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I found a store in my town that had the SD Card gingerbread update so I went there today. While I was waiting to be seen, I saw a My Touch 4g get updated using the SD Card by a customer service person. It took about 10 minutes. I was encouraged to see how quick it took. Now it was my turn. The customer service (C/S) who assisted me was a former tech support person for Tmoble who was now working in a store. She was very knowledgeable and very nice. She took my sdcard out and put in the gingerbread sdcard. The update started. There was about 10 steps that the update had to go through. The first step was 'bootloader'. The C/S said that this was the first G2 that she has done. She said she had done her My Touch 4g Slide and the update went smooth so again I was encouraged. I was happy to not have to wait for the OTA.
Well the update started on the first step and 45 minutes later, it was still on the first step. So she stopped the update to allow me to do a factory reset of my phone and I did so. The store had two gingerbread sdcards so she tried the second one on my phone. I went to starbucks for coffee and 20 minutes later, the update was still stuck on the first step. So, she told me that there was something wrong. She asked me if I had done anything to the phone? I said no. I told her that this G2 was a replacement phone that I had just recieved about a month ago because my first G2 stop charging. Well she gave up and so did I.
I called TMO C/S and they said that they had no record of the G2's having problems with the store gingerbread sdcards. He first asked me if I had any third party apps on my phone, I said no. They told me that the cards did not come from them but they came from HTC. So, I called HTC. The guy there commenced to reading the press release that we all have read a thousands times about being able to go to the store and get gingerbread after August 6. He also told me that he had no record of G2's having problems getting the update at the stores. I asked him if the same SD Card was to be used on the My Touch and on the G2? He said that he did not know and yes he was tech support . He advised me to call HTC headquarters at a different number and ask them that but they were closed.
I know some of you are gonna tell me to do the update myself with the links that are eveywhere on the web. Well, I'm not gonna do that. Tmo and HTC gotta get it together. They are running a business and they MUST do what they say they gonna do. I know that TMO don't have to provide any updates, I know this but they are offiering the updates and they tell us to wait for the OTA or go to a store after the Aug 6. Well I did that, I got nothing. By the way, there are three TMO stores in my town and only one had the SDCARDS. Peace

Well they DON'T know what they are doing otherwise the custom rom community wouldn't be as big as it is if they were able to get anything right themselves. So your **** out of luck. Let us know when you want a good working phone.
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xsteven77x said:
Well they DON'T know what they are doing otherwise the custom rom community wouldn't be as big as it is if they were able to get anything right themselves. So your **** out of luck. Let us know when you want a good working phone.
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That's being kinda rude. If he doesn't want to root or apply manually he doesn't have to. He's just telling us what happened. No need to be rude.
OP, if the SDcard update didn't work, you should wait and see if you can get the OTA. If the OTA isn't working for your device either, you should contact T-mobile and express that you'd like a phone with 2.3 or will properly update to 2.3, assuming that you don't want to root or manually apply the update yourself.

That's ridiculous....minus the rude part, it is true tmobile and htc would much rather see you buy one of their newer phones and renew your contact than get a good working update. Try custom roms if you can...the vision is one of the easiest to root and stable when rooted and there are hundreds of roms around, I'm sure theres some rom gingerbread flavored you'll like.
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Whether you choose to root or not, it's your device and you can do what you want with it. If you want the stock T-mo experience, then they should give you what they promised you. Good luck!

While I disagree with you rooting (many of the problems here are people who shouldn't even need to root in the first place, it's not for everybody), I don't understand why you wouldn't manually update. Download the file, name it update.zip, put on your sd card root, press a few buttons, done!
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Nospin said:
While I disagree with you rooting (many of the problems here are people who shouldn't even need to root in the first place, it's not for everybody), I don't understand why you wouldn't manually update. Download the file, name it update.zip, put on your sd card root, press a few buttons, done!
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Exactly, easiest thing to do
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I may have the answer. You said that you had received the phone as a replacement. Did it already have gingerbread on it? Remember that some of the phones people were getting as replacements had gingerbread 2.3.3 on them and if your phone was one of those you can't update from 2.3.3 to the final release which is 2.3.4. Just a thought.

