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[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] filmusikat:
OKay...when am I supposed to flash this? I am currently unlocked...with CM7 installed... I flashed this hoping it would fix my jittery screen and messed up keyboard ... it didn't. What should I do? HELP! I cannot use the phone like this forever!!! =(
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] benedict.s:
I have done that, save and put my mac address in this format 00:00:00:00:00:00

but it doesn't change device's mac address! any help?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vangelis13:
Please help, I've tried everything. Can't flash the damn file though. I have my own PDS file, from my system, but I can still not flash it..

Am unlocked, am following the steps. Am saving the file in the C drive where I have the fastboot. SHould the file be saved as "pds" or "pds.img"...?

Edit: following all the steps except of course putting the image in the correct folder in sdk.. Sorry, all good now!!
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beely:
I have the same issue as you.

I had CM7 beta installed. It was working pretty good for 2 days until something happened not sure what but the phone.process would keep force closed - like a loop of opening and force closing.

I tried wipe data/cache/davik and nothing happened. So i restored with the backup file which I use CWM to make.

Since then the upper halves of the screen up to the notification bar completely stop responding.

I dled the pdsfix and flashed it - did nothing.

Went to check the /dev/block/ folder and realize all of the files (loop# and mmcblk0p#) have a size of 0.00B. (Nevermind, I check my Nook and they were also 0.00Bytes)

dled the dev kit and those exact same files within the dev kit are not 0.00bytes.

The fastboot method is surely not overwriting the existing files.. right? What else can I do fix the screen?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beely:
I RDS back to stock and that did not help.

Now I am on darkside rom and to no surprise, nothing has changed.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] filmusikat:
I RSD back to 1.2.6 not fruitcakes... and downloaded all ota updates from there until gingerbread. I have noticed whenever I flash a rom from the devs ..my screen and keyboard starts freaking out... even with this pds fix. So I have just added mods from tutorials ..and installed a deodexed version of gingrrbread to be able to install themes. But any other ROM..like CM7, Alien,etc... have a weird effect on my screen which is horrible cuz I likeeeee those ROMs!
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vangelis13:
Have you tried formatting the internal storage and then start flashing from there? Format it when you're connected to your pc though, not through the phone.

P. S. Back everything up first, obviously! There's a lot of junk there, see if you can't delete most of the folders that were created for apps you don't even have on your phone anymore
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beely:
May I ask what exactly do you mean by putting in the correct fold in sdk?

do you mean by putting the pdsimage in the same folder as fastboot or adb exe?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vangelis13:
Yep, that was it
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KeRmiT80:
the common problem for all was that capacitative buttons (home back search and menu) stopped to work properly (they were operating like the lower portion of the visible screen).

the lower portion of the screen was unresponsive.

frequencies were cutted off to 501 mhz instead of 1ghz.

loop are the programs you have installed on sd (many games use to create a loop partition in the sd for data)

changing builds will not help because fix is made for latest froyo, when you move to gb you will find a "V8 partition something" file while in froyo is V4, it doesnt matter anyway because the gb overwrite an modify it itself. but needs a correct pds to operate the upgrade.

usually works with gb too, sometimes you have to wipe cache and dalvik, if not...

i suggest to flash the latest froyo build, 1.83 apply the fix...wipe all as usual etc etc

then you should be able to flash again whatever rom you like.

let me know
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beely:
I did notice the V8 partition file..

I want to make sure I don't hard brick the phone...

Now I am on GB is it safe to flash back to froyo, 1.83.

I will have to do some reading.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zldloveytt:
help

I do it as the method 1,but the cmd displays "permission denied",and now my phone is locked,what should I do?can you help me?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KeRmiT80:
unless you used the ota upgrade to gingerbread you should be fine...

for example i remember once i made my 1.83 backup with recovery (pds already restored), then installed 2.3.4 using recovery (no rds off course or ota) then back to 1.83 backup and i had the problem that my screen was working reverse...

in the lockscreen i had to slide the volume slider to make the lock slider to move LOL

i fixed wiping cache and dalvik...

so until you stay away from ota and rds everything should reversible :)
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KeRmiT80:
permission denied is because you don't have administrator permission running adb commands...

so

if you are on windows (assuming 7) , you should type "cmd" in start search/run and then right click on the cmd icon and select "run as administrator"

if you are on linux use the "sudo adb shell" command

try again :)
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KeRmiT80:
Just in case i uploaded my backup of gingerbread pds partition, mac wifi and bt cleared.

instructions are the same.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zldloveytt:
thanks for your help,now I run the cmd as administrator,but it also displays "permission denied",why?Shoud I let the phone fastboot mode?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zldloveytt:
thanks

thanks for your help，I have my phone unlocked，and now it works，thanks very much，you are a super
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] msd24200:
This thread should get stickied!!!
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beely:
It didn't work for me even with the GB pds

is it working for anyone?

