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Milestone xt720 we dont get support from developer

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I think it would be very hard to develop for a phone without having that specific model especially if your talking about ROM development.

The peolple that have develope floyo hands out to them im talking about out side developers none want to touch this phone same on them.
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why don't you start developing yourself?

From what I can understand, you are expecting people who do not own this phone to spend hours/days/weeks of their time developing on this phone for free. If that's correct then you are making an absurd complaint.
It's absolutely amazing that we have people like Khal, Mioe7ae and others working on the XT720 like they do for no charge. It is semi-understandable in their case though since they have the XT720 and therefore do gain somewhat from their hard work (even so, it's still amazing what they do for us for free). To expect developers to give up their time to work on a phone they don't own for free (not to mention the fact that it's more difficult to develop on a phone you don't have like 3rdstring said) is just plain absurd. To say "shame on them" for not working on it -like you are entitled to have a team of slaves working 24/7 to make your phone better - is just downright disrespectful.
Forgive me if I've misunderstood what you're saying.

I fully agree to syrenz. It´s amazing what the guys here do for us!
I´m really impressed how people from all over the world can work together to create better software for our phone!
Thank you for this!

agreed 100%

I not talking about are people have done great i would to see some take some interst in the xt720 we have possiable was of making this phone true open source.
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Bootloader locked...full stop..

I think we should be thankful that these guys here work on our phone in spite of the locked bootloader!
Don't forget that the devs here are not payed for their work. They do this voluntarily. If I was a dev I really would think twice about creating a ROM for guys like you!

Whatever you say..
I didn't say I was a dev but I sure do appreciate the work done here by the devs and don't expect those without the handset to add to it.
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There is indeed 2nd boot which the Defy uses to boot from another kernel. That's why they have that leaked 2.3 ROM and CM7 on the Defy. We could use that too. I already mentioned that a few times, but they just ignored that.
But I do really have a lot of respect for the guys that do development for our phone. Thanks a bunch, guys!

Vistaus said:
There is indeed 2nd boot which the Defy uses to boot from another kernel. That's why they have that leaked 2.3 ROM and CM7 on the Defy. We could use that too. I already mentioned that a few times, but they just ignored that.
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Can you please be a hero and post a link? All I can find is that Defy does not have 2nd-boot. If they had 2nd-boot, they wouldn't need a leak...

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There is indeed 2nd boot which the Defy uses to boot from another kernel.
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I compiled and get 2ndboot working for our phone.
But.. after re-launch mine kernel i can't get access to baseband.. so no phone(gsm module) working...

fjfalcon said:
I compiled and get 2ndboot working for our phone.
But.. after re-launch mine kernel i can't get access to baseband.. so no phone(gsm module) working...
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Great! I think that's where the A853 has been stuck, too. Are you using XVilka's 2ndboot-ng?

youp, with yakk's patchs.
As far i can get, mbm don't pass control of baseband to new kernel.. so problem... only in that momment.

Mioze7Ae said:
Can you please be a hero and post a link? All I can find is that Defy does not have 2nd-boot. If they had 2nd-boot, they wouldn't need a leak...
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They have 2nd-boot for all ROMS except the leak as that one is official. Rest is 2nd-boot.

fjfalcon said:
youp, with yakk's patchs.
As far i can get, mbm don't pass control of baseband to new kernel.. so problem... only in that momment.
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Wow, thanks for getting so far already Hopefully you'll work the baseband-problem out

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They have 2nd-boot for all ROMS except the leak as that one is official. Rest is 2nd-boot.
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Every Defy ROM I've looked at seems to be 2nd-init from what I can tell. So, specifically, since Defy's CM7 is 2nd-init, there exists at least one 2nd-init ROM for Defy and I have logically negated your statement.