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I may have the answer. You said that you had received the phone as a replacement. Did it already have gingerbread on it? Remember that some of the phones people were getting as replacements had gingerbread 2.3.3 on them and if your phone was one of those you can't update from 2.3.3 to the final release which is 2.3.4. Just a thought.
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The replacement phone I received was 2.2.

xsteven77x said:
Well they DON'T know what they are doing otherwise the custom rom community wouldn't be as big as it is if they were able to get anything right themselves. So your **** out of luck. Let us know when you want a good working phone.
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I am very familar with rooting. I rooted my G1 within 5 months of having it and it stayed rooted for a year and half more until I retired it and got the G2. The reason I chose not to root my G2 was because I did not want to be contastantly flashing and removing roms and fixing issues. I got tired of baby sitting my G1. I have other things to do.

brownbomba said:
I am very familar with rooting. I rooted my G1 within 5 months of having it and it stayed rooted for a year and half more until I retired it and got the G2. The reason I chose not to root my G2 was because I did not want to be contastantly flashing and removing roms and fixing issues. I got tired of baby sitting my G1. I have other things to do.
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So... you tried a bunch of half-baked "roms" made by a bunch of kiddies who don't know what they're doing and found it a royal PITA. Ever heard of a "superstock" system image? Its basically the factory image with a few goodies added in, specifically ROOT. It doesn't require any "babysitting", but opens the door for some amount of enhancement, like the ability to change your hosts file (usually used to block spam), or the ability to delete useless cruft from the system image (i.e., you don't like the gmail application? Delete it.). You don't have to go with a full out special brownies system, but it is nice to at least gain control of what you own.

The store I work at finally got the SD cards to update, but the G2 update will not install.
The update works fine on the mytouch 4g, so the card is goood.

Well that sucks. Hope you get the issue resolved soon.

Looks like I figured it out. The G2 would only update if the battery was %100 charged.
Any less and it would freeze during the update.
Now that I know the update works I'll try and post the files when I get home.

Thanks atlp99!
I'd really like to get my hands on that file. I assume it is a pc10img.zip ? Seems like this is the best solution for those of us running the 2.3.3 leak...

G2 2.3.4 update pc10img
Here is the G2 update off of the micro sd cards the stores are receiving.
https://rapidshare.com/files/3796067356/PC10IMG.zip

Works for 2.3.3 leak!
Just used this file to update my G2 running the 2.3.3 "leaked" gingerbread rom. No problems. Just slip the file into your root directory, and hold the volume down while turning the phone on. Piece of cake. You will lose your application data, of course, but you'll be updated...

atlp99 said:
Here is the G2 update off of the micro sd cards the stores are receiving.
https://rapidshare.com/files/3796067356/PC10IMG.zip
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No less than a day after I suck it up and downgrade my G2 to 2.2 so I can update (using update.zip) to 2.3.4 does the PC10IMG.zip get posted. My lack of patience kicked in. Nevertheless, thank you for posting this!

Blink37x said:
No less than a day after I suck it up and downgrade my G2 to 2.2 so I can update (using update.zip) to 2.3.4 does the PC10IMG.zip get posted. My lack of patience kicked in. Nevertheless, thank you for posting this!
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Hopefully a dev can finally make a debloated with goodies added rom! Please god!
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atlp99 said:
Looks like I figured it out. The G2 would only update if the battery was %100 charged.
Any less and it would freeze during the update.
Now that I know the update works I'll try and post the files when I get home.
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Having my battery at 100 percent did not work for me. The update still just sat there looking at me. This is crazy buy while I was trying to figure out what the problem was. I decided to do checkin and about 5 minutes later, I got the updae OTA

UK official update!!!!

Finally us Brits are getting some official gingerbread yummyness. Although will be tough to change from CM7.
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Gingerbread-to-Hit-Motorola-ATRIX-in-the-UK-in-November-228480.shtml
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Happy days! !
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ICS just around the corner and GB is STILL not out!

