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as easy as every forum makes it seem to do a nandroid back up, i found these instructions. just have a question on them:
1. Boot into Recovery Mode* by turning off your device then powering it on while holding Power+Home.
2. If you should get a triangle icon with an exclamation point, hit ALT + L to get to the menu.
3. Once in Recovery Mode, select "Create Nandroid backup." This will create a folder on your sdcard named "nandroid."
4. Wait for it to complete.
Having a hero, i have no keyboard to hit ALT + L.
anyone have a link to a thread that makes nandroid backup itself easy?
kjfrost091 said:
as easy as every forum makes it seem to do a nandroid back up, i found these instructions. just have a question on them:
1. Boot into Recovery Mode* by turning off your device then powering it on while holding Power+Home.
2. If you should get a triangle icon with an exclamation point, hit ALT + L to get to the menu.
3. Once in Recovery Mode, select "Create Nandroid backup." This will create a folder on your sdcard named "nandroid."
4. Wait for it to complete.
Having a hero, i have no keyboard to hit ALT + L.
anyone have a link to a thread that makes nandroid backup itself easy?
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Those are old, if you get the exclamation point you aren't rooted. Hold the home button while turning the phone on, then the phone will boot in recovery after that just follow the on screen menu's there very self explanatory.
If you stuck stop and post again and I'll help.
Um I don't know were u got those from but that's wrong u just power down hold home and power for like 10 or 15 seconds then ur in recovery once there choose backup& restore then hit nand backup or u can hold down the volume down key and press the power bottom this will take u to a white screen once there hit the home button and wait like 10 or 15 sec and ur recovery should show up and then just repeat what I said above for making a nandroid backup once in recovery if ur seeing a triangle with a exclamation mark I think u have to reroot again
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damn. im 100% positive im rooted, and all it keeps doing is showing the red triangle with the exclamation point that i cant get past.
sorry about the old directions, ive been looking everywhere for nandroid backup directions. it sounds so easy, but im running into this problem.
How are you 100% postive ur rooted I'm puzzled????
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a friend of mine emailed me the qr code for universal androot, i followed the instructions, he then said to install busy box which gave me super user permission, and busybox itself recognized that my phone is rooted. im assuming its correct?
kjfrost091 said:
a friend of mine emailed me the qr code for universal androot, i followed the instructions, he then said to install busy box which gave me super user permission, and busybox itself recognized that my phone is rooted. im assuming its correct?
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You goto adb and type adb shell. and then type su do you see a # or $ in the prompt. If you see a pound you have root you just need to flash an custom recovery.
Yup ur right have u set up adb???
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i have not set up adb, (and of course im a noob) do you have a link to show me how? i know youve run into probably tons of noobs that need annoying info, so i dont want to waste your time.
Dude no prob I can't paste I'm mobile no one helped me wen I first started either so I'm glad to any ways I just Googled how to setup adb on whatever OS ur using prepare for some reading time though or if you search xda I'm 100% sure u can find a guide for it to make it real simple once u download the sdk and the HTC sync drivers let me know but your gonna have to either Google or XDA search I just left my home ill b mobile for a while but ill b on here if you run into any problem and if I'm not these people on here are super friendly especially for people just starting out good luck
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i just rooted my phone 10 minutes ago and now i cant get into recovery to restore the back up i made. the only recov i can get into is H-boot then from there it just gets stuck at the htc white screen.. did i brick it ???? i cant find any recent posts on this please help AGAIN sorry
stevo760 said:
i just rooted my phone 10 minutes ago and now i cant get into recovery to restore the back up i made. the only recov i can get into is H-boot then from there it just gets stuck at the htc white screen.. did i brick it ???? i cant find any recent posts on this please help AGAIN sorry
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So you are at the white screen that says hboot? It should be the second option on that screen saying recovery, use the volume keys to move to it, then use the power button to select it.