Nevermind. CliqXT doesn't check boot.img for signatures.
Second hand, but it sounds like the CLIQ/DEXT people have just figured out how to 2nd-boot with working radios. This was what reddit user Druuseph had to say about the announcement that CLIQ was now an officially supported CM7:
Druuseph 9 points 1 hour ago
The real news here that no one seems to be touching is the way in which they got it running. The Milestone team pioneered using kexec and init to boot into second kernels but it essentially turned your phone into an Android powered iPod touch; No radio access at all. Apparently the devs of the CM7 Cliq port used a second init after boot that allows the radio to load. CVPS caught wind of it and is going to apply this to the Droid X. If he can get it to work the DX might finally be brought into the fold.
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So I can't quite tell if they are saying it's using a hybrid 2nd-init/2nd-boot or if it's just using 2nd-init. I'm researching this.
Edit: the boot.img the Cliq XT CM7 is being distributed with does not seem to contain Motorola signature blocks, so this looks promising...

what is stopping us porting a working cwm?(update script)

no sure if all devs are in us or not.
but the rogers htc one x is unlock-able with their bootloaders.
beside the boot.img we need to dump from the phone and use.
-the emmc locations.
what else is needed to port a working cwm? the kernel source?(?)
It seems after paul's Interim cwm came out, there is not further development on this anymore...
however if i'm not wrong... the update script doesn't work with paul's cwm yet...
so should we maybe continue working on it? I see rom makers start to use the work around of script-installers...which is very painful to develop on their side.
I tried to port the cwm but..failed due to limit knowledge of working with android source... all the guides I can find is for GB...not ics.
I have a unlocked s-off rogers hox... I'm willing to spend time to port and test if someone willing to lead me...or If someone is willing to do so, I will try to help as much as I can.
we shouldn't be too far since paul already got it that far...with able to flash the recovery and boot into it.
I wish we can get this working, so when dev got bl unlocked with att hox, the att user will have a working cwm and an unlocked bl to flash it...

Very few care about us canadians I guess be thankful we got this for now
Id be all over this if i knew anything about android programming.

equlizer said:
Very few care about us canadians I guess be thankful we got this for now
Id be all over this if i knew anything about android programming.
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Yep thats true, sometimes i feel like i should have bought the intl version

tarick09 said:
Yep thats true, sometimes i feel like i should have bought the intl version
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Me too, having LTE is awesome but man.. I'm jealous of steady development
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I think the chances are that the bootloader will be unlocked soon, and when it is I don't think it'll be long for cwm to be ported. I know there are some great devs with this phone, and I'm sure development will catch up to the international version. Right now is just a waiting game.

