The worst part about it is that this phone is of a family member; that recently got convinced to leave the iPhone for Android and now this potential brick.
I followed this guide: http://briefmobile.com/atrix-4g-rom-installation-guide
and my phone wont boot anymore
Everything went well with rooting and such but now all I see is the Motorola logo
Can anyone help me with resurrecting my phone from the brick graveyard?
I was on Gingerbread prior to trying this BTW
"Prerequisites
Rooted Atrix 4G
Tenfar’s CWM recovery
Windows PC
Drivers installed
32-bit or 64-bit
Outline
If you are rooted and on 1.8.3, you can skip directly to the third step. However, all steps are recommended for a cleaner flash.
Part One – Download ROM
Download GingerBlur or GreyBlur
Mount your Motorola Atrix 4G via USB and put the GingerBlur installation .zip on your SD card (internal or external)
Part Two – Root Atrix 4G
Check out the Motorola Atrix 4G root guide. If you’re already rooted, skip to the next step.
Part Three – Tenfar’s CWM Recovery
If you have sideloading enabled, continue. If not, skip to the alternate CWM install.
Download Tenfar’s CWM Recovery
Mount your device to USB
Put the .apk on your device
Unplug your device
Navigate to the file explorer, install “MOTOA4_Bootstrap”
When the installation completes, run the application
Click “Install Recovery”
Accept the Superuser request
Click “Install Recovery” again for good measure
After success, plug your Atrix 4G into the wall adapter
Verify that your phone is charging from the wall
Press “Recovery Boot”
Your device will now slowly reboot into Tenfar’s CWM Recovery
Click “install zip from sdcard” or “internal sdcard”
Choose zip from sdcard
Pick the GingerBlur or GreyBlur .zip
Install it!"
legend221 said:
The worst part about it is that this phone is of a family member; that recently got convinced to leave the iPhone for Android and now this potential brick.
I followed this guide: http://briefmobile.com/atrix-4g-rom-installation-guide
and my phone wont boot anymore
Everything went well with rooting and such but now all I see is the Motorola logo
Can anyone help me with resurrecting my phone from the brick graveyard?
I was on Gingerbread prior to trying this BTW
"Prerequisites
Rooted Atrix 4G
Tenfar’s CWM recovery
Windows PC
Drivers installed
32-bit or 64-bit
Outline
If you are rooted and on 1.8.3, you can skip directly to the third step. However, all steps are recommended for a cleaner flash.
Part One – Download ROM
Download GingerBlur or GreyBlur
Mount your Motorola Atrix 4G via USB and put the GingerBlur installation .zip on your SD card (internal or external)
Part Two – Root Atrix 4G
Check out the Motorola Atrix 4G root guide. If you’re already rooted, skip to the next step.
Part Three – Tenfar’s CWM Recovery
If you have sideloading enabled, continue. If not, skip to the alternate CWM install.
Download Tenfar’s CWM Recovery
Mount your device to USB
Put the .apk on your device
Unplug your device
Navigate to the file explorer, install “MOTOA4_Bootstrap”
When the installation completes, run the application
Click “Install Recovery”
Accept the Superuser request
Click “Install Recovery” again for good measure
After success, plug your Atrix 4G into the wall adapter
Verify that your phone is charging from the wall
Press “Recovery Boot”
Your device will now slowly reboot into Tenfar’s CWM Recovery
Click “install zip from sdcard” or “internal sdcard”
Choose zip from sdcard
Pick the GingerBlur or GreyBlur .zip
Install it!"
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
How that guide is still up...:-X...
Gingerblur and greyblur are p-roms (THEMES) to make it LOOK like gingerbread before it was actually released.. Stay away from this guide.
The recovery you want is romracers ...go look at the fruitcake thread in the dev section...
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I777 using XDA App
defnow said:
How that guide is still up...:-X...
Gingerblur and greyblur are p-roms (THEMES) to make it LOOK like gingerbread before it was actually released.. Stay away from this guide.
The recovery you want is romracers ...go look at the fruitcake thread in the dev section...
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I777 using XDA App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks defNow.
Highly appreciated, in my haste of doing this before watching a movie and reading a bit more into it.
I followed the steps exactly as mentioned, realized that it did not warn about unlocking the bootloader first so that wasnt done.
It slipped my mind since I havent unlocked a bootloader since February 2011.
Will the BL unlock, recovery install and fruitcake thread still help me recover from this state or is that it for this device?
