Hey guys.. A lot of us have rooted our phones and won't be able to get the OTA updates.. I thought of starting this thread to see if it is possible for the people with unrooted devices(if there are any here!) to let us know if they get an update...
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zazzy24 said:
Hey guys.. A lot of us have rooted our phones and won't be able to get the OTA updates.. I thought of starting this thread to see if it is possible for the people with unrooted devices(if there are any here!) to let us know if they get an update...
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If you are on stock ROM but rooted you still get an OTA 'alert' and can download it and save it. You just can't install it.
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If you are on stock ROM but rooted you still get an OTA 'alert' and can download it and save it. You just can't install it.
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If a new OTA would arrive, couldn't we just flash back to stock and receive the OTA that way? Seems to me that would work, but I don't know if it'd actually install on a unlocked bootloader.
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If a new OTA would arrive, couldn't we just flash back to stock and receive the OTA that way? Seems to me that would work, but I don't know if it'd actually install on a unlocked bootloader.
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I got an ota update not that long ago. I returned back to stock, let the phone do it's thing and rooted yet again; ask done on AM unlocked bootloader ? I have the xt1031 if that helps out at all.
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Sard Shift said:
If a new OTA would arrive, couldn't we just flash back to stock and receive the OTA that way? Seems to me that would work, but I don't know if it'd actually install on a unlocked bootloader.
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You can flash ota on unlocked bootloader
Well if I remember correctly, I did update my phone while rooted. All it took was a temporary unroot just in case, and restoring the stock recovery. YMMV, I had the French ROM. After that I just restored root access and I was good to go. So obviously with an unlocked bootloader
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Hey, so, I have stock Recovery, but its rooted, if I unroot it temporarily, and then root again, everything should be ok right?
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Hey, so, I have stock Recovery, but its rooted, if I unroot it temporarily, and then root again, everything should be ok right?
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if you are on stock recovery then it should work without unrooting imo... but yes what you are saying will definitely work.
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Had a bit of trouble updating my friend's Koodo XT1032 earlier this week.
Was still on original JB ROM, unlocked BL, rooted. Got OTA notification, tried installing, but would always fail.
Tried unrooting, still failed.
Decided to go all in: download the whole Telus/Koodo KitKat ROM (got link from one of the reference threads here) and dirty flash that, then root.
Used mfastboot on Linux (from a Chromebook with Crouton no less!) and flashed everything in order as explained in every tutorial thread out here with the exception of not clearing user data. (We did clear cache.)
I wanted to boot CWM from mfastboot to root but the phone just rebooted into it's normal mode for some reason. Flashed it instead and rooted with the latest SuperSU zip.
Booted into KitKat, everything looked alright, except the phone had no service. One reboot and everything was back to normal (IMEI is OK, had been backed up).
We got notification that there was another OTA available, turns out the ROM we had was missing the bugfix update. Decided to try our luck applying it with CWM, worked, and somewhat to my surprise, CWM was not overwritten.
Hi guys.
I bought a Motorola Moto G (XT1032) and i'm trying to unlock bootloader and then have root permission.
I'm still on Android 4.3 (i have not install KitKat OTA update despite i received the notification).
I think i understand that if you root your device you will not be able to receive future OTA update (
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)..I mean, to install future OTA update. Is it correct?
So, i'm going to ask to you: can be better if i first update to KitKit my device and then unlock bootloader & give root permission?
Thank in advance for your answers.
Greetings from Italy
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Hi guys.
I bought a Motorola Moto G (XT1032) and i'm trying to unlock bootloader and then have root permission.
I'm still on Android 4.3 (i have not install KitKat OTA update despite i received the notification).
I think i understand that if you root your device you will not be able to receive future OTA update (
)..I mean, to install future OTA update. Is it correct?
So, i'm going to ask to you: can be better if i first update to KitKit my device and then unlock bootloader & give root permission?
Thank in advance for your answers.
