yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] adrynalyne:
That you don't need to kill anything. Android will handle it as it needs to. I apologize that this is difficult for you to comprehend. If these so-called killer active services were hurting battery as much as you think they are, then they would show up with some good battery stats showing the usage. Got any? No? Bummer.

Anyway, better things to do.

Good day.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] EP2008:
Let me explain what I've observed.

If I let the Amazon app store run as a service all day, it will register wake locks in BetterBatteryStats and will show CPU use throughout the day. This uses battery life.

If I Chrome run as a service all day, it will register wake locks in BetterBatteryStats and will show CPU use throughout the day. This uses battery life.

If I let Pulse run as a service all day, it will register wake locks in BetterBatteryStats and will show CPU use throughout the day. This uses battery life.

If I let LogMeIn run as a service all day, it will register wake locks in BetterBatteryStats and will show CPU use throughout the day. This uses battery life.

If I let Google Latitude run as a service all day, it will register wake locks in BetterBatteryStats and will show CPU use throughout the day. This uses battery life.

Do you think I'm making this up? Please, if I'm using my device incorrectly, let me know. And I'm not being sarcastic. I have poor battery life if I don't kill these services or uninstall the apps if they are persistent in starting the services up again after I've killed them. If you have a better way to handle this, I'm all ears.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] AndreaCristiano:
Wow no clue I would start a pissing match! Very interesting :) continue
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] El Daddy:
How much CPU and battery does BetterBatteryStats use while you are checking it 20 times per day?

I can guarantee you are using more battery and resources killing apps and checking wake locks then just letting it be.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jordanishere:
Imho you are better off gaining root and deleting & replacing apps like these with alternatives that function the way you want.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
Agreed, I have this addiction too! That's why I find Autostarts so valuable. "There's no reason for a service to always autostart for an app I use maybe once a month." agreed, so why not use AutoStarts on the SGN? That was my question. You know the benefits but you said you were not using it on the SGN, I am wondering why. Sorry to bug you just curious.:)

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I would like to see your list of apps that replace those apps with "better" apps. Please.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] EP2008:
I test the apps overnight so I'm not constantly monitoring them. They use more battery life than I'm comfortable with according to the stats apps I use. When using my device, killing them once a day doesn't use much battery life, but it certainly frees up RAM for apps I'm using.

I hope that nullified any other assumptions.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jordanishere:
Actually i dont use any of the apps mentioned above. if you dont like the way something functions, chances are a slimmed down, lightweight, add free version exists in the market already.

Chrome autosyncs with your desktop browsing, so its obvious why it wakelocks. if you dont use chrome on your desktop, maybe another mobile browser is a better fit for you. just an example :)
[Motorola Droid RAZR] mattlgroff:
After an unfortunately failed experiment at releasing the Droid root exploit after raising money to buy himself a Droid 4 and $300 to charity, the creator of the exploit, Dan Rosenberg has released his root which works on 2.3.6 entitled "Motofail"

http://vulnfactory.org/blog/2012/02/11/rooting-the-droid-4-a-failed-bounty-experiment/

You can download it from the link above and it should be able to root 6.12.173 on Droid RAZR directly without having to OTA rootkeeper 748 and upgrade.

Enjoy~~

And please consider donating to his fund which is still at the link. It all goes to the Red Cross now.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] torikorocks:
You beat me to it I was just about to post about this haha. I just downloaded and might try it out tomorrow.

Sent from my DROID RAZR
[Motorola Droid RAZR] stupidchicken03:
Is there a "unroot.bat" in the downloadable?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] mattlgroff:
No. There is not an unroot.bat
[Motorola Droid RAZR] JPtheSmith:
Posted links to this thread and the dev's site on my blog. Thanks for the heads up guys! Keep spreading the word!

Sent from my Droid Razr Maxx
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ronin3178:
Just tested and DoomLord's unroot works fine, once the phone is rooted. I then rerooted with no problem with this one.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] blueis300:
I dont need it at this point but going to buy a new phone. If it works I will donate.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] tgeigel:
Anyone who lost root due to the ota update successfully root with this new method?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ronin3178:
Yes
[Motorola Droid RAZR] tgeigel:
Awesome thanks. I can now update and root. I'm a happy camper :)
[Motorola Droid RAZR] stupidchicken03:
Ah good to know :)
[Motorola Droid RAZR] jgoose:
Does anyone know if it's possible to get this exploit updated to run with Mac/Linux? Some of us are very afraid of Windows computers.....:D
[Motorola Droid RAZR] mattlgroff:
http://www.mediafire.com/?3742xlbyff8ywa3
[Motorola Droid RAZR] jgoose:
Thanks for the link to the Mac/Linux version.

