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Hi there,
Before anyone gets angry: I don't want to start a 1000st repetition of questions asked right 2 posts before, nor am I too lazy to use google or read the articles themself.
I just want to know, if there's somebody out there, who succeeded with exactly the same circumstances I failed.
I own a German Motorola Milestone . It is a Milestone, not a Droid! I guess, this is important, since I've read tons of these threads, which all ended in that way, that one tells that the Milestone is a lot stronger protected than the Droid from Verizon is, because it uses Signatures and stuff, to prevent anwanted development for the device.
I always was too shy to apply something like cyanogen to my phone or even root it, because I spend some hope to the (at last) shipped Froyo Update for the device, to make things better. But since Motorola not even raised the CPU clock (which runs only at 550, but 1200 MHz are reported to work without negative issues) to even 800 MHz and I can feel this with Froyos animations and Flash, I decided to give cyanogen a try. I tried to root the device (which succeeded) and tried also all overclocker apps on the market which made the device reboot instantly when applying (but did not raise the speed).
Now I'm trying to install cyanogen since several days, but all guides fail for me.
It all fails when it comes to applying the update.zip: Clockworks's rom Manager, which tells me that the recovery Programm couldn't be found at the boot prompt, opening the update.zip directly gives a message about something's failing with the certificates, ... an endless story
I come more and more to the guess, that all success messages for applying cyanogen to a milestone are only hoaxes, because someone couldn't tell the difference between a milestone and a droid on ebay and such.
I would be very thankfull for any answers, may they tell me that this is true, or that they have succeeded (and how!) Or even hand me the right guide. I have the feeling that I've allready read all the false ones
Sent from my Milestone using XDA App
Richter_Marc said:
Hi there,
Before anyone gets angry: I don't want to start a 1000st repetition of questions asked right 2 posts before, nor am I too lazy to use google or read the articles themself.
I just want to know, if there's somebody out there, who succeeded with exactly the same circumstances I failed.
I own a German Motorola Milestone . It is a Milestone, not a Droid! I guess, this is important, since I've read tons of these threads, which all ended in that way, that one tells that the Milestone is a lot stronger protected than the Droid from Verizon is, because it uses Signatures and stuff, to prevent anwanted development for the device.
I always was too shy to apply something like cyanogen to my phone or even root it, because I spend some hope to the (at last) shipped Froyo Update for the device, to make things better. But since Motorola not even raised the CPU clock (which runs only at 550, but 1200 MHz are reported to work without negative issues) to even 800 MHz and I can feel this with Froyos animations and Flash, I decided to give cyanogen a try. I tried to root the device (which succeeded) and tried also all overclocker apps on the market which made the device reboot instantly when applying (but did not raise the speed).
Now I'm trying to install cyanogen since several days, but all guides fail for me.
It all fails when it comes to applying the update.zip: Clockworks's rom Manager, which tells me that the recovery Programm couldn't be found at the boot prompt, opening the update.zip directly gives a message about something's failing with the certificates, ... an endless story
I come more and more to the guess, that all success messages for applying cyanogen to a milestone are only hoaxes, because someone couldn't tell the difference between a milestone and a droid on ebay and such.
I would be very thankfull for any answers, may they tell me that this is true, or that they have succeeded (and how!) Or even hand me the right guide. I have the feeling that I've allready read all the false ones
Sent from my Milestone using XDA App
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OK, lets start over with your phone using some different method using my own guide. Do these steps to install CM 7 on your phone
1. Revert your phone back to stock
2. Install Androidiani OpenRecovery
3. Install Custom ROM
All from my guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=983516
If you got any question ask them in the thread or PM me
1. Clockworks's rom Manager doesn't work on Milestone. I screwed that up too so don't feel too bad about that lol.
2. Start here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=784750
You want CM so start with the CM for milestone thread that explains it directly.
From that page, get Androidian Open Recovery and prepare you SD Card.
3. Now follow instructions on this page: http://android.doshaska.net/rootable.
a. Install RSD Lite 4.6
b. Get the vulnerable recovery sbf and apply it with RSD Lite. (It's tiny... about 5mb)
c. Grab the "Disable_recovery_check_by_OTA" script and put it in sdcard/openrecovery/scripts folder.
4. Put CM6 or CM7 update.zip in the sdcard/openrecovery/updates folder.
5. Boot into Open Recovery. Apply the script from step 3
6. Install CM from the Apply Update menu.
edit: I didn't see post#2 when I hit send lol. I had started, went to do something and finished when I got back.
First of all: Thank both of you for your very nice (and unbelievable quick) replies!
Since you two suggest quite equal ways, and report that even this stupid EU-Brick is capable of running cyanogen, I'm quite enthusiastic, that I will succeed in the next days
I'll update the status here as soon as I git a new one.
eXtink said:
OK, lets start over with your phone using some different method using my own guide. Do these steps to install CM 7 on your phone
1. Revert your phone back to stock
2. Install Androidiani OpenRecovery
3. Install Custom ROM
All from my guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=983516
If you got any question ask them in the thread or PM me
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Hi eXtink,
I followed your guide and succeeded for an impressive long time. All went well:
I ...
applyed the german .sbf succeffully
booted / set up successfully Androidiani OpenRecovery 3.3
gained root
Installed Cyanogen 7 (0.08-11.03.16 RC3)
All these steps ran without displaying any error. But now, when I reboot the device, I only see the blue Cyanogen - Droid, skating within a blue circle. This hasn't changed several times for more than 10 Minutes now.