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you can boot into your rom and then reflash recovery, I flash mine a few times as rarely its there the first time
Grab the PC36IMG.zip file from the Amon Ra thread and put it on your SD card. Boot to the bootloader, let it find the file, and update to flash the amon ra recovery. I hate clockworkmod. It's never been as consistent for me as Amon Ra.
you wiped your boot or system partition didn't you?
hold volume down while turning your phone on and it should bring a menu with three android guys at the bottom, once there use the volume buttons to select recovery and then push power to select it. That will get you into the recovery where you can flash a ROM. If it doesn't let you get into the recovery from there and you still have the autoroot folder on your computer you can run the file 'FlashZip' script and tell it to flash the SprintLovers_AmonRA... file. Just put it in fastboot mode before hand by selecting fastboot instead of recovery from the hboot
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So you are at the white screen that says hboot? It should be the second option on that screen saying recovery, use the volume keys to move to it, then use the power button to select it.
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i did that and i just takes me to a black screen with a triangle in it
xHausx said:
you wiped your boot or system partition didn't you?
hold volume down while turning your phone on and it should bring a menu with three android guys at the bottom, once there use the volume buttons to select recovery and then push power to select it. That will get you into the recovery where you can flash a ROM. If it doesn't let you get into the recovery from there and you still have the autoroot folder on your computer you can run the file 'FlashZip' script and tell it to flash the SprintLovers_AmonRA... file. Just put it in fastboot mode before hand by selecting fastboot instead of recovery from the hboot
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you gotta help me man!!!! how do i flash just the recovery in auto root commands??????
stevo760 said:
you gotta help me man!!!! how do i flash just the recovery in auto root commands??????
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It sounds like you have the old debug firmware installed, the screen with the red triangle is the stock recovery. Pushing vol up + power in it should bring up a menu although there is nothing in there that is of use except reboot.
With the triangle showing on your phone run the FlashZip script and it should reboot you in to the bootloader, once it does that hit enter when it warns you about your bootloader being unlocked and it will give a list of different PC36IMG files. You'll want to flash the one that says SprintLovers-AmonRA to make sure everything is up to date.
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It sounds like you have the old debug firmware installed, the screen with the red triangle is the stock recovery. Pushing vol up + power in it should bring up a menu although there is nothing in there that is of use except reboot.
With the triangle showing on your phone run the FlashZip script and it should reboot you in to the bootloader, once it does that hit enter when it warns you about your bootloader being unlocked and it will give a list of different PC36IMG files. You'll want to flash the one that says SprintLovers-AmonRA to make sure everything is up to date.
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in the triangle recovery screen no button will bring up any menu... i think im ****ed man this blows
stevo760 said:
in the triangle recovery screen no button will bring up any menu... i think im ****ed man this blows
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what did it say when you ran the FlashZip script?
stevo760 said:
in the triangle recovery screen no button will bring up any menu... i think im ****ed man this blows
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i can do it in fast boot mode but as soon as i select number 1 and press enter the dos screen goes away and nothing happens
stevo760 said:
i can do it in fast boot mode but as soon as i select number 1 and press enter the dos screen goes away and nothing happens
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k, it's not working right then. Can you do me a favor and use the StartShell file then run it from there. If it fails again right click -> select all and then copy and paste it.
To run it from the dos prompt just type flashzip and enter
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k, it's not working right then. Can you do me a favor and use the StartShell file then run it from there. If it fails again right click -> select all and then copy and paste it.
To run it from the dos prompt just type flashzip and enter
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[1] C:\Documents and Settings\Steven Cirocco\Desktop\AutoRoot_v2.3\res\PC36IMG-S
printLovers-AmonRA_2.3-hausmod.zip
[2] C:\Documents and Settings\Steven Cirocco\Desktop\AutoRoot_v2.3\res\PC36IMG_A
monRA-v2.3-hausmod.zip
[3] C:\Documents and Settings\Steven Cirocco\Desktop\AutoRoot_v2.3\res\PC36IMG_U
D.zip
[4] Cancel
Type a number and press Enter/>1
ERROR: File 'C:\Documents' does not exist!
