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I'm new to rooting and just rooted my Droid 2 Global and have no idea what to do next. Where do I find roms? What are the best ones? And how can I get rid of some of this junk moto has on here?
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I'm sorta new to this too. I rooted with Z4Root. I'd recommend going to the market and downloading Root Uninstaller. That helped me get rid of all the stupid crap verizon put on there, like Blockbuster, Kindle, CityID, etc.
Another thing you could do is look up "root" in the market. It will show you all the apps that require root access.
Becareful though, just like your home computer, uninstalling some software may have unintended consequences. Hope that helps.
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I'm sorta new to this too. I rooted with Z4Root. I'd recommend going to the market and downloading Root Uninstaller. That helped me get rid of all the stupid crap verizon put on there, like Blockbuster, Kindle, CityID, etc.
Another thing you could do is look up "root" in the market. It will show you all the apps that require root access.
Becareful though, just like your home computer, uninstalling some software may have unintended consequences. Hope that helps.
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Thanks a lot. Has anything you uninstalled caused you problems?
Not yet. But I only uninstalled the factory installed extra stuff. I noticed a slight pickup in speed and battery life (although it could just all be in my head... LOL). Let me know if you do anything else cool. Im still trying to build up enough balls to actually start flashing roms.
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I'm sorta new to this too. I rooted with Z4Root. I'd recommend going to the market and downloading Root Uninstaller. That helped me get rid of all the stupid crap verizon put on there, like Blockbuster, Kindle, CityID, etc.
Another thing you could do is look up "root" in the market. It will show you all the apps that require root access.
Becareful though, just like your home computer, uninstalling some software may have unintended consequences. Hope that helps.
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This is a bad idea, don't do it.
When you delete the bloatware that comes on the phone, you make your phone unable to receive OTA updates from Verizon. This includes any future updates to Android version 2.3 (Gingerbread). The updates run as a patch, they check for all of the system data to be present. This includes pre-installed apps like blockbuster, amazon, etc. If ALL of the system data isn't present, the patch can't run.
Instead, you should use Titanium Backup to freeze these programs. It does the same thing, but instead of removing the files, it changes their extension, so that they can't run. It has the same effect, but when you want an update, you just unfreeze your programs, update, and then refreeze them. It also lets you make backups of your apps and app data.
If you don't want to pay for TiBu, you can always manually change all the filenames from cityID.apk to cityID.bak, etc etc. This does the same thing, for free, but is more involved and less beginner friendly.
Do what ever you want......if you want to go back to stock to get offical ota updates just search for the sbf file and your all good. Just know what your doing before you do it. If you delete bloatware it will effect ota updates. But flash the sbf with rsd lite and you'll be fine
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You could do that, yes. But freezing bloatware is more efficient. Flashing an SBF is more time intensive, and has a higher chance (not high, mind you, but highER) of not working correctly. Also, TiBU has the added benefit of being a backup utility that's easy to use and very functional and stable.
Ok.
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Well I guess that shows how much of a dummy I am with this stuff. I ended up reinstalling the stuff I removed from the market and unrooting because I had to send the phone back. It had a really weird charging issue that was present when I bought it. Im on the new one now. (Rooted to try and fix the charging issue. It didnt work). I haven't rooted the new phone yet. Im reading through all the forums to try and gain a little better understanding of how to do this stuff without wrecking my phone or missing out on updates. Thanks for all the good info! I wont be screwing around with bloatware so soon this time.
Definitly do not go the uninstall route on the Blur stuff.
Freezing is better!
As for ROMs there is only one ROM that I know of and it is Fission.
Get the ROM manager here at XDA and flashing it is a snap. It even has the Stock Droid in the manager so you can easily go back to stock when needed.