Greetings from Italy
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yes i would suggest you update your device fully before unlocking the bootloader. you would still get the update with the unlocked bootloader and a rooted phone, as long as you are on stock rom(atleast that is what i have been told.. not sure as i have not had ota since i got the phone), installing that update might be a pain... so its better you update the phone fully.
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Thanks! So, you suggest to fully update my Moto G (XT1032) to KitKat and then unlock bootloader and give root permission, isn't it?
Can be any problem when i will go to unlock bootloader and give root permission after the update? For now, i think to stay with my stock ROM (maybe in future I will install a custom ROM)
I mean, all guides refer to Android 4.3 Jelly Bean...or not?
Thanks for your help
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Thanks! So, you suggest to fully update my Moto G (XT1032) to KitKat and then unlock bootloader and give root permission, isn't it?
Can be any problem when i will go to unlock bootloader and give root permission after the update? For now, i think to stay with my stock ROM (maybe in future I will install a custom ROM)
I mean, all guides refer to Android 4.3 Jelly Bean...or not?
Thanks for your help
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No there would not be any problem.. android 4.4.2 rooting guides are out and are working perfectly fine..
Infact, i got my phone pre loaded with kitkat and had no issues in rooting it!
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No there would not be any problem.. android 4.4.2 rooting guides are out and are working perfectly fine..
Infact, i got my phone pre loaded with kitkat and had no issues in rooting it!
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Glad to known this. So I Will update my XT1032 to KitKat and then unlock BT & give root permissions. Can i still use guides from Motorola website (to unlock BT) & from Modaco forum (for rooting)? The guides are linked in Q&A of Moto G
Thanks for your patience. ^_^
The world is really full of noobs, isn't It?
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Glad to known this. So I Will update my XT1032 to KitKat and then unlock BT & give root permissions. Can i still use guides from Motorola website (to unlock BT) & from Modaco forum (for rooting)? The guides are linked in Q&A of Moto G
Thanks for your patience. ^_^
The world is really full of noobs, isn't It?
Greetings from Italy
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Yes you can use the motorola guide for BL unlock and the modoco guide for rooting. The superboot method worked like a charm for me ?
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so let me get this straight, I'm on stock kitkat (Came with my phone, XT1033 Dual sim) I have unlocked my bootloader, installed cwm and rooted the phone but everything else is stock. If an OTA update comes out, i reflash the original Recovery.img for my firmware and i should be fine to install OTA?
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Yes you can use the motorola guide for BL unlock and the modoco guide for rooting. The superboot method worked like a charm for me ?
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Don't suggest to use Modoco guide. It won't work in some phone... Easiest way is flash cwm recovery and flash super su. Zip....
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so let me get this straight, I'm on stock kitkat (Came with my phone, XT1033 Dual sim) I have unlocked my bootloader, installed cwm and rooted the phone but everything else is stock. If an OTA update comes out, i reflash the original Recovery.img for my firmware and i should be fine to install OTA?
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Hi, I will be getting a Tf300t tablet soon and I'm very excited about unlocking and everything else, I'm not new to flashing and recovery since I have a Galaxy Note running AoCP CP3 Jelly Bean, but here is my question.
The Tf300t unlock utility for the bootloader, does it work on Jelly Bean? The asus site says only for ICS. The tablet will probably come with ICS from the store but should I upgrade to JB right away or run the unlock utility on ICS before flashing the OTA upgrade to JB.
Another thing if I unlock the bootloader once I upgrade to JB will it lock again?
So many questions, I'm really excited.
Thank You guys in advance.
Erik.
Hey,
I am not sure but I think I have seen someone complaining about using the unlocker on JellyBean (this guy's tablet got bricked after using the unlock tool on JB - this is not confirmed). So if you want to unlock the bootloader, do it on ICS, you will be safe. Also, after you unlock the bootloader you're loosing warranty and for the time being locking again is not possible (this is what you have to acknowledge before you will be able to unlock the bootloader). Moreover, if you will unlock it your tablet won't receive any OTAs anymore.
So no, after you upgrade to JB the bootloader won't be locked again .
