Motorola Atrix 4G and Cyanogen Mod

Yes.  I got completely fed up with Motorola's 2.3.6 Android release.  Seriously guys, why do I need to wait that long?!  I also need Arabic capability, and that is not there yet.

Cyanogen Mod 7 apparently had Arabic support, so I decided to give it a try.

WARNING: you will lose phone warranty after this and this is irreversible to what I understood. You will need an SD card.

I decided to go ahead and unlock my boot rom loader and install CyanogenMod.  Here is what I did (modified after: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Motorola_Atrix_4G:_Full_Update_Guide).

1- Unlocking the Bootloader with RSD Lite (Windows)

1. You will need fastboot on the computer to unlock the bootloader of the Motorola Atrix 4G. Follow the Android SDK guide, to get fastboot on the computer.
2. Download RSD Lite, the Motorola Drivers, and appropriate unlockable bootloader:
   • RSD Lite 5.7: Download

     md5: feb9a71470ee539e074bf420a2e4d8bd

   • Motorola 5.5.0 device drivers: Download
   • AT&T Atrix 4G Only: Unlockable Bootloader: Download

     md5: a5da47565160e0f95b84a1e769b9028b

   • International Variants Only: Unlockable Bootloader: Download

     md5: f609dbc4c5842f9654e44a1980375100

3. Unzip the correct bootloader and place it somewhere easy to access.
4. Install RSD Lite.
5. Once RSD Lite is installed, install the Motorola device drivers.
6. Power off the Motorola Atrix 4G.
7. Boot into RSD Protocol mode by holding down the Volume Up button while the device powers up.
8. Connect the Motorola Atrix 4G to the computer via USB.
9. Open RSD Lite.
10. Click on the "..." button next to the filename box and select the unlocked bootloader .sbf file.
11. Once it is selected, hit Start and wait for it to finish flashing the device.
12. It should take a few minutes to flash the unlockable bootloader, and the device may reboot multiple times. Once RSD lite reports that it's finished (or appears to be waiting for the device even though the device is booting into android), the device should be powered off.
13. Pull the battery and power back on while holding the Volume Down button. Once you see the bootloader screen with some text options, cycle through the options using the Volume Down and select "Fastboot Protocol".
14. On the computer, open terminal and run the following command:

    fastboot oem unlock

15. You will now receive a warning along with a unique device ID. Type the following commands using your unique device ID in place of the **ID**:

fastboot oem unlock **ID**

fastboot reboot

1. Wait for your device to reboot. Congratulations! You now have an unlocked bootloader.

Then, Installing the ClockworkMod Recovery
If the Motorola Atrix 4G already has the ClockworkMod Recovery installed, you may skip this section.

1. Download the ClockworkMod Recovery:
   • ClockworkMod Recovery (5.0.2.0): Download

     md5: c03a7a40c633cd66886d51793dbb29c2

2. Boot into bootloader mode by holding down the Volume Down & Power buttons.
3. Connect the Motorola Atrix 4G to the computer via USB.
4. On the computer, open terminal and run the following command:

   fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.0-olympus.img

5. The ClockworkMod Recovery should now be installed on the Motorola Atrix 4G.

Then

1. Root the Phone first.  In my blog I ported how to do it.
2. Copy the CyanogenMod ROM (and the Google Apps) to your SD root and name Cyanogen to update.zip.
3. From Google Play (the Android App store) Install and launch RomManager.
4. If Superuser prompts for root permissions check to Remember and then Allow.
5. Select the Backup Current ROM option to back up your current ROM to your SD.
6. Choose the first option in the app, Flash ClockworkMod Recovery to update to the latest version.
7. When done, go ahead and choose the second option in the app, to reboot to recovery. Use down and power buttons to select "apply update from sdcard" and choose update.zip.
8. Once the ROM is finished applied, make sure you wipe data/factory reset.  This is key otherwise you may get stuck in a boot loop.
9. Go ahead and reboot the phone.
10. When it's finished installing it will reboot into CyanogenMod.  It takes up to 30 seconds to do so, be patient.
11. If stuck in a Cyanogen boot loop, boot into Recovery by pressing power and up volume, choose Recovery through down, then Choose Advanced and then Fix Permissions.  When done, Go Back and reboot system now.