The stock rom in the rom manger still has root, busybox and is deodexed. If sent back with these programs on it will void your warranty. So if you ever need to send back sbf 1st to be safe. The .sbf takes like 15 minutes. Maybe two minutes more then flashing a ROM. So I really don't get how flashing a .sbf is difficult. And it actually is the safest due to the locked bootlader and the drivers usually never fail if running Windows 32 bit.
so i'm assuming that all of the other "popular" ROM's (liberty, rubix, apex, etc.) that say they are for the DX and D2 wont work on the D2G? I've installed many ROM's on my D2G and all of them get stuck on airplane mode and wont unlock. I end up having to restore and revert back to stock...
Yep, pretty lame that all these devs havent taken numerous peoples' offers to test out d2g ports of the d2 roms. i mean i have no idea how to port it myself but theres people saying "if you try it, ill test it" and still no devs take anyone up on the offer.
So does ne one think that we are going to get ne roms ported over to us from the dx or the d2 cuz I was lookin forward to flashing liberty to my D2G so can some1 pm if they got ne idea or if they kno when we can expect a new rom
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Hey Guys- I just rooted and installed Fission ROM on my D2G- WHEW!! My wife (the IT pro) and I rooted this past Sunday evening. We used Z4ROOT- this part was fairly easy. Then we spent the next 6 hours- with no luck whatsoever- trying to install a custom ROM. We finally found out that there aren't many out for the D2G just yet.
We finally found Fission ROM, but could not get it installed. You must have a bootstrap program to install the rom. I found this out by accident. Finally installed Fission on Tuesday night. Only used for a few hours, but so far so good.
BTW- there are several bloatware freezers on the market. I had read not to remove it, so I froze it. App Freezer for Root seems to be working fine.
Be careful, and good luck!
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We finally found Fission ROM, but could not get it installed. You must have a bootstrap program to install the rom. I found this out by accident. Finally installed Fission on Tuesday night. Only used for a few hours, but so far so good.
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There are instructions with everything you need to know (including koush's bootstrap) provided by team defuse on their website. The entire process shouldn't take more than 30 minutes tops.
And you can delete anything you want now that there is the D2 global SBF for recovery. Just make sure you know how to use it before things go awry so you don't panic and flood the forums with questions that have already been answered.
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pfallin said:
so i'm assuming that all of the other "popular" ROM's (liberty, rubix, apex, etc.) that say they are for the DX and D2 wont work on the D2G? I've installed many ROM's on my D2G and all of them get stuck on airplane mode and wont unlock. I end up having to restore and revert back to stock...
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how do you revert back to stock. yes i made a backup.
How do you get the OTA Update? I mean, you have to be on Verizon to get it, right? What if you unlocked the phone and use it outside the US with a different sim card from some other carrier? Can you still get the update? Please help.
And, if somehow I can find this precious update, then if I change my rom to Fission, I won't get updates anymore, right? Then what is the point of getting new roms? I'll have to be checking for newer roms with newer updates from Verizon all the time? Is this the idea?
Thank you,
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How do you get the OTA Update? I mean, you have to be on Verizon to get it, right? What if you unlocked the phone and use it outside the US with a different sim card from some other carrier? Can you still get the update? Please help.
And, if somehow I can find this precious update, then if I change my rom to Fission, I won't get updates anymore, right? Then what is the point of getting new roms? I'll have to be checking for newer roms with newer updates from Verizon all the time? Is this the idea?
Thank you,
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Yes, you can get the update, no matter you are not on Verizon network. But update will not be 'pushed' to you, you have to go to system/about phone/system updates. Phone will check for update and let you know if one is available. If you are already running 2.4.330, you will get prompt no update is available. If you are on 2.4.29 - you must get the prompt update is available and will be downloaded.
Update will work only if you are using stock firmware (for me it worked fine no matter I had rooted the phone, you must make sure there are no 'frozen' apps before update is applied, or it will fail to install). On Fission, it will not show/work. Many users, including myself, have reported update does not seem to be adding anything benneficial to users on GSM/UMTS networks. On some networks (in Canada and Australia so far) update causes the phone to become unreliable when it comes to keeping connection to the cellular network. Another user (in Germany) reports no problems using the updated firmware. I suspect this is related to frequencies - in Canada and Australia we use bands that overlap with US bands which as we all know have some software restrictions imposed by the phone. In Europe (Germany, Greece) you guys use 2100Mhz.
