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[Atrix 4G Android Development] katinatez:
Beta Tester

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Jumped ship from CherryBlurr 1.3 because I lost WiFi, but any ways happy to be a Beta tester. From Kenneth's track record he has done up to 3 updates per day on previous ROMs. On another note, I dont know why so many people are having trouble installing Alien ROM these are the steps I took.

1. Downloaded Alien ROM & Alien Theme zip files and stored in ext-sdcard.

2.Manually rebooted phone held the volume rocker down until it said Fastboot, pushed up on volume rocker until it said entering Fastboot.

3.In the CMD on your computer (Im running Windows 7 64bit) navigate to your moto- fastboot folder or set your Enviroment Variables to the folder (Swiftks has a great tutorial on this do a quick search in Atrix general) with the CMD window open enter this command > moto-fastboot -w, then moto-fastboot reboot.

4.Next in CWM4 enter into Android Recovery A. wipe data/factory reset B.wipe cache partition C. In advance, wipe Dalvik Cache.

5.Install zip from SDcard

6.reboot system

7. wait 2-3 minutes on first boot.

8. Reboot phone into Android recovery and install Alien Theme zip file.

9. Reboot phone

10. Donate to Kenneth :)

Build #1

Theme:Yes

Flash Version:Wipe

Mods:n/a

International:no

Bugs​

1.On first boot no mail icon on dock, only ?

2.talk.apk error message flashed quickly

3.Signal bars where white for about 2 hours then they turned green

4. Stock music player error message said file not recognized

5.no video playback

6. No webtop hack over HDMI, only floating M

Been runnig this ROM for about 8 hours will report more bugs tomorrow.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Mechapanda:
thnx kenneth, can't wait
[Atrix 4G Android Development] trvstw:
Ba da buh buh buh. I'm lovin' it!
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Javi97100:
You have theme chooser?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] firefox3:
in cherryblur when you go to data manager it has a data meter that tells you how much data youve used , can you intergrate that into this rom? that would be totally cool !
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Vigneshd:
From being a Gingerblur Beta 1 tester to an Alien beta tester (and being a gingerblur beta 5 beta beta tester lol), I can attest to the awesomeness that is Kenneth Pennington!

Thanks for all the work you've put in since February and beyond!
[Atrix 4G Android Development] kennethpenn:
Thanks for the details.

1. BlurEmail was taken out of the ROM, because it messes up. I will eventually add it back in.

2. Normal

3. Normal (green = fully connected, syncing, heavy download/upload) (white = connected, resting, light download/upload)

4. Known bug

5. Same bug as number 4.

6. I will look into this.

Sorry about the lack of updates. I'm working on a twelve-pager that's due tomorrow night. I'll be able to work more diligently after I'm done.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] jzaslice:
Tried reading to see if anyone mentioned it but can any one WHO IS USING ALIEN THEME confirm that the default files app has black text on black bg? Once I enter the sd card I can't see the folder names, just the small text that lists number of files.

EDIT; read other users seeing same problem in some menus of certain apps. Hopefully there is a fix with build 2. Btw using only alien theme on kens 4.5
[Atrix 4G Android Development] binhk88:
Can u add Toggle wifi, apn, bluetooth, rotation, GPS to Notification bar (Same as Samsung S2)?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] dasfiend:
I have the same. As a work-around, long press on a file or folder and it will flash for a second. Annoying but workable. Or get some other file manager from the market. :)
[Atrix 4G Android Development] kennethpenn:
This is a known bug. Fix coming ASAP.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] kennethpenn:
Probably not. This would take an ungodly amount of time and learning. Eventually, someone may port this to the Atrix.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] trvstw:
Yessir. It just reboots the phone when you try applying a theme, though. I hoped nobody would notice it ;)

Also, with the Files app bug, putting it into grid view is a good temporary fix. Root Explorer ftw!
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Gutterball:
@KennethPenn Good to see you back with a new rom!

Any chance you will incorporate a rain drop fix in this? Is it even possible?

In case anyone is wondering what a raindrop fix is? Basically it would take away the annoying feature that when gaming. the touch screen stops working correctly when your finger is on the screen for too long.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] joeavery2:
Shorter then????

