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Big problem, I have to be able to access ##778 inorder to program my phone. Some how, my USB connector will only charge. No computer see's the Eris connected yet it will charge via the USB cable & port.
I'm running EvilEris 3.0. I've hunted and hunted for the correct EPST.apk for my phone. I don't want to have to return to a stock rom. Any help is welcomed.
You're going to have to just buckle down and flash a rom that has it. I was never able to successfully add back EPST when I ran E.E. either. Once you make your changes with EPST, you can flash back and your settings will stick.
PPCGeek01 said:
You're going to have to just buckle down and flash a rom that has it. I was never able to successfully add back EPST when I ran E.E. either. Once you make your changes with EPST, you can flash back and your settings will stick.
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Definitely. Your options are download and use QPST, and use the Hero Diag drivers, or (easier) just download like Ivan's Eris_Official or Plane Jane or something,
nand backup your current Evil Eris.
wipe data/dalvik
flash eris_official (or whatever)
do your ##778 stuff
go back into recovery, and nand restore your Evil Eris
done
Can you explain what EPST and QPST are and why you don't have it? I want to root and use EE3.0 and this is the first I've read about this. Maybe it won't affect me maybe it will. I just want to know what I'm getting into.
Thanks
threefords1000 said:
Can you explain what EPST and QPST are and why you don't have it? I want to root and use EE3.0 and this is the first I've read about this. Maybe it won't affect me maybe it will. I just want to know what I'm getting into.
Thanks
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He's most likely talking about programming his phone for a cell carrier other than Verizon. If you're going to be using your phone on Verizon's network then no change will be needed after flashing a ROM made for the Eris.
Hello, im SO desperate...
I rooted my Droid X a while ago, and just decided to flash a custom ROM yesterday.
I tried ApeX; worked great. Buy it reminded me of my rooted CM'd G1, so i wanted something else. I decided to try a bunch of ROMs so i could make an educated desition.
Needless to say Bootstrapper worked great.
I tried Fission, then, DarkSlide; GummyJar, Liberty 1.5 & finally, Tranquility.
I must say, the latter one is a bit too buggy for me.. For one thing, lock screen.. doesnt shoe the lock button, so you kinda just have to trust it'll unlock when you swipe your finger, and in most cases, it does... But it aint what i was looking for.
Ive decided i liked Liberty, for its easy to use GUI for customization.
Heres where the problem starts...
My device will boot into Tranquility just fine, but if i try to run recovery thru bootstrapper... uh-uh. Nothing happens, I guet stuck in the Tranquility boot screen (tranquility replaced the default M screen, as well as the animation boot, just like liberty)....
I tried using clockworkmod rom manager and i got the EXACT same results.
I tried formatting my sd card; nuttin... i read somewhere, someone said that "charging the battery to a full 100% worked for him"... it doesnt make any sense, but ive tried it.
I dont know what to do... i mean, my phone works fine, but i dont wanna get stuck with TRANQUILITY!
ive also tried unrooting and rerooting... uninstalling and reinstalling both bootstrapper and clockwork...
If i shut down and boot with the home+power pressed buttons, the phone WILL enter its recovery mode, ive already tried a "factory reset", and all i get is... THE SAME THING! Itll reset my Tranquility as if it were the first time i flashed it.
How can i flash another rom?
I read something about an SPL, but ive no idea what that is nor what to do with it.
Id appreciate your help...
Paul Suquet
First of all it is an SBF, and will get to that in a second, first try booting while holding just the volume down button with the power button. If that does not work, you may want to SBF. This is a process that erases all the data and system files and takes you back to how the phone was when it came out of the box, or 100% stock. After doing this you could root again and then install liberty. If you want a guide on how to SBF, then just Google it. There are many guides available
There is a thread here called getting into clockwork mod the hard way. You could try it before doing an sbf.
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try turning ur phone off, plug it into ur charger let it do the charging animation and then turn it on, it should boot into recovery
Ok people, [SOLVED]
Good news people, i successfully recovered via Verizon's SPL.
