yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Atrix 4G Android Development] j.v.fouts:
Alright so my last ditch effort to fix this before i purposely brick it to get a replacement from att.....my only complaint i cant lock my phone without a reboot or attempt ro run alot sh!t at once without a reboot and it didnt start intil i went from gngrblur to alien and its not kens roms either ive attempted others and still does it but u guys pretty much are the best so any ideas
[Atrix 4G Android Development] JVogler:
I'm wondering...

Is the only time you lose everything when first flashing alien rom? Is everything left intact when moving from (version 2 to version 3 for example)?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] boostmx:
is it me or did a lot of the gmail app settings disappear as well? Lol
[Atrix 4G Android Development] JVogler:
Hopefully I can get a quick fix for this...or a fix at all! I was following steps is post #705 I think...got as far as wiping dalvik cache, cache, data/factory reset. Then it just went to the red Motorola logo screen where it says 'dual core' and won't go any further...nothing will get it past that screen?

any ideas?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] frelnik:
I thought so too. I couldn't find the notification settings. Turns out they were hidden in the "Labels to Notify" screen.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] tapeworm_george:
Did you use the no-wipe version?

I personally would flash the (almost) stock gingerbread sbf with root/bootloader unlock if that doesn't fix it then use the factory reset option under settings > Privacy > factory reset. If none of that works then open a thread in Q&A since this is not the appropriate place to post a non rom specific problem.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] boakun:
is there a way to hide the H icon when wifi is connected?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] JVogler:
Just for anyone coming to same problem...my install of the newest cwm apparently did not work via fastboot and I was technically still on the old version. There is now a flashable .zip version, so you can install newest cwm directly using old cwm and then follow directions again and everything works.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] JVogler:
So, since I finally have ROM installed...I've done several searches of this thread and can't find a post. Is it only visual changes if I now flash the Alien 'theme' or are there other benefits besides the 'look' of everything?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] dcarpenter85:
Only visual, but there are a few settings that can only be accessed if the theme is installed I believe.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] ricardowec:
No,it is not a good idea. There are overseas users like me that have the AT&T version and cant reach neither use the US APNs
[Atrix 4G Android Development] wicked_beav:
Is there a way I can get the full rom in a data wipe format please? Borked my wifi and wanna reflash to fix but I don't want to have to start from scratch and whatnot. Any advice please?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Meursau|t:
Alright, got Alien installed. Is there anything that shouldn't be restored from TB?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] joeavery2:
Don't install system apps. Mostly fingerprint.

I install browser storage but that is pretty much all from system.

Otherwise you should be ok to install your regular apps.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] filmusikat:
You guys...my issue still isn't resolved... my battery drains so quickly and I hardly use it throughout the day...probably a few texts.

I flashed the other android recovery that someone recommended I use for wiping battery stats instead of tenfars. So I did that. Drained my battery til it turned off....charged it until it said 100% or 99%....then powered the phone on and entered recovery ...wiped battery stats and rebooted. Tested to see if the phone would survive the whole day and more with minimal use...and still getting horrible battery life. Battery life goes down 1% every few minutes !? I've tried all battery fixes but nothing. Anymore other suggestions? I know it's not the battery itself cuz I never had this problem until this ROM which I love aside from this issue. :-/
[Atrix 4G Android Development] joeavery2:
Any new apps? I installed TiBu media sync and enabled picasa in my account settings before going to Alien and my battery life was terrible. I never had time to figure out if it was the apps or not but When I came to Alien I never enabled TiBu media sync and didn't see the battey drain. I do notice that G+ syncs photos when on WiFi and that will drain it pretty sharp if you have a lot for it to sync.

Try killing apps that might sync in back ground or just disable wifi and GPS and see how it improves. GPS is typicaly good for 1-2% an hour.

