hi i just bought a brand new moto g LTE xt1039 8gb from UAE. i took a look around and found many problem unlocking the bootloader . i owned a samsung and a lenovo device and i doesnt seems dangerous like in moto devices . if i failed can my device boot normaly without problems ?
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derbala.ahmed5392 said:
hi i just bought a brand new moto g LTE xt1039 8gb from UAE. i took a look around and found many problem unlocking the bootloader . i owned a samsung and a lenovo device and i doesnt seems dangerous like in moto devices . if i failed can my device boot normaly without problems ?
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At first I would like to say that unlocking bootloader and rooting always involves risk of bricking your devices.It all depends upon you whether you want to enjoy the freedom of being root user or not.There are many fools who root their devices without properly reading manual and the steps. There are many tutorials for safely rooting your devices..There are many forums regarding the unbrick and restoring the stock roms...If you properly follow the steps and measures then there is no way you can fail.
I used the link to root by moto g .Hope it will work for you..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g/general/newb-friendly-guide-to-rooting-moto-g-t2793895
aryal.subasha said:
At first I would like to say that unlocking bootloader and rooting always involves risk of bricking your devices.It all depends upon you whether you want to enjoy the freedom of being root user or not.There are many fools who root their devices without properly reading manual and the steps. There are many tutorials for safely rooting your devices..There are many forums regarding the unbrick and restoring the stock roms...If you properly follow the steps and measures then there is no way you can fail.
I used the link to root by moto g .Hope it will work for you..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g/general/newb-friendly-guide-to-rooting-moto-g-t2793895
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hi thanks a lot for reply . im not really a newbie . i owned lenovo a516 and galaxy fit s5670 and installed custom roms and never brick them even soft brick . the thing scares me with my moto is that i found huge number of persons brick their phone . the link u gave says about xt1045 and i own xt1039 . is their risk ? my main question is if the unlocking process failed due to indequate files will this brick the phone or simple doesnt unlock and boot normally ?
i found some people had problems even doing a factory reset (after unlocking and playin with custom roms )
i want to unlock only because i want official cyanogenmod . so i will just flash one time
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derbala.ahmed5392 said:
hi thanks a lot for reply . im not really a newbie . i owned lenovo a516 and galaxy fit s5670 and installed custom roms and never brick them even soft brick . the thing scares me with my moto is that i found huge number of persons brick their phone . the link u gave says about xt1045 and i own xt1039 . is their risk ? my main question is if the unlocking process failed due to indequate files will this brick the phone or simple doesnt unlock and boot normally ?
i found some people had problems even doing a factory reset (after unlocking and playin with custom roms )
i want to unlock only because i want official cyanogenmod . so i will just flash one time
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Its sure that the phone will not boot up if you messed up with bootloader .Because bootloader is the main component in starting up the phone. It may cause soft brick or hard brick depending upon your action.Sorry for the above link ..I think may be this for sure.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g/4g-development/root-xt1039-cf-auto-root-peregrine-t2942406
Correct it if I am wrong..
the bootloader like the bios in pc ? under notes it states bootloader unlocked rrquirement ! thnx for help im lookin over anything before doing any thing
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I have the US 16GB Moto G, recently I updated to 4.4.2 via the OTA update. I am wondering if there is a way to get root from here yet? Maybe I just missed it, but I haven't found any solutions looking through the forums yet except for global versions of the device.
I am a bit new to rooting as I have only done it once before and that was at least a year ago, but I usually can figure these things out, I assume some methods changed with unlocking the bootloader/rooting on 4.4.2 so I don't want to follow the old 4.3 guides.
Any advice would be appreciated, thanks for the help in advance.
Edit: Used the first option posted here , after unlocking my boot loader I flashed the 4.3 motoboot.img, everything worked well. You can there re-flash the 4.4 motoboot.img, but custom recoveries like TWRP and CWM don't work with it yet.
Unlocking the bootloader is identical. Only method is going to the website and voiding your warranty with Motorola.
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PloniAlmoni said:
Unlocking the bootloader is identical. Only method is going to the website and voiding your warranty with Motorola.
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I realize that but I think root is worth it, and I have had my device long enough that I doubt there are any major defects that I have missed. (Also Amazon probably still honors returns for the first 30 days or so)
Also it appears that rooting may be possible on 4.4 by flashing the 4.3 bootloader.
