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[Source] BACKFLIP MB300 AT&T USA > Rel12.1199

Motorola has posted the source for the backflip. Hopefully this info helps us get this phone opened up from at&t's crippling efforts. Thanks to nokternl at modmymoto for finding this!
https://opensource.motorola.com/sf/frs/do/viewRelease/projects.backflip/frs.backflip_mb300_at_t_usa.rel12_1199
Side rant.....
I really wish we had a motorola forum on XDA, and to all the haters suggesting we return the phone don't waste your time. Many of us are stuck with at&t for work or coverage reasons, and even locked down i, and many others prefer this to an iphone 3g.
BACKFLIP SYSTEM DUMP http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=642684
BACKFLIP ADB GUIDE http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=643866

Yes, it would be nice to have a board for the Moto. I only paid $50 for the phone, so I'm going to give it a shot, moving away from Blackberry after many dedicated years... May have to switch back after all the terrible things I've heard about my new purchase, should have done a bit more research. Also, a bit about my purchase experience with AT&FingT:
I want to start by saying that I’ve had the pleasure of working with ATT for the last 5 years. While they’ve had “decent” service, I still drop calls in the middle of downtown Seattle, downtown Bellevue, etc, just unacceptable.
We ordered a new Motorola Backflip, the first Android O/S phone that ATT has released. It released April 7th, and we ordered that afternoon online. The ads are everywhere, front page of ATT’s site, TV ads… $99 after mail in rebate with a new 2 year contract. So we ordered, and here’s the kicker. On the invoice we saw “not eligible for mail in rebate”. ??? The orders get placed through the Premier site, so I had to contact Premier to find out why. The answer was that we upgraded the phone only, not the phone and a voice plan. What? Ok, we already have the unlimited voice @ $69/mo, what more do we need here? Come to find out, it is invalid, because it just requires a $39 voice plan, but Premier would not budge on it!
Be careful how you order!!! Going into a store may be the best way to do it, or ordering by phone with a representative. Another thing that gets to me is how they bill for the phone. You can’t simply have it added to your bill if you are a residential (or whatever the term is) customer. I am also the telecom manager at work, and I can have handset purchases billed to my account all day long. I’ve been a “residential” customer longer than my company has had ATT service. My company only hosts 5 phones! What’s the difference here?
Ok, so I call in to order another Backflip, I guess I’m a glutton for punishment. Ordering for my workplace, so billing to the account is no problem. I called in, and was told that they would wave the activation fee and give me an additional $50 off. I had to get manager approval, so after that I call back in. The guy on the phone is trying to get $149 out of me right off the bat, even though I informed him of the huge TV ads, and front of their website. I was told “it might not be available in your area”. What? Its a national freakin ad! He looked into it a bit further and I only paid $49. So there you have it, call in or go in. And don’t let them try to weasel their way out of their promotion!

I second the motion... a motorola forum would be great. I have worked for At&t for the past 2 years and have had every phone imaginable including an Iphone 3G and 3GS and i have to say i actually prefer the backflip.

nogoldformarfa said:
I second the motion... a motorola forum would be great. I have worked for At&t for the past 2 years and have had every phone imaginable including an Iphone 3G and 3GS and i have to say i actually prefer the backflip.
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there are lots of motorola forums to help. alldroid.org modmymoto ect..
though it would be nice to have some love from XDA but its well known fact XDA is HTC dedicated minus a couple phones that arent HTC.

moosefist said:
Motorola has posted the source for the backflip. Hopefully this info helps us get this phone opened up from at&t's crippling efforts. Thanks to nokternl at modmymoto for finding this!
https://opensource.motorola.com/sf/frs/do/viewRelease/projects.backflip/frs.backflip_mb300_at_t_usa.rel12_1199
Side rant.....
I really wish we had a motorola forum on XDA, and to all the haters suggesting we return the phone don't waste your time. Many of us are stuck with at&t for work or coverage reasons, and even locked down i, and many others prefer this to an iphone 3g.
BACKFLIP SYSTEM DUMP http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=642684
BACKFLIP ADB GUIDE http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=643866
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Thank You!!
And; I agree with you 100%.
Although, I'm not stuck with At&t, I love them till the end of the earth... Kinda strange too.