If you make it to the M logo you have a soft brick. Hard brick and you would see this and nothing else:
"SVF:105.1:2
Failed to boot 0X1000"
You absolutely can recover.
If you want to unlock the bootloader you need this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1136261
You can't flash any ROM's unless your bootloader is unlocked.
You will need RomRacer's recovery from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1204500
CaelanT said:
If you make it to the M logo you have a soft brick. Hard brick and you would see this and nothing else:
"SVF:105.1:2
Failed to boot 0X1000"
You absolutely can recover.
If you want to unlock the bootloader you need this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1136261
You can't flash any ROM's unless your bootloader is unlocked.
You will need RomRacer's recovery from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1204500
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yes I have a softbrick because I see the M logo
So I can flash this using RSDlite "Flashable SBF: Full 2.3.4 with preinstall root and pudding bootloader unlock, full sbf"
and then install RomRacer Recovery and Im set and ready to flash any Rom I want right?
Or would you recommend another way?
You should be fine as long as you follow the instructions to the letter.
Here are a couple of other threads with simplified instructions:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1302423
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1202883
Make sure you follow instructions for your phone, i.e. AT&T if AT&T phone, etc.
Instead of installing Tenfars CWM if you see instructions to do so, install RomRacers. That is the latest and greatest.
CaelanT said:
You should be fine as long as you follow the instructions to the letter.
Here are a couple of other threads with simplified instructions:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1302423
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1202883
Make sure you follow instructions for your phone, i.e. AT&T if AT&T phone, etc.
Instead of installing Tenfars CWM if you see instructions to do so, install RomRacers. That is the latest and greatest.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Awesome, will be doing this today. I will comment back with the results.
Thanks soo much!
Thanks to the both of you!
My Phone is fully functional and already running [ROM] The DarkSide v3.1.2
Im soo happy, what was the worst part about it all was that the phone was no longer under warranty
The entire XDA community proves their worth every day, no doubt!
Now we can run this Atrix the way it was meant to and spit in the face of iPhone, my sister will be very happy to see it booting again.
Take that Steve jobs, iDied is in full effect
legend221 said:
Thanks to the both of you!
My Phone is fully functional and already running [ROM] The DarkSide v3.1.2
Im soo happy, what was the worst part about it all was that the phone was no longer under warranty
The entire XDA community proves their worth every day, no doubt!
Now we can run this Atrix the way it was meant to and spit in the face of iPhone, my sister will be very happy to see it booting again.
Take that Steve jobs, iDied is in full effect
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Glad to hear it, and glad to be of help!
BTW.............Last line there with Steve Jobs in it..........Not cool.
CaelanT said:
Glad to hear it, and glad to be of help!
BTW.............Last line there with Steve Jobs in it..........Not cool.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yea that was too much I agree.
Thanks again for your help and assistance.
Phone is in top form; running fast and stable
Related
There's the video, guys.. have fun and be careful!
written instructions are as follows:
OK! so you've decided to take on the menial task of installing a custom rom, to make your mytouch... well for lack of a better term, YOURS! If you've had a G1 or a Mytouch 3g in the past, as I have, then the process is much the same..
Step 1
Download your rom from the website to your computer *durrrrrr* also make sure your device is in normal operating mode, and also download the update.zip for clockwork recovery if you dont already have it from HERE
Step 2
Copy the rom and update.zip for clockwork from your computer to your phone's SD card root directory, also known as /sdcard
Step 3
Power off phone
Step 4
Power onto Fastboot mode with Volume Down button and Power
Step 5
Get into recovery mode by pressing volume down once fastboot loads, and then power to select
Step 6
Once in recovery basic mode, where you see the triangle with red exclamation, hold volume up and press power again
Step 7
While in recovery mode, hit volume down to get to apply update.zip which will put you in clockwork recovery as long as the update.zip for clockwork recovery is on your sd card
Step 8
After applying your update.zip, you're going to scroll down to install zip from sd card using volume down button and then power to select
Step 9
Once again, go to install zip from sdcard and press power
Step 10
Select your zip in the menu, then press power
Step 11
Wait for zip to install and hope to hell the zip is signed correctly and not damaged
Step 12
After zip installs, back out to main menu and reboot phone!
Step 13
Wait for Rom to load 100%.. WATCH YOUR LOGCAT TO VERIFY NO BOOTLOOPS!!!
Done!!
If you download "QuickBoot" from the market you can boot directly to "Recovery" bypassing the bootloader.
Re: [how-to] put a custom rom on your slide!!!
