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[Atrix 4G General] BigBlackAv:
bootloop (I think)

I think my Atrix is "bootlooped", but all the references I find show it can get into fastboot or recovery. I can't...so to recap where I was and what I did:

I was running Neutrino's 2.6 GT and was running great...went to upgrade to 2.8 GT and most of the addons and still, all was well. I found I missed the "default camera" addon, and went to add it, it seemed to go well, but when I went to reboot, my Atrix would get to the Moto logo and go black and then, reboot (hence, the "bootloop". I can catch the fastboot menu and select fastboot, recovery, or whatever option, and, for example, if I select fastboot, it says "starting fastboot protocol support" and locks up. Or, I choose android recovery, it says "entering android recovery mode" then the screen goes blank and locks up (I've gone 20+ minutes to be sure).

Any ideas on how to recover?

Thanks in advance!
[Atrix 4G General] xerosoft:
i have a similar situation when i want to instal custom rom from xda a do backup in recovery everything i need i do it,is not my frirst time to flash something,but when installing rom is finised and i rebot my phone see only logo and failed to boot 2 and starting rsd mode stuck on this also when power up device vith power and volume up show me : failed to boot2 starting fastboot protocol support

sory for my bad english is not my language
[Atrix 4G General] KinGJamP:
eu adoro meu atrix
[Atrix 4G General] upndwn4par:
See link below and go to post #19.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1515954&page=2
[Atrix 4G General] geekingreen:
It's nice to have a decent list of ROM's available. :D
[Atrix 4G General] diriel:
New to phone rom's

Hello all,

I am new to the whole phone rom thing, but not new to computers or linux. I finally upgraded my wife's Motorola Atrix 4G to a Samsung Galaxy S2 Skyrocket. The gist here is I now have an un-attached Moto Atrix 4G to play with! :) No need to overly fear the dreaded Hard Brick. So after some more reading to try to come up to speed, I will be taking the dive.

If it all works out, I will probably give the mod'd Atrix to my soon to be 7yr. old daughter for her first phone. She will be jazzed.

This phone has a history of the Reboot Bug, so I am not sure how well this will work out all in all. I assume a good rom flash will be unlikely to make matters worse. The phone is still workable, just annoying that it reboots a few times a day.

Thank you all for a great place to come to Mod-my-Atrix!

Gary
[Atrix 4G General] KinGJamP:
IM very noob yet

Enviado de meu MB860 usando o Tapatalk 2
[Atrix 4G General] mobilepgk:
whats my ROM version?

I have a Atrix 4G with following details :

- System Version : 45.31.0.MB860.Retail.en.FR

- Model Number : MB860

- Android version : 2.3.4

- Kernel version : 2.6.32.9

- Build Number : 4.5.2A-74_OLE-31

now, I want to know :

- is my phone branded as "international" ? (the casing I have is got replaced one)

- what is safest way for me to get bootloader unlocked?

thanks guys.

[Update]

seems i have to use IHOP_Bell.rar SBF for flashing. I will give a try and update here.

Now how can ensure I do not have any OTA updates installed? One thread warns us of bricked devices if the flashing is done after OTA updates. Long way is to install stock ROM back. But will a factory reset ensure to flush away any OTA updates, if I had any?

[Update 2]

better late than never! Yes, above IHOP_Bell.rar SBF worked for me. Got my Atrix rooted later-on!
[Atrix 4G General] fabianowerner:
My Atrix is:

- System Version : 45.2.52.MB60.AmericaMovil.en.BR

- Model Number : MB860

- Android version : 2.3.6

- Kernel version : 2.6.32.9

- Build Number : 4.5.2A-51_OLL-52

Will a factory reset allow us to unlock the bootloader safetly, can ne1 help us?? Mine came with Froyo 2.2.2 and I DID OVER THE AIR update to Gingerbread. Im really afraid cos i came from Defy witch is a very hard to brick devce, See what i did with my first ATRIX> http://www.atrixforums.com/forum/rescue-squad/9012-atrix-bootloop-after-installing-cwm.html

