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I have just rooted my phone. I wonder if I can unlock bootloader after rooting?
If I can, which way is the easiest way?
And also I want to know the benefits of unlocking Bootloader.
I want to add that I don't know so much about doing so complicated things, please know that while informing me.
I really appriciate your answers...
stock rom Gingerbread 2.3.4, rooted.
thejamoz said:
I have just rooted my phone. I wonder if I can unlock bootloader after rooting?
If I can, which way is the easiest way?
And also I want to know the benefits of unlocking Bootloader.
I want to add that I don't know so much about doing so complicated things, please know that while informing me.
I really appriciate your answers...
stock rom Gingerbread 2.3.4, rooted.
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if you're on AT&T, you can use this script here that does it all for you: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1182871
if you're on an international Atrix, you can use RSD Lite to flash the pudding .sbf file that can be found here, and then do the fastboot oem unlock command.
So, I can unlock BL after rooting? I got that.
Can someone tell me what it is, what happens If I unlock Bootloader? What are the benefits? Why do people do that?
thejamoz said:
So, I can unlock BL after rooting? I got that.
Can someone tell me what it is, what happens If I unlock Bootloader? What are the benefits? Why do people do that?
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rooting has nothing to do with it, rooting just gives your phone root access to system files.
unlocking the bootloader opens up our ability to flash custom ROMs onto our phones, as well as allowing us to put a custom recovery on our phone.
if you're satisfied with stock gingerbread, don't worry about it and just go on using your rooted phone.
if you wish to try out some awesome ROMs like CM7, then go ahead and unlock your bootloader. you're going to have to re-root afterwards, but that's super easy to do on our phone, and most ROMs come pre-rooted anyways.
"""if you wish to try out some awesome ROMs like CM7, then go ahead and unlock your bootloader. you're going to have to re-root afterwards, but that's super easy to do on our phone, and most ROMs come pre-rooted anyways."""
Yes I definitely want to try CM7 because Im sick of laggy Atrix. I read a lot about it but I learned that Fingerprint isnt working with CM7, so I decided to wait. But if they fix all of the bugs I will try that.
You said re-root is supereasy after unlocking BL. I have rooted my atrix with the topic of this link : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1255548
Is there any different way? or the same way again?
You ve read my thoughts about the phone, what do you suggest to me to do?
thejamoz said:
"if you wish to try out some awesome ROMs like CM7, then go ahead and unlock your bootloader. you're going to have to re-root afterwards, but that's super easy to do on our phone, and most ROMs come pre-rooted anyways."
Yes I definitely want to try CM7 because Im sick of laggy Atrix. I read a lot about it but I learned that Fingerprint isnt working with CM7, so I decided to wait. But if they fix all of the bugs I will try that.
You said re-root is supereasy after unlocking BL. I have rooted my atrix with the topic of this link : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1255548
Is there any different way? or the same way again?
You read my thoughts about the phone, what do you suggest to me to do?
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yep, just re-root with that method and you'll be just fine.
i'd suggest for you to go ahead and unlock your bootloader, and install Romracer's CWM which can be found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1204500
after that, just choose a ROM from the dev forum. Aura is really polished, Alien looks cool. any of the one from seanzscreams is gonna be nice and speedy for you, they've all been converted to EXT4 so you'll get better performance.
i'd still personally suggest CM7, fingerprint scanner is working on internal builds from what i understand so it shouldn't be too long of a wait for it to be updated
Alcapone263 said:
yep, just re-root with that method and you'll be just fine.
i'd suggest for you to go ahead and unlock your bootloader, and install Romracer's CWM which can be found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1204500
after that, just choose a ROM from the dev forum. Aura is really polished, Alien looks cool. any of the one from seanzscreams is gonna be nice and speedy for you, they've all been converted to EXT4 so you'll get better performance.
i'd still personally suggest CM7, fingerprint scanner is working on internal builds from what i understand so it shouldn't be too long of a wait for it to be updated
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Alcapone I really appriciate your help so far.
I definitely want to try CM7, not the other ROMs. But as I said, I'm not good at doing complicated things on PC (like writting commands that everybody mentioned for rooting or installing roms etc.).
Which way is the easiest way to install CM7? and here is the golden question, once I ve done that, How can I update it to the latest one?
I'm so noob about this things I know
thejamoz said:
Alcapone I really appriciate your help so far.
I definitely want to try CM7, not the other ROMs. But as I said, I'm not good at doing complicated things on PC (like writting commands that everybody mentioned for rooting or installing roms etc.).
Which way is the easiest way to install CM7? and here is the golden question, once I ve done that, How can I update it to the latest one?