I'm assuming this is a tutorial for future rom releases, correct?
Sent from my T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide using Tapatalk
well there's already 2 out at this time, with slideroot2 and the legend rom.. there will be tons more, i'm sure.. so yeah, this is a generalized install procedure for such things
I like the addition of the ADB & logcat steps! Nice touch, man...
heh thanks i want users to be able to see what they did and begin to learn how to fix future mistakes lol
I love the legend ROM but I needed the keyboard one night so I switched to slidemeroot2.
Any chance for Keyboard lights coming?
Also, couldn't load titanium backup in the legend. Any suggestions there?
to get titanium to load right, you have to install a different superuser.apk than the one that's stock. i dunno why exactly. also, legend is a BETA so it'll be updated soon by eugene, it is by no means a final version
Thank you. It is a pretty sweet beta.
Hate to state the obvious, but you should mention that this requires your MT3G Slide to be rooted... you know peeps will come out the wood works asking "why cant I do this!"
ummmm fermunky, why not watch video at 0:15 through 0:25?
kingofyo1 said:
ummmm fermunky, i would suggest rewatching the first minute of the video... that should fix your thoughts about what i've said
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Touche my friend, I didn't even watch the video, since I am not rooted yet anyways , but you know some people will still attempt to follow your directions and not watch the video Not everyone has good intuition
lol its cool man... if you're anywhere close to gulfport ms or are willing to drive here, i'll root your slide and eng build and legend it for free...
kingofyo1 said:
lol its cool man... if you're anywhere close to gulfport ms or are willing to drive here, i'll root your slide and eng build and legend it for free...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Wish I could, but I am waiting daily at the beaches of St Pete to catch the tar balls coming in!
fermunky said:
Wish I could, but I am waiting daily at the beaches of St Pete to catch the tar balls coming in!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
LOl you gonna manufacture yourself some gasoline??
serialtoon said:
If you download "QuickBoot" from the market you can boot directly to "Recovery" bypassing the bootloader.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Does this mean that I don't have to root first to flash roms? Can i boot to recovery and flash to eugene's already rooted rom?
once you downgrade to the eng build, you can flash any rom for the slide... you have to root and then flash that downgrade though before you can do anything to it
When will a permanent recovery flash come available? Only a minor inconvenience since it only is two extra steps using the stock recovery... well three including copying the update.zip over.
whenever the spl comes, is when it comes i dont have a date/time for ya, devs are working on it... i know one in particular made a bit of progress yesterday, so we'll see what happens when it happens
Ok, I tried to install the SlideM ROM and and ran into an issue I'm not really sure how to fix.
I followed your video and instructions to the letter but on reboot the phone stopped at the first T-Mobile flash screen and froze. Using adb devices I come up with this;
C:\androidsdk\tools>adb devices
List of devices attached
HT069PS00585 offline
HT069PS00585 device
C:\androidsdk\tools>adb reboot
error: more than one device and emulator
...and the phone is locked onto that first t-mobile screen. I tried adb reboot, adb reboot-bootloader and still get nothing, even tried a hard reboot by pulling the battery to get to recovery mode and re-installed starting from step 1.....really hoping I didn't brick it. Any thoughts on why it happened or how I can go about fixing it?
***UPDATE*** went back and tried a method found in another thread, i.e., wiped data using Android recovery mode instead of Clockwork recovery, then re-installed SlideM. Worked perfectly on the first try
Hi
I looked around and saw a few ppl having trouble while rooting vibrant.
I've put update.zip on /sdcard, and when i reboot my phone in recovery mode it says something about my package not being signed.
So i googled and did this:
java -classpath "/home/ohai/Downloads/android-sdk-linux_86/tools/sign/testsign.jar" testsign update.zip file-signed.zip
(don't worry, i'm not that stupid, i DO have the sdk and the testsign installed here)
then renamed file-signed.zip to update.zip and replaced it on /sdcard, but still got the same message.
Does anyone have a link to a actually working update.zip to vibrant's froyo?
i'm using froyo.UVJL4, downloaded from samfirmware.com.
Thx in advance
?
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App
Everyone's update.zip is usually different is what i'd think.
try getting titanium backup, click menu and click menu, and then CREATE update.zip
that might help you out.
Go to dec section and look for the jl4 rom from geodude(cant remember exact name...) His rom, odex or deodex both come prerooted with the 3e recovery fix as well. Flash that. KTB.
