Not sure if I'm posting this in the right place (sorry I'm new!) but I have a Motorola Flipside MB508 and I cannot get it to root! I downloaded the z4 rooting app and the androot app but neither seems to work. Is there something else I need to do or download cause I desperately need to get my phone rooted. Thanks!
See here. I found it in the Motorola Flipside forum.
Having owned a Motorola Flipside, you can use SuperOneClick. Make sure to flash CM7 because if you don't it's a crap device even with bloat removed.
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I know this doesnt exactly belong in this forum but lets face it most of the topics in here arent since the bootloader is not hacked and everone is speaking hypotheticals. I know over in the droid x droid 2 forums ( droids with bootloaders) there are roms with no motoblur. What are the odds that well see that here for the atrix. Lets face it motoblur could be worse but there are some things like the gallery that should not have been messed with. If i could do any of this i would but i cant. Has anyone tried to contact anyone in those forums for support? They have had more time with motos version of android so im sure they have some insight. I bought this phone knowing i might not be able to flash custom roms but if we can get rid of most of moto blur this phone would be heading in the right direction.
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I think with a deo rom, and root, you can sideload your own gallery, your own launcher, mod your keyboard, etc, and be almost 100% free of blur on your own...
imho..
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It will happen one way or the other. Right now I believe folks are waiting for a leaked sbf or update.zip to be able to restore a dead phone. Even the source at opensource.motorola.com will be usefull once they release it. I have been working on a method. I have a custom recovery that inits from the default recoverys reboot option. But it does not work either cuz there is still signature checks on the bootloader. Btw there is custom roms for the backflip and the bootloader is still locked deblurred and such
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Where can i find the right gallery apk for the atrix? I have tried a few and no luck....also do i need to use adb or can i just use root explorer
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Anyone help! Please I really loved the hack on 4.1.26 but don't wanna go thru the whole root process is so annoying
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There is no webtop mod for a un-rooted phone the rooting process is very simple now. Update to 1.8.3 place gingerbreak on sd card and run it and its rooted i am the noobest of noobs when it comes to androids and im a very stupid person when it comes to this kind of stuff and i managed it. Go to the dev section and theres a good guide to do it now. It usually takes 25 min to go from a fresh sbf flash to a rooted, sideloaded, Gingerblur and webtop. along with a CWM back up its not that bad no more
Yeah lol rooting is so easy now
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Sounds good thanks, oh I was actually on a webtop hack on 4.1.26 with no root, hopefully there's one soon
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Just bought this phone and need to root it already just to use titanium backup (which doesn't have non root version apparently). How can I root it?
Gingerbreak will do the job for ya.
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Gingerbreak will do the job for ya.
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Where is it? I don't have gingerbreak ,it came with froyo 2.2.2
Gingerbread will root it for ya. But there's no SBF file so your screwed if something wrong happens. If you want, go ahead, there's a guide some one posted, I think in the Motorola DROID X2 general forum. But im waiting on the SBF file.
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I rooted mine, no problems so far. If there are though, it will be a 3 lb paperweight until the sbf file comes out.
This the address you need for gingerbreak its really easy to use just load the apk
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1044765
I don't see how's this is development????
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I rooted mine, no problems so far. If there are though, it will be a 3 lb paperweight until the sbf file comes out.
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I've just froze my bloat so far, I haven't deleted anything yet until there a working SBF. Still, every little bit helps.
Just purchased my 1st Android phone and am getting used to everything. Without sounding like a broken record and having spent some time on the forum, can I please be directed to or have answered how to root an Atrix 4.1.83 v2.2.2 without flashing back?
Does it make sense to wait for Gingerbread to come out or does it make sense to unlock the boot now?
Any input greatly appreciated.
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Just purchased my 1st Android phone and am getting used to everything. Without sounding like a broken record and having spent some time on the forum, can I please be directed to or have answered how to root an Atrix 4.1.83 v2.2.2 without flashing back?