Allow me to recap; i own a Mexican Droid X, known as Motoroi X. I rooted via one click root, and installed Fission ROM. Then i wanted to try ApeX, after that, i tried GummyJar, then Liberty, then DarkSlide, and finally Tranquility. I don't know if i did something wrong, of if this is a problem Tranquility has, but after Tranquility, bootstrapper woudn't boot to recovery... so, i wasnt able to switch roms. Tranquility booted just fine, but if i tried to boot to recovery (be it via Bootstrapper, or via ClockworkROM), i got stuck in the "tranquiliy boot screen" (not even making it into boot animation), so , i had to take the battery off, and boot regularly... Trouble is, I didnt lile Tranquilty (all my respect for all dva's but, Liberty 1.5 was my choice, and it is at the moment). I liked the easy customization it has. One of my friends decided on ApeX (he liked the idea of having a bit of Blur).
SO, what troubled me was:
(1) My phone aint from verizon. I live in Mexico City, and my carrier is called IUSACELL... my phone actually had a totally different version on it when i first got it. Ill give out the version it had from factory, to trigger search results towards this page; hence help the multiple people in mexico city who bought their Droid X device via this carrier... my Sistem Version was:
Version.3.0.15.MB810.Iusacell.en.MXâ
Ive attached a screenshot of what my "About Phone" looked like from stock.
Cant attach anything, due to being quite new to the forum, sorry about that.
So anyway, I, and one of my best friends (with the same phone and carrier... allow me to say, that in mexico, this phone is not commercially known as a DROID X, its called Motoroi X, buy as you can see by the version MB810, it is the exact same hardware you verizon users know).
Let me say that, my phone was able to keep all my carrier config (that is, PRL, VPNs and such). So, to all other Iusacell Motoroi X users; ROOT YOUR PHONE; AND RUN ANY ROM YOU LIKE!
(2) I heard so much about SPL, but no one could tell me what the heck that was... SO here it is, plain english; its just like doing a firmware update; or, like updating your bios... Let me call it "hardware formatting"... Just a way to get your phone TOTALLY back to stock... Now, this SPL i found, was for Verizons stock, (which had a lot more crap than Iusacell did...), but hell, it saved my @$$. Youll need an Ubuntu Live CD (i use Ubuntu as my daily OS, so... no need to do that), the SPL per se, your phone, and a micro usb cable (no, not a mini USB, we all know motorola did a trick on us and used this micro USB instead of the common mini usb... i suppose they saved some space).
Here are the complete instructions: (remember this will flash your phone, so, be sure to backup at least all the contents of your SD, and; even if there is a slight chance, remember that any of this thing COULD potentially brick your phone, i'm willing to help all i can; anyone out there, but dont hold me responsible, this worked GREAT for me, and it MIGHT not work for you).
Please note that most of these instructions are not authored by myself, i just made a few adjustments to thm and i wanted to make them publicly available to those out there who are in the same ordeal i was:
1: Download the Ubuntu image. It's an .iso file - this means it can be burned onto a cd/dvd. Do so.
2: Once the burn is complete, reboot your computer, set your bios to boot from cd/dvd if you have to.
3: Ubuntu's Menu will appear, select "Try" to boot into the OS without altering your current setup.
4: Download the .sbf_flash utility and the proper .sbf file (note that a file that starts with a period, means to linux, that it is a hidden file. The sbf_flash I got, dont remember where i got it from but it weighs exactly 24KBs. And the .sbf file i found is called "VRZ_MB810=_2.3.34_1FF_01.sbf" weighting 445,393KBs. Dont you dare change the name of these; as Linux doesn't recognise spaces as a character, so, if you changed all the underscores to spaces, Linux' console would not be able to "see" it. If you can't find it, post a reply in this forum, ill see the way of getting it to you.
5: Flash the image onto your phone:
Turn on hard recovery mode; turn phone off; press (and keep pressing): CAMERA + VOLUME DOWN + POWER. Until it comes on. You may have to release all three, and press again power (usually the screen is "blocked").
Now youre in hard recovery mode, and the phone will recognize the computer via USB; so... CONNECT YOUR PHONE VIA USB, duh!
Place the .sbf file to a directory (e.g. Documents)
Place the sbf_flash file into the same directory
Open up a terminal window
Change to the directory that the files are in. [cd] is the command you use; so if in Documents, type [cd Documents].
Ubuntu is caps sensitive, so you need to type the capital "D". If you type "ls" (the equivalent of typing "dir" on Windows Command, or DOS) it lists all the files in the current directory you're in, so type [ls], if you see the files, you're golden.
Type [chmod +x sbf_flash] (ignore brackets) â this command makes sbf_flash an executable. If you've been rooting your phone with ADB Tools you've seen this command before.
