yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Atrix 4G Android Development] HolySorento:
Try this:

1) Plug the turned-off Atrix on your PC

2) Open RSD Lite

3) Try to turn-on the phone holding the power button + volume up (Maybe.. just maybe... you PC will reconized it and you can flash again...)

If this works, try to flash your original SBF...

Look for it, here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1125944
[Atrix 4G Android Development] joe ferreira:
Thanks HolySorento for helping. I flash from a asus netbook most of the time.

:(
[Atrix 4G Android Development] s2h2golf:
At home I use an Acer netbook with mixed results - with my Captivate sometimes it would flash fine and sometimes it wouldn't. I ended up with at least one soft brick using the netbook. When I tried flashing a different radio to the Atrix, it failed. At work, I have a laptop with a docking station. The USB cable is plugged into the docking station. Flashing the Captivate and the Atrix works much better at work than at home. Also, using a generic USB cable with my Captivate never worked right - I had to use the factory cable. That was the point I was trying to make. Those two things may not be the cause of the hard brick, but they could contribute to at least a soft brick.

Edit - I see that you updated the OP. Thanks.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] HolySorento:
No problem man, here to support :)

I'II flash 2.3.4 ATT on my Atrix now using this same MSI Netbook and try to put a update BELL Radio on it and see what happens..
[Atrix 4G Android Development] bgmarian:
my apologise joe! yes, work now!! first time i flash old and wrong recovery
[Atrix 4G Android Development] xXxSamxXx:
Ok ive gotten all the way to the last step where your factory reset and wipe all data, and its taking forever! Hopefully its supposed to be like this but ive been stuck on formatting /sdcard/.android_secure...

hopefully its just a minor hiccup.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] joe ferreira:
CwM normally doesn't format sdcard.

Let it finish sdcard is huge.

I will change the instructions to wipe /data and /cache separate. Tenfar needs to fix a few bugs in his cwn
[Atrix 4G Android Development] xXxSamxXx:
ok thank god! because it seems like almost 10minutes! and i guess it needs to format all my old themes and the GB one on there. Thanks Joe, youve been a big help :).
[Atrix 4G Android Development] joe ferreira:
I am glad I have been of help.

I am trying to grow a thicker skin because of the few people that have bricked their phones. (debated pulling this and working on roms: roms don't brick phones, unlocking bootloaders does)

I enjoy helping people frre themselves from moto.

have a great day
[Atrix 4G Android Development] xXxSamxXx:
could i do a battery pull?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] NibblerWeather:
Nice guide.

I've received conflicting answers regarding my situation.

I was on stock 1.83 and flashed the "official" OTA update via android recovery.

My bootlader is locked. Can I follow your guide starting from stock 2.3.4? (I can't flash back to 1.83, it will hard brick)
[Atrix 4G Android Development] arunsharma7:
this is most complete set of Information awesome!!

I will try in a couple of days...
[Atrix 4G Android Development] joe ferreira:
if you flashed the official att 2.3.4 ota via recovery then I do not what to tell you.

some are saying that you can flash pudding over it you can still unlock.

just do not restore after this to 1.26 or 1.57 or 1.8.3

I really have to direct you to samcripps FRUIT CAKES ROMS this can answer your questions better.

anyone that is unlocked should only be using rsd lite for radios and pudding/ihop.

if you flashed the 2.3.4 ota then this is very important as you WILL HARDBRICK if you downgrade using a stock sbf file.

please read kennethpenns WARNING sticky and the fruit cakes thread.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] xXxSamxXx:
Ok i did a battery pull and all is good thank god, so now i finally get to enjoy GB! yay!

Finally One Last thing! should i skip the motoblur sign in? i think i remember someone saying not to sign in... i think it was ken, he said once your free of motoblur stay away?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] kufel:
Memory amount after unlocking

Hello!

I read in another thread that the phone will "see" only 372MB of RAM or so instead of the regular 800-something after unlocking the BL. Is this still the case?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] b0wtie:
Hi all!, I'm on a Bell Atrix with the bootloader unlocked running 4.5.91 ROM on Bell 1.77.15p radio and faux123 kernel. Other than the low free RAM issue it seems to be running with no force closes or reboots. Tested quadrant and am getting ~3400 consistently :)
[Atrix 4G Android Development] HolySorento:
WOW, Nice one!! 60 mb to go here to 2.3.4...

