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[Motorola Atrix HD] nukesnooper:
Atrix HD DOA

OK; I know I shouldn't have done it, but I did.

About a year ago; I rooted my Atrix HD using the Safestrap method. And; yes, I was newbie at rooting, etc.

I installed a number of utilities before trying to do this, but was eventually steered towards the Safestrap method and it worked. I flashed Pacman 4.3 into the phone with little or no effort. It's worked flawlessly ever since.

This past Sunday; I decided to get frisky and try flashing Pacman 4.4.2 to upgrade the phone. *NOTE* I now have a Note 3 and an S4 and this is my kid's phone now for games, etc. Something went terribly wrong. I thought I followed the instructions to a "T", but apparently I obliterated my phone. I made a backup way back when, before I flashed the new ROM. It still exists on the SD card. I loaded the ROM .zip file, as well as the gapps.zip onto the SD card. I did a factory reset, cleared the cache, cleared Dalvik cache, etc. I booted into recovery and couldn't get the Motorola version to work. When the phone rebooted; it rebooted into the TWRP recovery mode and will not flash the ROM, or restore the previous backup. It keeps giving me the message. "No files found!" even though it sees the new and backup files.

I can't get the phone to turn off. Incidentally; I did the gigantic battery mod before; and it takes a month of Sundays to run the battery down. It just keeps resetting into the TWRP recovery mode. Last night; I tried to reload the factory version 4.1.1, thinking that might help establish a fresh "baseline". It didn't even try to load that one. It crashed as soon as I hit the power button to select it.

I made sure I have the latest USB drivers, but my computer bonks at me when I plug it into a USB port. Will not recognize it at all.

I've researched this ad-nauseum for three days, now, spent over 8 hours trying different methods that I've found, and would greatly appreciate "helpful" people NOT telling me to search the forum further. This isn't a treasure hunt, and I love a challenge, but I need to find someone willing to help me. I know this is my fault, and I know I'm far from being a guru of flashing / rooting phones. So; I take full responsibility. I don't know what I did to kill it, but will greatly appreciate any help!

Thanks!

NS
[Motorola Atrix HD] skeevydude:
Did you search Google? JK

First off, I'm assuming quite a bit of this with problems I've had in the past. I think the problem you're having is a combo of TWRP bugs and internal sd differences between Android versions.

You shouldn't be using TWRP, Philz CWM is the most used recovery we have, is full featured, and will help you get back to having a functional phone for your kid. Normally I'd give a link to the recovery, moto-fastboot flash recovery recovery.img instructions, but MythTools have been updated and include Philz now, so get MythTools 1.3 (you'll find it in the Development forums) and use it to flash Philz.

Once that's done, boot into Philz, go to Advanced, and set the internal sd to use /media/sdcard (not /media/sdcard/0 -- that's for 4.2+ roms); then do a full factory reset and a system wipe (the wipe to a new rom option). From there, go to the format menu and format the internal sd (the /data and /data/media option). After that, go back to fastboot mode on the phone and fire up Myth. Use it to flash a stock rom.

From there you should be able to flash whatever you want. For a kid and gaming, I'd go with stock ICS for the reasons mentioned below. If you do go with a custom rom, stay with Android 4.3 and lower for now. The KitKat roms are all currently a bit hit and miss -- one nightly will work almost flawlessly and the next night you'll throw the phone into a tree....If you want a recommendation for KK, it would be Carbon....PACs great, but the battery life has been crap lately.

JB Mex Retail is the least bloated + most up to date and Bell ICS + TV + game controller, PS3 for me, works as a pretty good game machine for Android games and anything console up to PSX. I recommend Bell over AT&T ICS because it's less bloated and doesn't have any of AT&T's restrictions...though I doubt you're son will be tethering 4G to a PC. Also, with a usb to mini usb adaper you can use a wired (or wireless with some tweaking) Xbox 360 controller with the Atrix HD. This cable should work with the Xbox 360 controller and allow charging -- My lapdock charges and allows using the X360 controller with one of its usb ports (Lapdock only works with ICS) and this is the same, only without a touchpad or keyboard being used over usb-otg.

Post back if this doesn't work and you're still stuck.
[Motorola Atrix HD] nukesnooper:
Thank you so much!

