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Need Help: Updating CM, Stuck

[Edit] I got the CM 1.4 recovery to flash and updated CM from sd card... Then hit reboot. It's been sitting on G1 screen for like 10 minutes. Do I need to wait longer or is this a bad sign? What should I do?
Please help!
THank you!
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Hi guys...
My phone = stats in my sig. (Sorry, its the only way I can keep up with all the details.)
Okay... rephrasing this.
I'm trying to upgrade from the stats below to the current Cyanogenmod. http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php/Main_Page tells me to do one of three things, none of which tell me how to get rid of Dark Hero theme and I'm not sure about how to get it up to the latest radio/spl etc.
I flashed the recovery (terminal didn't make any feedback messages so I'm not sure if it worked?) and when I did a power-on while holding X, it didn't go into recovery so I"m kinda lost.
I just want to get the latest Cyanogen mod up and running. (Latest stable, not 5.x)
If anyone can give me a hand I'd really really appreciate it.

arsieiuni said:
Hi guys...
My phone = stats in my sig. (Sorry, its the only way I can keep up with all the details.)
Okay... rephrasing this.
I'm trying to upgrade from the stats below to the current Cyanogenmod. http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php/Main_Page tells me to do one of three things, none of which tell me how to get rid of Dark Hero theme and I'm not sure about how to get it up to the latest radio/spl etc.
I flashed the recovery (terminal didn't make any feedback messages so I'm not sure if it worked?) and when I did a power-on while holding X, it didn't go into recovery so I"m kinda lost.
I just want to get the latest Cyanogen mod up and running. (Latest stable, not 5.x)
If anyone can give me a hand I'd really really appreciate it.
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A couple of things:
5.0.7 IS the latest stable build. If you want 4.2.15.1, you're going to have to search the forum for it because Cyanogen is no longer working on Donut (1.6) builds.
However, if you want the latest CM, its very simple.
First, download either the latest clockwork recovery or amon_ra recovery. follow the instructions to flash recovery. to check if it installed correctly, you dont power on while holding X, you power on while holding the home button. (alternately, grab the "quick boot" app from the market and you can one-touch boot to recovery or bootloader from your home screen)
Next, download the latest radio and appropriate SPL. In order to install these, follow the instructions here:
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php/DangerSPL_and_CM_5_for_Dream#Prerequisites
Note: MAKE SURE YOU FLASH THE RADIO FIRST OR YOU WILL BRICK YOUR PHONE.
Once you follow those steps, you'll have CM 5.0.7 installed.
EDIT: I noticed you grabbed CM recovery 1.4. That recovery is old and outdated, also no longer supported. You need to grab one of the recovery files I mentioned.

Crap...
So trying to follow the instructions at Cyan WIki...
And like I said above, it's now sitting on G1 screen indefinitely...
Have I lost my phone?
Is there any way to fix this?

power off the phone by pulling the battery. boot into recovery by holding home+power. plug your phone into your computer. once there, use ADB from your computer to flash the new recovery, then power the phone off again. power it back on into recovery again (home+power) and then follow the steps in the wiki page i linked you to.

OMG that's wonderful I thought I had ruined it!
But I have no idea how to use ADB. I have never used it before. I found the site but I'm totally lost at that point o_o
If I plug phone into my computer it doesn't recognize to let me access the folder so I can't add files there since I can't Mount it.
How do I add the recovery from ADB?

ok, first things first, make sure you have your drivers installed and adb working (for this, youre going to need the adnroid SDK installed, which can be found here: http://developer.android.com/sdk/download.html?v=android-sdk_r06-windows.zip). to check and see if adb works, open a command prompt on your computer(start>run>cmd), navigate to the sdk tools directory (for example, mine is C:\android\tools\ yours might be different depending on where you install the sdk) and then type "adb devices" without the quotes. if it shows your device connected, proceed to the next step:
Copy the recovery image you're going to install to the root of your sdcard
Boot into your current custom recovery (boot while holding HOME)
Connect your G1 via usb to your computer and type the following commands into the command prompt
adb shell
#mount -a (this can give back an error if you don't have an ext partition, don't worry about it and just proceed)
#flash_image recovery /sdcard/custom-recovery-name-here.img
once that's done, you will have your new recovery going, then proceed with the steps to upgrade the radio and SPL from the wiki page i linked earlier. after you have the radio and SPL done, flash CM and you're all set!

Okay... I tried to use the SDK to install the drivers (it says in INstalled packages: Drivers r3) but It's not showing up under ADB devices when I check it in CMD.
It just says List of Devices: then there's nothing.
I think maybe because my phone won't go past recovery right now, I can't get the drivers working?
Is there a place I can manually download the drivers so I can manually install them?
I went in and followed the instructions here; http://developer.android.com/sdk/win-usb.html to install or upgrade and either way my computer is telling me I have the best driver installed for the HTC android phone. I don't SEE a place exactly like they say that says ADB Interface device.. that doesn't even appear on my list.
I really, really wish I could find my sd card adapter. That would make this considerably easier.

Please could someone help with the last question above?
I'm trapped at this point and can't figure out how to go onward.