I'm so noob about this things I know
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first off, are you on an AT&T Atrix or an international atrix?
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first off, are you on an AT&T Atrix or an international atrix?
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sorry, I forgot to write it. AT&T Atrix and unlocked by the code from cellunlock.
by the way, does anything happen to my "unlocked" phone, when I do everything that we mention? like locking again.
thejamoz said:
sorry, I forgot to write it. AT&T Atrix and unlocked by the code from cellunlock.
by the way, does anything happen to my "unlocked" phone, when I do everything that we mention? like locking again.
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once SIM unlocked, you're always SIM unlocked.
anyways, use the script i gave you in the first post to unlock your bootloader, just download it and open it up and follow the instructions.
after you're done unlocking, go to RomRacer's CWM that i linked you, and install it with fastboot.
after that, you can download any ROM you want in a flashable .zip file, and flash it with CWM.
You mean, I have to install RomRacer's CWM to install CM7?
And how can I update CM7 when they fix something like fingerprint sensor?
thejamoz said:
You mean, I have to install RomRacer's CWM to install CM7?
And how can I update CM7 when they fix something like fingerprint sensor?
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yes, you need CWM installed to install CM7. and to update to the newest version of CM7 you just flash the new update over your system with CM7, and it updates your system for you. easy as that.
Hi partners:
I have an ATRIX 4g (AT&T) rooted, but i want to un-lock the bootloader so i can flash a CM7 beta ROM... the thing is that i unlocked the sim card so now i am using the phone with other service provider, and i would like to know i unlock the bootloader and flash any other ROM will block the sim card again???
I lost the numer code so i will be not able to unlock it again...
Thanks for your help.
Once the phone is unlocked with the code, it it unlocked forever no matter what! so no worries on unlocking the bootloader flashing etc.. I unlocked my Atrix and have been flashing bi-daily so go ahead with it! also if u need help unlocking bootloader check my guide! http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1302423
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tayshun12 said:
Once the phone is unlocked with the code, it it unlocked forever no matter what! so no worries on unlocking the bootloader flashing etc.. I unlocked my Atrix and have been flashing bi-daily so go ahead with it! also if u need help unlocking bootloader check my guide! http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1302423
If you like the response, dont forget to click thanks
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Great, thank you very much tayshun12, i clicked in the thanks button, now i will try to unlock the bootloader, wish me luck...
Oh.. another question... of all the ROMs you have tested, which one you recommend me, im a noob in all this world.. i have heard a lot of good comments on the CM7, but also some bugs since is not officially suported for our Atrix.
rolear8 said:
Oh.. another question... of all the ROMs you have tested, which one you recommend me, im a noob in all this world.. i have heard a lot of good comments on the CM7, but also some bugs since is not officially suported for our Atrix.
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I am right now using the aura rom, which is magnificent! either that one or Darkside rom (based of aura with a few more features) I would first try aura, there are three versions, do you like the stuff motorola includes on your phone?
the darkside rom is similar but has all the moto stuff built into it plus some nice tweaks. Both allow fingerprint sensor whereas CM7 has features missing. If you are looking for stock android ( not stock motorola) minus figerprint scanner then CM7 is better for you.
I personally like the moto stuff, so I chose Aura, only because darkside had some issues with 2.2, but he just upgraded to 2.5 so I am going to try that tonight! I will definitely repost my thoughts.
Don't forget to backup (titanium backup) and when you are installing a custom always pull a wipe from recovery, and a wipe of dalvik cache (in romracer recovery, its under advanced), and make sure your battery levels are 100% or you will have to wipe your battery settings from rom and cycle your battery .
Hope this helps!
Tayshun
atrix bootloader unlock
Hi i'm new and the worst noob ever concerning phones but i have a question: so if i get it right unlocking the boot loader will allow you to be able to use any phone carrier on the Atrix ?
Ps: i hope it's the right place to ask that question.....
c-real said:
Hi i'm new and the worst noob ever concerning phones but i have a question: so if i get it right unlocking the boot loader will allow you to be able to use any phone carrier on the Atrix ?
Ps: i hope it's the right place to ask that question.....
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You're mixing up two different concepts.
Unlocking the bootloader will allow you to install any compatible ROM such as CM7. If you go down this rabbit hole, make sure you read everything about it 3 times over so you avoid bricking your device permanently.
Unlocking the SIM card will allow you to use your phone on any compatible carrier (GSM network) such as T-Mobile, but you will not get 3G/4G data speeds and it will not work on CDMA networks used by Verizon/Sprint.
Hello, would someone kindly post a link to the best directions for unlocking the Photon and getting 4G working again?
I have been looking for 2 days and have found various conflicting posts on this topic...
