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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.
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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.
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.
Hey, Guys excuse me if it seems like I haven't read enough, but I was wondering has any of the Devs created a custom Rom for the Verizon tab 7.7? If so could you post some links in this thread. Thanks
platodd said:
Hey, Guys excuse me if it seems like I haven't read enough, but I was wondering has any of the Devs created a custom Rom for the Verizon tab 7.7? If so could you post some links in this thread. Thanks
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Not yet. Very little is going on with our tablet. You CAN root it easily. I also installed Tegra Overclock app from market. Other than that...zilch. Its not like the last 7" VZW Tablet that we could have lots of ROMS for.
Yep, I think it may have been the price point combined with the contract element, that has kept the Devs from purchaseing one or being willing to play around with it. Maybe once there is stock restore firmware available, we will start seeing something. Sadly, by that time we will have ics and may not need a custom Rom at all.
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platodd said:
Hey, Guys excuse me if it seems like I haven't read enough, but I was wondering has any of the Devs created a custom Rom for the Verizon tab 7.7? If so could you post some links in this thread. Thanks
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Could you post a link to latest firmware, is there ics yet?
sk806 said:
Could you post a link to latest firmware, is there ics yet?
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There is no firmware for our device available yet, that's why we done have a custom Rom yet.
locerra has been working on a CM9 port, it's posted in this forum, although it's still in it's early stages (no data or wifi for the 815)
Id like to just seeif i could flash it, then i would go right back.
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Thankful he got an i815! Otherwise atm we're kinda ****ed when it comes to development
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I ran the CM9 Rom and it worked fine and was very fast and smooth. When they get wifi and data working it will be on my device for sure.
WARNING: THIS IS SUPER EXPERIMENTAL!!! DON'T FLASH THIS TO YOUR TABLET IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING!!!
What works:
Wi-Fi
Touchscreen
Browser
Play Store
SuperSU & Root access
Lots of other stuff, just haven't tested it quite yet.
What dosen't:
Media (Video & Sound)
/mnt/sdcard and /sdcard point to external sd, not internal memory.
Bootloop fixed in 7/25/12 build!
You tell me
This also requires the unlocked ICS bootloader. This will not run on the honeycomb bootloader. ICS bootloader installation instructions: http://forum.xda-dev...d.php?t=1622425
Download ROM (Updated 7/25/12)
Download gapps
Thanks to these guys and these guys.
jellybellys said:
Don't feel like posting everything here, so here:
ALL INFO & DOWNLOADS
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Why don't we use the already existing one on the forums here?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1792618
Seems more developed, and doesn't bootloop?
I'm fine with different versions of ROMs, but you guys should team up with the cm10 development we have going on here with some developers with great talent, waydownsouth, randomblame, gh123man and others.
EDIT:
This is the same work as the current cm10 ROM on the forums, this should be deleted for duplicate ROM posted.
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lifeofcoding said:
I'm fine with different versions of ROMs, but you guys should team up with the cm10 development we have going on here with some developers with great talent, waydownsouth, randomblame, gh123man and others.
EDIT:
This is the same work as the current cm10 ROM on the forums, this should be deleted for duplicate ROM posted.
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This is a different ROM from theirs.
Currently working on getting it running better. Next build should have a lot of fixes.
Oh, well I said that be cause you give credit to this:
https://github.com/iconia-dev
Which is the work of the same people making the other current cm10 ROM.
Unless you plan on improving and fixing you're self..
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3G Modem for A501 is working too?
Lmao thinkm this thread has been dis-owned and someone has red face lmao
*yourself
lifeofcoding said:
Oh, well I said that be cause you give credit to this:
Unless you plan on improving and fixing you're self..
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jellybellys said:
WARNING: THIS IS SUPER EXPERIMENTAL!!! DON'T FLASH THIS TO YOUR TABLET IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING!!!
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Somehow I started having flashbacks to the days of the "Manhattan Project".
But alas.... No fireworks or major explosions. Not even a small flicker..... :crying:
Considering the lack of any other input from the OP, I'll put in a close or delete order.
D3v17 said:
3G Modem for A501 is working too?
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I seriously doubt it Why it's labeled for the 501, I can only wonder.....
MD
Moscow Desire said:
I seriously doubt it Why it's labeled for the 501, I can only wonder.....
MD
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Yes i also doubt
Before i ever test flash rom JB another thread, and 3G Modem for A501 not working. Only wifi is working.
Thx
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please dont advertise a501 compat when 3g isnt functionnal. a501 users already have a hard time looking through this a500 forum --;
jellybellys said:
This is a different ROM from theirs.
Currently working on getting it running better. Next build should have a lot of fixes.
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How different? Any changelog?
i seriously think this is useless
I wanted this specific ROM for my nexus 4, because it's 4.2.2 JB. I tried upgrading to 4.3 pacman, and it overheated my phone, used all my RAM, just multiple problems. Any help find this ROM would be much appreciated.
Why is this in development section?
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sinndissension said:
I wanted this specific ROM for my nexus 4, because it's 4.2.2 JB. I tried upgrading to 4.3 pacman, and it overheated my phone, used all my RAM, just multiple problems. Any help find this ROM would be much appreciated.
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Wrong section buddy, this should be in the Q&A section!
sinndissension said:
I wanted this specific ROM for my nexus 4, because it's 4.2.2 JB. I tried upgrading to 4.3 pacman, and it overheated my phone, used all my RAM, just multiple problems. Any help find this ROM would be much appreciated.
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yes check here bit.ly/cRvEpT
Also, use the search function.
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Thanks everyone for NOT helping. I've already tried that, and got no answers, figured I tried and look somewhere else, but apparently everyone here is useless too.
sinndissension said:
Thanks everyone for NOT helping. I've already tried that, and got no answers, figured I tried and look somewhere else, but apparently everyone here is useless too.
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PACman works fine. There are no heating issues unless you use the phone heavily. I haven't read about heating issues in the latest posts in the PACman thread. Using the phone heavily gets you heating issues on any ROMs, even stock. Try a clean install.
Anyways, try keeping questions in the right section next time. There is the development thread, probably somewhere to post bugs, and also the Q&A thread.
sinndissension said:
I wanted this specific ROM for my nexus 4, because it's 4.2.2 JB. I tried upgrading to 4.3 pacman, and it overheated my phone, used all my RAM, just multiple problems. Any help find this ROM would be much appreciated.
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Go check your original post in the Q&A section. I provided you with a link to the PAC Rom v23.0.0.
Posted in wrong section now see you double posted adhere to XDA rules..
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