[INFO] Why we don't have ICS yet + more info about it

Hi, I have noticed a ton of people curious about why AT&T people do not have ICS yet, so I thought I would answer that once and for all. I admit that I and others have gotten a little mad whenever people ask about this, but it seems they are not able to really find a clear answer, so here it is.
If you feel like this is well done, please sticky it at least until we get it all figured out.
I figure this would be best said i a Q and A type form.
Q: What is ICS, and why does everyone want it so bad?
ICS or "Ice Cream Sandwich" is android version 4.0.x. the next version, 4.1 Jellybean was just released as a slightly less important update, but ICS brought huge changes from Ginger Bread (2.3.x) the previous phone version (3.x HoneyComb was tablet only). ICS brings a slicker, darker, and better looking user interface, as well as many performance enhancements. Most of us want it more because it seems like we should than because it is actually that much better. That said it is still a great update, and most people will be happy to see it.
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Q: Why is it so hard to get ICS for our phone, while others have it even though it is not officially out?
The main reason is our locked bootloader. That means it is not possible to flash or boot a custom kernel unless it is signed with Motorola's key. That is obviously impossible.
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Q: What is a kernel?
the kernel is a major part of any operating system. you can think of it as a sort of layer between hardware and software. It is the part of an OS that communicates directly with a device's hardware. Android is based off the open source Linux kernel, meaning it is free for anybody to build and modify. However, Motorola has only released the source for the ME865, and partially for the MB865, meaning we can't really build a kernel anyways. Then of course, even if we could build one, we wouldn't be able to boot it with our locked bootloader.
ICS is not really complete without the newer kernel that goes with it
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What is Kexec, and is there any way to unlock the bootloader
The fact that I grouped these together would probably lead you to correctly believe they are related. Lets start with the second half. Simply put, NO. I hate to say it, but there is very little hope of EVER unlocking our bootloader, unless Motorola decides to do something like HTC did and allow unlocking.
Kexec is a method of hot switching kernels while still booted. It is actually just a linux tool that you can use on a computer, but it has been built for android essentially allowing you to bypass the bootloader. Theoretically it would be an easy way to run custom kernels. Then why don't we? Well a few reasons. One, we can't really get one built to begin with, especially because, at least to my knowledge, jimbridgman is the only one who actually knows what he is doing with kernel building, and he is only half here now that he got his fany new SGS3. Two, it does not work great. I am not sure the latest version is working at all on our phone, and even if it did, only one processor comes up, meaning it is really slow.
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Q: What's the deal with these Droid 3 builds that supposedly boot?
Some people managed to build ICS for the droid 3 based of a 2.3.6 kernel. that means you can boot it on a stock GB kernel, and therefore you do not need to unlock the bootloader. Unfortunately that means it is not totally ICS, but it is still pretty good. Of course they are for a cdma phone, so that means no data, no calls, and no gps, making it kind of useless.
I am not going to give a link to them, but if you are really interested go search around. any of the Droid 3 AOKP and CM9 builds will boot just fine. Find more info in the dev section, but please don't start a thread asking about it.
We have been trying to port these to work for us, but that is proving more difficult than expected, and with ICS just around the corner, I don't want to put time into it. I do think it is possible, and if you are a dev looking to give it a shot, PM me and I will tell you all I know, and try to help out as much as I can.
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Great thread!
Thanks for putting this together!
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jimbridgman said:
Great thread!
Thanks for putting this together!
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thanks. I felt it was needed. let me know if I forgot to say something important.
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Perhaps this will hopefully curb some of the incessant "where's my ice cream sandwich" or "make me a rom based on ICS" threads here. Nice job, and as always, your work here is both highly appreciated and revered.
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Nice work kras, as always.
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Hell i thought this thread was going to give me info on why att hadn't released ics for us yet. Just kidding, good job. If this thread falls down the list ill bump it so maybe it will help some of the new people and we won't get any more new threads about ics.
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Apex_Strider said:
Perhaps this will hopefully curb some of the incessant "where's my ice cream sandwich" or "make me a rom based on ICS" threads here. Nice job, and as always, your work here is both highly appreciated and revered.
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No,Most likely once posts stop on this thread and it makes it to the second page we will see more questions im sure lol
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rdavisct said:
No,Most likely once posts stop on this thread and it makes it to the second page we will see more questions im sure lol
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that's why I asked for sticky
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The good news is that the "3rd quarter" is tomorrow! Which knowing motorola and AT&T, could mean whatever.
Take that with a grain of salt. Lol.
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Fall of Enosis said:
The good news is that the "3rd quarter" is tomorrow! Which knowing motorola and AT&T, could mean whatever.
Take that with a grain of salt. Lol.
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so is September
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Why don't we have a vanilla rom? Is it due again to the locked bootloader?
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gvsukids said:
Why don't we have a vanilla rom? Is it due again to the locked bootloader?
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yep. same thing. we have a hard time compiling any also source as you need a custom kernel
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Nice post..
Just one thing to inform about your last question's ans.. DROID 3'S ROMS DONT WORK ON OUR PHONE. IT WILL BOOTLOOP. SO DO NOT TRY FLASHING THEIR AOKP OR CM.. without backups and sufficient knowledge and experience atleast.. some changes have to be made in the rom before flashing.. i am trying to find all the files we must replace to get them working on our phone.. and just a FYI for those of you that wanna try.. other than droid 3, bionic is our nearest relative.. so u can edit and try their roms as well.. i did kinda get cm9 of bionic after replacing some required files.. but it bootlooped.. and of course bionic is cdma.. so.. good luck..
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Ravikirancg said:
Nice post..
Just one thing to inform about your last question's ans.. DROID 3'S ROMS DONT WORK ON OUR PHONE. IT WILL BOOTLOOP. SO DO NOT TRY FLASHING THEIR AOKP OR CM.. without backups and sufficient knowledge and experience atleast.. some changes have to be made in the rom before flashing.. i am trying to find all the files we must replace to get them working on our phone.. and just a FYI for those of you that wanna try.. other than droid 3, bionic is our nearest relative.. so u can edit and try their roms as well.. i did kinda get cm9 of bionic after replacing some required files.. but it bootlooped.. and of course bionic is cdma.. so.. good luck..
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You are not right. I can prove it. The latest droid 3 AOKP and Cm9 builds will boot just fine, with no radio