Thanks in advance.
[Atrix 4G General] aaurnab:
radio link is broken
[Atrix 4G General] meganathanraviteja:
problem with my atrix during unlocking boot loader using rsd lite

plzz help me in this aspect plzz..

i have flashed my motorola atrix with rsd lite during the fastboot it has failed. then i have realised that i have not installes sdk. now i have installed it but it is asking drivers to conect it to the system. plz ny one send me the android_winusb.inf file for my motorola atrix 4g please..
[Atrix 4G General] RustyWedges:
I finally got the gonads to Trey and unlock my bootloader and flash a ROM. This guide was a tremendous help. Thanks to everyone that helped creature it.
[Atrix 4G General] nekrosoft13:
how to root 2.3.6?
[Atrix 4G General] Snitchi:
hello.

i have 2.3.7 on my device. bootloader is unlocked. phone is rooted and installed neutrino 2.7. i wanna install official rom, i mean update it officialy what i must to do? i'm very afraid to birck my device.
[Atrix 4G General] Starbomba:
Thanks for the useful info :)
[Atrix 4G General] DomeATRIX:
Thanks for the info! ;)
[Atrix 4G General] anuraj12:
Do I need to unlock the bootloader if the phone is sim free?

I did a quick search and didn't find any answers so if anyone doesn't mind, please answer.
[Atrix 4G General] kkuuo:
wow

nice job :laugh:
[Atrix 4G General] MaxK47:
Yes, you do.
[Atrix 4G General] Deggy:
Whenever getting my Atrix replaced by Best Buy Mobile, I find these steps easier to follow in lesser words:

1. download ROM of choice and place it on the internal memory card

2. use automatic boot loader script

3. flash Romracer's recovery via command prompt

4. flash ROM

5. profit!

It's just easier to do this vs. rooting the phone/stock ROM first, finding that install-recovery.sh crap, and then doing the process to unlock the bootloader/flashing custom ROMs.
[Atrix 4G General] Rody2k6:
I guess this would be a great to ask if the Atrix 4G is still a good phone.

You see I live in Brazil and have an iPhone 3G, and my parents live in the USA, and I want to send them some money to buy me a smart phone, the Atrix 4G seems like a REALLY good phone, and I am a phone addict, meaning that my iphone is Jailbroken and unlocked, I know all the ups and downs and etc of Cydia, so off course I would probably root and apply a custom ROM to the Atrix 4G.

On my iphone I mainly play games like Angry Birds and Where's my Water - so I guess the Atrix 4G is a good gaming phone right?

Other than that I would probably use it as an eReader when I am out of reach to my Nexus 7.

On Amazon there is this http://www.amazon.com/Motorola-Atri...=UTF8&qid=1347543187&sr=1-1&keywords=Atrix+4G

So I guess when it says unlocked it SHOULD work at Brazil (I am always afraid of it not being unlocked to worldwide carriers and just US carries.)

Thanks in advance
[Atrix 4G General] ravilov:
You mean a great thread for it? Actually no, it wouldn't.

This thread is so much better for that.
[Atrix 4G General] Deggy:
I just want to say that this thread is still good and up to date! I just got a new never been turned on Atrix this past Tuesday and I'm on a custom ROM!
[Atrix 4G General] Swiftks:
Well, it was sticked??? :confused: :(
[Atrix 4G General] wirednix:
This should be sticked.

I believe it would help a lot of the newcomers (as well as people who are not new to Android).

I would suggest to the mods to sticky this thread once again.