Cheers.
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Hey,
I am not sure but I think I have seen someone complaining about using the unlocker on JellyBean (this guy's tablet got bricked after using the unlock tool on JB - this is not confirmed). So if you want to unlock the bootloader, do it on ICS, you will be safe. Also, after you unlock the bootloader you're loosing warranty and for the time being locking again is not possible (this is what you have to acknowledge before you will be able to unlock the bootloader). Moreover, if you will unlock it your tablet won't receive any OTAs anymore.
So no, after you upgrade to JB the bootloader won't be locked again .
Cheers.
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thanks, that answered my questions, regarding the warranty I know the unlock voids it, that's why I bought the Square Trade warranty for 2 yrs. I probably take the JB update and then just wait for the JB unlock tool to be released by ASUS.
thanks for the reply.
Erik
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Hi, I will be getting a Tf300t tablet soon and I'm very excited about unlocking and everything else, I'm not new to flashing and recovery since I have a Galaxy Note running AoCP CP3 Jelly Bean, but here is my question.
The Tf300t unlock utility for the bootloader, does it work on Jelly Bean? The asus site says only for ICS. The tablet will probably come with ICS from the store but should I upgrade to JB right away or run the unlock utility on ICS before flashing the OTA upgrade to JB.
Another thing if I unlock the bootloader once I upgrade to JB will it lock again?
So many questions, I'm really excited.
Thank You guys in advance.
Erik.
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Hey man jus wanted to let you know that the unlock tool worked for without any problems on JB Bootloader. I think i've seen a couple of other users that were successful in unlocking their JB Bootloader using the tool. After that i installed CWM Touch using fastboot method and everything is history from that on. I highly recommend Hydro JB ROM as it takes out all lag and makes the TF300 so much more pleasant to use.
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Hey man jus wanted to let you know that the unlock tool worked for without any problems on JB Bootloader. I think i've seen a couple of other users that were successful in unlocking their JB Bootloader using the tool. After that i installed CWM Touch using fastboot method and everything is history from that on. I highly recommend Hydro JB ROM as it takes out all lag and makes the TF300 so much more pleasant to use.
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Good to know man, I had my doubts regarding JB but I think I'm gonna let it do the OTA update and then try to unlock, if it fails I guess Amazon has a very good return policy.
Thanks for the heads up.
Square Trade is awesome btw. Ive gotten many electronics replaced by them without any complications. Well worth the $$$
I just received answer from Asus Customer Support, and the technician advised me that bootloader unlocker available on Asus website is working after tablet has been upgraded via OTA to JB.
http://www.nyanimg.com/i/2012/09/11/mpTIY.jpg
So I can just update to the latest update from there. (Keeps bugging me to do so anyway.) And use the unlocker on their site? Then install whatever rom I want?
UPDATE: Updated to the latest OTA Update, downloaded the unlock .apk straight from my tablet, opened it, accepted, it restarted and said in the top right to wait as it received the unlock command, finally said "This device is unlocked.".
Was very simple and easy to use.
question
]so my ota never came back so i manually update from the asus site so can i use the unlocking tool to get cm10 ?
ricco333 said:
Hi, I will be getting a Tf300t tablet soon and I'm very excited about unlocking and everything else, I'm not new to flashing and recovery since I have a Galaxy Note running AoCP CP3 Jelly Bean, but here is my question.
The Tf300t unlock utility for the bootloader, does it work on Jelly Bean? The asus site says only for ICS. The tablet will probably come with ICS from the store but should I upgrade to JB right away or run the unlock utility on ICS before flashing the OTA upgrade to JB.
Another thing if I unlock the bootloader once I upgrade to JB will it lock again?
So many questions, I'm really excited.
Thank You guys in advance.
Erik.
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Unlock will work on jb. If u do ota to jb then u can't install any other custom Roms beside stock based build Roms.
Bah I was so excited tonight since I decide it's time to unlock because of all the recent custom kernel development. But the unlocker keeps failing: An unknown error occurs, which may be a network connection issue..." I have kept trying for a while now, same error, only once have I gotten a confirm google account prompt while doing it but in the end it still failed.