For starters, don't flash your radio or SPL. FASTBOOT them.
Setting up adb is very useful. Download the sdk and extract it to where ever you want it and add the "tools" folder to your windows Path. There and HUNDREDS of tutorials on how to do this. Google it. Fastboot is just as easy as using adb, and safer than flashing.

install mods and updates without fastboot?

since i somehow managed to lose the ability to connect via fastboot..
is there another way for me to install zips?
phone rooted with 1 click..
also open to ideas as to why fast boot only says < waiting for device > now?
no conflicts in dev mgr, have uninstalled and reinstalled the sync and driver..
removed from dev mgr..
updated while in fastboot mode etc..
no dice..
318-us
official 2.2 rom
att unlocked.
Black

can i convert a zip to a pkg and rename it update.pkg?
right now all i have is the pkg option when i hold the vol buttons and power.
i recently flashed to the new update which had fixes and newer baseband etc..
that went fine but the the steve 1.5 came out and i want to switch back.
as stated above thats not possible now since fastboot refuses to see my device.
Can someone put it in a pkg format for me maybe?
I dont like this official release...
its slow..it has lame apps, etc..
lil help?
dont really want to formate my laptop to fix a usb driver issue..
especially when the mass storage and sync work just fine..

+1
cant use fastboot after update to 318
rooted by super one click
black
unlock 00

there is a way of flashing custom recovery via terminal emulator. DEVICE NEEDS TO BE ROOT'D
save .img on to SDcard and rename to recovery.img
then open terminal emulator and type
su (press enter)
flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img (press enter)
reboot (press enter)

I had the waiting for device problem. I read a few tips saying to try...
Type "adb devices" to see if its recognised there.
Make sure streak is the only device plugged in usb.
If using a hub try a different slot or direct into pc.
Turn streak off and into fastboot while still connected to pc (after pc loads drivers)
Reboot pc.
I swapped usb soccets and that fixed it for me
Hope one of these tips works for you too.

Thank you. I actually tried all of those things...before i posted.
wondering if maybe the 318 isn't compatible..
it says its in fastboot mode..
everything else works..sync, sd card shows in explorer etc etc..
just no fastboot.
luckily the recovery still allows me to do .pkg but i need zips too
very annoying..
I ordered a M11XR2 and will try with that when it arrives..
tina333 said:
I had the waiting for device problem. I read a few tips saying to try...
Type "adb devices" to see if its recognised there.
Make sure streak is the only device plugged in usb.
If using a hub try a different slot or direct into pc.
Turn streak off and into fastboot while still connected to pc (after pc loads drivers)
Reboot pc.
I swapped usb soccets and that fixed it for me
Hope one of these tips works for you too.
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I have 318 and fastboot works for me.

I only had to reconnect the adb bootloader interface driver again (just like I had to the very first time).
It is just fine now...
http://forum.pocketables.net/showthread.php?t=8285

I've not had any issues with fastbooting, after installing 318, I've managed to flash clockworkmod aswell as the new Streakmod recoveries with my Windows 7 64bit.

reconnect the adb bootloader???
what do you mean?
you mean you plugged the usb cable in and ran fastboot?
lol
yeah..thats helpful
Radimus said:
I only had to reconnect the adb bootloader interface driver again (just like I had to the very first time).
It is just fine now...
http://forum.pocketables.net/showthread.php?t=8285
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bigfoots1 said:
reconnect the adb bootloader???
what do you mean?
you mean you plugged the usb cable in and ran fastboot?
lol
yeah..thats helpful
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NO....
The streak wasn't recognized on the PC in fastboot mode, so I went back to device manager and found the unrecognized android device and set it to use the bootloader driver... The same proceedure as was done the first time the streak was connected to a PC to setup fastboot.
Took almost 30 seconds to fix

as i said though.. i have no conflicts...
I can even remove it from the device mgr...put eh phone in fastboot mode where it is waiting for usb coinnection..plug the phone in.. iot installs the drivers then the phone sees this and shows fast boot...
so you would expect it to work right? wrong... it says waiting for device...
I have tried everything I can think of..
i got a good deal on a new m11xr2 with win 7 so i will have a fresh slate and will see what results i can get.
in the mean time.. how can i convert this steve 1.5.zip to a .pkg?
or even install it with some other sokution or method?
i have it rooted via one click...
i have root explorer...
what now? lol
there has to be a better way..
Radimus said:
NO....
The streak wasn't recognized on the PC in fastboot mode, so I went back to device manager and found the unrecognized android device and set it to use the bootloader driver... The same proceedure as was done the first time the streak was connected to a PC to setup fastboot.
Took almost 30 seconds to fix
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Its easy to miss bits when its all going wrong so do check the sticky look here first for streak, I had to refer to it a few times. You definitely need clockworkmod or streakmod to flash updates. I believe you can do it via a terminal app with su privileges. There's a thread from a few hrs ago saying. I will find for you if you can't

