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I have a newer Photon q 4g lte build number 7.7.1q-6_spr-125_asa14 the bootloader cant be unlock so is there a way to rooting.......thanks
The bootloader surely can be unlocked. Didn't you make a typo?
got it
Skrilax_CZ said:
The bootloader surely can be unlocked. Didn't you make a typo?
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Yes after the 6 entry need to make sure copy per letter caps and number thanks
I bought a new Photon Q two weeks ago and it came with software version 14. It let me unlock the bootloader through Motorola's page but it did take a couple of tries to make sure I entered the key correctly because there were long chains of 0's for some god awful reason. Once I did, everything went smoothly. Here's the guide I used:
http://www.droid-life.com/2012/08/20/how-to-unlock-the-motorola-photon-q-bootloader/
Might just have to keep trying. I haven't read anything online about them no longer providing unlocking.
Make sure that it is spelled correctly because that's what happened to me. Like I missed a zero if I tried typing the whole thing manually. Then I discovered I can copy from CMD (didn't know that before). Even then I had to get rid of the spaces it left.
So yeah, just make sure and proofread.
Not all bootloaders can be unlocked
Hey, I wanted to point out that not all bootloaders can be unlocked. The Photon Q on C Spire cannot be. Only the Sprint ones. I know this from trying the step by step directions that brandontowey provided a link to as well as contacting Motorola support. They confirmed that only Sprint Photon Q's are eligible for the bootloader unlock. So, my question is, does anyone know of another way to root the Photon Q? Thanks in advance.
robcross72 said:
Hey, I wanted to point out that not all bootloaders can be unlocked. The Photon Q on C Spire cannot be. Only the Sprint ones. I know this from trying the step by step directions that brandontowey provided a link to as well as contacting Motorola support. They confirmed that only Sprint Photon Q's are eligible for the bootloader unlock. So, my question is, does anyone know of another way to root the Photon Q? Thanks in advance.
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people who rooted without unlocking were using Motofail2go: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1940594.
but Motorola patched this in the last update to ASA 14(Sprint verion anyway), so depending on what software verssion you're on, i don't know if you can root or not!
robcross72 said:
Hey, I wanted to point out that not all bootloaders can be unlocked. The Photon Q on C Spire cannot be. Only the Sprint ones. I know this from trying the step by step directions that brandontowey provided a link to as well as contacting Motorola support. They confirmed that only Sprint Photon Q's are eligible for the bootloader unlock. So, my question is, does anyone know of another way to root the Photon Q? Thanks in advance.
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Hmm, I thought I saw someone posting unlocking CSpire Photon Q.
Thanks Skrilax_CZ and yogi2010 for your replies. I will keep searching the forums. I am sure there is a solution buried somewhere here in the forums. Having a phone with a small regional carrier makes it a tad bit more difficult to find what you're looking for. But I have never been let down when I search here on xda. Thanks again guys. If I happen to find the answer I will come back here and let everyone know.
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Hmm, I thought I saw someone posting unlocking CSpire Photon Q.
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I thought that lmartin92 guy was on CSpire, and I'm pretty sure his bootloader has been officially unlocked....
i have now one not-unlockable photon by me
So is not possible flash recovery for install cm
CornholioGSM said:
i have now one not-unlockable photon by me
So is not possible flash recovery for install cm
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Though it's very strange that official unlock would fail for any Photon Q on the market, the following should work for any Q:
1. saferoot to gain root access (needed for motopocalypse in the next step) - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2565758
2. motopocalypse to unlock the bootloader - http://vulnfactory.org/blog/2013/04/08/motorola-bootloader-unlocking/
kabaldan said:
Though it's very strange that official unlock would fail for any Photon Q on the market, the following should work for any Q:
1. saferoot to gain root access (needed for motopocalypse in the next step) - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2565758
2. motopocalypse to unlock the bootloader - http://vulnfactory.org/blog/2013/04/08/motorola-bootloader-unlocking/
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thx....i will test it tomorrow.
this photon has another problems like imei: 0 and meid:000000 ....but it can connect to gsm network without problem
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Hi xdadevelpers team unfortunately i have installed an unoficial rom for my device from this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2069935 it works very good and no thing wrong with it but i have to send my phone to the Authorized agent here in egypt because of a problem at the sim card place in the phone so i need to get back to the official kernal which is ics is there any way to do this please help me
have you noticed, that this is the Razr HD section ?
