Welcome to my thread on bootloop fixes for flashing new ROM's through CWM.
I have seen many cases where people will get stuck in a bootloop from flashing a newer 2.3.4 ROM with CWM, and this has also happened to me. Please be aware I made this guide for AT&T Atrix 4G's. I am unaware if this works for international devices.
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DISCLAIMER:
I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANYTHING THAT MAY GO WRONG WHILE FOLLOWING MY INSTRUCTIONS. YOU SHOULD ALREADY KNOW THERE IS ALWAYS A RISK OF BRICKING YOUR DEVICE WHILE FLASHING.
DO NOT DO THIS IF YOU ARE COMING FROM A 2.3.4 STOCK AT&T OTA UPDATE ROM.
THIS WILL WIPE ALL DATA EXCEPT INTERNAL MEMORY AND THE SD CARD, AND MAKE YOUR PHONE LIKE NEW.
ALSO, BE AWARE THIS IS FOR AT&T, NOT INTERNATIONAL.
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WHY?:
In almost every bootloop case, it is because the CWM version installed on your atrix is older then what the ROM maker made it for. For example, if you were like me and flashed the HKTW ROM right when it came out with Tenfar's first unlocked CWM recovery, then tried to flash a new ROM such as Kenneth's 2.3.4 AT&T, then you would be stuck in a bootloop. So again, you always need the latest CWM.
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SOLUTION?:
WINDOWS ONLY:
Prerequisites:
1.2.6 SBF file (the password to extract the file is "atrixbl")
RSD Lite 5.0
Drivers: 32 bit OR 64 bit
INSTUCTIONS:
1. Make sure your phone is turned off
2. Take out your microSD card and SIM card for the flashing process
3. While turning the phone on, hold the Volume Up button until it acknowledges RSD
4. Your device will say “Starting RSD protocol support”
5. Run “RSD Lite” on your computer
6. Press the “. . .” button next to the box labeled “Filename”
7. Load up the SBF file (The SBF file is located inside of the .gz file, you must extract it out before loading it into RSD Lite)
(Use WinRAR or 7-Zip to extract the .gz file on your computer)
8. Plug your device into your computer
9. RSD Lite should recognize your device and say “Model: NS Flash Olympus” and “Connected…”
10. Press the “Start” button
11. Be patient while the phone reboots. It will take a long time.
12. OTA update from 1.2.6, all the way to 1.8.3
Download "Rom Manager" from the android market.
13. Click the first option "Flash ClockworkMod Recovery"
14. Select Motorola Atrix 4G.
15. Now you're all set and back in the game. You are safe to flash any new ROMs with this OFFICIAL CWM. And Rom Manager will let you know when a new CWM version is available.
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IF ANYTHING IS INCORRECT, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. ALSO, IF THESE METHODS DO NOT WORK, LET ME KNOW AND I WILL UPDATE THE GUIDE. WHAT I HAVE POSTED HERE IS BASED ON WHAT WORKED FOR ME, AND EVERYONE I HAVE HELPED.
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If you would like to donate to me, I will put a link below. What I do with donations is find ROM developers, and see their current work progress, and donate to them. So anything you donate to me, gets donated to future ROM making.
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=8Q3MSD9KW2GD6
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Thank you for everyone who has given us ROMs, hacks, mods, you name it. This device is nothing without you guys!
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Reserved
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jbrussee said:
Does this not effect anyone?
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People who are on the ota DO NOT flash back to 1.83 or prior op make this clear please although most will know some noobs wont lol
edit my fault you did, maybe a little bigger? if not its ok at least you have it
Yeah, I made sure I said that.
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hi im posting this so I can post in the development section.
LMAO Techno. You got punked on two consecutive threads. Why do you have to be so rude and arrogant? Oh and please follow your own advice.....read before posting any comment.
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logantyler said:
hi im posting this so I can post in the development section.
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+1 This place is way to aggressive with new users.
bootloop
Hi All,
I wanted to add my solution for having my phone stuck in a bootloop and then soft bricking it. My phone did not unlock successfully
1. Download a working version of 1.83
2. Download RSD Lite for your computer
3. When starting phone enter recovery by holding the volume down and pressing the power button, when the recovery option at the top shows up, use the volume down to get to RSD Mode. Volume Up selects.
