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EPE54B (new N1- AT&T) -> FRF50 -> FRF83 & beyond (hopefully) in 20 minutes
and FROYO IS AWESOME !!! Believe me , it's really worth making this effort .
Ok guys , I think it's time for me to contribute some documentation for the XDA forum. As mentioned in the Topic's header , I moved to Froyo y'day night and wanted to share the process with the AT&T N1 ppl on the forum who are ready to unlock the bootloader but are lazy/frightened to go about the so-called lengthy process.
I am a new N1 & a new android user (just a month old ) who has spent sleepless nights like some of the people in this forum and most of the people (here) waiting for the Froyo OTA to hit their N1's. After a 3 week sleep disorder I finally went in for the kill. Thanks to Paul for his guide and others in the forum because of which,this it was accomplished in just 20 minutes.
AT&T N1 (EPE54B) owners who are bold enough to unlock their boot loader ... here's the way to glory.
Senior XDA members please correct the process if you feel something is not right.
I will be using most of the info provided by Paul in his post (here) and I hope he wouldn't mind , if I use his info.And believe me guys , it seriously takes only 20 minutes.
DISCLAIMER
1) I do not take credit for any of the stuff posted here. It's mostly from Paul's guide and other sources. All credits go to the original up-loaders.
2) This is a step-by-step guide which I have prepared from the process I have followed to reach FROYO and am not responsible if it doesn't work for you.
2)You agree that by doing this process, I'm not responsible for any bricked devices.
Unlocking the bootloader will void your warranty.
This process will erase all of your phone's data.
INITIAL SETUP
1) Download android-sdk_r06-windows.zip
2) Unzip to C:\ drive so it looks like C:\android-sdk-windows\
3) Run SDK Setup.exe
4) In the screen that pops out - Double click everything so it has a red X except for green check mark next to "USB Driver Package"
( which means just have to install the USB Driver)
5) On you Nexus 1 - Navigate to 'Settings -> Application -> Development -> enable USB debugging'.
6) Connect your nexus one to the computer through the USB cable provided with your phone.
7) Wait for the PC to install the device driver.
- If it doesn't then --- 'New Hardware Found -> Point the install location to C:\android-sdk-windows\usb_driver\'
8) Once the driver is found and installed ; On your computer open a command window. 'start -> Run -> type 'cmd' -> hit 'ENTER'.
9) On the command screen: Type "cd c\" ; Hit 'ENTER' key
10) Then Type: "cd C:\android-sdk-windows\tools" ; Hit 'ENTER' key
11) Type: adb devices ; Hit 'ENTER' key
- It should say something similar to "HT123P123456 device" (this is your phone's serial number).
- If it says "cannot find" or "invalid path" etc, make sure you're typing *exactly* what the green text above says.
- If it says something else, try to reinstall the USB Driver package and restart your PC.
12) If it works, your PC is correctly recognizing the phone. Continue on to the next step!
UNLOCK BOOTLOADER
1) Turn off your nexus one.
2) Press and hold the trackball and also press the power button ( while still holding the trackball pressed).
3) A white screen with three droids at the bottom appears.
4) A RED background highlights "FATSBOOT" which changes to "FASTBOOT USB" in a second or two.
5) Now, On your computer open a command window. 'start -> Run -> type 'cmd' -> hit 'ENTER'.
6) On the command screen: Type "cd c\" ; Hit 'ENTER' key
7) Then Type: "cd C:\android-sdk-windows\tools" ; Hit 'ENTER' key
8) Now on your computer; TYPE: fastboot devices
- It should say something similar to "HT123P123456 fastboot" (this is your phone's serial number). If it doesn't say this, something is wrong.
- If you are typing fastboot devices and it just returns a blank line or ???????? (ie Windows 7 64-bit users), try using USB drivers in the PdaNet install:
http://www.junefabrics.com/android/download.php
9) If it shows the device number , then you are set to go.
10) On the command window opened previously ; TYPE: fastboot oem unlock
11) Read the screen carefully. If you click on unlock it will wipe all your DATA!! and also Unlock your phone .
12) Use the volume control keys on your nexus one to switch options and then press the power key to select the option.
13) An "unlocked padlock" appears while booting and YAY!! you are unlocked!!!!
14) Shut down your phone and boot into the boot loader ( Trackball pressed + power button )
INSTALL(FLASH) RECOVERY
1) Download the latest Amon_RA's recovery img from here
2) move it to "C:\android-sdk-windows\tools" .
3) On your computer open a command window. 'start -> Run -> type 'cmd' -> hit 'ENTER'.
4) On the command screen: Type "cd c\" ; Hit 'ENTER' key
5) Then Type: "cd C:\android-sdk-windows\tools" ; Hit 'ENTER' key
6) On you computer's command window -- Type: fastboot devices and make sure your device's number is showing up.
7) On you computer's command window -- Type: fastboot flash recovery recovery-RA-nexus-v1.7.0.img
8) It should say: sending 'recovery' (3962 KB)... OKAY . . . . . writing 'recovery'... OKAY This should take a few seconds.
9) If flashing the recovery was successful, use the menu options to boot directly into recovery, or restart your phone normally.(without going to the bootloader screen).
Rooting
1) Download the nexus-addon-0.1-signed.zip from here.
2) Copy the file onto your SD card. ( It should be in the root folder of your SD card i.e don't put it under any directories).
3) Shut down your nexus one
4) Boot into the boot loader ( Trackball pressed + power button )
5) Press the power button once ( quickly and for a very short time ).
6) The screen changes and you move to the Fastboot screen.
7) Do Not do anything for about 8-10 seconds. It scans for some files and returns to the "FastBoot Screen"
8) Now use the "volume down" button to select "Recovery" and press the power button.
9) Do this step only if you didn't use Superboot: Use trackball -> "Flash zip from from sdcard" -> nexus-addon-0.1-signed.zip
- If you get a Triangle with a ! in the middle alongside an Android for 5+ minutes, you MAY have to remove battery and re-flash recovery (I had to do this once.) (Make absolutely sure that nothing is happening on your phone, as removing the battery when it's doing something can cause a brick.)
- Alternatively, try the optional Superboot method, and then re-flash Amon_RA's recovery image.
10) Select Reboot.
Phew .. that was hard ... but here comes the best part !!!
INSTALL FRF50 with Radio
1) Download the FRF50 with Radio zip file from here (Paul's FRF50 ROM).
2) Copy the file onto your SD card. ( It should be in the root folder of your SD card i.e don't put it under any directories).
3) Rename it to update.zip and make sure it's not "update.zip.zip". ( if you have the extension names off ).
4) Shut down your nexus one.
5) Boot into the boot loader ( Trackball pressed + power button )
6) Press the power button once ( quickly and for a very short time ).
7) The screen changes and you move to the Fastboot screen.
8) Do Not do anything for about 8-10 seconds. It scans for some files and returns to the "FastBoot Screen"
9) Now use the "volume down" button to select "Recovery" and press the power button.
10) The phone now boots into Recovery.
11) Use your phone's "Trackball" to Navigate and press the "trackball" to execute the selection.
12) Run the following
a) Backup/Restore -> Nand backup
b) Wipe -> Wipe data/factory reset
c) Wipe -> Dalvik Cache
13) Then press the "volume down" button to return to the main recovery screen.
14) Now , select "Flash zip from sdcard" and in the next screen select the "update.zip" file.
15) You get an "install completed" message after about 15-20 seconds.
16) Reboot and you are into the wonderful world of "FROYO".
FRF50 -> FRF83
1) Ok, now I think you are already enjoying your delicious dessert. Let's add some strawberries to it.
2) Download the PAUL modified FRF50 -> FRF83 zip file from HERE.
3) Connect your phone to the USB cable and mount the card.
4) Remove the existing update.zip file from the SDcard.
5) Copy the downloaded FRF83 file into the SDcard's root folder and rename it to "update.zip".
6) Shut down your nexus one.
7) Boot into the boot loader ( Trackball pressed + power button )
8) Press the power button once ( quickly and for a very short time ).
9) The screen changes and you move to the Fastboot screen.
10) Do Not do anything for about 8-10 seconds. It scans for some files and returns to the "FastBoot Screen"
11) Now use the "volume down" button to select "Recovery" and press the power button.
12) The phone now boots into Recovery.
13) Select "Flash zip from sdcard" and in the next screen select the "update.zip" file
14) Wait for the most annoying 15-25 seconds and reboot.
15) VOILA , you are on the latest and greatest android update for Nexus one.!!!!
I think I'll wait, but excellent work on putting all of that together!
Thanks for the step by step. I believe another approach is to not root (just unlock the bootloader) and to flash back to the TMO ROM and use the leaked official updates. I'm trying to determine which to do.
