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To make it clear and simple about this blog is that i’ve just finished upgrading my Motorola Atrix 4G (AT&T) to ALIEN ROM by kennethpenn which runs on Gingerbread 2.3.4 ( AT&T 4.5.91 ) and i’ve found out that although it’s not that difficult to do so, it inevitably took quite sometime for a noob like me to flash ROMs on an android device back and forth without risking myself to BRICK the phone!!!. Fortunate to me that i’ve managed to do so without hassles. However, this came with a few hours of research before given my hand on the flashings. The guides to do so are everywhere on Google and xda-developers website, however there are no direct instructions just yet and here you go…..
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Please note that in this instruction, I am only a person who collect guides from different sources and combine&organize them for you. All credits & files download links here are NOT mine. Each sub-instructions here will be referred back to original posts/blogs/threads….
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[Flashing at your own risks, and I’m not holding any responsibilities to any damage caused to your device
This method is working on mine and my intention is just wanting to share ^.^ ]
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First of all, if your ATRIX 4G is
- AT&T
- GINGERBLUR (i was running on 4.5)
and your aim is to either upgrade your ATRIX 4G to
- Gingerbread 2.3.4 [STOCK]
- Alien Rom V4
Then you are good to go 😉
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The 1st step:
Flash your Atrix4G from MOTOBLUR back to AT&T Official 1.8.3 version.
R1 : [Guide] Flash SBF to Motorola Atrix4G by kennethpenn
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Complete all prerequisites and follow all instructions.
You need AT&T Official 1.8.3 version so please google and look for “OLYFR_U4_1.8.3_SIGNED_OLPSATTSPE_P013_HWolympus_1g_Service1FF.sbf”
Done? .. Congratulation and welcome to AT&T Official 1.8.3 Stock Rom.
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The 2nd step:
Flash your Atrix 4G from AT&T Official 1.8.3 version to [Stock ROM] Gingerbread 2.3.4 ( AT&T 4.5.91 )
Before we move on to this step, please keep in mind that updating Gingerbread AT&T 4.5.91 via OTA will slim your chance of flashing your ATRIX4G back to previous version of ROMs and risk yourself BRICKING the phone.
If you want to know more about this, please study this thread
R2 : [WARNING] Hard Brick with Official 4.5.91 Update by kennethpenn
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Ready now? let’s move on to the 2nd step
R3 : Unlock the Atrix 4G Bootloader by the2dcour
R4 : [STOCK ROM] Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread 4.5.91 (Safest Update) by kennethpenn
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After this step, your ATRIX 4G will be running on Gingerbread 2.3.4 ( AT&T 4.5.91) clean and clear without modifying your Bootloader 😉
If you are happy with this [STOCK] Gingerbread 2.3.4 (AT&T 4.5.91), then you are good to go out and enjoy,
otherwise here we go.. Let’s be ALIEN!!
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The 3rd step:
Flash your Atrix 4G from Gingerbread 2.3.4 ( AT&T 4.5.91 ) to ALIEN ROM V.4
Since you are now on fresh, clean and clear Gingerbread 2.3.4 now, you need to root and install CWM recovery to flash ALIEN ROM and here are the instructions
To root Atrix 4G Gingerbread 2.3.4 ( AT&T 4.5.91 )
R5 : How to root Motorola Atrix with 4.5.91 Gingerbread 2.3.4 by Digitalweaker
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To install tenfar’s CWM Recovery
R6 : [Unlocked Only][Release] CWM Recovery Mod for Atrix 4G 2011-06-30 updated again! by tenfar
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And after you are done rooting & installing tenfar’s CWM recovery, you are now more than ready to flash ALIEN Rom!
R7 : [ROM] Alien Build #4 8/14 by kennethpenn
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After you’ve done flashing to Alien Rom, i would recommend you to install Alien Theme too 😉
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Conclusion:
Enjoy yourself with the empower ATRIX 4G with Alien ROM with Gingerbread 2.3.4
- Faster
- Smoother
- Tethering enabled
- Network selection enabled (2G only, 3G only, or Automatic)
- Smarter Gallery & Camera app
- Unlock screen via gesturing like Samsung Galaxy S 2
- Motoblur disabled
- Enjoy the power of GREEN 😉
Any questions please let me know, i will try my best to answer it ^0^
you dont need all those steps. onece youve rooted your phone unlocked the bootloader and have a custome recovery you can flash romes. i got my atrix and it wasnt even in 4.8 yet when it arrived at my house. within an hour i rooted it ( got superuser permissions) unlocked bootloader and custom recovery then flashed the rom of my choice. att gingerbread wasnt out yet and you do not have to update to it to flash a rom.
i may have learn it hard ways 😉 thank for you opinions! this might help other guys saving a lot of time!
JC, were you suggesting the upgrade to stock Gingerbread to avoid possibly getting bricked by the OTA Gingerbread (and for no other real reason)? Thanks in advance!
Rob, are you sure that what you said about not needing so many steps is true for installing the Alien rom as well?
sorry i ment 1.8 sbf not 4.8
Honestly, the alien sucks compared to the new Darkside update, i recommend getting that, i just got the alien and flashed it to the new darkside, its much faster, smoother, and crispier, and a better interface to work with than the alien, it has all the things alien has with more controls and slightly better things like overclock.
yeah how’s the wifi tethering on the darkside? 🙂 actually i can’t wait for someone to come up with ICS clone ROM or MOD.. i think Atrix’s hadware is more than enough for the ICS.. only that i dont think Motorola will spend its time to release its update.