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Just got an Atrix, but...

Hi, there, guys!
A friend of mine gave me yesterday an Atrix 4G. I would like to unlock its bootloader, root it and hopefully install the best available rom for it.
But the thing is that I can't find where to start from
There are a lot of threads regarding what I want (I've been reading through the forums for the last two hours) but I am still at a dead end..
My main problem is that most of the topics are about 2.3.4 android version or AT&T Atrix models. Plus, most of the links are dead...
The Atrix I have now is android version 2.2.2 and System Version writes: Version.4.4.20.MB860.Retail.en.GB
As I said I would like to test it with custom roms, but for starters, I would be glad if someone could point me to a way to simply upgrade to 2.3.4 (I don't care for now for unlocked bootloader or root - just want to see how it is in 2.3.4, perhaps perform a backup and afterwards try my luck with custom roms..)
For the record, I tried Motorola Software Update and reported that I am using the latest version..
Thanks in advance for any help you can offer
P.S.: Shame on me - wanted to post is Q&A forum.. Sorry for that - please move if necessary!!

Check out Swiftks guide that's a sticky in this forum.
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Hello, and thanks for your help... I think I am getting somewhere...
I followed this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1302423 to unlock my bootloader and then I followed Swiftks guide you pointed me at and downloaded CM7.
Now I am about to follow Swiftks CyaogenMod Install Guide (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19986512&post=234) and I hope I will succeed..
I will report the result - thanks a lot again!

He knows his stuff so following his guide should work out well for you, happy flashing!
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Well, yes, indeed!!!
My Atrix now has unlocked bootloader, is rooted and has CyanogenMod!!!
I am very happy! Managed to do much more than I had expected!!!
Next on the list is my SE arc...

msd24200 said:
He knows his stuff so following his guide should work out well for you, happy flashing!
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I agree, that Swift guy is pretty cool.
Sent from my CM7 Atrix 4G

Did that same thing a few weeks ago. It's much better on this side. CM7 is awesome!

Swiftks said:
I agree, that Swift guy is pretty cool.
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Yes, he is!!
Next time you meet with him, tell him my best regards...
Thanks a lot, man!! Excellent guide!

ChriZathens said:
Well, yes, indeed!!!
My Atrix now has unlocked bootloader, is rooted and has CyanogenMod!!!
I am very happy! Managed to do much more than I had expected!!!
Next on the list is my SE arc...
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Congrats and have fun flashing
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Try the update first, go into settings, about phone and there you'll be able o get an OTA update.

Had already tried OTA - no joy..
Anyways, I've been using the Atrix since Friday and the thing is a real beast after everything I've installed.
I never close any apps - on purpose - I only "minimize" them pressing the home button. It always has around 500MB of free RAM. The thing is a speeding bullet..lol
I only wish it had a more "standard" screen resolution (some apps don't work full screen) and a better camera (it is good but not as good as the arc's)

Look into either 1080p camera on Olympus or for droid3 camera in the ATRIX forums that should give you the outstanding camera you are looking for and remember the ATRIX is VERY powerful and our devs are the best around B-) with their help and our hardware we can make the ATRIX just as good and usually better in any field compared to another phone >.<
Hit thanks if you found this useful
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if you want good and fast rom you should try a Cm9 it's great almost stable ,and very quick . ( quicker than cm7 for sure ) i did not have any battery drying

go for CM9 and enjoy that ICS goodness =)

Which CM9 release are you referring to?
I have found:
[ROM] CM9 a multidevice collaboration by multiple devs
[ROM] Atrix CM9 [ADT's SelfKANGish builds]
[Kang] *Unofficial* CM9 and CM7 Kangs/ROMs
Is it any of these ?

ChriZathens said:
Which CM9 release are you referring to?
I have found:
[ROM] CM9 a multidevice collaboration by multiple devs
[ROM] Atrix CM9 [ADT's SelfKANGish builds]
[Kang] *Unofficial* CM9 and CM7 Kangs/ROMs
Is it any of these ?
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I've ran the top 2 you referred to and both run great other than the known issues. My phone has better luck running the ATRIX cm9 [Ad's SelfKangish builds] not sure why but your experience may be different. Both roms are fantastic and are being updated frequently.
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OK, thanks a lot!
I will try them and see how it goes!!!

