yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Motorola Atrix 2] jimbridgman:
That is trying to patch the ATT Address Book sync app. Did you remove stock att apps from your phone, once you got root? If so this update will not install unless that is there in /system/app to patch. I am guessing ATT made it a requirement for that update to install. Either that or there is another update that is between the one you are on and this one, hence the mda sum not matching.

Jim
[Motorola Atrix 2] cheetablaze:
My phone found an update that has been pushed OTA, ITS DOWNLOADING NOW!!! Bah its only the first update to 2.3.6. Its only 50.6 megs big

Failed to install and it won't re download. Where can I go to see what failed?
[Motorola Atrix 2] svtfmook:
instead of unlocking the bootloader, why not bypass it?

script on boot to load a different kernel

use recovery to flash roms
[Motorola Atrix 2] joe ferreira:
do not install the update.zip

download it and copy it off the phone.

it does not matter if it is a update to 2.3.5 or 2.3.7 or whatever.

it may have a bootloader update with unlock regardless of what android version it is.

do not focus on the version of android etc...

2nd init doesn't allow custom kernels.

unlocking the bootloader does.
[Motorola Atrix 2] dasfiend:
I did a wipe and still no go on the install. My zip can be downloaded here. md5sum: ab8e01815a61e0c113fe06577d63c3d5

edit:// note that the zip name is Blur_Version.55.11.16.MB865.ATT.en.US.zip , but it identifies as Blur_Version.55.13.15.MB865.ATT.en.US in the metadata.gpb
[Motorola Atrix 2] cheetablaze:
Yeah I just tried to install it for giggles and nothing happened. It just failed and would not say why. I'm just looking to have some fun and maybe even brick my warranty covered phone lol.
[Motorola Atrix 2] birdisthewordfella:
L lol... I am kinda running stock. none of the roms are worth it nor do they work correctly. Issues haven't been addressed properly and the amount of people bricking is pretty high. I mean this is all normal stuff. You attack me but for what? It's funny.

I have been using Linux and *nix for about fifteen years as a guru. Yes, I know what I am doing. All I did was say the same thing but different. It's a forum. thought we supposed to chat but okay. Don't need your funky kernel no wayz.. Going to do the honorable thing. Buy a HTC
[Motorola Atrix 2] jimbridgman:
No anger here. Not sure how you got any emotion from written words on a page, but there was no anger in my post. Frustration maybe, from those not understanding what an undertaking it is to compile code with limited released source for the phone that Motorola has released, with out the correct modules for the MB edition of this phone, which means whole new sections of code that have to be written, from scratch.

Your original post though made a ton of assumptions, that "someone" would make a kernel. If you wanted to help or get help with GPS issues with building a kernel all you had to do was ask, you could PM me, or post a question in the general section, and one of us would help.

Your posts here seem quite defensive and angry, and I am not sure why, I never attacked you, yet you attacked me, and all the other devs in here. For what, since you are not happy with what we have provided to you for free, in our own spare time.

I have worked for companies such as Sun Microsystems, and been in the UNIX field for 20+ years. I have been not only compiling but, also coding linux kernels since the 0.86 days of linux, and redhat did not even exist yet at that time, I have worked side by side with Linus on several projects. I now own my own consulting firm, and guess what AT&T happens to be a huge client of mine... so I don't really want to play this childish my skills are bigger than yours, crap.

If you have not noticed we are a pretty tight knit group in here, and we stick up for each other.

Go have fun with your HTC!
[Motorola Atrix 2] hankbizzo5:
Sry off topic jimbridgman you got to work with the god of linux Linus awesome..... If anyone does not know who Linus is take a hour and a half out of you're day and watch this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVTWCPoUt8w There would be no android it it was not for his Os (open source);) work..... Resume interruption.....
[Motorola Atrix 2] cogeary:
Interrupting again... but jim that really is awesome. This whole community is extraordinarily lucky to have you here :).
[Motorola Atrix 2] farshad525hou:
If you don't appreciate our devs get out. Go troll some HTC forum.
[Motorola Atrix 2] dicksteele:
I had a skyrocket, but washed the fricking thing. Save your money. Or don't.

Like everything else in life it's a personal preference that wins.
[Motorola Atrix 2] jimbridgman:
Yes, and Linus is a great guy, very humble. You also cannot forget Richard Stallman, we would not have things like GNU without him, as well as free and "opensource" software.
[Motorola Atrix 2] smgulsby:
Gentleman we are in the midst of royalty.
[Motorola Atrix 2] smgulsby:
Yeah ....what he said!
[Motorola Atrix 2] PRichardson:
Un-Freagin-Real Dude!