Thanks for the hard work in putting this together, Swiftks.
[Atrix 4G General] zcrugby:
this was very helpful
[Atrix 4G General] xploited:
amazingly awesome thread! got my atrix today - got root, sideloading and tethering in 10 minutes thanks to the links from this guide.

keep it up!
[Atrix 4G General] Gutterball:
My wanna add an explanation of the differences between a soft brick and hard brick. Also explain a brick in general. Since I've been seeing alot of questions about this lately.
[Atrix 4G General] Swiftks:
Yeah, Yeah, I need to update this **** out of this now, with all the releases. Will try and get to it tomorrow, was busy all day re-themeing my phone after the 4.5.91 update.
[Atrix 4G General] DKRussell:
Swift, you rock the free world, brotha! Where were you back in the D1 days??? You just seriously helped hundreds, if not thousands, of next gen Android users get familiar with their beloved and versatile devices.... who knows, maybe you're inspiring future dev's and I just wanted to thank you and all of our awesome geniuses for the thought, creativity and massive amounts of time you all have invested simply to help us all get the most out of our little beasts

I SINCERELY THANK YOU
[Atrix 4G General] twistedangelx:
very thorough
[Atrix 4G General] Swiftks:
Updated for 2.3.4

Enjoy :)
[Atrix 4G General] Gutterball:
I know I know I'm a friggin pain in the ass! LOL :D By the way why the hell can't this stay stickied!? Oh well guess we'll have to bump it everyday to keep it out in the open.
[Atrix 4G General] Swiftks:
I PMed Mr. Clown, and he said that he would stick it again if he had request to do so, but that he had several that asked to take it down??? I don't know who would have asked that, but oh well.
[Atrix 4G General] dom_b:
Great thread. One thing I'm wondering is how similar the 4g is to the atrix in the Uk? I have just received my attic (not 4g) so guessing I'll be waiting a while for custom roms.
[Atrix 4G General] loderjm:
Great post. Thank you!
[Atrix 4G General] Phoneguy589:
Would I need to update to 1.8.3 then do the 2.3.4 beta update or is it ok to do it from 1.5.7?
[Atrix 4G General] belkbuzze:
This should be sticked IMO. Thanks to you Swiftks
[Atrix 4G General] Medic97:
Rooting 1..2..3..

I figure this is the best place to start with this Q.

Im coming from an EVO 4g where we have simple root options like unrevoked and recoveries like Amon-RA and very easy to understand ROM's -just flash the darn thing from your sd-card-. I have an atrix brand new never did anything to it didnt even set up my gmail account. Its on 1.2.6 straight out of the box. My issue is that there isn't a simple guide as to what to do first and what to do second. Ive seen in the OP the different options for rooting such as gladroot and gigerbreak. but not sure where and when to unlock the Bootloader, which i guess is the same as S-OFF on the EVO. And then how to update to the latest ota without screwing it all up while allowing tethering and sideloading in the mix.

If some one can please just tell me a simple 1..2.. step on what to do. I can follow the instructions in the other posts i just dont know the order. And i would really like to avoid guessing and bricking a phone...

Thanx in advance for your patients and time in responding. Theres always a learning curve when dealing with a new phone...
[Atrix 4G General] LivingChampion:
Hi guys, is it possible to upgrade from Deodexed 1.8.3? I am planning to downgrade from Gingerblur to Deodexed 1.8.3 before installing Gingerbread and unlock/root. I would be using recovery to downgrade from GingerBlur to Deodexed 1.8.3.
[Atrix 4G General] n4h:
OTA updated for non rooted

damn! just updated my non rooted atrix OTA (2.3.4 .91)....! Am I poisoned to a potential hard brick?? Is there anyway to go back and install the ginger Kenn ROM?

Thks

Also, please update the guide with the official 2.3.4 at&t update!
[Atrix 4G General] bigoats:
+1

I'm coming from a Nexus One with dead simple root and unlock methods. Seems to be a lot of conflicting info out there. Just need some instructions.
[Atrix 4G General] xploited:
Unlocked BL, installed CWM, flashed gingerbred - all with the help of this awesome thread.

