So I recently wiped my Atrix so I could install RedPill v4 as I was getting tired of Cyanogenmod. It installed fine, but when I booted I had to log into motoblur. No biggie, as I had an account already made.
For some reason though, I can't log into my account. A progress bar pops up with the title "Logging into Motoblur", but it hangs at about 95%. I tried booting into CWM to install a different rom, but for some reason I can't get past the part where Fastboot appears on the screen.
Is there a way to bypass motoblur, or otherwise fix CWM so I can flash something else?
Thanks!
You can skip the motoblur setup. I think you either press menu then skip, or back out. Can't remember but I skipped it all the time.
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I'm rooted but have never ran anything but stock on my phone. Only having experience with flashing WinMo devices, what exactly do I need to know before flashing a custom ROM?
If I flash, do I lose the data on my phone now (does it do a factory wipe)?
Most times toy will need to do a wipe of the data and cache to get a full rom working correctly.
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Yeah, thanks.. Just downloaded ROM manager and Clockworkmod Recovery ($2), kinda following the instructions from Gummys post.
How long does this process take? I installed from SD and did the reboot.. I must of waited a good fifteen minutes before pulling the battery assuming it was stuck. Now it's sitting on the Gummy Screen with the 4 rotating colored android pics.
Got into recovery but it's not allowing me to apply the update.zip (e:can't open/cache/recovery/command)?
Dang it! I was in the middle of posting the following instructions when I got interrupted (at work)
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Flashing will wipe your phone. The nice thing with android is -anything you have purchased or installed from the market will automatically be restored to your phone after you log in using your gmail account.
Let me qualify my statement though - I have flashed a few roms and my free apps were not automatically installed for whatever reason. My purchased apps were not installed either - but they were available for installation at no charge.
Here is another important thing to remember - this will only happen if you chose the correct settings in -uh well- settings. There are some options in there to back up your data to google. If you did that then 95% chance it will all be good.
I recently switched from the DX to the D1 (gave my wife the DX bc I wanted to try some D1 roms) and all my apps were installed and somehow google even migrated my current wallpaper over! I was blown away by that.
Also -make sure your contacts are set up to sync with google. if they are just being added to your phone and not in sync with your google account you are going to loose them all.
Flashing roms:
1. You need to get the droidx bootstrapper app from the market (or I think you can get it for free if you search clockwork mod on google and go to Koush's website. I just bought it to help the developer.).
2. Open the app.
3. Press the "Bootstrap recovery button"
4. You should get a dialog box saying success (or something and then press ok).
5. Press "reboot recovery".
6. Your phone will reboot into clockwork recovery (not the stock phone recovery). It will be a black screen with old school green letters and a menu.
a. In recovery you do not have a touch screen.
b. The volume rocker is up/down.
c. The camera button is "Enter".
d. The physical back button will take you back one menu (also I believe the power button but I always used the power button.
7. The first thing you want to do before you do anything is make a nandroid (backup) of your phone.
8. The opening screen of recovery has the option to create a nandroid. do that.
9. It takes around 5 minutes then choose to reboot your phone when it says, ""complete".
10. To flash a rom put ti...
Wish I would have just posted what I had. Maybe you would have had a nandroid to revert to.
Dang.
Yea. It shouldn't take that long. Sounds like something got hosed. I am getting interrupter again. I will try and get back with some info.
Awesome info, thanks for this. Did a factory wipe and now it's booting up normally (or so it appears into Gummy), will definitely bookmark that info though, thanks again man!
Were you installing Gummy. And did you follow the instructions exactly?
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looks like you got it. glad to hear that.
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mytouch 4g perm root.
install [Kernel]Gingerbread[2.6.32.36]MaxOC~1.84GHz,Smartass/UV/BFQ/SLQB-Faux123[Apr-02].
Once I finish the process and restart the phone. It continues to cycle through the tmobile/mytouch 4g logo and restarts again. I allow it to cycle for 30 minutes and still nothing.
Help please, thank you
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I wiped cache partition and dalvik code. Still unable to get it to boot.
Make sure you are using Clockwork Recovery 3.0.0.6. That is a common problem.
Most roms don't work with 3.0.0.5. If you are using 3.0.0.5., download RoyalGinger and that will get you past boot loop. Then search this forum for 3.0.0.6 and follow the instructions to install and all will be well.
Thanks. I am actually using 3.0.0.5. Updating it now. Hopefully I could get it working. Thank you
Also what rom are you applying this kernel to?
i just finished installing cm7. works perfect. one concern i have now is that i can't merge my facebook and gmail contact. (i like to have the personal fb default picture) on my contact. i know previously you were able to merge it but somehow it doesn't allows me to after changing rom and kernal. any one knows how too?
Hi all,
I need to remove the Google account from a mt3g running cm6.1
I have been digging for info for days. I'm now dizzy
I bought this phone used, already rooted, & running CM6.1
I just sold the phone and would like to delete all the account info.
settings- acc & sync- remove account, brings up that this account is required by some apps, and must reset phone to factory default under the privacy settings to remove. Tried that.