C:\Documents and Settings\Steven Cirocco\Desktop\AutoRoot_v2.3>
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k, it's not working right then. Can you do me a favor and use the StartShell file then run it from there. If it fails again right click -> select all and then copy and paste it.
To run it from the dos prompt just type flashzip and enter
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if you can fix this world of **** im in im donating for sure dude
ok, I see what it's doing. Copy and paste the following into the prompt to do it manually
Code:
fastboot oem rebootRUU
Code:
fastboot flash zip res\PC36IMG-SprintLovers-AmonRA_2.3-hausmod.zip
then once it finishes...
Code:
fastboot reboot
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ok, I see what it's doing. Copy and paste the following into the prompt to do it manually
Code:
fastboot oem rebootRUU
Code:
fastboot flash zip res\PC36IMG-SprintLovers-AmonRA_2.3-hausmod.zip
then once it finishes...
Code:
fastboot reboot
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it says sending zip with blinking cursor and no status meter on my phone but it does say htc
stevo760 said:
it says sending zip with blinking cursor and no status meter on my phone but it does say htc
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give it a second, it's a big file
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give it a second, it's a big file
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ok it finished it rebooted and now its at htc quality brilliant screen for 2 minutes and counting
When I experienced the red triangle and inability to boot into recovery, following step #10 of the link below pushed a temporary recovery onto the phone.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=829045
You still need to flash (by some means), a permanent recovery.
You can do so using either the PC36IMG.zip method, adb shell, or through console.
holy f !!!!! you developin son of *****!!!!! you are the man!!!!! you literally just saved my life i just got this phone yesterday and my girlfreind is on her way to kill me... so now what do i do about recovery and am i still rooted... and how do i give you money???
Hey guys,
I'm trying to boot into recovery mode on my Legend, but I've had no success as of now. I've tried using Rom Manager to boot to recovery and I've tried backing up my current Rom as well, but all I get is a phone with a red exclamation mark beside it. I've tried booting into fastboot, (Holding down the volume down button and power button) and hit the "Recovery" button, but still no luck. Any solutions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks guys.
PS: Sorry for posting two threads in two days.
EDIT: Solved. For those having a similar problem, all I had to do was run the recovery once from my PC using the file "Recovery-windows" in the Legend tools. It had to push the recovery files into my Legend again because I factory reset it a couple weeks ago. I've been trying to fix it for hours, love getting to the bottom of things.
This also works:
When you get to the red triangle of doom press volume up and power. Then using the volume buttons to navigate and the power button to select choose "install update.zip" (something like that, I honestly can't remember what of actually says) then observe as your phone ends up in recovery.
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Hi,
I am new to HTC legend. I have a similar problem, can you please tell me what uyou refer to by "run the recovery once from my PC using the file "Recovery-windows" in the Legend tools." What program is that and how do I get it?
Thanks in advance.
Collectric: have you tried holding the volume up button and then pressing the power button?
For me it takes a few moments of pressing power but then a green box appears and i can move on.
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Of course I pressed power and volume down, that's basic.
Unfortunately, I made a stupid mistake and tried to replace the recovery file using
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=833423
which was prepare for Samsung phone (having the naive thought that Android is the same Android for every one ).
Since then I lost the possibility to go into recovery mode, and the author of the above mentioned program is not answering me, so now I am tryoing to look for a way to "recover" recovery mode ....
Thanks anyhow...
Well when I rooted my phone with theunlockr.com they gave us a legend tools folder and it has the recovery tools to push the recovery files into the phone which worked for me and I can then go into recovery freely I'll give you the link soon.
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EDIT: Okay here it is http://theunlockr.com/2010/06/07/how-to-root-the-htc-legend/ make sure you download ONLY the "Legend Rooting Tools" and ONLY that you don't need anything else. Unzip the Legend Root Folder in the root of C:/ Also please do not follow the steps they mentioned as your phone is already rooted.
