Hi,
I had bought a ZTE Blade from Idea celullar (India). Its Gen2 Phone with stock 2.2 FroYo.
The problem is that when i have checked the RAM, its shows 256MB only... How can i Unlock the whole 512 MB RAM and even i am not aware about the Real ram specification, I mean I dont know that the phone is with 512 MB RAM hardware or not..
How can I check and if possible then how can i unlock the 512MB RAM.. Please help....
Thanks in advance..
How & where did you check it? How much ram does it show? Are you sure you aren't confusing it for storage (flash rom)?
As far as I know only Blades sold in Greece & China have 256mb ram & only the Greek ones can be unlocked.
wbaw said:
How & where did you check it? How much ram does it show? Are you sure you aren't confusing it for storage (flash rom)?
As far as I know only Blades sold in Greece & China have 256mb ram & only the Greek ones can be unlocked.
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I have checked the task manager------->task manager--->resources--->RAM-- It shows only 166MB of total memory available....
Well, I'm not sure if it'd be possible then, I'm unfamiliar with that variation of the ZTE Blade. The Greek versions have 512mb ram in hardware, but the bootloader only uses 256mb. The Chinese versions really do only have 256mb ram in hardware, can't be unlocked & if you try then it'll stop booting until you flash the chinese bootloaders & firmware back.
We don't have a copy of the hidden radio firmware & bootloaders for your phone. You'd be taking a risk of breaking your phone with no easy way to recover it if it doesn't work.
If it is possible then you'd need to flash european bootloaders & radio firmware, using either an image.bin file or a windows flashing method. However, if they don't work, we might not be able to save your phone, since we dont have a copy of the correct bootloaders & radio firmware and it isn't easily possible for you to back them up from your phone first.
wbaw said:
Well, I'm not sure if it'd be possible then, I'm unfamiliar with that variation of the ZTE Blade. The Greek versions have 512mb ram in hardware, but the bootloader only uses 256mb. The Chinese versions really do only have 256mb ram in hardware, can't be unlocked & if you try then it'll stop booting until you flash the chinese bootloaders & firmware back.
We don't have a copy of the hidden radio firmware & bootloaders for your phone. You'd be taking a risk of breaking your phone with no easy way to recover it if it doesn't work.
If it is possible then you'd need to flash european bootloaders & radio firmware, using either an image.bin file or a windows flashing method. However, if they don't work, we might not be able to save your phone, since we dont have a copy of the correct bootloaders & radio firmware and it isn't easily possible for you to back them up from your phone first.
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here i found a link from ZTE that they have mentioned 256MB of RAM in this variant.. Please check the PDF file and suggest. h**p://wwwen.zte.com.cn/endata/mobile/India/India_Instruction/201111/P020111130393491739769.pdf..
Bhawan said:
here i found a link from ZTE that they have mentioned 256MB of RAM in this variant.. Please check the PDF file and suggest. h**p://wwwen.zte.com.cn/endata/mobile/India/India_Instruction/201111/P020111130393491739769.pdf..
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this is a chinese blade with 256mb ram u should have bought xcd 35 which has 512 mb ram and is a better deal if u dont go for free data provided by idea.
Hello Bhawan.
Dude better install this app known as PIGFISH from market.
This will help you determine if its a GEN1 or GEN2 model.
Once this is done go for android.modaco website to know its unlocking procedures.
Enjoy!!!
jishneo said:
Hello Bhawan.
Dude better install this app known as PIGFISH from market.
This will help you determine if its a GEN1 or GEN2 model.
Once this is done go for android.modaco website to know its unlocking procedures.
Enjoy!!!
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i think he wrote above that his phone is gen2.
plz read the forum first and then reply
saaransh9 said:
this is a chinese blade with 256mb ram u should have bought xcd 35 which has 512 mb ram and is a better deal if u dont go for free data provided by idea.
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Hi,
Thanks for ur advice.. I have read over Dell's Official website that they are also giving andriod 2.2 with 256 MB of Ram. And i m dam sure that this phone is also GEN2 phone as per the manufacturer (ZTE) all phone with official 2.2 are GEN2 phones and we are again able to unlock the RAM.
Bhawan said:
Hi,
Thanks for ur advice.. I have read over Dell's Official website that they are also giving andriod 2.2 with 256 MB of Ram. And i m dam sure that this phone is also GEN2 phone as per the manufacturer (ZTE) all phone with official 2.2 are GEN2 phones and we are again able to unlock the RAM.
