yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] karl0ss:
I have no problem doing that atall, i'm glad to help as much as I can...

so just to confirm, GingerBreak will only work with a sd card inserted, as I have tried it and it doesn't seem to do anything, but I don't have a sd card inserted atm..

how would i go about backing up the sbf afterwards? also what does sbf stand for?

thanks.

edit - just redone GingerBreak with a sd card and i can confirm I am now rooted..

can i not do any of the hacks around at the moment? as they all report versions im not on? e.g.

1.42_deodex_OlympusCamera.zip

1.57_deodex_OlympusCamera.zip

1.83_deodex_OlympusCamera.zip

also, what is deodex?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lonegunman:
Strange, it's running a newer rom than the orange atrix, being as both orange and t-mobile are one of the same now, you would have thought orange would have had a update to the 2.2.3?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nitrox1:
SBF means system binary file. basically its a completely stock system image. Flashing it thru RSDlite (software flashing application from motorola), will completely return your phone to stock.

Deodex: Basically, Android uses a a java based virtual machine as the bases for running programs. This virtual machine is called Dalvik. A .dex file contains the cache used by the Dalvik VM (called Dalvik-cache) for a program and is stored inside the .apk. A .odex file is an optimized version of the .dex file which gets stored next to the .apk as opposed to inside the .apk. This process is done by default to system apps. Deodexing is the process of converting the .odex files back into .dex to be stored inside the .apk so that things can be more easily modified. So a deodexed rom is one that has been through the deodexing process. Deodex can just as easily be called Unodex or any other pre-fix you wish to use.

http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/what-is-odex-and-deodex-in-android-complete-guide/

For rooting check here.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1046626

should be very easy, but you must have a sd card.

We are then after a couple of files off your phone, and a little information? Are you game?

Do you have any knowledge of using ADB?

If not have a look here to start, but goggle will be your friend on this.

http://android-dls.com/wiki/index.php?title=ADB

We're after a request for a firmware, we need to submit the following files (using adb pull):

/system/default.prop

/system/build.prop

/system/etc/motorola/bp_nvm_default/File_GSM

about phone > weptop version

Then we can hopefully grab your sbf, so we can use it for restoring the phone, if there's mistakes made.

Have to say I don't know about modding your phone, you'll have to try.

But that's why sbf, is important.

As devs have got around bootloader, I would get used to your phone, while roms like vanilla android, miui, and cm7, get ported over.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nitrox1:
True but have you seen how much more the phone is to TMO renewal customers, compared to Orange renewal.

But looks like it could be a very good sbf to grab.....
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ears1991:
This guy was able to get our orange sbf in minutes so take a look: http://modmymobile.com/forums/659-motorola-atrix-4g-general/562049-atrix-firmwares-superthread.html

Edit didnt see u already posted about pulling those files woops
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] karl0ss:
Hey guys, attached is the build.prop and default.prop file, the third folder you listed doesn't exist, or at least I can't see it...

www(.)mediafire(.)com/?1ducdwtg246qz57

webtop version -OSHWT_U1_6.54.0

so once you guys help me make a SBF, I can somehow then put Clockwork recovery on there and flash one of the custom roms?

thanks
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nitrox1:
Yep you should be clear to go forward, just remember no way to rerun to stock at the moment.

I've forwarded this information to daywalker04 who seems to be able to find these sbf's, and it could take a while, the web site he uses is a couple of posts up.

flashing at the moment is mainly themes at the moment rather than roms

Will post sbf on the orange uk thread in general.

Plus pm you a copy, if and when we get it.

Swyped from 'mount' Olympus
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] daywalker04:
I wish I had that flex version.

It doesn't appear to be on Motorola's system yet. Sometimes they take a while to catch up.

Here is an alternate method to find flex file.

Be sure to set Android USB debugging mode on your device to OFF. Then make sure you have the latest Moto drivers installed on your machine. If you can connect to Motorola Software Update using Windows OS and try to run a software update--- it will not succeed because there is no update for T-Mobile UK.

When it searches for an update it will store the necessary info in a file called MSU.txt (this is the file needed) in the Motorola Software Update program directory. Then you can find the flex version.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nitrox1:
That file is on your computers directory, rather than your phone.