:eek:

:cool:

Here Here! Mr. Cogeary! I second that motion!!

Jim, that is absolutely FREAGIN awesome, and I'm like so stoked that you are a sort of virtual friend to me here.

:cool:
[Motorola Atrix 2] hankbizzo5:
Are the cheesecake servers all down all i have got for a few days on all of them is wifi setup screen.....
[Motorola Atrix 2] jimbridgman:
Yeah, I have been getting the same thing. I am guessing this is a pretty good sign, because they are usually like this on a more normal basis, and they get real quiet like this just before a release, If I remember correctly it was just like this right around the 2.3.6 OTA release and right after the leaks we saw for 2.3.6 as well.
[Motorola Atrix 2] farshad525hou:
@Hankbizzo5, What do you have your phone set on in build.prop. Correct me if I'm wrong but if you have it set to anything other than the MB865 cheescake wont work.
[Motorola Atrix 2] hankbizzo5:
Been on stock rooted 2.3.6 for a while..... Seems most build.prop changes cause fc's so i tend not to change much other than data and video bufer.....
[Motorola Atrix 2] moofree:
When this starts happening to me, I reboot my phone. It's pretty telling when even the production server times out. There's probably a way to fix it without rebooting, but this is what I do... (stock rooted 2.3.6)
[Motorola Atrix 2] hankbizzo5:
Well I am thinking about fixing my Wp7 (hd7) while I wait for the leak (will religiously keep checking).....At least I can have some fun building cust roms themes and what not..... It is actually some what a dev friendly phone not bad functioning as well..... Kind of funny hd2 could run almost any os while the hd7 second gen is like atrix 2 locked down.....
[Motorola Atrix 2] mammenj:
I am noob here, and at bootloader unlocking, so my question may sound (well:confused:) noobish...

- Any luck so far, and what are the chances seeing an unlocked bootloader?

- What are the options of unlocking a bootloader?

Is it just plain luck, that we may find a unlocked bootloader on the Moto server?

Is there any other way to unlock?

The reason for asking is to see if I can help in any way in the process :D
[Motorola Atrix 2] lkrasner:
No, there has not been any progress.

We have lost a lot of hope on pulling an unlocked update from the servers. It looks like our only hope is to convince Moto to do something like HTC did.

There is not way to unlock. period.

you should still check cheesecake because we can get an early release of ICS from it. We already have for the international versions
[Motorola Atrix 2] A2Trip:
Project unlock bootloader for LIFE!!!

Sent From My Locked Down, Rooted Motorola Atrix 2 Running ROMULUS v2.0
[Motorola Atrix 2] Apex:
Not sure if it's been posted here in this thread before, and if it has I think that I'm not doing much harm by re-posting this. Also, not entirely convinced that this effort is nothing short of futile at best, seeing as Motorubbish is (and has proven to be continually) unwilling to do anything for us in hopes of getting the bootloader unlocked -but regardless, I found this. Signed and sent prior to this post.

EDIT: Removed link to petition...
[Motorola Atrix 2] jimbridgman:
Yep, we have seen it, it was posted in a thread in the general section back in Feb. and the thread was removed by the Mods, you might want to take the link out of your post, that is frowned upon in here.

A TON of us signed it back then.

But for those that know about this go sing it, just don't post the link in here.... please....
[Motorola Atrix 2] dudemaaan:
With all the work arounds is there really a need for an unlocked bootloader? We have custom roms, recovery and root. What else is there?

If you pm me the link I will go sign it
[Motorola Atrix 2] Apex:
The main concern, with finding either a workaround or finally getting Moto to abide to our requests to get them to unlock the bootloader, is to have the ability to flash custom kernels. This, will "unlock" the full potential of this phone (no pun intended) and will allow the developers the ability to create custom roms based on other kernels, making our phones more awesome.
[Motorola Atrix 2] hankbizzo5:
Actually the work around only works with one core (now not at all)..... The roms are actually custom recovery images not flashable..... We could also use a full recovery system.... Fully working Cm 7 + cm 9 custom kernels and many other rom tweaks to keep it short winded..... Correct me if any points are wrong.... Also think we would be able to boot to a native linux / ubuntu?????

---------- Post added at 07:28 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:57 PM ----------

Hey you check Cheesecake today......
[Motorola Atrix 2] Alperon:
Are we still using the instructions on the first page or has anything changed?