AvengerBB said:
Thanks for the step by step. I believe another approach is to not root (just unlock the bootloader) and to flash back to the TMO ROM and use the leaked official updates. I'm trying to determine which to do.
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As far as the info goes from this forum .. I came to know that unlocking the bootloader will void warranty. SO I felt that it's worth rooting the phone after unlocking it as we have advantages like Titanium backup and a lot more ...
I did a similar procedure, flashing my phone to ERE54B--->ERE27-->FRF50-->FRF83
I unlocked the bootloader/rooted in the process, but in the end I end.. I installed FRF50--FRF83 to my unrooted nexus one on ATT.
I wish I had tried applying the ERE27 original ROM to my phone with a locked bootloader, I don't know if it would of worked or not.
Either way, I am an ATT Nexus one on FRF83. It's quite nice
Nice instructions, good job compiling!
However, there is no need to flash FRF50 first, and then FRF83. You can just flash Paul's FRF83, and the radio separately.
AvengerBB, a prerequisite of Amon_RA's recovery image is a rooted phone. I am not sure exactly why it requires root, though.
jmorgan6 said:
I wish I had tried applying the ERE27 original ROM to my phone with a locked bootloader, I don't know if it would of worked or not.
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It wouldn't have.
Just to clarify for me..
I understand unlocking bootloader is what 'voids' your warranty is required to root. It is also not possible to 'undo'.
Is having a 'rooted' phone what prevents you from getting OTA updates, or is having an unlocked bootloader?
If you have a phone with an unlocked bootloader, but not rooted... does google/android OS know any different? (Not warranty claims, but for S/W updates)?
Basically, if/when the ERE54B-->2.2 Update goes official, can I flash back to ERE54B and get the 'original' upgrade intended for my phone if I unroot it. Or will I from here on out have to manually update my phone?
Would you guys PLEASE take a look at this and tell me if you are having this trouble too!
nice work, very well documented, glad someone did this. Thank you.
I think I will continue to wait out the official OTA, but if I get antsy this weekend I know where to come for instructions.
stick this thread!
I have a rooted and bootloader unlocked AT&T version nexus one and I have already installed the FRF50 WITHOUT the radio. Should I go back and reinstall FRF50 with the radio before upgrading to FRF83? On by current build the phone sometimes doesn't reconnect to AT&T service once it has lost service and I need to restart the phone. Does Paul's FRF50 ROM have a radio that supports AT&T? Kinda a noob, sorry. Thanks in advance for the help.
andrewluccio said:
I have a rooted and bootloader unlocked AT&T version nexus one and I have already installed the FRF50 WITHOUT the radio. Should I go back and reinstall FRF50 with the radio before upgrading to FRF83? On by current build the phone sometimes doesn't reconnect to AT&T service once it has lost service and I need to restart the phone. Does Paul's FRF50 ROM have a radio that supports AT&T? Kinda a noob, sorry. Thanks in advance for the help.
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You need to flash the newer 12_7 radio. The radio image remains the same for ATnT or T-mobile, the actual frequencies are decided by hardware. No need to re-flash FRF50 - just flash the new radio from here - http://n0rp.chemlab.org/android/nexus/radio-4.06.00.12_7.img
You can use "fastboot flash radio radio...img" command to flash it. After flashing new radio, flash FRF83. It is highly recommended that you flash only compatible OS and radio versions.
Man
I have followed all the steps but when I go to flash the update from the sdcard it gives me the an error that says there is no signature and install aborted. What could this be from? I have tried those steps again and again. Please help.
jmorgan6 said:
Just to clarify for me..
I understand unlocking bootloader is what 'voids' your warranty is required to root. It is also not possible to 'undo'.
Is having a 'rooted' phone what prevents you from getting OTA updates, or is having an unlocked bootloader?
If you have a phone with an unlocked bootloader, but not rooted... does google/android OS know any different? (Not warranty claims, but for S/W updates)?
Basically, if/when the ERE54B-->2.2 Update goes official, can I flash back to ERE54B and get the 'original' upgrade intended for my phone if I unroot it. Or will I from here on out have to manually update my phone?
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You can't re-lock the bootloader without being very lucky, you need an S-OFF SPL. Just having an unlocked bootloader won't effect your ability to get OTA updates, it's custom ROMs and recoveries that do that.
If you're going through all that trouble, just use Paul's superboot to FRF83.
Finally got it to work! It didn't fix my video recording bug though. When I switch from camera to video it just freezes and reboots. Did they ever find a workaround for this? I would appreciate the help.
Shouldn't need a work around, mine doesn't suffer from it.
rohandhruva said:
You need to flash the newer 12_7 radio. The radio image remains the same for ATnT or T-mobile, the actual frequencies are decided by hardware. No need to re-flash FRF50 - just flash the new radio from here - http://n0rp.chemlab.org/android/nexus/radio-4.06.00.12_7.img
You can use "fastboot flash radio radio...img" command to flash it. After flashing new radio, flash FRF83. It is highly recommended that you flash only compatible OS and radio versions.
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Arent you guys facing troubles with this radio?
My gps is innacurate... i think that is because of the radio image!
If with the oficial froyo it does not is fixed i will flash back my 4.04 radio!
Take a look at this to read about my trouble please!
Need some help. Everything worked up to this point.
INSTALL FRF50 with Radio
1) Download the FRF50 with Radio zip file from here (Paul's FRF50 ROM).
2) Copy the file onto your SD card. ( It should be in the root folder of your SD card i.e don't put it under any directories).
3) Rename it to update.zip and make sure it's not "update.zip.zip". ( if you have the extension names off ).
4) Shut down your nexus one.
5) Boot into the boot loader ( Trackball pressed + power button )
6) Press the power button once ( quickly and for a very short time ).
7) The screen changes and you move to the Fastboot screen.
8) Do Not do anything for about 8-10 seconds. It scans for some files and returns to the "FastBoot Screen"
9) Now use the "volume down" button to select "Recovery" and press the power button.
10) The phone now boots into Recovery.
11) Use your phone's "Trackball" to Navigate and press the "trackball" to execute the selection.
12) Run the following
a) Backup/Restore -> Nand backup
b) Wipe -> Wipe data/factory reset
c) Wipe -> Dalvik Cache
13) Then press the "volume down" button to return to the main recovery screen.
14) Now , select "Flash zip from sdcard" and in the next screen select the "update.zip" file.
15) You get an "install completed" message after about 15-20 seconds.
16) Reboot and you are into the wonderful world of "FROYO".
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I didn't get an "install completed" message. Instead it says, "Reboot via vol-up+vol-down or menu to complete installation." Then when I reboot it goes to the android falling out of the box image, and then boots back into recovery. I can restore with the nand backup just fine, but this method doesn't seem to work for me. I believe it's the damn radio upgrade that is causing the problems because right before the reboot it says "Writing radio image...". Anybody else experienced this?
thmst30 said:
Need some help. Everything worked up to this point.
I didn't get an "install completed" message. Instead it says, "Reboot via vol-up+vol-down or menu to complete installation." Then when I reboot it goes to the android falling out of the box image, and then boots back into recovery. I can restore with the nand backup just fine, but this method doesn't seem to work for me. I believe it's the damn radio upgrade that is causing the problems because right before the reboot it says "Writing radio image...". Anybody else experienced this?
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Have you tried doing "Reboot phone" after it boots back into recovery?
Edited May 16 2012
Hi all,
Due to confusion and scared people I have decided to post simple instructions on how to unlock the bootloader on GB 2.3.4. I just received my Bell Atrix 4G, unlocked it for rogers and then rooted and unlocked the bootloader. I was confused by the pudding instructions, so I decided to recreate them In my own wording.
I take no responsibility for anything that happens to your phone or your heart stopping while you wait for your phone to reboot or if it is stuck on moto screen etc...
Credit for original tutorials go to the2dcour, romracer, Nottach, Faux123 and the others for all of their hard work.
Requirements:
1.Create a folder on your desktop named motounlock
2.Go here: forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1136261
Scroll down to where it says "RSDLite/Windows Drivers/Sbf_flash"
UPDATE: Download RSDLite from here : http://www.multiupload.com/T6NOEBKKLO . If you need x64 bit Drivers use the other link. thanks AnguishedEnd!
download the first two files for windows (RSDLite 5.5 link, x64 Windows drivers)
download the third file for linux/mac
3.Scroll until you see the big word "Unlock"
where it says "Unlocker only SBFs" download the second file UNLESS you are on ATT.
4. Scroll down to the word "Root" and download 'Fastboot' for your OS
5.unzip all of the files you just downloaded into the motounlock folder on your desktop
6. open the folder, install RSDLite, and afterwards install the Drivers.