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as in ur case u got froyo with 256 mb ram and when i bought xcd 35 i got froyo with 512 mb ram.there is a misprint on dell website and on the user manual of xcd 35 they have made it according to 2.1 and not 2.2 so they have listed 256mb there.
and another thing which shows that dell has just updated their website to show froyo is that the internal memory they have shown is 200 but actually it is 162 used the partition has been changed in froyo
wbaw said:
Well, I'm not sure if it'd be possible then, I'm unfamiliar with that variation of the ZTE Blade. The Greek versions have 512mb ram in hardware, but the bootloader only uses 256mb. The Chinese versions really do only have 256mb ram in hardware, can't be unlocked & if you try then it'll stop booting until you flash the chinese bootloaders & firmware back.
We don't have a copy of the hidden radio firmware & bootloaders for your phone. You'd be taking a risk of breaking your phone with no easy way to recover it if it doesn't work.
If it is possible then you'd need to flash european bootloaders & radio firmware, using either an image.bin file or a windows flashing method. However, if they don't work, we might not be able to save your phone, since we dont have a copy of the correct bootloaders & radio firmware and it isn't easily possible for you to back them up from your phone first.
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Is there is any way to backup my bootloader and firmware first.. if not then tell me then how can i safely backup this rom and install custom rom CM7...
..
Thanks in advance
Bhawan said:
Hi,
Thanks for ur advice.. I have read over Dell's Official website that they are also giving andriod 2.2 with 256 MB of Ram. And i m dam sure that this phone is also GEN2 phone as per the manufacturer (ZTE) all phone with official 2.2 are GEN2 phones and we are again able to unlock the RAM.
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There is outdated specifications for Dell XCD35 on DELL India official website. Don't trust on them. I have also bought Dell XCD35 which is 2 months old. and my handset is Gen 2 with 512MB of RAM. which has comes with Android 2.2 as a Stock ROM. Dell XCD35 user manual also mention that there is 512MB of RAM in DELL XCD35.
Bhawan said:
Is there is any way to backup my bootloader and firmware first.. if not then tell me then how can i safely backup this rom and install custom rom CM7...
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Thanks in advance
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No there is no easy way to backup your current phone's bootloaders & radio firmware. We don't have a copy of them either.
To try to unlock any ram you would need to overwrite those bootloaders & radio firmware on your phone. It's more likely that it wont work. If it doesn't work then there is no easy way to recover your phone, it'll be 'bricked'.
It's quite likely that your phone only has 256mb ram in hardware & 512mb can't be unlocked to 512mb ram.
You can root your phone, install clockworkmod & cyanogenmod without any risk of breaking your phone by following this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1319257
Dell XCD35s have 512mb ram, just like the European versions. I think this version might be 256mb like the Chinese v880, they've started selling similar phones in Russia now too.
i also brought the same phone from idea..its model is ZTE-BLADE,PRODUCT-Iidf-P729V -info got from quadrant and its gen-2 as per pigfish.i also got 170mb ram...can i unlock it...bro bhawan if u find a method or an answer pls inform me too..does the product name ie 'Iidf-P729V' show that my model name is p729v,i google 'zte blade p729v' and it showed orange san fransisco...
Don't know but it may help. I bought my xcd35 online and its a gen2 with 400mb aavailable ram froyo stock. Have heard that u can unlock ram by flashing custom roms like cyanogen etc
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vivekmishra said:
Don't know but it may help. I bought my xcd35 online and its a gen2 with 400mb aavailable ram froyo stock. Have heard that u can unlock ram by flashing custom roms like cyanogen etc
Sent from my XCD35 using Tapatalk
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u got dell he got idea thats the problem
Well even i got Dell XCD 35 GEN2 with froyo / 512mb ram.
i have installed installed [ROM]Blade ICS mod CM 7 Nightly 256 by senki.
And it working really great.
I have also brought the gen2 idea zte blade if anybody found any way to unlock the 512mb ram please share...and when i install cyanogen mode it says camera error cannot connect to camera.... so iam forced to use the stock rom ....
try this
http://android.modaco.com/topic/347402-need-people-to-test-app/
i think it will tell u which blade u have a European one or chinese.
european-512mb ram(system available)
chinese-256mb (system available and hence can not be unlocked)
saaransh9 said:
try this
http://android.modaco.com/topic/347402-need-people-to-test-app/
i think it will tell u which blade u have a European one or chinese.
european-512mb ram(system available)
chinese-256mb (system available and hence can not be unlocked)
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Sadly it only detects how much RAM is available at the moment. When I used a Chinese TPT on my Blade which normally has 512MB RAM, it was software restricted to 256MB, so the app said I had a Chinese Blade when really I don't.