Actually; my bad... It's NOT TWRP. It is CWM v6.0.2.8, so maybe there's some light at the end of the tunnel. I'll try your suggestions, as well as the ROM downgrade.

Yeah; I Googled it, alright. About 1000 different snake oil salesmen / saleswomen; all with different approaches, etc. I'm sick of watching YouTube, only to wind up feeling like Curly on The Three Stooges!

You sound like the most authoritive on the subject, so I'm going with your suggestions.

Thank you so much, again!
[Motorola Atrix HD] nukesnooper:
OK; I went home during lunch and installed Myth Tools. Problem is: I can't get my computer to recognize the phone - strong honk when I plug it into the USB port. When I boot into the Motorola boot / recovery; it gives me the "OK" sound when I plug it in, but it immediately boots into CWM and I get the dreaded "BONK!" again - meaning that it's dismounted from my computer.

I tried loading the MythTools.zip file onto the SD card, but CWM won't unzip or flash it. It fails instantly.

Bear in mind that I know little about many of the terms used, so assume that I know nothing - which is pretty much the case.

Your thoughts?

Thanks
[Motorola Atrix HD] skeevydude:
Unsure of why Windows doesn't detect it properly. All I've done on Windows is use MythTools to go back to stock.

MythTools isn't a flashable zip. It's an interactive PowerShell script for Windows that installs the proper tools, drivers, etc required for flashing stock fastboots as well as custom recoveries. You download it, extract it somewhere, and run it; the only requirement being JDK (Java Development Kit, somewhere on oracle.com...).

The CWM version you're using is pretty old and people were having similar issues as you are now with that CWM and 4.4 roms, especially true with the RAZR HD.
[Motorola Atrix HD] nukesnooper:
That's pretty much what I thought, but was willing to give anything a try.

The JDE; I wasn't aware of. I'm downloading it now.

Windows recognizes the phone until it boots to the CWM screen and then gives me the fail. From there; I can go no further. Without being able to access my phone through the computer, I'm pretty much dead in the water. It would appear that whatever solution there is; is going to have to happen via the SD card and being able to flash something through it.

OK. JDE just finished installing. I'll re-try.

---------- Post added at 03:45 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:49 PM ----------

You're a God! I finally got it to work. I had to boot into the Motorola Fastboot mode so it would stay locked on the USB drivers. From there; I was able to install the stock AT&T ROM 4.1.1.

At least now; I'm at a baseline to where I can access the phone and use the MythTools to tweak it. I'm staying the hell away from KitKat.

My kids don't have a PS3, but they love to play Minecraft and other standalone games on it. Is there a particular 4.3 ROM that you would recommend? You didn't seem too fond of Pacman, so I'm looking for something that is stable and will do what they need. Bear in mind that I sometimes use this phone as a "throwdown" phone when I'm working in a hostile environment, so I don't want it to just be a "Plain Jane".

OT: I just had KitKat crammed down my throat on my AT&T Samsung S4. I had previously rooted it with Kingo Root, which enabled "Total Recall" phone call recording - which was my only reason for rooting it. It works fine on my Note 3 without root; so I'm going to avoid it being pushed. Do you know of any root method for the S4 on 4.4.2? I've tried several, but have heard that there is no root method for KitKat yet.

Thank you SO MUCH, again!
[Motorola Atrix HD] skeevydude:
That's great. Glad it's working again.

I'm very fond of and love PAC, just the nightlies are a bit hit and miss right now. I'll be installing the latest PAC nightly before I go to bed tonight and will be using it regardless of the performance. If you didn't know, I am a PAC Maintainer, specifically for the AHD -- anything I've said bad about it was just honest feedback, there's no point in lying saying X rom is awesome when I had a 40% battery drop in an hour and forty-five minutes; but that could have been due to a number of variables.

As far as the S4 is concerned....Nope, not a clue. The only Samsung experience I have is one of my friends having some PoS Galaxy from StraightTalk that I rooted and installed a few root apps and init scripts on. Also, since it's an ATT S4, I'd need to know the specific firmware it's currently running due to exploits being patched, etc.....If you were on an older firmware, Mythtools would root it for you -- Until it was patched, the S4 used the same root exploit as us here.
[Motorola Atrix HD] nukesnooper:
I really can't thank you enough. Seriously! You made an 8 year old boy and a 7 year old girl VERY happy!