Then follow these instructions
Power Down your atrix
Take out your microSD card and SIM card for the flashing process
While turning the phone on, hold the Volume Up button until it acknowledges RSD. Your device will say “Starting RSD protocol support”
Run “RSD Lite” on your computer
Press the “. . .” button next to the box labeled “Filename”
Navigate to your desktop and open the motounlock folder and select the file named intl-fix-try1.sbf ( IT WILL BE DIFFERENT IF U ARE DOING THIS FOR ATT)
Plug your device into your computer. RSD Lite should recognize your device and say “Model: NS Flash Olympus” and “Connected…” The acronym 'NS' may be different for your device people!!
Press the “Start” button. The Flash actually failed for me, wait for it to complete to 100% it may FAIL or PASS! just make sure it gets to 100% leave your phone sitting for about 10 minutes AFTER RSD SAYS FAIL/SUCCESS.
If nothing is happening after 10mins, perform a battery pull. Power the phone on while pressing vol-down. “Fastboot” Will show up on screen. DONT PLUG IT IN YET. Press volume up and let your phone sit. You will see “Starting Fastboot protocol support" LEAVE IT UNPLUGGED
press the windows key + R on your computer, type cmd and press enter
command prompt will open. type cd C:\users\YOURNAME\desktop\motounlock press 'enter'
Plug your device back into usb now
back in your command prompt window type "fastboot oem unlock" no quotes
You will now receive a warning along with a unique device ID
Type the following commands using your unique device ID (the numbers in the command prompt) in place of the ####
fastboot oem unlock ####
fastboot reboot
your moto will reboot. UNLCOKED!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Proper Recovery:
1. After your bootloader unlocked go to this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1204500
2. Scroll down to where it says "ALL USERS" and download your favourite colour. (NOT THE ZIP VERSION) Place it in the motounlock folder that you have on your desktop.
3. Press the windows key + R on your computer, type cmd and press enter
4. A Command prompt will open. type cd C:\users\YOURNAME\desktop\motounlock press 'enter'
5. type "fastboot devices" Press Enter.
5b. type "fastboot erase recovery" Press Enter.
5c. type "fastboot flash recovery recovery-atrix5.img" Press Enter.
Wait for the command prompt to say : "writing 'recovery'... OKAY ['The amount of seconds it took here']"
5d.type "fastboot reboot"
DO NOT FORGET TO DO THIS PART: After the install of RomRacers recovery boot up your phone. Open up your favourite file browser (I used Astro file manager to do this ) and navigate to /system/etc/ and delete the file called 'install-recovery.sh'
You will be set 100% !
Installing a custom ROM (Any custom rom will work as long as it has unified kernel/Faux Kernel)
MOST ROMS WILL COME PRE-ROOTED! Just saying, to avoid confusion.
I will be using Nottach's Darkside ROM as an example, because Cyanogenmod does not have features included with original moto rom (this one is way more NOOB friendly) But this is COMMON PROCEDURE for almost every rom so be sure to follow this for whatever ROM you want to use.
1. Go here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1222108
2. Scroll down to where it says 'DOWNLOADS' and download the most current version.
3. When it is finished downloading you will have a ZIP file named something like "TheDarkSidev2.8.0-Wipe.zip"
4. Plug your phone in to your computer and transfer that file to your INTERNAL MEMORY.
5. MAKE SURE YOUR PHONE HAS DECENT CHARGE! I would say at least 50 percent. 70+ is recommended, I have done it with 40 + though.
6. Power Down your Phone.
7. Hold The POWER Button + VOL DOWN. DONT PRESS VOLUME UP WHEN YOU SEE FASTBOOT! Instead...
8. After fastboot shows up click volume down until " Android Recovery " shows up, about 7 down clicks. THEN press volume up.
9.
***FIRST TIME ROM FLASHERS ONLY!!!!!!***
WE ARE GOING TO BACKUP YOUR ORIGINAL ROM SO THAT IF YOU EVER DERP YOU WIL ALLWAYS HAVE A SOLID BACKUP
Press VOLUME DOWN and go to backup and restore. Press the POWER BUTTON
Press the POWER button on backup
Select where you want to put your backup (internal or external memory)
Backup INCLUDING WEBTOP! (if you ever think you will use it)
Wait for it to finish.
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10. Ok now that you are in android recovery you have to do a few things before flash.
a. Scroll down to "wipe data/factory reset" PRESS POWER. say yes to EVERYTHING until it goes back to the main screen.
b. scroll down to "wipe cache partition" PRESS POWER. say YES. Wait for return to main menu
c. Scroll down to"advanced", click "wipe dalvik cache" Go back to "advanced", "wipe battery stats
11. At the main menu, Scroll to "install Zip from SDcard" Press POWER.
12.scroll down to "choose zip from internal sdcard"
13. select the ZIP file that you saved to your INTERNAL memory. If you're using darkside the file name is "TheDarkSidev2.8.0-Wipe.zip"
14. Scroll down to "YES - install TheDarkSidev2.8.0-Wipe.zip" Press POWER
15. Let your phone work its magic!
16. When it is finished installing, you will be returned to the recovery main menu.
17. click "reboot system now"
18. Let it boot! This can take anywhere from 10 seconds to 5+ MINUTES! if you dont see it move from the "unlocked" screen after 10 minutes Perform a battery pull and power on again. If it hangs then all you have to do is go into recvoery click "backup and restore" and restore your original ROM. Or like me, have one of every kind of ROM on your storage in case I feel the need to change it on the go!
19. YOUR PHONE HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY TURNED INTO A FULLY OPEN DROID Pat yourself on the back and have a drink to your accomplishments . We on XDA knew you could do it!
Some solutions to issues:
As ar31791 said,
Anyone having issues not being able to boot into CWM recovery after flashing it (such as seeing android guy with exclamation mark):
Delete or rename /system/etc/install-recovery.sh AND /etc/install-recovery.sh I renamed mine to bkup.install-recovery.sh in case i ever wanted to use them again for some reason.
/etc/install-recovery.sh will automatically be placed in /system/etc if /system/etc/install-recovery.sh is not found on boot.
So, you must delete or rename both, THEN INSTALL CWM recovery.
rename the files using ROM Toolbox's root explorer as some file explorers will not give you the proper access levels to delete or rename the files correctly.c
Hope this helps it worked for me. I was afraid of a brick because nobody clarified the steps that were involved in RSDLite. It may be nerve racking, but it does work!! Enjoy and thanks again to the2dcour, romracer, Nottach, Faux123 and anybody else who has helped in the scene that I didnt have a chance to mention. PM me if I forgot you!
Oh, and just to let everybody know when your bootloader is successfully unlocked it will say unlocked at the top left of your screen everytime you turn it on. just wait, this is normal.
OMG thank you so much tayshun!! I just spent 2 hours reading through that pudding post mess trying to figure out how to do this for a 2.3.4 bell atrix....
I was very nervous about trying something without clear directions in case I brick my phone. You're a lifesaver
noobler said:
OMG thank you so much tayshun!! I just spent 2 hours reading through that pudding post mess trying to figure out how to do this for a 2.3.4 bell atrix....
I was very nervous about trying something without clear directions in case I brick my phone. You're a lifesaver
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I understand your grief hahaha. Feel free to press the thank you button at the bottom of my post. I'm trying to get a good reputation around here as I am going to school for programming and I will probably be in these dev forums daily to get help cooking Roms!
Has anybody else had success with my simplified instructions? Results?
this instructions seem simple
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1182871
what do you think?
sanriver12 said:
this instructions seem simple
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1182871
what do you think?
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Are you sure it works on a Bell/Int'l Atrix?
Thanks heaps for the instructions Just used them to unlock a Telstra Atrix which I updated to 2.3.4 this morning! Worked a treat.
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Maybe i spoke to soon...I just noticed it has reset to factory defaults. Not a big deal as I already backed everything up but i certainly wasn't expecting it!
What about android version 2.2.2 and system Version.4.2.11.MB860.Retail.end.FR
Build: OLYEM_ U4_2.1.1
IT'S bell phone atrix 4g unlocked and running on Rogers
In just afraid of ruining it,, I've bricked a vibrant by just updating it from Samsung utility which is weird.
Thanks
Sent from my HTC-A510a using xda premium
timfoote said:
Maybe i spoke to soon...I just noticed it has reset to factory defaults. Not a big deal as I already backed everything up but i certainly wasn't expecting it!
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you would have expected this if you had informed yourself as you should, before performing this kind of procedure on your phone.
Worked perfectly for me. My phone wouldnt complete the flash, so I went into CMD and unlocked it.
I've been trying to do this before, and many failed attempts.
