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[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dubyajaysmith:
im in for $30 USD

im in for $30 just want to have full linux for dock(already possible), cm7 and theme chooser, which needs a 2.3 rom...like my old htc magic has had for ages =( Is that too much to ask =D I've really REALLY thought about not even purchasing the atrix & dock just because of moto's bootloader crap. if you wanna be like apple get your own OS so I wont want your phone..I swear!i!
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lurchbyrep:
Just saying I'm still here. I follow this thread every day, and will definitely honor my commitment.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lemortede:
I too check it every few days.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] katinatez:
Im in for $20 and I will follow this thread to honor my commitment. Im a college student taking programming so I definitely can appreciate the hard work involved in this project.

Atrix rooted 1.5.7
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bigb252:
+1
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lyon21:
I don't have a paypal account but I will mail or western union the dev who cracks it a $20. While I won't get into paypal, I'll make sure I get it to the dev any way I can.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] havlaz:
put me down for 20$
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chikou:
Put me down for 30.00, I love the android community.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CyberPunk7t9:
I'm new to android at all and new in the XDA forums as well.

But I know what it means being in an independent rock music movement here for so many years and having had a lot more money than what I offered here spent on non-profit self-organized events. I will surely commit to my word even if I did not have the Atrix when we get instructed to send the bounty prizes to the rightful hacker(s).

Thank you
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brian2220:
we should post links to this thread on twitter and tell blog sites to write about it and maybe it will get more attention
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CyberPunk7t9:
I think it would get messy that way. Fewer determined to pay people is still better than a mass of trollers the OP wouldn't be able to deal with.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] guidojusto:
Updated first post, we are over 2700 USD!
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Exador:
You guys are throwing away your money when you could use it towards a phone with an unlocked bootloader or better yet a charity. Motorola is not going to unlock the bootloader under any circumstance. The promised bootloader solution was more of a panicked response they have no intention of actually doing anything. They're to stubborn and stupid to admit a locked bootloader is a terrible idea. Poor sales and bad press hasn't swayed them and we know they don't give a damn what their customers think. They have their heads so far up the carriers asses they can't hear their customers even if they did care.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] guidojusto:
Who is waiting for Motorola to unlock the phone? We are waiting devs to unlock the phone ;). I'll donate 30 for getting you a couple of glasses.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yokopol:
i am in for $20
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ikenley:
OK, so this thread was set up to peak the interest of developers to come over to the Atrix and work on cracking it.

We now have some decent cash together, but have no announcements of new developers joining the battle.

@guidojusto, has this been communicated to the Dev groups out there? Have there been any new additions to the Atrix cracking effort?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kartik50:
Count me in...

Count me in £10. Btw can we use the money to hire a supercomputer so that the dev can crak the code?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] h8rift:
Guys,

The devs that are currently working on bootloader (you know, all of them in their own fashion) are aware of this. The higher this bounty goes does not speed up their process :). Just be patient, and maybe watch #moto-atrix on IRC and see the discussions going on there.

You might just get a verbal update of where they are at :).

-h8
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lsxrx7:
money is always a motivator
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jivester024:
I'm in...

I'm in for $20 via PayPal!
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -Roze-:
I've been following this thread since it started but I mostly lurked. I've just rooted so I'm in now :D

AT&T Bootloader $20 CAD

When the BELL Bootloader gets cracked, I'll doante $30 CAD

May the force be with the developers working on this and get this baby cracked and whipped into shape!
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ChongoDroid:
God I hope they have a user friendly way like SE is doing. If not I'm turning this baby off and plugging in my nexus one... I'll keep this bad boy until it sees gingerbread, I already fell in love with the hardware.

Sent from my Motorola Olympus
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wezy904:
I'll contribute USD$ 50.00 via PayPal
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -Roze-:
They as in our Devs or Moto? Cause there's no way in hell and back that Moto will make life THAT easy for us with the kind of lockdowns they have been heading.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andy j:
count me in for £10 and a slightly used wife she's a good cook to!
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ChongoDroid:
If its our devs then I'll be so proud of xda... It'll also be the last locked down phone I buy. I have faith.

