[Motorola Atrix 2] NIS1169:
New to BMM - Comments and Questions

Hey all.

So I'm new to the android scene and just removed bootstrapper and installed BMM without any problems – thanks to deveshmanish, alteredlikeness and Ayush Jain for their help and input.

Now I have a few questions on using BMM and how it works with our A2.

First, some details on my setup:

Atrix 2 - AT&T model

Currently running stock ICS 4.0.4 - on system 1 slot (by default)

32GB microSD card

BMM installed, included hijack and rebooted successfully a few times. (used instructions in OP to mod recovery.fstab - I guess there is some debate on whether or not this needs to be done, but better safe than sorry I always say)

No custom roms yet.

I have done extensive research online to try and find my answers, including search google extensively and reading the following threads:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2115715 (this one)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1800323

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1792955

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2005187

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=27613247

Most of the information and tutorials I have found deal with BMM v0.2.7 and not the newer version, 0.3.4, which I’m running.

So, after reading about BMM and the A2, I think I have a very basic idea on how BMM works, but I would like to be sure. Can someone please confirm the following for me?

1)	Since we don’t have access to our internal memory, the Backup location in the BMM application doesn’t matter (internal storage vs external storage)

2)	First thing I should do after installing, is do a “fast backup” of system 1. The tutorials I’ve found (namely here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1792955), have you do a fast backup from the BMM application, not the recovery interface. However, the new 0.3.4 doesn’t have this option. This is what I did to backup system 1 from the recovery interface – is this correct?

a. Boot to recovery – system 1

b. Backup & Restore

c. Fast backup​

3)	Since I’m running ICS, I can install a custom rom on system 2

4)	For wiping data after installing a custom rom, I don’t want to “wipe data&cache (factory rest)” because this will wipe all of our roms – so I just wipe cache and dalvik cache. Is this correct?

Now, I also have some questions. Can someone please answer these for me? I’m really stuck until I learn how to format “system 2”.

5)	What is the difference between the backup formats TAR and dedupe?

6)	Not sure yet (still learning) on what the boot menu options in the BMM application do, so just leaving all as “ON”

7)	Where are the installed custom roms stored? Internal memory (where we install apps – and don’t have access to) or on the SD card?

8)	How do I wipe system 2 (webtop I believe)? (same tutorial in #2 above, says “If the Webtop is not mounted, set it to mount Webtop” However, webtop is not an option) I can get to the Mounts & Formats section of the recovery interface for system 2, but I’m stuck after that. These are the options I see – can someone please tell me how to prepare system 2 for a custom rom?:

a.	Options to mount:

/system

/preinstall

/data

/ext

/int

b.	Options to format:

/system

/data

/cache

/ext

/int

9)	I’m not sure what CID does, but I backed it up just in case. When would I need to restore this?

10)	For system protector & keeper area, which option installs hijack? I don’t see it as an option, as shown in the tutorial (under troubleshoot) I listed in #2.

I’m trying to understand how our A2 works, as well as how BMM works and how the two work together. Maybe I’m just not searching for the correct key words to find answer to the above questions. If someone can point me in the right place, I don’t mind reading to learn – I just haven’t found the answer to the above questions, or if I did, I didn’t understand it enough to realize what I’m looking at.

Ideally, I’d like to create a post with answers to the above questions to help out other people, so they don't have to try and track down all these answers. So, any help would be GREATLY appreciated.

Thanks for everyone’s help! I’m looking forward to installing more than a few custom roms!

John