Thank you for the find moosfist.
Also FLAR if you read this.... IM BACK!! its been a while and im back. Flar or any mod that knows me or not, ive been a part of XDA for a long time but took a leave of absense and please consider these earlier posts on having a backflip forum as I also have one and would love to see a backflip forum on XDA as theres no other site out there as complete as this. besides theres many phones that have android on XDA that can correlate with the backflip and vice-versa.
Thank you for your consideration in advanced
_RMB_

been hangin around here for over a year now (kaiser)... would really like to see a section for the backflip... i plan on using both my kaiser and backflip so coming to one place for both devices would be awesome...

fasterdenu said:
been hangin around here for over a year now (kaiser)... would really like to see a section for the backflip... i plan on using both my kaiser and backflip so coming to one place for both devices would be awesome...
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The problem is there isn't an active dev community for the phone. If we get root, that may develop. Unfortunately the backflip isn't a super phone, so the super developers aren't likely to work to hard for supporting it.

Actually, my suggestion would be to head over to modaco's android forum.. that way you'll get the best android support short of the htc guys over here. Modmymoto and modmygphone (same family along with modmyiphone, lol) for more support. I personally hang out here and over at modaco, and with the 3g I still play with (primarily for wifi playing of only a few games) I go to modmyi, xsellize and a few other sites.. so its never harmful to deversify..
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New GTablet User

I've done a bunch of research and decided to enter the tablet world today thanks to woot. I've read a bunch of information on the GTablet and one of the things that keep coming up is the fact that out of the box, it leaves something to be desired. Since I will be rooting it and installing custom mods on it anyway, I'm not worried too much about the preinstalled software, but I read about updates from ViewSonic. Can someone fill me in on these updates so I know what course of action I should take as soon as I get my new tablet?

Connect to wifi, DL viewsonic update, reboot, install clockworkmod then your rom

10roller said:
Connect to wifi, DL viewsonic update, reboot, install clockworkmod then your rom
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Sick, I just wooted

Same. I was all stoked for the iPad2 but decided to go with a rooted Gtab. Hope I'm not disappointed!

Almost bought one from Sears the other day for $400. Good thing I passed on it as Woot has it for $100 less. Anyway, I've been reading on a lot on the xda forum too, hopefully I will have all the knowledge to properly root it. I've been jailbreaking iPhones are years now, so I hope that experience help on rooting android.
If there are links to guides that help help newbies, please post them. Thanks.

All of you,
Congratulations on your new G-Tablets -- even if you did get them way cheaper
than a lot of us did!!!
But please, all of you, read these forums and get used to your tablet so you don't
make a mistake and mess it up bad. Modding does have risks.
All the info you need is in these forums. A little research should answer most
questions -- and it you don't "get it" at least you will be able for post an
intelligent questions someone can help you with.
Good Luck,
Rev

They must have wooted a lot of tablets. I wooted one too.

bebopblues said:
Almost bought one from Sears the other day for $400. Good thing I passed on it as Woot has it for $100 less. Anyway, I've been reading on a lot on the xda forum too, hopefully I will have all the knowledge to properly root it. I've been jailbreaking iPhones are years now, so I hope that experience help on rooting android.
If there are links to guides that help help newbies, please post them. Thanks.
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The GTablet is a hackers dream. Easy to root, so much so that all the custom ROMs here are pre-rooted for you and can be installed easily without rooting the factory ROM. Jailbreak experience not required but I do recommend you become as familiar as you can with "nvflash" as it could become a very good friend if things go awry. You'll find some information about it and a lot of other good info in the stickied threads in the development section.

Same Here, Just wooted one as well.

Does that make all of you wooters???
rev

requiem33 said:
Same. I was all stoked for the iPad2 but decided to go with a rooted Gtab. Hope I'm not disappointed!
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My iPad 2 just came in the mail today after waiting since I ordered on launch day... My friend text me the woot deal this morning so I ordered one... tablets have such a long ways to go I'm much happier spending half as much until something amazing comes out.
Luckily someone took the iPad 2 off my hands from craigslist... now I just have to wait for woot to ship! Lots to read in the meantime it seems. It's exciting to see such a great community following for a device.