Sent from my Motorola Olympus
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frankiedizzle87:
I dunno it seems like locked down phones is a trend.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NguyenHuu:
not much, but I'm in for $10 via paypal!
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sl8125:
I wish someone in MOTO see this thread and leak the code unlock. Hint hint. That's alot of cash. Lol.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] link12245:
$2700 one time, or $50-$70k a year....hmmmm....
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lurchbyrep:
Yeah, that's exactly what I was thinking. Funny. I'm all for keeping open source open, but if I worked for Moto, it would not be worth losing my job over.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blunted09:
this phone is amazing. This is my first experience with motoblur however, and i can garauntee it will be my last. this is without a doubt the worst software i have ever encountered. Its almost as if its a beta version.

FREE THE BOOTLOADER!
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -Roze-:
Guido, what's the update on the bounty?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EclipseX:
i'm try to talking a developer from motorola xD....he was afraid to give me the code oO lool
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hdblab:
count me in. $10.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blunted09:
this bounty is getting pretty high. Anybody know of the progress?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pagandoc:
count me in 10
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 1.ATRIX-in-PT:
I am in for $30.

The ATRIX is a nice smartphone, with an unlocked Bootloader it will be a phantastic smartphone.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bigb252:
Its getting pretty annoying not having an unlocked bootloader. We should be able to flash a sh*tload of ROMS by now.

Just sayin'

This is my first android phone and probably my last with a locked bootloader... keep up the good work devs!
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blunted09:
as long as i know people are working on it. I dont know why people are complaining about this phone. Launcher pro installed and its the fastest phone i have ever used. for those of you using launcher pro, uncheck the high quality scrolling and it speeds up like crazy!
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -Roze-:
To date, no Motorola Android phone has had the Bootloader broken :rolleyes: I'm just hoping that with the bootloader being signed vs locked (previous versions), then it'd be easier for our Devs to break *crosses fingers*
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lurchbyrep:
The bootloader is actually locked and encrypted, as I understand from the guys on irc who've been trying to crack it. The difference is more that we're dealing with a different chipset (Tetra 2 as opposed to OMAP). Apparently the OMAP security was very tight, whereas it may not be as much with NVidia's hardware. Nevertheless, Motorola, on their end, has been as serious as ever about keeping this phone locked tight. Still, we have a couple of very good devs working on this phone who have learned a lot and may actually bring us a solution in the future, perhaps sooner than you might expect.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fwdkiller:
I got a hundred
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blunted09:
count me in for some cash. What s another small chunk of cash to make the phone even better. Tell them I will have their babies too!
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] r34p3rex:
We need some Geohot love in here lol
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] baddison:
I would even be willing to provide Geohot the device...FREE OF CHARGE!!! No JOKING AROUND HERE!!!!:cool:

I am DEAD SERIOUS ....like a heart attack!!!:cool:
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ikenley:
Wow! Props to you dude.

Now if you're serious about that, try to get in touch with the guy. I sent him an email last week and haven't heard back, but if you can get a device in his hands, that would make you my hero.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mcewball13:
booyah

I'm in for $25.. This phone is capable of great things. Hope can soon experience them.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trogdan:
My 2 cents

Put me down for $25
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IrshaadH:
Just to clarify, will unlocking the bootloader mean being able to install any custom ROM regardless of whether you have an AT&T or Bell Atrix?