When I was on HKTW I got only 4hr to a charge. I've gotten a constant 12hr No-Matter-What on Alien. I mean screen on, Screen off, Under volt, Over clock. Talk on the phone... Pretty much die and turn off at ~12.

But the good news is I'm trimming down on the problems.

A) I put on the 1.97.00R radio, it seems to run a little cooler.

B) Removed SD card. I think this is one of the main culprits.

C) installed Faux's newest 1.9 kernel. This made a big improvement.

Also from my testing I found that the CPU does not draw a lot of power. I set the min to 800Mhz and Max to 1200MHz and found only slightly higher battery draw. maybe to the tune of 1%/hr.

Something to note: On first boot after doing a full Pudding/Fresh Alien4 install, I can get 24hrs. But by the second charge cycle something changes and 12hr is almost a for sure. I'm hopping the kernel and radio make this more like 16 or 20 hr. We'll see.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] R3wt3d:
hi

this happened to me when I was freezing motorola HOME.apk. Hope this helps.

Sent from my MBed ME860 using Forum Runner
[Atrix 4G Android Development] neoxz:
Where did u get 1.9 kernal from faux?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] joeavery2:
http://rootzwiki.com/showthread.php?t=1873

He post short blurbs on XDA with a link to the update.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] ricardowec:
Ken:

Can we expect a new version of Alien in the near future?

I am pretty much satisfied with what you have given us so far, as a matter of fact, I am running it with Faux 0.1.9. at 1.3Ghz with no glitches whatsoever- I just wonder

Cheers

:)
[Atrix 4G Android Development] SilverKeiser:
Don't expect too much...

Expect the standard: "Hey guys don't bother the DEVS" response. I asked if KP was still actively working on Alien and got my ass chewed off so good luck...

BTW, ricardo, how is your battery life with this setup?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] ricardowec:
I know the rule Dont bug the devs, just curious since there is a lot happening in other fronts and i am a loyal Alien user ( for good reason... It is the best )

Anyway, re battery , Faux 019 and Alien, can't give a fair assessment yet. It has been a busy weekend flashing, testing... Not a normal situation,... Monday will be the right timing in a normal day usage. Now, it is my first impression that it does drain more than previous Faux kernels. When idle, battery drains more than usual.

As far as I know, Faux is working on stability, tweaking voltage levels at different freqs. On the other side I am happy to see a very stable and fast setup. Alien does excellent. Haven't had a single reboot nor FCs

Cheers, R
[Atrix 4G Android Development] ricardowec:
I know the rule Dont bug the devs, just curious since there is a lot happening in other fronts and i am a loyal Alien user ( for good reason... It is the best )

Anyway, re battery , Faux 019 and Alien, can't give a fair assessment yet. It has been a busy weekend flashing, testing... Not a normal situation,... Monday will be the right timing in a normal day usage. Now, it is my first impression that it does drain more than previous Faux kernels. When idle battery it drains more than usual.

As far as I know, Faux is working on stability, tweaking voltage levels at different freqs. On the other side I am happy to see a very stable and fast setup. Alien does excellent. Haven't had a single reboot nor FCs

Cheers, R
[Atrix 4G Android Development] ricardowec:
To friends Mods

The forum is going wild. Just had a post duped and am stuck in same number of posts ( see a couple behind the duped one)

R
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Swiftks:
You're all kinds of screwed up... haha :p
[Atrix 4G Android Development] katinatez:
Over Clocked at 1.3 Ghz

To all my Alien brothers, just installed Faux123 newest kernel 1.9 OC@1.3 Ghz. Install was super simple CWM zip. Everything running smooth and stable. Heat is 47C or 116F. My stock kernel was running about the same. I believe its time to pony up and donate Faux some beer/coffee money :D