Type [sudo ./sbf_flash [name of sbf file, starts with 'VRZ_']] (once again ignore the brackets) â this command runs the sbf_flash file. 'sudo' is the linux-y way of 'running as administrator' in Windows.
It will prompt you for your password - enter it (if your in a Live CD; password is most likely "admin", with no quotes)
Your Ubuntu machine will hard format your phone. Youre probably used to seeing your phone itself perform the installation of a ROM, this is similar. But it aint your phone directly doing it; its Ubuntu... Glorious, faithful ubuntu.
Your phone will reboot, and youll be in a Verizon Stock Rom. You WONT be in the version i described before (but that version was lost since your first Rom...) Iusacell Mexico will work flawlessly... youll still have your telephone line working, and your data plan (if applies). All you have to do now, is run bootstrapper again (this time itll work), your phone is most likely still rooted. If its not, run one click root again; and run your favorite Rom.
Ive tried all roms and decided to keep Liberty 1.5, only downside ive found is; a) camera works, but stock software seems a bit buggy, and b) NO HDMI port. My friend kept ApeX, there IS an HDMI port on ApeX, but as far as I know, youll need to install Stock (Blurry) gallery.
It is a shame HDMI can only be used for picture and video taken from the phone, viewing... I trust sooner or later, there'll be a rom (or a paid app...) able to exploit the HDMI capabilities of the Droid X.
Forum admin: is it ok to publicly plug my twitter account for spanish speaking X users to follow me if they wish to? (Sorry for asking, violated one forums code before, dont want to do it again)
suquet.paul said:
Good news people, i successfully recovered via Verizon's SPL.
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There, i got the screenshot attached.
Great to hear its working
Hi Folks, please bear with me. Before some screams google/search for it, I have already, and I have a very small window of time to continue to search thru hundreds of threads.
Mods: Because of the circumstances, I have to double post here and in the evo shift section. Main reason for posting here is because there has been more success here and more attention/traffic is paid to the evo, whereas since the shift is the evo child, I figured its harmless to double post. Sorry if Im bending/breaking the rules.
I have an evo shift that at the time of purchased was already flashed over to METRO. My shift has a clean esn and I would like to flash it back over to sprint. Yes, there are guides here, but the only guide I found was how to flash the EVO 4G over to METRO but I dont recall reading how to flash back to sprint. http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...50#post8395950
Then I went here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...3#post14282143 to acquire the qpst tool. The link there is an empty torrent, so no luck.
But the reason I am posting is because I know there are others who want to flash their evo shifts over to metro, and I already have an evo shift on metro. So before I start tinkering around and potentially BRICK my shift, I'd like someone to walk me thru the process of saving a dump of everything on my phone so others can learn how it was flashed or check certain settings in it, or just have whatever rom that it is on. So basically, so the next set of ppl can benefit from it.
All I want to do is go back to stock/sprint so I swap my epic off and shift on. Im curious about the insane overclocks 1.7+ghz, so i can determine which phone I want to sell. Thats it. Hope someone can help me out. Thanks in advance.
Ok, since this is the SHIFT forum, does anybody think this will work?
!) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=937652
2) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14283345#post14283345
Im still scouring the net for the damn qpst tool.
Qpst at x-drivers.com
Look under phone tools and qpst is for qualcom devices
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All you should need to do is run the stock RUU to take it back to the original setup. After running the RUU you should be back to Sprint original. No ROOT. Just like it came out of the box. Check either of the links below to get back to the STOCK RUU. Hope it helps.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=909554
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=971550
Thanks guys, but I guess the other prob is how do I make a full back up so others can flash if they switch from sprint to metro?
Or should I not concern myself with that because its a matter of qpst programming (among other tools)?
lilgrass71- thanks for the link, but i believe i need version 2.7.366,
at x-drivers, they have 2.7.323, which I assume will be slightly outdated to use for the shift. any other ideas as to how to acquire 2.7.366,
i googled it, downloaded a few, and just waaaayyyyy tooo many viruses. I understand majority of AV's will throw a false positive, but I feel much much safer getting whatever app from a trusted source and not just some random file hosting spot where as anyone could have tampered with it. Hell, dont even mind the tampering, as long as someone who is "well known" does the tampering for OUR BENEFIT.