Can you tell what's wrong here?
do you see the first bounce again and again?
If it does, it's boot looping which isn't good.
But it usually takes a long time to load the first time...
So if it's not bootlooping, and it's going on for like 15 minutes, you can press shift alt delete to reboot and then try again and it should load quicker
No, it's not resetting or such, it just displays a smooth circle , but this rotates for over 10 Minutes (I rebooted it after that and re-issued a standard Froyo image onto the device after that.).
But you think I should wait for it to boot for ~15 minutes and then, while it still displays the loadspinner, reboot it? Did I understand you correct?
yeah, if it's not bootlooping and you're tired of waiting... just reboot it again.
Sometimes it just gags...
Say, did you feel the phone vibrate at all?
If you did, the lock screen was already up but hidden behind the animation
It godamn works !!! O.O Dunno what I've changed to make this habben, but when I try the exact eaqual steps again, it just works. Everything!
You two are my heroes!!! Thank you very much!
Cyanogenmod 7 on EU - Milestone - Working !!!
Cool Beans!
I'm glad that it worked for ya!
Bonus: this thread is a pretty good "how to"!
i must give it a try for my self. i need to install Cyanogenmod too cuz i had enough with the official one
guys i am not able to perform root, im stuch at the Open Recovery stage and it is unable to locate the Update.zip in the SD Card though it is on the root. there is a problem with the Cashe file :s. any help??
and the message is:
E: can't open cache/recovery/command
--install from sdcard..
finding update package..
openinng update package..
verifying update package..
E:EOCD marker occurs after Start of EOCD
E:signature verification failed
Installation aborted
Any Ideas??
3mar84 said:
guys i am not able to perform root, im stuch at the Open Recovery stage and it is unable to locate the Update.zip in the SD Card though it is on the root. there is a problem with the Cashe file :s. any help??
and the message is:
E: can't open cache/recovery/command
--install from sdcard..
finding update package..
openinng update package..
verifying update package..
E:EOCD marker occurs after Start of EOCD
E:signature verification failed
Installation aborted
Any Ideas??
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Did you flash the vulnerable recovery?
If so, did you copy the openrecovery folder to the root of your sdcard?
Sent from my Milstone running CM7
Just put update.zip and OR on u SD card (directly). Tur off phone launch bootloader by RSD instal vulnarable recovery. Then turn off and then power+X update.zip and u are at home
thanks guys for your posts...
I already have placed the file on the root of the SD. but seems i had a problem with the ROM, when i tried using another ROM it worked. the problem is that when i was about to continuie Rooting the machine the Touch Screen is not working any more!!! seems i lost my piece!!
zeppelinrox said:
1. Clockworks's rom Manager doesn't work on Milestone. I screwed that up too so don't feel too bad about that lol.
2. Start here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=784750
You want CM so start with the CM for milestone thread that explains it directly.
From that page, get Androidian Open Recovery and prepare you SD Card.
3. Now follow instructions on this page: http://android.doshaska.net/rootable.
a. Install RSD Lite 4.6
b. Get the vulnerable recovery sbf and apply it with RSD Lite. (It's tiny... about 5mb)
c. Grab the "Disable_recovery_check_by_OTA" script and put it in sdcard/openrecovery/scripts folder.
4. Put CM6 or CM7 update.zip in the sdcard/openrecovery/updates folder.
5. Boot into Open Recovery. Apply the script from step 3
6. Install CM from the Apply Update menu.
edit: I didn't see post#2 when I hit send lol. I had started, went to do something and finished when I got back.
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Hey I'm new here and really want to be able to get Cyanogen 7 on my Milestone (Canadian version) My only question with your how to guide here is how to install open recovery on my phone. sorry I'm very new to this stuff and dont know a whole lot.
Led Head said:
Hey I'm new here and really want to be able to get Cyanogen 7 on my Milestone (Canadian version) My only question with your how to guide here is how to install open recovery on my phone. sorry I'm very new to this stuff and dont know a whole lot.
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Once you flash the Vulnerable Recovery via RSD Lite, you want to place the AOR files that you can get from the sticky in Milestone development section onto the root of your SD card.
skadude66 said:
Once you flash the Vulnerable Recovery via RSD Lite, you want to place the AOR files that you can get from the sticky in Milestone development section onto the root of your SD card.