Hey Guys, I decide to unlock the bootloader and root my Moto G so i start to read about it and preparing everything to do it in my pc (drivers, etc)
But when i start to read de Resource Guide Thread in the General forum i read something that confuse me specifically in the Root part that says:
"If you do not have or do not wish to unlock your bootloader then you can opt for @oasoas014 's method ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2583652 ) of bootloader downgrade. You may also visit @Cooptx's more detailed guide ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2585755 ) . Note, with the most recent recoveries, you do not need to downgrade your bootload"
But reading the @Cooptx's method says that need unlock bootloader, i really dont understand the @oasoas014 's method but reading all the comments says also that i need unlock bootloader.
So im kinda confuse here, is that im not reading well? or i just need to unlock it? someone can give me a strait answer?
You must unlock bootloader if you want root, there is not other solution for moto g atm. Maybe in future there will be an exploit to root bypassing bootloader like on moto x but not now.
Thanks you, the info is kinda confuse, im gonna put me in to work. Hope eveything goes well
bozzett0 said:
Thanks you, the info is kinda confuse, im gonna put me in to work. Hope eveything goes well
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It's not that much work and Motorola makes it really easy to unlock the bootloader If you still need some help or run into trouble let us know!
hey
i tried to unlock bootloader via motorola web site but it says my device does not qualify for unlocking
tried flashing recoveries, root zips and updated to official kitkat, but still does not work
phoned motorola support and they said motorola doesn't guarantee bootloaded getting unlocked, it depends on luck
any suggestion?
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pedrofortunato said:
hey
i tried to unlock bootloader via motorola web site but it says my device does not qualify for unlocking
tried flashing recoveries, root zips and updated to official kitkat, but still does not work
phoned motorola support and they said motorola doesn't guarantee bootloaded getting unlocked, it depends on luck
any suggestion?
Moto XT1033 Dual 16gb BR
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Did they use the word " luck "?
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jaspreet997 said:
Did they use the word " luck "?
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not that word but she said it might work as it might not work, and there's nothing me or motorola could do about it
Hello everyone! I didn't want to root my new MOTO G 2015 but I need more storage if I want to install more app's, I saw with root permissions we can transfer full sized app's to the sd, is it true? and how? I've seen already a guide how to root moto g 2015, but know I want to know how to transfer full sized app's to the SD and then i'll decide if I want to root or not.
Do you think I should root? It will be better If i want more storage?
Is it safe? The Lollipop will be automatically installed after the root? I have no need on install other Android OS.
Thank you!
Hey! I can see that you are new here, but rooting your phone isnt gonna delete anything of your data if you search on this forum for Link2sd than you will find a tuturial for how to do that. But if you dont understand any of the words "Brick" or "fastboot" you should do some research first.
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HelpMeruth said:
Hey! I can see that you are new here, but rooting your phone isnt gonna delete anything of your data if you search on this forum for Link2sd than you will find a tuturial for how to do that. But if you dont understand any of the words "Brick" or "fastboot" you should do some research first.
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Hello HelpMeruth! And thank you for replying my question!
Here's what I already searched this is , i've got alot of information already but the information I got says my phone will be formatted I think. Brick I remember that word a long time ago when the PSP Scene I know it's not android but I remember it, it's like having a non funcional phone, bricked.
Here's the guide I saw: (I can't post links, if you can search on the youtube : "Moto G 3rd Gen(2015) - How to Root - Unlock Bootloader & Custom Recovery") and tell me if that guide will not brick or format my moto g 3
Any chance of getting bricked? It will remove my SIM Service? I have the phone just for a week and the warranty it's 2 here's, If I root the warranty goes out, is it worth rooting?
Thanks for the reply sir and yes i'm really new in the android scene, just came from the iOS one, got mad at iOS
I can confirm that your phone will not be formatted
The word brick means that your phone wont start up.
Its a gamble for everyone to root, so when you are gonna do it try just booting Twrp. That is the safest way to test it.
But strart with unlocking your bootloader thats already a big step for rooting (unlocking bootloader will format your data!)
If you got any questions send me message!
Its your choise to root or not
HelpMeruth said:
I can confirm that your phone will not be formatted
The word brick means that your phone wont start up.
Its a gamble for everyone to root, so when you are gonna do it try just booting Twrp. That is the safest way to test it.
But strart with unlocking your bootloader thats already a big step for rooting (unlocking bootloader will format your data!)
If you got any questions send me message!
Its your choise to root or not
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You do NOT need to unlock bootloader in order to root.
You DO need to unlock your bootloader for TWRP, unless booted temporarily.