Can zip be extracted and converted to .pkg?
Hell I would be content with just a way to install the performance tweaks...thats the main issue really...
Sent from my Dell Streak using Tapatalk

bigfoots1 said:
Can zip be extracted and converted to .pkg?
Hell I would be content with just a way to install the performance tweaks...thats the main issue really...
Sent from my Dell Streak using Tapatalk
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I know Steve mentions "if you haven't flashed official dell update" blah blah... so im guessing you don't loose performance unless you manually downgrade? Have you seen the thread I mentioned? The OP claims he changed the dell .pkg to .zip and successfully flashed via clockwork..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=869076

how does that help me?
when i power up holding the vol up and down buttons i only get the install Update.pkg option and when i choose it it takes me to the blue text screen when i choose to either update via pkg or reboot. its the Android system recovery utility GAUSB1A131800
there is no option or way to get an option to install zip.
I would like to be able to install the performance fix for 2.2 zip or steves 1.5zip
so do you understand now?
I cant get fastboot to work to install clockwork.
I only have the recovery utility...
tina333 said:
I know Steve mentions "if you haven't flashed official dell update" blah blah... so im guessing you don't loose performance unless you manually downgrade? Have you seen the thread I mentioned? The OP claims he changed the dell .pkg to .zip and successfully flashed via clockwork..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=869076
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it seems like i remember a thread about converting zip to pkg..
I cant seem to find it though..
if you just rename it in root explorer you get a signing validation error when you try to install it..
so I'm still stuck on stock 2.2

The initial thread is irrelevant, Have you not flashed a clockworkmod or streakmod previously? I would guess its possible to store a recovery.img on sd then flash via terminal app, i cant see why not? You could also probably use adb (if you cant connect to that the theres apps to do it wirelessly)

yes, i have flashed many times...
I flashed to 309 recovery in order to install the latest dell Update.pkg which went just fine. then when i went back to flash clockwork i could no longer connect via fastboot.
and thats where im at now..
cannot get fastboot to flash clockwork so i can install zips..
hence im asking for a way to do it without clockwork/fastboot until i get that sorted..
tina333 said:
The initial thread is irrelevant, Have you not flashed a clockworkmod or streakmod previously? I would guess its possible to store a recovery.img on sd then flash via terminal app, i cant see why not? You could also probably use adb (if you cant connect to that the theres apps to do it wirelessly)
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an I still believe the issue is that you do not have the correct bootloader driver installed on your PC as described here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=397078&d=1283901727
The issue is your PC, not the Streak (most likely)

Unable to install Recovery on streak..will not boot. completely lost.

Hi guys
Let me start off by saying..I should have never attempted this myself.
I'm hoping somebody could please help me with my somewhat-bricked device..bricked in the sense that I don't know what to do with it. (i'm a noob to this). I've tried installing a custom rom and completely screwed up my dell streak 5.
So the phone doesn't boot anymore and just takes me to the option to install update.pkg off the sd card. I added the file along with recovery.img to the sd card.
360 17397 00 May 31, 2011 PKG Recovery Hash Latest Retail rom
My problem is that I cannot for whatever reason get Flashboot to work in order to flash the recovery.img first. under device manager you see android phone/android adb interface but still can't manage the connection to use cmd prompt/fastboot.
Is there any other way of getting the recovery.img to work without fastboot..maybe thru the sd card. I have no idea what i'm doing anymore. I've tried installing the update.pkg but after installation it just stays on the dell logo loading screen forever.
PLEASE help if you can.

Well lets start off to get you back on a stock rom, as it sounds like that would be the easiest at this point. We can move on to a custom rom from there.
The pkg file you downloaded....did you rename it update.pkg ?
If not, rename it update.pkg and make sure it is on the root of your sd card. Get to the recovery menu where you have the option of upgrading from update.pkg and choose it. In about 5 minutes, you'll have a clean stock rom.

I tried installing the 360 rom listed on http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=Dell_Streak
I did name it update.pkg
It went through the installation phase but on reboot it doesn't get past the Dell Logo loading screen. Any suggestions?

On the screen where you choose upgrade from update.pkg, choose factory reset and see if that helps

Tried both..unfortunately, same end.
Is flashing recovery a required step prior to doing this..because I was unable to do that.
Also, Thank you for taking an interest. I really appreciate it.

yes, you need to have the recovery for the rom you are flashing (at least when it comes to stock roms). My understanding is that the pkg file is encrypted and the recovery decrypts it.
I'm going to try to start from scratch here. I am also assuming you are using a Windows PC.
Download the drivers from Dell. Here's the link:
http://support.euro.dell.com/suppor...dateid=-1&formatid=-1&source=-1&fileid=433681
Install them and reboot your pc.
Download MultiRecoveryFlasher from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1000455
Extract it to somewhere on you pc where you can find it.
Now this hasn't been updated to include 360's recovery, but that's ok. We don't have to run the utility. It's the support files that are included that we are going to use.
Download the recovery.img for 360 (which I think you have already done)
Put the recovery.img in the root folder of MultiRecoveryFlasher. There should be other files in there such as fastboot.exe, adb.exe, etc.
Power down your phone and restart it in fastboot mode (hold down camera and power button together until you get a white screen. When fastboot appears in upper right, select it and plug your phone into your pc)
Verify the phone displays fastboot ready
Open a command prompt on your PC
Type in the following command: fastboot.exe -i 0x413c flash recovery recovery.img
Once that is done type in the following command: fastboot.exe reboot
Get ready to hold down the Volume + and - as soon as the screen goes black.
Now choose Upgrade from update.pkg
It should work now. If not, someone else may have to help you with another method such as QDL tool. I've never had to use that.

This is a screenshot of the problem i keep running into. i installed the drivers just as you said and am at the step with fastboot.
imgur [dot] com/gw2A0
Any advice? Thanks again

im an idiot.
i got fastboot to run and send over the recovery.img
currently installing the update.pkg but its still stuck at the Dell Logo screen upon reboot. No idea what is going on.