4. Launch RSD Lite
5. Plug phone into computer using USB and RSD Lite should recognize phone.
6. Select the 1.83 file. Then run it
7. This may take some time, but it will boot your phone back to stock settings.
8. Read directions more carefully next time when you install a custom rom.
Hope this helps someone!
Thanks for more input!
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Hello, I installed GingerBlur and Now want to upgrade to Gingerbread. I am having some issues with doing an OTA upgrade. I aslo no longer have a PC which I used to root and flash before. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I believe your instructions are only for AT&T users (judging by the files and OTA numbers).
If so, you should state that so some new International user doesn't try this and hard brick.
Zero-k, thank you for informing me of this.
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Hello G2 users, use this thread to talk about going from G2 hboot to DZ Hboot, only use this thread DO NOT POST ABOUT YOUR PROBLEMS IN OTHER THREADS your wasting your time and other peoples,
Use this thread to help each other, and stop being ***** and do it dont blame me if you brick
This is the link to how to do get the dz hboot onto the g2
http://www.virtuousrom.com/2011/06/t-mobile-g2-users-migrating-to-desirez.html
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Heads up, this is really only useful/necessary if you want to use Sense ROMs. If you use AOSP ROMs like CyanogenMod you're better off with the G2 hboot and more /data space.
Can we also include the way to get back? It seems that is what most people are concerned about in addition how to get there in the first place. Thanks.
Watch your language please
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Did this last night worked flawlessly...only way to get Unity to work! Nandroided back to CM7.1 everything works great there too
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Hot_Hands said:
Heads up, this is really only useful/necessary if you want to use Sense ROMs. If you use AOSP ROMs like CyanogenMod you're better off with the G2 hboot and more /data space.
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I don't even think its that useful for sense roms. Really only Unity.
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yes can someone make a dz to g2 hboot? was using unity but now im going with insertcoin, due to the variety of themes and mods
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yes can someone make a dz to g2 hboot? was using unity but now im going with insertcoin, due to the variety of themes and mods
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All you need is the G2 hboot and the other stuff from what the website told you, same instrutions
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mintaeroboy said:
All you need is the G2 hboot and the other stuff from what the website told you, same instrutions
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can someone make a PC10IMG with the G2 hboot and radio
mintaeroboy said:
Hello G2 users, use this thread to talk about going from G2 hboot to DZ Hboot, only use this thread DO NOT POST ABOUT YOUR PROBLEMS IN OTHER THREADS your wasting your time and other peoples,
Use this thread to help each other, and stop being ***** and do it dont blame me if you brick
This is the link to how to do get the dz hboot onto the g2
http://www.virtuousrom.com/2011/06/t-mobile-g2-users-migrating-to-desirez.html
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I'm all for this thread, but I do believe that OP needs to be a bit more informative.
For a start include details on checking which hboot you have installed. This question has all ready been asked a lot.
A video tutorial. I never use them but people do seem to like them.
There also seems to be a lot of people worried about flashing the DZ hboot then having to return to there phone for warranty purposes. Its irrelevant which hboot you are using whilst rooted. You are still going to need to return to the stock hboot. A guide for this exists here.
Also maybe ask RMK if you can copy and post this instructions in to the first post. Currently this thread does not really contain any Dev related info and might be closed.
And maybe include instructions for people that don't use adb
good suggestions CJ, hope you'll soon be reunited your your beloved Z
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good suggestions CJ, hope you'll soon be reunited your your beloved Z
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It's not looking likely that I'm going to get it back before the end of this week.
It's not been to bad though. I work in a phone shop so I have very using various different Android handsets every day. And we are getting the optimus 3D in today
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cjward23 said:
It's not looking likely that I'm going to get it back before the end of this week.
It's not been to bad though. I work in a phone shop so I have very using various different Android handsets every day. And we are getting the optimus 3D in today
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I dont have a G2 but when I get home on Sunday night / UK time I will sort this thread out thanks
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cjward23 said:
I'm all for this thread, but I do believe that OP needs to be a bit more informative.