So, faux123 kernel is working in non-ATT devices too... I'II give it a try!
[Atrix 4G Android Development] HolySorento:
Guys I have a problem here..

-- Install from sdcard...

Finding update package...

Opening update package...

Installing update...

Installation aborted.

It's instantly... doesn't flash nothing.. Any idea?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] joe ferreira:
what are you installing in CWM?

does your phone say unlocked when you turn it on?

since I see you are a international user please keep a close eye on the dev forums and the fruitcakes thread.

the dev's in irc are hard at work creating stock international 2.3.4 cwm zips that include native international support. ( soon maybe fix the ram issue )
[Atrix 4G Android Development] HolySorento:
Don't worry Joe, problem solve... I flash all files manually... Now I have GB on a Brazilian Retail Atrix... The problem was the data.img that was corrupted on the zip that I got... But now is working like a charm... the only problem is the mem. RAM now... 300 mb is to slow..
[Atrix 4G Android Development] cmccollough:
yes i was on a laptop.

yes i have

nope i havent been on irc

I guess im just going to go try to return it. Im hoping since it doesnt even turn on to show an error, i can get away with the phone being a dud.

Does anybody know what could have caused this so it wont happen ago when/if i get a new one?

thanks for the help
[Atrix 4G Android Development] joe ferreira:
One other member bricked 2 new atrix's on att.

All I know is that you have to be on 1.8.3 prior to flashing pudding.

you and the other member are the only two people out of the 100,000 page views on the pudding thread unlocking that has had this occur where their is no error message on the phone and could not power on the phone.

What version of firmware were you on when you did the unlock?

Were you on 4.1.8.3?

I do not want you to end up returning the phone a second time like the other member.

I would get another phone and hold off on flashing the unlock for a little bit until everything settles down more.

Try again at your own risk.

If you do try this again... I would suggest to make sure that you have all ota updates downloaded and your on firmware 4.1.8.3 first. then flash 4.1.8.3 sbf full from the super firmware thread to make sure it is clean, then proceed with flashing the unlock.

I am just curious... under the battery on the white sticker in the upper right corner is the model #.

it says MB860 right? it doesn't have a revision # does it?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] cmccollough:
Yes, I was on 4.1.8.3. I just took it back to the store and returned it. Ive developed a nice relationship with the manager and, though i didnt tell him that it happened due to flashing, he told me that if people brick their phones, he just puts it in the system as defective and exchanges it. He went ahead and rooted and flashed gingerblur all from some installer, couldnt quite tell what it was, so now im rooted
[Atrix 4G Android Development] lucasmine:
Hey, I'm Brazilian too, and thinking about unloking it too..

How slow it is?

Usuable??

I understood the hole flashing process, but how can I come back to 2.2.1 French if I need it to, since we shouldn't use RSD anymore?

Thanks!!
[Atrix 4G Android Development] joe ferreira:
fruitcakes are being built please look at that thread and the international pudding thread about works/don't work etc.

this is a guide on how to unlock and flash roms.

not which rom is the best.

samcripp is working on a fully functional stock 2.3.4 based on the french rom.

please check around the dev forum for international roms and support.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] coleburns:
hello, i have an att phone but i live in the uk and on the o2 network

i have followed your instruction and i am now unlocked and i have installed and flashed cwm recovery.

however when trying to flash the rom, i went with kenneth's which i have downloaded and stuck on the ext card

and when i get to step d below and hit volume up, i get a screen with an android with an exclamation mark above it and nothing happens

if i battery pull, phone boots up ok.

any ideas

i was so close............
[Atrix 4G Android Development] joe ferreira:
Yes

flash recovery again

Moto-fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
[Atrix 4G Android Development] coleburns:
hi joe, apologies for being a pain but i did flash recovery again and still got the exclamation sign

another guy had the same issue but there was no detail on how he fixed the problem
[Atrix 4G Android Development] bates_1974:
Have you hit the bottom right of the screen to bring the menu up or does that apply to standard recovery? Going to give this guide a go tomorrow, just upgraded and come from the hd2 forums so flashing should be in my blood by now!
[Atrix 4G Android Development] coleburns:
yes i have. i get the restart option, update.zip and wipe options..

i just went with the restart option
[Atrix 4G Android Development] joe ferreira:
are you flashing this version of CWM?

http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=641508&d=1309404399

I will change the link in the op to this file directly

I think your using the older version on tenfars thread.