When I was getting my feet wet a year ago; I flashed another (CM?) ROM and wasn't terribly excited. I saw the Pacman ROM and asked one of our software developers if he knew anything about custom ROMs. Without hesitating; he said "Well; I personally use the Pacman ROM." I flashed it, and my kids loved the animation on startup! It's all about my kids; right?

I'd like to restore what I had; which was 4.3. It NEVER gave me a bit of trouble. I just thought that the KitKat was going to be hot stuff, so I let it choke my S4. I rue the day.

And, speaking of "Rue the day"; the S4 was the first non-Motorola phone I had ever purchased. I'm on my 7th one since August 9th of 13. First one burned up in 17 days - actually; it just melted down to the point where it destroyed the screen. Nonetheless; they were one big pain after the other. I finally called AT&T in early December and told them to take their @#^$ phone back, and since I don't have a contract; I was cancelling my service. Been with AT&T since 1985. They offered to "Give" me a Note 3 - with the only stipulation being; I had to stay with them for a month to try it before I could cancel. The Note 3 has been much more reliable, but still has major issues that I'm sure you're aware of. It works well, for the most part, but is way too huge to carry on my side when I'm working in some places.

I'm going to search for the Pacman 4.3 and try to reinstall it. In case I come up snake eyes; could you provide a link as to where I might obtain it?

Thanks!
[Motorola Atrix HD] skeevydude:
Your first sentence made me really think -- our "throwaway" phones become kids toys. When I was their ages I was happy to have a Game Boy that had like 8 buttons (including the d pad) and a 2.6" 4 shade grey screen....then I got the Ice Blue Game Boy Color, with "Color" not because it played in color, but because the device was colored. The Game Gear, now that was sweet -- a 3.2" actual color screen with up to 32 colors....They just don't know how good they have it. I would have loved it if my Dad gave me anything comparable with the Atrix HD at that age....I mean, the AHD is more powerful than my first desktop PC that ran Windows 98, in every single way...well, not all, the damn thing did have a very large hard drive of 8GB....just like the Atrix HD.

Looks like you learned the lesson "Never, ever, ever, ever flash an Official OTA" the hard way. Since I've been on Android and custom roms and all that jazz, that's in the top 3 rules along with "Don't flash crap, especially firmwares, with a low battery" & "Backup, then backup the backup, and possibly back that up too (no, not that....the backup's backup, pervert)".

I've only ever used Motorola phones since I was 16, and I'm 29 now (except for a week with an iPhone 3GS :crying:) Before Android it was because they worked, always had the best signal in my area, they were really durable (I could tell ya some stories), and I preferred them to everything else AT&T had to offer. A few years back I traded the iPhone with my Mom for her Moto Bravo, was hooked up with a Defy, and upgraded to the Atrix HD about this month last year (still have a year to go....). I was going to get the G, but no sd card or video out made me reconsider -- it's nice to be able to use the phone for Netflix when the PC is busy compiling a rom, or transcoding a dvd, or whatever. I could use the AHD for all that, but I don't want to spend $200 on what's essentially a downgrade in all features for some extra cpu speed.

As far as Pacman 4.3 and the Atrix HD goes, last I heard the latest nightly on Pac's servers doesn't work. Not sure why, I haven't messed with it since 4.4 became the norm and Pac moved on.

The latest rom on Pac's servers is here, dated 20140128

If that doesn't work I also have some ones I built before we were included on PAC's build server at Copy.com, the latest one being 20131118.

If you wanna wait till about this time tomorrow I can give you an up-to-date review of the 20140324 PAC KK build....though there might be an 0326 build in the next 12 hours....we'll see.
[Motorola Atrix HD] nukesnooper:
Damn! I wrote out a nice, meaningful response and IE froze up as I was about to send it! You'd have liked it, though. I'll try to recap tomorrow at work.

Do I need gapps installed on this to sync the games that were on it, or at least download them again?

I screwed the pooch but got it fixed pretty quickly and downloaded 4.3.1 - but no Google anything - except search.

I am anxious about KitKat, but unless it's a root version...
[Motorola Atrix HD] skeevydude:
And I like posts like that.