And yes. MOAR fonts
Though you are indeed in the wrong forum, i'll help you out
There are 2 possibilities:
1. Your bootloader is unlocked:
Grab the appropriate Stock FW here: XT910 Stock Firmwares
And flash your phone according to this guide: http://www.andromods.com/tips-trick/how-to-restore-unroot-droid-razr-m-xt907-stock-original-firmware.html
Though the guide is for the xt907, it'll also work for xt910. As long as your BL is unlocked...
2. Your bootloader is locked and you're on safestrap:
Watch this
And above all: Next time post your question here: Droid RAZR Q&A
Xadro said:
Though you are indeed in the wrong forum, i'll help you out
There are 2 possibilities:
1. Your bootloader is unlocked:
Grab the appropriate Stock FW here: XT910 Stock Firmwares
And flash your phone according to this guide: http://www.andromods.com/tips-trick/how-to-restore-unroot-droid-razr-m-xt907-stock-original-firmware.html
Though the guide is for the xt907, it'll also work for xt910. As long as your BL is unlocked...
2. Your bootloader is locked and you're on safestrap:
Watch this
And above all: Next time post your question here: Droid RAZR Q&A
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I'm so sorry that i did that mistake and i'm on my way to try your way thanks but also i have saved cid is it works and how to use it ?
mostafas60 said:
I'm so sorry that i did that mistake and i'm on my way to try your way thanks but also i have saved cid is it works and how to use it ?
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What do you mean by saved cid? Is your phone carrier locked? Or what are you trying to say? You should pick a stock fw, which is at least your country/region better also from your carrier. It may also not be available at the site i mentioned.
If it is not available you could try and make a request. See the op of this thread
There is no such thing as an "unlocked bootloader" XT910 nor any other OMAP chipset Motorola device unless it is an engineering model with an NS bootloader.
There is no OEM unlock available for those devices and there never will be as the bootloader was never designed to be unlocked.
Motorola themselves have stated as much publicly.
This person has wiped their CID. partition in order to successfully flash a firmware from a different region onto his device.
He should seek advice in the proper forum fro those who have experience with this type of cross flashing issue.
It is precisely as a result of the locked bootloader status of these devices that these kinds of issues arise when users attempt to update their device with firmware not intended for their specific hardware or regional configuration.
Uh thanks for the heads up, wasn't aware of that. I assumed that motorola devices would be all similiar with this.
cellzealot said:
There is no such thing as an "unlocked bootloader" XT910 nor any other OMAP chipset Motorola device unless it is an engineering model with an NS bootloader.
There is no OEM unlock available for those devices and there never will be as the bootloader was never designed to be unlocked.
Motorola themselves have stated as much publicly.
This person has wiped their CID. partition in order to successfully flash a firmware from a different region onto his device.
He should seek advice in the proper forum fro those who have experience with this type of cross flashing issue.
It is precisely as a result of the locked bootloader status of these devices that these kinds of issues arise when users attempt to update their device with firmware not intended for their specific hardware or regional configuration.
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Thanks a lot for your supply actually you did understood what happened with me
But now i faces problem i tried to get back to 2.3.6 and the phone stopped working totally and after two days of searching i found some way to get back to ics but it is opening only from Bp tools from the boot menu can you help me in that ?
mostafas60 said:
Thanks a lot for your supply actually you did understood what happened with me
But now i faces problem i tried to get back to 2.3.6 and the phone stopped working totally and after two days of searching i found some way to get back to ics but it is opening only from Bp tools from the boot menu can you help me in that ?
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guys is there any one can answer me and how to solve this issue
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1622
mostafas60 said:
guys is there any one can answer me and how to solve this issue
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Probably if you go to the right forum man.