I understand as it can be hard to read.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] coleburns:
yep. that's the one. just tried it again to double check and same result.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] johansson:
Just to confirm it worked on the korean version of the atrix, but i lost the korean support for the sms i receive since there's no korean localisation in the settings :/

I went from 2.1.1 and flashed kenneth's rom + the ram fix, so now i got 1gb of ram and Gingerbread running flawlessly :p
[Atrix 4G Android Development] joe ferreira:
I just want to update everyone that I have made major changes to the guide.

please make sure you are using motorola driver version 5.1.0 and not version 5.0.0

I also changed the att unlock to flash the full 1.8.3 pudding rom.

it is a much larger download for ATT users but should be more reliable.

Thanks The2DCour!
[Atrix 4G Android Development] coleburns:
hi joe, i will try out the new walk through and feedback.

i did some further digging on my issue above and found this

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=15546051&postcount=28

seems i have an upgraded BL. i would have expected more people to have reported this as i used all the files you provided
[Atrix 4G Android Development] joe ferreira:
I have talked with Samcripp :)

We have a solution for you.

The OTA updates has a bad version of a script called install_recovery.sh

first you must root your ota rom
[Atrix 4G Android Development] coleburns:
First of all, thanks for actually looking into this. Really appreciate it. Also a big thanks to Samcripp

Before I go ahead with this, are there any pre-requisites I need to have installed on my machine.

I am still pretty new to this and as this deviates from you original walkthrough, I want to be absolutely sure that if I can screw anything it up, it will be all down to me.

Question

1.	By “then do the rest of the root post.”

Do I just run all the below from the command line?

/preinstall/dosu

/bin/mount -o remount,rw /system

cp /preinstall/su /system/bin/

chmod 6755 /system/bin/su

PATH=/system/bin:$PATH pm install /preinstall/Superuser.apk

2.	To use adb, I need to install this right?

http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/what-is-adb-and-how-to-install-it-android/
[Atrix 4G Android Development] joe ferreira:
1. You do this in android terminal in the phone.

2. Adb is in the zip you downloaded already. Go to c:\atrix ;)
[Atrix 4G Android Development] joe ferreira:
Look at fruitcake roms for us and international cwm stock roms that are safe to downgrafe back with.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] johansson:
I have a question, but i don't know if it's the good place to ask...

do you guys know if it'll be possible to get other locales in the settings (like korean in my case...) ??
[Atrix 4G Android Development] joe ferreira:
I am omw to work then i will post a link to the apn thread to fix your mms.

I think you night want to look at the french international rom i posted last night in the guide. It should have fixed apn's and locales both.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] johansson:
Thanks for the answer i'll be takin a look at it (but to tell the truth i'd prefer stay on my config... too lazy to reinstall everything oncd more :p )

PS: I took a look at this one... i tried it in the morning but got stuck at the motorola screen :/
[Atrix 4G Android Development] joe ferreira:
cole,

I edited my first set of isntructions to reflect the android terminal and that adb should be in c:\atrix also.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] joe ferreira:
apn's to fix your mms and other stuffs

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1164401
[Atrix 4G Android Development] coleburns:
hello, me again

i couldn't get to android terminal to work, so i used the below for the preinstall image and it worked

adb shell

cd /preinstall

su

/bin/mount -o remount,rw /system

cp /preinstall/su /system/bin/

reboot

however, when trying to copy, i get the below. i have found few suggestions online but wanted to check

# cp /etc/install-recovery.sh /sdcard-ext/install-recovery.sh

cp /etc/install-recovery.sh /sdcard-ext/install-recovery.sh

cp: cannot create '/sdcard-ext/install-recovery.sh': Read-only file system
[Atrix 4G Android Development] joe ferreira:
Please read the pudding thread it has more info.

