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[Atrix 4G Android Development] lilhaiti:
I have had this problem with this and other ROMs as well, I usually just open WiFi settings and disable and reinable the WiFi...it usually connects right up. I see this as annoying but not an actual problem.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] schwann:
Hmm maybe I'll have to take it in then. Maybe I'll try completely wiping my phone first and reinstalling ROMs.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] damonsmith666:
After I restarted my phone, the problem started occurring with the widgetoid widgets too so I dont know what the hell is going on!!
[Atrix 4G Android Development] SilverKeiser:
Carrier Unlock

I neglected to mention that I purchased my Atrix with carrier unlocked and have never had a problem with it. If you travel internationally check out the Telestial "passport" SIM cards. Reasonable rates in a large number of countries so no need to be dealing with individual carriers wherever you happen to go.

http://www.telestial.com/sim_cards.php
[Atrix 4G Android Development] schwann:
Thanks for the help, but that is not my issue at all. I just unlocked my phone for the hell of it to boost the resale value if I do end up selling it...
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Magoodigan:
Love this ROM

Been using this for over a month, its amazing. Only thing i want now is more screen animations and effects, EYE CANDY NOMNOMNOM!
[Atrix 4G Android Development] lilhaiti:
You can add more animations using UOT Kitchen
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Swiftks:
Go check the theme thread... you can learn how to do it, which makes for good practice.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] pahagapon:
please help

Can some one help me understand why im not getting this rom installed right?

my phone is rooted, unlocked and have tenfar recovery installed.

following the steps on post 705 should have worked everything goes smooth but when i get to step 8 and when i press menu i cant skip the motoblure setup. also i noticed that im not rooted anymore after this. what am i doing wrong?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] rknight68:
Im pretty sure you need romracer's recovery instead of tenfar's to correctly install alien.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] sagerox:
I installed alien with out any issues using tenfars recovery.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] PakaPakaxz:
The emergency call dialer is not the Alien themed dialer, it's the stock blue skin dialer.

Fix if you can... :)

Sent from my Motorola Atrix 4G
[Atrix 4G Android Development] sunshine1982:
Lately my battery won't charge past 96% even though its saying its fully charged, anyone else have this issue?

Unlocked alien atrix
[Atrix 4G Android Development] kartik50:
Major gaping bug - or just me?

The apps render semi fullscreen, in compatability mode (Spare Parts). We kept the higher resolution as well as the full screen apps in the FroYo build, is there a fix for this (permanent?). I really hate changing Pixel Density to 200.......

Kennethpenn - Please fix this. If I turn off compatability mode, newer apps render really wierdly. If I turn it on, some apps render semi full screen.

My examples - Doodlejump and Modern Combat 2.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] thegregulator:
Just thought I'd share something. If you're using the stock blur launcher on alien 4 (and probably any other gingerbread build for that matter) you can swipe up from the dock and go directly to any other screen. I don't know if this is common knowledge but I just found out about it last night.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] altercode:
Hi... I'm willing to flash this rom on my atrix. Because I have some problem with stock 4.9.1.

When I connect as a flash drive, Icons from apps installed on external memory disapears.

Can't use voice command in other languages other than English.

Does this one have any of those issues??

Thanks!!!
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Bruce Lee:
What kind of charger are you using?

I had that issue too when I didn't use the stock charger or didn't drain the battery all the way before I charged it again. I will post a guide shortly for you for battery issues.

Here is the battery guide:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1198333
[Atrix 4G Android Development] mormegil83:
I don't believe any phone charges to 100%. They all stop a little before because too much juice damages the li-ion battery. Probably didn't notice before because it rounded to the nearest 10% and as a "feature" did not accurately report battery status...
[Atrix 4G Android Development] lilhaiti:
This is not a bug, this is just the beauty of having higher resolution. Some apps scale some don't, it's not a ROM thing, it's an app thing. Maybe you could check to see if the apps have updates or something.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Ralf_g60:
My imdb app won't load,

After installing this beautiful rom, it did work for a while.

But I think since I used the ad block zip, it doesn't work anymore.

Is there a way to undo ad block? Beside flashing the rom again,

Don't want to loose all my apps.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] lilhaiti:
Can't help you with undoing the zip...but once it is undone you should try Adfree from the Market. It works for me and I've had no problems with apps. And it can be updated.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Chahk:
I recently purchased the Atrix 4G (US AT&T) and am having nothing but trouble with it. Even when running stock, this phone is almost unusable. For example, it spontaneously reboots 3-5 times per day. Apps that I move to the "Media area" randomly disappear, as if from data corruption. Battery life is simply horrible.