I've been seeing a solid 12hrs with this rom running faux123's kernel. But on HKTW I was lucky to get 6hrs.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Phalanx7621:
Yeh I am actually having some battery issues and im not sure why. Mine started on the rom I flashed before this one, Aura, and seem to be following me. I flashed aura, and.then noticed that my battery would charge and say full but battery indicator shows 95%....would finally charge to 100% but as soon as I would take it off charger drops to 99% and then every few minutes keeps steadily dropping whether im using it or not. Switched to alien with complete wipe of everything, charged fully then wiped battery stats and fastbooted and did -w still battery acting the same. Kinda frustrated, but hoping possibly it irons itself out.

Sent from my Atrix.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] joeavery2:
I've read a lot about some app that shows on the phones that have battery life. It shows under battery meter as just "X". Some think it's associated with webtop.

Also get a info widget of some kind that shows CPU load %, Mine will show 20-50% while I switch screens but will settle down to 4-15% when idle. I had a problem with handcent for a while where if the stock messaging app was removed or blocked and you sent a MMS message handcent would hold the CPU at 50%+ effectivly putting one CPU at full load all the time. I had to force close handcent each time I sent a MMS to get it to release the CPU load.

Post a screen shot of your battery manager screen or give the CPU widget a go and let us know your results.

Bad Battery life sucks, I know, I had a EVO before the Atrix :D
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Phalanx7621:
Yeh, i recently installed Watchdog, and that has helped in atleast seeing what is using more CPU% than it should....I'm thinking it's possible that when screen is off something is running that shouldn't be. Need an app to monitor "wake locks" I think someone called it I believe. But beyond that it's gotta be a problem with something that stuck around from the previous ROM *aura*. ROM worked great but did screw up battery charging for some strange reason. Tried re-callibrating with a program and with CWM but it doesn't seem to actually wipe the stats. Kinda weird.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] anupash:
1% every few minutes with screen on and you doing some task like browsing is ok. But if you are experiencing the drain while screen off then you are in a problem. Did you follow xploited's guide for battery. It is quite comprehensive. Do a search in the general forums and maybe that can help. I have a feeling that there must be some process eating up ur battery or ur battery is faulty
[Atrix 4G Android Development] whitmell:
Man, there are some assholes in this thread. Search is not some magical function that can read your mind and instantly find you exactly what you're looking for if you're not entirely clear on what you're searching for in the first place. If you're a newbie, chances are you might be searching the wrong terminology anyway. Something like "swype force close", yeah that could easily be fixed by searching. However, some of the other issues aren't so straightforward.

Try and remember that just because you know something doesn't mean everybody else does.

Yes, there are a lot of repeat questions in here. But I'm seeing people get torn apart for asking things that I haven't seen posted in here, and I've been following this thread since day 1.

For those of you that are being helpful, thank you. Being a newbie myself I try to use search to the best of my ability but some problems are not something that's easy to zero in on by using search.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] DrunkFuX666:
Yea its called wakelock... you will see on your battery usage graph your phone tends to stay awake even when the phone is on standby... hence causing the drain... there is a app here on XDA and a thread for something called Better Battery Stats... it helps diagnose what the issue is keeping the phone awake... I have been having a very similar problem... the main problem seems to be an internal issue with the Alarm Manager... this is the main reason the phone is staying awake... I was also having problems due ti lightflow pro and apparently handcent is also causing some wake problems... if I can copy the thread link ill put it here but I don't have the tine to do it via tapatalk right now...

But the ppl there are very helpful so you should check it out...

If you get a solution tothis something do let me know as well... because im really disappointed with batterylife atm... I don't blame Alien tho... I really like it... seems ppl with the sgs2 have the same alarm manager prob... so its a gingerbread thing probably ...
[Atrix 4G Android Development] diedemus:
Step 1 go to advanced search

Step 2 search entire posts, not titles only

Step 3 don't be an asshole and a hypocrite because you got offended by someone else. the fact is that most people that are asking the same questions over and over are only a few posts off from the answers they are looking for.