Mods, sticky this already. :D
[Atrix 4G General] brolybrah:
this thread has alot of good info in it
[Atrix 4G General] WalterPeck:
2.3.6 Rooted, but what ROM?

New to this forum and rooting but I've owned an Atrix for a long time now. Mine has 2.3.6 loaded and unlike most people here I don't need help with rooting; I got that far and verified with an app that I indeed have root access.

My intent is to get the phone unlocked to use on any GSM network it's compatible with, like t-mobile. I don't need anything fancy, just that. What ROMs are recommended for this? What other basic procedures besides loading a ROM will I have to complete? There's a lot of info in this thread about a lot of stuff and I don't want to leave out a crucial step nor waste my time doing something that is irrelevant to what I'm trying to accomplish, either. Thanks in advance! :D
[Atrix 4G General] MaxK47:
I'm not sure if I understood you right, you want a ROM that will unlock your device to use with different carriers?

Unlocking the bootloader / rooting / changing ROMs won't unlock your phone to be used with another operator, you have to get the unlock code for it. I don't know how it works in your country, see if your carrier supplies the code, or else you can buy the code online (there are a lot of sellers in ebay which sell the unlock code).
[Atrix 4G General] WalterPeck:
Yes, that's exactly what I was looking for. I see what you mean now about the unlock code; if unlocking/installing a custom ROM has nothing to do with this, I'll look into that!
[Atrix 4G General] Unitedforlife:
Useful thread. Before owning Atrix, I have some experience in other android devices. But offcourse every device is different, so it's nice to see some useful thread like infos or how to or do's and dont's.

Thank you.
[Atrix 4G General] osopol4r:
I should have read this post before

I should have read this post before learning from all different places about what fruitcakes were. It took me hours what I could just have learned in a few minutes. Well, I'm noob now doubt hehe :laugh:
[Atrix 4G General] scmaverick:
This is great stuff! going into my bookmarks already.

However knowing there is a new version of gingerbread (not sure how new) 2.3.6 some of this stuff doesnt work for it anymore.

For example the rooting procedure for 2.3.4 is not the same as for 2.3.6, I had to do it manually.

The bootloader unlocker is the same though.

2.3.6 is also good because it includes updates for the webtop like firefox 8 and more stability.

So would you mind adding the rooting process for 2.3.6 (not for me but for people), also maybe a link to download this new version, there is also a new version of RDS 5.6, both links are here:

http://www.digitaltweaker.com/andro...led-to-boot-4-after-upgrading-to-4-5-141-ota/

This guide was especially essential for me when I first soft bricked my atrix :D

FInally, you might want to add the link for the UBuntop project, I've tried both webtop+ and ubuntop and I like this second one most because it has the nice task bar and ubuntu like menu, and you don-t have to mount the linux image everytime you try to run a linux app, besides seems like synaptic has more software available and runs smoother.

Other than that, excellent job!
[Atrix 4G General] glabmaster:
sbf files

I'm having trouble deciding whether to flash a 2.3.6 sbf file or a 2.3.4 sbf file for my dad. He did the factory reset option on the phone and I can't get back into the phone to check the firmware version. RSD lite doesn't have an answer either, doesn't show version number. Phone is stuck on "Starting RSD protocol support" and I'm unsure of what to do. Any suggestions?
[Atrix 4G General] moon_walker333:
Running AT&T's v2.3.6. Are these methods still good?

Hi !

Recently Motorola has backed out on their promise of providing ICS for the Motorola Atrix 4G on AT&T. So, I am trying to find if there's a way I could load a custom ROM on my Atrix 4G. I have few question, if you or someone else can please answer those:

1. Can I use instructions in this post to unlock bootloader, root and burn custom ROM on my Atrix 4G (from AT&T) running Gingerbread 2.3.6.

2. Are there any known issues with the Cyanogenmod stable build 7.2 for Motorola Atrix ? FYI - I don't have any webtop or car Dock, so don't care if those don't work with this build.