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App
If you are comfortable using the voodoo lagfix you can flash the new voodoo 5 kernels. They come with the SU binary and clockworkmod recovery built in. Then download busybox and superuser from the market. You'd have to flash via ODIN though.
Thx for the tips, but i was not thinking about using modified roms... all i want is to root my default rom from samsung, is it possible?
You need the correct key to sign the zip file. My understanding is this key was not released by Samsung so you will not be able to sign your update.zip files to work with the 3e recovery.
The 2e recovery accepted a "test key" which is why we're able to use update.zip to root and use CWM.
The RATC method still works for rooting in the 2.2 Firmware. You can use SuperOneClick to root, and then replace the stock 3e recovery with the one from here. This is a modified 3e recovery which removes the signature checking.
How about trying the ALT METHOD in the Noob Guide (my signature)... then flash a stock rom with root?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=857974
personally, you are hurting yourself by not running a rom like Nero v3 or Eugenes Ginger Clones.
Rooting T-Mobile Vibrant Froyo 2.2 JL5
I have the T-mobile Vibrant US Phone. I upgraded to JL5 and have rooted my phone with a program from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803682
Get the latest version and you might have to run the program 2 or 3 times for it to finish. Note on my phone these were the steps I took.
1. Put phone in USB Debugging Mode.
2. Plug usb cable to computer.
3. Run the rooting program above with windows administrator rights.
4. It will run then probably hang half way through and indicate WAITING FOR
DEVICE.
5. Shut windows program down.
6. Reboot phone (Turn Off then On).
7. Reconnect to usb.
8. Restart the Rooting Program and Root.
9. It should finish and ask if you want to test SU say yes.
10. That's It you should be good to go.
Hope this helps.
s15274n said:
How about trying the ALT METHOD in the Noob Guide (my signature)... then flash a stock rom with root?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=857974
personally, you are hurting yourself by not running a rom like Nero v3 or Eugenes Ginger Clones.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
What's so good in those roms?
NihtSpi said:
I have the T-mobile Vibrant US Phone. I upgraded to JL5 and have rooted my phone with a program from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803682
Get the latest version and you might have to run the program 2 or 3 times for it to finish. Note on my phone these were the steps I took.
1. Put phone in USB Debugging Mode.
2. Plug usb cable to computer.
3. Run the rooting program above with windows administrator rights.
4. It will run then probably hang half way through and indicate WAITING FOR
DEVICE.
5. Shut windows program down.
6. Reboot phone (Turn Off then On).
7. Reconnect to usb.
8. Restart the Rooting Program and Root.
9. It should finish and ask if you want to test SU say yes.
10. That's It you should be good to go.
Hope this helps.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
JL5?
where did you get it?
atcasanova said:
What's so good in those roms?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You still can't get rooted & you want FroYo?
I attached cwm update.zip so just use that to get into CWM Recovery (Reinstall Packages, You may need to do it twice) and then just flash the following ROM
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=881692
Master™ said:
You still can't get rooted & you want FroYo?
I attached cwm update.zip so just use that to get into CWM Recovery (Reinstall Packages, You may need to do it twice) and then just flash the following ROM
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=881692
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Sorry for being this dumb, but i don't have a clue of what is CWM
me too,
im desperately looking to root my vibrant from Bell canada. i just updated to JL2 using the kies pc software. i just got this phone for xmas so im quite new to it.
im hoping to find an app or website that can do most of the steps for me. or a youtube video with detailed step by step.
ive tried using the guide that s15274n wrote (btw, thanks for the awesome writeup) but i have the same problem of the update.zip file not passign the signature verifaction.
i would like to stay with a stock ROM for at least another couple weeks because of the super high chance of this phone bricking itself
my phone has a build date of 11.10
any thoughts?
thank you VERY much for any help
EDIT:
I have managed to root my phone! hurray!
heres how i did it:
i used the superoneclick method thanks to this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803682
i used this guide to help me through the steps http://theunlockr.com/2010/10/11/how-to-root-your-android-phone-superoneclick-method/
thanks to everyone to put in work to make this possible.
