I have adb, I've fully backed up my phone, what do I do now?
>I don't want to factory reset my phone
>Don't want to brick it
>I want to use superuser
I've tried looking at the guides but they are a bit confusing :/
Can someone take me through step by step?
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So I rooted my droid 2 using the guide on this website. I then (Being an idiot) didnt read to not uninstall the Backup Assistant and did infact uninstall it. Then my phone started overheating, I panicked, threw it back to factory settings and kinda bricked it. Called verizon and got a replacement but would like to get it back to basics before sending it back. I read some of the tutorials to getting it back to stock but couldnt really get any to work. When doing the bootloader, sbf method, my computer doesnt detect the phone in bootloader mode. I am going to send the phone in either way (If they charge me it was my own fault nothing I can do about that) but would rather not pay.
So 1. Is there any stock 2.2 Droid 2 sbf available
2. Anyway I can get my phone connected, what am I missing, is it possible to connect to pc with Droid 2 in bootloader.
3. Can I just use the 2.0.1.sbf and then update to 2.2?
I am sure I have more questions but I will let you guys answer these first.
Also, is there anyway I can get BackupAssistant back in my system folder so that I can do a factory restore without bricking it?
Thanks in advance guys!
Also is there anywhere on the web that I can download the Backup Assistant to reinstall it on my phone?
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I want to root my moto g but apparently rooting it will wipe the phone. I am looking for a way to back up everything e.g. apps,photos,accounts ect.
any ideas?
DjDog7 said:
I want to root my moto g but apparently rooting it will wipe the phone. I am looking for a way to back up everything e.g. apps,photos,accounts ect.
any ideas?
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Unlocking bootloader wipes phone, not rooting.
There are lots of ways to backup. Google will help you here.
@DjDog7
Try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1420351
Or maybe this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1844032
Yesterday i tried both, when I backed up girlfriends tablet, but the first option is better i think, because the sencond option has gui, taht does not look soo good...
Hello i'm new in here and i think this is an awesome forum
Anyway, i'm willing to root my phone but i just don't want to reach the point where my phone got Hard Brick or useless. So how long does rooted phone live? Would it only take a months? because i can read some topics in other forums that their phone got bricked. Why is that happening? Is that normal? And how to avoid soft brick or hard brick? I will not be downloading some Rooted Apps if i root my phone. I just want to use this Wifikill app, dsploit and etc. but i will not be flashing customized ROM or themes. So would it still "soft brick or hard brick" my phone?
Thanks !!!!
Rooting isn't dangerous if you're careful
Hi there, I'm not sure what you mean by "how long does a rooted phone live", but I'll try to answer as best as I can.
Rooted phones 'live' as long as a non-rooted phone, the only risk of rooting a phone is the flashing part. For todays rooting methodes it's actually hard to hardbrick a phone, espescially when you just follow the steps provided by the rooting process.
Hardbricking a phone means that you messed up the flashing soo badly that there is no way to recover the phone. I actually tried on purpose to hardbrick an old SGS3 and even when I removed the USB cable while flashing the recovery, I was still able to revive the phone.
Softbricking however is much more common, but actually quite easy to revive from. All you need to un-brick the device includes having ADB/FastBoot on your PC or access to the recovery.
This way you can allways reflash the recovery or ROM if this gets corrupted.
You'll need a custom recovery to root your phone. You can brick your device if you pick the wrong recovery, but this is easy to check. Always match up the modelnumer of your phone with the one for the recovery.
After the rom has been installed, you'll need to flash the SuperSU zip to succesfully root your device and after that, you're all set.
So, bottomline is: as long as you make sure your phone is fully charged, and your PC won't randomly shutdown (that's why I always flash from a laptop). There is no way you can mess up.
For the lifetime of your phone: If you aren't planning on overclocking, you don't have to worry about shortening the lifetime of the device.
If you're going to root, always make a backup of your data, just in case something does go wrong!
For the apps you're mentioning: Just make sure you use those apps on your own network!
