So I'm interested in rooting my droid razr. My first question is what are the advantages. I just rooted my transformer prime and there were some really awesome tweaks that make the device much faster...is this the same for the razr?
I know from my searches that the root tool is here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1710871
and I know i need superuser and rootkeeper...I am on the new ICS 4.0.3 official OTA from verizon....other then that my razr and stock and never been tweaked in anyway.
Thanks!
chucky7910 said:
So I'm interested in rooting my droid razr. My first question is what are the advantages. I just rooted my transformer prime and there were some really awesome tweaks that make the device much faster...is this the same for the razr?
I know from my searches that the root tool is here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1710871
and I know i need superuser and rootkeeper...I am on the new ICS 4.0.3 official OTA from verizon....other then that my razr and stock and never been tweaked in anyway.
Thanks!
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Root it with the Ultility then use Ota rootkeeper to backup su. Then update to 4.0.4, restore the SU after that.
Use titanium backup to freeze the bloatwares is the first thing you could try.
This might be a stupid question but I'm on 4.0.3 now how do I upgrade to 4.0.4 and what is the difference.
chucky7910 said:
This might be a stupid question but I'm on 4.0.3 now how do I upgrade to 4.0.4 and what is the difference.
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never mind that was a stupid question I already have 4.0.4 (yea I know I'm a n00b).
Personally I don't think there is much point in rooting unless you want to try cm9 or miui. As the boot loader is locked there are no custom kernels which for me are the main reason for gaining root access.
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Has anyone developed a root method to reroot following 2.3.6 OTA upgrade? I wasn't smart enough to protect my root first with VooDoo.
Thanks
No no yet. But here ya go. Click the link below and follow the instructions...
http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php/topic/798-how-to-retain-root-on-ota-612173/
Thanks goes to mattlgroff!
Also made a thread in XDA that is like 3 below yours.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1491410
"How to retain root in 173"
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1492708
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dnkjordan said:
Has anyone developed a root method to reroot following 2.3.6 OTA upgrade? I wasn't smart enough to protect my root first with VooDoo.
Thanks
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I have the Canadian GSM RAZR and also updated to 2.3.6 while in root. What should I do? Can I unroot and then root again or should I just root? I still have superuser but it's useless.
Thanks
I'm pretty experienced with unlocking Winmo 6.5 phones and running android non natively on them. But I've only had a Droid since Christmas and am not too experienced with these. I had rooted my phone to enable Wifi tethering but the new 2.3.6 has disabled my ability to root the phone. I understand that I may need to install a previous version of Droid and then do something before installing 2.3.6 but I keep reading about Nexus and OTA and have no idea what these are. So can someone walk me through this?
Absolutely! You more than likely need to restore back to a prev version using a fastboot file if you can't root 2.3.6. You have 2 options:
1 - Root the fastboot, use Voodoo OTA Rootkeeper to preserve root
2 - Use the root for 2.3.6 that is available.
Either way, feel free to PM me if you need a step by step. I've fastbooted 3 times now to try out different methods of restoring root.
If you have an xt912, didn't say in OP, I know that this works without fastbooting back to 2.3.5.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1492708
And if for some reason you wanted to unroot then doomlords unroot method still works.
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The new motofail root method will root 2.3.6 directly with out having to use rootkeeper.
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BigJArm said:
The new motofail root method will root 2.3.6 directly with out having to use rootkeeper.
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aktrazer said:
Absolutely! You more than likely need to restore back to a prev version using a fastboot file if you can't root 2.3.6. You have 2 options:
1 - Root the fastboot, use Voodoo OTA Rootkeeper to preserve root
2 - Use the root for 2.3.6 that is available.
Either way, feel free to PM me if you need a step by step. I've fastbooted 3 times now to try out different methods of restoring root.
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Lot's of terms here that I don't understand. "Root the fastboot", "Voodoo OTA Rootkeeper", "PM", "Fastboot".
I would need a step by step, thanks.
Ronin3178 said:
If you have an xt912, didn't say in OP, I know that this works without fastbooting back to 2.3.5.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1492708
And if for some reason you wanted to unroot then doomlords unroot method still works.
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Lot's of crazy terms here. xt912? OP? Who is doomlord? Did he create the DroidRazrRoot program that I had used before?
When in doubt, google. Having come from a WinMo background as I did, you should be familiar with that.
XT910 & XT912 are the model numbers for the two RAZR variants, GSM & CDMA respectively. It doesn't matter which you have from a root perspective.