It is the first link in the thread and a sticky at the top of dev
[Atrix 4G Android Development] joe ferreira:
Try adb remount before the adb shell
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Vik_92_Sandhu:
When I try to flash clock work mod, in cmd it says (writing 'recovery'......FAILED

?? what am I doing wrong?

edit: I bought this phone on craigslist and was already running greyblur so I just skipped to the flashing cwm, I already checked if its already on. I have my adb tools, I'm doing everything correctly

2 edit: Ok, now I'm thinking my bootloader may be locked, is it possible to be running a rom(greyblur) and the bootloader is still locked?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] bartsu:
Hello, I followed the guide and everything seems to be working fine. Well almost, my problem is when I have my phone turned off and I plug it into the charger. It stays in the boot screen.. where it says "unlocked" in the upper left hand corner. Where before it would go into the battery charging screen. Is anyone else getting this? Kinda worried since I can't tell if it's charging or not. Any help would be great.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] johansson:
Thank you very much :D

By the way, i gotta report this issue : sometimes when i connect my phone by usb or on the hd dock, it reboots itself :s
[Atrix 4G Android Development] motopuk:
Successfully running in my Mexican Atrix. I come from French 2.1.1 SBF.

Thanks to this community we can taste 2.3.4 several months in Advance.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Phoneguy589:
I'm running Gingerbread with no issues as of yet. Seems to running VERY smoothly. Props to all of you!
[Atrix 4G Android Development] joe ferreira:
Sir,

What carrier are you on?

Welcome to freedom!
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Vik_92_Sandhu:
installation aborted when I try to install zip from sd card using clockwork mod, sigh , then I tried using adb moto-fastboot to flash. It worked but now I'm in bootloop, I tried clearing all data but it didn't work. Sigh Sigh, what to do now?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] 7210:
Thank you OP for the great guide! It worked on my phone! Thanks again for the great work!
[Atrix 4G Android Development] PhillyBlunt474:
Thanks a ton! Worked perfectly for me on ATT. Up and running on 2.3.4 now!
[Atrix 4G Android Development] joe ferreira:
you do not issue adb before moto-fastboot

I made this guide so that if you extracted every download to c:\atrix

you can copy and pasta the commands into a cmd window.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] joe ferreira:
ok android recovery fixed for mr coleburns :D thanks!

Steps to fix the recovery if you try to enter recovery and get the green android guy instead of cwm.

1. root your phone

2. use root explorer to delete /etc/Install_recovery.sh

3. reflash your unlock sbf file and restart the steps from that portion of the guide
[Atrix 4G Android Development] joe ferreira:
updated guide with link back to recovery fix
[Atrix 4G Android Development] climo:
downgrading back to 1.83?

Thanks Joe for this super easy guide!! :D. Will definitely follow this when my replacement Atrix arrives. So much win here now, but no atrix to play with!! :mad:

Joe, since we are not allowed to use RSD anymore after the BL unlock....how would one go back to 1.83 if needed? I think the guide should have this method also, just in case someone needs to return to stock....for whatever reason.

Would flashing the 1.83 system, boot, webtop, images with moto-fastboot be the correct method since no more RSD?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] joe ferreira:
that is what the fruitcake roms are for.

I will add fruitcakes to the list with a explaination.

fastboot/motofastboot and CWM are now the best ways to flash a rom.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] joe ferreira:
fruitcakes added to Q&A area for users that want to downgrade.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] climo:
Thanks again Joe, see I was not aware that Fruitcakes was the method to downgrade, but now everyone knows!! :D Super Duper thanks!
[Atrix 4G Android Development] papaslime:
help please

I have att atrix with 1.83 from OTA

since i want to flash tenfar CWR, i already root and unlocked my device

i succeeded to flash CWR thru fastboot but every time i try to enter recovery i always meet the green guy.

i already try this fix from

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=15715637&postcount=136

but seem not working.

i am so desperate now

is there any solution?

can i flash my atrix with "183_pudding.sbf" from the first page?

my concern is maybe my problem because i start from 1.83 OTA not 1.83 pudding

please somebody help me

regards
[Atrix 4G Android Development] johansson:
I got a strange issue... the statut bar and sometimes the whole screen get screwed because of the auto rotation...
[Atrix 4G Android Development] joe ferreira:
Send me a pm please.

Sent from my unlocked atrix.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] papaslime:
ok joe, i also already invited you at gtalk.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] guidoido004:
I know this is a noob question, works on the 0.50.3 retail br ?