So thank you.
worked
Fantastic summary.
Worked like a charm.
Bell Atrix with retail updates.
Thanks a million!
...Damnit, still can't remove Kobo; wtf!
Super guide
Thanks for the very clear instructions. Worked first time. The one thing that always seemed ambiguous to me was the memory fix. Do we need to apply it?
xeidy said:
What about android version 2.2.2 and system Version.4.2.11.MB860.Retail.end.FR
Build: OLYEM_ U4_2.1.1
IT'S bell phone atrix 4g unlocked and running on Rogers
In just afraid of ruining it,, I've bricked a vibrant by just updating it from Samsung utility which is weird.
Thanks
Sent from my HTC-A510a using xda premium
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I also have an unlocked bell atrix 4g on rogers. If you dont have 2.3.4 you would have to update your phone with the bell original software. It wont take away your unlock as unlocks are permanent. after you upgrade follow this guide to unlock the Bootloader and feel free to use custom roms!
nabicat said:
Thanks for the very clear instructions. Worked first time. The one thing that always seemed ambiguous to me was the memory fix. Do we need to apply it?
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well after I unlocked my bootloader I installed romracers CWM and DarkSide v2.1 to my phone. No issues with ram so far. I dont know if you intend on installing customs ( I assume so because what other reason would you have to unlock the bootloader? lol) but after the install my ram readouts seemed correct
Yes, you're correct. I checked available memory and its over 800 mb, so the fix must be in there.
Cheers
Working very well with Bell Atrix.
Thanks for big help.
Wondering if this instruction works with Hong Kong's ME860 2.3.4 also?
I'd love to try this!
MrJcc said:
Wondering if this instruction works with Hong Kong's ME860 2.3.4 also?
I'd love to try this!
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I'm not sure if it works with hong kong version. If you check the link that I posted, it leads to a thread on here called international house of pudding. in that thread at the beginning it says that " China version ??: DANGER: Brick after OTA 2.2.2" So you would definitely have to ask someone around the forums or search to see if somebody has done it successfully
It is possible to remove the unlocked during the boot?
Sent from my MB860 using XDA App
[GUIDE] A detailed step-by-step "Dummies Guide" to installing CM7 on your ATRIX MB860
After reading several threads of where to go and how to do it, and being able to successfully install CM7 after going through all those threads, I took it upon myself that if I was ever successful in getting it on my device (Motorola Atrix MB860, locked to T-Mobile UK), I'd share my experience and hopefully create a how-to in the process. I am hoping this guide will be useful to many others.
Please be advised that this is the completed version of this simple guide, the actual process involved me having to back track and read several threads, then re-read some more other threads just to make sure I did the proper thing.
A big thank you to all those who took the time to make the guides I based this "all in one" guide for T-Mobile Atrix users. Some of them had an instruction or two missing (like when do you plug in the phone to the computer?) that would have been obvious to many but to some would have had trouble figuring out.
The phone in question: Motorola Atrix MB860. My phone was running Android 2.2.2. I updated the phone using a Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit machine.
Since I got it as a free phone on a new contract, I'd like to assume that the phone itself was network locked. I haven't tried any other SIM with it so far. Please be advised, YOU DO NOT NEED TO UNLOCK YOUR PHONE TO GET CM7. Unlocking the BOOTLOADER, is not the same as unlocking the phone. This maybe obvious to some people, but again, not to everyone (saw a guy respond in one forum who had to pay to get his phone network-unlocked, in hoping that would make it easier to install CM7 for him).
Also, this guide is not meant to be the official way of loading it up, I just hope that it makes it easier for someone else to load up the excellent CM7 on to a Motorola Atrix. Add it to the list of many threads you'll need to read! But I hope this thread is all you need to read.
So here goes, the step by step guide (I took) in getting the latest CM7 on it. Before I start, a few necessary words:
WARNING #1 - Ensure that whenever you plugin your phone, or install something, or run a command, please let the event finish before going on to the next step. In my experience, there were several times that I had to plug in the phone, and wait for the driver installation to continue, and on one instance I got a bit impatient unplugged the phone before realizing that it was still installing. It set me back another 10 minutes just because of that.
WARNING #2 - Please make sure that you back up any data that you have just to be sure. After the end of the entire process, your phone will be back to factory settings and you will need to re-setup any customisations, and put back any media files you use, AND install any apps you use.
WARNING #3 - Just to be safe, and to make sure that your battery stats isn't messed up, make sure that you fully charge your phone first before continuing with this guide.
DISCLAIMER - As with anything regarding XDA and tinkering with your phone, you may void your warranty doing this. I cannot be 100% sure that your phone will not be bricked by this (I've been using the guides by XDA'ers over the years and have yet to brick a phone. Well I did brick my Samsung Galaxy S i9000 once, but I was able to recover it!). Proceed at your own discretion.
THE GUIDE
1. Download all the necessary files. I have taken the liberty of gathering all the files you will need in one archive. Click on any of the following download links to grab it.
* Deposit Files Main
* MediaFire Mirror
* Filesonic Mirror
* Megaupload Mirror
2. UnRAR the archive to "C:". A warning may show up based on your security settings, just say "Yes" to this.
3. Install the necessary drivers and programs. Start with "MotorolaEndUserDrivers_5.1.0x64.msi". Then install "RSDLite5.3.1.msi".
4. Unlocking the Bootloader.
a. Turn off your phone.
b. Remove your SIM, and MicroSD card if you have one.
c. Put the battery back in, then press and hold "Power Button + Volume Up" until it acknowledges RSD.
d. The phone will say “Starting RSD protocol support”.
e. On your computer, open "RSD Lite".
f. Press the “...” button.
g. Locate the "intl-fix-try1.sbf" file. This should be located in "C:\MotorolaMB860toCM7\". Select that. For USA AT&T users please refer to this link to download the correct SBF file.
h. Connect your phone to the computer. Ensure that all the drivers are installed before proceeding.
i. RSD Lite should recognize your phone and say something similar to “Model: SE Flash Olympus” and the status should read as “Connected…”
j. Press the “Start” button. This may take a few moments. My phone rebooted and completed starting up before the timer in RSD Lite reached 100%! But I did not disconnect the phone just to be sure.
k. Press "Windows Key + R". Type "cmd" then press "Enter".
l. In the command prompt window, enter in "C:" first to make sure you're in the right drive, then execute "cd C:\MotorolaMB860toCM7\fastboot\" to go to the right folder. This will change your working folder to that of where the files are (well, a subfolder of the main folder, you should be at the fastboot working folder, I won't say folder again... D'OH!).
m. Turn off your phone. After making sure it's turned off, press "Power Button + Volume Down" until you see "Fastboot" on the phone's screen.
n. Press "Volume Up" and you should see “Starting Fastboot protocol support”.
o. Connect your phone back to the computer via USB. Again, ensure that any driver installation prompts are finished before proceeding.
p. Back at the command prompt, type "fastboot oem unlock".
q. A warning will appear, along with a "Unique Device ID".
r. Type "fastboot oem unlock *****". Where ***** will be your "Unique Device ID".
s. Type "fastboot reboot".
t. Your phone will now reboot. Now, your phone has an unlocked bootloader!
5. Flashing CWM Recovery using FASTBOOT.
a. Turn off your phone. Then boot into "fastboot". This is done by pressing "Power Button + Volume Down" when turning on your phone.
b. When you see "Fastboot" on the phone's screen, press "Volume Up" to select it.
c. Connect your phone to your computer. Again ensure any prompts are finished before proceeding.
d. Your command prompt should still be open, and your working directory should still be "C:\MotorolaMB860toCM7\fastboot\". Now type "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img".
e. After the process, type in "fastboot reboot".
f. Your phone will now reboot, and you have successfully installed CWM Recovery.
6. Installing Cyanogen Mod 7!
a. Turn the phone off then put back your SIM, and your MicroSD card.
b. Turn on your phone, and after the phone completely boots up, connect it to your computer. You should use Mass Storage as the connection option in the phone.
c. Copy the files "Ba2tF.zip" and "gapps-gb-20110828-signed.zip" into the phone's internal memory.
d. Disconnect the phone properly from the computer, then turn off the phone.
e. On the phone, press "Power Button + Volume Down" until you see "Fastboot".
f. Press "Volume Down" several times until you see "Android Recovery". Then press "Volume Up". Your phone should say "Entering Android Recovery Mode".
g. Using the volume keys for movement (Up & Down) and the power button for selection, choose "install zip from sdcard".
h. Then select "choose zip from internal sdcard".
i. You might see a lot of folders and files here. You will need to select "Ba2tF.zip".
j. After which, it will ask you to confirm. Select "Yes - Install Ba2tF.zip".
k. After it completes the installation, you will need to run the "wipe data/factory reset" command in CWM Recovery. Follow the prompts to complete this.
l. After that, you will need to run the "wipe cache partition" command in CWM Recovery. Again, follow the prompts to complete this.
m. When it completes, choose "reboot system now".
n. Be enchanted by the excellent Cyanogen Mod 7 loading screen!