And maybe include instructions for people that don't use adb
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guys for ppl who donot want to use ADB. or cannot understand how to make it work ..... the process is simple... follow these steps and complement them with rmk guide .....
before you start make sure you have enough battery and do a Nandroid backup before hand.
1. download the PC10img.zip from rmk guide.
2. connect your phone as disk drive with your pc. and copy the pc10img.zip into root folder of your SDcard....
3. check the MD5sum of pc10img.zip on your SD card and compare it with the one provided in rmks guide. (you can either use a pc based software to check md5sum.... many free ones out there.... or use some software like "Man D5" its md5sum generator free on android market)
4. if the MD5sums match than just simply reboot into bootloader (power off the phone than turn it back on while holding the power and volume down button)
5. when it asks you whether you wanna install pc10img. select yes by pressing the volume button.(it will tell you whether to press volume up or down)
6. Now pc10img will install and it will reboot in the process once so dont do anything until second reboot.
7.after second reboot when your phone is stuck at HTC screen for some time. take out the battery and put it back in and go back into bootloader.
7.5 Put sdcard in another phone or memory card reader and delete/move/rename PC10IMG.zip.
(if you have no other phone or no other media to read the SDcard to delete the pc10img.zip file than whenever you restart bootloader it will scan sdcard and it will ask you if you wanna install pc10img.zip file volume down to install and volume up to ignore i think..... so you have to press volume up to ignore it and than get into recovery as given in step 8. than later you can delete the zip from sdcard via either recovery or when your nandroid is restored )
8. this time go into recovery. it will give you some errors like..... this not accessible and that not accessible.
9. Just do a full wipe, than wipe cache , than wipe dalvik cache from the advanced menu.
10. At this point you could simply just do a nandroid restore. but a friend of mine had some force closes after nandroid restore at this point. so for that i would suggest that you after completing wipes..... take out the battery and than put it back in and again go into bootloader than into recovery.
11. this time you shouldnt get any errors of "cannot mount this or that"
12. At this point do a nandroid restore and you will be back to your original state but with a DZ hboot .....
(if for some reason your again getting cannot mount or access cache at point 11.... than again wipe cache and it should fix it.....
hope it helps anyone who is having problems adb .....
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guys for ppl who donot want to use ADB. or cannot understand how to make it work ..... the process is simple... follow these steps and complement them with rmk guide .....
before you start make sure you have enough battery and do a Nandroid backup before hand.
1. download the PC10img.zip from rmk guide.
2. connect your phone as disk drive with your pc. and copy the pc10img.zip into root folder of your SDcard....
3. check the MD5sum of pc10img.zip on your SD card and compare it with the one provided in rmks guide. (you can either use a pc based software to check md5sum.... many free ones out there.... or use some software like "Man D5" its md5sum generator free on android market)
4. if the MD5sums match than just simply reboot into bootloader (power off the phone than turn it back on while holding the power and volume down button)
5. when it asks you whether you wanna install pc10img. select yes by pressing the volume button.(it will tell you whether to press volume up or down)
6. Now pc10img will install and it will reboot in the process once so dont do anything until second reboot.
7.after second reboot when your phone is stuck at HTC screen for some time. take out the battery and put it back in and go back into bootloader.
8. this time go into recovery. it will give you some errors like..... this not accessible and that not accessible.
9. Just do a full wipe, than wipe cache , than wipe dalvik cache from the advanced menu.
10. At this point you could simply just do a nandroid restore. but a friend of mine had some force closes after nandroid restore at this point. so for that i would suggest that you after completing wipes..... take out the battery and than put it back in and again go into bootloader than into recovery.
11. this time you shouldnt get any errors of "cannot mount this or that"
12. At this point do a nandroid restore and you will be back to your original state but with a DZ hboot .....
(if for some reason your again getting cannot mount or access cache at point 11.... than again wipe cache and it should fix it.....
hope it helps anyone who is having problems adb .....