You should also add Why any other leak releases of atrix 2 ICS will not work on att atrix 2..... Sick of will this work on my att..... About to be like yea we all use it lol JK.....

Ravikirancg said:
DROID 3'S ROMS DONT WORK ON OUR PHONE. IT WILL BOOTLOOP. SO DO NOT TRY FLASHING THEIR AOKP OR CM9
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Couldn't be more wrong....they both boot just fine and are pretty functional, the problem lies in getting the radio to work.

Ravikirancg said:
Nice post..
Just one thing to inform about your last question's ans.. DROID 3'S ROMS DONT WORK ON OUR PHONE. IT WILL BOOTLOOP. SO DO NOT TRY FLASHING THEIR AOKP OR CM.. without backups and sufficient knowledge and experience atleast.. some changes have to be made in the rom before flashing.. i am trying to find all the files we must replace to get them working on our phone.. and just a FYI for those of you that wanna try.. other than droid 3, bionic is our nearest relative.. so u can edit and try their roms as well.. i did kinda get cm9 of bionic after replacing some required files.. but it bootlooped.. and of course bionic is cdma.. so.. good luck..
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Please I emplore you to do your proper research before making incorrect posts like this. I constantly see posts from those who think they know it all, and post idiotic things like this. Nothing makes me madder than someone who does not know how to use google and the search function.
It takes less than 2 min. to make sure you CYA before posting bad information.
Both CM9 and AOKP boot, but with no radio, as has already been said in several posts now. I have tested both.
P.S. most of us devs in here have been working on this very thing for sometime now, and I have not seen you jump in on any of threads discussing the files or how to port or anything.
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Please I emplore you to do your proper research before making incorrect posts like this. I constantly see posts from those who think they know it all, and post idiotic things like this. Nothing makes me madder than someone who does not know how to use google and the search function.
It takes less than 2 min. to make sure you CYA before posting bad information.
Both CM9 and AOKP boot, but with no radio, as has already been said in several posts now. I have tested both.
P.S. most of us devs in here have been working on this very thing for sometime now, and I have not seen you jump in on any of threads discussing the files or how to port or anything.
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Agreed, They actually run extremely well, but obviously I can't stick with them with no radio.
P.S. this is my new best thought for porting, might take some extra build.prop work too. It did not boot for me, but I think we should be able to get it to. Then it is just a question of whether or not the radio will work. there is way more in build.prop on that than I would think.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1598713
I think it may work because it really adds the cm9 stuff to our own files rather than add our files to it. maybe not the cleanest way, but it might just work.

hankbizzo5 said:
You should also add Why any other leak releases of atrix 2 ICS will not work on att atrix 2..... Sick of will this work on my att..... About to be like yea we all use it lol JK.....
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WOW, did I really forget to add that? that was kind of one of the main points of this post I'll fix it tomorrow (actually today, I guess it is after midnight), but I need some sleep.

lkrasner said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1598713
I think it may work because it really adds the cm9 stuff to our own files rather than add our files to it. maybe not the cleanest way, but it might just work.
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I have tried this method along with every idea that popped in my head of things to alter after following this guide. I have a highly modified build prop that AOKP boots with that I replaced with a lot of our build prop but there are still some things missing as no luck yet

Cyanogen mod????