Swyped from 'mount' Olympus
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stratax:
oh haha sorry. just recived mine and it took 3 days for $20
[Samsung Infuse 4G] carhigh:
Same with the dell streak i had. the front facing camera is mirrored when just looking. when you take the pic, it is still mirrored. I tried to convince my buddy his iphone was messed up because it would reverse the pic it takes to show correctly.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Dani897:
ha i never noticed it but you are right. i think non mirrored would feel weird but it seems odd that mirrored is not only default but here is on non mirrored option.
[EVO 4G General] kingakuma:
If you have S-Off and Updated via OTA

Here is the Most Current Amon Ra Recovery

Amon Ra Recovery 2.3

Place PC36IMG.zip on the root of your sd card.

Boot the phone into the bootloader by powering the phone down, then press the power and the volume down buttons at the same time.

Once the phone boots into the bootloader the phone will automatically recognize the zip file. It will ask if you would like to update, select yes and let it do it's thing and you will be good to go

After this you can Flash any Rom of your Choosing and get Super user and Buzy Box back...

What does that Mean you will be Rooted Again

Just make sure you use a Custom Rom or Stock De-odexed or Odexed Rom
[EVO 4G General] jonathan413:
I have s-off but I can't go into recovery
[EVO 4G General] k2buckley:
Did you take the OTA already? If so, you no longer have recovery. As the OP stated, since you still have S-off, you just need to reflash your recovery. Download a PC36IMG of Amon Ra's recovery, and flash it with your bootloader. Then you'll have recovery.
[EVO 4G General] kingakuma:
Download Amon RA PC36IMG.zip and install it to the root of your SD card, Then boot into Recovery "Pull the Battery hold the Volume Down Button and Press Power"

The PC36IMG.ZIP should start to read by the recovery it will say update recovery follow what it says it should say up to install down for no, let it finish then after that you can install any rom of your choosing
[EVO 4G General] jonathan413:
Idk..every time I put the file on the root of the sdcard it never reads it..even on the older bootloaders.
[EVO 4G General] kingakuma:
it is named PC36IMG.zip right if so the bootloader should automatically start reading it you should see a progress bar on the top right of the screen

Here is the Most Current Amon Ra Recovery

Amon Ra Recovery 2.3
[EVO 4G General] jonathan413:
Yea its named right..I don't even touch the file I just drop it on the root of the sd but nothing gets read when I go to bootloader
[EVO 4G General] kingakuma:
In my previous post i linked the Recovery but here it is again

Here is the Most Current Amon Ra Recovery

Amon Ra Recovery 2.3

Place PC36IMG.zip on the root of your sd card.

Boot the phone into the bootloader by powering the phone down, then press the power and the volume down buttons at the same time.

Once the phone boots into the bootloader the phone will automatically recognize the zip file. It will ask if you would like to update, select yes and let it do it's thing and you will be good to go
[EVO 4G General] jonathan413:
Still doesn't work Idk..maybe its the sdcard but I have two sdcards and both are doing the same thing
[EVO 4G General] kingakuma:
when you boot to the bootloader does it Say S-Off or S-On
[EVO 4G General] ca1ne:
To disable fastboot in ota

Go to settings

Then applications

And disable fastboot

This should allow you to get back into the bootloader

Hope this helps
[EVO 4G General] jonathan413:
Did it and still a no go
[EVO 4G General] jonathan413:
It says s-off
[EVO 4G General] animal7296:
I can personally verify that this works.
[EVO 4G General] jonathan413:
I wonder why my bootloader doesn't read the file
[EVO 4G General] mikel719:
Had that problem on a friends evo. Had to use a bigger sd cardto get it to read it.
[EVO 4G General] Stuke00:
Are you sure you are s-off?
[EVO 4G General] jonathan413:
Lol I'm positive
[EVO 4G General] ca1ne:
After turning off fastboot, did you power off the phone and pull the battery to ensure it did a complete power down? Its only a guess, shouldn't bee behaving like thus if s-off.
[EVO 4G General] jonathan413:
Yea did that too
[EVO 4G General] wrapkgb:
This may sounds stupid, but make sure the file isn't named PC36IMG.zip.zip

Trust me it happens.

