Rooting Gingerbread 2.3.6 (4.5.141) - The Complete Guide

[sainvily]

Awesome Rooting Steps

My Atrix 4G was rooted in less than 5 mn. Awesome steps.

Not sure why I got the following errors, but it still worked.

$ /preinstall/su
/preinstall/su
Permission denied
$ /preinstall/dosu
/preinstall/dosu
bash: groups: command not found

 

[ravilov]

$ /preinstall/dosu
/preinstall/dosu
bash: groups: command not found

Perfectly normal. Ignore.

 

[andylamp]

not recognizing

im following the instructions to the t and I still get this error shown below. I had my phone rooted a couple of days ago then soft bricked it. Im noob and have looked all over these pages and cant seem to figure out why this is happening. Any help would be great...






C:\Android>fastboot.exe flash preinstall preinstall.img
'fastboot.exe' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Android>fastboot.exe
'fastboot.exe' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Android>fastboot
'fastboot' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Android>

 

[upndwn4par]

Double check all pre-work and steps 1-5. I think you missed something.

Sent from my MB860 using xda premium

 

[ravilov]

Check your C:\Android folder, if you see any subfolders in there, move all the files from them to the base folder. There should be no subfolders in C:\Android, only files.

 

[aka007]

Unlock bootloader

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1182871

and yes it does work for 2.3.6

and my Su binary v2.3.1-ef .. when i tap for updates only checking comes. After that no updating and all.
is it normal. And how to check if my phone is rooted properly

 

[shallyman]

Thanks a ton good man! I am now rooted and (thanks to the links you provided) have an unlocked bootloader with CWM as well. Question is: what do I do now? Which rom should I flash? CM7 looks nice and stable...but CM10 looks FLASHY and is it safe at this point to flash these roms or should I just wait until the devs come up with some fixes for the leaked ICS? Sorry for the noobiness but I've honestly been reading up on all this stuff for weeks and it's still extremely confusing to me. I'm the type of person that learns best by actually doing things...only problem is: doing something wrong in this situation could ruin my only phone and that would, frankly, SUCK! lol

 

[tchcaphr]

bootloader 2.3.6

so i can use the Automatic bootloader to open the bootloader? i should just do like 2.3.4?

 

[dauntlessone]

Please help. I have tried this multiple times to no avail. After #11 - /bin/mount -o remount,rw /system - the phone does not reboot so I do not have the $ prompt. I manually rebooted and restarted the adb shell and got the following error - cp: /system/bin/su: Read-only file system. Tried again and same result.

Please advise and thank you in advance.



C:\Users\SBS>cd c:/android

c:\Android>fastboot.exe flash preinstall preinstall.img
sending 'preinstall' (30720 KB)... OKAY [ 2.790s]
writing 'preinstall'... OKAY [ 2.111s]

c:\Android>fastboot.exe reboot
rebooting...

c:\Android>adb shell
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
$ /preinstall/dosu
/preinstall/dosu
bash: groups: command not found
[email protected]:/# /preinstall/su
/preinstall/su
/preinstall/su
# /preinstall/su
# /bin/mount -o remount,rw /system
/bin/mount -o remount,rw /system
#
c:\Android>adb shell
$ cp /preinstall/su /system/bin/su
cp /preinstall/su /system/bin/su
cp: /system/bin/su: Read-only file system
$

 

[affiatic]

i am not sure if I am doing this right. I am copying and pasting all the comands so as not to mess them up. when the phone reboots after step 7 is it supposed to boot all the way to the operating system or back to fastboot. Mine is going to operating system and I get errors for all commands after. I have one of the new atrixes with the nonunlockable bootloader if that maters I was hoping I could at least gain root

NEVERMIND THAT I tried it again and have root many thanx

 

[chris_toffer]

EU Retail

Does this rooting procedure also work on the international stock ROM? Anybody tried ?
(45.31.20.MB860.NonEFIGSRetail.en.EU; 4.5.2A-74_OLE-31.20)

Got the above firmware flashed in the repair process, and the rooting procedure ("zerg" Exploit) working fine on the previous ROM (on 4.5.2A-74_OLE-31.1) does not work anymore...

Thanks, Chris

 

[chris_toffer]

Here is the way to root, confirmed for Atrix 4G with above stock ROM:
DROID 3 easy root script v7.zip

Best, Chris

remark: in this case, it's actually Gingerbread 2.3.4

 

[psubadger]

First post on XDA, and I'd like to thank you for a very easy, very effective guide to root my Atrix. Now let's see what trouble I can get myself into.

 

[nzkller]

My friend you are awesome!!!!! Thx!!!!! excellent!! do you installed any custom ROM? and a recovery image?

 

[iakovl]

just to be sure... 4.5.141.MB860.ATT.EN.US
a 2.3.6 stock rom... will the auto tool work for me (sorry but im going for the easy way... less satisfactions, more speed)

 

[KrisM22]

@upndwn4par - Thanks!!! but too easy.. LOL

- sure is nice to be on a phone that actually has antennas...

 

[tase25]

This is probably one of the best and comprehensive root guides out there. Thanks OP.

But for some reason, after achieving root and flashing CWM, I can't launch into CWM for some reason. Any advise?

 

[N3Ti]

This is probably one of the best and comprehensive root guides out there. Thanks OP.

But for some reason, after achieving root and flashing CWM, I can't launch into CWM for some reason. Any advise?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34677656

Maybe this will help.

upndwn4par can you can please update OP with this?

 

[KrisM22]

LOL - I was just going to add this - glad you're catching folks on this!!!!!

 

[vikingarcher]

Any pointers if adb can't find my device?

I have had issues getting the phone to recognize USB with several cables and the latest Motorola drivers. RSDLite finds the connection to my phone. Is there ant way to get this procedure done if I can't get adb to connect?

Thanks for the great guide!

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UPDATE: I came across a random mention of using compressed air to blow out the USB port on the side of the phone. I gave it a try and it worked! Right after cleaning out the port, I plugged the phone in and the USB connection message came up!!