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[Atrix 4G Android Development] bleuiko:
You should definitely know if it is rooting... the phone screen goes blank and a red LED starts blinking. Make sure that you have USB debug on and try again.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] maveriick:
Did this rebooted computer.

Ran abd devices but none listed.

Have phone set to none, usb debugging is set up

Installed Moto Drivers.

Still not sure what I have done wrong.

UPDATE:

The MOTO adb driver was not installed...

Rebooted phone and plugged back into USB... Pow...

Reran... Bam....

Ok I am feeling not so stupid now....
[Atrix 4G Android Development] elbarto.one:
worked like a charm. thank you!
[Atrix 4G Android Development] tl_bull:
I wouldnt if I was you. This is outside the realm of "normal".
[Atrix 4G Android Development] bigdje:
I have tried this maybe 50 times LOL and nothing.

My black screen loads and goes down to the bottom in 5 secs. I attached a pic.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] tl_bull:
install Android SDK and then try again. You need adb before you can run this on your phone.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] bigdje:
I know this is dev site and I am blackberry to android newbe.

I have been reading everything I can and pretty sure I installed SDK and ran ADP.

But for sure I am missing something.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] rozzco:
Try opening a cmd prompt as Administrator and run the batch file from there. I had the same problem and that got it to run for me.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] localceleb:
Does the atrix use clockworkmod recovery?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Ronaldo_9:
nope does not support that. locked bootloader means you cannot change recovery
[Atrix 4G Android Development] irenic:
guys, we still need super one click to enable installation of non market app right?

i tried aroot to root, then when i ran superoneclick for sideloader, the status is FAIL.

so should i unroot using aroot, then root using superoneclick, enable non market installation, and finally use aroot to root back?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Redbluefire:
This has adb included... no need for the sdk.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] live4nyy:
You still need SDK. The adb included needs to utilize the adb in the SDK. (I believe)
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Redbluefire:
It worked for me and I didn't have the sdk installed.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] coldfusionb:
Do I have to defrost all the stuff that is frozen before i run this?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] live4nyy:
Well son of a .... I guess I let my paranoia get the best of me. I learn something everyday.:o
[Atrix 4G Android Development] coldfusionb:
Thanks DG worked great very easy to use.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] j6550:
Just wanted to say that this sequence of steps, turn off debug, reboot, turn debug back on, made it work for me. Thanks.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] harolds:
The script cannot find your device, drivers not installed, or device not connected.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] tnedator:
Ok, reading through the thread, I am still unclear on what happens if you do a restore to factory defaults on the phone. I've read that with the other rooting program you need to unroot before doing a factory reset or you will have problems.

In this thread, there was talk about losing the 'root' access if you do a factory restore, which is fine for me. I just don't want to mess up my phone if I have to do a restore.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] live4nyy:
As long as the phone is running fine now then it won't hurt to do a factory reset but if you have Adeo you need root to reinstall the odex files before unrooting in case you wanted to return it or anything like that
[Atrix 4G Android Development] tnedator:
At least at this point, I have just installed Droidwall to block 3G for most apps while traveling out of the country. I needed to root for that.

So, with only Droidwall and using aRoot (which I did and it's working well), then I can do a factory reset if need be and would just have to rerun aRoot?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] live4nyy:
Correct. aRoot, for some reason, is not "permanent"
[Atrix 4G Android Development] designgears:
it is "permanent", unless you run the unroot.bat.

the temp root I get when installing is just that, temp root to install perm root.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] live4nyy:
Oh sorry, I thought I read somewhere someone losing root after a factory reset. My bad, don't want to step on any toes here.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] designgears:
Tethering is now enabled by aRoot! New version is now live!
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Marand55:
Well, after installing the newest version I lost 3G completely and not to mention tethering. All my APN settings are unchanged and still no 3G. Anyone has any clue what has happened?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] designgears:
If already added the apn manually that would cause issues, you should go delete one of them.

