Hi all, noob here.
Am hoping I am posting in the right section. Apologies if not.
Ok... I am an expat living in Beijing and just bought an Atrix here. Trouble is, Chinese android phones have Android Market removed. I rooted the phone using gingerbreak and have managed to install one or two apk files. However, Android Market won't install. On top of that, many pre-installed apps such as the maps etc are in Chinese and moto navi gives me instructions in Chinese. Even the browsers often redirect to Chinese pages.
So I have two questions:
1) Is it possible to simply get rid of the Chinese OS (ROM? Firmware? Is that right?) and replace it with, say, a US or UK version?
2) If not, how can I get android market working?
Any ideas gratefully received!
Oh and the phone seems to be running android 2.2.2 which I believe is not the version run by non-Chinese Atrixes.
idk about all that but you i think you should def ask the people in your area . because im pretty sure most of us are in the us but maybe try to get a update for your market and just try to get a international rom ?
Thanks. Unfortunately I am also a noob in Chinese too so that's a bit tricky. The international rom thing sounds ideal but I don't know where to get it or how to install it.
evo5dave said:
Thanks. Unfortunately I am also a noob in Chinese too so that's a bit tricky. The international rom thing sounds ideal but I don't know where to get it or how to install it.
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read this post here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1154600 maybe that will clear things up .
Thanks very much: that's a really helpful link! So if I install a stock Gingerbread ROM (my phone actually came with 2.2.2) does that ROM include all the preinstalled stuff such as Android Market etc? In other words, would doing so remove all the Chinese stuff from my phone and replace it with the standard stuff from whatever region the ROM is from? If so, that's what I think I need to do.
evo5dave said:
Thanks very much: that's a really helpful link! So if I install a stock Gingerbread ROM (my phone actually came with 2.2.2) does that ROM include all the preinstalled stuff such as Android Market etc? In other words, would doing so remove all the Chinese stuff from my phone and replace it with the standard stuff from whatever region the ROM is from? If so, that's what I think I need to do.
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Any stock ROM will have the Android Market.
And yes it will remove all of your stuff on your phone and replace it with a fresh install of whatever is on that stock ROM...
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Awesome. Thanks very much. Will try to get it done this weekend.
Hello all, I'm selling my atrix pretty soon and I need to return it back to stock settings.
What i want to do is i wanna find the STOCK 2.3.4 spf and flash it on the phone
Where can i find a reliable one? I've searched everywhere but i dont know which ones are safe and which arent
And finally, before i flash the spf, should I reflash the stock rom? Which one do you recomend me to install?
THANKS TONS!!
hello people,
i do not know anything about phones ..i am not savvy at all.
i just bought a galaxy s2 (sph-d-710) and want to WIPE AND DELETE everything and do a CLEAN install of a STOCK ROM of Android 4.2 or 4.3. (sorry for the CAPS, but it seems that in my last post people did not see the keyword STOCK.
~~(when I say "stock" ROM i mean just the basic factory operating system that would come with a device bought in the store)
i dont' care which one.
I don't need to restore or back up anything. i just want a stock ROM.
So where can I find an official stock ROM for this device?
I just want to do a clean install just like one would with a laptop...wiping the hard drive and installing a fresh copy of Windows.
I searched for days on google for this topic but it seems like everyone has to be cool and do a custom ROM and nobody knows anything about factory stock ROMs.
Please anyone know where to download an official stock ROM
thanks
dontknowanything928 said:
hello people,
i do not know anything about phones ..i am not savvy at all.
i just bought a galaxy s2 (sph-d-710) and want to WIPE AND DELETE everything and do a CLEAN install of a STOCK ROM of Android 4.2 or 4.3. (sorry for the CAPS, but it seems that in my last post people did not see the keyword STOCK.
~~(when I say "stock" ROM i mean just the basic factory operating system that would come with a device bought in the store)
i dont' care which one.
I don't need to restore or back up anything. i just want a stock ROM.
So where can I find an official stock ROM for this device?
I just want to do a clean install just like one would with a laptop...wiping the hard drive and installing a fresh copy of Windows.
I searched for days on google for this topic but it seems like everyone has to be cool and do a custom ROM and nobody knows anything about factory stock ROMs.
Please anyone know where to download an official stock ROM
thanks
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official samsung site
White_neXus007 said:
official samsung site
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Hello,
You can find some in sammobile.
Nadstaky
I am looking to flash the Deodexed Rooted ROM from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmo...t/how-to-update-to-g900tof6-5-1-1-pc-t3141404
I am wondering something about it. Obviously I know it comes without all the crap apps on it that just take up space. My question is, if I flash this in my TWRP (currently running Pure N5 Port ROM) can I get official over the air updates from T-Mobile should they have any or will it not work?
Which ROM would I have to flash to get OTA updates from T-Mobile?
Just the basic STOCK ROM?
If I flash the STOCK ROM can I root my phone and get rid of the bloatware and still get the OTA updates from T-Mobile?
If anyone can help me and explain this all to me I would be forever grateful. For as much as I love the Pure N5 Port ROM I am having a few issues with it. One being speaker during a call does not work for more than a few minutes. No matter who I call the other person on the other end after a few minutes has a really hard time understanding me as I sound distorted.
Anyway thanks again to all for reading and thanks to anyone that can help!
You have to be on stock unrooted to be able to install official ota files, but you can always just install the corresponding Odin firmware file when an update comes out if you need to be rooted and/or on a custom ROM
I want to install the root again but i downgrade my cellphone to the stock ROM, but i stay in AOSP mode and i can't root it, anyone can help me with that? Thanks a lot