Again - update addresses some CDMA issues, I find absolutely no different with/without the update in terms of battery life or call quality. (I am on Rogers Canada - GSM/HSPA 850/1900.)
Hi All, First, let me say wow! This place is great. If it weren't for a space and forum like this a girl like me would totally be at the mercy of Verizon... A big up front Thanks!!
Ok, that being said, here's my problem. I rooted my D1 (Android 2.2.1 build FRG83G) using Soup or Root (tried z4root several times without success). Soup or Root worked great! I have access to root level and have super user permissions. I installed Busy Box and Barnacle (two more great pieces!) and have been enjoying my unlimited wifi thereing with all my wifi toys on the road. Life is good!!
But now, my phone keeps bugging me to install a system update of FRG83G - even though I still show that's the build I am running... I turned off 'Auto sync' and 'Background data' hoping this would stop the assault but no luck. I also searched everywhere on my device (using Astro File Manager) for the update file hoping to delete it but could not find it. I searched all directories for a file of the size indicated in the assult message. I even tried searching for all '.apk' files hoping I could find it and delete it that way... Nope.
How can I stop the assault and delete this update assault file message thing... Help!
Thanks in adavnce...
Gwen
are you currently running a custom rom?
Not running custom ROM
I am not running a custom ROM. I am pretty much a novice at this stuff. Now that this update message keeps coming up since I rooted, after all I am reading here and on other forums,. I am worried my device will be bricked if/when I inevitablby butt-run the update... if you know what I mean... Help. gwen4156 at comcast dot net Tx
yup my my fiancee`s phone did the same thing...i installed the update which gave me 2.2.2...sont really know what changes they made...i kinda just press the install button too quickly without noticing it...anyways, i lost root....i was using oneclickroot tho...I just reinstalled it and everfthing is good...have u tried oneclick?
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Alrighty.. This phone has caused me so much time and trouble, I finally decided to start a thread. I really cannot find an answer for my problems by surfing...
In the beginning, all was great. Then I wanted to root my phone...
I went here and followed these instructions to root initially.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179748
(Stock Gingerbread OTA 2.3.3 Rooted)
I started to have problems:
-WIFI kept shutting off upon sleep. I depend on WIFI because I only have a 200MB plan..
Also, I have low signal in my apartment, so I use wifi calling very frequently. After about 10 minutes, wifi calling disables itself.
SO, I wanted to UNROOT. The link that said 'UNROOT' did not work..
Next, I used this link to unroot..
http://theunlockr.com/2011/05/23/how-to-unroot-the-t-mobile-g2x/
I returned to stock froyo OS. BUT i still wanted gingerbread!! I tried to use the LG update desktop tool, but it kept on saying that 'the phone was already up to date.'
SO, I ended up 'installing from zip' the backup that was made before I downgraded to froyo.. Unfortunately, this left me back at square one: A rooted gingerbread.. Exactly where I was before.
I went to this link next.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1255214
I used the 'UNROOT ZIP', and it unrooted it!!
Seems perfect right??
BUT, ever since I did that, my GPS doesn't work. It is unable to pick up my location.
I tried to 'restore to stock' using BOTH the option while the phone is on, and using the 'clockwerk mod' (Where you hold power and the down button).
I just want things to go back to the way they were.
I'm hoping that I can just have a NORMAL 2.3.3, with GPS working, and everything back to the way it was before I started this whole 'root' journey..
Thank you so much ahead of time for taking the time to help me. Your 5 minutes could save me hours..
try restoring to stock, 2.2.2, then get the LG Updater tool to "Recovery Phone" which is at "Customer Support" and the last one, enter your phone model, and serial number, and it should recover it to stock with no problems for you. Good Luck.
Wifi is suppose to shut off on sleep mode unless you configure it not to.