P.S. Will donate as soon as I set up Paypal :)
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lurchbyrep:
Unlocking the bootloader will make true Atrix ROMs possible, but won't mean you can just install a custom kernel made for another phone and expect everything to work. Each phone has its own peculiar hardware for which drivers must be included in its running kernel. However, regarding the Bell/ATT issue, though I don't know about their inherant incompatibilities, the difficulty in adapting kernels to both phones should be minimal, if it is an issue at all.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blunted09:
il toss in the wife. She cooks good.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -Roze-:
This is just from what I've gathered and my understanding, correct me if I'm wrong. Since tge Bell Atrix uses a different firmware compared to the AT&T model, if the AT&T Atrix's bootloader get unlocked, the dev just need to tweeked it for the Bell version (because of firmware). So breaking the AT&T Bootloader does not mean the Bell version is broke too. I think the 'method' would be the same for both...hopefully. Though I don't really think ANY dev will work on the Bell Atrix without a SBF as a backup for ROMs. Not sure if they need the Bell SBF to unlock the bootloader...hopefully not.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lurchbyrep:
This is correct. An unlocked ATT Atrix may not be an unlocked Bell Atrix. If these have different bootloaders, the security key will be different. However, our devs are not trying to find the security key at present, but are trying to disable the bootloader security check itself. Thus, if this is performed on an ATT Atrix, it seems reasonable to assume that an unlocking of the Bell Atrix by the same method should follow almost immediately after.

And no, a Bell SBF should not be in the least necessary to accomplish this (though it would give one more confidence to try, since the risk is greatly reduced with an SBF).
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] r34p3rex:
I'm in for $10.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blunted09:
just thought i would bump the thread to see if we have anything new. There was a post from someone in the sony xperia thread somewhere around here. Has anybody brought that to the developers attention?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MKVFTW:
As of today i am out of the atrix game, however my contribution to the bounty still stands. Its my support of the principal now, not the need! Good luck!
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkRyoushii:
the code in question is a misunderstanding.. Not what the xperia dev thought it was

Sent from my MB860
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blunted09:
ah well, worth a try.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bigb252:
OP, can you update the thread?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tsouza:
I'm in for $10 USD
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -Roze-:
+1

YES!!! Please OP, update the amount!!! I think it's way way over $3000 now!!!
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spitefulcheerio:
I'd throw in $30!
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] guidojusto:
Update!

Still thinking of making this post sticky, but Mr. Clown did not answered my PM. Anybody can help me with this?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xhyperion:
I'm currently the EE rom for 2.1. I want to upgrade to a 2.2 rom. Do I need to unroot first? If so is there a guide + 2.1 kernel available?

Is there anther way to get a 2.2 rom on my phone without reverting back to stock 2.1? Thanks
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] augoza:
When I back up my rom, it saves to the sdcard right...Well where is it? I need to copy my latest one to my pc. THANKS!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jstalford:
In a folder called nandroid. At least, that's where RA puts it. Dunno about Clockwork.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k2buckley:
If you use Amon Ra recovery, on your Sd card, you will find a folder called 'nandroid'. That is where all of your nandroiid backups will be.

If you use clockwork recovery, you'll have a folder on your sd card called 'clockworkmod'. From within that folder, I believe there is a sub-folder called 'backups'. That's where they'll be! Depending on which recovery you used to create the backups.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dougjamal:
If your recovery is amon RA, there should be a folder titled "nandroid" on the root of yur SD card. Inside of that folder should be another folder with a title that consists of letters and numbers. Your nandroid(s) are contained inside. ClockwordMod backups *should* be kept in a folder bearing the Clockworkmod name.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mmegalodon:
Do you have a 'nandroid' folder?