I can't get my phone to root though. This is what I am getting:

[*] Motorola universal root script (OS X version)

[*] by Dan Rosenberg (@djrbliss)

[*]

[*] Tested on Droid 3, Droid Bionic, and Droid RAZR

[*]

[*] Before continuing, ensure USB debugging is enabled, that your

[*] device is in 'Charge Only' mode, and your phone is connected via USB.

[*]

[*] Press enter to root your phone...-e

[*]

[*] Waiting for device...

[*] Device found.

[*] Deploying payload...

2361 KB/s (359392 bytes in 0.148s)

[*] Owning phone...

[*] Waiting for phone to reboot.

[*] Root successful! Persisting...

remount succeeded

3075 KB/s (26264 bytes in 0.008s)

link failed File exists

3042 KB/s (1867568 bytes in 0.599s)

3708 KB/s (196521 bytes in 0.051s)

pkg: /data/local/tmp/Superuser.apk

Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_ALREADY_EXISTS]

[*] Cleaning up...

[*] Rebooting...

[*] Exploit complete!

I think it might have something to do with me having the phone rooted already when the update hit and it screwed something up.

Right now I do have SuperUser in my App drawer and I cannot uninstall it. My razr only gives me the option to uninstall updates.

does anyone have any suggestions?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] mattlgroff:
Yea you are gonna have to uninstall SuperUser. If its not letting you then restore to 748 with My Utility (full version) and upgrade up.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] BiGTooT:
I wanna root my Razr but have never done one is it pretty easy to do and is there a guide to step by step you on what to do?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] haozihu:
it's worked `` 651.167.19 GSM`
[Motorola Droid RAZR] jgoose:
I'm not finding My Utility on my razr or in the market place. What and where do I need to search to find it?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] tgeigel:
Successfully update OTA and kept root!!! :)

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because its not in the market.

Thanks to mattlgroff here is his thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1491410
[Motorola Droid RAZR] mattlgroff:
lol I should have been more clear on that. Enjoy!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] dnkjordan:
Thanks!! This worked great and is very simple to use!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] shabbat73:
New to rooting

Could some please tell me where to begin rooting my Razr. I'm new to this so I really need help!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] silverxbv2:
Me too. I've had htc phones but my wife just got a razr. I know zero about Motorola phones. Don't know if I can root and unroot if necessary. If there is a tutorial for it on here somewhere I would love a link. Thanks.

Sent from my ADR6425LVW
[Motorola Droid RAZR] WVULTRA:
shab:

You might start by telling everyone what Razr operating system your on and what your goals are.

Are you on Verizon here in USA, or another country?

Some procedures allow you to simply root the phone; while others allow you to do nandroid backups plus and/or keep the stock os along with a seperate partition to try different ROMs, etc.

Good Luck!

;)

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silver:

If you want a simple root, then follow the link in the first post of this thread. If you want to explore more options, there seems to be the "bootstrap" method and "safestrap" method. Both allow more options along with simple rooting. Search/read the Development section here; or another great resource for the Verizon Razrs (USA) is:

http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php/index

;)
[Motorola Droid RAZR] silverxbv2:
I will look into it.

Sent from my ADR6425LVW
[Motorola Droid RAZR] crazymacleod:
Empty Zip

I downloaded the motofail_windows.zip from vulnfacorty.org and it was empty, it was 184B.

Anyone else have this issue?

What size was your download?I've dissabled all virius protection and firewalls and it still comes up empty.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Redirion:
Get it here (attached files). Should be ~1.8mb.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] crazymacleod:
Excellent!!

