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Won't boot into recovery

I can't boot my sprint Hero into recovery mode, it I go through HBoot it just gives me an error screen, what can I do?
So no replies I'll add some info I've come up with
So I rooted my Sprint Hero and everything went fine, but when I try to flash a recovery image it says the file isn't found even though I checked the spelling and if I ls my sdcard it shows up.
More importantly though my phone won't boot into recovery mode via the command prompt or the Hboot screen. It just shows me a picture of an exclamation point and a phone laying down, one time it game me some error
E: can't open/cache/command or something like that.
Please help and let me know of any other info I need to give

i had the same issue ... i think it has something to do with the software version that u are running on the phone .. did u install the new software release from sprint? ... if so it seems u have to downgrade first before u can load in recovery zone .. but doing so wipes out your phone to the day u took it out of the box.. so back up contacts, calendar etc to google sync .. all your apps u will have to install again
go to menu/settings/about and look for software version on the bottom..is it 1.5.xxxx.. ? if so read below
Download
ftp://xda:[email protected]_release.exe
Install HTC Sync - and make sure it does recognize the phone. this is on your sd card under htc sync.. sopy file to pc and click on it... Once that is done, run RUU_Hero_C_Sprint_1.29.651.1_signed_release.exe and agree to the terms and conditions.
This will erase and bring your built # from 1.5.xxxx to 1.29.651.1.
Then follow the "theresthatguy" instructions on link -
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=583291
do a NANDROID backup 2.2 hightly recommended and once the phone finished/reboot on normal mode, mount the SD and grab the NANDROID folder sitting on your MicroSD card. Keep that handy.

Either the link to the RUU is broken or I don't know what I'm doing but it says server not found and the only other place I can find it is rapidshare and it says there's no more slots, I guess I'll keep trying
Edit: I don't know what the deal is but I got the recovery image flashed and it booted right into recovery mode just fine this morning

Any advise?

I recently upgraded my G1 to the cyanogenmod 2.1 ROM and everything went fine untill i went to the market and installed a program called ROM manager. while i was using ROM manager it had an option, i cant remember what its name was, that said it fixes FC's if needed. Well i was getting those in ROM manager so i clicked it. It did a bunch of stuff and then suddenly tossed an error at me. Next thing i know im getting LOTS of FC's and when i rebooted my phone im suddenly stuck staring at the G1 boot screen and thats where it stays......indefinetly.
I cant get into recovery mode, already tried that. And so far the only thing(that i know of) that i can do is get into fastboot. Does anyone know how i can fix this? Its gotta be software related from whatever that ROM Manager program did to my permissions. But now im basically bricked and cant do anything.
My storage card still has all of the ROM's and files from when i flashed last but i dont know if or how i can use that to re-flash my phone again and start over.
Any suggestions?

I had a similar issue just yesterday. Dowloaded rom manager from the marketplace - attempted to flash recovery - pulled an error and ended up on the G1 screen. Could not get into recovery, but fastboot was available.
I followed these instructions
( reboot holding camera button, connect usb and press back button )
on pc
HTML Code:
fastboot erase system -w
fastboot flash recovery <recovery.img>where <recovery.img> is the full path to the recovery you want to flash
I had to do a full erase in fastboot - that is the first line of text above, I then flashed my recovery.img again - that is the second line of text above (I placed my recovery.img file directly in the adb folder - so it easy to find )
Once I was able to get back into recovery - I restored my last back-up, and the phone booted once again.
If you do not have any backups - I am not aware of the next step. Hopefully someone with more experience can direct you accordingly
Good luck

How is it that you send the commands? I plug in my USB, then hit back and it says FASTBOOT USB but how do i input the HTML codes to get it to do anything?
Do i make an HTML file on the pc and upload it, if so, how? I understand all of it except how to get the commands into it.
Well that and what the full path will be for the recovery.img.

well i feel like a total moron !!! lol
I had been being a script kiddie for the last few years and forgot my roots. I got it figured out and got the commands sent to fastboot in a CMD prompt.
Ugh, i gotta stop using google so much and finding all the easy ways out of things that others have already written.
Thanks for the help, much appreciated and worked a treat. I flashed everything and its working great again

Bricked my streak already ? Help !

