questions.
1. Do I need an SD card in my phone, to be able to root my phone/install custom roms? or can I just use the phones internal 16gb memory?
2. Would someone be kind enough to point me to a guide to rooting/installing custom roms for complete newbies like myself? I have searched the forums, but theres so many threads about different stuff, like clockworkmod/odin/cyanogenmod etc, my head is completely boggled. I just don't know where to begin with any of it.
Cheers.
1) No.
2) Everything you need to know is in the Stickies.
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1) No.
2) Everything you need to know is in the Stickies.
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1. No you cant root without an SD card? or No you don't need an SD card? elaborate please.
2. Nothing in that thread helps someone like me who is totally new. I don't know what any of it means. Surely there is a simple guide that explains exactly how to root your phone, without linking you to 7 other threads in the process? That's all I've found up until now.
This requires sdcard
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1501719
This doesn't
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1103399
Thanks, thats what I was looking for.
One more thing, just so I dont make a mistake, could you tell me which kernel to download? my kernel version is 3.0.15-I9100BVLPB-CL310231
cheers.
Read the bit in bold read which says 'Help ! Which file do I use ?'. This short section answers your question exactly.
ok well i tried CF-Root-SGS2_XX_OXX_LPB-v5.2-CWM5-PROPER.zip and my phone no longer boots....
tried CF-Root-SGS2_XX_OXX_LPB-v5.2-CWM5.zip and I get the same thing, so im stuck now. great.
I can get into CWM recovery, but I have no idea how to copy the rom I want to use onto the phone when its in recovery mode. This is something that is just not explained anywhere
help?
Right. In order of importance:-
1) No bumping threads within 37 minutes. Not cool. This is not your personal tech support forum.
2) You're having problems. Why ? Who knows. We're not there looking over your shoulder so we have no idea exactly what you did. I suspect you're having problems because you are in too much of a hurry/took shortcuts & didn't do what was suggested immediately after your OP.
3) However...Given the situation you find yourself in, I recommend you do one of two things:-
A) If you are absolutely sure you have CWM Recovery & not Android recovery (I say this because if your phone isn't booting normally, that normally means the flash didn't work & normally CWM wouldn't be successfully installed either), follow whatever instructions the rom you're wanting to flash has.
Every single rom on here has flashing instructions, normally on the first post on the first page of the thread on here devoted to the rom. If you can't be bothered reading those, I can't help you.
or
B) Go to Samfirmware.com. Search for the firmware that was on your phone before you tried to root it. Download this firmware. Flash the firmware you download following the instructions here. If you also end up with a .dll file, bin it. You don't need it. This will give you a clean install of stock. From there, I strongly suggest you read the CFRoot thread very carefully before you attempt to root your phone again. I also strongly recommend you read the Stickies linked to above, so you have some sort of understanding around what's what with this phone.
If you don't, being a betting man, I'll wager there's a fair chance you'll find yourself in the situation you currently find yourself in again (best case scenario), or worst case you'll end up with a 135gm paperweight as many people have on here over the past few days.
It's all up to you now. Your phone's destiny is in your hands.
Thanks for the reply, much appreciated.
Sorry for bumping, I panicked a little when my phone wouldnt boot. I just expected it to work because I have done things like this in the past and never had problems. Im a pretty tech savvy person really, im just new to android.
I wish it was as simple as reading one thread, but there are dozens of different threads on how to root this phone, and different methods, its extremely confusing.
Im downloading the stock kernel now (300+mb for some reason, and its going to take over an hour to download)
Once I get my phone back to normal, I'll read through some more threads and try and get a better understanding on how to root my phone.
I had it rooted properly as the recovery mode stated CWM in the corner, I think the issue I had was not being able to copy the rom I wanted to use, onto the phone, because I dont have an SD card.
Anyway, thanks for the help, and fingers crossed I can at least get my phone to boot again.
Man, I've never come across anything so complicated in all my life lol.
Edit: Sorted! Flashed back to original kernel and its working as it was before I started. Thanks very much for your help mate, and at least now I know how to restore my phone if I mess it up again in the future.
just thought I would update this thread and say I finally accomplished what I wanted.