ChriZathens said:
Which CM9 release are you referring to?
I have found:
[ROM] CM9 a multidevice collaboration by multiple devs
[ROM] Atrix CM9 [ADT's SelfKANGish builds]
[Kang] *Unofficial* CM9 and CM7 Kangs/ROMs
Is it any of these ?
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I'm running the first one and I am amazed how stable it is. Going on three days and I don't plan on going back to cm7. So far the only thing I'm not liking is wifi speeds are not what they should be.

[Project] Porting MIUI

Since the xperia x10 mini, galaxy mini and various other ARMV6 ldpi/mdpi devices are all getting MIUI v4 ports, whats the possibility of getting a port to the wildfire. This thread is just to raise awareness of it, and trying to get some developers involved. I may attempt to get a basic port from the galaxy fit or x10 mini working by using the basic tools in the rom kitchen. But thats the best I can do.
xperia x10 mini rom: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1511495

Oh god I hope this goes through and we get a working MIUI ROM.
I've been loving how MIUI looks ever since I first saw it

This sounds nice. Hopefully someone might look into it.

Sounds good to me, I was reading a thread about how they ported it for an mdpi device earlier today, it still sounds like a lot of work resizing but I think it can be done eventually.

I just read that the Armv6 version probably won't have themes.
I'm afraid it's unlikely themes will ever work because of the proprietary binary which MIUI uses to apply themes. It compiled for arm7 only.
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http://miuiandroid.com/community/threads/miui-armv6.15487/
EDIT: MIUI is probably closer than we think!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1499411
Actually, the guide is for hdpi only
Some guy got it working in mdpi, but with resizing.

nejc121 said:
I just read that the Armv6 version probably won't have themes.
http://miuiandroid.com/community/threads/miui-armv6.15487/
EDIT: MIUI is probably closer than we think!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1499411
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If you're going to use that tutorial, use the X10 Mini/Mini Pro version of MIUI most MIUI apps are resized to QVGA. We may have the possiblity of having themes in the future, since more apps are going to be opensourced. Anyway, thanks for providing the link to the tutorial. I'll try it out later.
UPDATE: Turns out its perfectly possible to port between two LDPI devices, I'll get a copy of Ubuntu setup tonight or tommorow, to start editing and compiling. I'll post any updates here.

What about getting help from the Galaxy Mini version?
It has a 3.14" 240x320 display (really close to ours)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1516340

Please let someone take a look at it.
I guess it's a lot of resizing and the like, but I bet we can have it on our htc wildfire

nejc121 said:
What about getting help from the Galaxy Mini version?
It has a 3.14" 240x320 display (really close to ours)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1516340
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I'll PM the creators of both the X10 Mini and Galaxy Mini rom in a bit. If anyone can, try the tutorial that nejc121 posted. I've had trouble getting the final zip to flash. But maybe I'm doing something wrong..
UPDATE: Think I figured out the issues with my zip. Recompiling and testing in a minuite.
UPDATE II: Didn't work, can someone else try out the tutorial and see what kind of end results they get?
UPDATE III: Final update of tonight. Returned the update-script back to default ICS. leaving out the offending code from the MIUI tutorial.

Justice™ said:
I'll PM the creators of both the X10 Mini and Galaxy Mini rom in a bit. If anyone can, try the tutorial that nejc121 posted. I've had trouble getting the final zip to flash. But maybe I'm doing something wrong..
UPDATE: Think I figured out the issues with my zip. Recompiling and testing in a minuite.
UPDATE II: Didn't work, can someone else try out the tutorial and see what kind of end results they get?
UPDATE III: Final update of tonight. Returned the update-script back to default ICS. leaving out the offending code from the MIUI tutorial.
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Yeah gave it a shot... guess you'll be happy to know that it boots, yeah?
Screenshots soon!