You also might need to manually select the new apn.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Marand55:
I actually didn't created a new APN but even the default one is not working. No 3G at all. I deleted it and reinstalled again and still nothing. Rebooted few times also.:confused:
[Atrix 4G Android Development] TheDude:
I lost root after factory reset. Now that's not to say neuter was not still there as I did not check because aroot is quick and simple to run. So while you may not loose your root it may apprear that way after all apps are removed during the reset. Either way you would want to run dg's scripts if you had created the busybox mess caused by oneclickroot. Oneclickroot was the reason I had to factory reset my device in the first place after it caused all sorts of problems with my atrix. Been flawless since f/r and aroot. Btw; thanks DG. Sure wish you would pick up another mb860 and figure out a way around this damn boot loader ;)
[Atrix 4G Android Development] designgears:
really odd, I just flashed stock and ran it.

download it again, (just made a change) and run it again
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Marand55:
OK. Let's turn the panic button off! Everything is working now. What happened was the 3G toggle switch widget turn the 3G off during the install process which I haven't noticed. Sorry for this SOS. Thanks DG for trying to help.:)
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Marand55:
Well, I said that all is working without checking the tethering. All settings are the way they should be but I get a message: account not set up for wi-fi hotspot, to enable, go to att or call 611???
[Atrix 4G Android Development] designgears:
ok, looking into it.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Marand55:
I got it working again using Fixter's and bartsplanet's methods combined. Now I use AT&T US Tether APN for all 3G and hotspot.

DG, if you come up with a better method let me know. Thanks.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Fixter:
Just download Wireless Tether app. I'm thinking our methods are too complicated. And besides, we only use Tethering in our houses when there is no internet or emergencies, right?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] xXxSamxXx:
Edit: [Q] Is it okay that after I ran this over oneclickroot that my phone didn't reboot automatically?

Sent from my Rooted Atrix 4G
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Marand55:
I did install it at first by it didn't work. This is why I took the hard way but it paid off.

sent from my Galaxy Tab
[Atrix 4G Android Development] TheDude:
Im with you. I have used nothing but the google code wireless tether app. It works perfect (considering the att speeds

) and I don't have to setup custom apns. I tried the native method and did have sucess but much prefer the gcode projects solution. If anyone is having problems with it just make sure you get the latest pre release version from the all downloads section. Im running 3.0-pre11 with no problems.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] designgears:
ok, all fixed now, you have to enable mobile hotspot before you enable the apn, otherwise it will sit at setting up data link.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Marand55:
Thanks DG but I got it working. Now it connects just fine and everything else works great too.:)
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Julian713:
Totally New

Hi I just got my Atrix 4G today. I want to root the phone.

I downloaded aRoot ran it got to where it says presses to continue and then the window closed and nothing happened. I had the phone on debug, plus had the moto drivers installed.

I'm thinking I'm getting this SDK thing all messed. I'm using Windows 7

Does anyone have directions for how to do this from the start. Meaning if you never did anything with sdk or nothing. Very sorry for asking. Just totally lost
[Atrix 4G Android Development] live4nyy:
Did you have the "USB Connection" set to "None"?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Julian713:
Yes I do have it set to "none"
[Atrix 4G Android Development] live4nyy:
Did the phone reboot? If ti did then it was rooted. It's actually pretty quick.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Julian713:
No it didnt reboot. The led didnt change color or anything. ALso this root allows us to install apps not from the market right?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] live4nyy:
If the phone is working right now I would just try it again. It won't hurt anything to rerun the script, just double-check everything, and then check again. And yes, you will be able to install non-market apps after this root.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Julian713:
Do I need to have Android SDK installed? Could I just go on a new laptop download the moto drivers and then just run aroot? (having debug and "none" checked) Sorry for asking any repeated questions or anything.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Julian713:
Ok SO SORRY! I dont know how but I have Superuser. I dont know how, esp since I never got the LED to change or anything. The phone didnt reboot by itself or anything. I just restarted the phone and I was going to setting and i happened to see Superuser. So I dont know how it happened. But THANK YOU SO MUCH!