Every other good phone has it...even the ones with locked BL like defy......
Come on guys..we have one of the best phones .....atrix 2 aint bull****...if not everything then maybe CM would atleast make most of us happy......be a team ..if not many then atleast one awsomely working CM ....i dont want samsung or htc....look at them ..brick bug or touch issues or battery backup........we have no issues except BL ......
And can someone tell me when kexec comes out.. usable for us.....
Im happy though with my A2

hemanbond said:
Every other good phone has it...even the ones with locked BL like defy......
Come on guys..we have one of the best phones .....atrix 2 aint bull****...if not everything then maybe CM would atleast make most of us happy......be a team ..if not many then atleast one awsomely working CM ....i dont want samsung or htc....look at them ..brick bug or touch issues or battery backup........we have no issues except BL ......
And can someone tell me when kexec comes out.. usable for us.....
Im happy though with my A2
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seriously?? can a mod just lock this before it explodes
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I dont know anything...but its a harsh truth that moto wont unlock bootloader..

Locked boot loader means NO CM7/9.
PERIOD.
Whatever the defy boys have is probably some half-arsed hacked port.
Please, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, search before you ask next time.
Here, I'll do it for you: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=will+cyanogenmod+work+on+a+locked+bootloader?+
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seriously?? can a mod just lock this before it explodes
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Agreed. I hope we don't start seeing a bunch of these, "Well this phone or that phone can have (whatever) so what's up with the ATRIX 2?"
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Hmmm

hemanbond said:
Every other good phone has it...even the ones with locked BL like defy......
Come on guys..we have one of the best phones .....atrix 2 aint bull****...if not everything then maybe CM would atleast make most of us happy......be a team ..if not many then atleast one awsomely working CM ....i dont want samsung or htc....look at them ..brick bug or touch issues or battery backup........we have no issues except BL ......
And can someone tell me when kexec comes out.. usable for us.....
Im happy though with my A2
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i know u r right...since i had defy with cm7 though its bootloader is unlocked ....but u cannot complain about it .....u bought the phone ...nobody forced u ......be happy with what u got nd devs can offer ...if u cant help....dnt expect to get help /......fair enough ,....not to be harsh ,its just as simple as that

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i know u r right...since i had defy with cm7 though its bootloader is unlocked ....but u cannot complain about it .....u bought the phone ...nobody forced u ......be happy with what u got nd devs can offer ...if u cant help....dnt expect to get help /......fair enough ,....not to be harsh ,its just as simple as that
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Or the OP could learn how to dev and try and compile CM9 for himself and see where he gets. Most of our devs did not start out as devs.

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Or the OP could learn how to dev and try and compile CM9 for himself and see where he gets. Most of our devs did not start out as devs.
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+1 to that A BIG ONE

This is getting to be a every day thing here and i personally am running out of patience because of people not taking five minutes to read up on their already answered questions. I propose that we start ignoring these type of posts from now on. That to me is the best solution.
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This is getting to be a every day thing here and i personally am running out of patience because of people not taking five minutes to read up on their already answered questions. I propose that we start ignoring these type of posts from now on. That to me is the best solution.
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Agreed.
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@OP yea good attitude now go do RnD for yourself, you cant search sh!t in first place and you dare to order other respected people ? Just cut your [email protected] and stop posting useless threads.

+1 tmease. I concur.
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BOOMSHAKALAKAAAAA!
(That's this thread exploding :-D )
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Not a bad idea. I came from defy.
They basically run cm7/9 with an existing signed moto kernel.
Myself, am interested in porting the 2nd init from defy. Really hope I can do it.
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lukensteinz said:
Not a bad idea. I came from defy.
They basically run cm7/9 with an existing signed moto kernel.
Myself, am interested in porting the 2nd init from defy. Really hope I can do it.
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Do a search... we already have done something similar, it is slow, and not worth it, since we don't have space on the internal storage to put the 2nd ROM, so it MUST go on the SDcard.
It was abandoned due to the fact that it was so slow it was unusable. Besides there are many of us that have been working to get CM7 and CM9 working from a port without success.... but you are more than welcome to jump in and lend a hand, we have a post in the dev section about it for aokp and CM9.

