[Q] Post Root Pandemonium

[5HoofedStallion]

Nothing was the same after rooting my atrix.
-The HD games started to freeze, and on the worst cases crashing (e.g. GTA VC).

-Background apps (e.g. Gauge Battery Widget) rebooted very often (specially when browsing).

-When surfing multiple heavy pages, the browser tends to crash sometimes. Also when it crashes, it returns me to the start screen and if i have a live wallpaper running it stops and changes to a generic black screen.

-When trying to upload an image file on an image board, the browser refreshes the page.

-Overheats without reason from time to time. Seriously, its like a pocket heater.

-When the screen animations are activated, returning from landscape to vertical orientation turns the notification bar blurry and when i pull down the notifications tray it turns the screen blurry as well. Though it returns to normal when going back to landscape.

This is a major issue for me since if i turn off the screen animations, i can't tell if an app i opened is running (e.g. YouTube). And like i don't use the stock video player and use another player (e.g. MX player), when the animations are activated instantly crashes when opening a video.

Also before rooting, the battery only lasts me 5 hours without running apps and the problem persists ever since.

One thing. The first time i got the phone it came with stock FROYO 2.2.1 and i changed it right away to GINGERBREAD 2.3.6 skipping the 2.3.4, i unlocked the bootloader first and then rooted it.

Is there anything i can do to fix the problems previously mentioned?

 

[jorno88]

I have a feeling you are an international user and did not flash the ramfix, search for it in development section, download to sd and flash.

 

[5HoofedStallion]

I have a feeling you are an international user and did not flash the ramfix, search for it in development section, download to sd and flash.

Every tutorial i looked for didn't mentioned that, i'll give it a try.

But if i do that, does it mean i will have to do a hard reset?

 

[ravilov]

It is surely mentioned in subsequent posts in the tutorial thread.
RAM fix has nothing to do with data so factory reset (or hard reset as you call it) is not needed.

 

[5HoofedStallion]

It is surely mentioned in subsequent posts in the tutorial thread.
RAM fix has nothing to do with data so factory reset (or hard reset as you call it) is not needed.

Not in the tutorials i've followed, they never mentioned it. FYI none of the tuts where from here.

Good to know i won't have to hard reset. So were does the zip go, internal or external?

 

[jorno88]

always follow xda, it's the best
as for the zip, place it wherever you like and flash it with a custom recovery like cwm or twrp

 

[ravilov]

Yeah I could never understand people who follow a tutorial on forum X then ask about it on forum Y... Makes no sense to me. Why are people on forum Y supposed to know anything about forum X or its contents?
Questions about a tutorial on some forum should be asked on that same forum.
And yeah, everything you need is on XDA, no need to go search for random sources.

 

[X0LARIUM]

Just to help the OP:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/cu2bd61dh6ytzda/C-z3zfNBcr (just get the RAMfix.zip from this link)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5T9hJ4Yjek

Hope this helps OP. I have a At&t and I don't need to do the RAM fix. U can give this a shot. All the best.

 

[saldirai]

Not in the tutorials i've followed, they never mentioned it. FYI none of the tuts where from here.

Good to know i won't have to hard reset. So were does the zip go, internal or external?

Ramfix may not be mentioned in root tutorials because it's related with unlocking bootloader. Since you first unlocked, then rooted, you'll have to flash it anyway.

 

[5HoofedStallion]

Just to help the OP:


Hope this helps OP. I have a At&t and I don't need to do the RAM fix. U can give this a shot. All the best.

Off topic, but now that you brought the subject. I have seen this a while ago, and looks tempting but is it convenient for me to use the leaked ICS rom? Is there any bugs in it to be concerned about?

It's a shame that motorola decided to leave the atrix in the shadows with GB, they could at least made ICS the final and definitive update. I mean, the rom looks like it was 99% finished and ready to launch.

Ramfix may not be mentioned in root tutorials because it's related with unlocking bootloader. Since you first unlocked, then rooted, you'll have to flash it anyway.

I followed both root and bootloader unlock tutorials and NONE brought that out. Since i'm LATAM, it made sense for me to seek in latin android forums instead here because of the firmwares, and boy they skip a lot of useful info in those forums.


Also, how do i exactly run the ramfix? Im eager to fix the buggy notification tray right away, that and fixing my battery not charging at 100%. I tried pulling the battery while charging and it turned worse, it went from 90% to 70%
I also need to know how to wipe the battery data from the CWM.

 

[ravilov]

... is it convenient for me to use the leaked ICS rom? Is there any bugs in it to be concerned about?

It's a shame that motorola decided to leave the atrix in the shadows with GB, they could at least made ICS the final and definitive update. I mean, the rom looks like it was 99% finished and ready to launch.

If it's running well for you, you should consider yourself very lucky. You should also read some of the threads concerning it and related ROMs (AtrICS etc) - the thing is so buggy very few people even wonder anymore how come it was never released.

Even if it's running so great for you as you say, I still wouldn't keep it if I were you. The ROM is a development build, it was never meant to be used as a daily driver. But that's just me.

 

[X0LARIUM]

Off topic, but now that you brought the subject. I have seen this a while ago, and looks tempting but is it convenient for me to use the leaked ICS rom? Is there any bugs in it to be concerned about?

It's a shame that motorola decided to leave the atrix in the shadows with GB, they could at least made ICS the final and definitive update. I mean, the rom looks like it was 99% finished and ready to launch.



I followed both root and bootloader unlock tutorials and NONE brought that out. Since i'm LATAM, it made sense for me to seek in latin android forums instead here because of the firmwares, and boy they skip a lot of useful info in those forums.


Also, how do i exactly run the ramfix? Im eager to fix the buggy notification tray right away, that and fixing my battery not charging at 100%. I tried pulling the battery while charging and it turned worse, it went from 90% to 70%
I also need to know how to wipe the battery data from the CWM.

I agree with u. But Motorola is infamous for such antics. One if the reasons I don't have a RaZr anymore. But it is running good. I will b honest. Its OK. This phone isn't made for anything but GB in mind. I would pick a low end, second hand Windows Phone any day over this.
But this is as far as it goes for Atrix. Jelly Bean...naah.

Sent from my Π Σ Χ U S 4.

 

[5HoofedStallion]

How am i supposed to run the ramfix?

Sent from my rooted & unlocked Motorola Atrix.

 

[jorno88]

It's a flashable zip so just install it like gapps or a rom. Install from sd card

 

[5HoofedStallion]

Which are the commands on the atrix?

Sent from my rooted & unlocked Motorola Atrix.

 

[jorno88]

Use a custom recovery... You can manually adjust the cmdline but flashing the zip is much easier

 

[5HoofedStallion]

You mean, with the RSD Lite?

Sent from my rooted & unlocked Motorola Atrix, using Tapatalk 2.

 

[ravilov]

Don't ever touch RSD, RSDLite or any SBF (except pudding) unless you're at gunpoint.

 

[5HoofedStallion]

Then how the hell do i run ramfix on clockwork!?!

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[ravilov]

Would do you good if you could learn to search and read. It's all explained many times...
Hint: CWM = ClockWorkMod recovery
Another hint: How do you usually use a flashable zip?