THANK YOU!
chucked said:
me too,
im desperately looking to root my vibrant from Bell canada. i just updated to JL2 using the kies pc software. i just got this phone for xmas so im quite new to it.
im hoping to find an app or website that can do most of the steps for me. or a youtube video with detailed step by step.
ive tried using the guide that s15274n wrote (btw, thanks for the awesome writeup) but i have the same problem of the update.zip file not passign the signature verifaction.
i would like to stay with a stock ROM for at least another couple weeks because of the super high chance of this phone bricking itself
my phone has a build date of 11.10
any thoughts?
thank you VERY much for any help
EDIT:
I have managed to root my phone! hurray!
heres how i did it:
i used the superoneclick method thanks to this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803682
i used this guide to help me through the steps http://theunlockr.com/2010/10/11/how-to-root-your-android-phone-superoneclick-method/
thanks to everyone to put in work to make this possible.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
So many people figure out what was wrong and they are done. Thank you for posting your finding, I have been trying to Root my Bell Vibrant for a while.
Use SuperOneClickRoot - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803682
Works all the time for Vibrant!
Ok, so right now I have:
System Info:
Version.4.1.83.MB860.ATT.en.US
Android Version:
2.2.2
It is rooted I have sideloading enabled. I don't know what program I used to do this with, it's been a long time. I remember there being a "beforeroot.bat" and "afterroot.bat" or something like that.
Anyway, I want to get the Alien ROM.
So, how do I do this? Do I need to update to the newest OTA? What method is the best for unlocking the bootloader? I have heard not to use PUDDING cause it uses RSD and I'm not supposed to use RSD?? Confused.
First of all DO NOT OTA. It may cause hard brick if you do not know what u are doing.
1. Unlock bootloader with pudding
2. Fastboot flash tenfars CWM
3. Backup everything with titanium backup
4. Download and install alien with CWM
Search is your friend on this one.
Sent from my MB860 using XDA Premium App
You do use pudding and RSD lite ONLY to unlock your bootloader then you uninstall it and start flashing with fasboot or tenfar's CWM. Hope that clears things up a bit.
The OTA is not a bad thing to get. I got it when it was leaked. There really is no need to flash back to older build unless you are a dev and even they dont really have the need to flash back to an older build.
The only way the OTA will brick your device is if you try to use rsd to go back to an older build.
The easiest process for getting to alien is:
1- Go here and use pudding--->http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1136261
2- Go here to get Tenfars CWM installed(need this to flash ROM's)-http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1138541
3- Go here to get your Alien on- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1186537
armonwilson888 said:
First of all DO NOT OTA. It may cause hard brick if you do not know what u are doing.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Why? The person I am about to quote says otherwise.
armonwilson888 said:
Search is your friend on this one.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I've been researching for a few days now, but there is SO MUCH information, most conflicting, that its extremely difficult to follow if you are not well versed in this stuff, or haven't done it before.
Dirtburgler said:
The OTA is not a bad thing to get. I got it when it was leaked. There really is no need to flash back to older build unless you are a dev and even they dont really have the need to flash back to an older build.
The only way the OTA will brick your device is if you try to use rsd to go back to an older build.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
This what I have read. I don't think you can brick your phone UNLESS you go back to 1.83 or whatever after you unlocked the bootloader, because those are not compatible (something about a fuse or something.....yada yada)
Dirtburgler said:
The easiest process for getting to alien is:
1- Go here and use pudding--->http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1136261
2- Go here to get Tenfars CWM installed(need this to flash ROM's)-http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1138541
3- Go here to get your Alien on- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1186537
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Perfect information. The only thing I don't get is this:
What is RSD? Here's what my assessment on the topic is, please correct me if (when) I'm wrong.
RSD is a tool given by motorola to flash ROMs to phones. CWM is a 3rd party tool similar to RSD made by a member named Tenfar.
Is this correct?
Also, the pudding thread in general is obscenely cluttered and has no instruction. I'm concerned with this. They mention 1.83, so should I stay with what I have? What I don't get is that if I'm flashing a ROM, what does it matter what version I have now, if it's going away? I don't get it.
Ooh, one last thing: If I install a ROM, does that mean I will not receive any more OTA update notifications? I would hope so, because if I tried to install an OTA over a ROM wouldn't that completely FUBAR everything?
RSD is motorolas tool for getting builds onto their devices and shouldnt be used at all for themost part. RSD will brick your phone if you try to go back to an older build. ie: 1.26,1.57, or 1.83. Your already on 1.83 so use RSD to flash the Pudding,(only takes a few seconds) then you have to use fastboot to actually unlock the device. This is explained in the pudding thread. CWM is how we get ROMS on our device by only flashing what is needed. CWM leaves the bootloader alone so you dont have to worry about Hard bricking your device. It is however possible to soft brick your device with CWM but a softbrick can be easily recovered. I have the leaked OTA and cant RSD back to an older build, but i have been flashing roms on a daily basis with no problems at all. Just read the directions twice and then read them again and im sure you can figure out how to unlock your device and get rolling with these hot roms.