Almost forgot link http://rootzwiki.com/showthread.php?t=1873
[Atrix 4G Android Development] awitee:
hello, will this rom work with motorola atrix me860?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] hem.acharya:
Well I used to get a very good battery life back in stock froyo . About one and a half day with display on for at least 3 hrs similar was the result in ken's gb beta release ( the one before alien) then I updated to alien and the battery is too poor without doing any activity in the phone battery level used to go below by 10% in 1 or 2 hrs . Phone idle taking a lot of battery . After a week of experimenting with different kernel and roms charging discharging the battery I was unsuccessful in getting better battery life so today I went back to stock froyo 2.2.2 and m happy with the battery performance so far with about 3.5 hrs of time unplugged and display used for 1hr and 50 mins wifi on alllllllllllll the time I m at 75% battery . M happy with froyo now . Also I downloaded the OTA gb update but scared to install it . Coz it may hard brick my cell later
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Vangelis13:
Geez, you're sensitive.. You didn't even ask for an eta, you suggested he might have stopped working on it. Chill, updates are coming.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Ralf_g60:
Weird, when I make a videocall with talk,

It doesn't ring, it plays my ringtone before someone answers.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] monzttr:
KP,

Can you please fix the add server dialog, and file information?

Screen grabs from Alien 4, theme 4.

Thanks!
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Stephen Who:
Where is busybox located in this rom?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] AlonFW:
Originally Posted by guido.rosso View Post

Bluetooth voice dialing doesn't seem to be working at all for me in this ROM, was working fine in stock. Anybody found a solution? Is it related to the bloatware removal?

Enviado desde mi MB860 usando Tapatalk

I can confirm flashing the bloat back fixed this. Would be great if stock bluetooth voice dialing worked without the bloat in a future release.

Thanks for all the great work KP!
[Atrix 4G Android Development] AlonFW:
Is there a trick to getting the entertainment center to work? When I plug in my hdmi cable, nothing happens.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Swiftks:
Trying to get webtop to work?? If so, you need to flash it (link in OP), as it is not included in this ROM.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] AlonFW:
Originally I just wanted to be able to play videos on the tv, taken on the phone. But, as I said, when I plugged in the cable it didn't do anything. I am installing the WebTop now, to see if that has any effect. WebTop should be cool to mess around with anyway.

But... the Entertainment Center should have worked? Ya?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] AlonFW:
Installing the webtop made it so that when I plug the hdmi cable in, the phone now prompts me to choose among several options, including the entertainment center and webtop. But, no matter what I choose the tv stays black.

It worked before I went to Alien, so pretty sure it is not the TV. Not saying it is Alien either, just hope I can figure it out.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] joeavery2:
What webtop did you install? if you choose the one that is labled "webtopjoe" form Joe Fr______ (someone help me out here) thread it should work. But a purely stock webtop probably wont. There was hacks that had to be done to make it all work on gingerbread.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] AlonFW:
I installed the webtop from the first post:

Why isn't my Webtop working?

This ROM doesn't modify the Webtop's partition. You'll need to install the Webtop from here: http://xdaforums.com/show....php?t=1169457

This ROM already has HDMI-to-Webtop MOD from "_unknown" installed.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] xx0505xx:
Anybody else having proximity sensor issues with this rom? anybody know how to fix or change it? I tried searching but I only found 2 posts with it, but nobody had any results
[Atrix 4G Android Development] droid_does:
what issues?

when the screen doesn't turn off in call?

easy peasy; this worked for me

turn off in pocket detection in settings

reboot
[Atrix 4G Android Development] susuFOX:
Wallpaper

That's a great looking wallpaper, from where can I get it?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] droid_does:
IIRC thats a stock sense3.0 wallpaper that was pulled off the sensation

but lucky you I have a copy ;)

here it is
[Atrix 4G Android Development] carlharsch:
He's probably busy with school, work, other agendas, and his personal life.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] gzrecoil:
+1, is this rom dead?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] droid_does:
KP/any other dev will state clearly if they discontinue one of their projects

there's a thing out there called real life :p

not all the devs can dedicate full time to developing
[Atrix 4G Android Development] SiL3nTKiLL:
downoad this bad boy now!
[Atrix 4G Android Development] borguesian:
Besides this ROM is darn near flawless
[Atrix 4G Android Development] ricardowec:
I agree with you.. don't bug the devs, they got their private life and other projects and responsabilities ( eg: Photon, Briefmobile) to care about.