Thanks in advance folks. :)
[Atrix 4G General] thehope:
Thanks for posting this!!!
[Atrix 4G General] rapidmancy:
Be careful and don't make anything rash while reading this. This is the way I did it

Step 1)

This part will help you ROOT your device.

http://www.androidauthority.com/atrix-4g-android-2-3-6-firmware-4-5-141-root-63533/

Step 2) This will help you unlock your boot loader

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1136261

Step 3)Install Clockworkmod or another recovery by searching the forum

Step 4)Choose the rom you want to install and follow it's specific directions

The answers on your questions are

1)I don't know for 2.3.6

2)CM7.2 is very very stable and I haven't experienced any problems with it. Now I'm on MROM and I like it more than any other rom
[Atrix 4G General] Rasec2002:
Thanks a lot for the info.

I have some experience with Android phones and I consider this one as the reference forum.

Regards
[Atrix 4G General] ravilov:
Boot modes explained

A fellow member contacted me and asked me to explain fastboot for him. Soon enough, my simple and brief explanation turned into a full list of boot modes. I thought that might be generally useful so I'm sharing it here too. I haven't seen such a list before, at least not presented in this way; if there is one I apologize for makin another. Anyway, here goes...

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There are several boot modes for any Android device, in decreasing level of complexity. You can think of it this way - a more complex system has to come from somewhere, right? That "somewhere" is usually the boot level right below it.

Normal boot. This boots your normal OS/ROM. This is what you'll boot into most of the time.

Recovery. This is a "mini-OS" with a simple user interface which can be used for maintenance of your normal OS. Here you can make a backup of the OS, restore a previous backup, attempt to repair a broken OS, flash a new ROM etc. This is also used for OTA updates. Every Android device comes with a stock recovery but those are always very limited and not very useful for modding; most importantly, they don't allow installing firmware that is not signed by the manufacturer, so you can't install custom ROMs with those. That's why people install a custom recovery. There are several popular custom recoveries, such as CWM and TWRP.

Fastboot. This is a very simple boot mode. It has no user interface, it just accepts commands via a special USB protocol and returns responses. From here you can change things you can't normally touch through recovery, like the boot logo. You can also wipe internal partitions from here (strongly advised if you're switching to a wholly different ROM). This mode is also how you usally flash a custom recovery (although there are other methods too). You can even flash an entire ROM from here (thus skipping the recovery entirely) if the ROM is packaged in a way that allow this.

These are standard boot modes present on all Android devices out there. Motorola Atrix has a few more proprieatary modes:

RSD. Using this mode you can flash even more things, like the bootloader. Problem with this mode is, there are next to no checks or restrictions or anything that would prevent you from doing something wrong or stupid. This is where a lot of people brick their phones if they're not careful or paying enough attention. This boot mode is very dangerous and should be avoided if at all possible.

NvFlash. You don't ever want to see this mode. Seeing it very likely means the phone is bricked. To my knowledge, nobody has figured out yet what to do with or how to use this mode, and for the time being only the Motorola service center can make use of this mode to fix your phone.

This is a brief description of boot modes. For more information please see other threads.
[Atrix 4G General] eSu.Matix:
Thanks for the post mate!

Big ups!

Cheers!

)y_
[Atrix 4G General] jnjze:
thanks.......

Enviado desde mi MB860 usando Tapatalk 2
[Atrix 4G General] boiski:
MROM 2.3.7 to Stock 2.3.4

Hello everybody,

Today I bought second-hand Motorola Atrix 4G with installed MROM [CM7] build:20121111. The bootloader is unlocked and the phone is rooted. I live in Bulgaria (Eastern Europe), but the phone comes from Great Britain and it's probably been locked to "Orange" carrier. Now the phone is unlocked, works with all carriers (here we have 3 carriers - Globul, Mtel and Vivacom). It's not AT&T version. On the phone box writes: "SM, MB860, GB, ORANGE, DTG".