I also did a factory reset just in case and same result, any ideas? or do I just keep spamming the button until I get it?
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Nevermind it just worked after the 200th time lol
are you serious that you tried 200 times?
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are you serious that you tried 200 times?
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LOL not sure how many times, but I just kept pressing it while watching TV. Then I waited about 15 mins and tried again, voila unlocked now on Hydro restoring apps and soon to flash custom kernel 1.6 OC ftw
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LOL not sure how many times, but I just kept pressing it while watching TV. Then I waited about 15 mins and tried again, voila unlocked now on Hydro restoring apps and soon to flash custom kernel 1.6 OC ftw
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Damn... I have the same problem. About 185 times to go i guess...
EDIT: Got it working now after 25 or so retries. Last 3 times i was asked for google password and after the 4th time typing it in, succes!
Harmani said:
Damn... I have the same problem. About 185 times to go i guess...
EDIT: Got it working now after 25 or so retries. Last 3 times i was asked for google password and after the 4th time typing it in, succes!
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Wow, you're one lucky bastard, I've been trying for about 30 minutes now and still getting Unknown Error, I'm becoming more and more frustrated now -_-
Could data wipe help?
Tableuraz said:
Wow, ypu're one lucky bastard, I've been trying for about 30 minutes now and still getting Unknown Error, I'm becoming more and more frustrated now -_-
Could data wipe help?
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I can't even get the unlock app. You're the lucky one friend.
Are you on 4.2.1?
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I can't even get the unlock app. You're the lucky one friend.
Are you on 4.2.1?
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Yep, you can get it from the Asus site in the TF300T support then download section
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Tableuraz said:
Yep, you can get it from the Asus site in the TF300T support then download section
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Ah. Am I on the right path?
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Ah. Am I on the right path?
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Yes, just unrar it and install the .apk
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Tableuraz said:
Yes, just unrar it and install the .apk
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Done. Thank you Now I'm off to find a good ROM that works with the 4.2 bootloader
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Has anyone who had never unlocked nor rooted been able to use motochopper to root after the most recent update? I believe the exploit is blocked but have read occasional posts suggesting otherwise.
thanks!
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I updated to OTA 9.18.79 yesterday I have never unlocked my bootloader; however, I was rooted. I lost root and then tried motochopper, it failed. I think I am hosed and fear I will never be able to get root back.
kry0 said:
I updated to OTA 9.18.79 yesterday I have never unlocked my bootloader; however, I was rooted. I lost root and then tried motochopper, it failed. I think I am hosed and fear I will never be able to get root back.
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Welcome to the club! I'm hoping one of the moto hackers relents and discovers a new exploit.
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Welcome to the club! I'm hoping one of the moto hackers relents and discovers a new exploit.
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The person who developed motochopper told the community that motochopper would be his very last exploit for Motorola devices. He said that the easy exploits are mostly gone now and the difficult ones aren't worth the effort. Moreover, he tells us that we should not buy phones that are locked to begin with if we value the ability to root.
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The person who developed motochopper told the community that motochopper would be his very last exploit for Motorola devices. He said that the easy exploits are mostly gone now and the difficult ones aren't worth the effort. Moreover, he tells us that we should not buy phones that are locked to begin with if we value the ability to root.
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Thanks, I'm hoping he or someone else will. Although good advice Not much help to say buy a different phone now that I own this one though.
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recDNA said:
Thanks, I'm hoping he or someone else will. Although good advice Not much help to say buy a different phone now that I own this one though.
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Droidrzr.com has a utility to root after the latest ota
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Droidrzr.com has a utility to root after the latest ota
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Rooting is not really the issue. You can just flash back to pre 9.18 then root and use Voodoo rootkeeper to keep root after the update.
The real issue is not being able to unlock the bootloader after this update even after flashing back down. In other words, if you received this update and did not previously unlock the bootloader, you cannot unlock the bootloader at all....