Just wondering because it doesn't seem like much has happened in awhile (not meant as an insult), is there anything that should be changed about the way we're attacking this problem? What is being tried/has been tried?

Are we any closer to unlocking bootloader than when we first started?

Let me know if there's anything I can do, would really like to help in any way that I can.
[Motorola Atrix 2] jimbridgman:
Nope we have not unlocked the bootloader, and I am not sure we will be able to.

The OG Atrix 4G, just had it's bootloader re-locked after the last OTA update, so that leads me to believe that it will NOT happen for us.

I am trying to crack the cypher, and I have a way around the bootloader to run an unsigned kernel, but it only works on 1 CPU right now.
[Motorola Atrix 2] ross1998:
og atrix

Auctally i had atrix 2 but traded it for og atrix plus 100 dollars and i got it with the newest ota 2.3.6, i was still able to unlock it. Right now the only og atrix that cant be unlocked are the new replacment ones you get from moto repair, or you buy new one from atnt, Cause moto changed the bootloader so if you try to unlock you will get a oem unlock not implanted or something like that
[Motorola Atrix 2] jimbridgman:
True, but it is still a lock down, and not everyone is going to buy a used 4g. so there is not a way to unlock those bootloaders, as well as our bootloader.

Don't give people here hope that we can still get an unlocked A2 bootloader, and what I said is still correct, as well as I have heard that there is an update to be pushed out, that is not released yet that will lock it down.

Here is the OG article on XDA that explains the replacements and new phones not allowing an SBF flash with project pudding (the OG Atrix bootloader unlock method):

http://www.xda-developers.com/android/motorola-at-it-again-locks-down-atrix-4g-even-more/
[Motorola Atrix 2] ross1998:
True

I was reading that one thread that said that the new atrix hd will have locked bootloader but motorola is making tool that who wants to can unlock it so maybe that new bootloaders moto is making on the devices is the first step to making thier bootloader unlock thing.' Lol thats pretty slim chance but could happen.
[Motorola Atrix 2] jimbridgman:
We can only hope, Moto has totally lied before, so only time will tell.
[Motorola Atrix 2] :
Can anybody make a video on how to unlock this bootloader and install a ROM (i searched YouTube , couldn't find any )? This stuff seems too much technical. I'm already rooted.

Thanks.
[Motorola Atrix 2] lkrasner:
wtf!?!?!?!? have you read anything.
[Motorola Atrix 2] :
Yes I did. I wasn't kinda able to understand d steps so I asked !
[Motorola Atrix 2] lkrasner:
OUR BOOTLOADER IS LOCKED!

There are no steps, you cannot unlock it PERIOD.

I see way to much of this asking us to post a video on how to do things, that are either impossible or really not that difficult. It's okay to not understand how to do things, none of us did at the start, but we learned be doing more research and trying things until we figured it out.

Since when is it my job as someone who knows what I am doing to spend an hour making a video to explain to you how to do something?!?!?!

Sorry to sound angry here, but I kind of am. Just please do your reading before posting stuff like this. Almost every topic i this forum mentions the locked bootloader.
[Motorola Atrix 2] Apex:
Where that link to xda's, "You're a NOOB" video? I am going to save it to my phone for replies to questions like this. Had the guy read more than a thread or two, its pretty apparent that the bootloader is LOCKED and without being able to crack the RSA key signature its going to stay that way. Sheesh. I'm right there with ya, lkrasner! I think we're all getting really tiresome of these posts where people could find answers if they'd just do a little leg work to find out... :banghead:
[Motorola Atrix 2] A2Trip:
Hahahaha! Straight up! Call these snitchuations...gotta just hit up the moderator, delete this **** and ignore. Bam! They'll find out eventually. Some noobs need a lil vacation or two before they learn anything. I havent been in trouble once on this forum. Kinda hard to. Only thing I'd ever do wrong is prolly argue or insult someone by mistake from anger but man, that and stupidity are two total different things. When I get a new phone everyone...guess what I do? Google the hell outa it. Find out all info on the phone online...that simple...that easy...do not waste everyones time if you DO NOT read the rules! DAM! Hahaha. Sorry but I'm getting tired of same questions as well. Rant, over and out!

Sent From MY DROID That DOES Not YOUR APPLE That DIDN'T.
[Motorola Atrix 2] :
Ok fine. Just temme can I flash a ROM just with the root? in cwm ?
[Motorola Atrix 2] Apex:
Didn't you read about this? If exposed to water, it immediately reproduces more of its kind asexually by budding from its back; if it eats food after midnight, it becomes a... GREMLIN PHONE!