I don't think I have a defective screen because the screen was working for quite sometime flawlessly.. only until after i root/unlock the device
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] filmusikat:
Not working for me either. :-/
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cctv35:
Hey, late..........
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iRobby:
This worked for a few minutes then I started nonstop rebooting.

If we backed up our pds partition can we flash that instead of this file?

I backed mines up a while back never knew the reason for it tho

Sent from my CM860 ;)
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vangelis13:
I flashed my own back up and all went flawless; use that if you have it!
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KeRmiT80:
pds contains calibration datas for screen, cpu frequencies, camera bt wifi...some kind of "bios", all related with hardware config.

it works on mine and many other users..so i guess random reboots are not related with this, maybe you have some policy of your cpu (too high frequ or too low voltage) or system corruption.

unlocking bootloader does not affect the pds, neither rooting/unrooting...

i experienced weirdness in touchscreen related with cache after modding system files (theming,rooting,flashing updates), wiping was the solution.

but again you should use this fix if:

you played with internal storage partition utility and

your buttons (menu home back search) are not working properly and you have a dead zone in touch screen exaclty above them.

you restore your corrupted pds with pds partition found in dev kit and your frequencies are still locked at 501 mhz

or you messed up or deleted some files inside the partition and you don't have your own backup... :)

if you have your own pds backup it's better offcourse!

you keep your mac addresses (wifi and bt)! (no other advantages btw)

this was made with at&t atrix, i wonder if it's not compatible with bell or other devices...which device are you using (those who still have problems) ?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] filmusikat:
I still have problems. I am planning on sending it in for warranty. I guess I messed up by not saving my own pds before I flashed anything. The letter q still keeps pressing on its own..and the screen bugs out. Thanks for this anyhow. I thought it would have fixed it. I have an at&t ATRIX.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KeRmiT80:
im sorry this could not help, but definitively your is not a pds related problem, pds can be corrupt only if you modify it directly. flashing sbf or upgrading with recovery is harmless to pds...

you could try with spareparts to check the touchscreen input...
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ratchet556:
Would the camera not focusing be a problem with the PDS partition and if so wil this work with CM7 on a bell atrix?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KeRmiT80:
i dont know deeply all the configs and how pds works but i think i can say that focus is most of the time a sw issue... im on cm7 too and if you remember that camera started working only with last release...

i suggest to try other camera apps before messing around :)

pds is persistent data storage (you change rom but those data still the same)...means we should never touch it :)
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] filmusikat:
So what do you think the problem is with my phone? I don't think its hardware..because it is ONLY the letter Q whether it is in portrait or landscape mode...If it were a dead spot on the screen...it wouldn't just be that specific letter, correct? :confused:
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ratchet556:
Thanks for the response but it has been happening to me on every ROM ive been on and every app ive used.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iRobby:
Ouch, flashing my old back up didn't help. Using the multi touch test app in home base, about a quarter of the way down my screen there isn't a dead spot.. its a... idk spot... If I touch it there multiple points pop up. :/ ill post a screenie later...

Sent from my CM860 ;)
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KeRmiT80:
i'm sorry people but i think you have some hardware/software failures...

pds has the calibration data and configs so it "tells" to the screen that the bottom part should react as buttons: splits the area in quadrants and assigns to each area a function (menu home etc etc)

when these datas are corrupted the device "thinks" there are no buttons so that area reacts as the lower portion of the visible screen.the lower portion of visible screen becomes unresponsive.

if you have multiple inputs when pressing i think is mainly the screen, maybe you have problems with multitouch hack? have you tried testing with one point touch only?

@filmusikat if i understand you experience problems only with keyboard and only with Q letter, but landscape or portrait doesnt matter. i think is not the screen but the keyboard...it's the stock or another one? already tried a different one?

if you use the screen test in spareparts the device shows the inputs/pression on those 2 points?

@Ratchet556 well you can try then backupping your pds first and apply mine,

if you want take note first of your mac adressess wifi and bt in device info so you can edit mine later
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iRobby:
I do not understand why but running this in fastboot fixed my problem.. I cleared cache and dalvik to no avail... but this did the job

Fastboot getvar boot-mode

Fastboot erase cache

fastboot reboot

Sent from my CM860 ;)
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KeRmiT80:
yes sometimes you need to deeply erase the partition, cwm recovery's wiping system is softer :)

glad you fixed it. i will include those commands below wiping instructions
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iRobby:
Thank you ! I love my phone again Haha.