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ed116 said:
try restoring to stock, 2.2.2, then get the LG Updater tool to "Recovery Phone" which is at "Customer Support" and the last one, enter your phone model, and serial number, and it should recover it to stock with no problems for you. Good Luck.
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I will try this now.
Thanks. Hopefully it works.
It still says 'Update not required' after I use the recovery version.
It is saying that because just flashing 2.2 you are still on the July baseband which is telling the software you are on the latest. You should be able to find a stock nandriod in the forum somewhere to flash Gingerbread stock.
Go to Wireless and networks > Wifi > hit menu > Wifi sleep policy > never.
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It is saying that because just flashing 2.2 you are still on the July baseband which is telling the software you are on the latest. You should be able to find a stock nandriod in the forum somewhere to flash Gingerbread stock.
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I was unable to find such a thread. I decided just to root it and go with the 'eagle' and deal with random problems..
However, the front facing camera keeps on stretching the picture..
Any thoughts?
FFC issues are common on non-stock roms trying to use LG camera instead of Android stock camera. Rooting your phone cannot cause wifi issues, etc. unless you made some errant changes to system files. Rooting does nothing but allow you or programs to get what is called in the Linux world SuperUser permissions. It allows you or the program to change or do anything it wants and removes the restrictions placed on the handset by the manufacturer and/or Google. All the rooting process does is add two files to your system and set the proper permission for su to be able to become root. The SuperUser.apk is the gateway to root. It is there to protect you from malicious programs getting root, as you have to approve all root access requests. It is actually very safe unless you do something stupid.
yoo992 said:
I was unable to find such a thread. I decided just to root it and go with the 'eagle' and deal with random problems..
However, the front facing camera keeps on stretching the picture..
Any thoughts?
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Here is a link to both Froyo and Gingerbread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1037120
I got an issue trying to root my Droid 2 using SuperOneClick. as far as I can tell I have done everything needed to insure it is done correctly. Here's what usually happens, it will go to a step 7 and say reboot, and my phone will then reboot, or, it will say waiting on device and just stop. This occurs at step 5.
Also having same problem on my friend's Droid 2 with Gingerbread 2.3.4. Hoping for an update to this in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1654368&highlight=2+3+4&page=2
Rooted many different phones before, but I've tried everything on this phone, but nothing works. I'm so frustrated. Apparently Motorola is doing everything in their power on OTA updates to prevent users from rooting! (or at least modifying something that requires a different exploit with each update). Watching tons of threads waiting for some breakthrough right now.....
I've dug around here for about 20 minutes and don't see any successful root for the Moto G XT-1028 (Android 4.4.4). I found a way to ROOT it! The particular Moto G XT-1028 I had could not be rooted by any method I tried (that included about everything) until a couple days ago I found a version of the Kingroot App and it rooted SUCCESSFULLY! As much as I'm not a fan of Kingroot and similar root apps you can't knock it if it is the only way that works. The Kingroot that worked is version V4.5.0.803. Older versions I had tried did not work. I'll attach it here. This is really a sweet little phone and glad it finally has root. :good:
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I've dug around here for about 20 minutes and don't see any successful root for the Moto G XT-1028. I found a way to ROOT it! The particular Moto G XT-1028 I had could not be rooted by any method I tried (that included about everything) until a couple days ago I found a version of the Kingroot App and it rooted SUCCESSFULLY! As much as I'm not a fan of Kingroot and similar root apps you can't knock it if it is the only way that works. The Kingroot that worked is version V4.5.0.803. Older versions I had tried did not work. I'll attach it here. This is really a sweet little phone and glad it finally has root. :good:
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Is this for 4.4.4?
I checked for Root initially by using ROM Toolbox which will warn you if you don't have root. It will not "Freeze" and App unless it has root so I froze an App and it worked. I'll post some screen captures here in a while showing the exact build and proof of Root.
Yes it is 4.4.4 I have on this phone.
Screen cap of my exact build. Also a screen cap after Kingroot success - the actual 'Success' screen only flashed for a second and then the screen below shows root access. Weird the second screenshot keeps coming up a Zero byte file - doesn't seem to save. Working on that....
