My friend found the way to root OTA .629!
Make sure your phone working on .629,
1.Flash repacked .608 sbf
http://db.tt/xj6oos8G
(Never Try Full .608 SBF !!!)
2 .Download tool PetesMotorolaRootTools or SuperOneClick extract all and run.(Just like rooting .608）
Note : - FIRST - Please Enable USB Debugging , Then connect cable for usb type Charge only
3.Install app otarootkeeper(Can be found in Play Store,it's free),backup su, unroot.
4.Reboot to Motorola Recovery, Wipe, apply .629 OTA update.zip,reboot.
5.install otarootkeeper app again,restore su
Check your device, it should rooted
ATTENTION: Reapply .629 update is very important, when you flashed our repacked .608 sbf, your device is working on a unstable hybrid rom
Here's where my friend posted:
rootzwiki.com/topic/23207-stuck-at-rootless-629check-this/
try here.629 Root Exploit Development
thanks
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Anyone has .629 update.zip?
ravenhr said:
Anyone has .629 update.zip?
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http://rootzwiki.com/index.php?/topic/21934-4.5.629.zip-please-do-not-install,-only-for-developers
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Failed for me... First flash failed, everything else has followed that... Unable to root with SuperOneClick, reflashing with upadet.zip hasn't give any different output...
Oh, yes, Droid works, as I haven't done anything...
Are you sure you follow all step?
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Rooted.
But, now my GSM network keeps failing as Airplane mode keeps checking on/off every few seconds (interesting enough, wifi still works without problems)...
This works great, I was enable to flash the file unisng RSD Lite and after that root using zergrush without any problem. Only slight problem it that wi-fi dont work at the moment but will update when i flash it back to .629 .
ravenhr said:
Rooted.
But, now my GSM network keeps failing as Airplane mode keeps checking on/off every few seconds (interesting enough, wifi still works without problems)...
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I didn't met this problem before. .Did you tried reboot your device?
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zyy757 said:
I didn't met this problem before. .Did you tried reboot your device?
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Yes, no help from it... still the same problem.
UPDATE: For all with some sort of problems (!), blindly follow guide from link, for RESTORING device... apply 608, apply repacked 629, (IMPORTANT) full wipe in recovery, root, unroot, flash update, re-root. Works like a charm, all radios are full to go!
Any roms work with this? I tried cm7 and got stuck at red m screen. Had to start all over. Anyone have sucess with a rom after on rooted 629?
Edit: cm9 worked after using droid 2 bootstrap.
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ravenhr said:
Yes, no help from it... still the same problem.
UPDATE: For all with some sort of problems (!), blindly follow guide from link, for RESTORING device... apply 608, apply repacked 629, (IMPORTANT) full wipe in recovery, root, unroot, flash update, re-root. Works like a charm, all radios are full to go!
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Thanks alot
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Now, rooted, I'm finally able to delete all those stupid Verizon bloatware (I'm not on Verizon, even more, I CAN'T use Verizon, I'm not in U.S.!) - got around 10-15% on speed (some things apparently are in startup and slowing the phone down).
Other thing, before this update, I had some minor and occasional problems with touch - like ghosts or something, after unlocking touch started to do weird stuff, opening apps by it-self, moving icons across the screen - no more, it works great (for now). This might be because of fresh and full install and wipe (yes, it's a hassle to do it, to install all apps again, set them up... but, it's kinda good solution...).
Enjoy yourself
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wawooo great
my d2g unbricked now many thank . and rooted now , coud i install custom rom ?????
weelcup said:
wawooo great
my d2g unbricked now many thank . and rooted now , coud i install custom rom ?????
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Not sure, but I hear that cm9 is OK
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weelcup said:
wawooo great
my d2g unbricked now many thank . and rooted now , coud i install custom rom ?????
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if you find a rom that works, let us know
So this is confirmes to work to regain root on a phone that is not bricked? My wife has a D2g.
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RGBubba34 said:
So this is confirmes to work to regain root on a phone that is not bricked? My wife has a D2g.
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sure. it work
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Related
I finally put android 2.3.4 on my atrix. But Im pretty sure that I lost root. How can I get it back?! Can I run gingerbreak.apk and everything turn out ok? Just curious.
Oh, and when the hell are we gunna get cyanogenmod????
~MDK666
Lazy...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1159572
Yeah, download that zip, reboot into recovery and install zip from sd. Reboot and you are done
The best and easiest way is to root with oneclicksuperroot on xda. Type this in google.
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Foka002 said:
The best and easiest way is to root with oneclicksuperroot on xda. Type this in google.
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Superoneclick hasnt worked on the atrix since 1.26... They closed that loophole a longgggg time ago
CWM + root.zip =
If you don't have/want CWM, this also works:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=15023022&postcount=3
jhild352 said:
Superoneclick hasnt worked on the atrix since 1.26... They closed that loophole a longgggg time ago
CWM + root.zip =
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Well I've rooted mine so I don't know what you are talking about...