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7.5, Put sdcard in another phone or memory card reader and delete/move/rename PC10IMG.zip.
cjward23 said:
7.5, Put sdcard in another phone or memory card reader and delete/move/rename PC10IMG.zip.
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ohh yea forgot that ... thats very important too let me add it up in the post
There's also a way to check if you actually accomplished this, because nothing noticeably changes. Someone in the irc channel showed me how to check via ADB how much /system and /data you have after the process.
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There's also a way to check if you actually accomplished this, because nothing noticeably changes. Someone in the irc channel showed me how to check via ADB how much /system and /data you have after the process.
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simpler way is to download "quick system info pro" from market... it shows size and used spaces of all internal partitions and external partitions
you can also verify in titanium backups main menu at the bottom
Easiest way to check is to go into the bootlaloder and see what it says.
G2 0.76.2000
DZ 0.84.2000
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As the title says, After I unlocked the bootloader, and flashed a 2.3.4 rom, My Atrix sometimes will go up to the blur phase of the boot and then it will restart, but most of the time will just do a boot loop on the Red Moto Logo at boot, I can go into fastboot and recovery no problem...
Thanks on any help...
same thing
i get the same thing every now and then but i can get fastboot and recovery so im good i guess.
Did you wipe before you installed your ROM?
Do a fastboot -w then reinstall your ROM.
also do a factory reset and make sure your on the newest recovery
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Did you wipe before you installed your ROM?
Do a fastboot -w then reinstall your ROM.
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Did the fastboot -w and reinstalled the ROM and it is doing the bootloop the same, first boot goes up to the blur phase and reboots, and afterwards just does the boot loop up to the motorola dual core red logo.
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also do a factory reset and make sure your on the newest recovery
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I have the latest recovery, thanks...
Flash back to stock and follow my guide
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TechnoNeto said:
Flash back to stock and follow my guide
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Where can I find your guide, and should I SBF 1.83 or what..
It's in general under video how to go... Sorry I'm on my phone
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179506
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Did you make sure to use tenfar's CWM instead of ROM Manager's? My 2.3.4 install also bootlooped, and that ended up being the issue.
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I'm still having issues, I have the latest Recovery, and I have tried to flash through Recovery and still get the boot loops...
Just Flashed via RSD the SBF 1.2.6 and still have the reboots, I think that my phone it's bricked, I can go into RSD, Fastboot, Recovery, everywere, I can flash anything, but when it boots, it does a bootloop everytime... I
If someone has an answer please help...
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Just Flashed via RSD the SBF 1.2.6 and still have the reboots, I think that my phone it's bricked, I can go into RSD, Fastboot, Recovery, everywere, I can flash anything, but when it boots, it does a bootloop everytime... I
If someone has an answer please help...
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Take out the battery for 30 sec and then put it back press vol up while you turn on.... can you please post what it show up in your screen after this?
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Take out the battery for 30 sec and then put it back press vol up while you turn on.... can you please post what it show up in your screen after this?
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Starting RSD protocol support....
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Starting RSD protocol support....
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Ok I will post a guide and follow up give 1 minute
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Ok I will post a guide and follow up give 1 minute
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Thanks for the help, really appreciate this...
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Thanks for the help, really appreciate this...
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Ok maybe is time for clean starp up, DEEP CLEAN, I did this script for a friend and it help:
Need Windows PC and UNLOCKED BOOTLOADER (when I said unlocked bootloader need to be that everytime you boot you saw "unlocked" tag at the left top corner)
1. Download and extract/unzip the following file in a new folder (example C:\atrix):
http://www.filesonic.com/file/15073...signed-ATT-US-GAS_NA_OLPSGBATTSPE_P011.sbf.gz
2. You will end after extracted/unzip the file with something like this:
1FF-olympus-user-2.3.4-4.5.91-110625-release-keys-signed-ATT-US-GAS_NA_OLPSGBATTSPE_P011.sbf
3. Download this file "CLEAN_2.3.4_ATT.zip" and extract/unzip to the same location (example C:\atrix)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=673330&d=1312203457
5. Run the script "clean" and follow exactly all the instrucctions!
6. This will install a Pristine Official ATT GB 2.3.4/4.5.91
Done!