I'm using Amon, not sure if it's handled any differently with Clockwork - if that's even what you're on - but you should be able to find it.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] augoza:
THANKS everyone! Really appreciate it. I have the lastest clockwork rec. I use RA sometimes but never backed up anything with RA. Again thanks!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] ntriukas:
i got an htc hd2 that was dropped in a bucket of water on accident, thephone turns on but when its on the volume up and down buttons keep pressing somewhere messed up with the software iguess i took out buttons no fix, so anyone had this problem? and the main ques i got is is that could i install froyo or any android version on the phone without putting stuff in the phone, just from the computer? would youguys think it will fix it or? i reall yneed this sorted out its my only phone and i really cant spend more money :confused:
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] lsmosdef:
well first of all to install any android rom u will be needing a big enough sd card and some knowledge of what you are doing, secondly you will be needing those vol buttons to work correctly.. if both are in good workin order then i dont see why u wouldnt be able to install android
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] closemyeyes:
think jus get ur phone fixed 1st... the circuit board could b short circuited
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] ntriukas:
do people actually bother to replace the circuit board or?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] thewebsiteisdown:
You might be able to get lucky and clean it with some type of cleaner that won't leave a residue on the board and it might, stop.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jackler1:
I have found that when I install dolphin HD that it works but is not the default. I set it for default in dolphin and it will work as default as long as I don't close it. However, if i close it, the phone reverts to the android (I assume) browser and I then have to go back into dolphin and tell it to be default again. I would like to disable the android browser so that when I hit the browser button on the dock it defaults to it because there is no other choice. I have titanium backup and root.

I really want dolphin because it integrates lastpass much better and with using lastpass I have some crazy passwords for my websites that are generated, which makes it impossible to get into without it. I also want to eliminate the choice popup every time I use a browser.

Thanks kindly in advance...
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vigneshd:
When you hit the "browser" button on your dock it should give you an option of whether you'd like to use the stock android browser or dolphin. after you chose dolphin you can also check the box that say make this the default action.

Alternatively, go to settings > applications > dolphin to mess with the default settings there.
[HTC 7 Pro] coasterfreak212:
Hello Everyone,

I just got the Arrive and I'm loving it, but something weird is happening. For some reason, when I'm writing a txt, it just flat out stops at 160 characters and doesn't continue the message with an auto-split.

I called into Sprint, HTC, and Windows Phone support and they all think" woah, that's weird" and the majority of tech support didn't even know it had launched already. I also read the manual from Sprint, HTC, and from Microsoft stating that 160+ characters will be auto-split.

Since the phone is so new, as well as NoDo and such, I have not seen anything about this issue and it's driving me mad. My only theory is that for some unknown reason Microsoft limited the txt messaging in CDMA WP7 to 160 because CDMA doesn't handle 160+ characters well. If this is the case, WTF?! :mad:

I know there are very few of you who have an Arrive, but anybody have this same problem? Anybody have any ideas on how to fix this?

The only workaround I have is sending the message incomplete and continuing it with another (and that makes me feel like I'm using my old Nokia with Snake. I haven't had a phone that couldn't handle more than 160 characters before)
[HTC 7 Pro] cyclical:
Mine does the same thing, while it is a little annoying until it get resolved sending it parts is the only work around.
[HTC 7 Pro] coasterfreak212:
Well that's lame.

Why does it seem like Microsoft is just dropping the ball with the basics on Windows Phone 7? I love the OS to pieces and I really like the phone, but these little nuances (along with simple things like changing colors, custom ringtones, group contacts, etc) are just plain unacceptable.
[HTC 7 Pro] coasterfreak212:
Also, I noticed something about the Arrive.

The OS version is 7.0.7389.0

but the NoDo being pushed today is 7.0.7390.0

That 0.0.0001.0 Might be all the difference, at least I hope so. It means a posibility of a tiny update :D
[HTC 7 Pro] sketchy9:
I wouldn't count on any updates in the forseeable future. And FWIW the manual for the phone says that it will break up messages longer than 160 characters, so this definitely sounds like a bug.

-R
[HTC 7 Pro] ScottSUmmers:
I just learned this might be unique only to the Arrive
[HTC 7 Pro] air2k57:
It is, I have the arrive and buddy has focus with nodo, his splits texts fine.
[HTC 7 Pro] souporman7:
It must be all Arrives, because mine does the same thing. It's very annoying when you're used to having your texts auto-split. My Touch Pro 2 split text messages just fine, so I see no reason that it should be a problem with the Arrive. Hopefully this gets fixed soon.
[HTC 7 Pro] LayneRobinson:
My Arrive does the same thing. Of course, I didn't read the manual, so I wasn't aware that it was supposed to work differently (but had expected it to since even my WM5.0 Cingular 8125 did it).