VigiDroid said:
Yeah gave it a shot... guess you'll be happy to know that it boots, yeah?
Screenshots soon!
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Thats brilliant news Vigi! Its great to see a dev pick this up!

if we can get this ported well, what would the benifits be over the arco kang cm9?

heavy_metal_man said:
if we can get this ported well, what would the benifits be over the arco kang cm9?
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Check out the thread in the development section, Its a completely new UI/UX!

MIUI v4 for wildfire: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1517856

What about porting from a wildfire s miui? i donno if our device and that one are similar, but porting from a fully functional Rom is pretty easier than a ics Rom. They still have big problems with calls and other things... so I'll today begin, if possible the porting.
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In contrast to what most people think, the Wildfire and the S version are similar only in looks and name.
The S has a better screen resolution, processor and a GPU.
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nejc121 said:
In contrast to what most people think, the Wildfire and the S version are similar only in looks and name.
The S has a better screen resolution, processor and a GPU.
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ok... but basically my idea is to port a fuly-working rom to the wildy, instead of a cm-dependant one. If a cm7 based miui exists and it's compatible with wildfire, that would be great, it won't be as cool as ICS but it would be a starting point even for other developers, who can still work with android 2.x if they want to;
that's something i'll try to do, i definetly want miui on wildfire, not necessarly ICS miui.

working
yupi

We have rom, where phone does not work/

togno said:
ok... but basically my idea is to port a fuly-working rom to the wildy, instead of a cm-dependant one. If a cm7 based miui exists and it's compatible with wildfire, that would be great, it won't be as cool as ICS but it would be a starting point even for other developers, who can still work with android 2.x if they want to;
that's something i'll try to do, i definetly want miui on wildfire, not necessarly ICS miui.
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Gingerbread MIUI source is out there. I just haven't seen it compiled it for any armv6 phones. The WFS miui is just a theme and custom launcher and apps. Not true miui.
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Miui? Is it possible

Is there any chance that someone could port/create a miui rom for a500. Obviously v4 so it wouldn't be back tracking to gingerbread. I would think it possible since we have ics working,
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this thread should be posted in general section, or Q&A section, not a new thread in development.
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@lifecoding, hum? well the porting of MiUi is related to a development question more than an general question... whatever...
@warfenix : the Patchcode is available for MIUI, I think so it possible to be ported.

but since its a question, well then how about q&a?......whatever
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I think its possible, yes, but you need to find a dev who wants to port it across. That might be the difficult bit...

Seems we need an ASOP rom, or CM ROM running on the tablet, then replace some files... well seems easy to say but dunno about when need to be done...
I will not risk my tablet right now, I need it for work

Hell im game to test, a different rom wouldnt be bad, variety is what the a500 needs...

get an ipad

sanaell said:
@lifecoding, hum? well the porting of MiUi is related to a development question more than an general question... whatever...
@warfenix : the Patchcode is available for MIUI, I think so it possible to be ported.
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um he's asking a question, not posting a rom, tutorial, kernel, ect... which is what development section is for.
So uh, belongs in Q&A. Next time think before you type and read xda rules and guidelines.
But.. whatever..
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robkoehler said:
get an ipad
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Miui is much more than an iPad. Yes an miui port is possible and "may" being worked on right now. I ported the miui rom to the pyramid for many months and have considered doing one on the A500. But miui is heavily cyanogenmod based. Once cm9 is established on the tablet there are many possibilities for roms. But getting there is the hard part and I am greatful for the people who are working on cm9 for the iconia.
Sent from a Hell Hound hoped up on AOKP!!!