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OK thanks! One more question though. is there a specific sbf I need? I have a vulnerable recovery sbf called "vulnerable_recovery_only_RAMDLD90_78.sbf" would this be the right sbf for a canadian Milestone on telus? if not I found a thread on this forum that has a link to a vulnerable recovery sbf for telus milestones (found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=983516 )
also my device wont show up in RSD, why would this be? I've tried hitting the show device button numerous times but nothing happens
Led Head said:
OK thanks! One more question though. is there a specific sbf I need? I have a vulnerable recovery sbf called "vulnerable_recovery_only_RAMDLD90_78.sbf" would this be the right sbf for a canadian Milestone on telus? if not I found a thread on this forum that has a link to a vulnerable recovery sbf for telus milestones (found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=983516 )
also my device wont show up in RSD, why would this be? I've tried hitting the show device button numerous times but nothing happens
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Yes, the SBF that you have (vulnerable_recovery_only_RAMDLD90_78.sbf) is the one that you can use. I used it for rooting my Telus Milestone as well. When you want to revert back to stock, that's when you'll need a Telus-specific SBF.
skadude66 said:
Yes, the SBF that you have (vulnerable_recovery_only_RAMDLD90_78.sbf) is the one that you can use. I used it for rooting my Telus Milestone as well. When you want to revert back to stock, that's when you'll need a Telus-specific SBF.
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k great thanks! so I got CM7 for milestone installed on my phone, and it loads up and everything but every few seconds i keep getting a message android.phone stopped responding. So I essentially cant do anything cause this message keeps coming up, also I'm getting a no service signal too, its not registering with Telus. Please help
Before you tell me to 'Google it' (which I have, and leads me to 1000 posts of people telling other people with the same problem to 'Google it'), please read.
I will PayPal anyone $20 with working instructions of how to resolve this
Phone: HTC Hero w/ chin
Carrier: Alltel
Story:
Switched from WM6 Palm Treo Pro to HTC Hero. Came with 2.1 and needed apps2sd. Want CM7 stable.
-Rooted using AndRoot.
-Installed SuperUser and Root Checker. Root Checker said I was good to go. SuperUser would not show any apps in the list this whole time.
-Installed Titanium Backup which said I needed BusyBox, but it would fail to install. Tried to install busybox and it said I was not rooted. Alright...
-Installed ClockworkMod and flashed recovery. Tried to reboot into clockwork recovery, but when I clicked it, it did nothing. When I clicked rom from sd card, and clicked the CM7, it said 'going to reboot now' but again, nothing happened.
I booted into recovery manually, but it was still in Android system recovery. Apparently there was some sort of rooting problem, so I tried z4root. Permanent root was stuck on 'rebooting', and temporary root said successful, but something was still wrong as BusyBox installer would say I was not rooted, and SuperUser app didn't show any programs to allow permissions.
I turned the phone off, and back on. It goes to the white 'HTC' screen, reboots, and then comes to a black page with a picture of a Hero and a red triangle and exclamation mark. I hold home and hit power, and it takes me into the Android system recovery. I wiped data and cleared cache, rebooted, and it does the same thing.
- - -
Now i've done many hours of research, and found nothing to help me. I guess i'm a bit confused on what the SDK does and how to use it, because it won't connect to my phone since I can't even boot my phone into the OS. I tried to download the RUU and rename it update.zip, but it says signature verification failed or not found in android recovery. I've done the clear data method by holding home, back, and power, but still nothing.
I need a clearcut answer for getting back to a stock Alltel 2.1 OS on my phone. I am more advanced than a basic user, and have flashed many roms on Windows Mobile, but remember I might not exactly understand everything.
I'm a silent browser on these forums but now I come to you guys for help. I hope to grow into a dev and hopefully help someone in the future in my position.
I read somewhere to wipe EXT2, but still confused on that process as it seems I don't know how to get into adb command line on my computer.
Try reflashing the cwm recovery. Sounds like you have no recovery image.
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Sent from my CDMA Hero. I got some hot Gingerbread-on-Hero action here!
Dumb question...did you flash a ROM? Maybe I missed it in your post, but I see you installed Clockwork, SuperUser and all that, but don't see that you flashed a ROM. *EDIT* I see you did...
So...worst case scenario, if you can't even boot your phone, just start over from scratch...
Download the original AllTel ROM from here.
If you don't have HTC Sync set up and can't restore from your computer, use this method to flash it...your phone should now boot...
Then try to reroot, using this (preferred) or this.
Download ROM Manager from the Market and install ClockworkMod Recovery
Boot to recovery (hold home and power at the same time).
Once in recovery, wipe cache, system, data and boot (make sure you don't wipe your sd card! Do it twice for good measure)
Select install .zip from SD card, select zip and you should be good to go with a rooted phone and a new ROM.
I think that should cover it...
Ok, on your first link to flash my phone, the step says:
"With phone powered on, do "adb reboot bootloader" to enter fastboot."
How do I get the command prompt on my computer to communicate with the phone? That was my biggest problem when reading other people's posts. I guess i'm a bit lost. I installed the r10 android sdk which I believe is the first step? And when my phone is connected to the computer to enter these commands, is it okay if it is sitting at that screen with the red triangle?
Thanks for your help btw your steps sound simple, and simple is nice. One step closer!
Do you have HTC Sync set up? If you do, you should be able to restore from that to get you back to official AllTel...That's going to be the easiest way to get you back to stock I think.
And...I am on a Mac So, helping someone on a PC is not my forte with ADB
I'd try setting up HTC Sync and get yourself back to stock that way.
EDIT - To get it to communicate, you need to set up ADB and all that. Then just use command prompts...Try this thread for help/instructions.
