Very stupid question - Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I had rooted my Atrix on 2.3.4 and all was well with the world. Did the 2.3.6 OTA update and it seems to have taken away my root access. So I tried to root it with SuperOneClick 2.3.3.0. I had used an earlier version of it to root 2.3.4. However it won't root it all the way. S.U.C. locks up and won't respond. I figure it's something stupid and simple that I'm overlooking, but I don't know what. The root process seems to go along quite well until it gets to the 7th step then nothing. It just freezes up. Any help or guidance would be GREATLY appreciated. The phone is working fine, but no root.

have you tried the pudding method? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1136261. Its how I rooted my phone, no issues.

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[Q]Downgrade From Failed Root

I recently tried to root my Thunderbolt on 1.03.605.6 firmware. I used the tool found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1005292 and it updated me to 605.10 and didn't root the phone. I dunno what went wrong (this isn't the first time I've rooted a phone but it is my first HTC) but I can't seem to downgrade back to the stock firmware I had to give the root a second try. I tried these instructions:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1009423, but it appears you need to have root in order to downgrade. How do I go about downgrading back to what I started with so I can root this beast? Thanks in advance.
I may be in the same boat here. Are you sure your at .10?
htcthundr said:
I may be in the same boat here. Are you sure your at .10?
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Yep. Went up from .6 to .10. I'm used to rooting SGS so this firmware jump came as a bit of a surprise for me.
Is the phone working and able to boot up? Are you still looking to root or get completely back to stock?
TCGUK said:
I recently tried to root my Thunderbolt on 1.03.605.6 firmware. I used the tool found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1005292 and it updated me to 605.10 and didn't root the phone. I dunno what went wrong (this isn't the first time I've rooted a phone but it is my first HTC) but I can't seem to downgrade back to the stock firmware I had to give the root a second try. I tried these instructions:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1009423, but it appears you need to have root in order to downgrade. How do I go about downgrading back to what I started with so I can root this beast? Thanks in advance.
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Should have read the whole thing before responding. I don't believe you need to be rooted to use the back to stock method. I used the manual method of rooting and it was fairly easy. I don't have enough posts to post the youtube link but if you search for "how to root htc thunderbolt" you will see 2 videos by nat3mil. 1 is ADB for dummies and the other is the actual root process.
I'm not rooted as well and want to downgrade. Anyone know how? I just want to get back to stock.
I found the solution. Someone posted the same question to the dev. section a few days ago and it got a solution. Download the stock ROM here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=975888&page=2, rename that file to PG05IMG, move it to your phone, boot into hboot, and it does the rest.

AT&T 4-19-2011 Update SuperOneClick

New Update Dl's and than I installed on my rooted Atrix 4g last night. No longer have root access. tried the superoneclick and that is no longer working. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
thanks
Saw that coming. Never update until the devs figure out what's going on first. You lost root until someone can figure out another method.
oklahomatulsa said:
New Update Dl's and than I installed on my rooted Atrix 4g last night. No longer have root access. tried the superoneclick and that is no longer working. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
thanks
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what software are you using 1.5.7?
...bummer. What the hell was I thinking. Im currently running 4_1.5.7
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1016060
You may be able to get root back if you run the "afterupdate.bat" included in this root deal:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1016060
Otherwise, you'll have to flash the old sbf and do the whole process described in that thread.
EDIT: Damn...ninja'd