And if I may add... There is really no reason to update via the OTA if your already rooted and plan on staying rooted. Because once you flash a new rom essentially all that is updated is the bootloader and radios. It would be easier just to update the radios (that is if the radios were updated, not sure). Anyways just my .2 cents :)
[EVO 4G General] jonathan413:
yup your right...popped in my 8gb and it read the file
[EVO 4G General] mikel719:
I forgot to ask what size card you used before, but glad you got it.
[EVO 4G General] cibersay:
So if you have S-ON you're just SOL at this point? Like me :D
[EVO 4G General] jonathan413:
i was using a 2gb
[EVO 4G General] ca1ne:
Congrats man, glad it worked out for you worth the 8 gig
[EVO 4G General] josh995:
Can I do this and keep the stock rom but still get super user and busybox back?
[EVO 4G General] tws101:
I have done this and have the stock rom now I just want to install superuser for 2.3 because the 2.2 froyo superuser causes a boot loop. Does anyone have a link to superuser for 2.3?
[EVO 4G General] LancerEVA06:
Make sure your SD card is formated FAT32... otherwise the bootloader will not read the PC36IMG.zip
[EVO 4G General] GrayTshirt:
initially this did not work for me, I backed up my SD card, formatted it and used the steps in the first post and xHausx's stock ROM and all is well. Thanks guys!
[EVO 4G General] tempe38:
Check out http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1110733 this thread. I have S-off using Unrevoked and ran the OTA. You have to flash the custom recovery again after the update (I used Amon Ra) and then flash the new Superuser zip. After I did that and booted I've been able to give superuser permissions to a bunch of apps. Haven't tried flipping roms again yet but it appears that it should work.
[EVO 4G General] playya:
I am confused why would you do the OTA only to run another custom rom again and especially when your rooted and could just dl a rooted version minus the crap. This confuses me but oh well

Sent from my EVO rocking Evervolv Gingerbread
[EVO 4G General] kingakuma:
Playaa this is a thread to let people know, that if they were ROOTED and INSTALLED THE OTA UPDATE, their is no CURRENT WAY TO ROOT 2.3 their is a WORKAROUND, because the update only killed your recovery, but you still have bootler with S-Off you can install un-signed updates via the bootloader to regain your full recovery and go back to installing custom roms or just install busybox and su so you can run your ROOTED apps.
[EVO 4G General] josh995:
I just used this method.

Downloaded OTA, installed, disabled fastboot to get into the bootloader or whatever it's called, and installed the amonra recovery then flashed superuser.

Everything is working perfectly. Loving the new snappier performance of my stock rooted evo :D
[EVO 4G General] shortydoggg:
easiest method, and very quick, once you download the files and place on sdcard.
[EVO 4G General] hermes.delvillar:
Question actually, I was going to unroot to get the ota update. I flashed the S-on unrevoked-forever-son.zip then realized that unrooting was crazy so just waited to flash a rom. Everything seems to be working well but It does say I have S-on. Is that something that is going to be a problem later?
[EVO 4G General] GoFigure23:
Is there a way to just update the radio, without doing everything else?

Edit: nevermind I found it!
[EVO 4G General] shortydoggg:
Possibly, if your recovery partition ever gets corrupted. You won't be able to backup, recover, or flash.

It is easy just to flash back to S-OFF with the other unrevoked-forever tool from the same unrevoked site.
[EVO 4G General] hermes.delvillar:
cool cool, easy enough... though, what if I don't have a partition. also what is that?
[EVO 4G General] roar109:
That was easy, i think when install OTA will be s-on but no,install RA recovery was fast.
[EVO 4G General] Slagdude76:
Clockwork Recovery

To Get back to the op, I know he is fixed and and good to go, without a doubt, the 2 gig card was the problem....Does need to be Formatted as FAT 32 to read correctly, but probably came that way, even when you partition your sd card and swap sizes and extentions,the remainder is Fat 32. Good call. But, to the point, I know that clockwork gets a bad name, or whatever...But if you would download it from market and flash Either current Recovery or Alternative recovery, such as 3.xxx whatever, let it flash successfully, exit it, then go back, you actually have the option to flash Amon_ra, then you can boot into recovery!!! If Backed up with titanium backup.as you know, it would automatically have restored it with security off.