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Do a search... we already have done something similar, it is slow, and not worth it, since we don't have space on the internal storage to put the 2nd ROM, so it MUST go on the SDcard.
It was abandoned due to the fact that it was so slow it was unusable. Besides there are many of us that have been working to get CM7 and CM9 working from a port without success.... but you are more than welcome to jump in and lend a hand, we have a post in the dev section about it for aokp and CM9.
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Do you mean as in a multi boot?
The Defy I had, I flashed a defy+ sbf too then plonked cm9 on, no 2nd rom/boot or such.
My understanding was that the purpose of 2nd init was to hijack the init process and allow to boot into boot manager.
I'm also guessing bootmanager would need to be built from source to suit the A2?
I've read a few of your posts mate, worked with Linus? Legend.
You will by far know more than I do these days, but I'll see what I can do to help.
First I'll deodex the ics leak I'm running and make a Cwm backup to upload. Not sure how useful it will be due to the kernel.
The U.S, Europe and Asia hardware is all different?
The one last thing I remember from defy was I had to use at&t baseband since telecom nz uses the same carrier frequency.
And ran the defy+ rom on old red lense ddfy without a single issue at defy+ stock clock freq
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Do you mean as in a multi boot?
The Defy I had, I flashed a defy+ sbf too then plonked cm9 on, no 2nd rom/boot or such.
My understanding was that the purpose of 2nd init was to hijack the init process and allow to boot into boot manager.
I'm also guessing bootmanager would need to be built from source to suit the A2?
I've read a few of your posts mate, worked with Linus? Legend.
You will by far know more than I do these days, but I'll see what I can do to help.
First I'll deodex the ics leak I'm running and make a Cwm backup to upload. Not sure how useful it will be due to the kernel.
The U.S, Europe and Asia hardware is all different?
The one last thing I remember from defy was I had to use at&t baseband since telecom nz uses the same carrier frequency.
And ran the defy+ rom on old red lense ddfy without a single issue at defy+ stock clock freq
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Yeah we used a util called safestrap that another dev and I patched to make it work on this phone that was originally from hashcode.
It allowed us to boot another ROM on say our SDcard, but again it still has to use our kernel due to the bootloader issue...
The only way around the bootloader as of now is by using kexec, and that only works with 1 CPU and can only load a "stock based" unsigned kernel, so the CM stuff is out.
We are working to get CM9 and or AOKP booting from a port on our phone using the stock GB kernel. There is a post on it in the dev section.
Yeah Linus is a Friend, a great guy and I can't say enough good things about him. I have not seen him since the last Linux world / Opensource world now as it is called.
Yeah you should jump in and join the frey, we can always use more help in here.

Well it wasn't hard to work out how to get a 2nd init style boot. (As in, blue light, press vol down, gets bootmenu)
Except bootmenu is garbled screen. I need to test more, and probably mod some of the scripts.
Heres a system nandroid of ICS http://www.4shared.com/archive/bp3qzA9o/Atrix2-ICS-NANDROID__672112asi.html
Dunno how much use it will be since I didn't get the kernel.

Got it.... thanks

Is this fake?

Can someone tell me is this cm10 fake?
http://crackteam.crackflasher.com/edison/cm10/
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I think ist real ill try it...wish me luck lol
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daavvis said:
I think ist real ill try it...wish me luck lol
From my locked down superchargedV6 1.425ghz A "What tha duce?"
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please let us know if it works.if you can flash that,can you tell me is there a custom recovery(cm) included in that rom?thanks.(someone flashed this rom on ME865 and bricked his phone,i just want to tell you)
sorry for my bad english