FIXED. You're a miracle worker. Thank you so much.
Only problem I have now is an irritating sequence of flashing buttons every now and then. Have you had a similar issue in the past?
THANK YOU so much again!

Are you on a stock rom still? Or have you moved on to a custom rom? Typically the flashing led's happen when you are running a rom with an "incompatible" baseband, but that should be pretty near impossible if you are running a rom installed from an update.pkg rather than an update.zip.

running the update pkg off the wiki site.
Only other problem I've noticed is that I can't get it to root. I've tried gingerbreak and superoneclick..both of which worked flawlessly in the past.
Baseband GAUSB1A134700-US
KERNEL 2.6.32.9-PERF
BUILD 17397
I really want another crack at getting streakdroid, but the phone just isn't budging. Tempted to flash/install another rom but worried as heck that this same incident is going to come up. (the flashing lights started after i updated the AMSS and DSP last night--my first attempt at installing streakdroid 2.3).

Installing the stock rom via the update.pkg file will overwrite the amss and dsp1. That's the biggest difference to the end user on update.pkg vs update.zip. It's the actual recommended way to install a baseband. There are several firmwares, besides amss and dsp1, that get installed with a pkg.
Now that you have MultiRecoveryFlasher on your pc, installed StreakMod (custom recovery) should be a breeze for you. The only thing to watch out for is since you have a stock rom now, the first time it boots it will rewrite the recovery back to stock. Here is how to get around this:
Download the custom rom of your choice.
Place the zip file on the root of your sd card.
Get your phone back in fastboot mode
Using MultiRecoveryFlasher, flash StreakMod
As soon as the screen goes black for the reboot, hold the volume +/- keys.
Choose option 2 again, this time it should take you into StreakMod
Choose flash from update.zip
On the next screen, choose search for zip file (similar wording)
Choose the custom rom from earlier
Let it do it's thing.
Choose reboot system now
Again, as soon as the screen goes dark, hold Volume +/-
Now choose option 1 - Factory Rest
Let it do it's thing.
It should boot up now and your custom recovery will stay intact.
Let me give you some friendly advice: Streakdroid 2.3 is too much of a work in progress. Install one of the other Streakdroids, Longhorn, Simple Streak, or even my Streakin' 354. Play with it for a while and learn a little more before jumping into one that may not be as stable.
As far as rooting a stock rom, the preferred method is via superuser.zip. I'm not at home, so I don't have the file to upload for you, but its on these Dell Streak forums somewhere. You have to have a custom recovery to use it though. The custom roms are all rooted already.

Thank you for everything

No problem. Did you get it working?
Sent from my Dell Streak using xda premium

Absolutely and I couldn't have done it without you. If you had written out just one of the x number of tutorials out there, I don't think anyone would have run into the problems I did at first.
Streakdroid 191 runs like a charm---snappy and more responsive than stock ever was.

Glad to hear it...I was lost when I first started too. Someone helped me out and I just like to pay it forward. It's what makes this forum my favorite.

lordmorphous said:
Glad to hear it...I was lost when I first started too. Someone helped me out and I just like to pay it forward. It's what makes this forum my favorite.
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Hi guys.. Hi Mr Lordmorphous.. im a super noobie in dell streak 5.. i got my dell streak a month ago.. today my phone doesnt work.. im stuck on Dell logo when i am going to switch it to on.. i really dont know where to start and how to type the codes like you are talking about like .pkg ing. etc. .. when im pressing the factory reset nothing happens.. i also tried to click software upgrade via update.pkg on SD card and nothing happens .. i clicked also the screen calibration it says *successful calibration done*.. im totally lost.. can u help me how to start from beginning (like for super noobie like me)? also the codes that im going to type in pc.. thanks in advance!

dwadetiu said:
Hi guys.. Hi Mr Lordmorphous.. im a super noobie in dell streak 5.. i got my dell streak a month ago.. today my phone doesnt work.. im stuck on Dell logo when i am going to switch it to on.. i really dont know where to start and how to type the codes like you are talking about like .pkg ing. etc. .. when im pressing the factory reset nothing happens.. i also tried to click software upgrade via update.pkg on SD card and nothing happens .. i clicked also the screen calibration it says *successful calibration done*.. im totally lost.. can u help me how to start from beginning (like for super noobie like me)? also the codes that im going to type in pc.. thanks in advance!
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RTFM
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=Dell_Streak

Hi again guys.. and mr lordmorphous!
im following what you told him (aaivazi)..
I'm going to try to start from scratch here. I am also assuming you are using a Windows PC.
Download the drivers from Dell. Here's the link:
http://support.euro.dell.com/support...&fileid=433681
Install them and reboot your pc.
Download MultiRecoveryFlasher from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1000455
Extract it to somewhere on you pc where you can find it.
Now this hasn't been updated to include 360's recovery, but that's ok. We don't have to run the utility. It's the support files that are included that we are going to use.
Download the recovery.img for 360 (which I think you have already done)
Put the recovery.img in the root folder of MultiRecoveryFlasher. There should be other files in there such as fastboot.exe, adb.exe, etc.
Power down your phone and restart it in fastboot mode (hold down camera and power button together until you get a white screen. When fastboot appears in upper right, select it and plug your phone into your pc)
Verify the phone displays fastboot ready
Open a command prompt on your PC
Type in the following command: fastboot.exe -i 0x413c flash recovery recovery.img
(im already here but this is what the command prompt says:
'fastboot.exe' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.)
what should i do ?