As far as the battery issues go, it has been determined that the battery library in 2.3.4's release is an incorrect version right off the bat so most of the fixes are bandaids at best right now. This does not just effect Alien, but any rom based on 2.3.4
[Atrix 4G Android Development] SilverKeiser:
Amazing Battery Life

I have Gingerblur 4.5 installed on my phone with unlocked bootloader and carrier unlocked. I can get 3-4 days on a charge with minimal calling, web and texts.

The only thing that I can figure is that I had to send the phone into Moto because the touch screen had stopped working (hardware connection) and they repaired it and reset everything so that must have tweaked the battery response.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] rknight68:
You're close

I'm in Warrenton, MO
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Nickel3ack:
New Radio in Alien #3?

Quick question.... does Alien #3 include the new radio, or does that need to be installed separately? I'm just confused a bit since Ken's Briefmobile download post has the radio as a separate package.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] whitmell:
My point is, there are plenty of issues that aren't so easy to find by searching. There are a lot of easy and repeat questions in here, I'm not disputing that. But there are also some legit questions as well. Also in some cases you have no way of knowing whether or not the issue you're seeing is specific to this ROM, in which case a search may not help and it may make sense to ask in here.

As for your "step 3", I'm speaking on behalf of other people, I haven't personally gotten offended by anybody on here. I just see certain people being dicks for no reason.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] AndroidDane:
Does the fingerprint scanner work?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] dcarpenter85:
Yes 10char
[Atrix 4G Android Development] joeavery2:
If yours is not look here: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=12567301&postcount=8

Also make sure that you let the phone boot fully. I try to let mine boot and then wait out the screen off before trying because it takes forever for all the apps to load, and the fingerprint.apk is just one of those.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] JVogler:
So, I've run into a huge problem for me. When flashing Alien, the first thing that happened when I linked my gmail Google account was alerts kept popping up about calendar deletes...over and over for about 10 minutes. When it was all done I had NO calendar events (ON my phone, logged into Google on computer, and at work where I link calendars into Thunderbird) GONE!. Since I have about 3,000 calendar entries accross 10 different calendars I made sure to back them up. I just made a bad choice using MyBackUp Root. It did restore them, but ALL to the same calendar...and all 1 day off. Plus, they only show up on my phone and refuse to sync to google...get a sync error every time. Anyone else have calendar issues with alien? If I could at least get them to sync to google I could spend a few days and fix them manually on my computer...but not going to do it on the tiny Atrix screen. I'm open to anyone's ideas what could be the cause. Since I don't see any other posts similar I'm assuming it's not Alien related at all.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Javi97100:
Is there anyway to remove the battery percentage off the battery on the status bar?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Milenko2121:
Please make the Droid 3 Camera optional in the next build.

I for the life of me haven't been able to get rid of it no matter what instructions I try.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Javi97100:
Please tell me you've tried the cherrycrust original camera zip in the op?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] dcarpenter85:
This. Not only does it take worse pictures, the settings never save and default to the ugly widescreen everytime I open it forcing me to manually choose 5mp. Also the only two options for picture size are widescreen and 5mp, where are the others?? This should be optional.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] joeavery2:
I've not seen this problem. Did you bypass MotoBlur log in or did you use it? I'm not sure why in either case it would happen, very strange, hopefully someone has an idea. So here is a Bump for you.

It seems you have two problems/questions (and you may search internet for this too, maybe a solution out there).

A) if anyone knows how to get Google cal to roll back two days or something. I know that there is a bit of time machine magic going on with google, I just don't know how much or how to.

B) Why did this happen in the first place. I've been on android since dec'08 and closest I've seen to this was contacts getting jacked due to linking SIM card entrys.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] live4nyy:
Somewhere in the themes and apps sub-forum someone posted a zip file that can be flashed to remove the battery percentage but I cannot remember. You could probably try a search, I'll give it a shot and see if it pops up.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Javi97100:
Thanks, I don't have a computer with me right
[Atrix 4G Android Development] live4nyy:
Here is the link to Nottach's "1% Battery Mod" which I'm pretty sure is what KP uses for his ROM (if anyone can confirm that would be great).

