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working clockworkmod recovery .apk

ok guys here is an .apk to get cwm recovery onto the moto atrix2. make sure your rooted and then just download the .apk and install. AS USUAL USE AT YOUR OUN RISK! this is for experimental use only if you dont know what your doing plz dont use you can and most likely will brick your device!!!

Installed! No problems so far!
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Went right into blue cwm. This is great news and a start! Thanks!
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Quick question to the OP. Have you modified this to work with the A2? If not we've been down this road already and there will be consequences if you try to perform a recovery from a backup with this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1329701
We have asked developer nitroglycerin33 to make us our own bootstrap that works and here is the link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1346977

Installed no problems, went right into cwm!!!!
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THIS IS JUST TO GET CWM RECOVERY ONTO THE ATRIX2 BOOTLOADER IS STILL LOCKED DO NOT TRY AND FLASH USING IT made a backup going to pull the files that the backup made to see if we can get the bootloader unlocked

Its still a start.
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going to be playing with this all day today hopefully will have some good news in a little while

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going to be playing with this all day today hopefully will have some good news in a little while
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Sounds good!
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Man I'm just trying to save you some work. Please take a look at the links I posted and we have our own bootstrap listed in the second link that was modified specifically for the A2
Take a look in the bootloader unlock post that will catch you up on where we are right now. Not trying to discourage you as we can use all the help we can get.
Glad to have you here and knowing you are willing to lend a hand I just don't wanna see some noobs using this thinking everything is working and end up bricking their phones because right now we have NO way of getting back to stock with a FXZ yet.

i'm with you i'm going to edit my post.

What is link ti new thread? Those links you provided are dated.
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Nice! We're getting closer

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What is link ti new thread? Those links you provided are dated.
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They're dated cause we're at a stand still for right now until we can get the bootloader unlocked and a working FXZ. Please read them and you will understand.
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i'm with you i'm going to edit my post.
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Glad we have some more help, the more the merrier!!!!

He said he started a new thread. Wanted to follow that one too.
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Guys as JRW 28 has said.
This has been tried and done with fatal issues. Until nytroglcerin33 gets the official CWM package updated, there is not much I would try with this, we have done backups and restores, as well as attempted a flash or two with NO SUCCESS.
I am not trying to be a pain here, but there are some of us who have been working on these things for almost two months since this phone came out, try a search in the Atrix2 section next time as there is a thread already about this, and until we get the bootloader unlocked we are going to have very limited abilities on this phone to develop, if you want to help out someplace go jump in there.
Bootloader unlock thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1328714

I got ahead of myself. Sorry Jim! Was excited for a minute.
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I got ahead of myself. Sorry Jim! Was excited for a minute.
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No worries, that was not aimed at anyone, it was more in genral, so that anyone who reads this sees that this is a very slippery slope right now, we have had at least 2 people that we know of, who bricked their phones using the / a similar method that was in the OP here.

jimbridgman said:
This has been tried and done with fatal issues. Until nytroglcerin33 gets the official CWM package updated, there is not much I would try with this, we have done backups and restores, as well as attempted a flash or two with NO SUCCESS.
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I wouldn't say I have had no success... I'm able to backup and restore system and data using that atrix 2 recovery. In fact, the bionic one worked as well but I only used it a couple of times.
I've been using it to go back and forth between 55.11.16 and 55.13.16, 8 or 9 flashes so far without a brick.
inb4 next flash bricks my phone

I think we should have our moderator swoop in and sticky the important things. It seems were not getting much love from him around here. It's kind of an annoyance to me that topics fall back a page or two then are reintroduced as a new thread a week later. Just saying.

[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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jimbridgman said:
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

[Testing] I Think I've got a way to get back to 2.3.5 from 4.0.4

---This Will Brick Your Phone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Don't do IT!!!---
Hello,
If You Got your phone bricked trying to downgrade from ICS to 2.3.5 then I THINK I Have A Way To Get To Stock.
1. Enter fastboot on your phone
2. put moto-fastboot in your fxz folder
3. open cmd or terminal or whatever then type the commands below
4. Enjoy!
Someone's got to tell me if it works
Ok So Here is the commands:
Code:
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The fact that this will flash mbm.bin, tells me you have not done your research..... that file right there is the new bootloader, and it will brick your phone.
Please erase this post... you will cause more bricks... Us devs have this under control, please let us do what we do best.. we will have a fix.