Hope it help
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Ok maybe is time for clean starp up, DEEP CLEAN, I did this script for a friend and it help:
Need Windows PC and UNLOCKED BOOTLOADER (when I said unlocked bootloader need to be that everytime you boot you saw "unlocked" tag at the left top corner)
1. Download and extract/unzip the following file in a new folder (example C:\atrix):
http://www.filesonic.com/file/15073...signed-ATT-US-GAS_NA_OLPSGBATTSPE_P011.sbf.gz
2. You will end after extracted/unzip the file with something like this:
1FF-olympus-user-2.3.4-4.5.91-110625-release-keys-signed-ATT-US-GAS_NA_OLPSGBATTSPE_P011.sbf
3. Download this file "CLEAN_2.3.4_ATT.zip" and extract/unzip to the same location (example C:\atrix)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=673330&d=1312203457
5. Run the script "clean" and follow exactly all the instrucctions!
6. This will install a Pristine Official ATT GB 2.3.4/4.5.91
Done!
Hope it help
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Ok, but mine does not say unlocked right now, I did Unlock the bootloader but after I flashed the 1.2.6 SBF it does not say it!!!!
I noticed you posted that you actually have unlocked bootloader just make sure that when you turn on the phone it said in the left top corner "unlocked", if it is not that case just follow intructions on this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=15930466&postcount=1
download the script and select option 1 from the main menu and then option 3 and complete all the steps
so you can re unlocked the bootloader
then follow the instrucionts that I posted before here
mramirezusa Thank You.... As you stated, everything went smoothly and my phone it's perfect again, something I noticed, when it boots, it's does not say unlocked anymore shoul'd I do the procedure with the the script that you sent posted above...
Hello all, I just updated the baseband on my streak due to data issues. It fixed the problem for me. The problem is my mother bought a streak shortly after I did and I've kept it updated right along with mine. She has the basband that I was on, 345 or 347, can't remember now. Recently she broke the pdmi port and had to buy the battery charging dock setup. Is there anyway I can push the basband via terminal emulator or any other way? Is she just stuck with 347? She has streakmod recovery so I can't upgrade to 354 to change it. If there is a 354 zip around would it update the bb like the pkg file does? Thanks in advance guys.
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I manage to flash streakmod using clockworkmod from the market. I can't remember how but there is a thread on the forum somewhere. May be you can flash the baseband the same way?
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I manage to flash streakmod using clockworkmod from the market. I can't remember how but there is a thread on the forum somewhere. May be you can flash the baseband the same way?
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Thanks. I'll look into it.
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Thanks so much for the tip. I was able to flash the stock recovery via rom manager. If anyone is interested in how i did this just let me know and i'll write up a tutorial.
Interesting... Last time I tried ROM manager on the Streak, it didn't work at all. Were you asked by ROM manager to input the recovery.img for 354? Guess I'll download it again and see what's new.
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Thanks so much for the tip. I was able to flash the stock recovery via rom manager. If anyone is interested in how i did this just let me know and i'll write up a tutorial.
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You might want to give details or at least point to your source for info in case someone else is looking for the info.
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You might want to give details or at least point to your source for info in case someone else is looking for the info.
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Sorry. I have no sources for info. This was all done with my very basic knowledge of how things work. I wanted to make sure someone was interested, before I went to the trouble to explain how I did it. I guess, in the nature of android, I should have been willing to all ready. lol.
First i download rom manager from the market. I was hoping to be able to do it through the option in rom manager "flash alternate recovery", however i could not figure out how to get this to work. So here is what I did.
1. I opened rom manager and selected "Flash ClockworkMod Recovery" and selected Dell Streak, and let it flash the recovery.
2. I then when in to andexplorer, any file explorer will work, and searched for where exactly it saves the recovery. Which was /mnt/sdcard/clockworkmod/download/download.clockworkmod.com/recoveries
3. This is where it saved the recovery unfortunately I've deleted it but I'll use streakrecovery-example.img as an example.