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please help me. i dont know what to do with this cell... anyhow i managed to get it into this screen...
it would keep restarting after displaying htc quietly brilliant.
i have no idea what was done to this cell as i got it lying around in my closet.
What do you mean you got it lying around in my closet? You don't know what you did to it in the past?
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no actually my cousin might have screwed up my cell and kept it back...
timmaaa said:
What do you mean you got it lying around in my closet? You don't know what you did to it in the past?
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Well I think the first thing you should do is talk to your cousin and find out exactly what he did to the device, then you can report back here.
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is there any other way through which we can come to know what can be done??? such as an odin thing which i used to do in my samsung note 1 or 3???
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Well I think the first thing you should do is talk to your cousin and find out exactly what he did to the device, then you can report back here.
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To know what needs to be done I need to know the history of the device. Odin is Samsung only, there is no HTC equivalent. Who got the phone to this point, you or your cousin? You need to find out what he's done.
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Well, one problem is that the screen is cracked.
Seriously though, the phone for some reason or other cannot load into the OS, and is stuck in bootloader. Other than that, not much else can be determined if you don't know the history of what was done.
pvirus86 said:
is there any other way through which we can come to know what can be done??? such as an odin thing which i used to do in my samsung note 1 or 3???
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Nope. You need to know the history of the device. There is an HTC-specific recovery utility. But running it on a device with unknown history can brick the phone permanently. Particularly since the device is definitely tampered (as shown on the first line of the screen).
Also, the phone's IMEI is personal information, and should not be posted on the internet. You should edit the photo to hide the IMEI.
Unlock your bootloader. Sometimes if you have custom installed or fragments of a custom ROM on the device it will boot directly into your bootloader. After unlocking your bootloader you can install a recovery image and sideload a ROM.
yes i asked my brother and he is saying he doesnt remember what he had done to it... if anyone can show me a way to do something ill try it... or else should i take it to some shop to get it fixed.... which would cost me... but first i wanted to get my hands over d expert advise of u all
Return the phone to stock and never let your brother touch any electronic device of yours again.
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but can you let me know to revert it to stock. and will i have to do it from windows 7 or my mac os wud work???
pvirus86 said:
but can you let me know to revert it to stock. and will i have to do it from windows 7 or my mac os wud work???
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This phone is in a dangerous state.. Running the RUU in this state could brick the phone (make it permanantly unusable without a jtag). Though typically that is how one would return a phone to stock.. to be honest, the safest thing to do would be to unlock the bootloader, flash a rom, S-OFF and then return it to stock. If these seem like foreign terms to you, you have a lot of reading to do. Your phone is in a tough spot right now ESPECIALLY not knowing the history regarding what was done. You would need the bootloader unlock token to reunlock that phone if you don't have it, there's very little chance of safely returning that phone to stock.
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yes i asked my brother and he is saying he doesnt remember what he had done to it...
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Brother or cousin, or both? It seems you don't even know who has been messing with your phone. And the person(s) messing with it don't have a clue what they are doing. So its no wonder the phone is in the state it is.
Agree with above that RUU is risky. Better to s-off the phone first.
Thank u all for the prompt replies, I have played with Samsung but not with HTC. But I can try to unlock the bootloader n turn d s-off. Can I get an step guide for HTC. The thing was I have many cellphone that I buy and use it very rarely. Majority I use is my note 3.
pvirus86 said:
Thank u all for the prompt replies, I have played with Samsung but not with HTC. But I can try to unlock the bootloader not turn d s-off. Can I get an step guide for HTC. The thing was I have many cellphone that I buy and use it very rarely. Majority I use is my note 3.
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There are detailed instructions available at htcdev for unlocking your bootloader. Once you've done that you need to flash a custom recovery, then you can flash root, then you can get s-off. Check my How-To Guide For Beginners thread, the link is in my signature.
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pvirus86 said:
Thank u all for the prompt replies, I have played with Samsung but not with HTC. But I can try to unlock the bootloader n turn d s-off. Can I get an step guide for HTC. The thing was I have many cellphone that I buy and use it very rarely. Majority I use is my note 3.