Thank you to the developer of aRoot as well! AMAZING!

I dont know if it happened during the few times I ran the script, I guess I never checked for Superuser since the phone didnt reboot by itself. Unless I was supposed to reboot it manually.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] live4nyy:
It should have rebooted itself but if it worked then it works, good deal. Just double check with Titanium to make sure.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] designgears:
woops, I commented out the reboot part while I was testing and forgot about it.. fixed now :D
[Atrix 4G Android Development] kenlperry:
Hi all. Are there any prior steps that need to be completed before following the instructions in the original post? I see some posts mentioning something about downloading drivers, but I don't see anything requiring that in the original post. I'm helping a friend root his new Atrix and I want to make sure I'm doing it correctly. So can I just follow the instuctions from the original post or do I need to do something else first?

Thanks!!!!
[Atrix 4G Android Development] JohnnyDanger:
This might seem like a trivial question for some, but I really have no idea.

On the part of the directions that state

"Installs tethering apn(enable the apn AFTER you enable mobile hotspot)"

Does this mean that I can use Mobile AP without a tethering plan with AT&T? Also, how do I "enable the apn AFTER you enable the mobile hotspot"?

I appreciate any help. Thanks.

**edit"" Also, after I ran aRoot my phone was rooted, but I cant use one of my apps that requires root. Im trying to use Screenshot It but it keeps saying I dont appear to be rooter. When I first run it, it asks for permission and I allow it, but still nothing. Titanium Backup sees the root, but not the screenshot app. Anyone have any suggestions to get this to work?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Deliximus:
I'm very excited to get this done. However, I'm getting the 'file is corrupted' error in Vista 64bit. I tried redownloading a few times to different folders on my computer but no go. Also, do i need to install the motorola drivers? Thanks.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] nekrosoft13:
Can aRoot break Text Messaging?

I did the aRoot today maybe 2 hours ago, after the reboot I received one text message and everything was ok.

but after that first message, new messages come in with bunch of upsidedown questions marks in between.

for example something like "Hello"

looks like this now: H¿¿¿¿¿e¿¿l¿¿¿¿¿l¿¿¿¿¿o¿¿¿¿¿

can someone help?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] designgears:
none of the screenshot apps work.

Enable mobile hotspot, then go to mobile networks, access point names, enable the free tether apn. no need for at&t plan.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] jarsh92:
Thanks DG for all your work. Downloaded this a few days ago and works great! Just saw you put another updated version up. Quick question, is it necessary to run the unroot.bat before trying to re-run the aroot.bat with the new version?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] frankiedizzle87:
If I run this I know it'll wwrk im already rooted. But woyld I have to reinstall my apps? Or the data of my apps?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] JohnnyDanger:
Thanks so much designgears. Your work here is greatly appreciated.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] kjmck:
Thank you for sharing your work.

The three things I wish to accomplish with root access are using my phone to provide internet access for my laptop, running "unapproved" applications, and using an HD TV as a display without buying one of Motorola's expensive docks.

I have successfully rooted my atrix. (To do so I needed to run "adb.bat", then run "aRoot.bat".) I installed the Titanium*Root application and made a backup.

When I try to enable the mobile hotspot I get "Wi-Fi hotspot validating", then "Account not set up for Wi-Fi hotspot".

Can you suggest a next step?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] lilgmaine04:
I rooter my phone previousky with superoneclick. Do I have to unroot with it before I reroot with this one or can I just run this over it?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] neer2005:
You can just run it over superoneclick
[Atrix 4G Android Development] ycrazyy:
DG thanks for this script. Ran it over SuperOneClick and it worked like a charm. Had to manually reboot my phone (got a flashing red LED and an "Internal storage unmounted" error") but it worked fine after reboot. Atrix seems a bit speedier now too (don't know if it has anything to do with this or not).
[Atrix 4G Android Development] vjoom:
Does anyone have aroot file? seem like the link to download doesn't work anymore.

thanks
[Atrix 4G Android Development] neotekz:
Edit-post deleted
[Atrix 4G Android Development] pme25:
Yup same here. Link seems to be broken, indeed. :confused:
[Atrix 4G Android Development] LTxda:
Link is working again...