Hopefully it will come with a new radio which can sort out my random battery drain problems.
Despite trying various radios, my battery seems to lose 3%+ per hour when sleeping so with very light use, a charge only lasts a little over 24 hours. I can only assume the problem is the radio as running Watchdog doesn't indicate that there are any rogue apps. I've tried recalibrating the battery to no end either.
As a matter of interest, which radio are other UK users trying at present? I'm currently on 1.77.30.

coolnow said:
ICS just around the corner and GB is STILL not out!
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Exactly, ICS will be out for AT&T before we even get GB here in the UK. I reckon it could be a while yet as our respective service providers have to add all of their bloatware to it.
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I haven't got a branded atrix so that shouldn't be a problem for me. But I don't know what I'm doing yet. Because if I restore my stock atrix I could potentially lose root and my unlocked bootloader. Meh the decision .....android is a God damn disease.....must have the new update!!!!! Lol
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To be fair Orange dosent appear to have overly bloated it (for a change) Orange Wednesday and an account checker, however seeing as that is available on the market I cant see why it would be an issue, the only other thing I can see is the addition of AP's etc, but again that should all be automatic anyways.......
Orange always claim they need to test it with their network etc but I recon 2 or 3 weeks after it's released we ought to get it *he hopes*

i find it puzzling that the milestone 2 which is older than the atrix is getting the gb update at the same time. Great news for both of our communities. But time and time again...what the hell are Motorola doing with all there time???? lol

I put a question to Motorola via the facebooks, and they said the update will come out at the same time for orange / t-mobile branded phones as it does for unbranded phones.
Of course given the delays to date I suspect the mid-November date will slip, but we shall see

I've got a Tmobile UK Atrix which I've rooted , unlocked the bootloader etc....
Is it possible to get this phone back to a state where it can be upgraded or will I need to wait until somebody does their magic and creates a CWM image to flash?
I'm really unsure how this works as I've seen many warnings about NOT reverting to Froyo if running GB.
Has anyone tried this?

I'll believe it when see it -Moto talk a lot a Kak.
Roll on the Nexus & I can dump the Atrix

SamHanlon said:
I've got a Tmobile UK Atrix which I've rooted , unlocked the bootloader etc....
Is it possible to get this phone back to a state where it can be upgraded or will I need to wait until somebody does their magic and creates a CWM image to flash?
I'm really unsure how this works as I've seen many warnings about NOT reverting to Froyo if running GB.
Has anyone tried this?
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If it's a gingerbread rom flashed through recovery you should be fine. Its just the SBF file to be wary of. If you've flashed a gingerbread SBF don't flash a froyo SBF. or you will get a hard brick.
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Sexywacko said:
I haven't got a branded atrix so that shouldn't be a problem for me. But I don't know what I'm doing yet. Because if I restore my stock atrix I could potentially lose root and my unlocked bootloader. Meh the decision .....android is a God damn disease.....must have the new update!!!!! Lol
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For sure you will loose Root access but you can get it again under Gingerbread.
Regarding the Bootloader I believe that it's a little bit different and I guess when you have unlocked it you can't go back!
If someone more confident can confirm?

Yann_H said:
For sure you will loose Root access but you can get it again under Gingerbread.
Regarding the Bootloader I believe that it's a little bit different and I guess when you have unlocked it you can't go back!
If someone more confident can confirm?
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Yeah probably. But it's not a huge issue rooting and about the bootloader. I wouldnt of thought it would touch it. But knowing Motorola they will screw us over. Lol
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FYI:
Retail update has been released today in the UK, and (if Motorola are to be believed) T-Mobile UK and Orange UK updates will be released within a week.
OTA servers are apparently running behind but updates can be updated using Motorola's Software Update software.
https://supportforums.motorola.com/message/512793#512793

with luck Orange will have a working copy of "Your Orange" this time too....bloody thing tells me to update then I get "Package not signed" and their CS department are hopeless
Next week is better late than never I suppose

Orange UK update released via Motorola Software Update tool (v45.31.0)
I'm updating now..

