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[Motorola Atrix 2] Michael443:
You tried both methods!? Both of them work 100%
[Motorola Atrix 2] darocks1999:
I tried both method failed several time. Then I restore the phone and try without even rooting it still fails.
[Motorola Atrix 2] farshad525hou:
Do you have all of the AT&T bloat ware installed? Did you do a fikz flash? If not do so before you retry the OTA update.
[Motorola Atrix 2] :
Not for nothing but if "both methods work 100%", there wouldn't be several of us sitting here now without root.
[Motorola Atrix 2] rdavisct:
2.3.6 Bug??

BUG REPORT -

Has Anyone noticed the blinking purple light on phone as if there's a notification that hasn't been viewed?. I dont know if this is a 2.3.6 bug or because the root. It really never stops,sometimes i can get it to stop by viewing each text over again,but for the most part it stays blinking regardless.

just reporting this as a bug

Was curious if anyone else is experiencing this as well, thanks
[Motorola Atrix 2] mtnlion:
Haven't seen anything like that.
[Motorola Atrix 2] extide:
Are you using a 3rd party SMS app? It's probably something with that.
[Motorola Atrix 2] voodoomurphy:
I've unfrozen all the apps and it still won't update via method 1. I do have the webtop patch installed. Could that be causing the problem?
[Motorola Atrix 2] farshad525hou:
Yes, that could be causing the problem. As we have said before it is recommend that you flash the 2.3.5 fkz before you apply the OTA update.
[Motorola Atrix 2] BringerOfPlenty:
I tried updating and it wouldn't work, so I tried the "push volume up & down while updating " thing and it showed that it ran into a problem with my build.prop, I just pushed the original back in place and updated just fine. Hope that helps.

Unrelated: I've noticed that my sound setting never stick after a reboot. Individual app's settings are fine. Any ideas?
[Motorola Atrix 2] mlts22:
So far, it worked for me. I ended up doing both methods 1 and 2, using Root Explorer to edit the mount_ext3.sh, rebooting (so if I got a boot loop, I might be able to flash back), then using OTA RootKeeper as well to preserve the su binary and unroot. I left the Superuser APK in place, then downloaded the update and rebooted. After reboot, re-downloaded su and OTA rootkeeper, had it slap su back in place... and it worked...

So far, so good. I think one of the issues that might rear its ugly head is that there is zero tolerance for errors in editing the mount_ext3.sh file. Editing it with a Windows editor may leave control characters, and even using vi might encounter some problems, so it needs to be edited with some UI editor, and the one with Root Explorer did the job.

In any case, it doesn't hurt to run Titanium Backup and save everything off just in case.
[Motorola Atrix 2] rdavisct:
No i am not using any third party sms.its still occuring. I wonder what is causing this.i reboot,checked all messages and still blinks...
[Motorola Atrix 2] rdavisct:
No i am not.
[Motorola Atrix 2] digitalferg:
Lame. Add me to the list of boot loopers after adding the three lines to mount_ext3.sh. I also double and triple checked what I was doing. I did it via es file explorer. I only have root via 1-click and the wifi hotspot mode--no other mods. And I'm stuck in boot loop only after adding the three lines to mount_ext3.sh--I haven't even applied the update yet. :(

Anyway, seems there's got to be something else missing for some of us....

Off to flash and start over. :D
[Motorola Atrix 2] cogeary:
^ I got a bootloop after using the ES Text editor as well. I assumed that it was my fault because I was tired and kept making typos...

anyways you have to be careful what you use to edit the file. Certain text editors mess up line endings (mainly Windows text editors) and you WILL get a bootloop if you try to edit it with those editors.

I've used adb pull/push and edited it with Notepad++ on Windows 2-3 times now with success.
[Motorola Atrix 2] jimbridgman:
root explorer on the phone is really the only safe way to do it on the phone.... and remember the OP was trying to make this noob friendly without resorting to command line tactics. I did mine with root explorer and it worked without issue. I also put the OG file back in place and tried it with ES file manager and got a bootloop this evening after reading this, so.... ONLY use root explorer, or command line if you don't want to end up in a bootloop.
[Motorola Atrix 2] digitalferg:
Cool. I'm back. Flashed the fkz, 1-click rooted, and then did the root keeper via adb and rebooted. No bootloop and su is good. \o/

Now to attempt the OTA...