7. Due to an arrangement (more like a request) from Google, the Cyanogen Mod 7 release does not contain any Google Apps. To install the necessary Google Apps:
a. Turn off the phone.
b. On the phone, press "Power Button + Volume Down" until you see "Fastboot".
c. Press "Volume Down" several times until you see "Android Recovery". Then press "Volume Up". Your phone should say "Entering Android Recovery Mode".
d. Using the volume keys for movement (Up & Down) and the power button for selection, choose "install zip from sdcard".
e. Then select "choose zip from internal sdcard".
f. You might see a lot of folders and files here. You will need to select "gapps-gb-20110828-signed.zip".
g. After which, it will ask you to confirm. Select "Yes - Install gapps-gb-20110828-signed.zip".
h. When it completes, choose "reboot system now".
8. That is it! That's the whole process I believe. Can easily be done in 30 minutes, but I would recommend alotting an hour to this project just to be safe.
I have found that once going on to Cyanogen Mod 7, it would be very hard, nay, would be insane for me to go back to the Stock ROM (or any other ROM for that matter!). I personally think that all this hard work is worth it. Bottom line, I appreciate what my phone is and has to offer thanks to the Cyanogen Mod team (specifically the Atrix-Dev-Team!).
Most importantly, donations to the Atrix-Dev-Team (http://code.google.com/p/atrix-dev-team/) will be most appreciated (I'm not a part of them but I support what they do, hey). They do a fantastic job and giving them some beer money is the least we can do to show our appreciation.
Last and not the least, this guide is a combination of all the other guides that I have had to read and peruse in order for me to get my phone on to CM7. All I did was get the necessary important information that was useful to me, but the credit of the actual content and the guides go to the following:
1. Motorola Atrix 4G Forums
2. * Official CM7 for Atrix Stable only (No Nightly )* Atrix CM Ba2tF RELEASED!!
3. CM7 Q&A
3. [Updated 10-30-2011] THE BEGINNERS (N00B) GUIDE!!! N00BS LOOK HERE FOR YOUR HOW TOs
4. [PUDDING] International House of Pudding! BL Unlock/root thread (Updated 07/23/2011)
5. BriefMobile - How To: Unlock the Atrix 4G Bootloader
6. Atrix-Dev-Team Backup/Restore
* In case you were wondering what "preinstall.img" is, well according to this thread, it should help with ROOTing your phone. I haven't done so, haven't used it, but I've attached it for your convenience should you feel extra adventurous.
I wish you success in the installation of CM7 on to your Motorola Atrix!
Good job figuring it out and writing an in detail guide, I am sure many people will find it useful ....
...
BUT
.... the procedures of installing CM7 on network locked and network unlocked phones are exactly the same.
So, existing guides would do the job just fine, disregarding if the phone is sim locked or not.
Thanks for pointing that out, I will update the thread to indicate this.
The.Opethian said:
NOTE: This guide can also work on unlocked phones.
After reading several threads of where to go and how to do it, and being able to successfully install CM7 after going through all those threads, I took it upon myself that if I was ever successful in getting it on my device (Motorola Atrix MB860, locked to T-Mobile UK), I'd share my experience and hopefully create a how-to in the process that I am hoping will be useful to others.
Please be advised that this is the completed version of this simple guide, my actual process involved me having to back track and read several threads, then re-read some more other threads just to make sure I did the proper thing.
A big thank you to all those who took the time to make the guides I based this "all in one" guide for T-Mobile Atrix users. Some of them had an instruction or two missing (like when do you plug in the phone to the computer?) that would have been obvious to many but to some would have had trouble figuring out.
The phone in question: Motorola Atrix MB860. My phone was running Android 2.2.2. I updated the phone using a Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit machine.
Since I got it as a free phone on a new contract, I'd like to assume that the phone itself was network locked. I haven't tried any other SIM with it so far. Please be advised, YOU DO NOT NEED TO UNLOCK YOUR PHONE TO GET CM7. Unlocking the BOOTLOADER, is not the same as unlocking the phone. This maybe obvious to some people, but again, not to everyone (saw a guy respond in one forum who had to pay to get his phone network-unlocked, in hoping that would make it easier to install CM7 for him).
Also, this guide is not meant to be the official way of loading it up, I just hope that it makes it easier for someone else to load up the excellent CM7 on to a Motorola Atrix. Add it to the list of many threads you'll need to read! But I hope this thread is all you need to read.
So here goes, the step by step guide (I took) in getting the latest CM7 on it. Before I start, a few necessary words:
WARNING #1 - Ensure that whenever you plugin your phone, or install something, or run a command, please let the event finish before going on to the next step. In my experience, there were several times that I had to plug in the phone, and wait for the driver installation to continue, and on one instance I got a bit impatient unplugged the phone before realizing that it was still installing. It set me back another 10 minutes just because of that.
WARNING #2 - Please make sure that you back up any data that you have just to be sure. After the end of the entire process, your phone will be back to factory settings and you will need to re-setup any customisations, and put back any media files you use, AND install any apps you use.
WARNING #3 - Just to be safe, and to make sure that your battery stats isn't messed up, make sure that you fully charge your phone first before continuing with this guide.
DISCLAIMER - As with anything regarding XDA and tinkering with your phone, you may void your warranty doing this. I cannot be 100% sure that your phone will not be bricked by this (I've been using the guides by XDA'ers over the years and have yet to brick a phone. Well I did brick my Samsung Galaxy S i9000 once, but I was able to recover it!). Proceed at your own discretion.
THE GUIDE
1. Download all the necessary files. I have taken the liberty of gathering all the files you will need in one archive. Click on any of the following download links to grab it.
* Deposit Files Main
* MediaFire Mirror
* Filesonic Mirror
* Megaupload Mirror
2. UnRAR the archive to "C:". A warning may show up based on your security settings, just say "Yes" to this.
3. Install the necessary drivers and programs. Start with "MotorolaEndUserDrivers_5.1.0x64.msi". Then install "RSDLite5.3.1.msi".
4. Unlocking the Bootloader.
a. Turn off your phone.
b. Remove your SIM, and MicroSD card if you have one.
c. Put the battery back in, then press and hold "Power Button + Volume Up" until it acknowledges RSD.
d. The phone will say “Starting RSD protocol support”.
e. On your computer, open "RSD Lite".
f. Press the “...” button.
g. Locate the "intl-fix-try1.sbf" file. This should be located in "C:\MotorolaMB860toCM7\". Select that.
h. Connect your phone to the computer. Ensure that all the drivers are installed before proceeding.
i. RSD Lite should recognize your phone and say something similar to “Model: SE Flash Olympus” and the status should read as “Connected…”
j. Press the “Start” button. This may take a few moments. My phone rebooted and completed starting up before the timer in RSD Lite reached 100%! But I did not disconnect the phone just to be sure.
k. Press "Windows Key + R". Type "cmd" then press "Enter".
l. In the command prompt window, type in "cd\MotorolaMB860toCM7". This will change your working folder to that of where the files are.
m. Turn off your phone. After making sure it's turned off, press "Power Button + Volume Down" until you see "Fastboot" on the phone's screen.
n. Press "Volume Up" and you should see “Starting Fastboot protocol support”.
o. Connect your phone back to the computer via USB. Again, ensure that any driver installation prompts are finished before proceeding.
p. Back at the command prompt, type "fastboot oem unlock".
q. A warning will appear, along with a "Unique Device ID".
r. Type "fastboot oem unlock *****". Where ***** will be your "Unique Device ID".
s. Type "fastboot reboot".
t. Your phone will now reboot. Now, your phone has an unlocked bootloader!
5. Flashing CWM Recovery using FASTBOOT.
a. Turn off your phone. Then boot into "fastboot". This is done by pressing "Power Button + Volume Down" when turning on your phone.
b. When you see "Fastboot" on the phone's screen, press "Volume Up" to select it.
c. Connect your phone to your computer. Again ensure any prompts are finished before proceeding.
d. Your command prompt should still be open, and your working directory should still be "C:\MotorolaMB860toCM7\". Now type "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img".
e. After the process, type in "fastboot reboot".
f. Your phone will now reboot, and you have successfully installed CWM Recovery.