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Every device manufaccturer/model has different root methods. If you want to root the phone, you have to put the time in to learn the correct process. There is no shortcut. You won't find a step-by-step guide for the entire process, because of the different carrier version and firmware updates (root method, etc. differs for each). But all the resources you need are sticky at the top of either this Q&A forum section, or General section.
hi i tried to get to unlock the bootloader from the HTCDEV site. first of all the HTC ONE X wasnt on the list so i selected other supported devices
then followed the steps and got the following error
Error Code: 160.
Error Reason: MID Not Allowed.
now what does this mean??
That means you have the original CID still, which means you should be able to run the 3.18 RUU without any problems. Check your CID by issuing this fastboot command:
Code:
fastboot oem readcid
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yes i had issued this command after finding it in one of the websites and this was the result which i got
cid: CWS__001
or cid: c??__001
i forgot the exact two letter after C. i think it was CWS
You have the original at&t CID. That means you can run the 3.18 RUU without having to unlock the bootloader and get s-off first.
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Hello, all
I have looked and searched. I have seen a few threads and a few posts, but cannot find anything concrete about this. I even officially bricked a device trying to follow a thread (to the letter).
I have rooted and unlocked several devices in the past, and installed many ROMs before. However, this device is proving to be a pain.
Recently I purchased the Tab 2 (SCH-i705) for a very low price. It was shipped to me running Android 4.1.2 (on Verizon) and the baseband is VRBMI1. I saw MrHyde03's post (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1885558) on rooting and unlocking the bootloader. However, when I flashed the aboot.img file, it toasted my previous device. No power-up, no USB recognition, no nothing. Managed to take it back and got it traded out for a new device. I now have a new Tab2, but the same setup. What I want to do is run the Slimkat ROM.
My long winded question is: can I do this? I know Verizon has made it tough to unlock the bootloader, something needed in order to add a custom recovery. Does anyone know of a method that will allow me to add the Slimkat ROM to this device? I know not many people are using it or developing for it any longer. But any help would be appreciated. Again, I have seen what MrHyde03 wrote up, but I am afraid I will brick another device by trying to flash an aboot.img file.
I did see this thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=48392009&postcount=1) about using Safestrap and not actually unlocking the device. I am currently doing that on my S4 since Verizon has it locked down. But I would not be able to run the ROM that I want.
Any help or pointers would be great. Thanks for reading and helping.
Cheers!
You can root it, but I don't think you can unlock the bootloader anymore. The root method is linked in one of those Hyde threads near the end. It's not his method... there's a "one click" for multiple devices that works great.
JelloB said:
You can root it, but I don't think you can unlock the bootloader anymore. The root method is linked in one of those Hyde threads near the end. It's not his method... there's a "one click" for multiple devices that works great.
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That's what I've realized. Bummer too. I'll go take a look. I hadn't seen a one-click method. Everything I've seen has to be done via Odin & ADB.
If you happen to find the easy method, let me know!
Alright so I have the phone in the title and I have been researching how to root the One X for 6 months or so just lurking many different forums and I have been having trouble finding a working guide to root my phone, My phone is on 3.18 software and Android version of 4.1.1
The newest threads I see about rooting my phone are from 2013 and then I found this thread that was updated back in May of this year, but I am very new to the whole scene of rooting and such. I have backed up all of the files from my phone that I need, but I am still having trouble figuring out what files and guide I should follow for my product as to avoid bricking my device. Any help is greatly appreciated! For the past half year I have been busy trying to understand more about rooting to possibly aid in learning how to root, such as what S-off is and why it's recommended to do and what unlocking the bootloader does/why it's important(still not quite sure) I've just had such trouble and late nights finding an up to date specific guide for my device.
Just go to the guide thread in my signature, I have instructions there on how to get SuperCID so you can unlock your bootloader.
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Just go to the guide thread in my signature, I have instructions there on how to get SuperCID so you can unlock your bootloader.
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Thank you so much! Just a question, so even though my phone is a One X (not XL) will the guide still work for it? Just making sure.
Your phone is the One XL, at&t just marketed it as the One X for some stupid reason.
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