People start to get impatient as I said in another post, there is a lot happening in other fronts and silence in this particular one.

I also agree that Alien is stable, but not flawless, plus people is not looking for a perfect ROM, just more features.

Also, I have not read KP stating such a thing as if he leaves the project he will announce. That was not true with Gingerblur.

anyway.. lets be patient.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] damonsmith666:
at the start of the gingerblur thread it now says its deprecated.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] G1-8701:
i really wanna use this rom, but every time i flash it, i never have a network connection to log into my account, and my settings won't come up when i click on settings(doesn't even appear in my apps drawer)
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Rubb:
Anyone having problems with duplicated programs/apps?

Few of my apps have their icons duplicated....like...2 icons for Angry Birds Seasons.

Do you know if this is related to Alien or to Android?

Thanks :)
[Atrix 4G Android Development] rknight68:
my phone just started doing this on Saturday. It never happend before and has not happened since. A reboot fixed the problems both times it happened. (the white bars/no data). I thought it was because I was "roaming" out of state?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] ranova:
right, as far as roms go, there arent really any bugs left. All that can be added are features.... such as HDMI mirroring.

If you install the moto photon's Alien rom (by kenneth also) on the atrix, then flash the stock ATT atrix kernel, hdmi mirroring works in landscape! The kernel allows wifi and data to work. obviously a lot of other things dont work (camera) because its photon based, but now we know its software level and not even kernel based.

I hope kenneth can somehow incorporate that
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Fighto3:
how are you supposed to install the alien theme 4? because i installed the rom 4 first with a full wipe, no problems but then later i decided i wanted the theme and installed it through cwm without full wipe and now i cant find the theme
[Atrix 4G Android Development] :
This was happening to me over the weekend and I was out of state. I toggled apns and that fixed it for me when it happened.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Grisha777:
HELP

Hey, Im trying to flash the ALIEN rom but when I go into install from zip and choose the Alien-4 zip, it does not see the boot.img...Just shows me two files: META-INF and system. I tried formatting my SD card, which also didn't help. Any suggestions?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Ralf_g60:
Did u use cwm recovery?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Grisha777:
YES I used CWM
[Atrix 4G Android Development] SilverKeiser:
Try RomRacer's CWM

Check over at http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1204500

If it is installed correctly it should give you the option to install .zip files from either the internal or external SD card.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Vangelis13:
Probably bad download. Remove it & re-download.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Ralf_g60:
Still no luck, any help?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] blaxer:
Webtop 3g

Sorry if this has been asked but I cannot seem to find the answer. I cannot get the webtop working with the Alien rom / on 3G. I keep getting the "your account must have tethering...... call AT&T.... etc" message. It works fine on WIFI (of course). I have tried everything I can think of, I used the webtop image that is mentioned several times in this thread, I have tried webtop2sd and I have even re-stocked my phone back to 4.5.91 (where webtop works fine btw) then installed alien4 and same problem.

I am on the tethering plan so it's not like I'm trying to "illegally" get my webtop working. But I love the Alien ROM and Theme and have run out of things to try to get it working.

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] borguesian:
I have to turn on usb tethering.... I also have a tethering plan. I did notice this rom has far less APNs than the stock one.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] rusreid:
Make sure you're downloading the .zip format of the ROM and do not unzip it before copying it to your phone. Leave it in zip format.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] borguesian:
Try this.... I just did and it worked for me: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1054164

Maybe the OP can add it to the directions if it works for you.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] wintermute000:
if you have a custom kernel, do you need to restore back to stock kernel before doing an alien update?

Just curious, I've been doing full wipes so far
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Swiftks:
Don't know if you "have to", but I probably would just to avoid any potential problems, since Alien uses stock kernel. You can always re-flash the custom kernel again after you flash the ROM and reboot.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] CBR_1000RRider:
I installed the rom, but its still loading into the stock settings..

How do I load Alien?

And how do I flash the Alien theme? I tried it in a CMD but nothing happens. Can't even find the .zip when I enter it
[Atrix 4G Android Development] SilverKeiser:
What does that mean?