That version will work... I used it on my shift and it works fine. What are you trying to do with it? Just a backup of provision data? Or mess with the memory data?
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If someone can benefit from my backup then I would like to make a complete backup of everything on the phone. If my backup cannot be used, then I will skip that process and flash back to sprint. But yea, thats the only reason why I would do a backup, just to help out the next set of ppl.
Also, since you have used this tool before to revert back to sprint, did you have to flash the ruu that pr posted? or u just used qpst only and flashed whatever rom? im asking because I really dont want to tamper with qpst as that may be a lil more dangerous than just flashing a stock rom.
I believe there's a bit more involved to flash over to Metro PCS. I would suggest just running the RUU and calling it good.
lol, pr, Im not trying to flash OVER TO METRO, im trying to flash BACK to sprint.
Ive tried using the .zip that goes on the sd card, that does not work.
Ive tried using the ruu stock flash utility, i keep getting "cant connect" error. Im running win 7 x64, i've installed the htc diag driver correctly, verified it works, it was on port 8, i changed it to port 9 to see if i would have better results, that didnt work, changed usb ports, that dont work, shut off phone and pc, that didnt work. Im at my wits end. right now, im still browsing thru a bunch of other threads to see what might work.
I have not tried lilgrass qpst way yet, thats my last resort, but I will if i get TOOOO frustrated.
I know that. By RUU I meant back to Sprint. That's what the links I posted are for. Connect to computer with USB cable ( HTC cable, not generic ) . Then launch the RUU from your computer. Should prompt you through the process. The reason I said about the HTC cable is because I've had issues with the generic cables in the past.
If u want to revert back to sprint, made sure the your meid matched the one on the serial number.
Hook up your phone to its com port, open qpst and connect to the phone. Leave that open. Then goto qpst programming and clear out the username and passwords for profile 0 and profile 1. Make sure you write it to the phone.
Then your gonna want to just run thr ruu to get yourself back to stock and run a epst profile update and it will update all your phone programing over the air.
I didn't go back to stock. I use the programs for higher process hexidecimal memory editing but that should do the trick. All the cdma phones work just about the same way when they connect to the network. Don't buy into the you need to buy into the primier data/the phone won't work without this plan bs they give you at the store.
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prboy- last night i did use the ruu, i flashed it, it worked, but still had the sprint banner there, but now i have even bigger problems, i will explain a lil later tho.
lilgrass-i did not use the qpst method yet, i used prboy links, but after trying to root my phone, i bricked it, which i now have to start a new thread. boy oh boy, problems after problems.
oh, the meid does match on the box and phone itself.
I keep getting errors when trying to read in any program. I activated the phone, I have the ##port# usb and uart mode set to modem, and usb debugging enabled (although usb debugging doesn't show when port is to modem) but something isn't right because:
qpst "the phone has stopped responding to memory read/write commands"
dfs cdma tool "cps_error"
cdma workshop "won't even read nam settings"
qxdm "error response received from target
something in the phone doesn't want to chat, any ideas?
To cLarify, what exactly are you trying to do? Transfer data to the phone or away?
I had the same issue. The problem stems from the Froyo upgrade. Apparently none of the tools can read the intercept on Froyo. You'd probably have to roll back to 2.1 (Eclair) in order to read off of the phone. But if you can tell us what it is (aside from messing with the ESN,) we might be able to direct you to the correct place for information. I personally have used the intercept as a donor phone and may be able to share some wisdom from my sleepless nights.
If you have cwm recovery installed you should be able to talk to it while in recovery mode.
Good luck.
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HellllOOooOoOo!!
Ok, here goes. First off, I searched. A lot. There is so much conflicting information and opinions out there. I hate to annoy you pros with noob-ness but I have to. Sorry!
Here is the quick version:
Friend gave me an Atrix 4G. He is big on experimenting, rooting, custom ROMs and all that. I am not. At all. I want to use it on t-mobile. I DO get a signal and can text. MMS doesn't work and motoblur wont let me set up an account. This results in no access to email other then Gmail. Basically, I want to bring the phone back to its original (or close as possible) state. Hopefully, that will solve some of my issues.
-Android Version
2.3.4
-Unlocked
-Rooted
-Build Number
olympus_hktw-userdebug 2.3.4 4.5.2A-5_OLH-3110614 test-keys
-Clockwork recovery mod installed (if that matters)
I am not THAT tech savvy but can follow instructions well. I've already been messing around but cant seem to get RSD Lite to actually flash properly. I dont care for customs ROMS, hacking and tinkering. I just want this phone to work as well as possible.