Just thought I would let you guys know the link is working again ;)
[Atrix 4G Android Development] mrkool:
this worked like a champ clicking the app from within windows did not work and i tried everything else.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] thews:
I was actually having many issues with ADB disconnecting while running ADEO and aROOT.

I was able to manually run the commands in the batch file and keep checking to see if adb was connected and get everything to perform right. I was using windows 7 64bit.

I later switched back into mac osx snow leopard, and had greater success with stability of adb. adb hasn't disconnected ever for me on snow leopard.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] rozzco:
I'm glad it helped someone. ;)
[Atrix 4G Android Development] xdaLurker:
Had a hang up in doing this at first. Thanks for the Shell code to check and see if the Superone click mess was cleaned up. This help me see that it wasn't working. Also thanks to the poster who pointed out make sure you run command prompt as Administrator. Windows 7 seems to be fairly picky about this and that help me as otherwise it appear to install but it wasn't.

BIG THANKS DG for the kind work.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] tacginc:
Would love to see Webtop without dock added to this aRoot.bat. :D:D:D:rolleyes::D:D:D
[Atrix 4G Android Development] live4nyy:
There has to be some choice left. Plus some people do not want the mod because they would rather be ready for an OTA.....if it ever happens
[Atrix 4G Android Development] tacginc:
Exactly...I would like the choice to have it. And, that can be easliy added as a parm for the batch file. As can be the other current 3 features which there is not choice (rooting/tethering/sideloading). ;)
[Atrix 4G Android Development] misso.moh:
which one is better this one or superone click ?

& what's the diffrent?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] live4nyy:
This is the one you want to use. SuperOneclick was designed for a different phone I think and installs a redundant busybox. this one will actually fix that for you if you already had used superoneclick. Plus, this info is readily available in the OP. You have to read the entire post so you don't miss any warnings either.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] misso.moh:
thnx bro ,

I bought Atrix but I didn't get it yet , maybe next week .

next week I will root my new Atrix by aRoot ;)
[Atrix 4G Android Development] neotekz:
im having some problem with sideloading, just tried to installed a non market app and was prompted that i can only install market apps. do i have to do anything to enable sideloading after using aroot?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] pavankvn:
I can confirm this. I got root by superoneclick yesterday and tried to root with aRoot today over it. The program runs and nothing happens on my phone. I tried several times but same thing happens. Then I uninstalled Launcher Pro (not plus) and back to motoblur. Ran aRoot, it worked like a charm. I also checked the /system/xbin and there is no instance of busybox now.

Thanks DG and david81!!
[Atrix 4G Android Development] phobos512:
Worked. Already had rooted via SuperOneClick method a few minutes after turning it on the first time. When "Rebooting..." showed up, the internal storage dismounted, the red light started flashing, and about 45 seconds later it restarted. TiBU works, Root Explorer works, so it looks like everything is set. And I can concur that it does seem slightly faster than before.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Ed Venture:
unRoot.bat

DG,

By looking at the script, it appears that the one thing that the unRoot.bat script doesn't do is remove the tethering APN added by your aRoot.bat. It looks as if the unRoot.bat just adds a new APN to that table and does not modify any other APN entries. If that's the case, would it be possible to remove the APN from the telephony.db database using the sqlite3.apk before you actually remove the sqlite3.apk in the unRoot.bat script?

This leads me to my next thought. I know that there have been debates on the best from of tethering (adding a new APN, modifying the exiting APN database as mentioned here and here, or using wifi-tether, barnacle, or some other app) and wondered which is best.

Some have suggested that their AT&T account has been involuntarily "upgraded" to the tethering after after adding this APN to their phone. It has also been suggested by Richhed that his method not only works, but avoids these complications. If Richhed is indeed correct, could the aRoot and unRoot scripts be modified to implement his approach?