Here are the steps you should do:
1. Unzip the Legend Root Folder to "C:/"
2. Go to the folder in the "C:/" it should be called "R4-legend-root"
3. Put your phone in recovery mode using the power + volume down and click recovery in the PHONE not the PC.
4. When you're on the red triangle of doom (Make sure you are!) click "Recovery-windows" in the PC (Again located in the r4-legend-root folder which you unzipped)
5. A black box should come up pushing the files to your phone
6. Your phone should be in recovery mode
7. You can now go into recovery mode freely using ROM Manager instead of the computer like I do.
PS: Sorry for the late reply I was off on vacation.
Many thanks man, no need to apologize...
Well, the whole point is that strangely enough I CAN'T go into recovery mode on my phone...
Since that stupid act of trying to work with the Samsung program, when I press power and volume down I get into "Factory mode" which gives me the options to test my device, clear the flash and Reboot.
I don't even have the option to go into recovery mode...
I can try and copy all those files manually, as my phone is rooted. I will copy the files from PC into my SD then move them with my phone "total commander" into the proper folders in the root flash.
Does it sound like a plan?
Thanks again
Hi,
As you probably guessed, root is read only, so I met a dead end. I have no way to go into recovery mode thus can't replace any file in root.
I tried to reboot to recovery using "adb reboot recovery", the phone reboots and get stuck with green HTC on the screen - I had to remove battery, put back, press power with volume down to enter "Factory mode", select reboot and get again normal operation.
Any innovative idea?
Thanks in advance...
Maybe you can try to reroot your phone using the unlockr.com method. But I'm not a specialist at these kinds of issues, I wish to be more help. But is there any you can try to reroot your phone using theunlockr.com method?
Yes, I am working on it but I am not so optimistic as, on the way, they also instruct to go into recovery mode. Anyhow, till I discover something better I'll give it a shot.
Many thanks on your assistance.
As I suspected, its a vicious circle, all the repair methods eventually end in the recovery mode. To recover recovery mode I have to go into recovery mode - sad but seems to be true. I will try to open a new thread maybe there is some Android sage with some trick in the sleeve for me....
Thanks again
I'm sorry I couldn't be of help. If you do manage to get it fixed please tell me how you did it because it would be very useful to know recovery mode is essential for every phone. Thank you and sorry again.
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HTC Legend doesn't boot into recovery even after pushing recovery files through PC
Hi guys, I have a rooted HTC Legend and was trying a new ROM "New Sense ROM" and after I installed it, I am not able to root into recovery mode even the ROM Manager says "Successfully installed Clockwork Mod Recovery". It gets stuck at /!\ Red Exclamation Mark. I tried pushing recovery files to phone using PC from 'r4-legend-root' folder which I got from www.theunlockr.com but it simply doesn't woirk. What may be the problem? Please Help.
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Hi guys, I have a rooted HTC Legend and was trying a new ROM "New Sense ROM" and after I installed it, I am not able to root into recovery mode even the ROM Manager says "Successfully installed Clockwork Mod Recovery". It gets stuck at /!\ Red Exclamation Mark. I tried pushing recovery files to phone using PC from 'r4-legend-root' folder which I got from www.theunlockr.com but it simply doesn't woirk. What may be the problem? Please Help.
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when at the /!\ screen press; volume + and powerbutton, and see if that helps
I had a problem with the red exclamation mark when trying to load the recovery image on my phone after rooting with the method on theunlockr.com.
To solve it download a recovery image from here, rename it "update.zip" and placed it in the root of your sdcard.
Then boot up your phone and attempt to load recovery as before by pressing the power button and volume DOWN. When you get to the red exclamation mark screen, press and hold volume UP and the power button. This should bring up the Android system recovery. Select flash update.zip and this will flash and load the recovery image.
See here.
adrianwallis said:
I had a problem with the red exclamation mark when trying to load the recovery image on my phone after rooting with the method on theunlockr.com.
To solve it download a recovery image from here, rename it "update.zip" and placed it in the root of your sdcard.
Then boot up your phone and attempt to load recovery as before by pressing the power button and volume DOWN. When you get to the red exclamation mark screen, press and hold volume UP and the power button. This should bring up the Android system recovery. Select flash update.zip and this will flash and load the recovery image.