[Q] Help unrooting Atrix

Okay, here is the situation: I have an Atrix (obviously) that I rooted using the Gingerbreak.exe downloaded from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1046626. I just tried to update my phone to Gingerbread using the OTA update in About Phone and it failed; I’m assuming it is because I have rooted the device (if not please correct me and tell me what I did wrong). So I hopped onto these forums looking for a way to undo the root, or a way to get the update to work, and my eyes have glazed over. Could someone please tell me how to unroot my atrix before i use it as a hockey puck
I posted a thread very similar to this. You should look around.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1184199
Now honestly, I have no idea why it didnt let you update, since I used SuperOneClick with Gingerbreak and it seemed to work after updating, Didn't really test out any SU apps but I still had it. To think of it, It's kinda useless for me to state that, however it states success...
One of the options for you, since you are still on Froyo and apparently rooted are to install Gingerbreak 1.2. I'm not 100% sure if it will work, but i do know it can't harm your device.
After you install Gingerbreak 1.2, you should root again, then after the reboot, reopen the app and unroot. This method should be flawless since you did re-root with the app. But again, Not 100% sure. And right now you can unlock your bootloader and just start loading if you'd like. That is a much easier and safer way to do it. Plenty of tuts on Android Dev forum here.
lol don't worry about unrooting. I'll tell you that much.
It's not so much of a problem with root, but moreso the pre-test that accompanies the OTA. If you fail it because you use Titanium to clear out bloatware and stuff like that. even if you remove root, you still won't be able to upgrade. Instead, just use this method.
Just download the Automated Upgrade for PC Users and let your phone upgrade. All your data should still be there, but backup before just in case. Oh, and if you wanna root again after you upgrade (cause i mean, why WOULDN'T you want root?!), just use the preinstall method (hehe I'll leave this for you to search. it'll be good practice for the future, i promise =])
happy upgrading!
~jojojohnson7410~

[Q] Preferred root method for Bell Atrix 2.3.6 [A] Manual way

Hey, there seems to be a few of us(or maybe it's just me) confused about how we can root after the new update.
I just wanted to know if there was a confirmed safe way to restore root.
Thanks
Update:
Thanks to superkev. Manual way works. I can also confirm it also.
Also remember to keep your phone awake (ie. not in the locked screen)
superkev said:
I tried the manual instructions from here: http://briefmobile.com/motorola-atrix-4g-root
Step 6 failed for me, possibly because I had used this method to root 2.3.4. The rest of it went perfectly. I think the 2.3.6 update changed the permissions of the su binary, so these instructions just reset that to what they're supposed to be. I am rooted again!
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I can't seem to find any root information on bell atrix 2.3.6 either.
saw some unconfirmed reports that superoneclick worked, but it doesn't work for me just sits at "Failed to set prot mask"
and then "WaitforDevice" forever...
if anyone has legit root info for the bell atrix 2.3.6 posting it would be greatly appreciated.
All I want is to install it! But im in usa so I need someone to make a fruitcake of it for me. Oh and I have also read super one click is supposedly working for some.
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I've got super one click working but superuser keeps denying all my root permissions without giving me a prompt.
DANGER!
So I tried SuperOneClick 2.3.1 and got my Bell Atrix 2.3.6 rooted.... all seemed good and Root Checker told me I was rooted. Light Flow got Super User permission and I thought I was gold!
Then my phone started freezing up and rebooting. Now I can't use the phone because it is crashing every 30 seconds. I would say avoid SuperOneClick (at least this version) for now!!
Oh, and SuperOneClick won't unroot my device so I'm kind of stuck. I would rather not reset my device and have to reinstall all my apps (which are backed up with Titanium Back-up, but which of course needs root to work...).
I'm just trying GingerBreak to unroot so we'll see how that goes.....
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... OK... so GingerBreak unrooted my phone but it is still completely hooped and the crashing woes continue... anyone with a solution on which system files I might be able to replace to fix this?!?!?
Aaaarrrg!
I tried wit Pete's first and it failed but super one click worked right from the first attempt. Before doing that though, I did a factory reset and started from scratch. Then I restored my apps only with TB. All is OK except that in market my apps list is empty with a message saying that my purchased apps will appear here. I have read that it is a known problem, but not necessarily with this update or because of rooting. In my experience super one click has otherwise been OK. Hope that helps. Don't have a solution for you except maybe trying to do a factory reset first if you are able to and then try again.
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Hey thanks. Yes, I ended up having to do a reset from the boot menu (power+vol down) and do an 'Android Recovery' which apparently wipes the system files and reinstalls the OS. My TB backups are still sitting on the internal SD but I am hesitant to re-root so I can reinstall TB and restore... what build of SuperOneClick did you use?
I tried with SuperOneClick 2.3.1.0 (latest). It says that it worked, but even after rebooting, my apps are being denied root access.
UPDATE:
I tried the manual instructions from here: http://briefmobile.com/motorola-atrix-4g-root
Step 6 failed for me, possibly because I had used this method to root 2.3.4. The rest of it went perfectly. I think the 2.3.6 update changed the permissions of the su binary, so these instructions just reset that to what they're supposed to be. I am rooted again!
I just updated to 2.3.6 and used the Briefmobile method to root and can also confirm that it is working. I had previously used this method to do 2.3.4 and had no issues on 2.3.6. Cheers
I might caution those who are not on AT&T about using the "manual" root method from BriefMobile. It was built with AT&T 2.3.4 files. Flashing the root.img in fastboot flashes those files to your /preinstall folder possibly hosing your Bell specific files. This has in the past, and possibly could in the future cause issues when trying to install future updates.
For those of you who have done it, can you look in /preinstall/md5 and see if you have att files?
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superoneclick 2.3.1.0
this works flawlessly and on first attempt. so easy!
gingerbreak 1.2 didn't work this time, but it was useful to me for unrooting.
just make sure you do that before installing the update, and follow the superoneclick instructions.
too early to comment on battery life, and other than the keyboard I don't notice any aesthetic changes.
bell atrix
Remember to flash back the original preinstall image to avoid update issues.
Cheers!
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For those of you who have done it, can you look in /preinstall/md5 and see if you have att files?
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That directory does contain some ATT and Cingular files. However, I used this method to root 2.3.4 and it didn't prevent me from installing the 2.3.6 update. I'm hoping I won't have any trouble going to ICS (fingers crossed that such a thing will even happen!)
superkev said:
That directory does contain some ATT and Cingular files. However, I used this method to root 2.3.4 and it didn't prevent me from installing the 2.3.6 update. I'm hoping I won't have any trouble going to ICS (fingers crossed that such a thing will even happen!)
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Good deal. I had to help a few revert that folder when updating from 2.2.2 to 2.3.4 due to missing the gameloft stuff, but if it didn't effect your update that's good news.
Just in case, here's the 2.3.6 Bell stock preinstall.img to flash via moto-fastboot (thanks to NFHimself's new Gobstopper): http://www.megaupload.com/?d=C098P9IV
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I used the manual way to root with the 2.3.6 update but TB is saying it can't can't gain root access and su keeps fc'ing on me. Anyone have any ideas what could be causing this? I also tried the superone click method but during the exe install on my pc it keeps stopping saying i don't have an internet connection????
j7logan said:
I also tried the superone click method but during the exe install on my pc it keeps stopping saying i don't have an internet connection????
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that's weird. you definitely don't need internet access to perform the root (i was offline), provided you have superoneclick and phone drivers installed i'd say. does the driver check feature complain about it too?
Yeah, i thought it was strange too. It doesn't give me that error with the driver check, only when it is going through the install process of the exe.
Sometimes you need to treat your phone like a computer when it starts acting weird, save yourself some hassle and just do a format/factory reset and start fresh.
i used Doomlord's Rooting Toolkit: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1319653 it worked in 30 sec
Link to the exact Superoneclick you used? I tried the Doomloader link but it's broken.