Thanks for the heads up - I've just updated my sons Atrix & all went OK.
Seems to run fine on GB 2.3.4 although only tried for an hour or so as it's gone back in the box ready for Xmas

After all of this I have decided to sell my atrix....even bought a play and work kit. But its just not doing it for me. Lol
I appreciate everything all the developers do. But the forums just seem so quiet, even compared to my old desire, that forum is s**t hot still. LOL. It is a shame though as this phone had some amazing potential.
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Sexywacko said:
After all of this I have decided to sell my atrix....even bought a play and work kit. But its just not doing it for me. Lol
I appreciate everything all the developers do. But the forums just seem so quiet, even compared to my old desire, that forum is s**t hot still. LOL. It is a shame though as this phone had some amazing potential.
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I know how you feel. The Atrix forum, I felt, was never the most helpful of places. When I had my htc DHD, that forum was much more helpful.
Anyhow onwards & upwards - My Nexus came the other day so my Atrix is gather dust, probably chuck it in the bin shortly.

Xperia Play 4g

All this stuff is good for verizons xperia play and att's xperia play 4g right??
just got rid of my samsung infuse and it looks like Xperia play is a little more complicated then that was
also, don't have to as im going to try to do reasearch but if anyone wants to point out threads that'll get me started on rooting and ice cream sandwiching my new phone, i'd appreciate it, ill delete this thread in 24 hours as to not clog up space
and if your gonna be a jerk, don't bother =)

Rylin210 said:
All this stuff is good for verizons xperia play and att's xperia play 4g right??
just got rid of my samsung infuse and it looks like Xperia play is a little more complicated then that was
also, don't have to as im going to try to do reasearch but if anyone wants to point out threads that'll get me started on rooting and ice cream sandwiching my new phone, i'd appreciate it, ill delete this thread in 24 hours as to not clog up space
and if your gonna be a jerk, don't bother =)
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AT&T version (r800at) is fine I've got it, I wouldn't buy the Verizon version (r800x) because thry haven't released any source for it so development it's really rough. I'd recommend getting your bootloader unlocked to flash cm 7.1 or another ROM and dooms kernel. With the r800i, r800a, and r800at being the exact same hardware all the firmwares and updates work across all of them.
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zergrush for root, get theme files for ICS theme, push through adb, install launcher with ICS theme
Check the development and theme/app sections, there are some easy to find threads in both that will prove useful to you.
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So please help me... I have in fact rooted my att play 4g but I need help unlocking the bootloader without paying the 25$ I have tried the one on the Ericssonwebsite without luck bc my light turn s green not blue :/ and I want to download kernals and Rome can you please help with that? I don't have a recovery menu like I had when my tablet was rooted... I do not have access to a computer everytime I want a kernal or rom so anyway to do it off my phone? And please don't point me in direction of forums bc everytime I ask all I get are people being assholes to me and telling me to check Google even though that's why I'm here.

toxicpaulution said:
So please help me... I have in fact rooted my att play 4g but I need help unlocking the bootloader without paying the 25$ I have tried the one on the Ericssonwebsite without luck bc my light turn s green not blue :/ and I want to download kernals and Rome can you please help with that? I don't have a recovery menu like I had when my tablet was rooted... I do not have access to a computer everytime I want a kernal or rom so anyway to do it off my phone? And please don't point me in direction of forums bc everytime I ask all I get are people being assholes to me and telling me to check Google even though that's why I'm here.
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Unless you have the dev cable you need to pay the $25. The Dev cable is more then $25. If there were an easier way to unlock the bootloader everyone would be doing it so just pay the $25 abs move on man.
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toxicpaulution said:
So please help me... I have in fact rooted my att play 4g but I need help unlocking the bootloader without paying the 25$ I have tried the one on the Ericssonwebsite without luck bc my light turn s green not blue :/ and I want to download kernals and Rome can you please help with that? I don't have a recovery menu like I had when my tablet was rooted... I do not have access to a computer everytime I want a kernal or rom so anyway to do it off my phone? And please don't point me in direction of forums bc everytime I ask all I get are people being assholes to me and telling me to check Google even though that's why I'm here.
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There is no way to unlock your bootloader without paying. The only two tools able to do it is. Omnius and SETool. Both of these applications require "credits" to perform an unlock!

