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

[ravilov]

What the heck is workdir.zip?

 

[boiski]

What the heck is workdir.zip?

The .zip file from "EU Retail GB234 MB860" Fruit cake.

 

[boiski]

I finally flashed my Atrix with "Multi-Language EU-Retail GB234" Fruit cake, but I have only 287MB RAM. Wrong version or what? Is it fixable?

 

[zip103]

Good Job

Guide well made, thank you.

 

[Hoseme]

Awesome guide...many thanks!!!

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Any info on going back to stock? Mainly getting the "unlocked" off my boot screen?

Thanks and I apologize if this is a repeat question....

 

[ravilov]

Any info on going back to stock? Mainly getting the "unlocked" off my boot screen?

Thanks and I apologize if this is a repeat question....

Yeah, you should try searching next time. This has been asked and answered many times already.

The only way to remove Unlocked from boot screen is to "relock" the bootloader by flashing a SBF.


EDIT: Oh nice, been thanked 512 times... What a nice round number.

 

[Alltaire]

New phone now.

Sent from my SGH-T889 using xda premium

 

[Hoseme]

Yeah, you should try searching next time. This has been asked and answered many times already.

The only way to remove Unlocked from boot screen is to "relock" the bootloader by flashing a SBF.


EDIT: Oh nice, been thanked 512 times... What a nice round number.

Thanks...still getting the hang of all this....

 

[jluiscc25]

Thanks for this guide, it was a really helpfull guide on my beginings

 

[moome]

A noob needs help

I'm sorry, but after the first 10 pages of reading I still don't see an answer to this problem: wife wants new phone. I'm not paying for another contract. Can I get Atrix 4g off ebay (yea, hong kong, but supposedly unlocked GSM and brand new), pay straight talk $15 for a SIM card (probably AT&T compatible one), pop it in and have it work with the $45 unlimited plan? I've rooted/flashed other stuff before, but does the 4.x android ROM work well enough to let my non-tech wife use it and have all functions work (phone+wifi)?

Thanks for any help!

 

[ootri]

I'm sorry, but after the first 10 pages of reading I still don't see an answer to this problem: wife wants new phone. I'm not paying for another contract. Can I get Atrix 4g off ebay (yea, hong kong, but supposedly unlocked GSM and brand new), pay straight talk $15 for a SIM card (probably AT&T compatible one), pop it in and have it work with the $45 unlimited plan? I've rooted/flashed other stuff before, but does the 4.x android ROM work well enough to let my non-tech wife use it and have all functions work (phone+wifi)?

Thanks for any help!

i would guess that it should work on the at&t network since it will have compatible radios and sim card, but i wouldn't suggest a 4.x rom since they aren't as stable as the gingerbread roms here.

 

[darkombra]

well done! explains everything that an Atrix owner needs

 

[chr1sto14]

This guide allowed me to experience a smooth transition from noob to educated noob.

 

[diegons49]

Now I'm ready to make my Atrix powerful!

 

[Sakuryu]

Hello all, I have just gotten myself my second atrix after bricking the first (volume down button was stuck) and I was thinking it would be as easy as flashing my Sidekick 4G. This new one has a problem and needs to have the stock rom reloaded like ODIN, I think I need to flash an SBF and I think I've found a 2.3.4 stock flash but my phone is 4,5,1-2.3.6 What do I flash and whatever? I've already SBF'ed the unlocker 1mb file. So what do I do from here.

 

[karchuna]

Wish they had something simple like this when I first rooted my atrix
Btw, how about adding the neutrino rom?
Sent from my MB860 using Tapatalk 2

 

[basayew]

Great job as usual

 

[inarush]

Excellent job. This tutorial was very useful helping me to set up my new Atrix 4G!

 

[jaddle]

In case anyone, like me, was a little confused by the mountains of info in this thread, and elsewhere on this site, suffice to say that the instructions on wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_olympus work well.

It's a little frightening (for a noob, at least!) to read through page after page of forum posts saying "This will only work on version x, otherwise you brick your phone". The posts were accurate when they were written, of course, but things have changed a lot. It was rather difficult to find out whether these instructions would work with a 4.5.145 firmware from AT&T, for example. It turns out that the older instructions might have trouble, but the most recent set (including the link above) are fine.

Thanks to all the developers and forum posters for all the work - as someone new to the whole android world, it's inspiring to see how quickly things are moving, and how well independent coders can work around the roadblocks set up by the likes of AT&T! I'm happily using CM7.2 now, and looking forward to getting onto CM9 and 10 as soon as they're ready!

 

[dennis789]

What the heck is workdir.zip?