Just for people to think about, gotta go look for something to flash......Getting Antsy....:)
[EVO 4G General] shortydoggg:
The menu that you flashed unrevoked forever-son, that is from your recovery partition. It either consists of Amon or clockworkmod.
[EVO 4G General] kilascay:
thanks for the tip i thought mine would be s-on after the ota update now i am rooted again.
[EVO 4G General] acb_pr:
Hi Everyone

Just to make myself clear if I am rooted and s-off and take the last OTA update the phone will still be s-off?

By getting the OTA update I will have the latest radio, wimax, pri,nv?

If the Hboot is updated will still be s-off?

Thanks
[EVO 4G General] shortydoggg:
If you just got to know,

Only if you rooted with unrevoked3 or used unrevoked forever, then yes, yes, and yes to your three questions. This particular OTA will not change your S-OFF status, but it is a good practice to just flash rooted versions of the updates, and avoid the OTAs.
[EVO 4G General] acb_pr:
Thanks!

Now to my new Evo!
[EVO 4G General] Assassin74:
i`m on a stock evo rooted with unrevoked3, s-off. can i do the ota update then reflash the amon ra recovery and still be rooted or do i have to flash a file or something to be rooted again. i only want to use the stock rom & dont wanna lose all my data? also will all my apps that need superuser permission still work like root tools & stuff like they do now or will i have issues? thanks
[EVO 4G General] Papa Smurf151:
U can but why would u want to. Just flash a stock rooted rom of 2.3 and its the same thing sorta.
[EVO 4G General] Assassin74:
i dont wanna lose all my pics, msgs, data & apps. do i have to flash anything after i update to be rotted & have superuser permissions? thanks
[General Questions and Answers] slimjimmy75:
I have a Casio Commando rooted. Ive removed Bing by renaming the apk to bak using root explorer. Now when I hit the search key at the bottom right it says this app is not installed on this device. Does anybody know how I can make that key open up Google search? Thank you very much.
[General Questions and Answers] beezzz:
I have multiple versions of commando software and a flashing tool. These would be very handy for a dev. If you know one please send my way as I have the commando too.
[Droid X General] MrWall:
N00b error...

I didn’t have the foresight to backup the bloatware on my Droid X in order to be able to update it later (to gingerbread) so now I’m hitting the issue of a failed install when I attempt update.

I’ve run a factory reset a couple of times but with no luck since it only reinstalls what I backedup. I also downloaded and reinstalled the bloatware I remembered removing from chad handy but after doing that it still fails on the update

At this point I’m looking for some options on what I can do. Will a hard reset work or do I run a big risk of bricking the phone? I’ve been poking around the threads to see what I can learn from others but I guess I’m needing a straight set of options rather than trying to mash together from parts of other threads

originally rooted with z4root but unrooted just prior to the factory reset

Android 2.2.1

system version: 2.3.340.MB810.Verizon.en.US
[Droid X General] xjacobx:
what version of android are you on? and are you rooted and what not?
[Droid X General] MrWall:
my apologies

originally rooted with z4root but unrooted just prior to the factory reset

Android 2.2.1

system version: 2.3.340.MB810.Verizon.en.US
[Droid X General] geekwarrior10:
I did the same thing as the OP. I used Titanium Backup to kill stuff like CityID and Verizon Navigator. Now I'm stuck being unable to use the OTA as it checks to see if those bloatware apps are installed (WTF?).

Does a hard reset restore the ROM to it's original state? Or am I just SOL and should go for a custom ROM?

[edit] Still rooted using z4root 1.3,

Android 2.2.1

System Version: 2.3.340.MB810.Verizon.en.US

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[Droid X General] FernBch:
You need to SBF to stock Froyo and update from there. If you want root you'll need the pre-rooted 596 leak as the stock GB is not rootable...........yet.
[Droid X General] bobabc:
The easiest way to fix it would be to just sbf back to stock and then update. If you update ota you'll loose root.
[Droid X General] MrWall:
Just like everyone is saying I went the sbf route. Worked like a charm and I'm now on 2.3.3

Thanks everyone
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TidusWulf:
I was downloading a ton the last few days and today T-mobile popped up some tabs on Chrome saying ADD TETHERING $14.99/MO and now my speeds are consistently around 20 KBps.