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1159848&highlight=battery+percentage

The thread isn't too long so if you read through it about halfway he mentions that you can just remove the carrier by removing the "framework" folder in the zip file so my guess would be to run the "uninstall" file that should get you back to stock then use the "without carrier" zip (minus the "framework" folder of course) to remove just the "carrier" (ex. AT&T).

I went back and confirmed that he said to just remove the "framework" folder here:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=15650088&postcount=117
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Javi97100:
Thanks man, but im a little confused on what to do exactly?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] joeavery2:
Honestly the easyist way is to use UOT kitchen. You'll need a computer and your Framework-res.apk and SystemUI.apk (/system/framework and /system/app respectively) Just do the battey mod only and choose one without the % number in it. (You really only need Framework-res.apk for this as the status bar stuff is handled there and SystemUI.apk handles other stuff)

When you are done cooking then you can paste the Framework-res.apk back into /system/framework and the phone will reboot automagically.

**edit**

live4nyy was missunderstanding I think. I think he was under the impression you wanted to remove the carrier from the top left of the status bar.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] live4nyy:
I'm not 100% sure but I am assuming that KP's ROM uses this exact mod to remove the carrier and add the percentage.

So, in theory, you can use the download from the OP on the link I gave you that is highlighted as "Uninstaller". Flash it using Tenfar's or romracer's recovery. That should remove the mod and return the status bar back to stock (with the carrier and without the percentage).

Then, go back to the OP again and download the "No carrier" file (rename it from attachment.php to attachment.zip) and you would have to unzip it, delete the framework folder (it's in the system folder) and then re-zip it (you can use 7-zip). Then flash that using Tenfar's or romracer's recovery as well.

Hopefully that should do it. If anyone who knows more about it could jump in and correct me if I'm wrong at any time.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] live4nyy:
Well, the carrier is already removed in the ROM so I was just suggesting a little backtracking to get it back to stock and then just remove the carrier so there would be no battery percentage.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] joeavery2:
Yes I see, that should work too. I still promote UOT kitchen though.. everyone should check it out :-)

*sorry, I missunderstood where you were going with that.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] live4nyy:
No problem, I actually never used UOT so I'm checking it out now.

If the guy knows how to use UOT then he should go with your method. I don't mind when someone trumps my ideas, helps me learn too. :)
[Atrix 4G Android Development] krkeegan:
I am also seeing a lot of wakelock activity by AlarmManager as well. It is amounting to about 10% of the total uptime. I also recently had an issue with *backup*, also part of the android system, causing a large amount of wakelock time too.

Based on my research, AlarmManager is used when you need to have something happen at a specific time. My current thought is that something is requesting frequent, maybe every 5 minute, notifications? I am investigating.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] JVogler:
Yeah, I was hoping for a calendar roll-back, but as far as I can tell there is not one by default...you can use an add-on that will back up your calendar info.

Even when I add a new event it gets deleted at sync time, so I think I have a bad flash or something...going to start over.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] UnCommonGrafx:
I concur. Bluetooth headphones are my issue: they cut out after a period of time. Quite annoying.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Milenko2121:
Of course I've tried. It never worked for me. I even tries different install methods others have posted, but I can't get stock back.

This is the only reason I refuse to use alien, and its why I stick with my ninja rom. Alien died to me when they forced DROID 3 camera.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] cammel:
Hi, I just need to know where I can find the stock theme for this ROM, because I installed the Alien one and want back the ginger stock theme.

Thanks in advance!!
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Recon Freak:
Just reflash the alien build and don't flash the theme.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] cammel:
ok, but without wipes?? didn´t I lose all my apps??

Isn´t any flashable zip with the stock theme to make it easier?