I want to unlock, but im not feeling confident enough about this... idk why...

anyway, thanks a lot for this :-)

Ps: how can i donate to you?( or just pay a beer at least hehe )
[Atrix 4G Android Development] joe ferreira:
I do this for fun.

I am a Att user but basically the retail builds are all they much the same.

They are stock motorola builds that still have all blur services running and contain all of the sames things that your froyo builds have.

Why are all the international builds based on the fr (french) rom? Because prior to the unlock it was the most reliable rom on all international atrix devices.

I would flash samcripps fr rom and use the apn fix i linked in the faq section.

Then follow faux123's kernel thread when users stop *****ing in about 5 days :) then flash his kernel.

Sent from my unlocked atrix.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] joe ferreira:
their is a post about this in kennethpenns thread...

are you ATT using kenn's rom?

it had something to do with a app the guys had loaded.

they uninstalled it and the issue went away.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] mandroid717:
hello,

i delete the install recovery file from root explorer. i boot the phone into fast boot mode. i then flash the recovery.img. then i reboot the phone into android recovery and get the cwm recovery. i boot completely and see if the file was recreated and it was with todays date. i reboot again to android recovery and it reverts back to the stock rom. not sure if this is relevant but when i am in cwm i have tried to flash the zip from my sd card and get error.

--installing /sd/ORFR234-system.zip

finding update package....

opening update package...

installing update....

installation aborted.

i wiped data, cache, reset to factory but still no go.

i reinstalled the zip on the sd card thinking it might be corrupt. no go

:confused:

i have spent a majority of this weekend searching this site for answers and it seem like i just have more questions but i will admit i enjoyed learning so much in one weekend,
[Atrix 4G Android Development] joe ferreira:
sir,

do this please....

this is the thread.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1169409

this is not a CWM rom.

this rom is to be flashed with moto-fastboot

like these examples. the real commands are in the thread for the rom.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] joe ferreira:
also the system image is inside the zip file

you have to extract it...

If you say forget this I need my phone working!

then install the fruitcake rom instead for itnernational users. it is a CWM Rom unlike the fastboot rom your trying to install
[Atrix 4G Android Development] mandroid717:
hey joe. i have downloaded the proper int orfr zip through QR code to my phone. can i install it through rom manager or should i use the terminal emulator,

i have unzipped the file in the downloads folder. this may be a stupid question, if i give the code moto-fastboot flash boot ORFR234-tegrapart-1100100.boot.img in the emolator how does it know where to find the image

is fruitcake a better option. i have a backup phone. if so whould you happen to have the link

thanks a million.

marko
[Atrix 4G Android Development] raybond25:
it knows where to find it because you need to extract the .img file into the same folder where your moto-fastboot files are stored. if no file path is specified it assumes that the file is in the "root" (relative to the fastboot files) folder.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] joe ferreira:
fruitcakes

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1163009
[Atrix 4G Android Development] joe ferreira:
added fruitcakes to the international area of the thread

the other rom is a better rom and has alot of bug fixes, but you must read the entire thread rom thread and have some intermediate experience with android to understand how to flash it.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] mandroid717:
i read the fruitcake post but it said do not use if you are bell, seeing as this rom has more fixes i think i will go with it. do i need to copy the fastboot files to my phone or are the already there, how do i do this.

do i need to copy the ORFR234-tegrapar to the root of my sd card.

sorry for all the questions, i am a quick learner,

p.s. i read the other post on fast boot and things just got real complicated real fast. eg do i copy the ORFR234-tegrapar to my pc where my fastboot files are and run the comand from dos or do i need abd i think its called installed on my pc.think i should waite till an easier solution comes out.

thanks for all your help joe.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] joe ferreira:
You copy all the files to your pc where you have moto-fastboot c:\atrix

You need a boot and system image.

Their is only one system.

The boot image is the hard part. You have to read that section and it is a little try and error. Meaning if one doesn't work right. Use the other.

Sent from my unlocked atrix.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] mandroid717:
boot image as: INTL-ORFR234-tegrapart-d00.boot.zip

system image: ORFR 2.3.4 webtop

copy those 2 and unzip to to my c:\atrix?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] joe ferreira:
Yes

Sent from my unlocked atrix.