I actually got it to load that rom with vol down + power but eventually got to 'CID incorrect! Update fail!', so i'll try connecting to sync.
damienisxcore said:
I actually got it to load that rom with vol down + power but eventually got to 'CID incorrect! Update fail!', so i'll try connecting to sync.
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What ROM? The AllTel one?
I have to take off until about 8:30 or so...get yourself set up with HTC Sync and get the USB drivers and all that set up, first thing you need to do is get your computer to talk to your phone...download the official AllTel RUU and restore to stock. That's task 1
Then we'll get ya rooted
I think I found a rom that worked. Currently rebooting. I can follow the rest and if I need anymore help, I'll give you a hollar. I should have had it right the first time, but I was following about 5 sets of different directions and mixing them around to avoid certain programs. I like yours though.
Send me a PM with your paypal e-mail and I can send it over. Least I could do.
OP, glad you got it. What rom?
Ranger, nice!
sent from a series of tubes.
il Duce said:
OP, glad you got it. What rom?
Ranger, nice!
sent from a series of tubes.
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He flashed CM7. Gotta get him on aospCMod
damienisxcore said:
I think I found a rom that worked. Currently rebooting. I can follow the rest and if I need anymore help, I'll give you a hollar. I should have had it right the first time, but I was following about 5 sets of different directions and mixing them around to avoid certain programs. I like yours though.
Send me a PM with your paypal e-mail and I can send it over. Least I could do.
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It's tough sometimes to follow things...and as much as we always tell people to search, ya know, the search kinda sucks I searched for all the threads I linked for you, but I knew what I was looking for. If you don't know what to look for, searching is kinda tough. Glad you got it!
Now...if you want a real ROM, I'll just toss this one out there In all actuality, CM7 and aospCMod are quite similar, I am just partial to aosp's builds.
Let me know if you need any more help.
Literally spent all day trying to root my CDMA Hero. Nothing works. I cannot use sync because it disconnects with the debugging and does not allow me to install a previous RUU. So I decided to use an app on the store (one click rooters like z4) it seemed like it worked, got SuperUser, said that my XC Chip was still on...soo I guess Im not rooted. Didn't notice that till I tried to install Cyanogenmod 7 2.3.2 on my device, which sent it back to my saved place (forgot what its called lol). Have no Idea where to go, anyone have a solution to the sync, seems like it would be the easiest way to do it. I have read the wikis, searched, done all I could do. Now I come to you, Help pleaseeee.
Software if you need it
Baseband Version 2.42.02.10.29
well i personally have had the same issues with one click roots,
Id HIGHLY suggest look at the Cyanogenmod wiki
to root and before rooting setting up ABD through the SDK
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=HTC_Hero_(CDMA):_Full_Update_Guide
edit: PM me if you need anything else
Are you still having trouble gaining root???
#Root/Hack-Mod_Always*
iHusk said:
Literally spent all day trying to root my CDMA Hero. Nothing works. I cannot use sync because it disconnects with the debugging and does not allow me to install a previous RUU. So I decided to use an app on the store (one click rooters like z4) it seemed like it worked, got SuperUser, said that my XC Chip was still on...soo I guess Im not rooted. Didn't notice that till I tried to install Cyanogenmod 7 2.3.2 on my device, which sent it back to my saved place (forgot what its called lol). Have no Idea where to go, anyone have a solution to the sync, seems like it would be the easiest way to do it. I have read the wikis, searched, done all I could do. Now I come to you, Help pleaseeee.
Software if you need it
Baseband Version 2.42.02.10.29
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The XC, you are referring to is actually for Engineering bootloader S-ON or S-OFF. This has no effect on rooting your phone. Everyone here had S-ON until sometime late last year.
What OS are you running? Windows, Mac, Linux
32bit or 64 bit?
Did you flash a recovery?
Were you able to boot into recovery? (Power off phone, while holding home button, press the power button)
What did you get?
Did you try installing titanium backup to see if you were root?
Download busybox from the market and then open it up and install 1.18.
Try TB again.
Or try installing ROM manager and flash clockwork mod from the app.
Without more info it is really hard to help.
unCoRrUpTeD said:
The XC, you are referring to is actually for Engineering bootloader S-ON or S-OFF. This has no effect on rooting your phone. Everyone here had S-ON until sometime late last year.
What OS are you running? Windows, Mac, Linux
32bit or 64 bit?
Did you flash a recovery?
Were you able to boot into recovery? (Power off phone, while holding home button, press the power button)
What did you get?
Did you try installing titanium backup to see if you were root?
Download busybox from the market and then open it up and install 1.18.
Try TB again.
Or try installing ROM manager and flash clockwork mod from the app.
Without more info it is really hard to help.
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Still having troubles. Im running 64 bit Windows, I thought I flashed a recovery.
When I press home and power to power on I get
"Clearstorage" "Yes" "no"
thats all...
I installed wireless tether for root, when I went to install Cyano it deleted all my apps besides superuser and wont let me download any of them anymore...