Beware the Gremlin Phone!

*You have been warned.
[Motorola Atrix 2] Archmag3:
@Apex_strider Here i come to rescue :D

@Ashwasash ffs please watch video and do reading on forums. Please.
[Motorola Atrix 2] Fall of Enosis:
To answer your questions ashwasash, yes you can flash roms for our phone through CWM.

Follow the steps in this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1396650

It's conveniently named the noob thread. ;) Happy flashing.
[Motorola Atrix 2] matt99017d:
I know it's a bit early, but how locked down is the bootloader in the new ICS leak? any chance of breaking it?
[Motorola Atrix 2] lkrasner:
doesn't appear much different yet.
[Motorola Atrix 2] matt99017d:
Bummer
[Motorola Atrix 2] shardul.phatak:
why bootloader is locked ?

i dont understand why they've locked bootloader !

it is like u r born with white shirt, black pant .....

u can wear jacket, change belt, have any other accessory but YOU CANT CHANGE YOUR SHIRT & PANTS !!! :mad:

moto ppl should be treated like this :rolleyes:
[Motorola Atrix 2] :
You know the more time i spend here i curse myself more for not buying SGSII instead of this.. yeah everything's fine but for us the nerds it aint enough :/
[Motorola Atrix 2] rdhoggattjr:
I wouldn't even care if they would just let you flash recovery and kernel. Then your phone for the most part would still be 99% brick proof but you could have custom rom's and recovery's.

Sent from my MB865 on ICS
[Motorola Atrix 2] Ajfink:
Motorola promised yesterday (for the third or fourth time, is it now?) that they will unlock bootloaders "soon."

Ha.
[Motorola Atrix 2] xploited:
Up until now all my phones have been from Motorola (Milestone - Droid 2g, Atrix, Droid 3), bought for my GF (Charm, Atrix 2).

Atrix was the best of them all for one reason - unlocked bootloader.

Two weeks ago i picked up a Galaxy Nexus, and damn what a massive upgrade it has been. Motorola makes some great hardware, but when the cripple devices on the software side, it ruins the whole deal.

I look at the Atrix 2 that my GF has right now, and I can only imagine what an epic device it would be with vanilla Jelly Bean. :crying:
[Motorola Atrix 2] farshad525hou:
Agreed! Moto makes some really good phones! Personally I think the razr max is one of the best phones out there (hardware wise). But due to Motorola locking down everything I'm never going even close to buying a phone from them again
[Motorola Atrix 2] hankbizzo5:
Honestly as jaded as we are with motorola I got a feeling they are getting our point and will bless us with the crumbs we need to follow our way to unlocking the BL.....
[Motorola Atrix 2] alteredlikeness:
Bump and... Y'all see this?: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=30274025&postcount=317

According to the post, the unsecure bootloader "was leaked by an African-Canadian Sock Monkey."

So, I don't suppose our leaked NS bootloader will work in a similar fashion..? Or anyone know where to get one of them helpful sock monkeys? :)
[Motorola Atrix 2] Apex:
Well, we most likely will not be getting an OTA passed 4.0.4, so if this leak has the unsecured bootloader and the 'real' ICS OTA has a secured one, couldn't we meld the unsecured to the official released update package and utilize one of those amazing Afro-Cannuck Sock Monkeys for our own purposes? :D
[Motorola Atrix 2] A2Trip:
I too have wondered about this same question...I'm sure one of the devs would know...

Sent From My Locked Down, Rooted, Motorola Atrix 2-MB865 (AT&T U.S.A.) Runnin' SCV7, Speed Boosted & OC'd @ 1.2 GHz ICS (Leak) 4.0.4
[Motorola Atrix 2] ross1998:
Motorola now has tool to unlock bootloaders

hey guys good news motorola now has tools to unlock bootloaders but atrix 2 is not supported yet, hopefully it will be supported soon.

https://motorola-global-portal.custhelp.com/app/standalone/bootloader/unlock-your-device-a
[Motorola Atrix 2] farshad525hou:
Nothing against you personally, but you must have been the 100th person to post this link today...lol!
[Motorola Atrix 2] ross1998:
its cause im ukrainian isnt it ................. lol just playing.
[Motorola Atrix 2] leifemagnuson:
If there is a atrix2 version of the ota ics that does allow the OEM bl unlock but its restricted from att users what's your thoughts on fooling the web tool that does it? If I understand correctly even if they do included it for the atrix2 its still up to the carriers if it will be allowed on their phones. I guess this goes back to a question I posted in the cheesecake thread. What info does the moto servers pull before the dl of an ota? Poorly written but you get the point.

