Phatty's Tech Talk

Prerequisits: Motorola fastboot (win32/64 or osx depending on your os of choice) Android sdk installed and adb working proper drivers for your device installed. ROOTED Atrix 4g Assuming all of that is done there are a few setup steps necessary to en able your device to speak to adb: Plug in phone via micro USB cable, wait until it is recognized by the OS. On the phone, pull down the alert menu and choose USB connection Make sure that "NONE" is selected Open settings->applications->Development Make sure that USB debugging is checked Installing ClockWorkMod This nmod allows you to back up your phone and recover it gracefully it is essential if you are going to do any development or hacking of your device. Download the latest version from tenfar here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1019143 cd to your adb folder and adb install MOTOA4_Bootstrap_###_###-signed.apk (update the numbers appropriately). Once installed, on the device, open the app t...

So, I got a new phone and of course I can't just leave well enough alone so here are a few tips and tricks for my atrix setup Prerequisits: motorola fastboot (win32/64 or osx depending on your os of choice) Android sdk installed and adb working proper drivers for your device Assuming all of that is done there are a few setup steps necessary to en able your device to speak to adb: Plug in phone via micro USB cable, wait until it is recognized by the OS. On the phone, pull down the alert menu and choose USB connection Make sure that "NONE" is selected Open settings->applications->Development Make sure that USB debugging is checked ROOTING your Atrix , this may seem to be overkill, but for backups like ClockWorkMod, battery reset (if like me you did the Gingerbread update without a full battery), Titanium backup, etc. this is a necessary step. Restart your Atrix in fastboot mode (restart while holding the volume down) When it says "Fastboot" push ...