Edit: Wow. Is it interesting that after all that, my phone connected right up to my wireless router as soon as I enabled wifi?--as in, it remembered my the network and login info... ?
[Motorola Atrix 2] Zoide_:
I think that info is saved to Google's cloud and automatically restored.
[Motorola Atrix 2] SeekerLoki:
I tried the this with ES and got the same results. The problem is that ES changes the file permissions when you save.
[Motorola Atrix 2] mlts22:
That is something crucial to know. I didn't realize ES file explorer changed perms. Looks like it will be root explorer or adb and vi from here on out when editing system files.
[Motorola Atrix 2] jimbridgman:
Yes that is why in alot of hacks we do NOT advise using things like ES file manager or root explorer. They not only change perms, but sometimes they do other odd things to certain file types, like for apks they try to cache them, before you put them in place, so they NEVER work right if you use one of them to move and apk into or out of place.

adb or a terminal with vi is really the only "perfect" unbreakable way to do a ton of things.
[Motorola Atrix 2] SeekerLoki:
**Removed in favor of Jim's post. **
[Motorola Atrix 2] mtnlion:
out of habit I always check the permissions after I edit files through a root explorer app. kinda took it for granted that this was common practice
[Motorola Atrix 2] jimbridgman:
Apparently alot of n00bs don't know this, and so, I guess, it is a good topic to bing up yet, AGAIN. As can be seen in this thread, with all the "I did this hack with ES file manager and lost root" posts.
[Motorola Atrix 2] Asmodae:
To be sure, I used ES File explorer and text editor to do the command line file edit with no problems. I now have 2.3.6 and root. :)

Also, weirdly, when I tried to use VI over adb shell, it got very weird on me and showed nonsense characters so I couldn't read or edit the file.

Just FYI for anyone that wants to know.

BTW, Thanks everyone for the helpful posts.
[Motorola Atrix 2] chan32167:
anyone knows if it is possible to share the su backup it creates with rootkeeper? and use it on another phone
[Motorola Atrix 2] MechaGen:
Okay, I'm boot looping. So while I wait for the FXZ file to download (again since RSD didn't like the first download, check MD5 even), I decided to read some more to find what I did wrong. Found something strange. Your post and the OP both state :

chmod 644 /system/app/Superuser.apk

Where the Atrix 2 General sticky thread:

"The Beginners Guide!!! " says :

chmod 4755 /system/app/Superuser.apk

So which is correct?

PS. I really hate multiuploads.com!

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[Motorola Atrix 2] digitalferg:
I noticed that as well. FWIW, I used chmod 644 when I bootlooped and used chmod 4755 the next time (at which time I also switched from ES file explorer to using adb push/pull method).
[Motorola Atrix 2] MechaGen:
I too used ES File Explore, but now I not sure it was the problem!

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[Motorola Atrix 2] MechaGen:
I really hate to ask, but searching hasn't turned up anything.

Running RSD Lite v5.6 I keep getting the following error:

SDL

Please check input file. Either XML format is wrong or image files associated with it are missing."

I've downloaded the FXZ file three times. Please help!

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[Motorola Atrix 2] BringerOfPlenty:
Did you try dragging the file from the folder and dropping into RSD and onto the file path bar?

I had an error when I tried just browsing for the file and read that you can just drag and drop it and it should work.
[Motorola Atrix 2] MechaGen:
Yes I did. Didn't use the "...." search button.

Any other suggestions?

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[Motorola Atrix 2] JRW 28:
Go to the beginners thread, it has been updated with a zip and instructions that should help you
[Motorola Atrix 2] MechaGen:
Can you be a little more specific. I reread the OP again and didn't see the zip.