I thought it might be MotoBLUR, so I rooted, unlocked, installed ClockworkMod recovery, did a full wipe and installed this ROM. The phone definitely feels speedier, but the random reboots and apps disappearing still happens. Not sure what I can do in terms of troubleshooting, as it's almost impossible to catch a logcat of it rebooting.

Could this be a hardware issue with my particular handset? Is anyone else experiencing something similar?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] k4zyn:
I would have returned it. Now that you've unlocked, good luck doing that.

If it were a common problem, you would definitely see more chatter about it.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] J-man67:
Yeah, as soon as I noticed it not operating correctly in a stock state, I would of taken it back. Now you may have some difficulty doing so due to the mods/hacks. Sounds like you have a bad phone. Try to take it back.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Zugshad:
I am not 100% sure on this, but (please someone correct me if wrong) can't you just flash one of fruitcakes sbf to put it back to stock and the "unlock" message should go away and then be able to return the phone? I want to say that when I used his 2.3.4 sbf i still had to go in and do the unlock/root process so that is why i am thinking he could do that and still be able to return the phone and it wouldn't appear to have been messed with?

sorry if I am thinking incorrectly :(

zug
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Swiftks:
Copy hosts file @ /system/etc to PC, open in editor like notepad or notepad++, and then delete all the entries. Save and the copy and replace the one on the phone.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Chahk:
Thanks for the feedback.

I did a nandroid backup of stock image right before installing the ROM, so aside from the "unlocked" message I can restore it. Then I'm pretty sure I can bs my way past the in-store reps for doing an exchange.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] k4zyn:
If you do so, could you either record the audio or post your conversation with the rep? I'm always interested in how things go with store reps.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Stephen Who:
No camera app?

I just installed this rom/theme and dont seem to have my camera app? Probably a few other things I'm missing but thats the main thing I saw right away. Any idea what happened or where to get it?

I managed to find that there are 2 downloads. Do I have to flash build 3 then the data wipe version? I tried installing the .apk for the camera and it says "application not installed"
[Atrix 4G Android Development] NickOlsen8390:
MMS pictures not compressing

Sorry if someone has asked this already. But, I've been running alien for a bit now (Currently running build 4). Love it, Good work Ken.

Anyways. It seems like since I updated to build 4 from 3, When I attempt to send a picture taken with the phone in an MMS it no longer asks me if I want to compress then picture before I send it. And then it fails to send because it's to large.

I haven't changed any of the APN settings or anything. Only one installed is called "AT&T 310 410". I'm using the default messaging app. Anyone have any ideas?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] k4zyn:
If you're going to use the full wipe ver 4, you don't have to use 3 because, well, it's a full wipe, it wipes out whatever was there and installs 4 fresh. The non-wipe version is only for those who wanted to update their version 3 without reinstalling all their sh!t.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Stephen Who:
If thats the case, where is my camera app? And why would it be in the build 3 app list and not build 4.

btw, the build 3 shows up as build 4 when downloaded... so it could possibly mean that both need to be flashed
[Atrix 4G Android Development] lilhaiti:
Quick question...which recovery are you using?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Stephen Who:
I did what the instructions said. I flashed using tefnar's CWM (Moto A4 Bootstrap Recovery). I checked the install apks and there are no camera apk files at all in the #4 app folder
[Atrix 4G Android Development] lilhaiti:
Next time hit the search button up top (maybe search MMS). This was discussed atleast once in this thread.

You can do one of two things...either use the stock mms.apk from GingerBlur or from CM7...or you could just install a third party messaging app from the market (I'm using Handcent)
[Atrix 4G Android Development] lilhaiti:
Just what I thought. Tenfars recovery has a problem wiping. Try installing RomRacer's recovery (the thread is easy to find since it is very active), then wiping and re-installing the ROM. I had the exact same issue.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Stephen Who:
I'll try that and let you know how it goes.

How should I flash again? Same way as instructed? Or is there something special I should do?

Wipe both cache, format to stock, booth recovery, flash zip, reboot.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Stephen Who:
I just found that blur.camera is in fact inside the 4 distro. I'll try the other CWM recovery and let you guys know how it goes.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] lilhaiti:
What I normally do is:

1. Factory Reset/Wipe (the caches are wiped with this as well but you can wipe them again if it makes you feel better)

2. Format System (in mount menu)

3. Flash ROM

4. Reboot
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Stephen Who:
I just tried to flash the custom CWM and ended up at a failed to boot 2... >_<

I love my luck.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Stephen Who:
Could you give me a messenger I can add you and contact you with? I'm really new to all this but I'm a quick learner. :)
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Stephen Who:
Could my locked bootloader have been the cause of all this mess?

I just realized I used the pudding but never ran oem unlocker...