No joy. account is still there.
When I do the factory data reset, I start with a full charge, and plugged in, but the charge indicator light goes out. The phone hangs on the green my touch screen for 2-3 hours then shuts off. I think the battery just goes dead. I wanted to give it every chance to succeed. When I power up, same 'ol same 'ol. The account is still there and locked in.
The reset did however clear out the contacts and gmail's.
I have uninstalled all downloaded apps. Cleared data in all google apps, and market.
I have added an additional account and then try to remove the original it's still a no go. However I can remove the added account.
I like the cm6 rom and so does the phones new owner so I'd like to keep it.
I'm tempted to try to install the Ginger Yoshi rom, but If I'm going to take the time to figure out the process I'll do it on my current mt3.5jack
If I give up the phone to it's new owner like it is, Tell them to just not sync my personal account, I still have to give them My password for the Market to work.
Feeling pretty vulnerable with that deal
I have bought 2 used my touch's. One rooted and one stock. Neither had any account info on them. Surely this is possible?
If you have read this far, Thanks !
Any help would be appreciated
Boot into recovery and wipe data from there. Hold home + power to do that
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wipe data in recovery,everything gone
Thanks all for the fast reply's.
I just tried to boot into recovery by holding down the home and power button to turn on the phone.
This took me to the splash screen that is the green "my touch"
screen.
The phone just hangs there. I had to pull the battery to free up the phone.
I waited 10-15 min before pulling the battery. How long should it take?
I also have the option to reboot into recovery from the shutdown menu.
This also just hangs up on the splash screen when it turns back on.
I just tried to power on while pressing the "down" volume button.
From there I had the option to "reset phone".
Just booted ... and no change. The account is still there and I cannot remove it?
Any additional advice would be greatly appreciated.
I have a 15 year old girl calling me every 2 hours, excited to get her new toy
Flash recovery again then
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Thanks again for the replies.
I've tried getting the phone to boot into recovery for a few hours.
All I can do is get it stuck on the flash screen or normal boot.
I waited 5 min each time I tried to boot into recovery, while stuck on the splash screen.
Do I need to have a sim card in the phone for this ?
I assume there is some glitch in the code causing this? I've been reading up about flashing rom's. I'm worried this glitch may cause a problem with that. I'm a noob, and If Flashing a rom hangs something up, I will end up being a real nuisance here
Loading a zip file from the sd card is no big deal but the radio kernel's and such are bit intimidating. Most of what I have read here seems to be focused towards advanced users.
I really like the cm6.1 rom. I will learn how to load on my personal phone next!
I just need to get this phone to it's new owner.
What is the down side of leaving the google account on this phone, and giving the owner the password. I can create a new google account for myself.
I assume that the new user can just have 2 accounts live on the phone.
They can still use their own account for their contacts and whatnot?
Just my password to get to the market. Will their purchases end up on my bill?
A bit more info here,
I have the ginger Yoshi rom sitting on the sd on the phone in question.
If I just execute the zip file, would I be swinging? I'm worried without access to recovery mode I may be jacked if something goes wrong.
Right now the phone has a radio that is fast compared to stock.
Will that be lost?
The phone has titanium backup, Rom Manager, super user, and super manager loaded on it.
Thanks again for the help.
8-up said:
A bit more info here,
I have the ginger Yoshi rom sitting on the sd on the phone in question.
If I just execute the zip file, would I be swinging? I'm worried without access to recovery mode I may be jacked if something goes wrong.
Right now the phone has a radio that is fast compared to stock.
Will that be lost?
The phone has titanium backup, Rom Manager, super user, and super manager loaded on it.
Thanks again for the help.
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If the recovery is hosed you wouldn't be able to flash Yoshi. Don't leave the account on the phone. Just do what the other Guy said. Reflash the recovery using the ROM Manager app and then wipe data from the recovery menu. No need to overcomplicate everything.
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Thanks again for the reply.
I used rom manager. I selected to "reboot into recovery"
the phone starts to reboot, but get's stuck on the splash screen. Like always.
How long should I wait?
Any thing that I've tried that causes a non-conventional reboot, freezes the phone. I wait 10 min to one hour sometimes. I pull the battery then restart normally, and I'm back to same 'ol same 'ol ?
I just tried rom manager "flash clockworkmod recovery". It gave me a successful pop up.
I then shut down the phone. I held the home button then pressed the red power on button. Now stuck on the splash screen again.
I generally assume the problem is me, however I'm not so sure right now?
If this phone doesn't transform into a brick it will transform into a frisbee
Thanks Again for spending energy on this.
Hurray !!!
I had to use rom manager to flash recovery. When doing this I was selecting
HTC magic. I started going through every variable.
Yep it was me. One option for recovery was "ION/MyTouch GSM" I was glazing past that one 'cause I saw "ION" and didn't recognize that.