Explaination on how to use fastboot is in the pudding thread as well as the UNlocked only CWM thread.
Here is the link to Pudding sbf.http://www.multiupload.com/FLZR9I9CNX
be sure to unzip the pudding zip first. should just be a .sbf inside
The pudding part- download the pudding sbf- put phone in rsd mode by powering in while holding the volume button up. launch rsd and load the pudding sbf and hit start. Only takes a second and the phone will reboot. Once it has rebooted, turn phone off and turn back on while holding down on the volume. fastboot should pop up first them press up on the volume and it will say entering fastboot. This is where you open a command prompt in windows(after you have put the fastboot files on the root of your c:\ drive. The fast boot files are here- http://diamantephoto.com/fastboot.rar
Put all the files that are in the fastboot zip on your c: drive and not in folders. (my computer-> C:\ drive put all the fastboot files here and not in a folder.) open command prompt and type cd\. this gets you to the root of your c: drive. should just see c:\ not cd\windows. type fastboot and you should activity then back to a c:\ prompt. once that is done you type (fastboot oem unlock) follow directions on Pudding thread from there.
Its easiest to flash pudding if your still on 1.83.
You can still do it if your on GB already
Ok, great. I'll step out of my comfort level (aka leap many thousands of yards out of my comfort zone) and try this when I get my SD card in from Amazon.
Just to clarify/simplify:
Since I have 1.83, I use RSD to flash Pudding.
Using Fastboot, I unlock the device.
Using CWM, I install Alien.
From that point on, if I want another ROM, I fire up CWM and install it there, and I shouldn't have any issues.
Is this all correct?
Also, what if I had updated my phone with the gingerbread OTA? What would the steps be then?
One more thing, do I have to have an SD card for any of these steps?
it's great for you to do it by yourself, as you're going to learn a lot more that way, if you're a little wary about using RSD and all that sort of thing, here's a cool script that'll do it for you
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1182871
Alcapone263 said:
it's great for you to do it by yourself, as you're going to learn a lot more that way, if you're a little wary about using RSD and all that sort of thing, here's a cool script that'll do it for you
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1182871
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Do I need an SD card for this?
k4zyn said:
Do I need an SD card for this?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
no, you download that script on your computer and run it (following the instructions on the script, of course)
k4zyn said:
Do I need an SD card for this?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I updated the previous post a little, An sd card is the safest bet for flashing around. the sd is used for CWM flashing. put file on sd flash with cwm etc. SD not needed for pudding or unlocking bootloader
You may or may not be notified if there is an OTA update. IF you have rom installed and an update becomes available come back to forums to see if its safe to do it before you allow it, bt in most cases I dont think it will notify you if your on a Modded Rom.
If your already on GB then process is similar for unlocking. You have to unlock to use the Good CWM. The locked bootloader CWM can be troublesome.
If you want the OTA GB then unlock your bootloader then OTA up to GB. Then fastboot flash recovery Tenfars CWM, then your free ROM it up
Alcapone263 said:
no, you download that script on your computer and run it (following the instructions on the script, of course)
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Right, I understand how the script works, I was just concerned because I'd read somewhere in this great nether that an SD card was required for one of the ROMS.......maybe I misread it though.
Dirtburgler said:
I updated the previous post a little, An sd card is the safest bet for flashing around. the sd is used for CWM flashing. put file on sd flash with cwm etc. SD not needed for pudding or unlocking bootloader
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Makes sense! Thanks everyone.
k4zyn said:
Right, I understand how the script works, I was just concerned because I'd read somewhere in this great nether that an SD card was required for one of the ROMS.......maybe I misread it though.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
well, that script unlocks your bootloader and installs CWM onto your phone. after that, you might need an SD card for flashing custom ROMs.
Alcapone263 said:
well, that script unlocks your bootloader and installs CWM onto your phone. after that, you might need an SD card for flashing custom ROMs.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Understood, thanks very much
Alcapone263 said:
well, that script unlocks your bootloader and installs CWM onto your phone. after that, you might need an SD card for flashing custom ROMs.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
new tenfar's rom has an option of internal and external sd...so I am not sure if you have to have an external sd card...
orly?
the plot thickens.......
While I'm here, does TiBu back up everything? like, contacts, texts, email setups, etc?
k4zyn said:
orly?
the plot thickens.......