You need anymore info?
coffeehandle said:
well i personally have had the same issues with one click roots,
Id HIGHLY suggest look at the Cyanogenmod wiki
to root and before rooting setting up ABD through the SDK
wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=HTC_Hero_(CDMA):_Full_Update_Guide
edit: PM me if you need anything else
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Yes I read this, this is actually what I used. Problem is that I cannot use HTC Sync. It never lets me update my RUU for some odd reason...
Update lol. Seems like I am still rooted, I can download and use Wifi Tethering for Root Users. And when in Astro file manager I have a file called \root I believe. question is where do I go from now!
Well it depends on what you want to do with your phone. If its running fine then leave it and just boot into recovery and make a backup incase you need it in the future. To do this "make a backup "
Power off. Then hold down volume down and press power. After the white screen appears press home and wait until your recovery appears. Then select backup and restore. From there you should be able to figure it out. If not then just post and you'll receive advice from other members or my self. If you were looking to further mod your phone you could load one of many custom roms provided by the great developers here, increase internal memory to add more storage, load a different kernel to overclock or change the look of your phone
by flashing a custom theme. Its up to you how far you want to take your phone. Well hope this helps.
#Root/Hack-Mod_Always*
laie1472 said:
Well it depends on what you want to do with your phone. If its running fine then leave it and just boot into recovery and make a backup incase you need it in the future. To do this "make a backup "
Power off. Then hold down volume down and press power. After the white screen appears press home and wait until your recovery appears. Then select backup and restore. From there you should be able to figure it out. If not then just post and you'll receive advice from other members or my self. If you were looking to further mod your phone you could load one of many custom roms provided by the great developers here, increase internal memory to add more storage, load a different kernel to overclock or change the look of your phone
by flashing a custom theme. Its up to you how far you want to take your phone. Well hope this helps.
#Root/Hack-Mod_Always*
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How do you flash it? Is it basically the same as when I did Cyanogenmod, just go to ROM manager and install it or what? Thanks for all the help btw, I got 2.3 now, just trying to get it the way I want now...
Im a little puzzled as to when you post "flash it" care to share what it is your referring to. If its a rom, then yes you could flash it threw rom manger, but I wouldn't recommend it. The safest way Imo is threw your recovery if you want to flash a rom. Also if your referring to a rom which one??? And when you post "the way you want" what is it that your trying to achieve???
#Root/Hack-Mod_Always*
laie1472 said:
Im a little puzzled as to when you post "flash it" care to share what it is your referring to. If its a rom, then yes you could flash it threw rom manger, but I wouldn't recommend it. The safest way Imo is threw your recovery if you want to flash a rom. Also if your referring to a rom which one??? And when you post "the way you want" what is it that your trying to achieve???
#Root/Hack-Mod_Always*
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Looks wise and apps is what I mean by "the way I want". And basically what I am talking about is custom themes/looks. How would I flash those through recovery. Thats what I am puzzled about lol
Well if your on 2.3 you should have the theme chooser. If that's the case you locate the theme apk. Download it to your sd card. Then open up a file manger and install the theme apk as you would a regular app. Then exit out of your file manger and go to your app drawer and open up theme chooser. Then select the theme you just installed. After its done installing just reboot. Some of the theme chooser themes have extra add on you have to apply to get the full look of theme. The add ons you have to install via zip themer or metamorph. The zip themer you can find in the android themes and apps thread. It might be on the android market but I'm not sure. Metamorph you can find on the android market. If you need help with that aquire either app and just let me know. Now if your theme is flashable via recovery. Download the theme to the root of your sd card. Which means just put the theme on your sd card and not in any folders. Then boot into recovery by powering down. Then hold volume down. Then press the power button. After the screen appears press the home button. Then when your recovery appears. Always make a backup first. Then choose install update zip or flash update zip. Then locate the theme zip and press the track ball. It will ask you to confirm press the track ball for yes or home for no. Press the track ball and when its done press back and choose reboot. When you reboot you should have your rom themed. Make sure the theme your flashing is for your rom because not all themes are for all roms and if you flash the wrong theme you could be entering boot loop city. Also make sure your battery is at least 60 % to flash anything. This is just my opinion on the battery. Well hope this helps. If you find a certain theme you want to install let me know if you run into any problems.
#Root/Hack-Mod_Always*
[GUIDE] Easiest Step-By-Step Tutorial for Upgrading the Bionic to 5.9.902 (+ Root):
I created this 10-step tutorial because there were so many various How-To's floating around the internet on how to do this but the wording was either over-complicated or contained conflicting information. A lot of techies have good intentions and are very good at what they do, but are not so good at explaining it in a way that makes sense to the end user. In this guide I have attempted to do that the best I can to make it the easiest and most concise method on the net for upgrading the Bionic to 5.5.902.
Sidenote: You can also use this guide as a stepping stone when wanting to ultimately upgrade to ICS: Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.x). I will also make my own tutorial for upgrading to ICS when the build becomes more stable.
OVERVIEW/CREDITS: This tutorial utilizes dhacker29's revert/upgrade tool and Dan Rosenberg's (@djrbliss) universal rooting tool for Motorola phones. I have also included any dependent files that are needed for dhacker29's tool and compiled it into one executable that will self-extract then auto-launch. No effective code has been changed, but rather I have just made the process more convenient and seamless. All credit goes to the previously mentioned user's, while the steps below are my own.