I finally saw the elusive recovery menu
Thanks all for keeping me motivated
I was messing with all of the settings under adw launcher, zeam, and cm7 on my nook color. i suppose i messed around too much because i inadvertently set things to not show the status bar, menu bar, and to also have my nook start up on a "lock" screen to which i never set a "lock" to. My nook powered off due to low battery and when i start it up it goes to my home screen... i can see my status bar but i cant do anything with it...it just shows me the time and the battery meter and my background. i cant do ANYTHING on this screen.
i tried reinstalling cm7 and the gapps and all sorts of re-installs but they don't work at all... my nook refuses to remove the data portion. it just keeps saying error formatting/ data
wth do i do? >_<
Go to the link i provided to help with the data error CWM giving you, Also you probably not on the latest CWM, so install the latest CWM(3.2.0.1) Then reinstall root and you should be good to go!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1094371
903tex said:
Go to the link i provided to help with the data error CWM giving you, Also you probably not on the latest CWM, so install the latest CWM(3.2.0.1) Then reinstall root and you should be good to go!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1094371
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I went back to the most recent stable build of cm7 and was able to load back into my home screen just fine. I kept getting a popup stating that an unexpected error had occurred with my status bar and my menu bar item...
i follow your link and repartitioned and everything went by without any problems whatsoever. thing is... out of my own curiosity just to see if it was fixed i went back into CWR and tried format my data again and i STILL get that error.... how does that portion get fixed? or will i have to repartition the nook and re-root it each time i want to update my version now -_-
how will this effect things if i ever want to go back to stock?
That's what I did and then when I formatted my data didn't have the error anymore. But I switch my CWM to the latest one and then was able to flash CM7 from nooter without any problem. But I also went back to stock with 1.0.1, then 1.2, nooter root, then CM7.
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You can unlock your screen via adb.
A few days ago my phone just started randomly flashing the boot screen. At the time I just thought it was annoying and was bogged down or something but would soon be gone.
But it hasn't!!
My phone is rooted with the gfree method and I was running this ROM
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1401556
The problem is this: anytime I'm not giving my phone a command and the screen is about to timeout, the boot animation starts up and loads to the home screen. At that point I have a few as ones to unlock.it and use my phone which will work.just like normal or if I don't respond soon enough it will start over and flash it again.... It repeats.continuously. If a webpage is loading or I am backing up something and don't keep touching the screen it will stop.the task and go into this "continuous boot mode"...
I've wiped everything, tried other roms.... It does it right after the intial setup everytime and won't go away...
I believe you're answering yourself. If you wiped everything and flashed different ROMs, but problem persisted - it means that your phone is most likely faulty.
k15goose said:
A few days ago my phone just started randomly flashing the boot screen. At the time I just thought it was annoying and was bogged down or something but would soon be gone.
But it hasn't!!
My phone is rooted with the gfree method and I was running this ROM
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1401556
The problem is this: anytime I'm not giving my phone a command and the screen is about to timeout, the boot animation starts up and loads to the home screen. At that point I have a few as ones to unlock.it and use my phone which will work.just like normal or if I don't respond soon enough it will start over and flash it again.... It repeats.continuously. If a webpage is loading or I am backing up something and don't keep touching the screen it will stop.the task and go into this "continuous boot mode"...
I've wiped everything, tried other roms.... It does it right after the intial setup everytime and won't go away...
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The question is, what other roms have you tried? I seem to get the same problems on sense 3.5 roms which is why i am not using them currently. If this is happening on a clean install of cm7 or miui as well as sense then you may genuinely have a problem.
Things to try: full wipe system/data/cache/dalvik/sdcard
reboot recovery after wipe to start clean. verify md5sum of the rom you are flashing to eliminate possibility of error. dont install any of your own apps for 1 to 2 days and then if you still have the problem then you may want to unroot and try to get a warranty exchange if at all possible. Good Luck!
Dumb question, but how exactly do I verify that?? And yes it does seem to be with all the 3.5 sense Roms so I tried miui and a sense 3.0... While that did eliminate that problem another unique one showed up...the market wouldn't download anything! No apps.. it would always say due to an error "(-101)"
Just for the record, I rooted it a few weeks ago and the miui and energy 3.5sense both worked fine for at least a week.. does that help in any way??
k15goose said:
Dumb question, but how exactly do I verify that?? And yes it does seem to be with all the 3.5 sense Roms so I tried miui and a sense 3.0... While that did eliminate that problem another unique one showed up...the market wouldn't download anything! No apps.. it would always say due to an error "(-101)"
Just for the record, I rooted it a few weeks ago and the miui and energy 3.5sense both worked fine for at least a week.. does that help in any way??
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Well that's good to hear that it isn't happening on all roms. I usually fix the market problems by doing a data wipe and then force close it. Usually will start being able to download after a fc. To check the md5sum on a file download mand5 free from the market and check the file that way.
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