As above, there is a new root method called MotoFail, which will allow you to root 2.3.6 without downgrading. Use that. Problem solved.
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onslaught86 said:
When in doubt, google. Having come from a WinMo background as I did, you should be familiar with that.
XT910 & XT912 are the model numbers for the two RAZR variants, GSM & CDMA respectively. It doesn't matter which you have from a root perspective.
As above, there is a new root method called MotoFail, which will allow you to root 2.3.6 without downgrading. Use that. Problem solved.
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I ran the Motofail and it seems to have worked. Sometimes though it would be nice to feel that you aren't going to brick the phone and would like information ahead of time before running a program that you've never heard of. That's why the questions.
I have owned the droid razr for some time now and I have a question.
I just rooted my droid razr with ICS and I was curious what applications I could remove without affecting the overal stability of the phone?
I would like to clear all the bloatware from VZW and Moto.
Any responses would be awesome.
Thanks,
Douglas
douglasf01 said:
I have owned the droid razr for some time now and I have a question.
I just rooted my droid razr with ICS and I was curious what applications I could remove without affecting the overal stability of the phone?
I would like to clear all the bloatware from VZW and Moto.
Any responses would be awesome.
Thanks,
Douglas
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I am guessing ur on Verizon...google 'Razr bloatware list' u shud see all the applications u can safely remove...
Edit: saving u the trouble:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1341770
hI know this is off topic, but How did you root
I tried following all the directions I saw in various forums for the casual root method and the doomlord method for ICS, but I keep getting permission denied errors during the process. Can you point me to the instructions you used?
imperialist said:
I tried following all the directions I saw in various forums for the casual root method and the doomlord method for ICS, but I keep getting permission denied errors during the process. Can you point me to the instructions you used?
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Its actually very simple. There is a .zip called root404.zip
Download that and unzip the contents and then run the .bat in it. Also, make sure u have the latest drivers. Just install the drivers provided in the .zip.
All the best.
What PC do u have? I mean config...
Edit: In this thread:
676.226.3.en.EU (For Retail EU) ICS Leak [UPDATE]
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hey guys, I flashed JB JRO03C 10.4.2.15 (US) Stock Deodexed + Mods [Unlocked BL], and like an idiot i rushed through it and never even read the part about having to separately flash superuser....i know, I'm an idiot. Thank you. well anyways, I'm thinking i need to just re-root all over again? Unless there is a better way to get superuser back? anyone can help I would greatly appreciate it. My question is, is if i have to re root, then what is the easiest way to root with 4.1.1? thanks in advance
anyone?
Me too. I was rooted and had Voodoo installed but after 4.1 I lost it all. Not even partial.
Currently no way to root once on JB, not without unlocking; which voids your warrantee. Can't downgrade back to ICS either to root.
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Unfortunately there is no way so far to root JB. (I know. Is this the future of Android? No root? No unlocked bootloaders? That is a discussion for another day.)
But... If you were rooted before and used Voodoo Root Keeper, there may still be hope. Check out this thread. As I have posted before, try and follow the conversation between thenrz and myself starting here and see if this helps.
Hopefully you have a copy of the su binary lurking on your Prime. With that you can, with luck, restore root. Read the conversation a few times to get the jest. I'm sure most of you are smart enough to read between the lines to get it figured out.
Hello. I may be repeating some other threads, but I could not find the answer. Is there a one click or other method to root a CDMA Motorola Droid Razr after update to Jelly Bean 4.1.2? The phone has never been rooted before.
Thanks guys!
+1 I'd like to know too, just in case. My phone is rooted I just want to know if I botch the install I can still get root.
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Not yet.
I hope they find a root method soon. I bricked mine on the leak, and had to reinstall it, losing root in the process. You never realize how great root is until its gone lol.
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Yeah, I lost root access when I did a manual flash update via the SD card and the leaked image...and the root method mentioned on androidgadgetmatic (I would post link but im a new member) is not working in any way...If there is any help anywhere that would be awesome....I kinda need root to live...
heleonardman said:
Yeah, I lost root access when I did a manual flash update via the SD card and the leaked image...and the root method mentioned on androidgadgetmatic (I would post link but im a new member) is not working in any way...If there is any help anywhere that would be awesome....I kinda need root to live...
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Lol, I feel the same way. Don't worry, I'm sure one of the awesome devs on this side will figure something out. They usually do, lol.