Can anyone give me some personal assistance? Please? Step by step would be great. I'll be refreshing this page often in hopes of responses.
Vul said:
HellllOOooOoOo!!
Ok, here goes. First off, I searched. A lot. There is so much conflicting information and opinions out there. I hate to annoy you pros with noob-ness but I have to. Sorry!
Here is the quick version:
Friend gave me an Atrix 4G. He is big on experimenting, rooting, custom ROMs and all that. I am not. At all. I want to use it on t-mobile. I DO get a signal and can text. MMS doesn't work and motoblur wont let me set up an account. This results in no access to email other then Gmail. Basically, I want to bring the phone back to its original (or close as possible) state. Hopefully, that will solve some of my issues.
-Android Version
2.3.4
-Unlocked
-Rooted
-Build Number
olympus_hktw-userdebug 2.3.4 4.5.2A-5_OLH-3110614 test-keys
-Clockwork recovery mod installed (if that matters)
I am not THAT tech savvy but can follow instructions well. I've already been messing around but cant seem to get RSD Lite to actually flash properly. I dont care for customs ROMS, hacking and tinkering. I just want this phone to work as well as possible.
Can anyone give me some personal assistance? Please? Step by step would be great. I'll be refreshing this page often in hopes of responses.
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It sounds like you need to set up a proper T-Mobile APN. (you have a T-Mobile SIM card currently installed?)
If you can get on Wifi, try to go the the Play store and download Tweakker or other APN utilities that enter the APN for your based on your carrier.
co.ag.2005 said:
It sounds like you need to set up a proper T-Mobile APN. (you have a T-Mobile SIM card currently installed?)
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Yes. I have a t-mobile SIM card installed. My concern is what the previous owner may have done and whatever ROM is loaded on this phone. Can I somehow bring it back to stock or get a super stable, close to stock as possible ROM first and then start addressing the quirks I have?
Is this an AT&T branded phone? I'm not sure if getting back to stock is necessary, and if you do get back to stock, you might be SIM locked to AT&T (I could be wrong however). If you want to flash a fresh, stock ROM but still be rooted, SIM unlocked, etc., find a 2.3.6 Fruitcake in this forum or try NottachTrix 4G ROM.
however, I'd wait till others weighed in before doing anything. Honestly, I'd try getting your APN (download Tweakker app and walk through the steps) going now and if that solves your issue, your ROM might be working fine for you... my $0.02
oh, and welcome to XDA!
Vul said:
Yes. I have a t-mobile SIM card installed. My concern is what the previous owner may have done and whatever ROM is loaded on this phone. Can I somehow bring it back to stock or get a super stable, close to stock as possible ROM first and then start addressing the quirks I have?
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1. Download the fruitcake .zip you want (webtop also, if you want it)
2. Do a full wipe with fastboot (search if you're unsure how to)
3. Boot into recovery and flash the .zip you downloaded from step 1
4. Reboot and you're done
This will put you back to stock. I can't remember if fruitcakes are pre-rooted, but if not you can easily root again.
Alright, now we're getting somewhere.
co.ag
The phone itself says "unlocked" upon startup. I got the network unlock code direct from AT&T because at first the phone wouldn't even recognize my t-mo SIM. Phone is now network unlocked.
Ghost
gonna search now for fruitcake and see what thats all about. Do I need webtop?
Then going to get fastboot. Guess I dont need RSD Lite anymore?
Im doing this because I dont know what the previous owner has done and would like a clean slate. Kind of like changing the oil on a used car you buy, even if the PO says it was done.
Ok so,
I found fastboot with recovery tool and the .exe files within the ZIP dont do anything.
The fruitcake ZIP file I downloaded according to your link, I'm not sure what to do with that. lol
Help?
**am I supposed to be saving these files to the phone itself? If so, where? Internal storage? SD card?
Vul said:
Alright, now we're getting somewhere.
co.ag
The phone itself says "unlocked" upon startup. I got the network unlock code direct from AT&T because at first the phone wouldn't even recognize my t-mo SIM. Phone is now network unlocked.
Ghost
gonna search now for fruitcake and see what thats all about. Do I need webtop?
Then going to get fastboot. Guess I dont need RSD Lite anymore?