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humjaba said:
Lazy...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1159572
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That method hasn't worked for me. I applied the zip via CWM and it does says rooting complete. My BL is unlocked and CWM was flashed properly. Any ideas on what I should do?
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Deggy said:
That method hasn't worked for me. I applied the zip via CWM and it does says rooting complete. My BL is unlocked and CWM was flashed properly. Any ideas on what I should do?
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Sometimes you have to run root.zip again. Clear Dalvik, cache, and factory before root.zip, then clear all again and reboot. Try that.
CaelanT said:
Sometimes you have to run root.zip again. Clear Dalvik, cache, and factory before root.zip, then clear all again and reboot. Try that.
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Just tried you advice. Still unrooted. Wiped the two different caches, factory reseted, applied the root twice. Nothing. I miss Titanium Backup.
I wonder if it's because im official stock ROM vs a custom ROM.
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This method worked fine for me. Thanks.
Eval thanks for all your hard working. Do you think is possible to update your OP, so it is clear for "noobs" that the second part of your code need to be input in adb
I found a lot of people trying to run the second code in the fastboot mode and then posting oh IT DID NOT work and actually is EASY and SAFE to root
eval- said:
If you don't have/want CWM, this also works:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=15023022&postcount=3
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After flashing new moto update (the one from this forum, not the one that came over the air) using RSD Lite, it worked. Then I ran through the dock root method to root it, that seemed to work. And then I restarted the phone and get the red moto logo and it will not get past it. Should I reflash this update or do I need to flash something else like stock pudding? I will attempt to flash 1FF-sunfire-user-2.3.4-4.5.1A-1_SUN-154_5-CM-release-keys-signed-Sprint-US again and hope that fixes whatever got broke. Any other advice?
Did you try a battery pull and reboot?
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Oh yes. The photon battery pull is well documented. It fixes many problems but it's not fixing this one so a reflash of the update is happening now but I have a bad feeling that isn't it.
Okay. It did work. Acted like it wasn't going to but then started to work. Should I redo the dock root and assume I typoed (I'm pretty sure I did not) or should I do photon torpedo? I did dock root before the OTA several weeks ago and it worked fine then.
No you don't have to buy a new photon. Mine did the same thing but I flashed like 4 times before it took. If you can get it into rsd lite to flash something your not bricked. Take the battery out for 5 minutes, put it back in and try to flash it again. It should take and boot up. Also close rsd lite then reopen it.
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Try the one click root method. Glad you got out straightened out.
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Okay. The phone didn't temp brick last time because of the root method I chose, it was busybox related. I forgot that LCD Density Changer relied on Busybox to set the default system density. The option had already been set to save it as a system default. So whatever was done to install Busybox has to do it again. If someone isn't sure, they can always uninstall any root requiring programs that also use Busybox when going from root to unrooted to rooted.
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Try the one click root method. Glad you got out straightened out.
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I agree, try the one click root method as I was having errors and this worked for me.
Edit* glad it all worked out
Well i am not rooted at the moment cause i flashed a zip that took root off and still have a custom kernal going with unlocked bootloader is that even supposed to be possible?
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Thats impossible. As soon as you flashed that "zip" it over writes everything. You need to be unlock to have a custom kernel
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well thats what i thought but i couldent use root explorer or any root access apps but when i turn off the phone it still says unlock
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well thats what i thought but i couldent use root explorer or any root access apps but when i turn off the phone it still says unlock
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Interesting. Interesting indeed. Is there anyway you could upload a vid of this?
i wouldent suggest it seeing now after it turned off it wouldent do the sbf files to fix. idk if it was dealing with that cause the sbf always finishes but ends up in a boot loop which as of right now im trying to fix it. but if it happens again ill c what i can do to show you. cause i always thought you had to be rooted to have an unlocked but idk if it was just a one time thing
Is the super user app installed?
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Yes it was
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I have this same issue right now how it happened for me is that I orginally used the one click root method I found here. Later down the road I noticed that a stable build of cm7 had come out so I decided to try it out. I flashed pudding and it worked just fine and unlocked the device when I went to go get clockwork on the device however, I noticed the my root was no longer working reading in the comments section I saw that the one click root method was not compatible with the unlocked bootloader. I tried to root the phone with the system.img file that it mentioned using in the guide it worked at least as far as pushing it to the device but still no root. I then tried to flash the device back to stock I used the sbf file provided and it did wipe the phone but I still have the unlock icon when I boot the phone and can no longer root it no matter what method I try. If anyone can help me with re locking my device, I would greatly appreciate it.
Have you tryed the depudding. Go into the pudding unlock section theres one that relocks it just like how u unlocked it
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As far as I'm aware, being unlocked and being rooted are two separate processes on this phone. You don't have to have one to have the other. I've been rooted and locked, rooted and unlocked, and unlocked with no root. Hope that helps.
And I haven't had any problems with the one-click root and unlocking or sbf-ing back to stock.