While I'm here, does TiBu back up everything? like, contacts, texts, email setups, etc?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
TiBu backs up user apps and app data (settings). Do not backup system apps with it as you might have problems upon restoring.
For everything else you can use Mybackup Root ( Sms/MMS/Bookmarks/settings).
(Don't rage, I already read this and this and I still didn't understand what to do.)
Hey guys,
I bricked my Atrix while flashing an ota update. The battery ran out, since I'm not an at&t customer they denied me warranty. So I ordered an Atrix from ebay that had cracked everything but motherboard was in good shape. I put it in my Atrix and voila it worked!
But!
It has Gingerbread 2.3.4 (4.5.91). I hate it, it's laggy and filled with bugs. So I want to downgrade to 2.2.2 (1.8.3) or (1.5.7). I don't really understand what to do... Here's what I understood so far, please feel free to add on and correct me.
1. Unlock your bootloader.
2. Root your phone.
3. Install KOUSH CWM.
4. Flash (From Here) the "1.8.3 System and Boot NO Webtop" from CWM.
5. RSD (From Here) "AT&T US 1.8.3 Full Android Version: 2.2.2"
6. Flash from CWM Greyblur ROM
Or can I skip step 5 and flash Greyblur without flashing 1.8.3 from RSD? Any help's appreciated!
allowance said:
1. Unlock your bootloader.
2. Root your phone.
3. Install KOUSH CWM.
4. Flash (From Here) the "1.8.3 System and Boot NO Webtop" from CWM.
5. RSD (From Here) "AT&T US 1.8.3 Full Android Version: 2.2.2"
6. Flash from CWM Greyblur ROM
Or can I skip step 5 and flash Greyblur without flashing 1.8.3 from RSD? Any help's appreciated!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
So close.
Stay away from RSDLite and .sbf's if you can help it once you're done unlocking your bootloader. This is probably why your first phone was bricked.
1. Yup
2. Yup
3. romracer's works well too
4. Yup (fruitcakes are your friend)
5. NOOOOO!
6. Yup
ghost_og said:
So close.
Stay away from RSDLite and .sbf's if you can help it once you're done unlocking your bootloader. This is probably why your first phone was bricked.
1. Yup
2. Yup
3. romracer's works well too
4. Yup (fruitcakes are your friend)
5. NOOOOO!
6. Yup
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks a lot, I'll use the CWM that's easiest to use. I was planning on using rsd but if it's not needed forget it...
Last Question: So I can just skip the RSD and flash Greyblue after flashing the the fruit cakes?
P.S. My first phone bricked when it ran out of battery during on ota update lmao...
allowance said:
Thanks a lot, I'll use the CWM that's easiest to use. I was planning on using rsd but if it's not needed forget it...
Last Question: So I can just skip the RSD and flash Greyblue after flashing the the fruit cakes?
P.S. My first phone bricked when it ran out of battery during on ota update lmao...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Just to be clear. You will use RSDLite during the BL unlock process. After that it is unnecessary to use again. Almost forgot. After you root, unlock, and install CWM: MAKE A BACKUP! Can't believe I forgot that.
Yup, after flashing the fruitcake you're on froyo so if that's the ROM you want, go for it!
ghost_og said:
Just to be clear. You will use RSDLite during the BL unlock process. After that it is unnecessary to use again. Almost forgot. After you root, unlock, and install CWM: MAKE A BACKUP! Can't believe I forgot that.
Yup, after flashing the fruitcake you're on froyo so if that's the ROM you want, go for it!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Summary of Quote:
1. Make Backup
2. Use RSD only to unlock bl
3. Flash any rom without the need of RSD
Thanks for clearing everything for me, I don't wana brick my second Atrix...
Ok so here's the thing I obviously have a Motorola Atrix 4g and I am from the United States. I have rooted my device via Pete's Motorola root tools, I have accessed my webtop hack and tether. I've been research for about a week straight on how to install CM7, but the CM7 that I really want is EVOGP's whch has facial recognition capabilities (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1382934&highlight=facial+recognition). I am currently running stock Gingerbread. I have previously tried t0dbld's way of installing for the latest version of CM7 (Ba2TF) based on his installation instructions (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1257574&highlight=facial+recognition). Unfortunately I failed and ended up wiping all my contacts and starting brand new. The portion that I do not see is the second step :
1.)Reboot phone into CWM recovery (Power Button + Vol Down), press Vol Down until you see "Android Recovery" then press Vol Up to enter.