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Droidrzr.com has a utility to root after the latest ota
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I read it but I'm too stupid to understand the directions. I need more step by step baby fashioned explanation specifically for locked never rooted b4 users on latest .79 update. Most experienced users just say go read it. It might as well be in sanscrit to true novices.
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I read it but I'm too stupid to understand the directions. I need more step by step baby fashioned explanation specifically for locked never rooted b4 users on latest .79 update. Most experienced users just say go read it. It might as well be in sanscrit to true novices.
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I haven't tested this step by step, but I'm pretty sure these are the exact steps.
WARNING: This does wipe your phone, read the utility warnings and instructions (ex. make sure usb debugging is enabled, etc)
1. Download utility here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2307439
2. Choose option 1 to flash back down to stock 4.1.2
3. Choose option 3 to root phone
4. Download Voodoo OTA root keeper from the app store.
5. In Voodoo OTA root keeper:
a. Backup root
b. Temp unroot
6. Download and install latest update
7. In Voodoo OTA restore root.
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Oh and if you had safe strap installed, uninstall that before updating.
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That's the wrong utility if you are locked unrooted and on .79 You need to use this one
http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php?/topic/23729-[RSD-Scripts]-SamuriHL's-RAZR-HD-Emporium
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recDNA said:
That's the wrong utility if you are unlocked unrooted and on .79 You need to use this one
http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php?/topic/23729-[RSD-Scripts]-SamuriHL's-RAZR-HD-Emporium
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Worked for me. It just flashes you back to 9.16
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Worked for me. It just flashes you back to 9.16
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I'm sorry. I meant to say I'm LOCKED and never rooted on .79 update. This utility won't work under those circumstances.
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I haven't tested this step by step, but I'm pretty sure these are the exact steps.
WARNING: This does wipe your phone, read the utility warnings and instructions (ex. make sure usb debugging is enabled, etc)
1. Download utility here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2307439
2. Choose option 1 to flash back down to stock 4.1.2
3. Choose option 3 to root phone
4. Download Voodoo OTA root keeper from the app store.
5. In Voodoo OTA root keeper:
a. Backup root
b. Temp unroot
6. Download and install latest update
7. In Voodoo OTA restore root.
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Oh and if you had safe strap installed, uninstall that before updating.
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finally decided to let the OTA to 79 happen. I followed these steps and worked perfect still have root on 79.
Hi, somewhat of an Android hacking noob here. I rooted in ICS before the JB upgrade, used Voodoo OTA Rootkeeper and all that, but it didn't seem to carry over. Ever since the OTA upgrade, Voodoo Rootkeeper says root has indeed been restored and the superuser.apk and the su binaries are still in my /system directory but I have lost all root permissions. Therefore I am unable to unroot using traditional methods.
I've tried to re-root using motochopper (on both Linux and Windows) to no avail and just learned that the Razr BL is now apparently locked for good after the latest update. I wanted to break away from Google and install CyanogenMod but it doesn't seem likely anymore.
I'd like to wipe the slate clean,revert back to stock ROM, and then root, but apparently I've doomed BL unlocking capabilities via OTA upgrades and can't flash anymore. It seems I'm stuck between a rock and a hard place. Can't root, can't unroot/unlock/revert. I've been scouring forums but am just getting more confused. Am I totally screwed?
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Hi, somewhat of an Android hacking noob here. I rooted in ICS before the JB upgrade, used Voodoo OTA Rootkeeper and all that, but it didn't seem to carry over. Ever since the OTA upgrade, Voodoo Rootkeeper says root has indeed been restored and the superuser.apk and the su binaries are still in my /system directory but I have lost all root permissions. Therefore I am unable to unroot using traditional methods.
I've tried to re-root using motochopper (on both Linux and Windows) to no avail and just learned that the Razr BL is now apparently locked for good after the latest update. I wanted to break away from Google and install CyanogenMod but it doesn't seem likely anymore.