Thank You!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] king12yan:
I rooted last night and since then I have no data (3g/4g) I have a red circle with a line through it over my data bars. I can't do anything right now, no phone calls or data. I did a factory reset and that didn't fix the problem. Anyone seen this before? Any help would be great.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] king12yan:
Edit: Fixed it!! I checked the baseband version and it was stating unknown. So I pulled the 2.3.6 update and did a manual recovery and I am back in business.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] chunnell:
I don't yet talk in DROIDSPEAK, so can you help me understand what this means? I have a RAZR that was rooted and I just updated to 2.3.6 and root is gone and I can't run the DroidRazrRoot successfully anymore. I see you have a download here, but how do I use it? Do I download it on my phone and allow it to install? Is it just that simple?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ronin3178:
Install on PC and run
[Motorola Droid RAZR] The36thChamber:
Im new to this Rooting thing, I just got the Razr did the Update now im running on

System version: 6.12.173.xt912

Android Version: 2.3.6

I just want to Root my phone so I can get the hotspot to work for free.

what are the steps I need to take to make this happen.

also the rooting can always be undone right?

Thanks In advance.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] WVULTRA:
Step 2 in the Utility to Root; step 3 to unroot:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1486718

;)
[Motorola Droid RAZR] itbedave:
I've been trying to get this to work for several hours to no avail. The Mac doesn't recognize my Maxx.

I went and installed ADB through the android sdk (now in the platform-tools directory) and made sure it saw that, but when I list adb devices, none show up. So that's the root of my problem I know. WHY it's not showing up, I can't figure out.

I've made sure I've got USB debugging on, USB set to charge only, installation from unknown sources.... still nothing.

'lil help???
[Motorola Droid RAZR] wargothrzr:
Used motofail and achieved root but no txt sounds at all will play for txt phone rings still but no txt 2.3.6 ota then rooted HELP A NOOB!!!

\

fixed it had to go into messages then from there to notification settings works great ..... now for tethering we will see
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Jamzor64:
Thanks! I'm going to install 2.3.6 tomorrow!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] itbedave:
Still no luck here with ANY root solution. In all cases, it doesn't seem to see ADB. I see this a lot:

chmod: ./adb.osx: No such file or directory

line 27: ./adb-mac: No such file or directory

Any ideas?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ronin3178:
Borrow someones PC for five minutes, and use motofail.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] itbedave:
That would be too easy AND not help solve the same problem lots of other Mac users are having. I'd like to not only solve my own problem, but then document it for the author of the utility and for other Mac users.

I've been using and supporting Macs for over 20 years (although I admit that using the terminal is not my strength) - but if it's not working for me, you can rest assured there will be lots who'd like to know how to resolve similar issues.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] wpbear:
I have a Verizon white droid razr 16GB arriving fedex today. Is this the easiest/best way to get root?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ronin3178:
Yep. +10
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Shinare:
OK, I've downloaded MotoHelper_2.1.32_Driver_5.4.0.exe and Matt's util and patch. I've installed the drivers but when I plug in my phone windows does nothing, its like I didn't plug anything in at all. I've set USB debugging mode on the phone. I do "adb devices" and I get:

* daemon not running. starting it now *

* daemon started successfully *

List of devices attached

and then the DOS prompt again.

Anything I'm missing?

Tried on a different comp and it worked
[Motorola Droid RAZR] JB EaZee:
Getting hung up while trying to root using this method.

I am getting hung up on this:

[*]

[*] Motofail: Universal Motorola Android Root Exploit (Windows version)

[*] by Dan Rosenberg (@djrbliss)

[*]

[*] Tested on Droid 3, Droid Bionic, Droid RAZR, and Droid 4

[*]

[*] Before continuing, ensure USB debugging is enabled, that you

[*] have the latest Motorola drivers installed, and that your phone

[*] is connected via USB.

[*]

[*] Press enter to root your phone...

Press any key to continue . . .

[*]

[*] Waiting for device...

* daemon not running. starting it now *

* daemon started successfully *

Any ideas why it would be getting hung up? I am on 6.12.173, have it hooked up to my PC, USB debugging enabled, charge only mode. Razr XT912. Been sitting on this for a little less than 10 minutes now. Is this normal time?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] JB EaZee:
NvM Fixed...

NvM to my previous post. For some reason my computer didn't recognize my adb interface drivers anymore. Had to reinstall motohelper. Working now. Rooted.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] chuckyanutsup:
same issue as jgoose

I was having the same issue as jgoose and followed the instructions in mattlgroff's thread. Now my phone will not even boot :/ I've made a post over there. Here are the steps I did.