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[Motorola Atrix 2] matt99017d:
take this and open it up, place the files in the fxz file ( open that too)

save and close.

flash away http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=887221&d=1328375358

someone please correct me if i am wrong.

it's been a few days since i cooked my phone last.
[Motorola Atrix 2] farshad525hou:
Does the file include the edited XML?
[Motorola Atrix 2] matt99017d:
yes i believe it does.

this is what is in the .zip

cdt.bin

device_tree.bin

lbl

inline flashing xml.doc

open up both files and drag/drop all of these files into the fxz

then you should be good to flash.

if not it will tell you.

if i had a way to host a file for you i would. it is setting on my desk top.
[Motorola Atrix 2] chan32167:
well no more going back to 2.3.5 ... the method for 2.3.6 is up on the main root topic...
[Motorola Atrix 2] NAB4:
Did the full manual process, including the 2.3.5 fxz flash and I am rooted on 2.3.6, ftw!
[Motorola Atrix 2] PhoenixNghi:
I failed to update OTA 2.3.6 twice, and realized that I changed device name to: Atrix 2 limited edition in build.prop file =))))), changed back to MB865 and worked like a charm =))))
[Motorola Atrix 2] snow4less:
Use method 1 and it worked perfectly. Thanks for the info.
[Motorola Atrix 2] jtsativa420:
Edit: found answer in forum
[Motorola Atrix 2] Oneofonex1:
just came over to atrix 2 from mytouch slide and was able to root but after completing the above steps and OTA update my phone is stuck on dual core screen. please advise on how to resolve.

Thanks
[Motorola Atrix 2] SeekerLoki:
You'll need to flash the FXZ file and re-apply the update (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1396650) You can actually apply the OTA update and then root. The info is in the same post I referenced above. Good luck!
[Motorola Atrix 2] kojitabe:
I guess you put wrong number on last line,it should be like this:

chmod 4755 /system/bin/su

chmod 4755 /system/xbin/su

chmod 4755 /system/app/Superuser.apk

I did this and this works for me.

OP need to be updated
[Motorola Atrix 2] jimbridgman:
DON'T TELL PEOPLE THIS! I have seen this from several people and it is WRONG! This will cause a HUGE security hole. I am a UNIX linux Architect/Engineer for my job, I know these things.....

The issue that has been stated MANY times in this thread, is not to use things like ES file manager or similar. Use a command line utility ONLY, or Root explorer, and do a text edit, but I warn EVERYONE to check the file permissions again before rebooting, because both ES and root explorer have changed the perms and messed up the file structure.
[Motorola Atrix 2] kojitabe:
Sorry Jim if this noob is wrong,but i did this using root explorer,and superuser now installed in system.

And how to check the file permissions?

If it mess up with the file structure,does fxz will restore it? If it does,could you please provide me mirror link? I've been trying from fileserve and multiupload with no luck :(

TY
[Motorola Atrix 2] cogeary:
It's not so much completely wrong as it is really improper. It will work but it will leave a sizeable security hole on your A2. To fix it just adb shell or use a terminal emulator, su, and then run "chmod 644 /system/app/Superuser.apk" minus the parenthesis... also if your mount_ext3 is still edited then you can just remove the edits or replace the last line with the code above.
[Motorola Atrix 2] kojitabe:
Thanx for your enlighten.

So all i need to do is run terminal emulator and type:

chmod 644 /system/app/Superuser.apk

No need to uninstall existing superuser?
[Motorola Atrix 2] cogeary:
Yup (jim correct me if I'm wrong here)...
[Motorola Atrix 2] kojitabe:
Unable to chmod - read only system file.

This what i did:

Type: su (enter)

Type: chmod 644 /system/app/Superuser.apk (enter)

What should i do?

Can i just edit ext3.sh file for the last line?

Thanks
[Motorola Atrix 2] SeekerLoki:
The problem is by default our /system are mounted read-only. To fix this at a root prompt type: "mount -o rw,remount /dev/null /system"

This will allow you to change the permissions on Superuser.apk and change the mount_ext3.sh

**NOTE** Be sure the permissions on mount_ext3.sh is rwxr-xr-x after you have changed it. If they are not, you are likely to get stuck in a bootloop.
[Motorola Atrix 2] kojitabe:
Thanks a lot,just did as you said.

I open terminal emulator,

type: mount -o rw,remount /dev/null /system (enter)

type: chmod 644 /system/app/Superuser.apk (enter)

File permission for mount_ext3.sh is rwxr-xr-x

But when i open in text viewer,the bottom line is still chmod 4755.