And I've already heard that the .0001 isn't significant in terms of build number. CDMA vs GSM difference only.
[HTC 7 Pro] Ranger093:
Its an issue with Microsoft not implementing proper code for CDMA text splitting its annoying but they'll fix it.
[HTC 7 Pro] drezzzzy:
Hi, I am an employee of Sprint. The HTC Arrive was intended to allow users to exceed 160 characters by automatically creating a new message after 160 characters is exceeded. This is explained on pg. 83 of the HTC Arrive User Guide. Currently the device will not allow users to exceed the 160 character limit. This has been recognized as a known issue and Sprint has asked Microsoft to address this issue in a future update.
[HTC 7 Pro] Chris-h11:
Looks like it wasn't fixed in Mango. At least not for me :(
[HTC 7 Pro] Xodium:
...

I am so tempted to ditch my Arrive right *now*. Sprint/HTC has been notified many times over about this issue. They had time to fix it. There is no excuse for this.

EDIT: Anyone know if Verizon HTC Trophy owners are having the same limit? I'm hearing *nothing* from that sector.
[HTC 7 Pro] tiny17:
It wasn't. This was the single thing I was most looking forward to. If they didn't update it with Mango, I suspect it will never be fixed.

I really hope that Sprint releases a new device, as I am ready a Windows Phone variant of the Galaxy SII.
[HTC 7 Pro] Xodium:
Got the update notification. Updated, and sure enough, that limit is still there.

I don't think any words can sum up how much rage I am feeling right now. I really just want to throw caution to the wind and grab a Photon 4G.

To note: If this limit was stated clearly in the manual, I wouldn't have a problem with it. It is the fact that this is a feature that is SUPPOSED TO EXIST, but does not.
[HTC 7 Pro] hassanselim0:
I son't understand why you're all raging of such a simple thing, I rarely need to write more than 160 chars in an SMS (a 1 minute call would be cheaper for me in that case :D), but yeah it's apparently an Arrive-only bug because I don't have it in my HTC 7 Pro.
[HTC 7 Pro] ldubin:
Correct...last we knew it was a Sprint firmware issue as you can now type more than 160 chars but the phone won't send it. I haven't been over to BUZZ in a while but try seeing if the Buzz About Wireless people are talking about it since that's Sprint offical forum
[HTC 7 Pro] Xodium:
The 7 Pro won't have an issue because it's GSM, and GSM can support it no problem.

Only the 7 Pro (US Cellular) and Arrive will have this issue.

And I regularly send messages that get close to or go over 160 characters, and rarely make phone calls. So for me, this is a pretty big deal.

EDIT: Got one person saying this isn't an issue on the CDMA Trophy:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1280146

If this is the case, it's HTC/Sprint's problem, not Microsoft's.

EDIT: Got first-hand confirmation that this is now HTC/Sprint's problem:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/anticitizen/6193110593/

That is a CDMA Trophy, doing a messaging split. I sent it to myself, and sure enough, it came through as two messages, but it did come through.
[HTC 7 Pro] Xodium:
Btw, bump, just in case no one saw my edits. (Since they're a tad significant)

Yet another edit: Reached out to HTC over this. Gist of the response from them: We have no updates coming to fix any of the issues with the Arrive.
[HTC 7 Pro] Xodium:
Going to give this one last bump, because seriously, this problem is really, really irritating.

I have some communication with HTC, but all I'm getting from them is "We'll notify you when we have more information!" Listen, I don't want more information. I just want to know if some kind of fix is being worked on. Or if they're going to get around to it. It's getting infuriating to wait on this.