Incase anyone is wondering, this is what I did:
Restored my phone back to factory settings/firmware/kernel
Booted the phone up, and copied my rom of choice to the internal memory via USB connection, and enabled debug mode.
restarted in download mode and flashed cf-root kernel (ended up with bootloop)
went ahead and installed the rom via clockwork recovery (creating a backup first)
The phone now boots into the rom im using (Resurrection Remix)
So if anyone is a little worried by getting the bootloop (but can still get into clockwork recovery) try flashing your required rom. Your phone may boot fine with new rom anyway. Mine did.
Hello. I'm new here but, had an android for a couple years now. I have the tmobile samsung vibrant running 2.2 froyo. Can anyone tell me in detail how to install ICS on my phone? To be honest, I do not understand all the talk about odin and all that stuff. So if you can explain as if it were ICS for to Vibrant For Dummies that would be great lol. Explain in laymens terms please. Thanks
Peppino
Guess I'll post this again: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wMQQDpqVNBk
Everything in that video is not all correct. There are some specific parts that are left out.
OP, I understand you want to simplest way to go from 2.2 ->4.0 but in reality, you need to eventually know how to use Odin, or when you get stuck at a bootloop or your CWR gets corrupted, your next thread will be "Help, I brivked my phone".
Check my signature for the How to install ICS and above all, you need to read, read and then read some more (case in point, this was already answered here Trouble with my vibrant...).
Good luck and if you have any questions, use the search function and/or Google, as this phone has been around a long time and most questions have already been solved. If not, then just ask.
hi, It is always better to go ICS from the beginning.. which solves many problems. So in order to go back to stock you should use ODIN. It is very easy ONLY thing is DONT DISCONNECT USB connectivity while the process is running.
After that you will need some things.
ICS ROM to flash (try ICZen which works great )
GB Bootloader
CM7
update.zip (CWM) which can be found in woody's signature. [Installing ICS ROMs; A Vibrant Step-by-Step]
Once you are in stock 1st flash GB Bootloader through ODIN (DO NOT do anything until it is flashed)
then flash CM7 (GB ROM b/c its suggested to go ICS from GB rather than from 2.1)
then flash ICS ROM on top of it. initial boot will take up more time.
voilaa..!!!
Always do full wipe (data,cache,dalvik) in between flashes.
there are many ICS ROMs available .. READ instructions carefully.
Note: these steps are taken from threads I referred and followed by me.
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ODIN : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=734475&highlight=odin
Bootloaders : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1117990&highlight=odin
ICZen : http://rootzwiki.com/topic/21742-romimm76i-iczen-185-fistful-of-zen-7-12-12-deficient-development/
edit: FYI it is better to uncheck auto reboot when flashing GB Bootloaders. and also I didn't checked re-partition when flashing to stock via ODIN
tc and all the best
Ok, first of all I am NEW to all of this. I have read and read and read for the past month, and finally got the urge to fix my phone myself. It is a att gs2 i777. The guy I got it off of had it flashed to a i9100 for some reason, and of course the 2 buttons and mic did not work. I followed these instructions http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1286432 to return the phone to factory settings. I flashed the
The kernel + rooted UCKH7 system package first and had trouble with google framework errors not letting me set the phone up. So then I flashed the Kernel + cache + rooted UCKK6 system package and viola! The phone set up just fine, all buttons work and voice on my calls work!
My main question is why does during the boot up screen or in the odin download screen it still shows the phone as a i9100? Or should I not worry about it? Also now that the phone is back to factory it will not go into recovery mode. I would like for it to have the latest update, but not sure what my next step would be.
I was going to try myself so I read that I need to flash the SGH-I777_ClockworkMod-Recovery_5.0.2.3 into Odin..I tried and it did not pass. I am using Odin3 v1.7 by the way.