Does it make sense to wait for Gingerbread to come out or does it make sense to unlock the boot now?
Any input greatly appreciated.
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Look for Gingerbreak in dev section to root.
I would unlock and flash Kenneth Penn's 4.5.91. The Moto release in SOAK will stop you flashing back if you want to.
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If you wait and get an update from Motorola and you have your artix rooted on 2.2. How should one proceed? Does one just update and then re-root after that?
Thanks for the info. I wasn't sure if I HAD to flash back in order to gain root. As much as I don't like the motoblur bloat, a few items are handy. Any ROMs to look at?
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When I was running 1.83, I used a method from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1138204
Check out the third post in that thread. You'll need ADB to get it done, but if you don't have ADB installed you may as well do that.
ROM-wise, I'm using CherryBlur, which is a modified version of the latest 2.3.4 ROM: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1160649
And I think it's great. The original HKTW 2.3.4 beta leak had a lot of bugs, many of which have been corrected by community updates and hacks, but Kenneth's 2.3.4 seems to be pretty clean so far. As to whether it's worth waiting for the official release, well... I think it's worth modding your phone just for kicks, and to gain a better understanding of how it works.
Thanks Obscene! Now all I have to do is find the time. In theory; to get bothyour methods done - how long should I expect barring no issues?
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Hey guys, its atrixno4g and i was wondering if their is away to rom the atrix running 2.3.6 with .141. Oh and if someone could tell me about this unlocked-bootloader thing is all about ( is it when the phone is unlocked?) and how to get the clockworkmod recovery i think its called.. I recently got this phone and without doing any research i used a program called RSD Lite and flashed some sbf to downgrade or something and instead bricked my phone- but i fixed it now. So basically can someone just give me a brief summary about all this, i dont want to brick my phone again.
Thanks.
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No search
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It would take more of my own time to explain it all and provide all of the links then it would for you to find out yourself.
Search-lazy much?
Sorry but by asking questions like that you are effectively invalidating and making worthless all the hard work and effort put into writing all those tutorials and explanations in other threads. Not nice.
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Hey guys, its atrixno4g and i was wondering if their is away to rom the atrix running 2.3.6 with .141. Oh and if someone could tell me about this unlocked-bootloader thing is all about ( is it when the phone is unlocked?) and how to get the clockworkmod recovery i think its called.. I recently got this phone and without doing any research i used a program called RSD Lite and flashed some sbf to downgrade or something and instead bricked my phone- but i fixed it now. So basically can someone just give me a brief summary about all this, i dont want to brick my phone again.
Thanks.
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I rooted and unlocked my bootloader a few hours ago using the automatic bootloader unlocker tool
But like everyone said you should search because all of this is included in the tutorial here just choose the option 3 for the AT&T version and continue
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Alright i will but what i want to know is how to get clockworkmod on it, a lot of the posts that i been looking at have links that are either outdated or arent their anymore
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Alright i will but what i want to know is how to get clockworkmod on it, a lot of the posts that i been looking at have links that are either outdated or arent their anymore
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Yeah, they are outdated. Like the bootloader thread, its outdated, but its still the way to do it. Theres no newer way. After that, root it. After you root it just install cwm from the market don't follow any threads on it.
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Alright i will but what i want to know is how to get clockworkmod on it, a lot of the posts that i been looking at have links that are either outdated or arent their anymore
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Like everyone has said you gotta search. A sign you haven't even looked in those threads is the fact you said they're outdated even though they have responses that are very recent, indicating people with your version and firmware might be commenting. It's a lot of reading and it should be because if you mess it up you could brick your phone. Read everything you can and then read it again. I can guarantee you can unlock, get clockworkmod working, and flash a ROM onto your phone (my guarantee is limited to the US AT&T atrix)
Thanx for everything guys- now i root first or unlock bootloader?
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I see you're still not too good at searching the forum...
How about you just follow this guide?
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Motorola_Atrix_4G:_Full_Update_Guide