sunnytse1 said:
please let us know if it works.if you can flash that,can you tell me is there a custom recovery(cm) included in that rom?thanks.(someone flashed this rom on ME865 and bricked his phone,i just want to tell you)
sorry for my bad english
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so far no good it flashed but i got stuck on the cyanogen circle..... it may have been my fault for more than one reason
i DID NOT wipe cache, cause i was on magicmod and tried to just upgrade, prob the culprit
recovery locked up on me directly after i opened justinbeanaroma to install inverted g apps, but i didnt reboot first, so could have been that
i installed through cm10 recovery, and there was no recovery after i installed this rom, so i think the data files left from no wipe may have either messed with this cm10 recovery, or this one doesnt have one
i had to rds back to 2.3.6 and just got back to leak 1
im gonna root real quick and install through bootstrap and ill let u guys know whats up
hashcodes name is on this tho, so i think i messed up, and i think this might still work....
edit..... gotta charge up a bit first in case i gotta rds back again lol

hope you will success! waiting for your reply.

ok guys im stupid.... see the "kexec log" at the top? this is for safestrap, explains y theres no recovery and y im stuk on the cyanogen screen again.....
im gonna re rds again and try this with safestrap, only cause theres like 80 roms on this site lol
ill keep u guys updated

daavvis said:
ok guys im stupid.... see the "kexec log" at the top? this is for safestrap, explains y theres no recovery and y im stuk on the cyanogen screen again.....
im gonna re rds again and try this with safestrap, only cause theres like 80 roms on this site lol
ill keep u guys updated
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Downloading now..
This is a bit weird,
There are cm9, aosp and one CNA rom, also theyve given logs for kexec version for cm10..
Have we got a kexec for our A2 ??
any luck daavis ??
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The crackflasher forums dont show a Atrix 2 subforum

Do you guys know who make this rom
and why there is no thread about it in xda?
(I found that link in a chinese website.)
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sunnytse1 said:
Do you guys know who make this rom
and why there is no thread about it in xda?
(I found that link in a chinese website.)
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ok folks after a bunch of crap, feeling like a noob for a few hours, then cunsulting with the master of masters mr jimbridgman (next time i think of him or someone smarter than me first.... lol) heres the deal....
these roms are a test so to speak, and as far as i know none of them work, not cause they are faulty, but because kexec is not working properly on our phones, you can install it, you can wipe install and everything else really cool in a custom recovery, but the clincher is, when you try to boot the "safe system" the phone just hangs on a black screen.....
however.....
as a recovery tool only, safestrap isnt bad lol...
so the greatest question of all, can we port some of these to run without safestrap.... ill look into it.... must be possible...

daavvis said:
ok folks after a bunch of crap, feeling like a noob for a few hours, then cunsulting with the master of masters mr jimbridgman (next time i think of him or someone smarter than me first.... lol) heres the deal....
these roms are a test so to speak, and as far as i know none of them work, not cause they are faulty, but because kexec is not working properly on our phones, you can install it, you can wipe install and everything else really cool in a custom recovery, but the clincher is, when you try to boot the "safe system" the phone just hangs on a black screen.....
however.....
as a recovery tool only, safestrap isnt bad lol...
so the greatest question of all, can we port some of these to run without safestrap.... ill look into it.... must be possible...
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It is possible, if you include kexec and the kernel files in the right location in the ROM that is built from this, then the phone will boot fully, and do a soft reset with the new kernel. I am not too sure that even that will work well. I have not had much luck with kexec in ICS yet. I had it working on GB and even was able to boot my early CM7 builds, but after an update in MAY that stopped working too. So.... good luck.

jimbridgman said:
It is possible, if you include kexec and the kernel files in the right location in the ROM that is built from this, then the phone will boot fully, and do a soft reset with the new kernel. I am not too sure that even that will work well. I have not had much luck with kexec in ICS yet. I had it working on GB and even was able to boot my early CM7 builds, but after an update in MAY that stopped working too. So.... good luck.
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so.... um.... i kinda got it to boot..... forked the recovery from wangs cm10 and some other files and she lit up.... well it got as far as lighting up the soft keys lol...... im installing gapps now to see it that was the issue, may have forked some files that confused the ol girl, but hey, at least i have recovery lol
edit: ok so this time it made it through "android is upgrading, then it soft booted.... and got stuck at the cyanogenmod splash screen.... im close i can feel it lol