jimbridgman said:
The fact that this will flash mbm.bin, tells me you have not done your research..... that file fright there is the new bootloader, and it will brick your phone.
Please erase this post... you will cause more bricks... Us devs have this under control, please let us do what we do best.. we will have a fix.
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Agreed, please delete the OP and delete the link you posted in the other thread.
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Have you tried this? You try it first and tell us how it go's.
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jimbridgman said:
The fact that this will flash mbm.bin, tells me you have not done your research..... that file fright there is the new bootloader, and it will brick your phone.
Please erase this post... you will cause more bricks... Us devs have this under control, please let us do what we do best.. we will have a fix.
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RDS Lite flashes that too!!!
Maybe That Is Why People Get Bricked

tcf38012 said:
RDS Lite flashes that too!!!
Maybe That Is Why People Get Bricked
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I am telling you that the mbm.bin is what is bricking people.... Have you been paying attention to all the bricking threads? both the scripts (which by the way I have written one that does exactly what you have posted), and RDS lite do the same freakin' thing, but they both brick the phone at flashing the mbm.bin file.
Please, I beg you to take this thread down, there will just be more bricks.

tcf38012 said:
RDS Lite flashes that too!!!
Maybe That Is Why People Get Bricked
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RDS Lite also bricks your phone!:laugh:

Not trying to piss anyone off but this ics leak has done nothing but cause headaches for everyone in one way or another. We all should let the devs handle everything from this point on. If you think you have a fix that will help the community out just pm one of the devs and ask them first before posting anything to the general community. I'm sure that they would not mind a simple pm instead of a new thread being started.
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tmease1 said:
Not trying to piss anyone off but this ics leak has done nothing but cause headaches for everyone in one way or another. We all should let the devs handle everything from this point on. If you think you have a fix that will help the community out just pm one of the devs and ask them first before posting anything to the general community. I'm sure that they would not mind a simple pm instead of a new thread being started.
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tmease1 said:
Not trying to piss anyone off but this ics leak has done nothing but cause headaches for everyone in one way or another. We all should let the devs handle everything from this point on. If you think you have a fix that will help the community out just pm one of the devs and ask them first before posting anything to the general community. I'm sure that they would not mind a simple pm instead of a new thread being started.
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Yes thank you, exactly... The OP did pm me but he had already posted this before I could reply through PM...
If you PM us, please give us enough time to reply back.. All of your A2 devs are working in the background very hard, together I might add, on a lot of these ICS issues.

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Yes thank you, exactly... The OP did pm me but he had already posted this before I could reply through PM...
If you PM us, please give us enough time to reply back.. All of your A2 devs are working in the background very hard, together I might add, on a lot of these ICS issues.
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Want Other Issues?
Me And My Atrix 2 Are Loving it!
I wouldn't go back.

tcf38012 said:
Want Other Issues?
Me And My Atrix 2 Are Loving it!
I wouldn't go back.
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Well, there is no working CWM, or any recovery method for that matter, so we also can't build and flash ROMs, and we can not perform nandroid backups as well with out CWM. Overclocking, init.d, 1% battery mod bootloops the phone, and several other things.

jimbridgman said:
Well, there is no working CWM, or any recovery method for that matter, so we also can't build and flash ROMs, and we can not perform nandroid backups as well with out CWM. Overclocking, init.d, 1% battery mod bootloops the phone, and several other things.
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Where is the official thread of bugs?

tcf38012 said:
Where is the official thread of bugs?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1780142[BUGS] ICS Stock Blur
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Oops dupe post...

^^I guess either of these will do, right?^^
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^^I guess either of these will do, right?^^
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LOL.... I will whack my post. They are the same thread.
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LOL.... I will whack my post. They are the same thread.
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I think we posted at the exact same time! lol Couple of quick draws, we are...
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jimbridgman said:
Well, there is no working CWM, or any recovery method for that matter, so we also can't build and flash ROMs, and we can not perform nandroid backups as well with out CWM. Overclocking, init.d, 1% battery mod bootloops the phone, and several other things.
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Umm, jim? I actually disagree with you. For once, lol. Bootstrap and cwm are working fine for me. I used it to flash altered's carrier remover zip.
Worked fine. Although i won't be flashing anything else till we can find a safeguard. Should i try to make a backup through cwm? Haven't yet. A bootloop, for any reason, is death right now...
EDIT: And for pete's sake people, just because i says it works FOR ME, doesn't mean you should try to use it. We have no backup right now. Lord, I shouldn't have to edit my posts like this lol.
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[Q] Is there someone working on a root method?