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There is a fix for those who were rooted and lost root during the update....
It is in this thread somewhere (sorry I don't have time to find it) You had to heve Voodoo OTA rootkeeper to start out with for the utility to work.
http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php/t...original-verizon-droid-razr-how-to-keep-root/
I'll keep browsing through what is or isn't compatible. Perhaps one of our amazing Dev's is already on this. Can't imagine it will be long
sicne you cant flash back to ics no, i voodoo'ed before i came over to JB and when when i checked root on JB with rootchecker from the app store it said it wasn't rooted, but titanium back up and other rooted apps said that the device was rooted properly. i ment to test it some more and make sure i was really rooted
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sicne you cant flash back to ics no, i voodoo'ed before i came over to JB and when when i checked root on JB with rootchecker from the app store it said it wasn't rooted, but titanium back up and other rooted apps said that the device was rooted properly. i ment to test it some more and make sure i was really rooted
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If you backed up root with voodoo and went to jb then use matt's root fixer to get root working properly again
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neshkoda said:
Hello. I may be repeating some other threads, but I could not find the answer. Is there a one click or other method to root a CDMA Motorola Droid Razr after update to Jelly Bean 4.1.2? The phone has never been rooted before.
Thanks guys!
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I am in need of the same answer. Thanks for asking it.
If you were not rooted before updating to JB then there is no way (yet) to root JB.
I have to ask... Why would someone who was not rooted suddenly decide they needed root after updating? I can understand if you lost root due to being one of the ones that did get the OTA but why all of a sudden decide you need root.
Thread moved. Please post all questions here in Q&A in future.
Thanks
AvRS
SnoDrtRider said:
If you were not rooted before updating to JB then there is no way (yet) to root JB.
I have to ask... Why would someone who was not rooted suddenly decide they needed root after updating? I can understand if you lost root due to being one of the ones that did get the OTA but why all of a sudden decide you need root.
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I am in the same boat as the OP so I will provide my reasoning for wanting root now.
This new stock JB load now forces a check against your verizon account when you attempt to turn on any form of tethering. This includes the builtin wireless hotspot AND unfortunately FoxFi wifi/bluetooth. So as of right now I went from an excellent mobile internet connection to share with my Asus TF700 tablet to now having no internet sharing capability.
Grrrrrrrrr......
I followed the thread's instructions above by using voodoo rootkeeper. (droidrzr - Matt's post: New JB update how to keep root)
When you are following Matt's instructions, DO NOT FORGET to update SU binaries. Do this before you protect root, then use voodoo to protect root, temp unroot. Then Protect root, then temp unroot AGAIN. Finally, PROTECT ROOT before you actually flash the update.
Worked for me like a charm. Now im trying to make a JB-leak rom
Silverlink34 said:
I followed the thread's instructions above by using voodoo rootkeeper. (droidrzr - Matt's post: New JB update how to keep root)
When you are following Matt's instructions, DO NOT FORGET to update SU binaries. Do this before you protect root, then use voodoo to protect root, temp unroot. Then Protect root, then temp unroot AGAIN. Finally, PROTECT ROOT before you actually flash the update.
Worked for me like a charm. Now im trying to make a JB-leak rom
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Unfortunately I got the true ota and thought it was an ICS update. So I didn't see the thread about the binaries so lost root and pulling my hair out till new root method comes out or I save enough for an S3 which ever comes first
sttierney said:
Unfortunately I got the true ota and thought it was an ICS update. So I didn't see the thread about the binaries so lost root and pulling my hair out till new root method comes out or I save enough for an S3 which ever comes first
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same happened to me. Heard some of the devs are working though
Don't expect a quick solution for this from djrbliss...it is not likely to be coming soon.
Nobody else of his caliber is working on root exploits for Motorola devices unfortunately, and very few people understand the value and uniqueness of his contribution to the Motorola community.
He has rooted every Motorola device since the D3 and everyone who has used a rooted Motorola owes him a huge debt of gratitude.
Just sayin'...
I too lost root after my Jelly Bean update. Unless there is a better thread to keep my eye on, I'll keep my eye on this one for a rooting method for my RAZR XT912. If I hear of anything somewhere else, I'll come back here and let people know. I hope others will do the same.
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First i would like to say i don't have this phone. But i was wondering if a sbf file could be put together like the one that is used to downgrade the D3. I don't know if this could be done from JB>ICS or not but i thought it might be worth a look. Droid 3 downgrade sbf