I ask because I am just capable enough to sort of follow what is going on in your code, but not smart enough to know if it can be done and if so, how actually do it :)

Just some thoughts.

Ed
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Tennis11:
Alright, I came from a Captivate with Cognition, so I'm fairly experienced, but also want clarification.

- This won't reset anything on my phone, right? Everything should stay how it is? Talking about installed apps, settings, and homescreens.

- Could I have specific instructions on how to safely disable all the bloatware? Should I just freeze with Titanium?

- What are all the benefits, and what specific apps should I get?

- Is there any reason to download a ROM at this point? What would the benefits of that be?

Thanks alot everybody.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Tennis11:
Could I get some help if someone sees this? I don't want to root until I get clarification. But I have to within a few hours because my gameloft DL links wont be active much longer.

Never live in the past but always learn from it.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] darkamikaze:
char10 is char
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Tennis11:
What...?

Never live in the past but always learn from it.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Da_G:
LOL.

@Tennis11:

He replied in-line inside the quote box. That was quite confusing to me too :)
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Tennis11:
Oh LOL that was confusing. I thought he was trying to hate on me for posting a second time

Never live in the past but always learn from it.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Komodo Rogue:
Mass storage?

I searched "mass storage" on this thread, but it didn't turn anything up - I thought someone would have already asked this though, so apologies if it was, and if not, I appreciate any help / suggestions :)

My personal computer runs OSX, so I haven't yet rooted my atrix (my plan was to eventually just borrow a friend's computer). I'm very excited to see this aRoot for Atrix, because perhaps it will let me root on my own machine!

Neither my computer nor I was familiar with .7z files, but Google certainly is, and I downloaded this application to extract the .7z file.

Now I have my phone on USB debugging, plugged in, aRoot is extracted and sitting on my desktop, and I see the aRoot.bat icon inside the aRoot folder, begging to be double-clicked.

Before I do it, just so that I know I'm doing this the right way: I'm using mass storage (as you guys know, the other choices are "none," "moto phone portal," and "windows media sync"). Is this right?

Also, do I need to drag 'n drop any files/folders onto my atrix, or just double click the aroot.bat right on my computer?

Lastly - anything I need to do after the aroot.bat step, like reboot the phone, change some file name, or something?

Because these directions weren't specified, I'm sorta guessing that either it's blindingly obvious to the technologically inclined, or this just doesn't work with OSX.

Thanks guys, and thanks DG for the program... another small donation on the way if I can get this baby to work :)
[Atrix 4G Android Development] dkirchik:
First I have no clue if it'll work with osx.

All you basically need is usb debug on. Plug in the atrix select 'none' run the .bat file wait for phone to reboot.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] darkamikaze:
when you have usb debug mode.. it doesn't really matter imo..

because everything executed within the batch files doesn't need anything to be mounted.. you can keep it in usb mass storage mode. just don't mount it.

Just have the phone plugged in with usb debug mode enabled and run the aRoot.bat
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Komodo Rogue:
Thanks dude. Unfortunately, I think it's a no-go... when I clicked the .bat file my computer just said "what kind of file is this? I don't know, pick a program."

:(

Thanks anyway!
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Komodo Rogue:
Oh, wait - can I just pick terminal? Would that work? Wiki says that batch files are for dos, windows, and OS/2, but if it's just a series of commands, could terminal do it, or would terminal not understand the commands?

I suppose I could just try, but I'd hate to just botch my Atrix unnecessarily if someone knows! :p
[Atrix 4G Android Development] darkamikaze:
oh.. you're not on windows..

yes a batch file is for command prompt to interpret..

if you're tech savy.. you can open the .bat file and sorta read what the script does.. and execute it yourself using terminal :T
[Atrix 4G Android Development] darkamikaze:
Looking at the script.. I don't think the unroot script touches anything about tethering :x. not a big deal