so recently i rooted my phone and installed gingerblur onto it and absolutley hated it, so i used sbf flash to flash stock tmobile uk firmware back onto the phone then did a factory reset to get everything back to stock...
what i want to know is can i do an ota update or install an official update from motorola website using there updater tool, without it bricking my phone?
thanks
Yes the brick is related to unlocking and using sbfs
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okay thank you marko, are you sure theres no other well known problems i will encounter if i do an official update?
Nothing that can't be fixed with an SBF
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okay thanks man
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Has anyone with a sim-unlocked Atrix upgraded to 1.83 yet? If so, were there any issues? I recall some people with unlocked atrix had problems with their wifi after upgrading to 1.57, so i'm quite worried something like that might happen again.
I can confirm there is no problem after updating to 1.83.I have my phone rooted wifi works fine.everything right now works perfect
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Everything is fine
I am sim-unlocked and on T-mobile and everything works fine on 1.83. Just flash the SBF file through RSD Lite and you're golden. I'm on stock motoBLUR by the way.
Just for another hat in the ring- Telstra user with at&t phone running 1.8.3 with root on sim unlocked phone and no issues. I guess its just irony I can't use the Telstra firnware on ny phone- lol.
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Bought Atrix in US and am using it in india after unlocking. I am not able to update from 1.57 to 1.83. Always says no need to update. Anyone can help?
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TheAtrixGuy said:
Bought Atrix in US and am using it in india after unlocking. I am not able to update from 1.57 to 1.83. Always says no need to update. Anyone can help?
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I had the same issue with my Atrix.But i've downloaded the 1.83 sbf file and i use RSD lite and and it works great.Pm me for more info
nsourm, I have not rooted my Atrix yet. Will I face any issue during update using your method ?
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nsourm, I have not rooted my Atrix yet. Will I face any issue during update using your method ?
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I don't think you are going to have any issue,but if you need root i think you should try first to root 1.57 and then update through rsd lite.
Thank you for the info. I am downloading the sbf. Will update this thread when i update to 1.83.
Thanks again guys for this wonderful forums!!
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Anyone know if you can using pudding after using the OTA 4.5.91 ATT Gingerbread update?
A lot of bricking going on so I didn't want to flash anything without verifying first.
Otherwise does anyone know if you can regain root with the locked bootloader?
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Anyone know if you can using pudding after using the OTA 4.5.91 ATT Gingerbread update?
A lot of bricking going on so I didn't want to flash anything without verifying first.
Otherwise does anyone know if you can regain root with the locked bootloader?
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Yes, I used pudding afterwards, but preinstall method works on locked BL. Bell users have used it
Yep just what jruweaver said. Preinstall flash works great. Rooted and locked rocking 4.5.91.
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Jruweaver,
Im am on stock OTA 2.3.4 via update.zip in android recovery.
Not rooted, nor have I ever run any pudding/unlock flash.
Am I stuck on OTA? Concerned because I don't want to RSD flash and hard brick.
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Im in the same situation...update to 4.5.91 with android recovery but im not rooted and with BL lock...
how can i unlock and root my phone....
thanks in advance....im just a newbie :S
darth_twins said:
Im in the same situation...update to 4.5.91 with android recovery but im not rooted and with BL lock...
how can i unlock and root my phone....
thanks in advance....im just a newbie :S
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Did you look at the thread talking about the ota update? At the bottom ofbthe original post it has links telling you how to unlock the bootloader and how to root.
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NibblerWeather said:
Jruweaver,
Im am on stock OTA 2.3.4 via update.zip in android recovery.
Not rooted, nor have I ever run any pudding/unlock flash.
Am I stuck on OTA? Concerned because I don't want to RSD flash and hard brick.
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You can now only use the sbf's that have been custom made with pudding otherwise you will hard brick.
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I know this is posted probably somewhere but, how do you unlock your bootloader and flash roms, and still be able to flash back to 1.83 or even 1.26, and also be able to get OTA updates. Thanks (first time dealing with a Android bootloader)
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I know this is posted probably somewhere but, how do you unlock your bootloader and flash roms, and still be able to flash back to 1.83 or even 1.26, and also be able to get OTA updates. Thanks (first time dealing with a Android bootloader)
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Use pudding to unlock bootloader, and Kenneth Penn's 4.5.91 to go to GB. Can flash back from this. If you subsequently flash the upcoming OTA, you most likely won't flash back, as Moto has tried to prevent flashing back with the latest upgrade.
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I think i might have been one of the dumb ones to do the .zip flash of the BETA #3 gingerbread update. I searched and noticed the only way to go back to 2.2 was to unlock 1st. the question is when the official moto 2.3.4 comes out will i be able to update to that version without any issues via OTA?
I know some maybe running soak versions which may prevent them from reverting back to 2.2 as well. So do you guys think moto or the devs will figure a way for those that didn't root/unlocked before doing the update.zip to start recieving OTAs?
If ur on kens beta going back to stock will work and stock is the way you'll get the ota until it comes out as an sbf to flash
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If ur on kens beta going back to stock will work and stock is the way you'll get the ota until it comes out as an sbf to flash
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I'm not on kens. i did the update i believe before kens was available. is there a way to go through kens route since i'm already on the stock 2.3.4?
If you flashed the stock OTA that was leaked, you risk bricking when flashing back.
Moto's OTA is designed to prevent backwards flashing.
I believe they found a way through pudding look on kens roms thread and there should be a link on how ti do so if nit there go to the calling all hardbricks post and do the steps there to prevent bricking
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I believe they found a way through pudding look on kens roms thread and there should be a link on how ti do so if nit there go to the calling all hardbricks post and do the steps there to prevent bricking
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what if i just want to get the offcial ota when it is released. would i still be in luck or still need to unlock and root?
Ive been really looking foreward to this new gingerbread update. I have a rooted atrix and i have been unsuccessful with this update i tried the ota update as well as the update from the computer.
It starts to update after the reboot, but then it stops and the triangle with the exclamation mark appears.
Can anybody help me with why this would happen and how i can get the update?
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mgonzalez8968 said:
Ive been really looking foreward to this new gingerbread update. I have a rooted atrix and i have been unsuccessful with this update i tried the ota update as well as the update from the computer.
It starts to update after the reboot, but then it stops and the triangle with the exclamation mark appears.
Can anybody help me with why this would happen and how i can get the update?
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You cannot update if you are rooted. You can only update if you are running stock 2.2.2. It might be possible to update with your current setup if you do it through Motorola Software Update manager. Try it.
Otherwise you need to flash back to stock before OTA. Do you have an unlocked bootloader?
Is there an easy way to flash back to froyo? I called motorola and they told me i have to send my phone to them so they can put the update on it. I was going to use the glad enabler or something like that to unlock that but i never did.
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Try the 2.3.4 fruitcake. Never call Motorola about your rooted phone...that what the community is here for.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1163009
I didnt tell them that i rooted my phone i just told them that i couldnt update it. What is that fruitcake? And also what is sbf? Sorry i just dont want to jump into something without knowing what im really getting into.
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