Then I shall instead of paying even more to enjoy this phone I am just going to sell it it lags and I fiured I'd get a rom and a kernal to oc and fix the lag but I already spent 425 on it and its not worth it to put anymore into it.... it was a dud I may come back whenever the duo comes out... and there were many of people on here posting about the Ericsson website being able to worth and a lot of people said it did and I even seen a video of it working on the arc

toxicpaulution said:
Then I shall instead of paying even more to enjoy this phone I am just going to sell it it lags and I fiured I'd get a rom and a kernal to oc and fix the lag but I already spent 425 on it and its not worth it to put anymore into it.... it was a dud I may come back whenever the duo comes out... and there were many of people on here posting about the Ericsson website being able to worth and a lot of people said it did and I even seen a video of it working on the arc
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Good luck then.
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toxicpaulution said:
Then I shall instead of paying even more to enjoy this phone I am just going to sell it it lags and I fiured I'd get a rom and a kernal to oc and fix the lag but I already spent 425 on it and its not worth it to put anymore into it.... it was a dud I may come back whenever the duo comes out... and there were many of people on here posting about the Ericsson website being able to worth and a lot of people said it did and I even seen a video of it working on the arc
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Then you should of researched your purchase beforehand. Then you would know only sim free, unbranded factory unlocked plays can get the bootloader unlocked from the sony website. This is because unlocking the bootloader removes all security from the phone including sim lock. If sony offered this to sim locked devices, it would make network providers very unhappy.
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If people can use xda to complain about a phone, why can't they use it to research beforehand? Don't whine just because you were ignorant and chose to spend money on something you hadn't read up on.
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Clienterror said:
AT&T version (r800at) is fine I've got it, I wouldn't buy the Verizon version (r800x) because thry haven't released any source for it so development it's really rough. I'd recommend getting your bootloader unlocked to flash cm 7.1 or another ROM and dooms kernel. With the r800i, r800a, and r800at being the exact same hardware all the firmwares and updates work across all of them.
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How did you unlock your bootloader? I currently have a R800x and I'm getting a R800at today or tomorrow but I read somewhere that the R800at can't be unlocked for free. I unlocked my R800x using sony's website just fine.. Is it the same or will I have to pay someone to unlock it for me? The SIM is already unlocked. And I'm sorry if this question is a little old.

Brandon.Bissonnette said:
How did you unlock your bootloader? I currently have a R800x and I'm getting a R800at today or tomorrow but I read somewhere that the R800at can't be unlocked for free. I unlocked my R800x using sony's website just fine.. Is it the same or will I have to pay someone to unlock it for me? The SIM is already unlocked. And I'm sorry if this question is a little old.
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Look up XDA user Alejandrissimo. He will unlock your XP AT&T bootloader for free via the testpoint method. Best method is to contact him via gmail, he will provide you with a download link of all the required PC software to install.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/member.php?u=3484087

Here yea go, a free method to your problem! :victory:

Why is it called the 4g? Loopys method rocks btw and is free and easy
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Another Verizon rant (because we need one)

My battery literally went from 100% to 5% between 8 AM and 1 PM today.
I sent and received a bunch of texts, got a few push notifications from GroupMe, and I have my MBW-200 connected via bluetooth. Thats it.
Ever since 2.3.4 its been crap, now my office here is a bit of a cell dead zone, and usually my battery only lasts till about 3-4PM, but thats almost always with more use. On 2.3.3 if I rarely used it it would last well into the evening.
This problem was nowhere near as bad with 2.3.3 .
I've been sticking it out with 2.3.4 hoping for the PS store to finally have some games. I'm very tempted to just flash this crap back and freeze mobile care.
You suck verizon.