Root process for Android 2.3.6

I have upgraded to 2.3.6 but did not maintain root access even with using voodoo protecting it. Voodoo failed to protect root AP Flashing back to. 744, then again through OTA update to. 748, and a third time through the update to. 173. I made sure on all three attempts that all boxes were green before updating, so I know I didn't do that part wrong. I had to gain root access after each change. Now I am where I wanted to be but without root. So now I'm wondering if there is just a way to gain root on 2.3.6 instead of going through all of that again and again hoping each time it works. Imagine my frustration. Lol. Any ideas or suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
I am not responding how to get root access. But there are lot of us out there trying to gain root acces to Milestone x2 2.3.6. I believe the same method can work... It just needs to be discovered! Hopefully this will happen soon!
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I have upgraded to 2.3.6 but did not maintain root access even with using voodoo protecting it. Voodoo failed to protect root AP Flashing back to. 744, then again through OTA update to. 748, and a third time through the update to. 173. I made sure on all three attempts that all boxes were green before updating, so I know I didn't do that part wrong. I had to gain root access after each change. Now I am where I wanted to be but without root. So now I'm wondering if there is just a way to gain root on 2.3.6 instead of going through all of that again and again hoping each time it works. Imagine my frustration. Lol. Any ideas or suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
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The Voodoo OTA Only works with DOOM's Zergrush root, not SuperOne Click.

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