Please CMIIW

Pict attached
[Motorola Atrix 2] SeekerLoki:
You will need to edit the mount_ext3.sh file. You only need to change the Superuser.apk line (change the numbers to 644 from 4755). Once you have changed it and saved, verify the permissions have not changed. Unless you change the mount_ext3.sh, when you reboot your phone the permissions on Superuser.apk will revert to octal 4755 instead of octal 644.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davidwheaty:
help, i have accidently BRICKED my tablet and cannot however i try get it to boot, not into RECOVERY, FWDN, BOOTLOADER nothing works the screen just wont turn on, ive tried the reset button and nothing happens. what can i do???

i have a DJC Touchtab2 (http://djcelectronics.co.uk/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=69)

its a 7" MID with a telechips TCC8803 processor.

please will somebody help me as my mother will go absolutely mad when she finds out :L and trust me that's the only thing im scared of :L

so please help me :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hostkit:
maybe you can use this software

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=15330252#post15330252

i hope helpful
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davidwheaty:
Thank you I will definitely try this out :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davidwheaty:
it didnt work because its not a soft brick :/
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davidwheaty:
So nobody on XDA know how to help me?? We are a community of developers, are we not? Yet none of you are willing to help me :/ apart from the post above :/
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SupremeRadicals:
Call whoever you bought it from, tell them it wont turn on and follow the troubleshooting steps they tell you, however, don't tell them you rooted it. If none of their troubleshooting techniques work, I dont want to be the one to say this but.. you might be screwed. :/
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davidwheaty:
Thanks I will try this :) I've tried the shorting pins 7 & 8 but it only comes on as a Google fast boot devices on the computer and FDWN won't recognize it :/ any tips on this??
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davidwheaty:
Turns I was doing the wrong pins :/ I've got FWDN detection now just need the original FWDN files
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davidwheaty:
done it i used the FWDN image for cyanogen :)

thanks to those who posted :)
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] raphsabb:
I was running 2.007.01 with the custom build prop from crossix, for over a week the .04 update has been nagging me so this morning, I put the original build.prop back then upgraded. Everything went fine except I cant load the custom build.prop right now. Any suggestions? Should I revert to .01? or manually change the current build.prop?

Thanx in advance guys
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] eww245:
Did you re-root?
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] crossix:
Unfortunately, any time you upgrade to a new build you have to re-root, no way around this I'm afraid. Rooting has gotten a little easier though.. check my signature below :)
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] raphsabb:
Thanx guys, I thought I was still rooted but that was indeed the issue
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And

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[Samsung Infuse 4G] malicenfz:
I upgraded to the new att gingerbread update and I keep getting a Google Talk authentication failed notice and an error -101 in the market, help?
[Samsung Infuse 4G] enochpc:
I think this problem happens when you don't clear the user data in CWM. I had this problem after unbricking my phone. Of course, that's a rom, if you used the factory update maybe a factory reset would do the same thing.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] malicenfz:
Do I have to factory reset through CWM then? Or just through the phones settings?
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Erik_T:
Either. If you're on stock settings. You can also boot into a CWM like Sammy mode and do it from there. They should both work.

If you're on a rom, you should do that anyway when you flash a new one.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Blown 89:
I tried to do a nandroid backup and it errored out and I'm stuck on the Vibrant boot screen. I've tried to get back into download mode to no avail. Adb isn't showing the phone so I can't reboot to download mode that way and the vol +/- methods aren't working.

What should I do to get into download mode to Odin back to stock?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Blown 89:
I was able to get a frozen spinning logo when the phone was plugged into the usb. After trying to get into download mode a ton of times using the volume up and power button method it finally went and I used Odin to get back into stock.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] Fmstrat:
Hi All,

My HD2 has WP7 and Android (SD) dual booted. I would like to replace my 8GB card with a 16GB card. If I were to clone the existing partitions over to the new card exactly (using dd in linux), and then expand the FAT32 Android partition to fill up the rest of the space, would Windows Phone 7 still boot without a hard reset?