Streak4ever said:
RTFM
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=Dell_Streak
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hi streak4ever thanks for reply.. what does RTFM means? thanks

[Q] Really could do with some help from those with experience... Please.

Hi Guys,
I am a noob to xda so please bear with me...
Hoping someone can help me out here.. I will try and explain in as much detail as possible and provide you with as much Info from my phone as I can.
Firstly my phones details
Motorola Atrix 4g (UK version) Second phone as busted the last one. Bought outright as a retail sale.
Orange UK
System Version: 45.31.0.MB860.Retail.en.GB
Android Version: 2.3.4 (After UK released update)
Baseband Version: N_01.100.00R
Webtop Version: WT-1.2.0.133_38
Kernel Version: 2.66.32.9 [email protected]#2
Ok so, decided to root my phone. To do so I used petesMotorolaRootTools_V1.07 found on the website psouza4.com/bionic/
This worked fine and an app installed from the App Market confirmed that the phone was Rooted and had Superuser permissions.
Next I downloaded ClockWorkMod Rom Manager from the Market Inc Premium, SetCPU, Rom Toolbox & Titanium Backup Free. I had a quick look at these apps once downloaded but didnt really do a lot,
However, when Rom Manager opened it promted me to Flash ClockWorkMod Recovery, Which I did and then selected Back up current Rom. I also did this, (bear with me it gets a little vague here as to what I remember seeing)
Now I'm sure it said something like Nandroid Backup, which I selected. It proceeded to say something along the lines of, Backing up or phone will now reboot??
Anyhow, what ever it said, it started to reboot. The Motorola Red Circle logo came up but then at the top it said reboot failed and something ilse that didnt make sense then froze. I pulled the battery and rebooted. Seemed to work fine. Maybe a touch laggy but nothing to bad.
Next did my research into what ROM I'm likely to want to try. Found a few but seemed from what I have read on various forums that they dont work well for uk phones. Then decided perhaps then flashing should be left alone and went back to PetesMotorolaTools and unrooted. before I unrooted however i removed all apps that required root access first. Possibly a mistake?
I noticed that a few preinstalled apps werent working, nothing important or anything I use but there icons were like Blue settings icons all the same.
Did a factory reset through the handset also, in an attempt to return to factory settings.. not much changed really. Also tried to update software though the Motorola website but it said I was all up to date.
I thought maybe that something went wrong so I rooted again. This time the unroot failed. I then dowloaded all the rooted apps that I had before and then unrooted. This worked. Not sure if coincedence or not but it worked and when unrooting it said unfreezing apps about 6 times, before the complete message. Then uninstalled the root apps again.
Most, not all but most of those preinstalled apps were then working ok.
I read a little bit more bout Roms and decided to have another bash. Found and downloaded a few to comp. Then I place an SD card into phone and Flashed it. then tranferred a copy to its root.
Rooted the phone in the same way as before. Downloaded all the apps again opened CWM RM, Flashed CWM Recovery again as was unsure that the time I did it before would work. Then selected back up Current ROM. Without any message this time the phone started to reboot.
It came up with the recovery screen (Android man and !) From what I have read the next step is to tap the bottom right of the screen to bring up the menu.
This did not work nor did anything else happen. After waiting about 25mins with nothing more happening I pulled the batt again.
Decided I'd boot into recovery mode manually and see if the bottom right of screen would work that way. turned off then held On and down Vol. Fastboot showed at top, Scrolled and selected Android recovery. Same Android Man and ! came up, tried tapping the bottom right of screen again.... It didnt work.
Read more on the forums where someone said that pushing up and down on the Vol buttons works. Tried this and hey presto.. a new menu appears. Shown as follows.
Android system recovery <3e>
Android system recovery utility
reboot system now
apply update from sdcard
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
No back up options so rebooted....
Anyway thought I'd try a few times to use CWM RM to flash a rom to device. Each time it took me throught this same process.
Eventually I though what the hec just try and flash it...
So I selected the apply update from sdcard option.
Then selected the ROM I saved to SD Card.
Then the following text appears on screen in yellow.
--Install /sdcard...
finding update package...
Openeing update package...
Verifying update package...
E:signature verification failed
Installation abborted
I tried this a few times to no avail. even tried downloading the roms from CWM RM with no change.
Read some more on the forums and somewhere read to rename the ROM update.zip
Did this and tried again.... No Joy!!!
Selected Fix permissions in an attempt to clean up and thats as far as I have got...
I'm at the end of my tether and dont know what to do...
Please, please, please someone help me get to the bottom of my dilemma..
Thanks for reading and any help in advance.
Just a little more info to help diagnose
CWM RM Details
Rom Manager Premium v4.8.1.3
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Thanks again peoples for taking the time to at least read this..

No where in there did I see "I unlocked my bootloader"
That's fine that you're rooted, but to use CWM Recovery, install ROMs, make Nandroid Backups, etc. you need to unlock your bootloader first! See the international part of the Pudding thread (since your in UK) in the dev section.
Sent from my CM7 Atrix 4G

Ah Hah! You are correct at no point did I unlock my Booty, Thank you I shall give that a go and report back...