Sent from my CM860 ;)
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] filmusikat:
I am on stock keyboard. And yes I have tried other keyboards...even ROMS ...still have the problem. :-/
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KeRmiT80:
ok then, try first the erase commands method posted above by irobby.

if not try using spareparts to see if the screen reacts well in the points where q should be. ( to have the exact reference keeping pressed menu button will open keyb)

second install thumb keyboard it allows to customize layouts including the height and width of buttons. so if you have those 2 dead zone in the screen you can adjust the keyboard to be not affected.

i read another thread in here about dead zones and screen failures...hope is not your case.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] filmusikat:
My phone is fixed! What I did... I reinstalled stock gingerbread again (which I have done before) and then did a factory reset ....then another factory reset two days later...and since then... everything is working great. So I saved my pds partition like recommended...just incase anything like this happened again... I used the files provided ijln YouTube by this Guy...ill post link later. Don't know the difference by what Ken has posted of tthe stock gingerbread... but the Automatic Bootloader Unlocker worked for me. Again ill post links later. Thank you guys for your help!
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KeRmiT80:
happy you fixed, but definitively yours wasnt a pds problem eheh :)

i think was more cache or data partitions related
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] filmusikat:
Hmmm..you think so? I even cleared data and cache plenty of times before that... I'm just glad its working again!
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KeRmiT80:
yep as i said before

when you wipe cache or dalvik you don't touch data partition, instead when you factory reset yes you erase everything.

but by experience seems cwm does not wipe 100%, you need many times, also with android recovery some (corrupted?) datas may persist...

the only 100% guaranteed method to wipe all is the fastboot command :)

cheers :)

ps: sure pds was not your problem mostly because pds partition is not affected by wiping other partitions or factory reset or flashing new roms
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] filmusikat:
I have wiped by fastboot before ... wiped everything and did a fresh install...and still no luck. Thanks for your help !
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iRobby:
Ouch, it started happening again out of nowhere
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] filmusikat:
Try this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DXc6YYES6Y&feature=youtube_gdata_player

I'm not sure what the difference is between the files in that automatic unlockr as oppose to the files here...but the fresh install of gingerbread there totally worked. And then do hard reset.. then "relock" device if it is unlocked already... then hard reset again...then unlock. It worked for me... I am now able to run different ROMs with no issues ... good luck.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iRobby:
Ima see about reflashing pudding in rsd

Sent from my CM860 ;)
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reinamesa:
Your phone is from ATT??

or international??

I´m having the same issue but mine is international.

Tried everything already.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davidbilly87:
Guys , need help here, my atrix touchscreen the problem still remain there, cant solve by fastboot - pdsfix.img. and getting worst after flash pdsfix.img and clear cache in the CWM mode.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z56BSYFh3BE...player_embedded

my problem similar to the this youtube, but my one is even worst compare to this video (totally is 1/3 of screen no response) , any idea to solve?

But when open the stock calculator app ,all the touch area is working. i really dont know is software or hardware cause this problem :(
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KeRmiT80:
you should install the touchscreen tester and see if you have dead zones.

but if your menu, home, search and back buttons work fine and your cpu is scaling fine you should not flash this fix.

this does not solve touch issues, i'm sorry

seems to me that you have the same problem of the video, moisture found its way below your screen and now it's unresponsive. the only fix is replacing the screen.

i had to with my old motorola milestone...twice.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davidbilly87:
Hi,Kermit80 , i have install the touchscreen tester to test the screen, when i touch those un-response area, the point jump over other side, and the home,back became much less sensitive already, but when i launch into stock calculator app , the touchscreen became normal, all the button that in the stock calculator all working :( bit confuse
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KeRmiT80:
well calculator's buttons are quite big, if you touch a corner of any of them seems you fully press...

i had 1/3 of the right portion of my milestone not working, but i can open angrybirds and play anyway :)

if you have problems in all the other apps, and tester shows you dead points you already know the answer.

menu buttons are the same touchscreen with white buttons painted on it, if they work but less sensitive it's again a problem in touchscreen, not pds configuration...

send to service replace the screen and you are ok.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davidbilly87:
that is sad case for me, my set is AT&T and i from malaysia , get warranty from US very time consume for me, i try repair at local area , btw thanks for help :)
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rredlin:
I have had my touch screen replaced once already. 2 months later I have an issue where some of the keys won't select, I can turn the screen off for a few seconds then back on and they work for a short time, then can't be selected again until I shut the screen off again. I can see on an app like paint, there's is a whole column that won't be selected. Again I can shut off the screen and back on, its fixed for a few min. Think this is pds issue? Or is my newly replaced screen fubared again?