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christopherrrg said:
You do NOT need to unlock bootloader in order to root.
You DO need to unlock your bootloader for TWRP, unless booted temporarily.
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What? you have to unlock the bootloader in order to boot/flash twrp.
and with twrp you can root, how do you root with locked bootloader?
HelpMeruth said:
What? you have to unlock the bootloader in order to boot/flash twrp.
and with twrp you can root, how do you root with locked bootloader?
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Root toolkit
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=62922929
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christopherrrg said:
Root toolkit
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=62922929
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You shouldnt be able to root with a locked bootloader, i quote: 'A locked bootloader locks write access to several partitions like the system partition. This is the reason why rooting is not able without unlocked bootloader.' found on this site https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-main-differences-between-Rooting-and-Unlocking-Bootloader
that tool just has a build in fastboot/adb and automate things for you.
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HelpMeruth said:
You shouldnt be able to root with a locked bootloader, i quote: 'A locked bootloader locks write access to several partitions like the system partition. This is the reason why rooting is not able without unlocked bootloader.' found on this site https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-main-differences-between-Rooting-and-Unlocking-Bootloader
that tool just has a build in fastboot/adb and automate things for you.
(sorry for my bad english)
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Yeah after doing some research motorola devices seem to have that in place. I was speaking generally from a vanilla aosp aspect. Good find.
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Btw, If I install CyanogenMod it will reset my moto g firmware? Or install another firmware version? Thanks
M05K said:
Btw, If I install CyanogenMod it will reset my moto g firmware? Or install another firmware version? Thanks
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Installing cyanogenmod will still keep you on 5.1.1 your device will just be modified (custom tweaks etc..) so if you have to unlock your bootloader it will void any warranties you have. If you don't have one or don't care just make sure to read carefully as you sound relatively new to CM and you don't want to brick your device.
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christopherrrg said:
Installing cyanogenmod will still keep you on 5.1.1 your device will just be modified (custom tweaks etc..) so if you have to unlock your bootloader it will void any warranties you have. If you don't have one or don't care just make sure to read carefully as you sound relatively new to CM and you don't want to brick your device.
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Yes it will be modified to cyanogenmod firmware right? So the firmware updates from MOTO G 3 I had installed will go resetted to the cyanogenmod firmware right?
M05K said:
Yes it will be modified to cyanogenmod firmware right? So the firmware updates from MOTO G 3 I had installed will go resetted to the cyanogenmod firmware right?
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Correct.
Cm12.1 is just 5.1.1 that's why I said it would.
You may see custom aosp 6.0 ROMs before any real factory builds.
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Hello guys i am a Moto G xt1032 user and i tried to update my phone from 5.0.2 to 5.1.1( i think ). However i wasn't able to suceed at this task for some reason , from what i know it is because of the fact that my moto g is unlocked right now . So I would appreciate if someone could tell me how to to relock it with simple english because i don't know much about theese things . I tried searching other threads but i want to be sure to be given the right instructions for my xt1032 and android version 5.0.2.Thanks for your time .
If you are asking about receiving OTA locked or unlocked makes no difference, but you must have stock recovery.
i was messing around with a root app and soft bricked my moto g 2015 (3rd generation) 16gb model and i soft bricked it. i wasnt aware of the dangers till now and i dont know how to get it back to its original state. Can someone please link me all downloads neccesary and the steps needed to un brick this. Usb debugging was enabled before however oem unlock is not . And also does anyone know if it will work if i could get my hands on a new motherboard ? thanks
pcullenlad93 said:
i was messing around with a root app and soft bricked my moto g 2015 (3rd generation) 16gb model and i soft bricked it. i wasnt aware of the dangers till now and i dont know how to get it back to its original state. Can someone please link me all downloads neccesary and the steps needed to un brick this. Usb debugging was enabled before however oem unlock is not . And also does anyone know if it will work if i could get my hands on a new motherboard ? thanks
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Get your firmware based on your model number here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/2015-moto-g/general/index-moto-g-factory-firmware-images-t3169639
And flash back using this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/2015-moto-g/general/guide-fastboot-flashing-factory-t3187750
Henriquefeira said:
Get your firmware based on your model number here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/2015-moto-g/general/index-moto-g-factory-firmware-images-t3169639
And flash back using this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/2015-moto-g/general/guide-fastboot-flashing-factory-t3187750
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Does this work with a locked bootloader ?
pcullenlad93 said:
Does this work with a locked bootloader ?
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Yes