See here.
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Hey, I've been doing this for few months now every time I need to enter recovery after I recovered from a bootloop for installing CM7.
However, is there a way to permanently remove this 'wrong' feature by having to manually click update.zip every time? Can I just restore my Legend back to the original state where it would automatically enter recovery without having to press "Vol Up + Power Button" combo and applying update.zip?
Thanks!
chongyixiong said:
Hey, I've been doing this for few months now every time I need to enter recovery after I recovered from a bootloop for installing CM7.
However, is there a way to permanently remove this 'wrong' feature by having to manually click update.zip every time? Can I just restore my Legend back to the original state where it would automatically enter recovery without having to press "Vol Up + Power Button" combo and applying update.zip?
Thanks!
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If you look at the top line of the bootloader screen it will have the phrase
'S-ON' somewhere; this means 'security on'. The result is that the /system and /recovery partitions are read-only.
There are instructions here on how to S-OFF the Legend. (xda discussion thread here)
I haven't done it myself. Personally, I felt that the risks of bricking and the time spent researching and doing it outweighed the benefits of a writeable /system and /recovery partition.
adrianwallis said:
If you look at the top line of the bootloader screen it will have the phrase
'S-ON' somewhere; this means 'security on'. The result is that the /system and /recovery partitions are read-only.
There are instructions here on how to S-OFF the Legend. (xda discussion thread here)
I haven't done it myself. Personally, I felt that the risks of bricking and the time spent researching and doing it outweighed the benefits of a writeable /system and /recovery partition.
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So are you saying that this "extra step" resulted from the fact that my phone is still S-ON? If that is so, I guess the benefits of this read-only system allows me to flash ROMs much easier (without having to connect to ADB).
Thanks!
I'm not sure if this is gonna help, but you can try pressing the "BACK" button while pressing power on?
After installing this theme Theme Animation for RCMix3D Runny 1.3 posted by liamstears, my dhd failed to boot, it stuck at the htc white screen for more than 3hrs now. The problem is, the volume key is faulty, so, i cant boot into bootloader.
I need help to bootloader so that i cant enter recovery and restore my phone. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks
Try if you have the Android SDK installed you can try to run
Code:
adb reboot bootloader
or
Code:
adb reboot recovery
Just make sure your phone is plugged in.
Or remove battery and press and hold volume down, and power. It'll get you to recovery
daedric said:
Or remove battery and press and hold volume down, and power. It'll get you to recovery
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Did you read the OP? Volume key is broken...
Your best bid is to try the adb commands as far as I know...
andyharney said:
Try if you have the Android SDK installed you can try to run
Code:
adb reboot bootloader
or
Code:
adb reboot recovery
Just make sure your phone is plugged in.
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Thanks for the reply, downloading the sdk package now. But, since the phone is not booting, how do I connect it to the computer? With the screen off or while the phone is at the htc white screen? Elaborate pls. Thanks a lot.
tmh said:
Did you read the OP? Volume key is broken...
Your best bid is to try the adb commands as far as I know...
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Am a noob on adb commands, I need guidance on how to execute the commands. Thanks
Phone needs to be on, so I'm guessing at the white screen. Again, never been in the same situation, so in no way am I sure it'll work...
Thanks, will try
degreatone said:
Am a noob on adb commands, I need guidance on how to execute the commands. Thanks
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navigate to Android sdk folder via command line then issue the commands exactly as presented in Andyharneys post.
Should work fine at White HTC screen
Hello,
I had this problem and it's solved
You can download " android control ", this program allow to reboot in recovery or bootloader easy
Yep best bet is to use adb. Best tool for android
kevin350 said:
Hello,
I had this problem and it's solved
You can download " android control ", this program allow to reboot in recovery or bootloader easy
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where can I download it pls? a link will be appreciated.
problem solved, thanks everyone.