4. I renamed the recovery streakrecovery-example.img to streakrecovery-example.img.bak
5. I then placed the stock recovery into the same folder and renamed it streakrecovery-example.img (make sure its identical to the .bak recovery, only without .bak)
6. I rebooted the phone to make sure rom manager would notice the changes, but you may not need to.
7. I opened rom manager and selected "Flash ClockworkMod Recovery", and let it do its thing.
8. Upon success I then powered down and manually rebooted into recovery and selected option 2. Software upgrade via Update.pkg on SD card, and to my surprise was greeted with the stock recovery options. (Power to preform emergency recovery, or Volume up to Power off device)
9. I pressed power and ran the update. The device is now on stock 354. =)
Edit: This was only useful to me because of the broke pdmi port on my moms streak. If you guys think this would be useful for everyone I will start a new "How to Thread" with this same post as soon as i get time. What would be the appropriate section for How to's, General?
Ive been wondering why I should upgade to newer bb's........im still on 305,2.2,rooted. Ide upgrade to a newer one if there was an improvment.......mine is running fine the way it is......what exactly would newer bb make my phone better......thanks
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Ok i've searched the forums and am getting more and more confused. I have gingerblur 3.1 installed currently and would like to do the ATT ota update. Can I just download it and install from the system update? Or do I need to wipe the whole phone clean and start over? Thanks and sorry if this is a duplicate.
I am wondering this too...
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I'm in the same boat, I got GingerBlur 4.5 installed and I would like to install the Gingerbread 4.5.19 OTA update. Are there proper instructions out there? I can't find any. I'm assuming I may have to go back to Stock 1.8.3 and do an OTA update. But can someone please confirm. Any instructions would help as well. Thanks
The directions I seem to need are...
Un gingerblur
Un root
As an aside, I got notified of the ota and it failed.
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I'm in the same boat, I got GingerBlur 4.5 installed and I would like to install the Gingerbread 4.5.19 OTA update. Are there proper instructions out there? I can't find any. I'm assuming I may have to go back to Stock 1.8.3 and do an OTA update. But can someone please confirm. Any instructions would help as well. Thanks
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Make sure your battery is fully charged so that you don't run out of power during the upgrade process.
To install the upgrade:
Copy the file to the SD Card
Your phone is on the latest Android 2.2 software (Blur_Version.4.1.83.MB860.ATT.en.US)
From the home screen, press Menu, select Settings,
Scroll down and select About Phone.
Select System upgrades.
After a couple of minutes, your device will confirm the upgrade is available.
The Copy prompt will appear. Select “Copy”
The Install upgrade prompt will appear. Select Install Now.
Your device will power off and display installation progress.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
Please ensure you are aware of the following information after the installation of the package
It will then power up and stay on the carrier logo for up to 5 minutes before powering on to the home screen.
Please do not interrupt this process.
Contacts and email from Google and MOTOBLUR may take up to 60 minutes to synchronize. The phone may appear slower during this initial synchronization process
I am in the same boat as that guy with gingerblur 4.5 .
I don't have an sd card around me atm so would putting the file on the internal storage work or not?
ALSO if I update this way, will it delete all of my media and apps? thanks
ota update to gingerbread
damonsmith666 said:
I am in the same boat as that guy with gingerblur 4.5 .
I don't have an sd card around me atm so would putting the file on the internal storage work or not?
ALSO if I update this way, will it delete all of my media and apps? thanks
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please just wait for a dev to answer this question or we may brick or worse lose root forever (ohh noo) seriasly just be calm a work around will be comming soon
I will wait...
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same issue here
i tried to install the OTA update, it failed... tried to install it manually and it didn't work either. i tried to install it using android recovery and it didn't work.
Im using gingerblur 4.5
side note,
can any one of you please provide the full name of your system version? mine says "Version.4.1.83.MB860.ATT.en.US ", thing is, I tried to flash a stock sbf to roll back to motoblur, RSDlite fails every time with a message "sec_exception febe 35 35", my phone isn't recognized as 'NS Flash Olympus', it shows 'SE Flash Olympus'.
is there a thread to fix this issue?
thanks!