Also the menu buttons stop working untill I turn off the screen

Thanks
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hi3993:
Hi

I have the same problem as described in this thread,

I don't have any backup of my patition

I am thinking about applying this fix but can you please explain what will be affected exactly, I saw many post about mac address

Is there any chance that if I back up my current pds partition I may got the original mac address so I can change it in your fix?

Thank you
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spiderx_mm:
I tried method -2 as my phone is already unlocked and using custom rom. I flash the psd and then wipe the dalvik cache. then boot. it's totally not responding.

then I reboot into recovery again and wipe all the data. then reboot again. this time, it's fully working. the screen hanging issue is fixed.

only after a few hours, I realized that my wifi is not connecting to anything. :(

even after flashing CM7, it's not working anymore. Can anybody help me pls?

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Update:

fixed the problem. After flashing, the MAC of wifi has changed and my Wifi @ home has got MAC restriction. After adding the current MAC to my router allowed list, it is working again.

but ... does it means that my IMEI also changed too? I haven't writed down my original IMEI so I'm not sure if it has been changed. How can I check?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thunder2116:
I have the same problem PwReason : SW_AP_RESET i try this and nothing happens. Can anyone tell me what to do and help me solve this!
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chunk503:
everytime I do this I get

Flashing partion pds

Flashing MBR to Device

Flash Not Allowed

Failed to process command flash:pds error (0x180001)
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crnkoj:
Is your bootloader unlocked?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chunk503:
i think it is. but the very first error messages I get are that there is no OS on it and goes down the list. so i put it in fastboot and it says rsd support. but when I try to flash the rom it gives me the error message

---------- Post added at 02:40 AM ---------- Previous post was at 02:31 AM ----------

SVF:105:1:2

Failed to boot 0x1000

No OS detected, going to RSD mode in 5 seconds

press a key to stop countdown

Available Modes are:

1. RSD

2. Fastboot

3. NvFlash

4. BP HW Bypass RSD

BP HW Bypass QC DLOAD

BP HW Diag & Boot AP

BP SW Bypass RSD

Android Recovery

Boot Android (No BP)

Device UID

console=ttys0, 115200n8

Early USB Enumeration

BP Tools

------------------

Vol Up To Select, Vol Down

for next choice

Current choice is mode:

RSD

so I vol down to fastboot and rsd support comess up.

then i do the moto-fastboot and get flash error
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gsmith10:
I had this problem. I forgot how i done it, but I reset everything and used RSDlite flash a rom on my phone. But now, I have a issue where my soft key buttons are not working and my phone's touch screen is outta wack. When I tap on the screen, it clicks something like a inch above my finger.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phatboypat:
I'm screwing this up some how.

Every time I try to flash this I get the message:

'moto-fastboot' is not recognized as an internal or external command

I know it's some kind of noob mistake I'm making, but obviously I'm not knowledgeable to figure it out.

I've downloaded the pds.img and extracted it to C:Users\UserName

I then created a file: "moto-fastboot-win32" that has adb, moto-fastboot, and pdsfix in it.

I've tried moving this file to several other locations. I've moved it to Windows\System32 and run cmd as administrator, but still no luck. I've created a file for it on the root of my C: drive, still same message. Have I done something wrong while installing fastboot?

Anyone willing to give simpleton approved directions would be greatly appreciated.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KeRmiT80:
This fix should be good for you. Already tried?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KeRmiT80:
Cmd commands must be used from the exact folder you have the program.

In command prompt you must "cd c:\users\username\yourcreatedfolder"

Then you run the program moto fastboot...
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KeRmiT80:
This fix will change only bt and wifi macs to the default from dev kits...imei or other serials are not affected.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] terraiz:
Wow. That fix worked perfectly my Atrix is running like a BEAST, awesome guys thanks alot :D
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bullghost:
hollyyyy god you save me a tooonnnnn

after iam playing with photon webtop hack , my atrix touch screen detection been invert left became right,

and i found your holy pdsfix ,its totaly fix

:)
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sotodefonk:
Thanks a lot for this, this sure help to fix my cpu only reaching 501 mhz... the thing is now my phone doesnt use 216 mhz and deep sleep states...

anyone knows how to fix it? my phone drains the battery faster when the screen is off, since it dont go to deep sleep, and keeps the cpu at 312 mhz...

maybe it is because I dont have an at&t phone? is there a pds for international users?

EDIT: damn, actually it didnt reached deep sleep because hte USB cable was connected, I didnt know it wont go under 312 if the usb is connected... my bad