Also got one off of woot today! Been wanting a tablet for awhile. Really wanted the xoom but for the price I couldn't pass up the g-tab!

Me too!
I also just got me a g-tab off of woot. I am torn though cause I am not sure which I'll use more, my inspire 4g or my g-tab...

I guess this thread needs to be called the "Woot Club". I just found the woot of the day, and snatched it up for $279. Too good to pass up.

I was so happy to find all the good things you guys have to say about it on this forum. I'm running an Incredible with CM7 RC2 and love the customization and well, the OS itself. It was actually XDA forums that made me decide to pull the trigger.

I got in on the woot too. Very excited. I hope my wife doesn't kill me when that woot box shows up. I'll have to buy her some earrings to distract her.

I wooted this morning at work! I'm exited to see what viewsonic has come up with. I have a rooted dx now hopefully rooted this one will be similar. Z4 root works I've heard?

I purchased one from woot as well. I currently have a D1 and have rooted the phone several times. This is a great forum to gain knowledge and I can't wait to begin playing with the gtablet. I was going to wait for the samsung but couldn't pass on the price.

joined the woot train and purchased mine. Addicted to rooting and customizing my Sprint Epic 4g, was going to buy a Nook color but not anymore
Can't wait to mod my G-Tablet and show friends its awesomeness.

Thought some of you would be interested

I thought some of you might be interested since some of you have shown interest before. I just put my G2X on Ebay for a 24 hour auction with a Buy it Now Price. As I've said a million times before on these forums. My G2X has ZERO problems and very minimal screen bleed. I returned 5 of them to get this perfect phone. In the 4 months I've had it, it has not frozen or rebooted a single time. I know some of you are dying to get a bug free G2X so here's your chance. The starting bid is $275and the Buy it Now price is $375.
I know this isn't the right forum for this thread but some of the friends I've made here who might be interested might not see it in the market place.

Just a question, don't take it as hate. "If your phone is so perfect after 4-5 tries; then why sell such a good phone? "
P.S. I love my G2x.
Sent from my LG G2x (running Bionix 2 RC1) using xda app.

Leaving for Atrix HD

Yesterday I went to Best-Buy and bought the Atrix Hd for $50, not including tax, cases, etc. From some of the negative reviews this phone has gotten I simply think it's amazing. It's swift, doesn't lag at all . It's what the atrix 2 should have been in my opinion. But I will help to continue to test ROM's in the community here. Thanks For everyone's help here, and also Jim for all his work to get ics out and also the rest of the developers . Thanks, Cheers.

well, you love moto phones

[Q] Received invite direct from oneplus

I decided about a month ago I was going to get a new phone, and was looking for good specs but low price without signing a contract (AT&T) is my carrier. I just got a Samsung Galaxy S5 from them in December, but it was only 16gb and locked up tighter than fort knox. So, after 2 months of struggling to operate within 16gb of memory, I decided I wanted something better.
So, I searched around and found the Oneplus. However this was fraught with getting an invite from someone. So, I created an account on their site, store and forums. Then looked around a bit, but asked for nothing. This was mid January, and after looking around I decided i needed to wait until now to get one. So I never looked back. Well, the morning of the day I was going to get serious, I got an invite direct from oneplus, without ever asking for it. So I went ahead and ordered it.
Just wondering if this is a rare occurance , or does oneplus eventually just give everyone an invite after a month or so?

Everyone just eventually gets an invite, they're not reading your mind. There's no timeframe on it though, they dispense invites to coincide with their manufacturing capability.
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I signed up around after black friday and received 2 invitations since then. I never used them though so I guess they didn't send anymore. That was over a month ago.

I see, so everyone does get an invite at some point. That means that many of the people running around pleading for an invite when they "claim" to have been waiting for months and not gotten one yet means they are being less than honest with the rest of the forum members.