Related
Hi All,
I just got my new HTC HD2 (T-Mobile) - US version today.
I have some questions please...
1) What are the differences between the US version (T-Mobile to other devices) ?
2) For unlocking the device I should run the following ?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=691779
&
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=653614
3) As far as I understand, I can't flash rom from others ?
Thanks in advance.
1 - the differences are that yours has 1024 ROM, and 576 RAm by default, ours has 512 ROm and 448 RAM by default.
Yours has coloured send and end keys, our keys are all white, and yours says 't mobile' below the speaker grill. Oh and yours is just a tiny bit bigger.
2 - no need to downgrade anymore. Just use hspl3 in my sig.
3 - you cannot flash roms for regular leos. Look for roms that say 'tmous compatible' or 't mobile compatible'.
(better yet, only get your roms from this tmous rom development section, and you will be ok.)
Thank you very much Samsamuel.
Moving to general
I didn't think HSPL unlocked your device in the traditional sense. For that you would usually just use an ebay unlock service or maybe there is a free GSM unlocker for the TMO HD2.
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I didn't think HSPL unlocked your device in the traditional sense. For that you would usually just use an ebay unlock service or maybe there is a free GSM unlocker for the TMO HD2.
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The HSPL unlocks the phone to be able to flash custom roms. Its different than a sim unlock which allows different sim cards to work in the phone. I think people get confused when they see the word unlock they think sim unlock.
PLEASE HELP...
i have unlocked and debranded, using RUU_Hero_HTC_WWE_2.73.405.66
im still on 1.5 how the heck do i get to 2.1 ? i don't have the option to update software and the udates on the htc site are older than what i have? confused
i dont think its possible.
i mean if it was, people would have mentioned it, with threads dedicated to updating to 2.1
although i do believe these threads may be onto something.....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=714855&highlight=official
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=720049&highlight=official
i hear the search tool finds even more, who knows
Change your date to about a month forward and you should see the update (if your provider has released it).
O wait you're on a generic rom. Maybe change the rom to an official from your provider and then wait for the update.
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PLEASE HELP...
i have unlocked and debranded, using RUU_Hero_HTC_WWE_2.73.405.66
im still on 1.5 how the heck do i get to 2.1 ? i don't have the option to update software and the udates on the htc site are older than what i have? confused
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choice 1: download offical update of 2.1 from pc and install it directly
choice 2:hack your device,but a little complex make gold card(gold card is a special tf card which have some codes and program that could approve you to flash any custome rom ) how to make gold card you could look up some information,I have some chinese information,but I think it's so difficult for you to read them.
If you have root,it's more easy,download rom,press home+ power to get into Recovery ,use recovery to backup your original rom,then wipe all ,and then flash your new rom,reboot system.
some device will notify you to update rom,but official rom i think it will forbbiden you root your device,it's not convenient. using the modified edition is recommended.
I used the Goldcard method my my 3 UK Hero then loaded the official 2.1 ROM downloaded from the HTC website. Very simple to do, as said you can also have a look for Universal Androot and go down the root path.
Dear all,
yesterday i send email to LG Mobile Indonesia. i ask LG Mobile for support this phone to Froyo.
and this is a email answer from LG.
we hope......
(sorry my English)
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27/11/2010
Thank you for Contacting LG Electronics
Dear Mr Ronnie,
Thank you for your e-mail Mr.
We will facilitate the process of upgrading the firmware Firmware / OS android GT540 up to version 2.2 / Froyo in December 2010.
Thanks for the suggestion Mr.
We apologize for any inconvenience.
Sincerely,
Customer Relationship Management
LG Electronics Indonesia
NB. Please fill out customer satisfaction survey score in the bottom of this e-mail reply. Thank you.
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Received Date: 26/11/2010 22:49 24
The type of inquiry: Software / Hardware updates
Product / Model Number. : WCDMA/GT505
Hello LG Mobile Indonesia,
I as a user of LG Mobile type GT540 intend to ask about the continuity of support from LG for HP GT540 type this.
Is LG Mobile will support firmware / OS android is up to version 2.2 / Froyo?
Due to HP's other brands that my level with the GT540 also will be upgraded to version 2.2/Froyo. I represent HP LG GT540 users are expecting the LG did not stop just at the firmware 2.1 only.