DISCLAIMER: This is to be done at your own risk. I assume no responsibility or liability for anything that may happen to your device. This disclaimer sounds scarier than it really is, as this is already a proven process that will work on any Bionic in any software state, but it must be said none the less.
STEPS: Perform these steps on your Bionic only AFTER you have backed up all user data: pictures, videos, txt (sms/mms), email, settings, docs, etc. You do not need to backup any data from the external card (sdcard-ext), as nothing will be deleted from there; however, the internal storage (sdcard) will be formatted, so be sure to backup anything from there that you feel is important. Also make sure that you have at least 1GB free on your external SD card.
Motorola Drivers: Download and install the latest MotoHelper drivers from Motorola's site: HERE. (Be sure to download the "USB Drivers", not the "PC Charging" ones).
Prepare the phone: Once the drivers are completely installed, plug your phone into your computer via the USB cable and make sure it is in "Charge only" mode by pulling down the notification menu at the top and tapping "USB connection", then tap "Charge Only", then "OK". (If applicable, wait for Windows to recognize and auto-install the phone hardware).
Initiate updater software: Download and run BionicUpdater_v5.9.902.exe from here (4 parts, links are interchangeable):
PART 1 of 4: http://mir.cr/03XXOT1W
PART 2 of 4: http://mir.cr/0CJ9KA4B
PART 3 of 4: http://mir.cr/DDDSX4F4
PART 4 of 4: http://mir.cr/0UHATF5Y
Once extraction is complete you will see a white window with blue text. Press [ENTER] at the prompt to continue and display the updater's main menu.
Revert to older stock ROM version 5.5.893: At the Menu, choose the right option depending on your phone's current version:
Press "1" if the version of your phone is lower than 5.9.x
Press "2" if the version of your phone is 5.9.x or higher.
NOTE: You can find your current version by going to your home screen, tapping Menu, then Settings. Scroll down and tap "About Phone", then look at the "System Version" number.
Complete reversion to 5.5.893: Follow the prompts as it walks you through the process, reading carefully for any instructions displayed by the updater along the way. Once it completes, it should take you back to the main menu (This may involve multiple phone reboots along the way)
Prepare for copy of 5.9.902 update file: When the updater's menu reappears, put your phone into 'Charge Only' mode by pulling down the notification menu at the top of your phone and tapping "USB connection" then tap "Charge Only", then tap "OK".
Copy 5.9.902 update file: Now, back in the updater program on your computer, press 6 to copy the 5.9.902 update file to your external SD card. Follow prompts to let the updater walk you through the process. If you get any errors, make sure that you are in 'Charge Only' mode as described above then try again. (Do NOT run the 'OTA Rootkeeper' or 'Forever Root' options at anytime in this process). Once the copy is complete, you can close the white updater screen by clicking the "x" at top right.
Upgrade to 5.9.902: Your phone will reboot and you will see the Droid exclamation icon. Don't worry, just press both volume buttons and a recovery menu will appear. Select the option to install an update (Use the Volume up/down buttons to select, then press the Power button to confirm selection). Browse to the file that was just copied to your SD card, then begin the upgrade.
Wipe data: Once the upgrade is complete, go back to the main menu, and tap the volume down key until "wipe data/factory reset" is highlighted then tap the Power button. Another Confirmation screen will come up. Tap on Volume down key until "Yes" is highlighted then tap Power button. After all user data is cleared, the "reboot system now" option will be highlighted by Default. Tap the Power button to reboot the phone. You are now running 5.9.902 unrooted.
Root: On your phone, walk through the initial phone-setup process until you see the Home screen icons. Make sure your phone is in "Charge only" mode by pulling down the notification menu at the top and tapping "USB connection", then tap "Charge Only", then "OK". Download and run motofail.exe to root your Bionic. Once rooted, the phone will reboot. You are now running 5.9.902 rooted. (This last step is optional and only required if you want a rooted phone).
COMPLETION: You may continue to setup your phone to your liking by reinstalling apps and restoring settings and user data.
DONATIONS: If you want to give donations as a 'Thank you', please give them to dhacker29 and Dan Rosenberg (@djrbliss).
Please leave comments/feedback should you run into any hiccups along the way so that I can make this guide even more user-friendly than it already is.
Hey, just wanted to say thanks for this guide. I ran into a problem when I went to copy the 902 update to my sd card. It kept saying that it was unable to copy it to sd-ext. I tried twice and made sure that Mass Storage was enabled, but I couldn't figure out what was going wrong. I ended up just booting up the phone and pulling the OTA update. Then I went back and used Motofail and didn't have any problems.
One question I do have....is Motofail the same as using forever root? In the respect that it's permanent? Or is there a chance that I can break the root somehow?
CCivale said:
Hey, just wanted to say thanks for this guide. I ran into a problem when I went to copy the 902 update to my sd card. It kept saying that it was unable to copy it to sd-ext. I tried twice and made sure that Mass Storage was enabled, but I couldn't figure out what was going wrong. I ended up just booting up the phone and pulling the OTA update. Then I went back and used Motofail and didn't have any problems.
One question I do have....is Motofail the same as using forever root? In the respect that it's permanent? Or is there a chance that I can break the root somehow?