Rogue Leader said:
My battery literally went from 100% to 5% between 8 AM and 1 PM today.
I sent and received a bunch of texts, got a few push notifications from GroupMe, and I have my MBW-200 connected via bluetooth. Thats it.
Ever since 2.3.4 its been crap, now my office here is a bit of a cell dead zone, and usually my battery only lasts till about 3-4PM, but thats almost always with more use. On 2.3.3 if I rarely used it it would last well into the evening.
This problem was nowhere near as bad with 2.3.3 .
I've been sticking it out with 2.3.4 hoping for the PS store to finally have some games. I'm very tempted to just flash this crap back and freeze mobile care.
You suck verizon.
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If you got an unlocked bootloader I'd say flash cm7 if you want gb, or cm9 if you want ics.. They have pretty good battery life now (which imo is suprising) if it's not unlocked you can use an app called android booster which is pretty sick

Sounds like good 'ol Android to me!
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agraceful said:
If you got an unlocked bootloader I'd say flash cm7 if you want gb, or cm9 if you want ics.. They have pretty good battery life now (which imo is suprising) if it's not unlocked you can use an app called android booster which is pretty sick
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I believe he is already an unlocked user, but is trying to prove a point that Verizon released a broken ROM.
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Leraeniesh said:
I believe he is already an unlocked user, but is trying to prove a point that Verizon released a broken ROM.
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Exactly, I am locked actually, but my point was the ROM from Verizon is junk. If they were releasing it to get people off their backs they failed miserably.

Rogue Leader said:
Exactly, I am locked actually, but my point was the ROM from Verizon is junk. If they were releasing it to get people off their backs they failed miserably.
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Try undervolting it and install Go Launcher. It has a handy little RAM manager add-on that tells you how long you have left before the battery dies. Also, try buying RAM Manager off the Play Store.
All the above fixed my battery problems

I called Vz today to see if there was any progress on a working 2.3.4, As usual the tech I spoke to had no idea of these problems ( No google sync, No gtalk, ect..) After arguing/debating the tech on common causes, they finally agreed to call Sony. About ten minutes later the Tech came back and said the "Sony claims the 2.3.4 update for the R800x has been cancelled, and that the update would not instal on the device"
Can anyone else confirm the update no longer works as far as it not downloading? I still find it downloadable on my end...And I still find that it is still broke on my end.
Between Verizon and Sony.. were getting no support !

My battery on ICS is abysmal. I run down to 14 % after 7 hours of light use (unplug at 7:30 am, plug in at 2:30 pm). I'm going to end up having to get an extended battery. Signal is low at work, though.

216Monster said:
I called Vz today to see if there was any progress on a working 2.3.4, As usual the tech I spoke to had no idea of these problems ( No google sync, No gtalk, ect..) After arguing/debating the tech on common causes, they finally agreed to call Sony. About ten minutes later the Tech came back and said the "Sony claims the 2.3.4 update for the R800x has been cancelled, and that the update would not instal on the device"
Can anyone else confirm the update no longer works as far as it not downloading? I still find it downloadable on my end...And I still find that it is still broke on my end.
Between Verizon and Sony.. were getting no support !
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If this is really true then it has reaffirmed the fact that I am done with VZ after my contract, and has even opened me to being done with Sony as well. Way to burn your early adopters....

216Monster said:
I called Vz today to see if there was any progress on a working 2.3.4, As usual the tech I spoke to had no idea of these problems ( No google sync, No gtalk, ect..) After arguing/debating the tech on common causes, they finally agreed to call Sony. About ten minutes later the Tech came back and said the "Sony claims the 2.3.4 update for the R800x has been cancelled, and that the update would not instal on the device"
Can anyone else confirm the update no longer works as far as it not downloading? I still find it downloadable on my end...And I still find that it is still broke on my end.
Between Verizon and Sony.. were getting no support !
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It still installs 2.3.4. I had to go back to stock from CM9 because the volume is too low for my bass playing caused, hearing impaired ears and stock has plenty of volume. But 2.3.4 sucks. It's definitely broken. If someone has a method for increasing the volume on CM9 or CM7, I'd go back in a hearbeat.