Please visit this web site http://www.petitiononline.com/r47boyz/petition.html which contains a petition from LG GT540 users who expect the same as me.
Greeting
Ronnie T
Interesting! But I think we will get a froyo udate (from the Russians) before we get one from LG. Either way I would love froyo in my GT540!
skribbler86 said:
Interesting! But I think we will get a froyo udate (from the Russians) before we get one from LG. Either way I would love froyo in my GT540!
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i already running froyo from russian (4pda right?) i know this. but in this froyo only running in secondary OS. not primary OS for now.
this phone is shipping from sprint loaded with 2.2 and swype installed
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this phone is shipping from sprint loaded with 2.2 and swype installed
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Got a link for that? I just checked Sprint/TX and they had no clue about that :/ They had other LG phones with 2.2 though.
He propably talking about Optimus S
Optimus to Gingerbread
Well, If Optimus One can be upgraded to Gingerbread, why cant Optimus GT540??
mohicanrat said:
We will facilitate the process of upgrading the firmware Firmware / OS android GT540 up to version 2.2 / Froyo in December 2010.
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it's december. any news?
Unfortunately I e-mailed LG mobile UK and received and reply telling me they won't be updating, citing some rubbish about hardware capabilities, which I know is bull as HTC Wildfire runs 2.2 fine. Anyway I'll post the full reply later on a computer seeing as I find the copy and paste on this un-useable.
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Actually, you are wrong.
There are big differences in hardware between HTC Wildfire and GT540 in favor to Wildfire.
HTC Wildfire has 512 MB ROM
GT540 has only 256 MB ROM
This is why they can't instal Froyo on GT540, there is simply no room for that.
The whole operating system has to be installed completely in ROM (it's like phone's "hard drive") and Froyo simply won't fit in these 256 MB.
That's kind of incorrect, I have an Apad with effectively less memory than 256mb and have/had Froyo running on it.
pk81 said:
Actually, you are wrong.
There are big differences in hardware between HTC Wildfire and GT540 in favor to Wildfire.
HTC Wildfire has 512 MB ROM
GT540 has only 256 MB ROM
This is why they can't instal Froyo on GT540, there is simply no room for that.
The whole operating system has to be installed completely in ROM (it's like phone's "hard drive") and Froyo simply won't fit in these 256 MB.
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OK then my mistake, though everyone else will continue to argue with you regardless.
Also here's the full reply from LG mobile UK
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Dear Eoin Sheehy,
Thank you for your e-mail.
Unfortunately the GT540 handset will not be updating further past the Android 2.1 Eclair update in the forseeable future. This is due to the hardware restrictions causing the handset being unable to process the Android 2.2 update efficiently. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
We hope this information has been useful to you, if you have any further queries please feel free to contact us again via e-mail or our customer support line listed below.
Best Regards,
LG Electronics UK Helpdesk
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LG Customer Services
UK: 0844 847 5454
Mon-Fri 9am to 8pm Sat 9am-6pm
But HTC Dream has also 256 ROM, and is running CM6.1 fine . Also OpenSwift (GT540) is almost ready
Openswift 2.2.1
I got froyo on my gt540. My god its faster then a stock 2.1 rom even at 600mhz
when and how?
airbus360 said:
I got froyo on my gt540. My god its faster then a stock 2.1 rom even at 600mhz
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Hi - where did you get it and how did you install it? I am in Australia; where are you?
look in android development section on this forum and you will find openswift.
also google openswift it should be first link
I am running a balkan 2.1 on my phone which installed beautifully. I'd love to run froyo more because of flash than anything else. However the option of having apps on the SD would be an added bonus
Sent from my GT540 using XDA App
Flash is not possible on our GT540! Even with 2.2 it's not possible, because our CPU doesn't support flash
Msm7227 is a great let down but the apps2sd is a bonus
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EazyLuke said:
Flash is not possible on our GT540! Even with 2.2 it's not possible, because our CPU doesn't support flash
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Why u said this? I tried google, they is no article say this processor cannot support flash software....U got any evidence!!
ZTE Blade will soon celebrate it's 1th birthday and there is still no official update to Android 2.2. So i'm asking: when it will be finally finished? I really can't stand 2.1 (especially a think, that i cannot save my apps on memory card). I know that it was released in Finland, but why there? Why not for exaple in UK (only it may be in engilsh)... I'm really sad about this. So, does anyone know when finally there will be official update?
sorry for my bad English..
thanks, mirko185
With the price being so low in the UK I have my doubts that 2.2 will get released here.