6. Installing Cyanogen Mod 7!
a. Turn the phone off then put back your SIM, and your MicroSD card.
b. Turn on your phone, and after the phone completely boots up, connect it to your computer. You should use Mass Storage as the connection option in the phone.
c. Copy the files "Ba2tF.zip" and "gapps-gb-20110828-signed.zip" into the phone's internal memory.
d. Disconnect the phone properly from the computer, then turn off the phone.
e. On the phone, press "Power Button + Volume Down" until you see "Fastboot".
f. Press "Volume Down" several times until you see "Android Recovery". Then press "Volume Up". Your phone should say "Entering Android Recovery Mode".
g. Using the volume keys for movement (Up & Down) and the power button for selection, choose "install zip from sdcard".
h. Then select "choose zip from internal sdcard".
i. You might see a lot of folders and files here. You will need to select "Ba2tF.zip".
j. After which, it will ask you to confirm. Select "Yes - Install Ba2tF.zip".
k. After it completes the installation, you will need to run the "wipe data/factory reset" command in CWM Recovery. Follow the prompts to complete this.
l. After that, you will need to run the "wipe cache partition" command in CWM Recovery. Again, follow the prompts to complete this.
m. When it completes, choose "reboot system now".
n. Be enchanted by the excellent Cyanogen Mod 7 loading screen!
7. Due to an arrangement (more like a request) from Google, the Cyanogen Mod 7 release does not contain any Google Apps. To install the necessary Google Apps:
a. Turn off the phone.
b. On the phone, press "Power Button + Volume Down" until you see "Fastboot".
c. Press "Volume Down" several times until you see "Android Recovery". Then press "Volume Up". Your phone should say "Entering Android Recovery Mode".
d. Using the volume keys for movement (Up & Down) and the power button for selection, choose "install zip from sdcard".
e. Then select "choose zip from internal sdcard".
f. You might see a lot of folders and files here. You will need to select "gapps-gb-20110828-signed.zip".
g. After which, it will ask you to confirm. Select "Yes - Install gapps-gb-20110828-signed.zip".
h. When it completes, choose "reboot system now".
8. That is it! That's the whole process I believe. Can easily be done in 30 minutes, but I would recommend alotting an hour to this project just to be safe.
I have found that once going on to Cyanogen Mod 7, it would be very hard, nay, would be insane for me to go back to the Stock ROM (or any other ROM for that matter!). I personally think that all this hard work is worth it. Bottom line, I appreciate what my phone is and has to offer thanks to the Cyanogen Mod team (specifically the Atrix-Dev-Team!).
Most importantly, donations to the Atrix-Dev-Team (http://code.google.com/p/atrix-dev-team/) will be most appreciated (I'm not a part of them but I support what they do, hey). They do a fantastic job and giving them some beer money is the least we can do to show our appreciation.
Last and not the least, this guide is a combination of all the other guides that I have had to read and peruse in order for me to get my phone on to CM7. All I did was get the necessary important information that was useful to me, but the credit of the actual content and the guides go to the following:
1. Motorola Atrix 4G Forums
2. * Official CM7 for Atrix Stable only (No Nightly )* Atrix CM Ba2tF RELEASED!!
3. CM7 Q&A
3. [Updated 10-30-2011] THE BEGINNERS (N00B) GUIDE!!! N00BS LOOK HERE FOR YOUR HOW TOs
4. [PUDDING] International House of Pudding! BL Unlock/root thread (Updated 07/23/2011)
5. BriefMobile - How To: Unlock the Atrix 4G Bootloader
6. Atrix-Dev-Team Backup/Restore
* In case you were wondering what "preinstall.img" is, well according to this thread, it should help with ROOTing your phone. I haven't done so, haven't used it, but I've attached it for your convenience should you feel extra adventurous.
I wish you success in the installation of CM7 on to your Motorola Atrix!
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I needed to be in the fastboot directory to execute the fastboot commands using moto-fastboot [command].
Also needed to copy the recovery image to the fastboot directory.
Otherwise, easy to complete in around 30 minutes as you say.
Thanks very much,
Jim
Awesome guide!
But one question, "cd\MotorolaMB860toCM7" would that work? Wouldn't you need to wright "cd C:\MotorolaMB860toCM7" (assuming everything is extracted to C
Thank you lovfors and yey365 for the tips! Have updated the thread now.
Gonna throw this guide in the General section. It's not development, so it doesn't belong here.
Just a quick note so nobody bricks by mistake, remember to use the correct pudding for your kind of phone (international or AT&T)!
turl1 said:
Just a quick note so nobody bricks by mistake, remember to use the correct pudding for your kind of phone (international or AT&T)!
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Thank you sir, I have amended the step with additional details. Cheers!
Awesome walkthrough, signed up just to say thanks. The only thing wrong was the recovery image didn't work for me, tried a few times then got one from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1204500 and it worked great.
Guys,
Is this ROM is 100% compatible with MB860?
Example: Fingerprint / DockStation
Thks!
gunbolt said:
Guys,
Is this ROM is 100% compatible with MB860?
Example: Fingerprint / DockStation
Thks!
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The answer to your question can be found here.
Do some research before asking basic questions!
What Doesn’t Work:
•Fingerprint sensor - Work in progress (not native to CM)
•Webtop - Work in progress (not native to CM)
OK I see now.
Thks
If its any consolation, the lockscreens for CM7 are more than capable. Having big fingers, the fingerprint scanner only worked 60% of the time for me. Still, here's to hoping it gets fully implemented.
Sent from my MB860 using Tapatalk
The fingerprint scanner isn't about finger size, it's more about positioning and timing. I went from unlocking at a 70% rate to a 100% by just knowing how to position my fingers and sliding slowly, but not too slow. Unlocking in 1-1.5 second(s) sure beats typing the pin or having a unsecured phone.
I flashed to a GB ROM until CM7 gets it. CM7 has some sensitivity problems for me (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1331631) and it also cannot play HD flash yet. Don't get me wrong, I love what the devs are doing for CM7 and I support them all the way, but I just can't find myself to use it as my daily ROM until the small things (big for me) are patched out. Other than the problems mentioned, it is the best, it gives AMAZING battery life. About double what the GB ROMs give us, which is great. But I am willing to sacrifice charging every 1.5 days instead of 3 for Fingerprint and HD Flash.
Thanks for this guide, Will make my wife very happy.
She got the Atrix from t-mobile uk yesterday and hated it.
Her galaxy s cm7 was faster and my defy cm7 kept with up with it.
lets hope cm7 does it normal job and matches amazing hardware with amazing software.
Hey I need some help! I rooted my phone, unlocked bootloader and installed CWM as per in instructions in the noobs guide sticky and now have been trying to install CM7.
When it goes into the recovery screen I tried to install the cm7 zip file from the internal storage and it keeps giving me a installation aborted error:
E:failed to verify whole-file signature
E:signature verification failed
Installation aborted.
Does anyone know how to get around this or what I am doing wrong??
I know you guys hate noobs and everything but this is starting to piss me off and I could use some help
i cant get to this step:
6
b. Turn on your phone, and after the phone completely boots up, connect it to your computer. You should use Mass Storage as the connection option in the phone.
my computer cannot detect my atrix having storage space.
so the only way i can install the cm7 rom is to "install from external sd card"
although it was successful, i got the error message during the installation, "error mounting /emmc"
i dont know if this error related to the following issue. i can only detect 1.97gb internal storage in the setting and the rest of the storage is missing!!
someone got the same problem and figured out the solution?
CMD problem D:
5. Flashing CWM Recovery using FASTBOOT.
a. Turn off your phone. Then boot into "fastboot". This is done by pressing "Power Button + Volume Down" when turning on your phone.
b. When you see "Fastboot" on the phone's screen, press "Volume Up" to select it.
c. Connect your phone to your computer. Again ensure any prompts are finished before proceeding.
d. Your command prompt should still be open, and your working directory should still be "C:\MotorolaMB860toCM7\fastboot\". Now type "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img".
e. After the process, type in "fastboot reboot".
f. Your phone will now reboot, and you have successfully installed CWM Recovery.
For part d i got into C:\motorolamb860\fastboot but when i try to enter fastboot flash recovery recovery.img it says "Fastboot" is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. Im pretty sure i followed the instructions dead on >.> i don't know why i cant flash recovery ~_~ help please
zx6rexx said:
E:failed to verify whole-file signature
E:signature verification failed
Installation aborted.
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Try redownloading it is failing md5 verification
Sent from my MB860 using Tapatalk
Hallo,
im a little bit desperate, because i cant flash ROMs on my Milestone2 (German Vodafone-Edition (nosimlock))
I Like to flash this ROM
But before i flash the ROM i tried to Backup my orginalROM....and here the Problem starts.