I'd like to wipe the slate clean,revert back to stock ROM, and then root, but apparently I've doomed BL unlocking capabilities via OTA upgrades and can't flash anymore. It seems I'm stuck between a rock and a hard place. Can't root, can't unroot/unlock/revert. I've been scouring forums but am just getting more confused. Am I totally screwed?
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As far as unlocking your boot loader, your screwed. However you should still be able to root. See my instructions in an earlier post. It flashes you back down to stock 4.1.2 (prior to the latest update). From there you can root using the same tool. Honestly I would just stay on that update because it provides better battery life, but if you wanna update use voodoo. I did this early this week and it worked fine.
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As far as unlocking your boot loader, your screwed. However you should still be able to root. See my instructions in an earlier post. It flashes you back down to stock 4.1.2 (prior to the latest update). From there you can root using the same tool. Honestly I would just stay on that update because it provides better battery life, but if you wanna update use voodoo. I did this early this week and it worked fine.
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Okay, maybe I got mixed up here. I thought that in order to flash any ROM the bootloader needs to be unlocked. I'll read up and give the root a try.
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Okay, maybe I got mixed up here. I thought that in order to flash any ROM the bootloader needs to be unlocked. I'll read up and give the root a try.
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By flash I mean revert you back to stock 4.1.2. The unlock boot loader allows you to flash aosp roms. There are stock based roms you can flash with safe strap, but honestly I don't see big differences from plain old stock.
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I am thinking about flashing back and rooting and unlock the boot loader and start running custom roms.
I am not impressed with 79 at all...
Seems like the Radio is not working as well kinda like the Samsung SIII signal just sucks.
If you're on .79 with locked bootloader you will never be able to unlock bootloader again.
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(Droid Razr xt926) Really don't want to even deal with this latest update I'm rooted unlocked and flashed to TWRP recovery...will I be forced to eventually? and is there a way to stop the prompts (update messages) I'm getting on my phone every few hours?
So I ordered a Moto G from Amazon UK yesterday.
Since I am planning on rooting it as soon as I see it, I have a question.
Is it possible to root it by unlocking the bootloader, flashing CWM, and installing SuperSU.zip, or I have to use one of those two methods from the Android Development forum?
Thanks!
Also check the thread by cooptx in the general thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2585755
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Mmh7 said:
Also check the thread by cooptx in the general thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2585755
[TFQ][ROOT]Root Method[4.3][4.4][COOPTX]UPDATE
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So this method is actually the same method that I described, only difference is that you flash other file for root.
Thanks, I will try to root it this way when I get it.
Atm there are no methods to root w/o unlock bl.
You guys have some news about this w/o bl stuff?
Install TWRP, reboot, install root from the app menu.
After some time I decided to simply to flash CM (as it has superuser built-in) and not to mess with rooting the stock firmware itself. The only issue currently is the non-working gps on CM on my device. Hope a fix comes soon
lakyboss said:
So I ordered a Moto G from Amazon UK yesterday.
Since I am planning on rooting it as soon as I see it, I have a question.
Is it possible to root it by unlocking the bootloader, flashing CWM, and installing SuperSU.zip, or I have to use one of those two methods from the Android Development forum?
Thanks!
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I rooted my Moto G the same way as you described. Unlock bl, flash cwm recovery, flash moto g specific supersu.zip.
Just make sure you install KitKat before u flash cwm and supersu. Or else you have to go back to stock recovery before you can install KitKat OTA which I had to do and is quite confusing and easily prevented. KitKat ota needs stock recovery. Good luck.
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Hi. I just got my Moto G few days ago and I unlocked bootloader, rooted etc. So because of unlocking bootloader I guess I will not be able to get official motorola updates any more. My phone arrived with kk already, but I had some OTA update as soon as I turned the phone on and now it runs on 176.44.1.falcon_utms.Retail.en.GB. Now I want to explore some custom ROM-s and my question is how to go back to this ROM my phone is running on right now from custom rom? In this link http://sbf.droid-developers.org/phone.php?device=14 I can see that the latest ROM I can flash is Blur_Version.174.44.9.falcon_umts.Retail.en.GB. As 176 is higher than 174 I guess that my phone is running on latter ROM.