Im doing this because I dont know what the previous owner has done and would like a clean slate. Kind of like changing the oil on a used car you buy, even if the PO says it was done.
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that "unlocked" bit on start up means your bootloader is unlocked, doesn't have anything to do with the SIM card. All this means is that you can flash a ROM since the phone is "unlocked"
Vul said:
Ok so,
I found fastboot with recovery tool and the .exe files within the ZIP dont do anything.
The fruitcake ZIP file I downloaded according to your link, I'm not sure what to do with that. lol
Help?
**am I supposed to be saving these files to the phone itself? If so, where? Internal storage? SD card?
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the fruitcake .zip goes on your internal sdcard. BUT, before you start doing anything, please go through the stickied threads in this section and read up on how to flash ROMs to your phone. This will include how to wipe your phone using the fastboot commands and how to flash the fruitcake .zip.
start here, read this post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1154600
then follow guides to
"HOW TO INSTALL FRUITCAKES ON 2.3.4 (GREAT SBF/RSD ALTERNATIVE!!!)"
and
"ROMs & Kernels:
FYI:
Before installing any ROM or Kernel I suggest you do the following to help prevent error, boot-loops, etc. Also, it's a good idea to flash a new ROM or Kernel on a fully charged device:
1) Download which ever ROM or Kernel you plan on flashing and have the .zip on your device ready to flash.
2) Backup your apps (not system data), contacts, etc. Also consider making a CWM backup of your device, just in case.
3) Boot into CWM Recovery
4) Wipe Dalvik Cache (under advanced in CWM)
5) Wipe Cache Partition
6) Wipe data/factory reset
6a) If you're using ROM Manager/CWM you will need to reboot the device after step 5, and upon reboot enter fastboot mode and enter the command: "fastboot -w" or "moto-fastboot -w" if you prefer using moto-fastboot. Then type "fastboot reboot" and upon reboot make sure to enter Android Recovery again, so that you can flash the ROM/Kernel.
7) Install .zip from SD Card (choose the .zip you wish to install)
8) If you installing a radio, theme, kernel, etc. on top of a ROM, I would suggest redoing the whole wipe process again between flashes.
9) Reboot the Device
- If you get a boot loop, try entering Android recovery and re-wiping the chace and data, and perhaps try reflashing the ROM/Kernel. Or if you made a CWM backup, you can always restore that."
Vul said:
Ok so,
I found fastboot with recovery tool and the .exe files within the ZIP dont do anything.
The fruitcake ZIP file I downloaded according to your link, I'm not sure what to do with that. lol
Help?
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Ok, sorry I wasn't that detailed in my other post and assumed you were on your phone (my bad). First things first, read the N00b guide.
1. Anytime you download CWM .zips, put them on the root of your phone's sdcard. You'll need them there in order access them from recovery. ( note: sdcard=internal sd card & sdcard-ext=external sd card for blur ROMS )
2. Fastboot commands are executed from the command line. Open a command prompt and navigate to the directory containing fastboot.exe in order to use it. The Noob guide should have links to all the fastboot commands you'll need.
3. With the Atrix's unlocked BL, holding Volume Down when turning the phone on will bring up a series of bootmodes to choose from. This is how you get into fastboot, recovery, RSD, etc. Navigate through the choices with Volume Down. Select one by pressing Volume Up. You should only ever really need Fastboot and Android Recovery.
4. CWM is used to flash .zips (ROMS, kernels, apps) while in recovery mode. Use romracer's to make things easier on yourself later.
Read through the N00b guide and this will all make perfect sense.
I have no idea what Im doing. I think because this phone has been tampered with so much already, it's making it extra tough to work with.
I managed to install CM7. Its the only ZIP file that actually seemed to take. I still dont understand fastboot , in the sense that I don;t know when Im supposed to see a command prompt. Also, now, CM7 is asking me to upgrade to premium and I have to pay for it. There doesnt seem to be a free way of installing it so that I can sync all my info through my google account. Ugh. Im not cut out for this but Ive been screwing with this literally since 730 this morning.
**CM7 with google apps packet installed. So far, so good. Im happy with this considering its pretty close to stock gingerbread, kinda like my G2. Now, Im hopefully done messing around. Would be nice if they release a solution for the fingerprint scanner or if I can get my gmail to auto sync but at least I can stop obsessing for the time being. Great help guys, thanks so much!!!!