I figured out how to do it. First I unlocked the bootloader and then followed the directions on here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1163342
Worked fine
You need to flash back to stock, i.e. flash 4.1.26 or 4.1.57 or 4.1.83. OTA update to 4.1.83 if you are on an earlier version. The update will not work if you are modded in any way. You need to be on stock 4.1.83.
My god, how many times does this have to be said!!!
So let's just say that you are a moron (like me) and just did the OTA over Gingerblur 4.5 and now you have the exclamation point triangle and android on your screen and it does do anything... is it safe to battery pull? or did I just brick my phone?
EDIT: nevermind...
Is there any guide how to flash back?...
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Well you could use rsd if you've never installed the GB ota.
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Update, now problem
I was on gingerblur 4.5, rooted, sideload enabled.
used RSD to flash 4.1.83 - successful - booted - checked mail - etc...
went to Motorolla.com and DL the official firmware
copy .zip to sd
settings/about/upgrade
let it run
followed instructions to the letter from Motorola
30 minutes now on the Rethink Possible screen - seems like a fail?
Help?
Update - she lives, just needed to wait about 45 minutes
So here is what happened. I made a backup of a stock atrix firmware and copied the backup to my atrix on deodexed 2.3.4. I tried to install the backup but it stops somewhere along the line and says error formatting data.
now the phone wont connect to the computer. when i opened rsdlite however it shows that the device is connected.the phone bootloops and I cant copy anything to the phone cause i cant connect to the phone except through rsd sorry if i posted in the wrong section cause this is the only one i can post in. and i searched for solutions but no one has this same problem. PLEASE HELP
then if you CAN use rsd lite place phone in rds lite mode then use "stock sdk from motorola and flash it back i went all the way ro 1.26 then over rhe air updated to 1.83
but i also continued on to unlocked bootloader and flashed gigerbread build (alien ) after installing cwm
im also on usa at&t fyi
ltdanno360 said:
then if you CAN use rsd lite place phone in rds lite mode then use "stock sdk from motorola and flash it back i went all the way ro 1.26 then over rhe air updated to 1.83
but i also continued on to unlocked bootloader and flashed gigerbread build (alien ) after installing cwm
im also on usa at&t fyi
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I tried to flash the official 2.3.4 found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1181932 but now i just have a locked bl. and it still bootloops. Can you give me little more detailed instructions on what you did. I'm not too experienced.
Morpheaous said:
I tried to flash the official 2.3.4 found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1181932 but now i just have a locked bl. and it still bootloops. Can you give me little more detailed instructions on what you did. I'm not too experienced.
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Did u do factory reset after the flash
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My atrix wont even boot to the RSD etc selection screen
So i had my phone rooted and wanted to unlock the bootloader so i followed the steps from pudding but it did not work. everyone has a NS version of the phone in RSD Lite but mine was SE not sure why. So i tried a few times to flash the new image and clear everything out to no avail. now i don't even get to the menu that gives me 5 seconds to select what method i want to use to fix it.
all i get is a flash of this on the screen before it goes black again
SVF:105:1:2
Failed to boot 0x1000
(stays for a second)
Entering NWFlash Recovery Mode
(Flashes under the other text but really fast before the screen goes blank)
windows wont even recognize that its plugged in. but what else is odd is that while plugged in it seems to be charging as the green notification light stays on.
any help would be great. thank you
voidlogik said:
Failed to boot 0x1000
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isnt that a hard brick? it's over.
sanriver12 said:
isnt that a hard brick? it's over.
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really?? no way to unbrick it?
Morpheaous said:
I tried to flash the official 2.3.4 found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1181932 but now i just have a locked bl. and it still bootloops. Can you give me little more detailed instructions on what you did. I'm not too experienced.
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Bootloops means soft bricks which is not really a problem. When your phone Boots up, press the down key along worth the power button. Then keep pressing down button until you see Android Recovery. Do a factory reset or flash another room once in there.
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voidlogik said:
really?? no way to unbrick it?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1165154
voidlogik said:
really?? no way to unbrick it?
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Sounds like a hard brick indeed. At this moment in time hard bricks are incurable but some people said that taking their battery out and putting it back into their phones solved their problem. You might want to give it a shot.