sanaell said:
Seems we need an ASOP rom, or CM ROM running on the tablet, then replace some files... well seems easy to say but dunno about when need to be done...
I will not risk my tablet right now, I need it for work
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I already tried porting it using this guide. Unfortunately it didn't boot - reached MIUI boot screen and that was all. I used Tegraowners ROM 144 as a base(AOSP based) and MIUI 2.4.6 ROM - tried from several deviced with no luck. I see arrom1983 managed to boot MIUI on Galaxy 10.1" tab - see this thread....but there are no updates on the progress apparently.
robkoehler said:
get an ipad
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robkoehler, sorry my friend but this is completely wrong. Please don't start another flame war about MIUI being the same as iStuff. You can replace default MIUI launcher and still have MIUI functionality that is way better than Android's default . Other that that, there are plethora of features I could count if you want me to.

lifeofcoding said:
this thread should be posted in general section, or Q&A section, not a new thread in development.
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Are you a moderator? No? oh. Then step off your high horse and start trying to be helpful.
If XDA wants it moved, they'll move it and put a small comment as to why it was moved.

Which rom to choose after Rocket Rom !

So with leaving Eybee and closing of Rocket Rom all of us Rocket Rom lovers will be orphaned !
which rom you choose to migrate to ? is there any thing better than RR JB v2 ?

Yes, lots. Let's all get over Eybee and move on...

papampi said:
So with leaving Eybee and closing of Rocket Rom all of us Rocket Rom lovers will be orphaned !
which rom you choose to migrate to ? is there any thing better than RR JB v2 ?
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Yes.
Rocket rom v3
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I always dual boot with Paranoid Android. Perhaps I will switch rocket rom to stock touchwiz when samsung release it.

I also agree that lots of roms are better than rocket rom ... one of the big problems of rr was its bad battery life
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ashkan_mc said:
I also agree that lots of roms are better than rocket rom ... one of the big problems of rr was its bad battery life
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can you suggest one of the best you use ?

It depends on your preferences, some of the users like aosp based, cm based or tw based.. you have to try it by yourself for you to know..
IMO, theres a lot of roms good roms out there, Im not a fan of RR but eybee is really a big loss to our community
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Try Alliance Rom

Whiskeyjack4855 said:
Try Alliance Rom
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Agree... Try Alliance, The Rom look like AOSP but feature touchwiz
its perfect for me.. The OTA's mod does not make me bored with this ROM

what eyebee did with the leaks was stupendous, i mean there was a huge energy vortex created in the forum, whew !
that kind of energy is rarely even created by stock sammy releases...i like those too...rooting with Philz kernel and a few mods Dr Ketan style
mini tab v3 sounds promising....
i collected rr v 12 ics after many spoke highly of it, i was scared the links would go down .....

Trying Alliance Rom beta 1 (4.1.2 LS7 based)
Let´s see if I like it... Let´s see if it will be as good as RR...

When I heard the news yesterday about eybee leaving and that there would be no RRv3 I was gutted, I ended up flashing TMT 5.0 XXLS7 JB.... I must say, Its excellent and so is the Dev, I used his TW / MIUI version a while back and there was a lot of support and regular fixes / updates.
So, Thats definitely one to look out for, That being said, Now RRv3 is out... Im gonna have to flash it
Best way is to spend some time testing them all, Have a good read of the thread(s) and see whats what. There will be other fantastic ROMs out there.
And whats to say when the dust has settled in a few days / weeks, that eybee wont come back and continue development ??
Never say never guys.

I know why eyebee left. Its because all the tons of thanks and appreciation eyebee received from all the users. Eyebee wanted to retire at his prime like what most celebs and sportsmen do but i think eyebee is the type of person who will always create better things. I dont think its his prime. I wanted him to make his own launcher a distinct one flashable yo even the rooted stock rom. He could have changed the way android is used. But he left. The other possible reason could be the note 2 or the lg nexus . I think eyebee got his hands on the new device or maybe google drained the talent from our community making him their official member.
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Thanks for all your helps !
I will try them !!

Alliance ROM ist pretty sweet for me !
Good Battery, very smooth, OTA Updates.
I Think i stay on Alliance until the next major release / real leak from Samsung

I choose aliance Rom. For now I'm thinking it might just be at least as good as RR.
About eybee... I woudn't , be suprised if suddenly some new forum member would join us and be awesome dev

Everytime i flash new release stock rom i will get bored in 2 days. I always revert back to paranoid cm10. I love the mixture between tablet style, multi dpi, and cobalt theme.
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Coming from RR, I've tried all the major ROM's based on LS7 leak... And the one that I prefer is Ultimate N7000 XXLS7 JellyBean 4.1.2 v4.