My intention is to run CM9 Beta 2.
Also some of the links from this thread were on Megaupload and are therefore borked ;-(
Thanks.
Not happening on CM9. There was a way to unlock/ flash alien rom/ then relock and have 4g. You can check out this and see if there is anything useful for you http://forums.acsyndicate.net/showthread.php?2113-ACS-HOW-TO-Root-Install-CWM-Unroot-Flash-Roms-Kernel-Themes!-%2818-videos%29-1-9-12
But for CM9 you'll have to go without 4g.
Ah, thanks for the information.
I guess I really never use 4G anyway because of the battery drain. I am always either on wifi or 3G.
To be clear though, flashing the nopudding4u does indeed return to 4G? If not, what is the reason for removing pudding?
-ron
Yep, flashing nopudding re-locks the bootloader and restores 4g. For me, having 4g isn't worth the trade off of being able to flash all the great roms we have.
So relocking causes cm9 to stop working?
ronnienyc said:
So relocking causes cm9 to stop working?
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If you flash nopudding while running cm9 or other rom with custom kernel, your phone will not boot. You must have stock kernel installed first.
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I seen some people say something about bootstrap recovery but i was curious to know like what roms will work or if it really is possible to flash a custom rom while the boot loader is locked
Custom roms are possible, custom kernel is not. Imperium, mof3.5, rocko, homebase, and jokerskinny are your options. Mof3.5 is the only one still in active development.
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I've done some reading and am still unclear.
So, if I want ICS and still keep my 4G I would:
1) Unlock bootloader
2) Install CM9, make nandroid backup
3) Install custom ROM
4) Relock bootloader
I am certain this has probably been covered somewhere and apologize for asking such a goofy question.
psychotropic said:
I've done some reading and am still unclear.
So, if I want ICS and still keep my 4G I would:
1) Unlock bootloader
2) Install CM9, make nandroid backup
3) Install custom ROM
4) Relock bootloader
I am certain this has probably been covered somewhere and apologize for asking such a goofy question.
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If you want ICS and 4g you for cant have it. In order to retain 4g the only rom you can use is a locked rom as already stated there are several in the development section.
4g =locked rom.
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Hello.
I just got my hands on a Photon 4G.
I'm looking for alternative rom to stock.
However, I noticed that all roms have no 4G wimax. Is that correct? Or, I'm not looking hard enough.
Thank you.
To flash most ROMs you need to unlock your bootloader, flashing a new bootloader breaks 4G.
But you might not have to worry about that, what's your android version number 2.3.4 or 2.3.5?
If you updated your phone to 2.3.5 OTA, that'll lock the bootloader permanently.
I did the 2.3.5 OTA.
So, therefore, no custom roms for me?
And, apparently, Sprint/Motorola will not be updating phone to ICS.
Pretty much, I'm out of luck?
Bock Abrams said:
To flash most ROMs you need to unlock your bootloader, flashing a new bootloader breaks 4G.
But you might not have to worry about that, what's your android version number 2.3.4 or 2.3.5?
If you updated your phone to 2.3.5 OTA, that'll lock the bootloader permanently.
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knite75 said:
I did the 2.3.5 OTA.
So, therefore, no custom roms for me?
And, apparently, Sprint/Motorola will not be updating phone to ICS.
Pretty much, I'm out of luck?
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Pretty much. I know there's locked ROMs but I'm not sure if there are 2.3.5 compatible
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Jaemostoriginal said:
Pretty much. I know there's locked ROMs but I'm not sure if there are 2.3.5 compatible
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I got tired of the OTA bugging me constantly, and was pretty sure I wasn't going to root again, because 1) I had Foxfi for WiFi tether and 2) none of the ROMS that DON'T break 4g were that interesting. So I downloaded it. But, I also fully expected to get ICS from Google, because they promised, on the official ICS upgrade list, that the Photon would be there. BUT, YET AGAIN, THEY LIED!
SO... I have an app that let me re-image my device back to pre-root before, and it was 2.3.4. Can I root, then re-image back to 2.3.4, then apply a ROM?
ALSO, I have heard of unlocking and re-locking the bootloader. Can I root, unlock the bootloader, ROM, then re-lock and restore 4g? If so, how?
And, with ALL the 4g WiMax out there, and so, little 3g even functioning these days, why can't anyone seem to not break WiMax when ROMing? I'm just asking, because I really don't know.
Thanks!
Re-locking your bootloader won't restore 4g. I don't have 4g in my area so haven't ever connected to it so not sure if its much faster. If you want to try custom a ROM then unlock and try it. Can always undo it. That's if you can actually get off 2.3.5