Ok so, I have trawled the forum and many others this avo on my research quest to unlock the bootloader as advised above but have been unsucessful so far.
I used the Pudding thread as you said.
when downloading the files advised I noticed that some were downloading as unrecognised files. I still proceeded to follow instructions as written.
Some of them like the RSD Lite I managed to unzip and extract with a programme I have however the next one needed said it was Undefined File type.
Anyway I deleted those files and tried following the other method listed underneath the driver via the link at "Guide for beginners provided by..."
This was unsucessfull as the "fastboot oem unlock" command was not recognised.
Pulled the batt and rebooted into normal mode and I'm back at SQ1
Bit stuck if anyone has any ideas..

Ok, here goes...
1) Make sure you have the drivers installed on your computer. (Available in Pudding Thread)
2) Go to pudding thread, and grab the Unlock Only IHOP sbf file (assuming your not on AT&T).
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1136261
"Unlock:
Unlocker only SBFs - These small 1mb SBF files will get your phone ready to fasboot oem unlock. They are the files most people should use.
ATT ONLY - Unlocker for 1.8.3 and 4.5.91 ATT firmwares
Orange/Bell/Telestra/Latin America/International users ONLY - Download IHOP"
3) Download & install RSD Lite. (Available in Pudding Thread)
4) Put phone in RSD Protocol Mode.
a) Power off phone
b) Upon Powering ON, hold Power Button + Volume UP
5) Connect Phone to computer via USB
6) unzip the IHOP sbf file to root of your C:\, open RSD Lite program, and drag sbf file onto File Name Box. Make sure RSD Lite sees your device connected to it, and then flash away.
7) After the sbf has flashed (hopefully without any errors), reboot your phone into fastboot mode (Power Button + Volume Down; when you see fastboot, press volume up to enter fastboot mode).
8) Re-connect phone to computer if you disconnected it.
9) In the folder where your fastboot files are located (if you don't have fastboot files, go download them from sticky in General Section), press Shift + Right Click, select Open Command Window Here.
10) With phone in fastboot mode, connected to PC and command window open in fastboot file location, type:
fastboot oem unlock
*This will give you your device #
Then type:
fastboot oem unlock [insert your # here]
10) Bootloader should unlock, then type fastboot reboot to reboot the phone. Should say Unlocked on boot screen now, if all went well.
11) Install Rom Racer's Recovery or Rom Manager, and you're good to go.
Think that about cover it... if you have any problems, give details of what is happening and at what step. Also, check the Pudding thread for possible solutions, as most problems have already been solved there.

Thank you for your explanation... I will give it a go when I get back from work tomorrow...
I appreciate you taking the time to help..
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Dcskeete said:
Thank you for your explanation... I will give it a go when I get back from work tomorrow...
I appreciate you taking the time to help..
Sent from my MB860 using XDA App
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You should definatly also install busybox

Swiftks said:
Ok, here goes...
1) Make sure you have the drivers installed on your computer. (Available in Pudding Thread)
2) Go to pudding thread, and grab the Unlock Only IHOP sbf file (assuming your not on AT&T).
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1136261
"Unlock:
Unlocker only SBFs - These small 1mb SBF files will get your phone ready to fasboot oem unlock. They are the files most people should use.
ATT ONLY - Unlocker for 1.8.3 and 4.5.91 ATT firmwares
Orange/Bell/Telestra/Latin America/International users ONLY - Download IHOP"
3) Download & install RSD Lite. (Available in Pudding Thread)
4) Put phone in RSD Protocol Mode.
a) Power off phone
b) Upon Powering ON, hold Power Button + Volume UP
5) Connect Phone to computer via USB
6) unzip the IHOP sbf file to root of your C:\, open RSD Lite program, and drag sbf file onto File Name Box. Make sure RSD Lite sees your device connected to it, and then flash away.
7) After the sbf has flashed (hopefully without any errors), reboot your phone into fastboot mode (Power Button + Volume Down; when you see fastboot, press volume up to enter fastboot mode).
8) Re-connect phone to computer if you disconnected it.
9) In the folder where your fastboot files are located (if you don't have fastboot files, go download them from sticky in General Section), press Shift + Right Click, select Open Command Window Here.
10) With phone in fastboot mode, connected to PC and command window open in fastboot file location, type:
fastboot oem unlock
*This will give you your device #
Then type:
fastboot oem unlock [insert your # here]
10) Bootloader should unlock, then type fastboot reboot to reboot the phone. Should say Unlocked on boot screen now, if all went well.
11) Install Rom Racer's Recovery or Rom Manager, and you're good to go.
Think that about cover it... if you have any problems, give details of what is happening and at what step. Also, check the Pudding thread for possible solutions, as most problems have already been solved there.
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A BIG THANKS!!!
Thanks so much for the advice and instructions... Unlocked beautifully... Now to find the ideal ROM....
Dont suppose there are any suggestions for International (UK) Atrix users??
Really appriciate the help..
Regards
Danny

I would recommend that you flashed TWRP 2.0 through CWM direct link. It lets you have touch screen in recovery; much easier! Then if you like CM7 you could try this or if you like the MIUI style (like me!) you would want to try this! It hasn't in-game audio yet but it's much cooler in my opinion. But Neutrino CM7 is really great!