Apex should write all my questions. So I don't have 30 word sentences.

Thanks

EDIT: I didn't mean ics leak I ment ota ics. Changed it. Now I hope it makes since.
[Motorola Atrix 2] CM-PRo:
Hi guys,

So I just wanted to know the progress on the bootloader unlock project. Have we got any way for unlocking it yet? Or are we waiting for the ICS OTA and see if it has unlockable bootloader?

Hoping for a positive reply. :fingers-crossed:

Cheers,

z

P.S. Sorry for the non-dev post.

P.S.2. Thanks to all the devs for all their hard work!
[Motorola Atrix 2] farshad525hou:
We have no way to unlock the bootloader.. and the ICS OTA will most definitely not have a way to unlock it... Currently dev for this is kinda at a stop as our devs are busy with other projects. And imho the only reason i really wanted an unlocked BL was for CM and since we have a CM10 port already (and a full working version built straight from source in the works) i personally am content for now.
[Motorola Atrix 2] CM-PRo:
No offence bro but i guess you've never used a device with a custom kernel/ unlocked bootloader. The possibilities are endless and your device can do anything and everything you want.

Really no offence meant. Sorry.
[Motorola Atrix 2] jimbridgman:
Yeah I agree, but being one of our devs in here, and being the main person working on the bootloader unlock, it is not looking very good. So get used to using CM with our stock kernel. We have things like the supercharger script and many other hacks to make things very close to having a custom kernel, but we will most likely not get custom kernels on this phone unless we can do something kexec with them.
[Motorola Atrix 2] CM-PRo:
Hey,

I thought there was an ns bootloader on one of the ICS leaks. What was that about? Wasn't that an unlocked bootloader?

And what about the bounty thing? Aren't we going to call upon an expert for unlocking it (wasn't that the reason why that thread was made)?

Really looking forward to an unlocked bootloader because I had 2 phones which had there bootloaders unlocked after I bought them (Arc S and X10 Mini) and the difference it made was unexplicably awesome.

Hope we get an unlocked bootloader some time in the near future and hope you do it jim since you're one of the better developers here.

Cheers,

z
[Motorola Atrix 2] jimbridgman:
Hey, thanks! I appreciate the support.

Yeah we have tried to get the NS BL to stick on the device but have so far not had much luck. I am working on something that we will try with booting off of the sdcard with a root kit, to fake the device to think it is an NS device then flash that BL to the device, and then change it in our system using the same root kit. That will be a little while out though, since I have to create the root kit from scratch.

As far as the bounty, we have not any takers yet and none of the guys I have asked to try it have wanted to even attempt it. And I can't name the person we spoke with on IRC for a reason... but, he said that he was able to use jtag and put whatever he wanted on certain paritions on another locked phone, and that is how they unlocked that one. So we are still trying, but we just keep hitting brick walls everywhere we turn.
[Motorola Atrix 2] matt99017d:
how are things looking? has any forward progress been made?

Thanks for the efforts!
[Motorola Atrix 2] jimbridgman:
No, I am at a standstill at the moment with the BL unlocking. I am trying to create a nice rootkit that we can use to boot off from an unlocked mbmloader from the SDcard, and I have been able to boot from it.

I still can not flash the NS bootloader to our device for a permanent unlock. I can get a temp unlock by using the mbmloader boot from SDcard, but if you remove the SDcard and boot from the device it is back to the locked BL again. After trying to flash the NS bootloader to the device it is still locked. That is why the rootkit with the ability to throw the efuse is critical, and it is proving to be very difficult at the moment.
[Motorola Atrix 2] snowplow:
You Sir, are amazing. Thanks for all your incredible efforts!

Out of curiosity, what would we be able to do with a temp-unlocked boot loader?
[Motorola Atrix 2] jimbridgman:
not much. It is very similar to what kexec does, and allows a new kernel to be loaded on a single boot, but you do not load the moto kernel and then unload it to load the new one, you just load the new kernel only. Doing this does not stick on every boot though, and you have to make a special file to allow it and then you need 2nd init to pull this off, so it is not for for normal everyday users just yet. Once I have it all laid out, and get it so that we can flash the NS bootloader to the device, I will make a write up and instructions, but that is all a big if right now, since the rootkit that will allow the NS bootloader to flash has been difficult to get everything working correctly, and I need more time to play with it.
[Motorola Atrix 2] matt99017d:
keep up the good work! its appreciated!