Yep on the gapps for games, unless you have Titanium Backup or a similar app backup solution. Gapps are also why you didn't have Google anything except search. Google Apps, hence the name gapps -- they include Play and more -- apps included after that kinda depends on the OS version, if it's a custom one like the Baked gapps were, a PA styled one with varied packs depending on what apps you use, etc.

As far as Atrix HD KitKat roms go, all ours come rooted. The only roms we have that aren't rooted are the stock fastboots, all of which are easily rooted with a flashable zip or by Myth.

//This download speed of 300kbps is getting annoying....normally it wouldn't except that I'm the only one on the network at my house*, this kernel sync is taking forever, and I'd like to go to bed after an overlay and a push..

*now that we have a Roku 3, there's always someone on Netflix or Vudu or some other steaming service in the living room....really great device other than that.
[Motorola Atrix HD] nukesnooper:
I haven't had time to read anything but the highlights of your history, but it sounds interesting. I'd like to take the time to print it and read it in-depth before I reply. Unfortunately; I was locked into the neutron range for most of the day and teaching the rest. I'm in town and just got my kids and need to spend some time with them tonight. I've got to head back out of town tomorrow, but should have time to check it out waiting between flights. I hope I'm not being rude. Such is the nature of the beast of my job.

I'll touch base back, soon and stay in touch. I stayed up late last night and read a few of your other posts and bookmarked them for future reading this coming weekend. Man; it sounds like you've had some tough breaks, but are one smart guy! You also are a VERY good writer and teacher.

Thanks again!
[Motorola Atrix HD] nukesnooper:
I love the story about the bike revenge! I’m fairly conservative with respect to politics, but grew up with the “Hippie” culture, and much of it remains with respect to helping people and keeping the government out of my life. I enjoy helping people – especially older people and others that just have a hard time. Good job on getting back at the bike thieves! I’m not one to hold a grudge, but if someone crosses me, I’ll do whatever is legal and reasonable to make them wish that they hadn’t.

My folks weren’t drinkers, but they were pretty harsh with respect to discipline. Sometimes, a little too harsh.

The economy is so bad now, that it seems like everyone is having a hard time. I’ve never seen it so tough. I live in a little town and the only jobs out here are oilfield jobs and where I work. The country is in such a bad way, economically; I think everyone is scared of their own shadow when it comes to spending money.

Welding is one thing I don’t know how to do, but wish I did. I’ve always thought it was cool. I wish I had the money to buy some decent gear to learn with. But; it’s so seldom that I need to do it; I can’t justify the investment.

I think, and have always thought that the “War on Drugs” was ridiculous. It’s a waste of money and lives. But; the government sees fit to destroy people’s lives with drug convictions, which only creates a more criminal atmosphere. If you can’t get a job because of a drug conviction; what else are you going to do? Starve? I just don’t get it. Alcohol has destroyed more lives than drugs by a thousand fold. Legalize it, tax it – like they do booze – and educate people! Warehousing criminals only serves to make them bitter and leaves them with few options upon release. I think they should take the money spent on this ridiculous drug war and put it into education and rehabilitation.

Nonetheless; I certainly hope your life gets better. You’re obviously very talented at what you do. It may not seem like it at times, but compassionate people get a lot further in life than “snubbers”. At least; they're happier.

Keep up the good work and never take “No” for an answer!

The Atrix HD is still working well with the 4.3. But; I drug my S4 out of the drawer this morning and found that with a little tweaking and learning the new UI; it’s not too bad. So; I’m ready to go ahead and try the 4.4.2 update on it. Can you provide me a link for the latest build and Gapps?

Take care, my friend!

Thanks!
[Motorola Atrix HD] trolatree:
Thank you so much for this guide. It really helped me put it all into order.
[Motorola Atrix HD] iqbal.mch:
does somebody have a problem with tethering, i am using aokp kitkat rom
[Motorola Atrix HD] kimmyjay:
Do you know how to toggle sync via terminal emulator? Or anything related to sync? Thanks
[Motorola Atrix HD] kimmyjay:
Do u?
[Motorola Atrix HD] kimmyjay:
Anyone know where I can find the stock ROMs? 4.1.1 or 4.1.2.. Can't find any working links.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dsDoan:
Video image for the stock camera is horizontally stretched (aka: fat) in portrait mode, or horizontally compressed (aka: skinny) in landscape. Both front and back cameras are affected. Still camera images display correctly. Until today, I hadn't used the video camera feature since the nightlies before CM10.0 stable, but at that time it worked as it should. I've tried various combinations of CM10.0, CM10.1.0.3, VRBMF1, VRBMB1, and VRBMD3 with no success. Is this a current issue, or am I overlooking something?