If you use Cyanogenmod you can crank up the volume in the equalizer (DSP). That's what I did.

The point is that we need to root and unlock to get the battery life back to what it should be...
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I got moderated on their Support Forum. There is a TON of posts about the 2.3.4 issue, yet the only post Verizon tech support replied to recently is 2 posts about downloading and playing music on the phone.
So I replied:
Hey how about one of you guys respond to the 30 or so threads before this about how the OTA 2.3.4 update is broken and what Verizon is doing to fix it.
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They apparently didn't like that.

Rogue Leader said:
I got moderated on their Support Forum. There is a TON of posts about the 2.3.4 issue, yet the only post Verizon tech support replied to recently is 2 posts about downloading and playing music on the phone.
So I replied:
They apparently didn't like that.
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Figures right! Every time I call VZ about, each rep and tech claims there's no record of these problems and blame it on the applications themselves. One tech even tried to tell me the service bars don't turn green... shows how much they know!
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I have overheard conversations that the issues with the latest Verizon build were due to a late Verizon encryption requirement that broke Google applications. The issue is being mediated between Verizon and Google to root cause the problem and determine whether Google or Sony will need to issue a patch.

HELP! Trying to unlock bootloader on my Atrix!

Hey y'all. Got a Atrix from a used store that's stubbornly doesn't want to unlock itself to the wonders of CM's. I unlocked another Atrix about 6 months ago, but I had to exchange it at the store I bought it from, since the digitizer stopped working. That one I got at stock 4.5.91, and was easy to hack.
This one's been a pain in the a$$. Came with 4.5.141. Been trying to use it sans nuking it, but its got to the point that I have to factory reset the thing every few days or the stock ROM keeps crashing. Got it rooted, but its not unlocked. Been trying to unlock it, but it seems futile. Used the autonuker and tried doing it manually, but I still get the same errors.
On the RSD tool:
Device Properties are unknown (N/A) values except for bootloader version (v0.00007).
Model: SE Flash Olympus
Status : Phone 0000- waiting for re-enumeration....if I do it manually, it will simply fail (autonuker justs exits the app)
The phone says
SVF: 106:1:2
sec_exemption: b665, eddc, eb
On Fastboot when retriving the unlock code, it gets "OEM unlock is not implemented" (obviously, since the SBF pudding didnt work).
So, is there something else I could do? Is there a random code I could put in instead that would work?
Maybe installing 2.3.4? I know there's the risk of brick, but I have no idea if this thing was unlocked previously or not...
I could just bring it back to the store claiming the phone is sh!t and keeps restarting, but I would probably have to get another phone altogether, and I already paid a ton on accessories for the Atrix...
Thanks!

...bump?

It seems you've got an Atrix with an unlockable bootloader. No chance of unlocking.
Do not try to install a previous version, you may end up with a bricked phone.
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dedebekri said:
It seems you've got an Atrix with an unlockable bootloader. No chance of unlocking.
Do not try to install a previous version, you may end up with a bricked phone.
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Thanks. That's what I figured. I'm going to the store now to see if I can exchange. Is there a way I can tell if it has a crap board? Quickly please since I'm goin in like 5 min! Thanks!

OK maybe not immediately...store wouldn't allow me a refund until today, but my phone choices are scant. Pretty much its another Atrix (with .141 installed), a Pantech Burst (and $35 back), LG Nitro HD (for $25 more), or switch another carrier (plenty of Sprint or MetroPCS phones). I have Net10, so I can't use LTE anyway, and can leave whenever I want for another carrier.
I still rather stick with the Atrix IF I can hack it. I really did like the lapdock once I got a custom gingerbread firmware running on my phone. I'd think I would like it even better as a Tablet-mode Android, since its kinda like a Chromebook.
Thing is, I can't exchange the phone once I make the choice. Is there a way I can tell if the phone is unhackable by a serial number or some kind of ID number?

It can be unlocked via motorola unlock bootloader program.
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