2.) Go to Backup & Restore and create a backup (this may take some time)
I dont see where to go for Backup and restore to create a back. It too me a while to figure out that had to press the both volume buttons just to toggle. But this was the first area, that was blurry. If someone could explain step by step how to get to "Backup &Restore and create a backup" would be great.
Next while apparently not backing up my rom, I decided since I already had a rom and I wanted CM7 that wouldnt be important. So I try to install the Ba2tf.zip via the bootloader screen which located on my sd card. So I go "apply blah blah to Sd card" I see the Ba2tf.zip and I press the power button to unzip the file or install. The process I see starts unloading the zip file then starts to installing the file, everything is great. Then it says "installation failed".
If someone can tell me what I did wrong and give me a step by step process of what I should and be seeing, I would greatly appreciate this help. As you cant tell I really want CM7 especially EVOGP's. Please help!!! Step by step please!!!!
Have you unlocked your phone using fruitcake? Which CWM are you running?
It's Pudding, not fruitcake.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1136261
Fruitcakes are stock system files that can flashed through CWM.
jiggytom said:
Have you unlocked your phone using fruitcake? Which CWM are you running?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Is your bootloader unlocked? If not, then unlock it. Search for pudding in the Dev Forum.
After that, you need the right recovery (CWM)
Which recovery are you using? You should flash romracer's latest CWM. Most of all the ROMs are using the latest Romracer's recovery so you won't go wrong with using that.
Then from there --- you should be good to go.......
I had no idea you had to unlock, I thought unlocking and rooting was the same thing. And I a bit new with lingo does CWM refer to Clockwork Mod? If so I downloaded the standard free Rom Manager on the market. I assume judging by your message I should probably unlock my phone using fruitcake? If I do can you post simplified link on how to install fruit cake?
Follow the instructions here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1302423
The instructions provide links for Pudding and romracer's recovery, which are both needed to flash any custom Rom.
Here's the link for CM7:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1257574
baller24hr said:
I had no idea you had to unlock, I thought unlocking and rooting was the same thing. And I a bit new with lingo does CWM refer to Clockwork Mod? If so I downloaded the standard free Rom Manager on the market. I assume judging by your message I should probably unlock my phone using fruitcake? If I do can you post simplified link on how to install fruit cake?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I guess I have to use pudding right? I see the link i'll flash it. I'll go searching for Romracer's latest recovery... please point me towards it if possible.
Re-read what I wrote.
live4nyy said:
Follow the instructions here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1302423
The instructions provide links for Pudding and romracer's recovery, which are both needed to flash any custom Rom.
Here's the link for CM7:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1257574
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
baller24hr said:
I guess I have to use pudding right? I see the link i'll flash it. I'll go searching for Romracer's latest recovery... please point me towards it if possible.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
@live4nyy Thank you so much you are a huge help.... I greatly appreciate it
No problem, just make sure to read the instructions thoroughly and make sure you have the appropriate "pudding" file.
baller24hr said:
@live4nyy Thank you so much you are a huge help.... I greatly appreciate it
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I have installed rsdlite. Where can I find the drivers that I'm supposed to install? Or does it come bundled already?
Here:
http://www.motorola.com/Support/US-...tware_and_Drivers/USB-and-PC-Charging-Drivers
Also, after you install the drivers it helps to plug it in and then go through all the USB options in the drop down and allow each one to install as well. (eg. Windows Sync, USB Mass Storage, Portal)
baller24hr said:
I have installed rsdlite. Where can I find the drivers that I'm supposed to install? Or does it come bundled already?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yeah i remember downloading this a while back.... I'm currently at Proper Recovery 5B and my command prompt says <waiting for device> and it wont allow me to type 5C.... Do I choose either A,B or C then pick D? And I'm currently on my bootload screen and it says Unlocked in the top left corner
Does anybody know anything of this nature?
Someone help I'm getting worried now
Now my phone shut off and the charging light is on....
I typed in 5c and it says it's not found... i tried 5d and that didnt work <waiting for devices> .... my phone was unresponsive even to the power button so i pulled the battery and turned it on it brought me back to the bootload screen that said unlock in the top left. my phone is now charging on the normal house charger and i turned it back on it's responsive I dont have any of my cards in so it's showing motoblur
Does this mean my phones unlocked and I should just go ahead and install the CM7?
baller24hr said:
Does this mean my phones unlocked and I should just go ahead and install the CM7?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yup.
Sent from my Xoom using xda premium
thanks I appreciate it