Edited May 16 2012
Hi all,
Due to confusion and scared people I have decided to post simple instructions on how to unlock the bootloader on GB 2.3.4. I just received my Bell Atrix 4G, unlocked it for rogers and then rooted and unlocked the bootloader. I was confused by the pudding instructions, so I decided to recreate them In my own wording.
I take no responsibility for anything that happens to your phone or your heart stopping while you wait for your phone to reboot or if it is stuck on moto screen etc...
Credit for original tutorials go to the2dcour, romracer, Nottach, Faux123 and the others for all of their hard work.
Requirements:
1.Create a folder on your desktop named motounlock
2.Go here: forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1136261
Scroll down to where it says "RSDLite/Windows Drivers/Sbf_flash"
UPDATE: Download RSDLite from here : http://www.multiupload.com/T6NOEBKKLO . If you need x64 bit Drivers use the other link. thanks AnguishedEnd!
download the first two files for windows (RSDLite 5.5 link, x64 Windows drivers)
download the third file for linux/mac
3.Scroll until you see the big word "Unlock"
where it says "Unlocker only SBFs" download the second file UNLESS you are on ATT.
4. Scroll down to the word "Root" and download 'Fastboot' for your OS
5.unzip all of the files you just downloaded into the motounlock folder on your desktop
6. open the folder, install RSDLite, and afterwards install the Drivers.
Then follow these instructions
Power Down your atrix
Take out your microSD card and SIM card for the flashing process
While turning the phone on, hold the Volume Up button until it acknowledges RSD. Your device will say “Starting RSD protocol support”
Run “RSD Lite” on your computer
Press the “. . .” button next to the box labeled “Filename”
Navigate to your desktop and open the motounlock folder and select the file named intl-fix-try1.sbf ( IT WILL BE DIFFERENT IF U ARE DOING THIS FOR ATT)
Plug your device into your computer. RSD Lite should recognize your device and say “Model: NS Flash Olympus” and “Connected…” The acronym 'NS' may be different for your device people!!
Press the “Start” button. The Flash actually failed for me, wait for it to complete to 100% it may FAIL or PASS! just make sure it gets to 100% leave your phone sitting for about 10 minutes AFTER RSD SAYS FAIL/SUCCESS.
If nothing is happening after 10mins, perform a battery pull. Power the phone on while pressing vol-down. “Fastboot” Will show up on screen. DONT PLUG IT IN YET. Press volume up and let your phone sit. You will see “Starting Fastboot protocol support" LEAVE IT UNPLUGGED
press the windows key + R on your computer, type cmd and press enter
command prompt will open. type cd C:\users\YOURNAME\desktop\motounlock press 'enter'
Plug your device back into usb now
back in your command prompt window type "fastboot oem unlock" no quotes
You will now receive a warning along with a unique device ID
Type the following commands using your unique device ID (the numbers in the command prompt) in place of the ####
fastboot oem unlock ####
fastboot reboot
your moto will reboot. UNLCOKED!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Proper Recovery:
1. After your bootloader unlocked go to this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1204500
2. Scroll down to where it says "ALL USERS" and download your favourite colour. (NOT THE ZIP VERSION) Place it in the motounlock folder that you have on your desktop.
3. Press the windows key + R on your computer, type cmd and press enter
4. A Command prompt will open. type cd C:\users\YOURNAME\desktop\motounlock press 'enter'
5. type "fastboot devices" Press Enter.
5b. type "fastboot erase recovery" Press Enter.
5c. type "fastboot flash recovery recovery-atrix5.img" Press Enter.
Wait for the command prompt to say : "writing 'recovery'... OKAY ['The amount of seconds it took here']"
5d.type "fastboot reboot"
DO NOT FORGET TO DO THIS PART: After the install of RomRacers recovery boot up your phone. Open up your favourite file browser (I used Astro file manager to do this ) and navigate to /system/etc/ and delete the file called 'install-recovery.sh'
You will be set 100% !
Installing a custom ROM (Any custom rom will work as long as it has unified kernel/Faux Kernel)
MOST ROMS WILL COME PRE-ROOTED! Just saying, to avoid confusion.