I installed "Droid 2 bootstrap"....i press "Bootstrap Recovery" (have root, made with z4root, and oneclick..perhaps it conflictet ?)
now the problem is, then i press "reboot recovery" the tel just makes a restart and dont enter the bootmeno
can you plz help me debugging together, so i can perhaps come to the pleasure to run a costum rom ??
greetz
ps.:sry 4 noobstressing the community, but im now @ a point there i dont have a clue how to solve this problem.
ok i think i have found the problem,...but i cant solve it myself. perhaps im wrong, but i think, that something is misconfigurated that way, it needs to be fixed in a professional way
here is the mistake i did:
I first didnt know, that ROM Manager dont work on Milestone2 !!!
but i installed it,....and then install the bootloader (or driver) i was wondering, that milestone2 isnt listed....so i selected a not matching model. and so ROM Manager installed some error sh**t, that makes "droid 2 bootstrapper" not to go in bootmenu
anyone could say me if my suggestion could be right ? and if theres a way to check that ?
Is there a way to debug my problem in a good way, so we could find the error ?
doh....seems to be, that the Milestone2 should moved to the "Low Activity Devices"-Forum^^
nobody here, that can help out with Milestone2-issues ???
push
vo tentar ajudar
revnu said:
push
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tenta apertar ao mesmo tempo com o cell desligado!(power+camera+volume baixo)
e entrar no bootloader! (vc deve ter os drivers instalados)
se nao funcionar!
abre o rsdlite e com o cell desligado, tenta os mesmos botoes! ja passei por isso e funcionou!
First thing, Bootstrap is not supposed to take you to boot menu, it is supposed to take you to Clockwork recovery 2.xx menu after first pressing 'bootstrap recovery' and then using 'reboot recovery' option.
Are you not able to reach CWR? If you are able to reach it, then you flash Bootmenu v.0.8.6_v2 from Endless7's CM7 first post using install from zip option in Clockwork recovery. After this you'll have Bootmenu.
Hope it helps!!
sahilarora911 said:
First thing, Bootstrap is not supposed to take you to boot menu, it is supposed to take you to Clockwork recovery 2.xx menu after first pressing 'bootstrap recovery' and then using 'reboot recovery' option.
Are you not able to reach CWR? If you are able to reach it, then you flash Bootmenu v.0.8.6_v2 from Endless7's CM7 first post using install from zip option in Clockwork recovery. After this you'll have Bootmenu.
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Hallo,
thx 4 your help. i didnt know that i have to use both tools in combination to boot to recovery menu. i have now installed "Droid_2_Recovery_Bootstrap_v1.0.0.5" and "ROM Manager 5".....i even gave them full permissions with root explorer. But then i make "reboot recovery" in bootstrap it just restarts.....i even cant get in recovery menu by key combos. then i press photobutton+Vol up/down, i come in a other bootloader (standart bootloader? connect usb)
what is the right keykombo to test ? do i have to use rom manager 2 instead of 5 ??
i want to do it like this tutorial und flash the rom there.....i hope it will work because i even cant get the start work
I don't think the ROM manager works on Milestone 2. At least I have never used it.
When you are in boot manager, there is an option 'Recovery'. Go to that option n press power button. Then you need to select 'Stable Recovery' from the next screen and this should take you to clockwork recovery to flash ROMs.
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I don't think the ROM manager works on Milestone 2. At least I have never used it.
When you are in boot manager, there is an option 'Recovery'. Go to that option n press power button. Then you need to select 'Stable Recovery' from the next screen and this should take you to clockwork recovery to flash ROMs.
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my problem is i CANT get in bootmanager
i installed droid2 bootstrap. i press first install,..then reboot, he just makes newstart. what have i exactly to do ? keykombo ?
then i hold X during start i get to a strange menu. when i now press cam+vol-up i come to a menu called "android systems recovery <2e>" and have the following options:
"reboot system now"
"apply sdcard:update.zip"
"wipe data/factory reset"
wipe cache partition"
the option u said (Recovery) is not there. my phone is rooted, but i have nothing more installed than droid2bootstrap (going to uninstall rom manager now)
thx that u helping me out, im kinda alone with my problem for days and dont know what to do to aplly this tutorial to my phone. hope we can manage to find out what idiot-mistake i make
isaacnuness said:
tenta apertar ao mesmo tempo com o cell desligado!(power+camera+volume baixo)
e entrar no bootloader! (vc deve ter os drivers instalados)
se nao funcionar!
abre o rsdlite e com o cell desligado, tenta os mesmos botoes! ja passei por isso e funcionou!
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i cant understand your language
Okay. Let me try to give you the complete process. I hope you will understand it and can follow it.
1. Root your phone. Keep the bootmenu_0.8.6.zip on root of your sd card.
2. Install Droid2bootstrapper. (no need of ROM manager)
3. Open the app Droid2bootstrapper. Select option 'Bootstrap Recovery'. It will ask for Root access. Grant the access by pressing 'Yes'.
4. A message 'Success' (or something similar) will be shown. Press 'OK'.
5. Now, select the second option 'Reboot recovery'.
6. Phone will reboot and you will see a Clockword Mod Recovery menu. It will have options as shown in the image attached.
7. Choose option 'Install zip from sd card' (using the camera key). Select boot menu_0.8.6.zip.
8. Once boot menu is flashed. Reboot your phone.
9. You will see the LED go blue during the second M logo. Press volume down and you will be in bootmenu.
sahilarora911 said:
Okay. Let me try to give you the complete process. I hope you will understand it and can follow it.
1. Root your phone. Keep the bootmenu_0.8.6.zip on root of your sd card.
2. Install Droid2bootstrapper. (no need of ROM manager)
3. Open the app Droid2bootstrapper. Select option 'Bootstrap Recovery'. It will ask for Root access. Grant the access by pressing 'Yes'.
4. A message 'Success' (or something similar) will be shown. Press 'OK'.
5. Now, select the second option 'Reboot recovery'.
6. Phone will reboot and you will see a Clockword Mod Recovery menu. It will have options as shown in the image attached.
7. Choose option 'Install zip from sd card' (using the camera key). Select boot menu_0.8.6.zip.
8. Once boot menu is flashed. Reboot your phone.
9. You will see the LED go blue during the second M logo. Press volume down and you will be in bootmenu.
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Hallo,
thx again 4 helping me.
i EXACTLY DO THAT.....till step 5 every thing is fine. but then it comes to step 6....the telephone just restarts, without getting in the bootmenu.
i never saw that clockwork menu you posted in the picture. slowly i think, that something is wrong with my tel.
perhaps i already made some stuff, that destroyed my possibility to install get in this menu
istn there a other way to install that ROM ?
Let us try a different approach. While your phone is turned on and you are in the home screen, try to press and hold the power button for about 2 seconds? There is supposed to be a menu that comes out with choices to power off or reboot device, silent mode or something like that. Choose reboot and new choices will pop out. Try to see if recovery is listed and choose that. Your phone should restart and boot to recovery. If it works that way then you can install bootmenu.zip from there. Hope that works for you.
My suggestion:
1) format data/cache in stock recovery (hold X during boot)
2) if it will not work after this, try to flash sbf from http://and-developers.com/sbf:milestone2 (if you have Froyo, choose some Froyo version, if you have GB, then choose GB - remember, that you can't go back to Froyo, once you'll flash GB... ok, you can via downgrade, but this is not important for now)
.. then root it (are you really sure, you've successfully rooted your phone? Use this https://market.android.com/details?id=com.joeykrim.rootcheck&hl=cs for verification)
... then install droid2bootstrap and if you'll not be able to enter recovery directly from bootstrap, try to hold vol up+vol down during booting process (but I'm not sure if this option is available in the first version of CWM/bootstrap for M2) also you can try to enter recovery (not install it, just enter into it) via ROM Manager...
If it will not work after these steps, then you have probably some mysterious Milestone 2 or you are doing something wrong...
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Let us try a different approach. While your phone is turned on and you are in the home screen, try to press and hold the power button for about 2 seconds? There is supposed to be a menu that comes out with choices to power off or reboot device, silent mode or something like that. Choose reboot and new choices will pop out. Try to see if recovery is listed and choose that. Your phone should restart and boot to recovery. If it works that way then you can install bootmenu.zip from there. Hope that works for you.