Will this stop me from getting failed to boot 2's and hopefully make these roms work better. And allow me to flash kernels etc?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Swiftks:
aaahhhh... yeah, unlocked bootloader is a pre-res for flashing any ROM or kernel.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] pahagapon:
Welcome to my boat. haha!! I had the same issue.. make sure your unlocked. after i did unlock i got rid of that failed to boot 2. i ran in to other problems where my phone heats up and the bottom buttons Menu, home, return and search dont work
[Atrix 4G Android Development] demens13:
I'm having a bit of trouble with this, if anyone wants to help...

After flashing a few of my apps were not working (not even restoring with TB). One of them is mybackup, i re-installed it manually but it kept force closing.

So i went back into CWM and wiped data.

Now nothing works, phone has like 10 apps, no service, can't even get into settings to check the APN, etc. It does nothing or force closes before i can even see it.

ANy way to fix this without re-flashing? And if i do re-flash, what was the deal with the force closing?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Rickroller:
The CLEANEST wipe method is actually using Fastboot to wipe everything. It takes only a couple mins to do the entire wipe..and it gaurantees that everything from prior rom's/flashing is erased. From fastboot simply:

fastboot erase system

fastboot erase user data

fastboot erase webtop

fastboot erase boot

fastboot erase preinstall

Then flash your ROM and your good to go.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Vangelis13:
Here's a strange one. This is what I see in the battery graph after reverting back to a back-up yesterday. Now I've flashed everything new: fruitcake to 2.3.4 and a fresh install to #4, including a format of the internal storage. Funny graph still there.

And I thought that I'd have a problem-free fresh new install.. :-$

EDIT: And as I clicked submit: battery graph is fixed (wtf ??) One has to love the XDA app, it does magic..
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Ralf_g60:
Hi, thanks,

But the Imdb app still won't work...

it keeps loading and when I use the search, it says "network error"

Imdb did work when I just flashed the rom.

I asked Imdb for help, but they dind't find a solution.

Did several reboots...

any idea? Maybe another app causes it?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] scorneil:
no space on user data. should be "userdata"
[Atrix 4G Android Development] JVogler:
Don't have time at the moment to look back at what you've already tried, so this might not help...but I was having this issue. This is what fixed it for me.

Settings...Manage Applications...All...ImDB...clear all caches and data before uninstalling. Download and Install new from market. And then of course replace your ad-blocking hosts file.

Just to be sure you replaced your files correctly...what is the size of the file currently in system/etc. (It should be around 25, and not 650,000 which would still be the ad-blocking one) I rename my ad-blocking hosts file to hosts.block and hosts.orig respectively depending on which one I want active with free ES File explorer from market...you can do all you editing right on your phone without using a PC. I'm sure someone with the knowledge could write a script to do the simple renaming linked to a shortcut icon...but I just do it manually from a bookmark to that folder when I use ImDB, and Hulu, and few other programs that ad-blocking messes up.

not sure if that helps...but it solved my problem I know...good luck
[Atrix 4G Android Development] scorneil:
tried 2 different DL's of Alien4, but keep getting

E:Can't open /sdcard/Alien-4.zip (bad)
Installation aborted

Any ideas? Coming off of CM7 PB2. Used moto-fastboot to wipe system, userdata, etc.

International atrix d00 running lastest romracer CWM and latest faux kernel

Ignore, guess it was bad DL's. +1 for MD5's in the future
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Vangelis13:
Now it started again; any ideas..?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Ralf_g60:
To bad, it didn't fix imdb

I cleared all, uninstalled and rebooted, the installed again.

No luck, more ideas?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] filmusikat:
my phone has been doing well after the full wipe and install of alien 4... but recently it started being weird again with the screen being unresponsive and glitchy. Any ideas what is causing this?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Swiftks:
Nevermind...
[Atrix 4G Android Development] JVogler:
Sorry...beyond that I don't know. Must be something different than I was dealing with.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] JVogler:
Not sure if this is ROM related, gingerbread related, or camera specific...but it's changed since I moved from Froyo. All my videos are now being recorded as .mp4 and they used to be .3gp before. I did flash the older camera .zip file after installing Alien. Is this to be expected? Doesn't seem to be a problem for viewing on my phone...but when I send them to someone who's not familiar with how to download the proper codec, they are having problems playing them.

Anyone know if it's Alien, Gingerbread in general, or a camera setting that has changed?

thanks
[Atrix 4G Android Development] StyleUkno:
Anyone else having a problem with the signal bars and wifi going white and not being able to connect online...this just started happening to me like 3 days ago and also, does anyone know why this is happening under the Manage Applications options.