I will be using Nottach's Darkside ROM as an example, because Cyanogenmod does not have features included with original moto rom (this one is way more NOOB friendly) But this is COMMON PROCEDURE for almost every rom so be sure to follow this for whatever ROM you want to use.
1. Go here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1222108
2. Scroll down to where it says 'DOWNLOADS' and download the most current version.
3. When it is finished downloading you will have a ZIP file named something like "TheDarkSidev2.8.0-Wipe.zip"
4. Plug your phone in to your computer and transfer that file to your INTERNAL MEMORY.
5. MAKE SURE YOUR PHONE HAS DECENT CHARGE! I would say at least 50 percent. 70+ is recommended, I have done it with 40 + though.
6. Power Down your Phone.
7. Hold The POWER Button + VOL DOWN. DONT PRESS VOLUME UP WHEN YOU SEE FASTBOOT! Instead...
8. After fastboot shows up click volume down until " Android Recovery " shows up, about 7 down clicks. THEN press volume up.
9.
***FIRST TIME ROM FLASHERS ONLY!!!!!!***
WE ARE GOING TO BACKUP YOUR ORIGINAL ROM SO THAT IF YOU EVER DERP YOU WIL ALLWAYS HAVE A SOLID BACKUP
Press VOLUME DOWN and go to backup and restore. Press the POWER BUTTON
Press the POWER button on backup
Select where you want to put your backup (internal or external memory)
Backup INCLUDING WEBTOP! (if you ever think you will use it)
Wait for it to finish.
***********************************
10. Ok now that you are in android recovery you have to do a few things before flash.
a. Scroll down to "wipe data/factory reset" PRESS POWER. say yes to EVERYTHING until it goes back to the main screen.
b. scroll down to "wipe cache partition" PRESS POWER. say YES. Wait for return to main menu
c. Scroll down to"advanced", click "wipe dalvik cache" Go back to "advanced", "wipe battery stats
11. At the main menu, Scroll to "install Zip from SDcard" Press POWER.
12.scroll down to "choose zip from internal sdcard"
13. select the ZIP file that you saved to your INTERNAL memory. If you're using darkside the file name is "TheDarkSidev2.8.0-Wipe.zip"
14. Scroll down to "YES - install TheDarkSidev2.8.0-Wipe.zip" Press POWER
15. Let your phone work its magic!
16. When it is finished installing, you will be returned to the recovery main menu.
17. click "reboot system now"
18. Let it boot! This can take anywhere from 10 seconds to 5+ MINUTES! if you dont see it move from the "unlocked" screen after 10 minutes Perform a battery pull and power on again. If it hangs then all you have to do is go into recvoery click "backup and restore" and restore your original ROM. Or like me, have one of every kind of ROM on your storage in case I feel the need to change it on the go!
19. YOUR PHONE HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY TURNED INTO A FULLY OPEN DROID Pat yourself on the back and have a drink to your accomplishments . We on XDA knew you could do it!
Some solutions to issues:
As ar31791 said,
Anyone having issues not being able to boot into CWM recovery after flashing it (such as seeing android guy with exclamation mark):
Delete or rename /system/etc/install-recovery.sh AND /etc/install-recovery.sh I renamed mine to bkup.install-recovery.sh in case i ever wanted to use them again for some reason.
/etc/install-recovery.sh will automatically be placed in /system/etc if /system/etc/install-recovery.sh is not found on boot.
So, you must delete or rename both, THEN INSTALL CWM recovery.
rename the files using ROM Toolbox's root explorer as some file explorers will not give you the proper access levels to delete or rename the files correctly.c
Hope this helps it worked for me. I was afraid of a brick because nobody clarified the steps that were involved in RSDLite. It may be nerve racking, but it does work!! Enjoy and thanks again to the2dcour, romracer, Nottach, Faux123 and anybody else who has helped in the scene that I didnt have a chance to mention. PM me if I forgot you!
Oh, and just to let everybody know when your bootloader is successfully unlocked it will say unlocked at the top left of your screen everytime you turn it on. just wait, this is normal.