I noticed that there is a lot of terminology being thrown about here that assumes everyone understands the meaning thereof... Here is a link that may help people get a better grasp of what is being said: http://www.mydroidworld.com/forums/...-definitions-rom-vs-kernel-vs-bootloader.html

On the other hand it may only serve to confuse some people further than they already are so explore it if you want to learn more about their meaning.

As far as Alien being "flawless", I would respond, "hardly". Perhaps for some but not for others as is apparent if you read all the posts.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] CBR_1000RRider:
I'll look into it.

But ive tried a few different methods of installing it and trying to run it, and have not been successful on doing so.

I even used the "Rom manager" application to try to make things a little more simple.

I just downloaded it again and just did a factory reset. But this may be my last attempt. Tired of doing factory resets, its just getting annoying now
[Atrix 4G Android Development] SilverKeiser:
I know what you mean...

I went back to Ginger Blur on 1.8.3

2-3 days of battery life and no conflicts, everything that I use works fine. I see some people reporting 12 hours or less of battery life on Alien and a variety of other issues... hardly "flawless".
[Atrix 4G Android Development] CBR_1000RRider:
Battery life doesn't bother me much.

I can live with that. I can live with it being "flawless" But it failed to download again. So I'll try CherryBlur next. If that doesnt work then oh well, I'll work on my own theme for ADW
[Atrix 4G Android Development] termleech:
Just install romracer recovery. Boot in, do a factory reset, wipe cache, wipe dalvik. Flash alien. Factory reset, wipe cache, wipe dalvik. Reboot to alien. Let it sit for 10 minutes then set up blur. Reboot in to recovery and wipe cache then install the theme. Wipe cache. I just did this last night to install alien 4 from cherryPI and it worked flawlessly. As for battery for all the roms I've tried alien by far has the best if installed correctly.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] SilverKeiser:
"If installed correctly"

That seems to be the major point of confusion...
[Atrix 4G Android Development] borguesian:
I think if you don't understand the terminology and have a hard time flashing a ROM you probably shouldn't be in a development forum.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] termleech:
What part is confusing. I'm more than happy to help.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Swiftks:
I would say the ROM is pretty solid... the theme I can't commit on. Never had a problem with the ROM though.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] blaxer:
Thanks borguesian, I will try usb tethering. I did also notice the APN's missing but I used APN manager and a file I found on a post here to restore them but it did not seem to change anything, still no 3g in webtop.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] SilverKeiser:
Hmmm?

I'm sure all of the people who are having problems feel a lot better after reading your reply...
[Atrix 4G Android Development] gzrecoil:
I'm pretty sure he's right. This is a development forum...
[Atrix 4G Android Development] thebeardedchild:
Dunno if this is really related to this ROM or not, can't remember if I had it on stock Gingerbread...I searched this thread for this particular wifi issue but no luck (hopefull I didn't miss it...that's the worst)

About 75% of the time when I TURN ON wifi (either with Toggle widget or in settings, etc.) it won't do anything. Then if I open up wifi settings it doesnt list any networks, but I can hit Menu > Scan and it immediately picks up available networks and connects to any remembered ones. So, it's clear that sometimes it's just not automatically scanning...Anyone know anything about this? I'm sure a wipe, etc. could fix but I'd rather see if there's something quicker and easier first!

Tried cache/dalvik wipe, and fix permissions but still does it. Must note that it only happens sometimes, not every time. Usually once I manually scan and it adds it, I can freely turn wifi on and off with no trouble, but if I leave it off for a while, it'll do it again when I go to turn it back on.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] lilhaiti:
I believe this is a problem with the Blur ROMs. I saw the same behavior on stock 2.3.4 but not as frequent.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] termleech:
What kernel are you using?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] thebeardedchild:
I had been on the stock kernel, as that's what flashes alongside Alien. Then recently I updated to faux123's 0.1.9 kernel, and the lack of auto scan persists.

@lilhaiti, I had thought that was a possibility. I guess I won't know for sure until I flash CM7, but I'm waiting until the camera works for that. If I can't fix until then, oh well I guess :D
[Atrix 4G Android Development] dragon_76:
I have to connect with wifi when starting Alien and then everything works fine (except fingerprint)