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If you were in Mass Storage mode but it didn't copy then you should change it to Charge Only mode and try again. If it still gives you an error then you don't have enough free space on the card.
Motofail is better than Forever root as it can be redone again after any update. Forever root didnt root my 902 but Motofail did. Foreverroot is not really "forever".
Thanks for the info. It really was very easy using this method. Thanks for compiling it and taking the time.
If I run into any problems, having taken the OTA as a work around, I'll try it again and try the toggle between "mass storage" and "charge only". I definitely had more than enough room (more than 6gb).
Thanks again.
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I tried this, it didn't work. So I ran the 902 fxz, rooted with motofail & installed eclipse 2.1. Super easy.
Same here, flashed Eclipse 2.1 over it right after I was done rooting.
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Hello! I'm wondering if I updated my Bionic to 5.9.902 through the official OTA update, can I skip steps 3-8?
Thank you!
xr4v3nx said:
Hello! I'm wondering if I updated my Bionic to 5.9.902 through the official OTA update, can I skip steps 3-8?
Thank you!
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I think you can skip 3-9 then. 9 is really the tail end of upgrading to 902. You should be able to just run Motofail and root your phone.
CCivale said:
I think you can skip 3-9 then. 9 is really the tail end of upgrading to 902. You should be able to just run Motofail and root your phone.
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Thanks for your reply! And yeah, I meant until step 9
I need one more confirmation so I can start rooting
Once you are running version 5.5.902 you can use the Motofail rooter app. It does not matter how you got to version 902.
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crobs808 said:
Once you are running version 5.5.902 you can use the Motofail rooter app. It does not matter how you got to version 902.
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Cool. Thank you!
86shelby said:
I tried this, it didn't work. So I ran the 902 fxz, rooted with motofail & installed eclipse 2.1. Super easy.
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If this didn't work for you, then you selected the wrong step early on in the process or didn't follow the prompts in the updater app. This is a universal guide for all Bionics. The Bionic's nature dictates that this process has to work.
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Updated through OTA and ran motofail.exe. Worked like a charm! Thanks again!
xr4v3nx said:
Updated through OTA and ran motofail.exe. Worked like a charm! Thanks again!
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My bad you all! I corrected the mode you need to be in for Step 6! It is in fact "Charge Only" mode. The updater app will take care of copying the file to the SD card via it's own method. It actually cannot access the SD card if you have it in Mass Storage mode, so that was the problem. I just tested that step again on my phone in Charge Only mode and it worked.
In fact, it looks like you should be in "Charge Only" USB mode throughout the entire process.
crobs808 said:
If this didn't work for you, then you selected the wrong step early on in the process or didn't follow the prompts in the updater app. This is a universal guide for all Bionics. The Bionic's nature dictates that this process has to work.
Sent from my DROID BIONIC using XDA App
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No prompts to miss in rsd....
Perhaps this thread should be titled something like update to 902 the hard way?
86shelby said:
Perhaps this thread should be titled something like update to 902 the hard way?
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That was pretty immature and unnecessary.
Besides RDSLite is one step in a multi step process. This guide is much easier than the RSD process and does much more than RSD.
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hey wondering if im doing anything wrong. ive installed motohelper the usb drivers 4 times and the updater keeps saying waiting for device no matter what i do ... dont know if it matters but my phone is still on 5.5.886 and wont recieve ota updates and verizon is being no help so i figured id try to update manually and yet again i still cant update. at this point i dont know if its my phone that has the problem or not
I followed the steps to a T (whatever that really means) and all seems to work, except that I haven't been able to connect to 4G since doing this - that's about a day's worth of 3G in places where I was always getting super-fast 4G (central Austin, Texas).
Any chance that I didn't do something right? Is this related at all?
Kevin991 said:
hey wondering if im doing anything wrong. ive installed motohelper the usb drivers 4 times and the updater keeps saying waiting for device no matter what i do ... dont know if it matters but my phone is still on 5.5.886 and wont recieve ota updates and verizon is being no help so i figured id try to update manually and yet again i still cant update. at this point i dont know if its my phone that has the problem or not
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Kevin, try using a different usb port on your computer. If you have a desktop, usage reports in the back of the computer, rather than the ones on the front, or on a usb hub. If that is not the case, then try a different cable.
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jeff.s said:
I followed the steps to a T (whatever that really means) and all seems to work, except that I haven't been able to connect to 4G since doing this - that's about a day's worth of 3G in places where I was always getting super-fast 4G (central Austin, Texas).
Any chance that I didn't do something right? Is this related at all?
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Try going into your settings menu, then under Mobile Networks, toggle the LTE/4G option off them on again. You can also try booting the phone without your SIM card, them reboot with it back in. It might shake things loose.
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Okay, so now we have 3 Atrix HD's in the house and except for the unremoveable battery thing, and the short "battery life" when actively using it, I'd say we pretty much love them. However, I decided to remove some apps, etc. and managed to get my messages, camera and gallery to the "not working" and basically non-existent point. Now on startup I'm getting the Android is Updating message with the never-ending swirl of Starting Apps... I'm positive I've waited long enough as I set it down and went back to bed just to wake up and still see it.