I'm running cyanogen 7.0.2, any tips on fooling them into thinking I'm not tethering? I can still browse but my download speed... ugh.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] h22aboi:
change your ua string

Search, we've got hundreds of threads on this issue.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] |Melvin|:
or just switch to 2g and u will get more speed
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dementor123:
yeah, change user agent and let us know if that works.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BLacKEndROid:
Freakin TMobile

Same here man i was downloading alot and then i got a txt message to prevent data interuption that i needed to pay for a tethering plan just download pdanet and you should be good.

faux123 AOSP 1.2.0 + faux 2.6.6 = GLORY
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bleepm:
I was flashing from Serendipity VII to stock with odin and it finished and my phone turned off. Now its just a black screen and wont turn on no matter the method I try to get it to download mode. Am I right to assume that it is bricked and that I should go to radioshack and get the resistors? Thanks
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nyydynasty:
out of curiosity, what odin did you use?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bleepm:
I used Odin3 v1.81
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bleepm:
Alright so I'm trying the jig and im trying to get it to work but I dont see anything happening.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bleepm:
Any tips as to how to try and get it to work?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] connexion2005:
That's a hard brick unfortunately. However I can fix this for you with JTAG...PM sent...
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bleepm:
Woo! I had ATT fullfil my warranty 4 times already :D this time I got a free spare battery.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] u.or.u:
hi , im not that expreinced wit galaxy

and i tried many cooked roms bt i get tired from it , every rom have a problem

so i decided to work only with my region rom which samsong thankfully realesed it yesterday

but i only want to add to it

android lockscreen

and my battery be with percentage of use

can any one help me with those 2 applications ?

thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Prasad:
Try the UOT Kitchen. :)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jc8081:
Is there an app that shows the ma or whatever of my 3500 battery is know it's probably not that much.

I tried battery history widget but i dont think it takes in consideration the extended battery..
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TarheelGrad1998:
I'm running Vegan 1.5.1 with VTL Launcher.

Twice now, on boot, I've had all the widgets come up as "Problem Loading Widget". Once this happens, nothing I've tried gets them to automatically load, including restarting VTL, rebooting, restoring, etc. I ended up having to delete and recreate all the widgets, which is very annoying.

Any ideas why this is happening, how to prevent and/or fix it after it does?
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TarheelGrad1998:
A clue? I recreated the Widgets, one by one. I noticed that after adding some of them, one of the old "problem" ones would duplicate the new widget I just created. Hrm...
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rajeevvp:
No, no, and, yes--I think I know how to fix it.

I get the same problem, sometimes, after I "Wipe Dalvik Cache"/"wipe cache partition" in ClockworkMod. After looking around, I found out that the widget list is stored in /data/system/appwidgets.xml, and that this file, occasionally, for some reason, gets reset to defaults.

Just copy your /data/system/appwidgets.xml elsewhere for safekeeping, then restore it when you have problems.

That sounds like the Google backup/restore magic in progress. It surprised me too. I upgraded from CyanogenMod 7.0.2 to 7.0.3 and I'd fully expected to re-install all my old apps and widgets after I'd upgraded. I left the gTab on for a few hours and my apps (which I'd moved onto the SD card) started automagically installing themselves one by one.

I'm happy, but, also mildly disturbed that this sort of thing happens behind my back.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TarheelGrad1998:
Thanks a lot for the reply.

I could save/restore that file, but...I can't find that file at that path. Is it somewhere else under VTL?
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rajeevvp:
That, in fact, might be the cause of your problem. As far as I can tell, the appwidgets.xml file is created by Android--ie. it's not Launcher specific. (I'm using ADWLauncher EX, btw.)

Try these steps:

1. Do a "Fix permissions" using ClockworkMod or by typing the following commands in a Terminal:

$ su
# /system/bin/fix_permissions

2. Reboot the gTab and add all your widgets back to desktop. This should create a /data/system/appwidgets.xml file.

3. Copy the file safely away somewhere.

4. Reboot the gTab and see if the widgets still load.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samlot:
I get this randomly as well, it appears to be a crap shoot for me everytime i turn my GTAB on. Its usually all are not working and get "Problem loading widget" or all is fine..I too will give this a try soon as i can and update.

My ROM is CM7 stable
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TarheelGrad1998:
I tried those steps. It happened again today, so I did "Fix permissions" in CWM, rebooted, removed and added the Widgets again...but I still don't see that file.

Do you need something like Root Explorer to see it?