I appologize if these are stupid questions, I am just trying to learn and felt like I have tried everything that I have read. Thanks for all of the help guys!
jmeador88 said:
Ok, first of all I am NEW to all of this. I have read and read and read for the past month, and finally got the urge to fix my phone myself. It is a att gs2 i777. The guy I got it off of had it flashed to a i9100 for some reason, and of course the 2 buttons and mic did not work. I followed these instructions http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1286432 to return the phone to factory settings. I flashed the
The kernel + rooted UCKH7 system package first and had trouble with google framework errors not letting me set the phone up. So then I flashed the Kernel + cache + rooted UCKK6 system package and viola! The phone set up just fine, all buttons work and voice on my calls work!
My main question is why does during the boot up screen or in the odin download screen it still shows the phone as a i9100? Or should I not worry about it? Also now that the phone is back to factory it will not go into recovery mode. I would like for it to have the latest update, but not sure what my next step would be.
I was going to try myself so I read that I need to flash the SGH-I777_ClockworkMod-Recovery_5.0.2.3 into Odin..I tried and it did not pass. I am using Odin3 v1.7 by the way.
I appologize if these are stupid questions, I am just trying to learn and felt like I have tried everything that I have read. Thanks for all of the help guys!
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Read the stickies. They will explain all of that. Except maybe the i9100 thing. That means someone flashed custom firmware on it through Odin. Also, only stay on this site or you wont get any help
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Read the stickies. They will explain all of that. Except maybe the i9100 thing. That means someone flashed custom firmware on it through Odin. Also, only stay on this site or you wont get any help
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Buddy I have read the stickies.....I would not be asking these questions if I had not read and tried a few things first. Maybe I have read over what I needed to and didn't know it, because like I said I am NEW to all of this. I feel the time I have spent reading and researching this "new language" that I have began to somewhat understand more than I thought I ever would. Like I said I have read and read and read for the past month, I think I deserve to ask a few questions that I need help with. I'm not sure what you are referring to when you say "only stay on this site or you wont get any help". This is the only site that I have been reading from, with anything that I needed to know. I tried to join androidforums a while back and it was full of rude people who treated anyone that was trying to learn anything like complete idiots. You have to ask some questions sometimes in order to learn. Thanks for your help on the i9100 issue, under About Phone it has now changed to i777, but I think in a couple of places it still thinks its a i9100. Atleast it is working now, I am better off than when I started I guess.
jmeador88 said:
Buddy I have read the stickies.....I would not be asking these questions if I had not read and tried a few things first. Maybe I have read over what I needed to and didn't know it, because like I said I am NEW to all of this. I feel the time I have spent reading and researching this "new language" that I have began to somewhat understand more than I thought I ever would. Like I said I have read and read and read for the past month, I think I deserve to ask a few questions that I need help with. I'm not sure what you are referring to when you say "only stay on this site or you wont get any help". This is the only site that I have been reading from, with anything that I needed to know. I tried to join androidforums a while back and it was full of rude people who treated anyone that was trying to learn anything like complete idiots. You have to ask some questions sometimes in order to learn. Thanks for your help on the i9100 issue, under About Phone it has now changed to i777, but I think in a couple of places it still thinks its a i9100. Atleast it is working now, I am better off than when I started I guess.
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Follow the guide to flashing custom binaries without incrementing flash counter
Sent from my GS4 running CM11 Kandy Kane
Hi all,
I have a friend with an AT&T Atrix 4G. I've had a Droid X and current have a Galaxy Nexus & Nexus 7. I did everything you could do to the X and know my way around the Nexus very well; the atrix is a little confusing to me. moto-fastboot and the idea that SBFing is bad are new concepts to me. On the Droid X, if you were in trouble, you just SBF'd.
My friend had some trouble with his Atrix the other day, he was stuck at the splash screen, we got it half way fixed and he was in a bootloop, and eventually we got a version of CM9 on there: 9.0.0-rco-atrix-kang. The phone is running now but the ROM is unstable. I'd like to know how to safely downgrade to a CM7 ROM. Is it as simple as booting into recovery, wiping, and flashing the earlier rom? Something blur based would be ideal at this point as he's just looking to have a stable phone back. He got into rooting/ roming on his own so I'm not sure what updates, if any, were on there before he started. Is there an easy way to check and see which bootloader version he's on, find out which SBF we can safely use, etc? He does have it unlocked, so that should make things easier (or maybe harder, this Atrix really is a mystery to me...).