In general, is there a way to update to latest stock ROM-s from Motorola after unlocking the bootloader?
Yes you can! I recently flash that particular UK ROM and even though it was 4.4.2 I still got an OTA update which had "rare network drops, low sound and etc" in the changelogs, so I'd assume it's the same one you mentioned earlier in your post. Also, I should mention that I didn't receive said update on my Retail Asia ROM or on GPE ROM (that's what I'm currently on). So in the nutshell, unlocking bootloader doesn't stop OTA updates rooting does.
That is good to know, thank you, but why would rooting itself stop OTA? Usually devices lose drm keys after unlocking a bootloader, I don't see why would rooting itself wipe drm... I guess you don't lose drm after unlocking bootloader than... That is very kind of Motorola.
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That is good to know, thank you, but why would rooting itself stop OTA? Usually devices lose drm keys after unlocking a bootloader, I don't see why would rooting itself wipe drm... I guess you don't lose drm after unlocking bootloader than... That is very kind of Motorola.
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Well the unlocking bootloader procedure is mentioned on their own website, so that could be it I guess?.
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Well the unlocking bootloader procedure is mentioned on their own website, so that could be it I guess?.
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So it is at Sony mobile website but you still loose drm and official updates.
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NVIDIA is late on this one, SHIELD Portable was supposed to get this update alongside the SHIELD Tablet on the 29th of July. Here I was thinking they dropped SHIELD Portable support altogether in favor of the tablet.
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Did anyone else get this update? If so, can you still root after the update? There's no way I'm going back to using KitKat without root, having sdcard restrictions isn't worth it to me.
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NVIDIA is late on this one, SHIELD Portable was supposed to get this update alongside the SHIELD Tablet on the 29th of July. Here I was thinking they dropped SHIELD Portable support altogether in favor of the tablet.
Did anyone else get this update? If so, can you still root after the update? There's no way I'm going back to using KitKat without root, having sdcard restrictions isn't worth it to me.
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Not sure about easy auto Root (not much need for it on my Sheild just yet). Kernel was built August 1st so they may have patched the CVE-2014-3153 futex vulnerability (Towelroot), but you could always unlock your bootloader and root manually.
On a side note the system feels a lot smoother and performing better, Robert Broglia's emulators for me seem to run better with little/no lag (looks like they may have fixed the cpufreq governor).
Yeah maybe i'm being a complete idiot or i'm just too nooby with Android, but mine doesnt seem to install? I'm rooted on the previously latest firmware, tried flashing the update but it reboots and says its available to update again... oh well, i dont think i really need it at the moment anyway. Probably only if i end up buying a Shield controller, which i might not anyway.
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Not sure about easy auto Root (not much need for it on my Sheild just yet). Kernel was built August 1st so they may have patched the CVE-2014-3153 futex vulnerability (Towelroot), but you could always unlock your bootloader and root manually.
On a side note the system feels a lot smoother and performing better, Robert Broglia's emulators for me seem to run better with little/no lag (looks like they may have fixed the cpufreq governor).
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Yay better performance is always a plus
But if the SHIELD Tablet got an update on July 29, and TowelRoot still works, you think maybe there's a possibility the root method still works? I'm still waiting to see if anyone has tried it. I got a good list of reasons to not give up on root.
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BerryAl said:
Yeah maybe i'm being a complete idiot or i'm just too nooby with Android, but mine doesnt seem to install? I'm rooted on the previously latest firmware, tried flashing the update but it reboots and says its available to update again... oh well, i dont think i really need it at the moment anyway. Probably only if i end up buying a Shield controller, which i might not anyway.
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Did you flash CWM Recovery? You need stock recovery for it to flash properly.
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The update worked for me but it does break root. I didn't set SuperSU to protect root so someone may want to try that. I ran towel root version1 2 times and the second time it worked. So towel root still works.