Bottom of the screen.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] joeavery2:
White means that your not connected with android market, Green means you are. If your not able to get online then you got some other issue.. maybe APN's. ###I just noticed it seems you mean not being able to get online via WiFi. Well the green and white mean same thing but APN's will have nothing to do with it... your WiFi is dropping off. Might check and make sure WiFi sleep policy is set to never###

At the bottom of the screen it looks like you have some black font writing there over the RAM or Application usage graph. The Graph makes no sense to me so someone else would have to explain it, but I can tell you it looks normal other then the squigally line, which looks like it says "Applic_ _ _" in black font.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] xx0505xx:
Does anyone know if the bootloader has to be unlocked in order to install this? Also, how do you check if your bootloader is locked or unlocked? I just rooted my phone straight from gingerblur following directions from android central.

and what's the best way to install this? CWM? Anybody have the download links for CWM?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] joeavery2:
It's all in the previous post. Use the search. Hate to say it but Use the Search.

But rather then a useless post saying use the search I'll ad this.

You will know your bootloader is unlocked if when you boot your phone, in the top left corner it says "unlocked" This is during the first Motorola bootloader screen. When the boot animation starts it goes away.

CWM is pretty much the only way to install it. I guess if you were out to pain your self you could push each file by adb but Like most ROM's, this one is installed via CWM. you have choices though. By CWM we are talking the recovery tool and UI not the application. The Recovery options are:

RomRacers - most up to date

Koush ClockWorkMod - Good

Tenfers CWM - Defunct

See post by Swiftks. He has a great Noob Thread that has all these answered already.. Just have to search.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] xx0505xx:
I would've searched but it says search is unavailable after midnight for about 6 hours... but thank you.. and do you know if your bootloader has to be unlocked in order for this rom to be installed?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] joeavery2:
I want to say I recall it having to be. But I am not positive. Swiftks walked a few people through it back around page 200. His is the Chuck Norris Icon. Just off memory I think he said you do have to unlock the BL. There is a Pudding SBF that is unlocked, rooted and includes everything. But you'll need to do some research. I don't know if that is the recommended way anymore. I thought, and I could be wrong, That on the Download page that is linked in the OP, that KP provided instructions on installing the ROM. I would not doubt if they were bla, with things like "must be rooted" so it may, or may not help to look.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Swiftks:
See N00B guide @ top of page in General Section.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Sinful Animosity:
Just wondering, but has anyone made an Alien themed AOSP messaging app? I prefer the AOSP app to the Moto one.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] SilverKeiser:
Development Status

Is KP still working on Alien or has he abandoned it? He hasn't said much here for quite some time. Just wondering...
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Vangelis13:
Guys, leave the devs alone. If they discontinue support they will announce it, don't worry.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] lemortede:
Yes you have to be unlocked.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] ExTREmE99:
Looking for a little guidance before upgrading to this rom, im currently on gingerblur (at&t: 1.83, 2.2.2. Rooted)

In order for me to upgrade to real gingerbread and this custom ROM i just do this right? :

1). Run this script to Unlock the bootloader (which will unlock and retain root status)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1182871

2). install CWM recovery

3). Pudding to 2.3.4 (?)

3). Then Install the 2.3.4 Alien ROM

Thank you guys!
[Atrix 4G Android Development] mrbloog:
Is it just me or is battery life shorter?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] JayRolla:
For some reason my signal bars will go white and I will have no data till I mess around with network settings. Weird intermittent data issue.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] ezu132:
I would freeze it b/c I am a battery freek
[Atrix 4G Android Development] carlharsch:
It could have lasted longer, but I intentionally overdid things to deplete the battery faster so that I could do a charge overnight from zero.

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[Atrix 4G Android Development] AnalogXDA:
...but requires users to agree to terms with Google (background data collection etc.) that they may not find acceptable. So the availability of a joint toggle for aGPS and Google Location Services together is not really a sufficient reason *not* to enable an aGPS toggle.

What might actually be a sufficient reason not to enable it, though, is the possibility--which I suspect but don't know how to verify--that the AT&T Atrix already makes aGPS info available to apps as long as the "GPS Satellites" option is toggled on. I suspect it mainly because my Atrix gets amazingly fast GPS locks indoors with only "GPS Satellites" enabled, but also because when I use Locus Pro under those circumstances I often see a green circle around my location on the map for about a second before the actual GPS lock occurs and the circle turns blue. So if that's actually the case, then there would be no need to toggle aGPS on by itself except in the extremely unlikely event that a user only wants to locate himself roughly using cell-tower triangulation...and in my experimentation with the aGPS toggle hack, I was never able to make that work anyway.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] HoSlayer:
Suggestion

Change vibration mode icon in status bat to white or something to match the theme.

Also theme the incoming call sliders
[Atrix 4G Android Development] FabricioGS:
I had a force close while using Google Navigation (GPS) :(

Besides this and the fact that I had to flash tegrapart-1100 boot.img, this ROM is perfect, I'm loving it!