Thanks,

Ben
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] Fmstrat:
So nobody has tried this?
[Defy General] Spartan2:
Hi everyone ,

I'm posting her because I havn't got enough post to write in the dev section

i'm including a capture made with the software usblyzer a trial can be found on official site

http://www.usblyzer.com/

this is not a full capture because I think we just need the first block of data

my defy is a locked one

so now we need a capture of an unlocked one to compar them

ps: i've flashed 3.4.2-179 CEE
[Defy General] pisquared:
I had the same idea, but the problem is: we need a full dump of a motorola service center employe resetting the omap board to engineering mode, which - as far as I know - is done with a special TI tool and not with RSDLite.

EDIT Correct me please If I am wrong, but I think there are no unlocked bootloaders out there, just phones in engineering mode with the same bootloader, where the bootloader does not check signatures....
[Defy General] Spartan2:
since not any engineer from motorola is realeasing tha bin file to flash th omap i'm trying to reverse engineer the flashing process to enter in fastboot mode like t0desicy has tryed to do by modifying the dll used by rsd lite

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1443678&page=75

so maybe if we know what is the hex command sent by rsd to enter fastboot mode we don't need to modify the dll but create or own tool to flash custom kernel ?

even if the bootloader is not unlocked in the two cases we can flash unsigned sbf and that's what we are looking for
[Defy General] pisquared:
wont help

I am afraid this will not help

I may be wrong, but:

first, there already is a reverse-engineered tool called sbf_flash:

blog.opticaldelusion.org/2010/05/sbfflash.html

second, the bootloader i.e. mbmloader and mbm are verified every time on boot, so even if you can flash a hacked bootloader the omap chip will refuse to boot with it

because the writer of sbf_flash does not want to release the source code, your work very is important, though!

maybe one of these can be helpfull:

wiki.wireshark.org/Tools#USB_capture

but most of them will not work with anything later then windows XP, I am afraid.

EDIT I propose the following scenario: somebody brings a bricked phone to the service center and asks to dump the USB traffic of the operation which switches the phone to engineering mode... So there would be no indication of the employe in the dump, even if the TI software requires a dongle/you name it.

EDIT Just found another free USB sniffer

code.google.com/p/busdog/

had no time to test it, though
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lord Inglip:
Hello!

If I'm trying to install any market app, my phone just reboots itself :confused:

This problem happens at the Zero Hero Sense rom and the SalsaSense rom.

How can I fix this?

Thanks!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Visca Barca:
Hey Guys! Im going to explain how i got my self in this situation

I got my new Note 2 days ago and decided to root it at first. (KK4)

Which i did but not with CWM Manager so i used the InitialCFRootFlasher to get CWM Manager working.

Then i used Odin to flash the XLA4 on my device so i could get the RocketRom after that. But now when i want to go inte CWM Recovery mode to do a Nandorid backup i just get to the original recovery mode. And when i open CWM manager it says that i need a CF-Root V5.0 or newer.

What should i do? Really didnt know how to search for this so sorry if there already is a thread about this.

Please help me out guys

Dont wanna ruin my phone because i didnt know better

Thanks in advance!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] taycuong76:
Keep calm mate, don't worry.

I just wonder if your phone is properly rooted or not. If it is ok, you can download and flash CF-Root for LA4-v5.0 here http://download.chainfire.eu/140/CF-Root/SGN/CF-Root-SGN_XX_OXA_LA4-v5.0-CWM5.zip

If not, you can read clearly this topic, thanks to CF to solve your problem:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1331784
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dr.ketan:
If you have use PC odin to get LA4(and seems you did it), then simply, you have lost Root + CWM.

N LA4 is not necessary b4 Rocket ROM.

If above is true, you have just option to downgrade n Re root + CWM
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Visca Barca:
Oh, didnt see the replies before i edited it, i solved the problem just like u described in ur post taycuong76

didnt scroll down enough to see that there was a CF-root for the LA4

thx anyway :) love to see the great support and that everybody wants to help even if there already is a thread about this. Just makes me more satisfied with switching from the toy iphone 4 to a real phone :)

Got rocketrom on my phone now, just amazing that there are so many custom ROMs to choose from :)

Thanks again guys :)

EDIT: "unEdited" my thread for anybody that find themselves in this sitauation :)

Just dont panic like i did :)