Info - phone IS rooted
running the "jellybean" update
Unfortuanately a couple weeks ago, I UNCHECKED the sync photots for both facebook and gmail, so there are pictures I really don't want to lose.....
I'm definitely not a "pro" like lots of them up here, but am capable of following directions. I'm pretty sure I have to "unroot" my phone via USB/SD card through my laptop....Any help would be greatly appreciated... and the more specific the directions the better!! :cyclops: LOL... Thanks so much.
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Sounds like you deleted a critical OS file. You need to flash back to stock again. Is your boot loader locked or unlocked?
Don't remeber...
ai6908 said:
Sounds like you deleted a critical OS file. You need to flash back to stock again. Is your boot loader locked or unlocked?
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I Don't rememer if I unlocked the bootloader. Is there a way to check? Thanks.
Follow what's in the website to reload your stock image...
http://www.andromods.com/tips-trick...-qinara-stock-original-firmware-fastboot.html
ai6908 said:
Follow what's in the website to reload your stock image...
http://www.andromods.com/tips-trick...-qinara-stock-original-firmware-fastboot.html
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I've been trying and I've fallowed everything to the T but everytime it says it falls.
I'm not sure...I have used it before and was able to restore...are you sure it's not a hardware issue?
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Okay, here's where we're at.... it is no longer frozen on that screen and goes thru the setup w/ my gmail, etc.... but then I have a black screen (except for the top row icons...). I can pull down the settings menu and see everything there, but I have no "homescreen"....It's black. It seems like we're in the right direction and I know it's not dead. Anything??
Also wanted to thank you for the help. This place is ALWAYS amazing....
Hey, my son and I are wondering since it's already running 4.1.1 and we can't downgrade, what about flashing a custom rom? Will that flash a totally complete, full home page and everything?? Just a thought.
While trying to search for answers I came across a "xoom forums??" post with a tablet that was doing exactly the same thing....multiple people had that problem, but doesn't seem to have been answered...... not sure if I'm suppose to post links to that or not, but at least I know I'm not alone.....
If you're rooted, than I'm assuming ADB debugging is on. You should be able to unlock your boot loader and load CWM recovery. From there you can wipe cache and dalvik cache. If that doesn't help, you can reflash a stock ROM zip from Skeevys thread. Flashing a zip won't touch your SD card
There is official 4.1.1 available...you can try flashing that...you dont need to downgrade.
Okay, my son installed safetystrap (whatever that is...lol) and when you click Operating system, it says "there is no operating system installed are you sure you want to reboot????
Is this fixable?
Note: We have two other identical Atrix HD's in the house if that helps for any reason.....
Well that's what we are trying to figure out is how to install OS...Lol..
Try install system using fastboot... Look for skeevedudes guide...its in this forum somewhere...
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LOL....okay, so do yoiu see why my son says I'm not "ALLOWED" to have a rooted phone if this happens again..... Guess I was just glad to SEE it written out, so that it's a little more def what's going on - but I'm sure everyone up here (except me) already knew that!!!
He's not around today, so my phone is just "sitting" saying "creating rom slot" but never gets off that screen. The good thing is that we can see it's actually charging and we weren't sure before....... Does this sound like something that will eventually be repairable??
You have a soft brick...yes it is fixable...
Okay, thought I had already posted this before but I guess I never hit the submit ....
Before safety strap was installed, we could get the phone (minus the homescreen and os) to come on....the settings, wifi etc.....No we can't seem to get to that point with the safetystrap on. It just goes completely blank and won't let safestrap connect to the computer via usb.
Apparently there is also no way to remove SS without an opperating system. This doesn't sound promising.....ugggg..... I so want my phone back.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
OK dude. Follow my instructions.
Hold down power and both volume buttons all at once until the phone screen turns black, then continue holding the volume buttons. You will get a menu. Go to AP fastboot mode using the volume down button, select it with the volume up button. Plug your phone into your computer with a data cable. Download RSD lite and the MOTOROLA drivers from the MOTOROLA website. Install both. Download the 4.1.1 sbf file for your phone, there is a thread for it here in the AHD forum. Its a zip file, extract it to your desktop. Open RSD lite, click the browse for file button, select the XML file inside the folder you just unzipped. Hit flash. If you get any errors, let me know I'll send you a different XML file with the getvar lines removed.
Okay, will get it started..... Thanks so much. My son has been working on this for hours and hours. You have no idea how much I appreciate this place and everyone who helps out!! You guys rock! Will let you know what we get.
Here is the website for what youngunn mentioned...
http://www.andromods.com/tips-trick...-qinara-stock-original-firmware-fastboot.html
[FONT="Comic [SIZE="3"]Okay, my son (BlackestPain) is too new here to post the picture links, so I copied and pasted. They're just downloads from his camera pictures. This is where we are right now after following suggestions....[/SIZE]MS"][/FONT]
Okay, here is what I've (chixwithkidz5' son) tried.... Please cut me some slack because I haven't been doing this stuff long....
Getvar file
Getvar removed
RSD Lite connected
RSD Lite failed
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***** this is what the phone reads after everything
What am I missing ? Thanks - I can use all the decent help I can get.