More info: This version of Kingroot seems to have it's own root and you cannot install SuperSU (not so far anyway - I haven't tried everything yet). But it does allow root access for sure. However based on what I have found so far if you reboot you may lose root. But it is a very quick and simple process to re-root. Just run the App - wait a few seconds it you have ROOT. It is also similar in how it works like SuperSU in that it asks you to Allow or Deny root access when an App or function requests root access.
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Screen cap of my exact build. Also a screen cap after Kingroot success - the actual 'Success' screen only flashed for a second and then the screen below shows root access. Weird the second screenshot keeps coming up a Zero byte file - doesn't seem to save. Working on that....
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This is awesome!!
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This is awesome!!
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I had some trouble getting screen caps as the built in OS (power button + vol down) didn't work but installed this screenshot app that shows a couple from Kingroot screens in attached pics:
Here's one from Galaxy tools ( Yes I know it's not a Galaxy but it still works on the Moto G and it shows the details like it being an XT-1028 and states it has ROOT access right on the same screen.
This has been posted about many times, especially by me. This root is temporary. And it becomes extremely unstable after a while and your phone starts to crash and you're forced to reboot, losing root. Sorry to rain on your parade, but it doesn't exactly work still
Teet1 said:
This has been posted about many times, especially by me. This root is temporary. And it becomes extremely unstable after a while and your phone starts to crash and you're forced to reboot, losing root. Sorry to rain on your parade, but it doesn't exactly work still
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I do see that it doesn't hold root if you reboot but I see it as stable about half the time now that I've played with it a bit. Sometimes apps start to crash but upon reboot and re-root sometimes it is totally stable. Apps that I have frozen when rooted stay frozen. I'm also looking at it's sister app 'Purify' which was downloaded from within Kingroot as 'Kingmaster'. It says it can keep root. I'm working on testing that. Can you give me a link to other discussions on this? This is a version of Kingroot that just came out a few days ago. In doing a search I do not get any hits here on this version of Kingroot
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I do see that it doesn't hold root if you reboot but I see it as stable about half the time now that I've played with it a bit. Sometimes apps start to crash but upon reboot and re-root sometimes it is totally stable. Apps that I have frozen when rooted stay frozen. I'm also looking at it's sister app 'Purify' which was downloaded from within Kingroot as 'Kingmaster'. It says it can keep root. I'm working on testing that. Can you give me a link to other discussions on this? This is a version of Kingroot that just came out a few days ago. In doing a search I do not get any hits here on this version of Kingroot
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Look at my threads and posts in my profile. I tested the new one. It's a root, maybe more stable. But what we all want is perm root which we haven't accomplished yet. I have high hopes future versions of kingroot give full perm stable root
Finally caught this one:
After playing with this a couple days I admit it is sometimes stable and sometimes not. I believe Kingroot tries a lot of different options to root a phone as it gets the methods online during rooting and I believe it does not always use the same method for a particular phone. So sometime it works better than other times and it has even failed to root at all a few times. It was stable for a 12 hour test but some things will quickly destabilize it - like trying to install Busybox. At best you can get root access to fiddle with some things like making a custom boot screen etc. Any reboot will remove root and phone will be stable again but I did notice Kingroot as an app is running and I normally will stop it - no need for it if you aren't running in root mode.
I've been using kingroot as well, even before the .803 release (it was like .7xx i think when it first worked for me, about 1-2 months ago)
For me, it never fails to root. However the root destabilizes after approximately 5-15 minutes every time. Its literally just enough time to run titanium backup, or some other important thing before it starts going to crap and needs a reboot.
Still its a step in the right direction. I absolutely hate the pre-installed VZW bloat: Navigator, sync, NFL.
I'd be satisfied with a locked bootloader if i could just have perm-root. However temp-root is fine for now.
Yeeeeessss this jus made my weekend. Thanks for the update 4.4.4 rooted. Well temp root but better than nothing)))))