Can someone please point me to a guide on the official 2.2 ROMs which I assume can be installed.
ZTE has released Froyo kernel(2.6.32) source code for the Blade... Check "System Equipment" under front page top "Support" link.
yes, I've already noticed it, but it doesn't helps me anyway... And they have so slow servers, and really non-systematic website..
official 2.2 updates:
Softbank Japan http://www.zte.co.jp/products/handsets/handsets_gallery/softbank/info/201104/t20110404_226428.html
T-mobile Hungary
http://www.t-mobile.hu/lakossagi/keszulekek/szoftverfrissites/telefon/zte_blade_2
Comviq Sweden
http://www.ztesweden.se/download/Sales_DL_P729V_Sweden_V1.00.01.zip
Telia Sweden
http://www.ztesweden.se/download/PSTW_DL_P729BSONV1.0.0B02.exe
China Unicom
http://www.zte.com.cn/cndata/mobile/Spbook/201105/P020110505570587791564.zip
well, I'm from Slovakia, so I don't know from which from these page I should download it, and, of course, I'm really happy, finnaly it's here! I only want English version, and it should have every of these roms, isn't it?
and, thank really much!
I tryed the Hungarian T-Mobile one, but unfortunately it didn't work for my device, it says that my device has another version. I think it's becouse of my phone is from Slovak Orange. What a shame... :/ But at least I can believe that Orange is finishing their ROM, if T-mobile already has it done (I hope).
thanks anyway.
I have a Spanish Version of the ZTE Blade that is running 2.2. I backed up the rom before I installed a custom rom so if anyone wants a copy of what was backed up by rom manager then let me know and I will see what I can do...As far as I can remember my Blade is version B10. Hope that help someone.
Hi could you post your back up. I don't need the data.img
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mirko185 said:
I tryed the Hungarian T-Mobile one, but unfortunately it didn't work for my device, it says that my device has another version. I think it's becouse of my phone is from Slovak Orange. What a shame... :/ But at least I can believe that Orange is finishing their ROM, if T-mobile already has it done (I hope).
thanks anyway.
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I am using the Hungarian froyo update on my orange UK san Francisco.
Sent from my ZTE-BLADE using XDA App
edit: to get this working I downloaded this https://market.android.com/details?id=com.apedroid.pigfish to make sure my device is gen1
I then downloaded this http://www.wuala.com/peanut_hu/OSF_Blade/ROMs/fonix232/T-Mobile_HU_memory_fix_ROM which is the gen1 t-mobile hungarian eclair rom, you extract this and place this on your blade's sdcard, so sdcard/image/
turn your blade off, hold down volume + and power button, and the blade will flash the eclair rom, after this you need the above t-mobile hungarian froyo rom, http://www.t-mobile.hu/lakossagi/keszulekek/szoftverfrissites/telefon/zte_blade_2 , start your blade in FTM mode, hold volume - and power on device, flash from windows. Let it complete to 100%, all done, now running an official froyo rom
GREAT!! I gonna try this out right now!
edit:well, i relazed my blade is not rooted, so i cannot flash eclear ROM.. is there another way to install this eclear?
edit1: well, I managed to flash the hungarion officila om from T-mobile, but I can't start the phone cousa it's asking me code for unblock networks.. I try to search this out, BTW, If u did the same thing as me, do u have this code too?
The network unlock code is unique for each device.
You can get your code to network unlock your blade for free by typing your phones IMEI number here: http://arrtoo.x10.mx/unlockBlade.php
'Arr Too' over at modaco is hosting this for the blade
My blade has been network unlocked from the first day i got it
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yop, mine was unlocked too, but when I flashed a T-MOBILE 2.2 android, it had locked it.. but I unlocked it and everything works like a charm..
Hi Guys
Can someone please help. I have the motorola atrix with Orange in the UK. Last week i flashed the retail sbf file following instructions on this site, since i have flashed the retail version i have been getting low memory mesages when browsing the internet on the lapdock. when i go to running services it is only showing me about 600 mb total and only 100 mb free and im not running a lot of applications. Before when i was on the orange froyo build im pretty sure these figures were higher.
Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Quick search with "Atrix Ram Issue"
RAM Memory issue for UNLOCKED INTERNATIONAL USERS (A fix is on the way):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1168082
Thanks, will check it out.
Hallo buddy,
grab this file attached and flash it through CWM. I have an international Atrix too and when you flash an ATT rom you need this except the OP says otherwise. This is not something i made, i just found it into this forum and i re-post it for you.
Regards.