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Did you flash CWM Recovery? You need stock recovery for it to flash properly.
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Ohhh, yeah I did that makes sense! Thanks a lot. When I rooted I couldn't get the stock recovery to flash properly so I just went with CWM. Alright yeah I don't really need the update anyway.
i'm still on 77? no update here, it says I'm running the latest update.
someone upload update.zip please.
devilsmack said:
The update worked for me but it does break root. I didn't set SuperSU to protect root so someone may want to try that. I ran towel root version1 2 times and the second time it worked. So towel root still works.
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Thank you for confirming this
BerryAl said:
Ohhh, yeah I did that makes sense! Thanks a lot. When I rooted I couldn't get the stock recovery to flash properly so I just went with CWM. Alright yeah I don't really need the update anyway.
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De nada lol I still haven't updated. Seems like too much work till I can properly backup my stuff.
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i'm still on 77? no update here, it says I'm running the latest update.
someone upload update.zip please.
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I gave a solution to some other users and it worked. Clear the data from Google Service Framework then reboot. After that check again for the update.
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I gave a solution to some other users and it worked. Clear the data from Google Service Framework then reboot. After that check again for the update.
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I tried that yesterday, didn't work. Today still no update.
Also, someone on the Nvidia forums said that the gyro is not working properly after updating.
Did someone test that and can confirm?
edit: I was able to update, now testing gyro.
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I tried that yesterday, didn't work. Today still no update.
Also, someone on the Nvidia forums said that the gyro is not working properly after updating.
Did someone test that and can confirm?
edit: I was able to update, now testing gyro.
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I'm hearing too many bad things about this update so I'm not going through with it.
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I'm hearing too many bad things about this update so I'm not going through with it.
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This. At least until the heat, less battery life, gyro and rogue wifi are explained.
I want to update since still on 4.22, but was waiting on the Broglia emus to be smooth again.
Now it seems one step forward and about five back.
Towelroot (v3) not working after updating to 82 (phone is not supported)
Towelroot v1 worked for me after the update.
Stick to update 77 just to be on the safe side guys. Update 82 has bad bugs in it that still need sorting out.
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Caveat: New owner here.
When I first fired up the tablet, I got the Android 4.4.2 system update message. Then about 80% along with that download, I got the message about this update. Since the tablet restarted when I upgraded to 4.4.2, the Shield Tablet notification hasn't displayed since.
I'm not sure whether the two are separate, or connected, or whether the system update happens first then the Shield update.
Coming from Nexus, I assume the 4.4.2 update is the primary update, then the "Shield Software Update" is the vendor-specific patch that Nvidia release outside the major system update.
Is my understanding correct?
jaredmorgs said:
Caveat: New owner here.
When I first fired up the tablet, I got the Android 4.4.2 system update message. Then about 80% along with that download, I got the message about this update. Since the tablet restarted when I upgraded to 4.4.2, the Shield Tablet notification hasn't displayed since.
I'm not sure whether the two are separate, or connected, or whether the system update happens first then the Shield update.
Coming from Nexus, I assume the 4.4.2 update is the primary update, then the "Shield Software Update" is the vendor-specific patch that Nvidia release outside the major system update.
Is my understanding correct?
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You'd be better off opening up a question about that. This is for the SHIELD Portable (not the SHIELD Tablet, but unfortunately, they have not yet made a separate forum for the SHIELD Tablet, so we must mark our posts with [SHIELD Portable] or [SHIELD Tablet] depending on which you own.)
TOWELROOT still works after I updated the device tonight.. It says it is the latest firmware update as of 25-Aug-2014.
NOTE : Sorry, I still thought this is on a SHIELD TABLET forum.. I am using NVIDIA SHIELD TABLET
So I'm on Android 4.3 and I'm rooted with an unlocked boot loader. I keep seeing this update notification in the menu. This would break root but would it also erase everything or can it keep app data since it's an OTA? Thanks.
just fyi: got the device, updated it to the 82 ota, tried shield-root - worked like a charm on the first try