Im not sure, maybe someone else can confirm. You should be using moto-fastboot to unlock & not regular fastboot, right?
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draken_1337 said:
I would recommend that you flashed TWRP 2.0 through CWM direct link. It lets you have touch screen in recovery; much easier! Then if you like CM7 you could try this or if you like the MIUI style (like me!) you would want to try this! It hasn't in-game audio yet but it's much cooler in my opinion. But Neutrino CM7 is really great!
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People have had problems with TWRP.............stick with Romracers CWM, it's tried and trusted. If the touch screen in CWM gets you off, so be it, but I'd rather have a recovery that works with all ROM's, and not just some.

SOD and no root and unable to connect to a pc!

Ok so I was running taboonay 3.0d and I thought I'd have a go at Thor's rom. Flashed it wasn't really into it few things missing that I like in taboonay. So I then restored my back up. All hunky dory.
I then flashed a zip for scrillax v8 bootloader. It seemed to work fine, tablet boots up and rom running fine. I then tried to get to recovery and it's just not happening. Acer recovery says it cannot get root access. When I reboot I can get into the bootloader menu but none of the commands work. I can't get into the recovery menu at all no matter what I do. So then I figured I'd give Blackthund3r's root tool a go. Got everything ready on the pc including latest acer drivers. Now the tab isn't showing up on the pc either. I know some others have had similar problems but no solution was found in the other threads and considering that I probably screwed up badly somewhere along the way I thought I'd start this thread where you can all point out my ignorance and stupidity without bothering anyone else :silly:
Any help?

Any advice at all would be great, I have reinstalled drivers for tab but still no go! I'm on a old xp pro laptop. Everything else connects to the usb port and the cable is working fine

If you can't get to Recovery, you will need to reflash that.
But first thing is first. And that's the driver issue.
With the tab plugged into the PC, go to Device Manager, and see if it reflects there. If not, you will probably have to reload the drivers. You have a choice, which is the Acer Driver installation, or you can try the Google USB Android drivers. Generally I have had not much luck letting windows search the PC, so I usually install them manually. You can either;
a. Direct device manager to look in a specific folder for the google drivers, or;
b. In Device Manager, when you choose update drive, use "select from list" and see if the acer drivers show up there.
Generally, when you install the acer drivers, you should "right" mouse click the install file and select "run as administrator".
MD

Thanks md will give it another go
My device manager has no option for select from list or update drive, just scan for new hardware. Nothing shows up for acer.

irishmoe said:
Thanks md will give it another go
My device manager has no option for select from list or update drive, just scan for new hardware. Nothing shows up for acer.
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Ok, now I run Win 7. But XP should be similar.
Are you saying in device manager, you do not have a device with an exclamation mark when you plug the tab in???
If you do, then right click the exclamation mark, select properties. Then the Tab "driver". Next, select "update driver". Then, "browse my computer for drivers". You should get the option to "select from a list".
If your PC does not detect the tablet at all when you plug it in, then it';s a different issue. It's what we call a USB Brick. At first guess. Usually easy to fix on the 500.
Can you start your tablet in APX mode? hold the pin reset, press and hold pwr. Count to 3, and release pwr, then 1 second later, release the pin reset. You should have a black screen with the pwr lite on.
I'm thinking you might want to do the manual flashing of the bootloader + 1.7.3 recovery. Obviously the bootloader V8 flashed, or it wouldn't work at all. Civato has instructions for manual flashing of the bootloader and recovery. Note that I HOPE you wrote down your UID number somewhere. As you will need to convert it to the SBK.
MD
EDIT. One more note. When you boot to the bootloader menu, in your case, probably the only option that will work is "fastboot mode". When you select it, the menu should go away, and it should say "fastboot mode". Then plug into PC and see if windows detects it in device manager. If so, you can fastboot a recovery image to it. Note, that for fastboot to work, you must have the Android SDK installed on your PC. Because you will have to run the fastboot commands from a command window. But for now, check to see if you get to fastboot mode on the tablet.
Sorry I can't spend a lot of time, as it';s late in moscow. Job tomorrow. But Skirlaz_CZ can give you the commands to fastboot a recovery in his bootloader thread.

Thanks MD I can get into fastboot mode so I'll try that one first. I didn't write and numbers down unfortunately. I was following a thread on tegraowners to install the bootloader which made no mention of making records( I'm a simpleton that needs to be led by the nose)
I appreciate your input

irishmoe said:
Thanks MD I can get into fastboot mode so I'll try that one first. I didn't write and numbers down unfortunately. I was following a thread on tegraowners to install the bootloader which made no mention of making records( I'm a simpleton that needs to be led by the nose)
I appreciate your input
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Ouch! No UID numbers. That hurts. Look in your old CWM recovery backups (if you have) on your EXT SD Card. If you were at one time running a more recent version of CWM, You might have them in the recovery folders. The more recent recovery programs in the backup folders, it's called UID.txt. You have to have this if you use NVFlash. No way around that.
With Fastboot, you don't need it, as you will fastboot the recovery image. If successful, that should allow you to boot to recovery, and flash one of the custom roms. Make sure you do your wipes as in the Rom install instructions. I use CWM 1.7.3 (I've been too busy to try EZTerry's or the TWRP versions. But CWM works good so far.
If not, well, there;s always the update.zips to get a stock ICS on your tab.
Either way, we'll get you running, so don't worry. Just takes a little time between time zones, work, and family
MD

Moscow Desire said:
Either way, we'll get you running, so don't worry. Just takes a little time between time zones, work, and family
MD
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You're not wrong there! I'm doing the whole ikea/home improvement thing with the family today. I'll try the fastboot later
Again I really appreciate the help.