A guy also claimed thay its possible to unhardbrick your phone using the jtag technique. You might want to read up on it.
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aIf it says failed to boot x1 its real bad but i got a failed to boot x2 and got it fixed but x1 tragic
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ltdanno360 said:
aIf it says failed to boot x1 its real bad but i got a failed to boot x2 and got it fixed but x1 tragic
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English plz.
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me too
There's soo many forums and different avenues to go down! after about 9 hours trying various things to make my atrix (running normal 2.3.4 rooted with no other cm7 or rom or any other mod) i am left with my atrix at the boot screen OR if i leave it to boot it just makes the logging on noises then shows the white screen, then nothing.
I stupidly followed the list to freeze using bloatfreezer. Not the updated list where it reads next to HOME (make sure you have another launcher) so i have frozen 'home' and i am stuck.
i cannot do a recovery because it has that fail message x2 everytime i do the power volume - and + on the android recov.
I am completely lost. i do not understand what hard/soft/adw/ push email/ or other jargon means. If you have any solutions i'd be more than grateful.
I hope i haven't bricked my phone, cos a 2year contract and no new phone is gonna push me near that ledge lol
atrixuk said:
There's soo many forums and different avenues to go down! after about 9 hours trying various things to make my atrix (running normal 2.3.4 rooted with no other cm7 or rom or any other mod) i am left with my atrix at the boot screen OR if i leave it to boot it just makes the logging on noises then shows the white screen, then nothing.
I stupidly followed the list to freeze using bloatfreezer. Not the updated list where it reads next to HOME (make sure you have another launcher) so i have frozen 'home' and i am stuck.
i cannot do a recovery because it has that fail message x2 everytime i do the power volume - and + on the android recov.
I am completely lost. i do not understand what hard/soft/adw/ push email/ or other jargon means. If you have any solutions i'd be more than grateful.
I hope i haven't bricked my phone, cos a 2year contract and no new phone is gonna push me near that ledge lol
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I'd recommend starting a new thread w/ your issue. It's more likely to be seen and answered by someone who could help.
atrixuk said:
There's soo many forums and different avenues to go down! after about 9 hours trying various things to make my atrix (running normal 2.3.4 rooted with no other cm7 or rom or any other mod) i am left with my atrix at the boot screen OR if i leave it to boot it just makes the logging on noises then shows the white screen, then nothing.
I stupidly followed the list to freeze using bloatfreezer. Not the updated list where it reads next to HOME (make sure you have another launcher) so i have frozen 'home' and i am stuck.
i cannot do a recovery because it has that fail message x2 everytime i do the power volume - and + on the android recov.
I am completely lost. i do not understand what hard/soft/adw/ push email/ or other jargon means. If you have any solutions i'd be more than grateful.
I hope i haven't bricked my phone, cos a 2year contract and no new phone is gonna push me near that ledge lol
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If you're on AT&T - get RSD lite and find the proper sbf file and flash it. If you were using Gingerbread, make SURE you have a GINGERBREAD sbf file - or else you'll permanently brick your phone. If you're on Bell - you'll need the appropriate file for Bell to flash, same rules apply - If your on gingerbread, make SURE its a gingerbread file you're flashing.
atrixuk said:
There's soo many forums and different avenues to go down! after about 9 hours trying various things to make my atrix (running normal 2.3.4 rooted with no other cm7 or rom or any other mod) i am left with my atrix at the boot screen OR if i leave it to boot it just makes the logging on noises then shows the white screen, then nothing.
I stupidly followed the list to freeze using bloatfreezer. Not the updated list where it reads next to HOME (make sure you have another launcher) so i have frozen 'home' and i am stuck.
i cannot do a recovery because it has that fail message x2 everytime i do the power volume - and + on the android recov.
I am completely lost. i do not understand what hard/soft/adw/ push email/ or other jargon means. If you have any solutions i'd be more than grateful.
I hope i haven't bricked my phone, cos a 2year contract and no new phone is gonna push me near that ledge lol
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you need to have an unlocked bootloader to flash Any custom rom PM me ill show ya how its not too hard
a pc a atrix and a few files and you will
be up n running in no time at all
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