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Thanks for the help guys I got it to work now had to do a factory reset and then flash the sbf file and the seemed to unroot the device it still didn't unlock it however I think if I used the depudding method curly mentioned it would work.
photon
I am currently running an "unlocked bootloader" on a non- rooted system on my photon 4g. I was rooted and then unrooted because I couldn't flash cwm for some reason....I am really really looking to installing miui with the ultimate iphone theme. I love how poloshed and clean it looks!
Is it possible to flash CWM from rom manager for the Photon and if so which model do you select??
I had the bootstrap on my phone which was from the x2, but I'm not sure if CWM will be the same or if Atrix would be better or if I'm barking up the wrong tree lol.
Basically I flashed a theme and now I have no settings so I can't setup my BT, WiFi, or even install an app on my sd card because I can't change any settings. And I can't flash a new rom/theme without the settings.
EDIT: So I flashed the Atrix recovery from rom manager since a google search said you could and then flash another. Once I did and tried to boot into recovery it said "failed to boot 2"
Do a factory reset through bootstrap. Happened to my buddy last night after applying a theme, he had no settings.
I restored the bootstrap by using titanium backup when I hit that snag last night
Or if you have an backup, you can take the settings app from it and place it in the system apps
LMAO, and why I didn't think of that I have no idea. I've had mybackup pro since I had my Evo over a year ago and use it religiously, until now that is lmao. I just backed it up before I flashed the new theme and didn't even think of that, good looking out guys thanks.
EDIT: Anyone know of another way to flash CWM without using ADB or SDK??
EDIT no. 2: installing from backup didnt work, it prompts me to go to settings because install from unknown sources is blocked and when I try to go to it I get a Force Close.
Is it possible to just put the settings.apk in the right folder with root explorer or something of that naturr?
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That's what i did, I put the settings apk in the zip and installed it and now everything is fine. Settings looks normal but its there
How did you install though? I cant get into my settings to enable install from unknown sources to allow the install
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Is there a way to flash the stock rom from the computer like with the epic and hero??
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Dboy352 said:
Is there a way to flash the stock rom from the computer like with the epic and hero??
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What do you mean?
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Yes. Use fastboot
Dboy352 said:
Is there a way to flash the stock rom from the computer like with the epic and hero??
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Terminal
Look up flash_image recovery. Its how rom manger does it
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LMAO, and why I didn't think of that I have no idea. I've had mybackup pro since I had my Evo over a year ago and use it religiously, until now that is lmao. I just backed it up before I flashed the new theme and didn't even think of that, good looking out guys thanks.
EDIT: Anyone know of another way to flash CWM without using ADB or SDK??
EDIT no. 2: installing from backup didnt work, it prompts me to go to settings because install from unknown sources is blocked and when I try to go to it I get a Force Close.
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Dboy352 said:
Is there a way to flash the stock rom from the computer like with the epic and hero??
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Why can't you factory reset, and then flash the latest stock build using rsd lite? You should have everything there. Just back your apps up in titanium and restore each one after.
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Even doing factory reset using ##786# I couldn't get it to detect in rsdlite using rsd mode on my photon. I found out my rsdlite was an old version and I had a hell of a time finding the newer version (even the links I found on here were broken links) Once I got that I flashed the current sbf, then went about the pudding unlock steps and got it all done.
Hello,
I have been researching this for a few days and am not having much luck. My mopho has been unlocked for several month and I have been trying various custom roms without issue (from Th3Bill: CM10, CM10.1, Paranoid, etc...). I am trying to restore the phone to stock so that I can activate it on a different phone line within my Sprint account. When I try and flash 1FF-sunfire-user-2.3.4-4.5.1A-1_SUN-198_7-CM-release-keys-signed-Sprint-US.sbf via RSD Lite I get an error after it finishes creating the image and tries to reboot the phone.
The phone shows the following:
SVF:116:1:2
Failed to boot x2004
I have installed the stock recovery and done a complete wipe via that recovery. I have tried using RSD Lite 5.3, 5.5, and 5.7, and also tried doing it on a different PC. Again, all I am after is to get the phone activated on a different phone number with Sprint. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks in advance!
Try one of these and get back to me
https://sites.google.com/site/motosbf/photon-sbf-files
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no luck
Thanks for the reply. I tried all of 3 of the sbf files and am still getting the same error as before. Please let me know if you have any other ideas.
Thanks in advance!
Did it come with 2.3.4 or 2.3.5?
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MarcquisDale said:
Did it come with 2.3.4 or 2.3.5?
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The phone had 2.3.4 on it before I unlocked it and started installing the custom ROMs. The strange thing is that it is still unlocked and I can flash custom ROMs without issue.
Thanks again for the help!
Sorry i couldn't help much
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Thanks MarcquisDale for the help
Just wanted to update and say I was able to solve my issue. I found a backup that I had made back when I was on the stock 2.3.4, which I did not realize I had. Restoring that backup got me back to 2.3.4 stock so that I could active, while keeping my bootloader unlocked. That allowed me to active the device and then install a CM10 based ROM again. Not sure if this is something that will actually help someone else but figured I would post the update just in case.
Thanks again