OMG thank you so much tayshun!! I just spent 2 hours reading through that pudding post mess trying to figure out how to do this for a 2.3.4 bell atrix....
I was very nervous about trying something without clear directions in case I brick my phone. You're a lifesaver
noobler said:
OMG thank you so much tayshun!! I just spent 2 hours reading through that pudding post mess trying to figure out how to do this for a 2.3.4 bell atrix....
I was very nervous about trying something without clear directions in case I brick my phone. You're a lifesaver
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I understand your grief hahaha. Feel free to press the thank you button at the bottom of my post. I'm trying to get a good reputation around here as I am going to school for programming and I will probably be in these dev forums daily to get help cooking Roms!
Has anybody else had success with my simplified instructions? Results?
this instructions seem simple
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1182871
what do you think?
sanriver12 said:
this instructions seem simple
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1182871
what do you think?
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Are you sure it works on a Bell/Int'l Atrix?
Thanks heaps for the instructions Just used them to unlock a Telstra Atrix which I updated to 2.3.4 this morning! Worked a treat.
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Maybe i spoke to soon...I just noticed it has reset to factory defaults. Not a big deal as I already backed everything up but i certainly wasn't expecting it!
What about android version 2.2.2 and system Version.4.2.11.MB860.Retail.end.FR
Build: OLYEM_ U4_2.1.1
IT'S bell phone atrix 4g unlocked and running on Rogers
In just afraid of ruining it,, I've bricked a vibrant by just updating it from Samsung utility which is weird.
Thanks
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timfoote said:
Maybe i spoke to soon...I just noticed it has reset to factory defaults. Not a big deal as I already backed everything up but i certainly wasn't expecting it!
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you would have expected this if you had informed yourself as you should, before performing this kind of procedure on your phone.
Worked perfectly for me. My phone wouldnt complete the flash, so I went into CMD and unlocked it.
I've been trying to do this before, and many failed attempts.
So thank you.
worked
Fantastic summary.
Worked like a charm.
Bell Atrix with retail updates.
Thanks a million!
...Damnit, still can't remove Kobo; wtf!
Super guide
Thanks for the very clear instructions. Worked first time. The one thing that always seemed ambiguous to me was the memory fix. Do we need to apply it?
xeidy said:
What about android version 2.2.2 and system Version.4.2.11.MB860.Retail.end.FR
Build: OLYEM_ U4_2.1.1
IT'S bell phone atrix 4g unlocked and running on Rogers
In just afraid of ruining it,, I've bricked a vibrant by just updating it from Samsung utility which is weird.
Thanks
Sent from my HTC-A510a using xda premium
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I also have an unlocked bell atrix 4g on rogers. If you dont have 2.3.4 you would have to update your phone with the bell original software. It wont take away your unlock as unlocks are permanent. after you upgrade follow this guide to unlock the Bootloader and feel free to use custom roms!
nabicat said:
Thanks for the very clear instructions. Worked first time. The one thing that always seemed ambiguous to me was the memory fix. Do we need to apply it?
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well after I unlocked my bootloader I installed romracers CWM and DarkSide v2.1 to my phone. No issues with ram so far. I dont know if you intend on installing customs ( I assume so because what other reason would you have to unlock the bootloader? lol) but after the install my ram readouts seemed correct
Yes, you're correct. I checked available memory and its over 800 mb, so the fix must be in there.
Cheers
Working very well with Bell Atrix.
Thanks for big help.
Wondering if this instruction works with Hong Kong's ME860 2.3.4 also?
I'd love to try this!
MrJcc said:
Wondering if this instruction works with Hong Kong's ME860 2.3.4 also?
I'd love to try this!
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I'm not sure if it works with hong kong version. If you check the link that I posted, it leads to a thread on here called international house of pudding. in that thread at the beginning it says that " China version ??: DANGER: Brick after OTA 2.2.2" So you would definitely have to ask someone around the forums or search to see if somebody has done it successfully
It is possible to remove the unlocked during the boot?
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