Thanks!
[Atrix 4G Android Development] IrshaadH:
How do u set the beta tester signature?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] carlharsch:
Read page one, copy and paste to signature, save.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Recon Freak:
If all your your apps are backed up with tib or google to you'll be ok!
[Atrix 4G Android Development] tacotino:
I Have to use tenfars recovery???

cuz i'm using CWM

And i'm doing this step by step....

I'm going ot flash to stock with Unlocked BL if you see the comment i put up earlier i'm using the sbf that has the unlocked bl.. Could this be the prob?

Or is it cuz im using CWM

this is what i did

flash 2.3.4 with unlocked bl

flashed CWM

Go into CWM and do steps

then i reboot phone after flash and nothing .....

I'll try Tenfars recovery when i get home from work
[Atrix 4G Android Development] jjwatmyself:
PM me with a link or info on the file type for boot animation and I can call in a favor.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] kix08:
I flashed no wipe file and theme right over cherryblur and it worked fine quadrant gets errors though. music plays fine on powerAmp. But not on pandora my video player doesnt seem to be working either for playing videos out of gallery. Also the when you click on a number in the dialer its light blue also. Not sure if its cause my method of flashing or just a few things still needing tweaking
[Atrix 4G Android Development] donharden2002:
Brd, flashing days are never over buddy. Good to see you here. Glad you got your end of your deal fixed. It sucks going thru that with a buyer. Hope your family is doing better.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] FabricioGS:
Yes, I'm international (tegrapart-1100).

I installed the ROM, booted, then the installed the theme and even after several normal reboots it still do not recognize all memory.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] schwann:
Like I responded earlier....yes you have to use Tenfar's recovery. Tenfar's recovery IS CWM. It doesn't matter that you SBF'd earlier. And wipe data/cache/dalvik. Look back to my other post please.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] tacotino:
Sorry, but i am using Tenfars' recovery aka CWM and i'm doing the wipe just wont boot, so idk
[Atrix 4G Android Development] berniesteven:
Couple of pages back. Yes it is. Peace

MB860 - ROM junkie
[Atrix 4G Android Development] samcripp:
very nice work!

im loving the theme
[Atrix 4G Android Development] raybond25:
install an int'l boot.img (kernel) and you'll be good.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] megazero:
love the theme! but no music app works :(
[Atrix 4G Android Development] seanzscreams:
im having no problems really with getting the rom booting and the theme installed this is running great i love this alien business

i have made a small list of bugs ive found

cant move apps to sd says insufficient storage (theres plenty)

swype kept force closing had to remove and install beta and it worked fine

i notice some applications,(specifically yahoomsgr) plays my ringtone over and over and over when it signs in and out(reboot fixes)

i flashed lastest oc att kernal and setcpu force closes ( dont set on boot works fine)

in my file manager all the file names are black text

noticed other instances of white on white text in pop up menus

and just some random intermittent market issues but clearing app cache seemed to fix it

music works fine

netflix perfect

hulu perfect

gmail perfect

data works great

video chat with qik is flawless

no camera problems

so damn smooth jeez

love the fact that its called alien a cusotm alien boot anim is def needed
[Atrix 4G Android Development] omni_angel7:
+1

10char
[Atrix 4G Android Development] ricko2169:
Now I am even more keen to get my "hard bricked" Atrix back from repair, hopefully the timing will coincide with build 2.

Curious as to what OS version it will have when I get it back and whether or not it will be still unlocked or unlockable. At least its being done under warranty!!!!:D
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Banditlol:
request?

i just flashed this from cherry blur and im loving it! though the one thing i liked about cherry is that under data and batter manager there was a counter of how much data had been used, if there was away to implement that into future builds i would love it!
[Atrix 4G Android Development] quicklyspent:
I resolved my fingerprint scanner issues. I wiped/reinstalled a few times with no change. Re-downloaded, wiped, reinstalled and suddenly it started working great.

Files sizes were the same, didn't check md5....dunno