1. used DoomLords root method

2. factory reset (this is where things went wrong, from here on I had permission issues)

3. tried to redo DoomLords root method

4. tried motofail (didn't work, but my phone was still functional)

5. tried mattlgroff's method (at this point I can not boot)

now my phone shows

AP fastboot Flash mode (boot failure)

0A.67

Device is LOCKED Status Code:0

Battery OK

OK to Program

Transfer Mode:

USB connected

Invalid CG OTV (CC: System): Invalid SP Data

Invalid CG HAB (CC: System, status: 0X004E)

Invalid CG OTV (CC: System)

I was careful to follow the instructions to the letter.

I am using the Australian razr.

Edit: ok *sigh of relief* my phone boots again, but I was not able to restore the original rom.

I used

SPDREM_U_01.6.5.1-73_SPU-11-M1-2_SIGNEuropeAustraliaEMEA_USASPDRRTGB_HWp2b_Servic e1FF_fastboot.xml.zip

from daywalker04's thread

[Fastboot Files] Gingerbread 2.3.5 for UMTS XT910 Spyder

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1373868

and used RSD Lite 5.6 from peterosesbookie's thread to install it

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1348587

This has me back to square one, superuser installed without root privilages.

Edit 2: Edit: ok issue completely resolved ^_^ big thanks to surdu_petru, his post at http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=23326045#post23326045 got me root access again!!!
[HTC Sensation] sameermishra726337:
Hello everybody. I am interested in flashing a custom ICS rom and I was interested to know something people have really liked in ICS as compared to Gingerbread or other OSes, such as general performance or battery life or whatever.
[HTC Sensation] aNYthing24:
Battery life seems a lot better to me than GB ROMs. My personal favorite has to be the updated keyboard. Auto correct and suggestions are much better now. The overall look and feel is a big step up from Gingerbread (AOSP at least, anyway).
[Motorola Droid Bionic] MSUICEMAN:
Not a pro by any means but not a newb either. but after updating to 902 when I refroze stuff I think I froze something you're not supposed to and now it won't complete boot... how do I fix this? There must be some way to either unfreeze manually via PC or even flash over it. I just need to be functional again. Ugh. I was halfway well versed in original Droid flashing and using the PC but pretty new to the bionic.

Thanks guys!
[Motorola Droid Bionic] MSUICEMAN:
well, tried to use releasedroot to restore my system back to .588, it failed and now all I get is AP Fastboot Flash Mode (s) (Flash Failure)

0A.61

in the releasedroot thing it said something about Infopfresh failure when it tried to restore....

any help?? please? i'm hoping to god its not totally bricked beyond all possibility of fix....

anyone in SE Michigan willing to help a guy out? willing to cover expenses for time.

Thanks again,

Steve
[Motorola Droid Bionic] MSUICEMAN:
hmmmm, think i might have fixed this.... thank god there are some folks smarter than myself in this world.

read through a lot of posts, got the regular recovery to work, then had to fix the flashfailure.... looks like i even still have root. now, to get back to all the same settings i had before.... (and be a little more diligent and pay attention as to what things I'm freezing).

thanks guys!!
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Oozura:
I think using releasedroot on 902 screws things up. I got stuck in fastboot after using it. Had to manually flash the images to get her