Just got my streak yesterday, only had it a few hours and i've somehow managed to brick it already !
Started on the official 1.6, upgraded to official 2.2, rooted it, installed clockwork recovery. All was fine up until this point, i then went to install the performance fix http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=848487 but after doing so my streak stopped booting, since then its just hanging at the dell logo.
First thing i tried was restoring to the default recovery rom by holding power + volume buttons and option 2. This didnt work so i then tried this http://android.modaco.com/content/d...2-1-downloads-how-tos-rom-superboot-recovery/ and still no luck.
I've been at it for hours and its late so im giving up for now, i just hope the xda community can help me out.
Edit: I should add that the recovery image (option 2) is going through fine without errors, its only that when it boots it hangs at the dell logo. Also, fastboot is working so hopefully its not completely bricked. Is there anything i can do ?

get qdl tool and see if u can get to 305 stock
GET QDL TOOL HERE
Turn phone completely off, hold volume up and plug phone to computer
Open QDL Tool
if you have the correct driver, it will recognize ur phone
if not, the driver is included but u have to search how to install it
Hit Run and wait about 3-5 minutes
When its done it will reboot and be on stock 305 and then u can try again with ur update

Thanks just had a go at QDL but cant seem to get it to work. I got it to detect my phone as the Qualcomm HS-USB Diagnostics 9002 but after clicking run it just errors.
###QDLTool: M 2.7.4.8, build ID: 1.301.20101022, time stamp: Thu Apr 28 02:21:41 2011
Check image DBL: C:\Users\Mark\Downloads\repairtool\QDLTool3rd_20101022_GAUSB1A130500\images\dbl.mbn ...
Check image FSBL: C:\Users\Mark\Downloads\repairtool\QDLTool3rd_20101022_GAUSB1A130500\images\fsbl.mbn ...
Check image OSBL: C:\Users\Mark\Downloads\repairtool\QDLTool3rd_20101022_GAUSB1A130500\images\osbl.mbn ...
Check image AMSS: C:\Users\Mark\Downloads\repairtool\QDLTool3rd_20101022_GAUSB1A130500\images\amss.mbn ...
Check image DSP1: C:\Users\Mark\Downloads\repairtool\QDLTool3rd_20101022_GAUSB1A130500\images\dsp1.mbn ...
Check image APPSBL: C:\Users\Mark\Downloads\repairtool\QDLTool3rd_20101022_GAUSB1A130500\images\appsboot.mbn ...
Check image DT: C:\Users\Mark\Downloads\repairtool\QDLTool3rd_20101022_GAUSB1A130500\images\DT.img ...
Check image boot.img: C:\Users\Mark\Downloads\repairtool\QDLTool3rd_20101022_GAUSB1A130500\images\boot.img ...
Check image system.img: C:\Users\Mark\Downloads\repairtool\QDLTool3rd_20101022_GAUSB1A130500\images\system.img ...
Check image userdata.img: C:\Users\Mark\Downloads\repairtool\QDLTool3rd_20101022_GAUSB1A130500\images\userdata.img ...
Check image recovery.img: C:\Users\Mark\Downloads\repairtool\QDLTool3rd_20101022_GAUSB1A130500\images\recovery.img ...
Check image logfilter.img: C:\Users\Mark\Downloads\repairtool\QDLTool3rd_20101022_GAUSB1A130500\images\logfilter.img ...
Check image Region: C:\Users\Mark\Downloads\repairtool\QDLTool3rd_20101022_GAUSB1A130500\images\RC_us.img ...
Check images: Partition Dbl Fsbl Osbl Amss Dsp1 DT Appsbl Boot System Userdata Recovery LogFilter RCFile
Check images ok
Download in speedup way
Open COM port success
OSBL version: 12-5035-AUSB1AM-09
osbl.mbn version:
Baseband image version: M8650BAUSB1AM5035SIGN
Check device and image is Austin
Baseband image version: M8650BAUSB1AM5035SIGN
Check device and image is Austin
Open COM port success
Check Secure Boot is enabled
#Set Fast Boot Flag success
Open COM port success
Test communication success
Check Secure Boot is enabled
#DBL to DDR success
#FSBL to DDR success
#OSBL to DDR success
#DT to DDR success
#backup FSBL to DDR success
Run HEX success
ERROR[D14]: Streaming hello Failed!
ERROR: Download fail!
Please remove the battery and try again.
Wait for modem set up ......
Download Fail! - 2011/04/28 02:22:01
Elapsed Time: 19.70 sec