TL;DR - How do you safely downgrade an Atrix 4G from CM9 to CM7 and which recovery is the best to be using?
I used to switch between CM10 and CM7 all the time, if the phone is rooted and bootloader is unlocked, it's as simple as wiping data/cache, wiping dalvik, format system, install ROM, boot, reboot, install gapps.
Did your friend follow directions and make a nandroid of original before wiping? That would be the simplest way.
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He said he had a backup but that when he restored it it was bootlooping. I'm assuming it was some kind of issue with switching recoveries or something like that. With the Droid X there was a recovery for 2nd-init roms and a recovery for blur roms. With the Nexuses it's mostly TWRP or CWM but as long as you're on the latest you can flash anything. Is there any reason to downgrade recoveries on the Atrix? Is there one "up to date" recovery? I see a lot of posts that point to a 2011 thread with the "latest CWM based recovery" but that seems kind of old...
Alright so I think I have this sorted out for the most part, and my understanding is that RomRacer made a version of CWM that we should be using on the Atrix. I just can't find a link to download the thing, is there a thread in development? When I search all I find is a ton of threads telling me to use it and no one linking it.
Edit: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1204500 Right?
Or is TWRP better?
http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/72
Lot of people love TWRP, but I'm one of the few that still uses RomRacers CWM 5.0.2.7 (I think) and no issues flashing CM10.1 (android 4.2.1) Had it for over a year, and works great every time. If it's not broken, don't fix it.
As for the boot loop, those are usually fixed with a wipe. Try wiping everything and restoring.
Edit: Yeah, that seems like the proper thread. Sorry, haven't looked at it since I first rooted my phone. Try TWRP, most people swear by it. The touch does add a nice feature, but I'm too lazy to make the switch.
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Once you have an unlocked BL and a custom recovery, switching between pretty much all ROMs is safe so long as you stay away from SBFs.
You can flash to stock rom and then install CM7 :laugh:
ravilov said:
Once you have an unlocked BL and a custom recovery, switching between pretty much all ROMs is safe so long as you stay away from SBFs.
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Thanks for the help, I'm glad I checked in. On the Droid X whenever anything went wrong and someone posted a thread like this the first ten replies were "Just SBF" - that used to be safe, until they rolled out .621, but that was end-of-life anyway.
I digress; next time I see him we'll iron this out and he'll be off to the races. Thanks again.
A year or so ago I rooted my phone. Everything was kosher, then it just stopped working. Discovered recently it was due to an update to 2.3.5. In any case, a couple days ago I rooted it again using this guide. No problem. Everything was good.
Shortly after rooting, I wanted to see if I can upgrade the os, so I used this guide. I must've done something wrong because it didn't work the first 2 times. I altered some setting the third time, and was stuck on motorola load screen (with RSD error).
I visited numerous posts and thought I followed the instructions they gave, but apparently I flashed the wrong SBF because I now have US Cellular with no signal, nada. I used this post. Reading through, I saw there were a plethora of other people with the same issue, but I'm still a bit lost as to how to recover from here. Is there no way to go back? Is there a way to system wipe everything and do a factory reset?
I did do a nandroid backup before I started all this, and when I plug my phone is I can still see the file. Just not sure what to do from this point...or if there is even a way to go back? Some posts say no, then others say yes. Further, I have no data connection or anything. Just this ugly babyblue screen.
So I guess part of the problem is I am a bit confused regarding the terminology. I read the Moto Photon Compendium but I must need a more remedial answer. I understand RSD lite and how to use that, but that's just for flashing .sbf files, correct? Is the bootstrap recovery just for flashing roms? If so, where can I find it since most links are a couple years old and dead.
Ok I got it back to Sprint and Photon using a repost of the guide provided by yairku,
I got wifi, I got it rooted. The only problem is it says NO SERVICE.
Not sure what to do next. smh.