Flashing
So you mean flashing is the most common reason that bricks your phone? What if i want to play games, listens to music, texting or calling, does it brick your phone(soft or hard?)? And is it possible for the unrooted phone to be brick bit by bit if you keep on flashing wrong recovery file? I hope you can answer all my questions
No it's not possible to brick your phone by playing games, music ect. Flashing (Writing another recovery or updating your ROM) is the one and only way to brick your device.
If you flash the wrong recovery image to your device, it will be bricked. It 'should' be fixable in most cases.
The question about unrooted phones... Well, you can flash an custom recovery on your phone and get it bricked that way, but there is no need to flash another recovery if you're not going to root the device afterwards.
So just to clarify, you're not going to brick your device by normal use, rooted or not. The bricking part is when you're installing the recovery and root. When you succesfully rooted your device, there is no way you can brick it, until you're going to install another ROM on your device.
The worst thing that could happen with installing another ROM is getting stuck in a bootloop, but that can be fixed by going into the recovery and reflash(or install, if you prefer that term) the ROM. Unless it's the first time you're installing a custom ROM, in that case you will be stuck in a bootloop because you'll need to wipe the data, system and cache partition before installing a ROM. This prevents getting in a bootloop after installing a new ROM
Thanks !
Ok so i think i will root my phone tomorrow Im not in a purpose of installing custom ROM or kernel. I just want to use apps like dsploit or wifikill and it needs a proper root access. So its all clear and now i understand how bricky part happen. THANKS !
Hey Guys,
I purchased my Moto G 4G XT1039 from Amazon last year.
I don't really remember what I did to try and root this phone once, however I used a guide I randomly found online.
I am pretty sure that I un-rooted the phone a while back, as when I use a root checker, it says I am not rooted.
However, I know that the phone isn't in it's "brand new" state. Something is still wrong with the software, as I am on 4.4.4, but have received the update for Lollipop, however when I download and try to install, it says update failed.
I want to know step by step, as I am a complete noob and don't really understand half the commands you provide, on how to relock my bootloader, remove all root stuff, and fix the firmware and everything on the phone just as if it was a brand new phone out the box, so I can continue downloading updates etc. as a normal user would.
I would really appreciate if someone could help with this!
Kind Regards.
Flash stock firmware.
http://motofirmware.center/files/category/21-moto-g-4g-1st-generation/
Sent from my XT1031
ATTACK said:
Flash stock firmware.
Sent from my XT1031
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Please can someone elaborate. I have no knowledge. I need a step by step guide.
Hi guys,
im new to XDA but i've been messing with rooting and stuff on a few android phones for a while and recently i got my hands on the new Moto G5 Plus. And ofcourse this thing needs root if it wants to call itself 'my phone' But the problem is here: I dont really have a computer... I saw some tutorials on how to do it but step 1. You have to unlock the bootloader. Im pretty sure this can only be done the official way by using motorola's software so... yeah. Now at school i have a pc but i can't use anything that needs administration rights. It's just ment to use the Internet and such. So i can only use pc programs that don't need an installation or anything. And a step back, you can't even do anything on it with a pc unless you have the drivers. And surprise surprise, you have to install these. On my previous phone, a samsung galaxy S3 neo. I rooted it, installed twrp and cyanogenmod with lollipop 5.0. And without a computer. I rooted it with KingRoot, a oneclickroot program for the people that want to root just for the root acces and dont really care about how it's done and stuff like that. Then with rom manager installed twrp. And with twrp i flashed CM. So i tried OneClickRoot software on my G5 Plus. And it failed. Kingroot, kingoroot, framaroot, baiduroot, towelroot, oneclickroot etc. And all failed, which is probably because it's locked.. Well OFCOURSE that's the reason what am i thinking!? But back to the phone. If anyone has an idea on how to do this if its even possible... Please let me know! I tried everything.. (i think?) I would prefer a way where it only roots so keeps the stock recovery. This way i can still install system updates right? I have no idea..
Thanks alot. PS. Sorry for probably many grammar mistakes.
From the little research that I did, it seems like you HAVE to use a computer to do it. My advice is, since you are still at school, get some friends... that have computers and use it. Another thing that I thought was somewhat bootleg, get another android device and install the fastboot command on it and use a usb otg cable to connect to it. I have adb working as a command, so I guess fastboot could work as well lol.
Good luck!