After countless hours of going insane i have managed to get my streak working again using the o2 package (build 8105) found here http://android.modaco.com/content/d...2-1-downloads-how-tos-rom-superboot-recovery/
I couldnt get QDL to work for some reason so in the end i just downloaded the above package, copied to sd, renamed to update.pkg, powered on with volume buttons and chose option 2.
Its working now so thats the main thing, i was worried i might have bricked it for good ! Now i just need to get back to the official dell rom

If I wre doing this, I would get the multi_recovery tool. I would put the 351 package on your SD card
Flash the 351 recovery with the tool. Do not boot up go right into the recovery and point it to the 351 package. Make sure the 351 package has been renamed to the proper name. Either update.pkg or update.zip.
Worked like a champ for me.
Sent from my Dell Streak using XDA App

alperin1 said:
If I wre doing this, I would get the multi_recovery tool. I would put the 351 package on your SD card
Flash the 351 recovery with the tool. Do not boot up go right into the recovery and point it to the 351 package. Make sure the 351 package has been renamed to the proper name. Either update.pkg or update.zip.
Worked like a champ for me.
Sent from my Dell Streak using XDA App
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That's the method that just broke my phone.

ducehlmg said:
get qdl tool and see if u can get to 305 stock
GET QDL TOOL HERE
Turn phone completely off, hold volume up and plug phone to computer
Open QDL Tool
if you have the correct driver, it will recognize ur phone
if not, the driver is included but u have to search how to install it
Hit Run and wait about 3-5 minutes
When its done it will reboot and be on stock 305 and then u can try again with ur update
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Sorry but bug in but I'm having the same issue. I finally got QDL to work but after it finishes, the phone shows a screen with "Andriod system recovery utility
Press the shutter button to start emergency software recovery
Warning all data will be erased
Press the Volume up button to power off without recovering".
After I press shutter the it loads the update.pkg and then sits on the dell logo, and sits, and sits.

I'm now back on the official dell 2.2, in the end i had to flash the 351 recovery image to get the rom pkg to work.
I flashed the above recovery in fastboot mode since i cant get QDL to work, checked my drivers countless times, tried windows 7 64 bit and 32 bit, aswell as windows xp 32 bit. 64 bit always gives me the d14 error and 32 bit is the d2 error so i just cant understand why it wont work, surely it cant be a driver issue since fastboot works flawlessly and i've spent hours checking the driver now. Also i've followed the guide on streakdroid to the book so im pretty certain my setup is perfect.
Anyway, im happy with the official 2.2 for a while now but at some point i would like to try a custom rom through qdl, etc.

drkdeath5000 said:
After countless hours of going insane i have managed to get my streak working again using the o2 package (build 8105) found here http://android.modaco.com/content/d...2-1-downloads-how-tos-rom-superboot-recovery/
I couldnt get QDL to work for some reason so in the end i just downloaded the above package, copied to sd, renamed to update.pkg, powered on with volume buttons and chose option 2.
Its working now so thats the main thing, i was worried i might have bricked it for good ! Now i just need to get back to the official dell rom
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That's it? WHen I installed the recovery from your link, after it said recovery install done(something along those lines) the phone didn't restart like it has with my previous recovery installs. I waited a few minutes, pulled the battery, and restarted into recovery, hit update and it has been a blank screen since.
I think I'm out of luck. I had the phone plugged into the charger all night and I'm trying to flash it now and the battery is at 0%. Can't charge it or anything. Time to call dell.

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
Current Recovery: ClockworkMod 5.0.2.0
Latest Recover;ClockworkMod 5.0.2.0
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.