Hey guys, as the title states, is there anyone working on root method for the latest OTA (9/4/12)? I foolishly updated, as always hoping they'd fix the reloading issue, and now I'm stuck on it because I can't seem to find a working root method for this update. If anyone needs a test phone, then I'm up for it, I gotta get this thing working properly already!!
Thanks,
John
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EDIT: I found a way to downgrade it and so I wrote up a thread about it. You can find it HERE

You may want to watch here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1558532 I'm not sure what is happening but indirect is awesome.
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I've been looking for one for the past 3 weeks and it doesn't seem like there is one...As to whether anyone is working on one, its hard to tell :\
But yeah, like Chad the Pathfinder said, you should keep checking that thread.
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Chad The Pathfinder said:
You may want to watch here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1558532 I'm not sure what is happening but indirect is awesome.
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Yeah, I sent him a PM, actually two, but no response. Was offering him to test whatever he needed tested, perhaps he's still working on something to test.
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I've been looking for one for the past 3 weeks and it doesn't seem like there is one...As to whether anyone is working on one, its hard to tell :\
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I know what you mean, I've also gone through a bunch of different websites, and nothing there, perhaps another phone with a similar OS has a solution that could be worked off of. Heck, I've fiddled around with a few different methods, but the primary issue is not being rooted. I managed to get a part of the clockwork recovery, but even though I had a ROM in the sdcard root, my phone just rebooted, and no change was made, may try a different ROM for the heck of it.

Takes time if it's going to happen. He's a fairly busy person .

Haha yeah, someone spoken of so highly must be extremely busy as a result
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I'll PM him and see if I can help in anyway .

Hmm could you tell him that I would be willing to help too? I mean I'm a noob and I'm definitely not a developer but if theres anything to be tested, I would be willing to do it
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CNexus said:
Hmm could you tell him that I would be willing to help too? I mean I'm a noob and I'm definitely not a developer but if theres anything to be tested, I would be willing to do it
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Just PM him and let him know
TEAM MiK
MikROMs Since 3/13/11

Haha thanks, I definitely will
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prboy1969 said:
Just PM him and let him know
TEAM MiK
MikROMs Since 3/13/11
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Think he may be ignoring the noobs, lol. if anything I'm sure he'll come looking for someone like us.

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Think he may be ignoring the noobs, lol. if anything I'm sure he'll come looking for someone like us.
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He doesn't ignore the " newbs " . Remember we are all newbs at some point or another. He just has a busy schedule. Plus keep in mind he does not own a Shift.

prboy1969 said:
He doesn't ignore the " newbs " . Remember we are all newbs at some point or another. He just has a busy schedule. Plus keep in mind he does not own a Shift.
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By that I mean we're not on the priority list to contact, when he sees our messages he just doesn't respond to start unnecessary conversations that may take up his time. O well, for now, we wait!

Hey guys, after mixing the http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1558532 method and the http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1871129 method, I achieved temp root, and managed to flash PG06IMG.zip and downgrade. Very happy at the moment and on Android 2.2!!!

JohnnyCakeXM said:
Hey guys, after mixing the http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1558532 method and the http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1871129 method, I achieved temp root, and managed to flash PG06IMG.zip and downgrade. Very happy at the moment and on Android 2.2!!!
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Were you on the latest ota?
You should write up a guide for those who need it
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jesuscash said:
Were you on the latest ota?
You should write up a guide for those who need it
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I think I will, even though I just used an external application to do the reboots for me, where tacroot couldn't get the permissions.
It came as a surprise, as most of the stuff I tried failed me.

Hmm maybe this will inspire future devs to just mix and match rooting methods to get root
Nice job even thinking of combining those though
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JohnnyCakeXM said:
I think I will, even though I just used an external application to do the reboots for me, where tacroot couldn't get the permissions.
It came as a surprise, as most of the stuff I tried failed me.
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You could just edit the first post in this thread.

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You could just edit the first post in this thread.
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I'll link to my thread. I wrote one up last night asap.