Trying Alliance Rom beta 1 (4.1.2 LS7 based) - Result:
tested Alliance Rom for more than a week. Not so smooth. Slow Split screen multitasking (already expected that). Battery problems: partial wakelocks with audio_out2, mediaservice and map apps.
Will switch to rocketRom JB v3 and keep searching.

mundano said:
Coming from RR, I've tried all the major ROM's based on LS7 leak... And the one that I prefer is Ultimate N7000 XXLS7 JellyBean 4.1.2 v4.
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[Q] Stable ROM for mako

Hello everyone,
I'm getting an N4 next week and I was wandering how stable AOKP's milestone 1 or CM RC2 are given that nither have a proper stable out yet.
Let me give some context. I use to be big on flashing, the phone I have now has run every any anying I have been able to find but to be honest I'm sort fo bored of it. At this point I'm just looking for somethig I can flash and wait for the OTA update for the next point or big number realse and Yes I know that both roms mention above are not "stable" but they will be soon I hope. I can put up with annoynces for some time while the stable comes out so I can move up to it. Also I'm open for sugestion if there anything more solid then AKOP or CM(if that is even plosible) by all means shear

They're both pretty stable. All features are fully working. Both roms have been on the Nexus 4 scene since day one so the developers have worked hard to eliminate any bugs. Just flash one and try it out yourself.
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CyanogenMod RC2, being a release candidate, is very stable and bug free (from my experience).
Sent from my CM10.1 Nexus 4

that is awsome news that there really stable. I'm confuse, why then are they not mark as stable? Can they be using debian definiton of stable?

gozes said:
that is awsome news that there really stable. I'm confuse, why then are they not mark as stable? Can they be using debian definiton of stable?
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Probably the developer doesn't think it's ready. Either way, it seems stable enough for daily use.
It sounds like I'm contradicting myself. LOL

Mmuzzy ROM. 100% stable with just a few very necessary customizations.
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sound good. I will asum that as soon as they think is go for stable then there will be an OTAU for it

gozes said:
sound good. I will asum that as soon as they think is go for stable then there will be an OTAU for it
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Yeah. They probably won't label "Stable" but a "Milestone" instead.

Every rom i have tried for my n4 have been stable
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now a stupid question, I haven't use AOKP in a while so I was wandering do I still need to get the gapps in another zip and flash them or do the now ship with the rom? if they don't where do I get them because I dont't see them on there site

gozes said:
now a stupid question, I haven't use AOKP in a while so I was wandering do I still need to get the gapps in another zip and flash them or do the now ship with the rom? if they don't where do I get them because I dont't see them on there site
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Here is the gapps file.
http://d-h.st/VpV
Before you flash anything. PLEASE MAKE A BACKUP NANDROID FILE IN RECOVERY MODE JUST IN CASE THE PHONE DOESN'T BOOT.
I assume you know how to do a backup. LOL

scream4cheese said:
Here is the gapps file.
http://d-h.st/VpV
Before you flash anything. PLEASE MAKE A BACKUP NANDROID FILE IN RECOVERY MODE JUST IN CASE THE PHONE DOESN'T BOOT.
I assume you know how to do a backup. LOL
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yes I do in fact I do most of my rom setups with adb

gozes said:
yes I do in fact I do most of my rom setups with adb
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Aw sweet. :good::fingers-crossed:

Primerunner theme chooser edition is great and so are the rassaber builds, sentinel is a must if u prefer a straight cm experience but want gaming optimization
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carbon CM aospa

I've used cm10.1 and switched to Xylon when I had the desire for more customization. Ever since JellyBeer started however it's been my main ROM and I absolutely love the functionality and stability it has to offer. I am intrigued by PA's Halo though.