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the point "reboot" is not present in that menu !!!
going to ust rsd-lite an flash over a stock-rom
Anonymous_ said:
My suggestion:
1) format data/cache in stock recovery (hold X during boot)
2) if it will not work after this, try to flash sbf from http://and-developers.com/sbf:milestone2 (if you have Froyo, choose some Froyo version, if you have GB, then choose GB - remember, that you can't go back to Froyo, once you'll flash GB... ok, you can via downgrade, but this is not important for now)
.. then root it (are you really sure, you've successfully rooted your phone? Use this https://market.android.com/details?id=com.joeykrim.rootcheck&hl=cs for verification)
... then install droid2bootstrap and if you'll not be able to enter recovery directly from bootstrap, try to hold vol up+vol down during booting process (but I'm not sure if this option is available in the first version of CWM/bootstrap for M2) also you can try to enter recovery (not install it, just enter into it) via ROM Manager...
If it will not work after these steps, then you have probably some mysterious Milestone 2 or you are doing something wrong...
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i tried flashing "2.3.4 Service Version" from that side. this one:
Germany Vodafone MILS2_U6_4.1-22
because i have a milestone2 from vodafone (germany). it began flash, than stopped with an error:
failed flashing process
on Phonedisplay it says:
critical error febe 0047
but itz not bricked....i made factoryreset now
EDIT: perhaps i have to unroot it before flashing ??
Do you have the superuser icon in your app drawer? If yes, then can you check if it says that Droid2Bootstrapper has been given SuperUser access.
If possible can you post a photo (if not screenshot) of the SuperUser app.
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Do you have the superuser icon in your app drawer? If yes, then can you check if it says that Droid2Bootstrapper has been given SuperUser access.
If possible can you post a photo (if not screenshot) of the SuperUser app.
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thx everybody 4 helping me out, i hope we manage to find that stupid error.
here is the screenshot:
This time i made a factoryreset via stock recoverymode (pressingX, then volUp+foto)
after that i rooted my phone via superoneclick. something is strage with that, and perhaps heres the error. then superoneclick sends the test to the phone nothing happens....and die rooting prozess ends not in an normal way....in fact it never ends, then i just pull the usb und restart, the superuseraccount is there. i can use apps that need root.
i now trying to completely unroot with oneclick und then use z4root from market. perhaps it works.
i realized, that the root is not gone after factoryreset. perhaps it is the best i flash sbf. i yesterday tried, but flashing endet with an error.
i tried "2.3.4 Service Version Germany Vodafone MILS2_U6_4.1-22" from this side
downloadet from here (because links on other side are down)
ok one thing is not really clear for me. i tried to flash version 2.3.4
in my telinfo it says: "firmwareversion 2.2.1" that meens i have froyo right ? so i better try the "2.2.2 Service Version" on that side....but it is listed as "DE, AT,CH (O2 DE) (No Branding).....O2 is a german provider. i have a "vodafone-germany" version.is there a problem flash other sfbs ?
perhaps i manage to get rid of the problem by first flashing another ROM with RSD-Lite, then i Flash the ROM i want, after sucsessfully installing droid2bootstrap.
can someone say me if there is another way to make this toturial work with rsd-lite?
questions over question, i know, but im not able to solve this problem myself
EDIT: made a clean unroot. then restart, and rooted the device again (with superoneclick). then oneclick tells me "do you want to test if root worked" i click yes. normally on the handydisplay it must pop up a message at this time, but nothing happened. after that i waited for timeout und the rooting prozess ended in a regular way this time. i have the superuser again,.....bootstrap says "sucsess" after installing bootstrap recovery, but then i press "reboot recovry"-->regular restart. also then i press powerbutton for 2sec in homescreen i dont have the option to reboot, just "turn-off" "flightmodus" & "silent". something is terribly wrong with my device and i think i most go the way to flash sbf
Well, you won't have reboot option for sure since you are using a stock ROM. So don't worry about that.
But if bootstrapper is working fine, which seems to be the case from the screenshots, then I can't really understand why it is not going in CWR on pressing reboot recovery.
Test for root rights with some other apps like root browser. You can find it here on xda. Open root browser and check if you are able to change permissions of some app inside /system/apps folder, any system app that you don't use such as Moto phone portal etc.
If you can change the permissions with it, then it is difficult to say what the problem is.
Edit: Also try unrooting with superclickone and rooting again with z4root (permanent option) that is if you are still on Froyo. Seems pointless but the problem itself is pretty weird.
Plus, are you saying that you are unable to flash an sbf using RSDLite? Is that process failing for you?
revnu said:
EDIT: made a clean unroot. then restart, and rooted the device again (with superoneclick). then oneclick tells me "do you want to test if root worked" i click yes. normally on the handydisplay it must pop up a message at this time, but nothing happened. after that i waited for timeout und the rooting prozess ended in a regular way this time. i have the superuser again,.....bootstrap says "sucsess" after installing bootstrap recovery, but then i press "reboot recovry"-->regular restart. also then i press powerbutton for 2sec in homescreen i dont have the option to reboot, just "turn-off" "flightmodus" & "silent". something is terribly wrong with my device and i think i most go the way to flash sbf
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Hi,
Can you check if USB debugging is enabled and then try installing the bootstrap recovery and then reboot and see if it works?
I am just login,
The question:
Wildfire buzz 2.2.1 Revolutionary S-OFF and rooted with superoneclick
Rom 2.2.1
Kernel 2.6.32.21
Hboot version for s- OFF with Revolutionary, rooted with superoneclick
Tweaks / coustomizations: nothing
Memory card partitions: fat32, ext2, swap
I can not have a working clockworkmod and I can not install zip file from sd card. I tried different ways and I think that something has been wrong.
Rom manager can see CWM 3.0.0.6 and I did a backup from rom manager, with CWM 3.0.0.6; the backup is on sd card inside a folder clockworkmod/backup. But if I tap resume in recovery mode from rom manager, I have a not working CWM 3.0.0.6 menu (whatever line I choose, I’ve a black screen with a hat and I have to remove the phone battery).
If I switch on the phone volume down+power and I go in recovery, I can see a CWM 5.0.2.0 (not working at all, with the same black screen with a hat by choosing any menu option).
It seems there are two CWM installed, the first one working from rom manager but only for backup and anything else.
I’ll be grateful for your help
Use the trackball to select, not the power button.
Lesicnik1 said:
Use the trackball to select, not the power button.
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Thanks, I will try it, but why two CWM installed?
rose_canter said:
Thanks, I will try it, but why two CWM installed?
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Because one is from ROM Manager, just like you said.
you will have cwm 5.x because this cwm you have installed. if you want to go into cwm 3.x you have to go to rom manager, at bottom you have option all cwm versions, then you choose cwm 3.0.0.6, and after thas at the top flash cwm. Now you have created file called uptade.zip. Now you enter into cwm, choose apply update form sd, choose update.zip and here you are cmw 3.0.0.6 all philosophy
drewniany92 said:
you will have cwm 5.x because this cwm you have installed. if you want to go into cwm 3.x you have to go to rom manager, at bottom you have option all cwm versions, then you choose cwm 3.0.0.6, and after thas at the top flash cwm. Now you have created file called uptade.zip. Now you enter into cwm, choose apply update form sd, choose update.zip and here you are cmw 3.0.0.6 all philosophy
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to make this a bit more complete: you can boot into CWM by ROM Manager to use a different CWM version than the installed one. Sometimes you might need an older version (to flash a radio you'll need CWM 2.5x for example).
If you boot into recovery by ROM Manager this will give you a temporary version (depending what you've chosen).
All new roms are able to start with cwm 3.x but you're right, sometimes we need 2.x recovery to elder roms like joker droid i used it only 2 times m8 almost always i use cwm 3.x
Thanks for your answers
The trackball does not allow to select any CWM item but I can move from an item to another one. If I move in this way after a while I can see at the bottom of the screen “ Back button enabled” and the power button becomes enabled to select regardless I choose an item with the trackball or with the volume button. It may be this is the norm.
rose_canter said:
Thanks for your answers
The trackball does not allow to select any CWM item but I can move from an item to another one. If I move in this way after a while I can see at the bottom of the screen “ Back button enabled” and the power button becomes enabled to select regardless I choose an item with the trackball or with the volume button. It may be this is the norm.
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not sure if this is a misunderstanding...
In Fastboot (after Fastboot did initially run and check for update files) you choose the menu items with vol up/down and select an item by pressing the power button.
If you go into recovery (by choosing "recovery" with vol up/down and selecting it by pressing power button) you can there choose again with vol up/down or with moving the trackball (not sure if it works in all versions though) - but: you select an item by pressing the trackball (not the power button) - if that doesn't work there's a problem with your trackball - either software or hardware.
The activation of back menu after 3 runs through the menu is intended, though (in case you made a mistake). I seem to remember that I've also read somewhere that you could set the power button for selection in CWM, too, but I'm not 100% sure about that.
I've to scroll down the cwm menu with the trackball and wait for "back menu button enabled", then the power button goes. Perhaps there are some troubles with the phone.
I found this one that can be related perhaps:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1775840