[How to] Unbrick MF3 Custom Recovery Fail

I figured that I might post this to help some people as I see this posted a lot.
Are you one of the ones that tried to install a custom recovery on the MF3 update? Are you facing a never ending boot sequence or device just freezing at boot screen?
Try this to help you get a normal boot so your phone is at least usable. (Note that your factory recovery will no longer work!)
First off, do a battery pull.
After you put the battery back in (make sure it's not plugged up) go into download mode.
Click Cancel instead of continuing into download mode. Chances are your device will boot up normal. I've tried this with a device I own and also tried it on a few others (through PM and chat online).
If this works for you please let me know!

Lol I figured this out in 2 mins of owning the phone.
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You should change the title...EXTREMELY misleading...sounds more like a thread for a workaround to install a custom recovery lol
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You installed a custom recovery on the MF3?
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You should change the title...EXTREMELY misleading...sounds more like a thread for a workaround to install a custom recovery lol
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Fine I'll change it. I was just trying to help some folks that post the same things every day that you get mad at and bash around.
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Your doing fine...you just got my hopes up lol. But something a little more specific like workaround for failed recovery flash or fix mf3 bootloop or similar
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mg2195 said:
Your doing fine...you just got my hopes up lol. But something a little more specific like workaround for failed recovery flash or fix mf3 bootloop or similar
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Sounds good I'll do that now
Very sleepy lol..wasn't thinking clearly when I posted it.
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agent929 said:
Sounds good I'll do that now
Very sleepy lol..wasn't thinking clearly when I posted it.
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Yeah it'd be good to have this info in a better titled thread than it was...and an even better titled thread than this one.
Maybe: [How To] Unbrick MF3 after (stupidly ignorantly) attempting to install a custom recovery
Anyways, it was first discovered here, as far as I can tell:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2398336
(post 11)
And there's an alternative method too, if that didn't work:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2404970

Guys I'd appreciate it if you didn't spam up this topic with nonsense.
The phone is not bricked for one.
It was never publicly announced what to do one these forums that I could find.
Edit: I just read your posted topics and neither one says to do this
The questions are asked every day by people.
This post has potential to stop some messages.
Stop posting here just to get your post count up. If you don't have anything relavent to say then find another topic.
For the guys post above me thanks for adding more ways to help try to do a workaround even though you tried to undermine me here.
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no worry bro--you did good--many new folks don't know that
and, you can't please everyone

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Guys I'd appreciate it if you didn't spam up this topic with nonsense.
The phone is not bricked for one.
It was never publicly announced what to do one these forums that I could find.
Edit: I just read your posted topics and neither one says to do this
The questions are asked every day by people.
This post has potential to stop some messages.
Stop posting here just to get your post count up. If you don't have anything relavent to say then find another topic.
For the guys post above me thanks for adding more ways to help try to do a workaround even though you tried to undermine me here.
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If you're stuck in download mode and cannot get to your OS, I think that counts as a brick! Yes, btw, post 11 in the first thread I linked shows the solution which I have been telling others to do...which you did us the favor of making a post about as well. I agree that it's good to make this post, though I think your thread title could be more useful if you edited it.
Also, should this method not work for some people, an alternative method is a good thing to have.
Thanks again and have a nice day! :good:

I seem to be helping folks with the issue I have posted here in many other post. Have also had some PM's about it. Any suggestions on making this more searchable?
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agent929 said:
I seem to be helping folks with the issue I have posted here in many other post. Have also had some PM's about it. Any suggestions on making this more searchable?
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Don't assume people are searching...

joeybear23 said:
Don't assume people are searching...
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Search? What's that. Lol

jd1639 said:
Search? What's that. Lol
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Funny lol. Well, I tried. And failed lol. Was just trying to save some others time that keep getting so stressed about answering some of the same questions over and over.

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Funny lol. Well, I tried. And failed lol. Was just trying to save some others time that keep getting so stressed about answering some of the same questions over and over.
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I think my suggestion in post #8 is still a good one.
Your current thread title makes it sound like you tried to flash a custom recovery on MF3 and it didn't work. There's no way anyone would read that title and think there's a "How To" guide in it.

Alright maybe that will work.
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Lol I found this thread after I figured it out for myself. I was kind of hoping this would lead me into a way to get back my recovery.

This is how I fixed my brick.
Flashed this file in ODIN. Now my phone boots normally. Got it from another thread with a diff issue here on XDA. I tried it and it worked. Wish I could remember where and what the thread was called. I believe it was this thread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2360859