Ok MD so the fastboot doesn't work at all. I installed adb using knives and forks and that couldn't pick up the tab for drivers installation. My head is wrecked! checking backups for numbers now
0x037c62074 and a few more got it
Edit: farkin idiot I just noticed the sdk requirement! Will install sdk and give fastboot another whirl

irishmoe said:
Ok MD so the fastboot doesn't work at all. I installed adb using knives and forks and that couldn't pick up the tab for drivers installation. My head is wrecked! checking backups for numbers now
0x037c62074 and a few more got it
Edit: farkin idiot I just noticed the sdk requirement! Will install sdk and give fastboot another whirl
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HA HA! Yep, gotta have the SDK for ADB and Fastboot. I posted some instructions yesterday about flashing recovery via fastboot.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=29294671&postcount=6
You should be able to do it if you already have V8 Bootloader.
MD

Nice one MD going to try it out.

irishmoe said:
Thanks MD I can get into fastboot mode so I'll try that one first. I didn't write and numbers down unfortunately. I was following a thread on tegraowners to install the bootloader which made no mention of making records( I'm a simpleton that needs to be led by the nose)
I appreciate your input
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I'll add that then - good idea
EDIT: It is done. And it is now foolproof. If you read that forum post now and STILL don't save your UID then I worry about you http://forum.tegraowners.com/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=388

irishmoe said:
Nice one MD going to try it out.
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Waiting for an update

blackthund3r said:
I'll add that then - good idea
EDIT: It is done. And it is now foolproof. If you read that forum post now and STILL don't save your UID then I worry about you http://forum.tegraowners.com/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=388
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Ha ha cheers mate! Like I said I'm a simpleton but not quite that bad.
Thanks for all the good work. I was actually following another thread stupidly when I should have been following yours.
MD - was away for a few days, just back but have had a few beers so not doing anything stupid tonight. Got sdk installed.

MD - Have you a link to download cwm 1.7.3 img? The download link in tegra won't work for me.
edit - nevermind I usedthe recovery skrillax suggested in his thread. Problem is the pc is not picking up the tab at all. Just says waiting for device

irishmoe said:
MD - Have you a link to download cwm 1.7.3 img? The download link in tegra won't work for me.
edit - nevermind I usedthe recovery skrillax suggested in his thread. Problem is the pc is not picking up the tab at all. Just says waiting for device
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Sorry I was away. Did everything work ok for you? All running? (been trying to chase down my rom issue)
If it says "waiting for device", then you need to check your device manager, and make sure the correct driver is recognized. (APX, Fastboot, Recovery, Download, etc). Usually, I can change drivers while this is happening, and the process will complete.
MD

ok I don't mind admitting that I'm totally lost here. Nothing resembling the tab is showing up device manager so how can I check the drivers?I've been playing around with device manager for a while now and I can't find any way to do what you suggested
I've uninstalled and reinstalled the drivers again and again. Nothing! Could it have anything to do with me having a gateway? I wouldn't think so because they're the same inside.

Righto, no matter what I do the tab won't show up. Obviously can't check the drivers without the device showing up so I really am at a loss.
Even if I try the manual flash from civatos thread I will still come up with the same problem. No device no can do

irishmoe said:
Righto, no matter what I do the tab won't show up. Obviously can't check the drivers without the device showing up so I really am at a loss.
Even if I try the manual flash from civatos thread I will still come up with the same problem. No device no can do
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be worth checking you still have usb debugging enabled m8
EDIT: The only other thing i can think of is to put yr tab in apx mode manually (press and hold reset button then press and hold power button, when the pwr lite comes on count 3 seconds and then release it, hold reset another second and then let that go) - you should have a black screen and power lite is on) now connect yr cable and see if the pc picks up the acer boot/recovery driver under usb controllers .
If these drivers install then I'd attempt a rollback to HC using an EUU, at least this method depends on yr pc not seeing yr tab. I'd only attempt this tho if the boot/recovery driver is installed and listed in dev. manager.

dibb_nz said:
be worth checking you still have usb debugging enabled m8
EDIT: The only other thing i can think of is to put yr tab in apx mode manually (press and hold reset button then press and hold power button, when the pwr lite comes on count 3 seconds and then release it, hold reset another second and then let that go) - you should have a black screen and power lite is on) now connect yr cable and see if the pc picks up the acer boot/recovery driver under usb controllers .
If these drivers install then I'd attempt a rollback to HC using an EUU, at least this method depends on yr pc not seeing yr tab. I'd only attempt this tho if the boot/recovery driver is installed and listed in dev. manager.
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Ok ok boot/recovery driver? You've lost me there chap! Xp device manager is showing nothing tab related. Tell me what to do and I'll give it a blast.
I'm using the regular usb slot as opposed to the mini cause I've no mini cable. That should be ok right?