to boot.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] PG101:
Reading, generally, gets you thru ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Gja88:
Anyone purchase this case in any color? Reviews seem real good and it has cut outs for all ports. I just ordered the white on eBay for 7 bucks. I'll update if anyone is interested to know more about it. If anyone owns this case a quick review would be great. Here's the link to the amazon one so everyone can look at the case.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006YYX9B8?ie=UTF8&force-full-site=1
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] r0ckstar323:
I've got that exact one for my LTE Nexus w/ extended battery. Fits great, adds hardly any bulk plus it provides better grip than stock.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Gja88:
Awesome. You got the white or black? If white, for how long? Hoping the white doesn't go a yellowish tint like I've heard other white tpus get.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] r0ckstar323:
White. Only had it for a week but it hasn't turned yellow yet lol.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] czonin:
Is the fit really that good for the LTE? Can you take some up close pics of the screen edges please?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Gja88:
I will once I get mine. But all the reviews on the black on amazon give it real good ratings becuz of fit and cuts. I state black but they are both identical
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] r0ckstar323:
It fits perfect. I have a LTE with extended battery. There is a slight lip so the screen won't touch anything when you lay it face down. No idea where my camera is so I can't take any pics.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] TheKaz:
is it just me, or do these seem exactly like the Diztronic but without the branding?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Gja88:
This is what it seems like to be honest. The diztronic without branding. I own a matte diztronic and I like it but I've been wanting a white case. Plus the case without the branding is a plus for me.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] asianrage:
Care to find out for the rest of us? :p
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] TheKaz:
sure. send me one! :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Gja88:
I'll post once I get mine on how well its build. I'll also compare it to the diztronic one and let you all know.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bowsersoulstar:
Thanks. Would appreciate if you can also mention the "bulk" it adds compared to the diztronics. Might be exactly same bulk, less, more... whichever it is, I'm curious to know.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] xjhkang:
I have both the Diztronic rev 3 case and the white cimo case. If you set the two cases side by side, you can not tell the difference, the Cimo case just does not have the emblem that is on the back. Minus that they are virtually identical. I have the matte black case for the diztronic and i would say that both these cases are the same, jus not branding on the cimo case.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Gja88:
Alright so I got my case today and to me its a diztronic without the icon on the back as mentioned. The case causes a lip so if placed face down on the screen, it will be lying on the case. Side by side they seemed identical as well, diztronic and this case that is.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Droidguy987:
It looks like cimo got banned for spamming
[Motorola Droid RAZR] mmrox117:
Hello, I have been on sprint with an Evo 4g for a while now, but due to sprints recent coverage change for my area, I might be switching to verizon. so my question is, which would you all suggest i get? galaxy nexus? or Droid razr Maxx? any big devs going for the razr? easy root process? moto going to unlock the bootloader on it? any and all help is greatly appreciated, thanks - Matt
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Icey34:
When I was on the same boat as you 2 days ago, I have to admit it was the toughest choice I have done in a LONG time.

As it stands your looking at this:

Galaxy Nexus Verizon

-Unlocked Bootloader bust that **** open and destroy it with mods :)

-Nexus phone, quicker to get updates

-Good battery life. Nothing compared to the Maxx though. But check out the battery life on the 4.0.4 leaked update, it's AWESOME.

Droid Razr Maxx

-Great battery life

-No ICS

-Locked bootloader

-To me it's a Nexus with a crazy battery & motoblur skin.

Now, IF the Razr Maxx gets ICS and an unlocked bootloader it will be: Everything pretty much equal except for these:

Great dev modding community, Nexus updates, good battery life vs. Maxx battery (best battery), great dev modding community

There, I put it in a nutshell for you.

I had the Maxx and returned and decided to return it because I didn't need all the battery it supplied and I can adjust the battery on my Nexus to fit my needs perfectly and spare. Lastly, I don't risk Moto not unlocking the bootloader, but ICS it will definitetly get. It would hurt Moto way too much to not give ICS to the Razr Maxx it's tied for the best phones on the market now the other being the GNex. My personal opinion though ICS won't matter since it's not gonna really look AOSP, Motoblur isn't ugly but it's not the nicest when AOSP ICS is on the GNex.

So it's up to you, can you have some patience with the Nexus and adjust it's battery till you get it right to your usage and make it last 18-20 hours? (More with ext. battery)? I'm in that process now. And not risk Moto not making a fully moddable phone? Take your pick, both are excellent choices. WHATEVER you do if you go GNex don't give up on the battery it's really easy to make it last without limiting yourself to 5% brightness and 2G signal. Just have to pinpoint everything and what's the problem.

Lastly, most and all radio/battery problems are easily fixed (if you have them on stock) by not even rooting. Just unlock bootloader and flash 4.0.4. Best update ever.

**I did not consider Camera and other features because both are just fine for a PHONE camera.***

Good Luck.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] JPtheSmith:
It all depends on what your requirements are. Personally, I'm on my phone nonstop all, so anything less than enormous battery won't work for me. Plus I have a prejudice against Samsung phones in general.

Worth noting that the Nexus doesn't have a micro SD slot (although it's NAND flash memory is very fast), and the Razr Maxx's battery is not replaceable (according to Motorola -- I've heard from some VZW reps that it can be done).

Either way, it's a gamble.

Sent from my Droid Razr Maxx
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Adauth:
Had the Nexus for 3 days then returned it for a razr. That should tell you my opinion. :)