Root Clockworkmod orange exclamation?

[kamikazees]

Hello,

I've rooted my Atrix and am trying to install the Alien v.4 rom v.4. I ran into a problem using Rom Manager and Clockworkmod. When I try to boot into Clockworkmod recovery or install the rom from my sd card (it is on there), my phone reboots to the Motorola screen for a few seconds, then puts up a white triangle with an orange exclamation mark in it (and the little green android too). None of the keys or buttons seem to work, and I cannot do anything at that point except pull the battery.

My Clockworkmod version is 5.0.2.0. The phone works fine so long as I don't try to install the rom or enter Clockworkmod recovery.

After a long time searching, I think the problem may be an improper overwrite of my phone's recovery. I'm not sure. I saw some similar threads, but it seems most people can access some functions on there screens. I don't think I can. Help?

 

[2003vstrom]

did you unlock the bootloader?

 

[kamikazees]

Not specifically, but I thought the Gingerbread 2.3.4 update did that automatically. Did it but? If not, how do I do it? Thanks.

 

[2003vstrom]

no GB gives you the option to unlock the BL ,all the info you need is here at this link

[PUDDING] International House of Pudding! BL Unlock/root thread (Updated 07/23/2011) - xda-developers

 

[kamikazees]

Thank you; I got a little further but am still stuck. I read the guide for beginners linked in the Pudding guide. It said I did not need to use RSD because I was on Gingerbread (skip to step 13). So I downloaded the fastboot package, extracted it, started fastboot protocol on my phone and tried to "fastboot oem unlock" from my cmd prompt. It said "OEM unlock is not implemented".

I must have missed something. I considered trying to do the RSD Lite steps, but a lot of the comments say it will brick the phone. I am so close! What did I miss?

EDIT: I've downloaded RSD and the sbf file from XDA. Still worried about flashing the sbf because I am on the 2.3.4 Gingerbread OTA. I can't find anything addressing this, though. Any help is much appreciated.

 

[2003vstrom]

I was getting the same message when I tried fastboot oem unlock so I used the
this file ATT ONLY - Unlocker for 1.8.3 and 4.5.91 ATT firmwares with RSD(download from XDA) then when it was done flashing the SBF file it said it failed, but when I rebooted my phone I would have a menu with 1-14 items listed as options, use the down voulme button to scroll to the fastboot then push up volume button to select it, then you can use the fast boot oem unlock to unlock the bootloader thats how I unlocked my BL

 

[kamikazees]

Okay! Thanks so much for your help. Unlocking the device finally allowed CWM to reboot the phone. I successfully made a backup in Rom Manager.

Then after rebooting, the stock recovery snuck back in and the exclamation mark came back. After some additional researching it seems that the stock Rom recovery does that after every reboot, making the user re-flash CWM in Rom Manager after every reboot.

Not anymore! I am now installing Alien. I hope to get the Alien theme up soon. Thank you for helping make it possible!

 

[2003vstrom]

glad you got it fixed