hey daavis, i had sent a mail asking whether this is in fact for the A2.. Got this reply..
Aniruddha:
My apologies for not having the appropriate threads set up ahead of time. CrackFlasher is still quite new, and the three users that moderate it, all have very busy schedules.
Please find the below threads that deal with your device. And yes, this is for the Atrix 2.
I believe you will need to use SafeStrap developed by Hashcode to flash these Roms, as for we just build them from source, but do not have a valid device to physically test on.
These Roms are development Roms, as in stock [branch] compile from source. Feel free to use these Roms as a base for Custom Rom Development. We would love to see your work, or other's, on CrackFlasher.com.
http://www.crackflasher.com/forumdisplay.php?47-Atrix-2-Development
Thanks again, and feel free to become a member and join the community. It's a slow building one, but we all do have one thing in common. We're all CrackFlashers.
Have a good day.
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Theres an A2 development forum now.. and theyve posted nightlies for aosp, aokp, CNA and CM10.
have you tried the aosp or aokp builds yet ??
EDit: rather, is it possible to get them to work in any way ?

anikadam said:
hey daavis, i had sent a mail asking whether this is in fact for the A2.. Got this reply..
Theres an A2 development forum now.. and theyve posted nightlies for aosp, aokp, CNA and CM10.
have you tried the aosp or aokp builds yet ??
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I ran out of time and had to stop but I was close, I'm going to get in touch with them and give it another go when I get my kitchen back up and running (upgraded fedora after I messed with the cm10 build.).
The latest cm10 was the only one I tried....
I'll keep u guys updated with progress reports...
Also anyone that wants to help pm me I have time issues cause I'm really just a nerdy Finish carpenter lol
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daavvis said:
I ran out of time and had to stop but I was close, I'm going to get in touch with them and give it another go when I get my kitchen back up and running (upgraded fedora after I messed with the cm10 build.).
The latest cm10 was the only one I tried....
I'll keep u guys updated with progress reports...
Also anyone that wants to help pm me I have time issues cause I'm really just a nerdy Finish carpenter lol
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haha.. a talented nerdy carpenter i must say
yeah u got it to boot.. thats quite a good amount of progress.. id help out if i knew more and had some more time..
Good to see some more potential ROMs for our beloved A2... looking forward to your progress daavvis.. :good:

This post from hashcode is talking about the crackflash ROMs for the a2, in our safestrap thread in the dev section:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34555169

jimbridgman said:
This post from hashcode is talking about the crackflash ROMs for the a2, in our safestrap thread in the dev section:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34555169
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I read that too.... a very good warning for everyone to follow, they DEF don't work.... I'm still gonna try when I'm bored tho, cause I get bored lol
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jimbridgman said:
This post from hashcode is talking about the crackflash ROMs for the a2, in our safestrap thread in the dev section:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34555169
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Yeah i read it too.. i thought this was some new development in kexec for our phone and therefore the aosp and aokp ROMs, since they showed a november build.. but then it wasnt

Can someone actually can use this rom?
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sunnytse1 said:
Can someone actually can use this rom?
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no, not yet, these build are not ready for users. Someone set these up for auto-builds, that works with hashcode. Hashcode said that they do not work as of yet. I would not use these or even try unless you have some dev experience.

jimbridgman said:
no, not yet, these build are not ready for users. Someone set these up for auto-builds, that works with hashcode. Hashcode said that they do not work as of yet. I would not use these or even try unless you have some dev experience.
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im about to give her another whack, after finally ( fedora 17 doesnt speak well with my video card, ubuntu [eh' i know noob build, but lets face it it runs nice and has tons of documentation] decided it didnt like my wireless card [ ok so it decided to fail installing the firmware and after hours explained to me what was wrong] ) getting my m1330 back together, and running effin wicked fast again, i need to know what files i need to play with to get my little cm build booting....
jim what would you expect was the culprit if she soft boots after building any cache? the log wont show anything through cm recovery, is there a log i can pull through adb or something that will bring a beacon of light to my daavviscm10build dreariness?