Currently:

CM10.1.0.3

I535VRBMF1
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dsDoan:
Any suggestions?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] apacseven:
Not sure what is causing your problem. Try grabbing the latest nightly and see if it fixes your problem. The code freezes done on stable releases put them so far behind the nightlies that it is very difficult to move bug fixes forward. The current nightlies have been fantastic.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Casper34:
Check your camera settings. I was playing around with my resolutions and there was one that made everything look distorted or fat

Sent from my Ktweaked PACmaned SGS3!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dsDoan:
Using today's stable update (10.1.1), as well as yesterday's nightly (July 9) produces the same issue.

Changing between various resolutions proved inconsistent. Sometimes video would be skewed with a certain resolution, but if I changed to another resolution and switched back it wouldn't. The three resolutions (480p, 720p, 1080p) are all 16:9, so none of them should be skewed. After changing between resolutions a few times, I am now presented with "Camera error: Can't connect to the camera."

Switching between video/picture mode and various resolutions, I can eventually get the picture unskewed, but if I want another resolution or mode, I may need to randomly switch between them again to get what I want without a skewed image.

Can someone (on 10.1.1 or July 9 nightly) switch between each resolution several times while in video mode on stock camera (both front and back) to confirm this is only me? The issue occurs most often (possibly only) when switching from 480p to 720p.

Yeah, it doesn't appear to be random, it's always switching from 480 to 720 that skews the image. After the image is skewed, switching from video mode, to picture mode, then to video mode again corrects the image.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] greenlantern5:
Will it be possible to install the Verizon port of the goodness rom on our note 2's?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] greenlantern5:
Anyone know if we can boot the vzw version and flash the modem for t-mobile?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] gshadow325:
Why?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] greenlantern5:
I was wondering if it was possible for me to try the ROM out. Considering some vzw roms work on our Note 2s.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] greenlantern5:
Sweet!!! BTR from the goodness Rom is going to make a port for us with Tiffany84.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigtoysrock:
Soon, very soon. Got 2 days off, wonder what I can do ;)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Mystery?:
I'm just wondering... how's the progress so far like what percentage of the port has been done so far?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigtoysrock:
Want a serious answer or the normal BTR answer you guys will come to love?

100% done. ;)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Mystery?:
No freaking way! :eek:

You are so awesomely serious dude
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] wiseguyy:
Hey btr what brings you to this side of the pond. Well at any rate I've followed mijazz for years for there is only one true oracle. Omg this is an epic news flash...I am a humble servant and devoted follower. Blessed be the one who developed goodness and goodness reborn for he alone walketh on water.
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] ocoot:
hi guys. i'll tell you how to add Screenshot EPM. for screenies, check attach

first, download this file

https://www.dropbox.com/s/z0owyuwxmjm59dx/bahan.zip

note: DO BACKUP FIRST.

Stuff:

1. android.policy.jar

2. Framework-res.apk

3. Tools to decompile and compile .apk files like apk multitool or baksmali manager for .jar files . you can search it to google

4. brain

5. patient

+FIRST STEP:

1. decompile framework-res.apk

2. extract the files we have downloaded

3. put the ic_clock_screenshoot.png to the drawable-ldpi

4. open strings.xml

5. add this

<string name="screenshoot">Capture Image</string>

before line

</resources>

6. save and compile. make sure you don't get any errors when compiling

7. after all finished, decompile again the result was

8. go to public.xml

9. then see the hex code from the image and the strings that we created earlier like this

<public type="string" name="screenshoot" id="0x0[B]10404d6[/B]" />
<public type="drawable" name="ic_lock_screenshot" id="0x0[B]10804b4[/B]" />

10. the bold text is what we need for next step