Because I am a connoisseur of Motorola I want to back the original/stock ROM with Blur interface ... I guess 2.3.4 Gingedbread. I want to know how can I do this safety? Which ROM I must use, which is the right one for my phone? Аnd last but not least which method to use? Please give me instructions how to proceed.

I have already installed RSD Lite 5.6 and the phone is recognized. I found these stock ROMs:

"1FF-olympus_emara-user-2.3.4-4.5.2A-74_OLE-31.20-release-keys-signed-NonEFIGSRetail-EU.sbf "

"1FF-olympus_emara-user-2.3.4-4.5.2A-74_OLE-31-release-keys-signed-Orange-GB.sbf.gz"

Will be a problem if I flash NonEFIGSRetail-EU, not Orange-GB, because I understood that the GB version doesn't support bulgarian language? Can I hard brick my phone?

And one more thing. Because the phone has been unlocked to all carriers here, is it possible after flash with these ROMs be locked again?

Thanks in advance!
[Atrix 4G General] ravilov:
DO NOT TOUCH ANY SBFS. Forget they even exist. Flash a fruitcake, try to find the Orange one, if not just flash the AT&T one.
[Atrix 4G General] boiski:
MROM 2.3.7 to Stock 2.3.4

Ok, I download "Multi-Language EU Retail GB234 MB860 by berbedesz" Fruitcake from this thread:

"[Help Your Community]----Operation International Fruit Cake----[Help Your Community]". Is it suitable? How to flash this Fruitcake? What I need?
[Atrix 4G General] ravilov:
You flash it from recovery, like any other ROM.
[Atrix 4G General] boiski:
MROM 2.3.7 to Stock 2.3.4

I tried to flash it with CWM. Wipe dalvik/partition/reset, than I tried to install the "workdir.zip" from the internal sd card (was in folder DCIM) with removed SIM + external SD cards and 1-2 seconds after that the process stopped, wrote "update aborted" or something like that. Than I restored my recent backup of MROM. What do you think? Am I missing something?
[Atrix 4G General] ravilov:
What the heck is workdir.zip?
[Atrix 4G General] boiski:
The .zip file from "EU Retail GB234 MB860" Fruit cake.
[Atrix 4G General] boiski:
I finally flashed my Atrix with "Multi-Language EU-Retail GB234" Fruit cake, but I have only 287MB RAM. Wrong version or what? Is it fixable?
[Atrix 4G General] zip103:
Good Job

Guide well made, thank you.
[Atrix 4G General] Hoseme:
Awesome guide...many thanks!!!

---------- Post added at 02:21 AM ---------- Previous post was at 02:15 AM ----------

Any info on going back to stock? Mainly getting the "unlocked" off my boot screen?

Thanks and I apologize if this is a repeat question....
[Atrix 4G General] ravilov:
Yeah, you should try searching next time. This has been asked and answered many times already.

The only way to remove Unlocked from boot screen is to "relock" the bootloader by flashing a SBF.

EDIT: Oh nice, been thanked 512 times... What a nice round number. :D
[Atrix 4G General] Alltaire:
New phone now.
[Atrix 4G General] Hoseme:
Thanks...still getting the hang of all this....
[Atrix 4G General] jluiscc25:
Thanks for this guide, it was a really helpfull guide on my beginings :cowboy:
[Atrix 4G General] moome:
A noob needs help

I'm sorry, but after the first 10 pages of reading I still don't see an answer to this problem: wife wants new phone. I'm not paying for another contract. Can I get Atrix 4g off ebay (yea, hong kong, but supposedly unlocked GSM and brand new), pay straight talk $15 for a SIM card (probably AT&T compatible one), pop it in and have it work with the $45 unlimited plan? I've rooted/flashed other stuff before, but does the 4.x android ROM work well enough to let my non-tech wife use it and have all functions work (phone+wifi)?

Thanks for any help!