[Updated 2-11-2012] THE BEGINNERS (N00B) GUIDE!!! N00BS LOOK HERE FOR YOUR HOW TOs

[Swiftks]

Well, it was sticked???

 

[wirednix]

This should be sticked.
I believe it would help a lot of the newcomers (as well as people who are not new to Android).

I would suggest to the mods to sticky this thread once again.
Thanks for the hard work in putting this together, Swiftks.

 

[zcrugby]

this was very helpful

 

[xploited]

amazingly awesome thread! got my atrix today - got root, sideloading and tethering in 10 minutes thanks to the links from this guide.

keep it up!

 

[Gutterball]

My wanna add an explanation of the differences between a soft brick and hard brick. Also explain a brick in general. Since I've been seeing alot of questions about this lately.

 

[Swiftks]

My wanna add an explanation of the differences between a soft brick and hard brick. Also explain a brick in general. Since I've been seeing alot of questions about this lately.

Yeah, Yeah, I need to update this **** out of this now, with all the releases. Will try and get to it tomorrow, was busy all day re-themeing my phone after the 4.5.91 update.

 

[DKRussell]

Swift, you rock the free world, brotha! Where were you back in the D1 days??? You just seriously helped hundreds, if not thousands, of next gen Android users get familiar with their beloved and versatile devices.... who knows, maybe you're inspiring future dev's and I just wanted to thank you and all of our awesome geniuses for the thought, creativity and massive amounts of time you all have invested simply to help us all get the most out of our little beasts

I SINCERELY THANK YOU

Sent from my MB860 using XDA Premium App

 

[twistedangelx]

very thorough

 

[Swiftks]

Updated for 2.3.4

Enjoy

 

[Gutterball]

Yeah, Yeah, I need to update this **** out of this now, with all the releases. Will try and get to it tomorrow, was busy all day re-themeing my phone after the 4.5.91 update.

I know I know I'm a friggin pain in the ass! LOL By the way why the hell can't this stay stickied!? Oh well guess we'll have to bump it everyday to keep it out in the open.

 

[Swiftks]

I know I know I'm a friggin pain in the ass! LOL By the way why the hell can't this stay stickied!? Oh well guess we'll have to bump it everyday to keep it out in the open.

I PMed Mr. Clown, and he said that he would stick it again if he had request to do so, but that he had several that asked to take it down??? I don't know who would have asked that, but oh well.

 

[dom_b]

Great thread. One thing I'm wondering is how similar the 4g is to the atrix in the Uk? I have just received my attic (not 4g) so guessing I'll be waiting a while for custom roms.

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[loderjm]

Great post. Thank you!

 

[Phoneguy589]

Would I need to update to 1.8.3 then do the 2.3.4 beta update or is it ok to do it from 1.5.7?

 

[belkbuzze]

This should be sticked IMO. Thanks to you Swiftks

 

[Medic97]

Rooting 1..2..3..

I figure this is the best place to start with this Q.

Im coming from an EVO 4g where we have simple root options like unrevoked and recoveries like Amon-RA and very easy to understand ROM's -just flash the darn thing from your sd-card-. I have an atrix brand new never did anything to it didnt even set up my gmail account. Its on 1.2.6 straight out of the box. My issue is that there isn't a simple guide as to what to do first and what to do second. Ive seen in the OP the different options for rooting such as gladroot and gigerbreak. but not sure where and when to unlock the Bootloader, which i guess is the same as S-OFF on the EVO. And then how to update to the latest ota without screwing it all up while allowing tethering and sideloading in the mix.

If some one can please just tell me a simple 1..2.. step on what to do. I can follow the instructions in the other posts i just dont know the order. And i would really like to avoid guessing and bricking a phone...

Thanx in advance for your patients and time in responding. Theres always a learning curve when dealing with a new phone...

 

[LivingChampion]

Hi guys, is it possible to upgrade from Deodexed 1.8.3? I am planning to downgrade from Gingerblur to Deodexed 1.8.3 before installing Gingerbread and unlock/root. I would be using recovery to downgrade from GingerBlur to Deodexed 1.8.3.

 

[n4h]

OTA updated for non rooted

damn! just updated my non rooted atrix OTA (2.3.4 .91)....! Am I poisoned to a potential hard brick?? Is there anyway to go back and install the ginger Kenn ROM?


Thks

Also, please update the guide with the official 2.3.4 at&t update!

 

[bigoats]

I figure this is the best place to start with this Q.

Im coming from an EVO 4g where we have simple root options like unrevoked and recoveries like Amon-RA and very easy to understand ROM's -just flash the darn thing from your sd-card-. I have an atrix brand new never did anything to it didnt even set up my gmail account. Its on 1.2.6 straight out of the box. My issue is that there isn't a simple guide as to what to do first and what to do second. Ive seen in the OP the different options for rooting such as gladroot and gigerbreak. but not sure where and when to unlock the Bootloader, which i guess is the same as S-OFF on the EVO. And then how to update to the latest ota without screwing it all up while allowing tethering and sideloading in the mix.

If some one can please just tell me a simple 1..2.. step on what to do. I can follow the instructions in the other posts i just dont know the order. And i would really like to avoid guessing and bricking a phone...

Thanx in advance for your patients and time in responding. Theres always a learning curve when dealing with a new phone...

+1

I'm coming from a Nexus One with dead simple root and unlock methods. Seems to be a lot of conflicting info out there. Just need some instructions.

 

[xploited]

Unlocked BL, installed CWM, flashed gingerbred - all with the help of this awesome thread.

Mods, sticky this already.