yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
I'm not going to lie...I had issues getting it to work and I already had my environment set up before we started. To get a feel for what you're in for, read through this....it's not exactly what needs to be done as Dan has changed it somewhat, but, the part about setting up the environment and downloading the exploit is the same.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2143437

I only post that to give you an idea of what you're in for...it's not the exploit that works...he hasn't released that yet and won't until he can fix a couple things that we ran into.

As for a one click, um, LMAO. Not so much, no. LOL.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] danielrm2457:
Can it only be used in a Linux environment?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
Yes.

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http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php?/topic/16518-[ROOT]-Motoshare-2:-Old-Bug,-New-Exploit

And it's released.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] danielrm2457:
Live CD here we come!
[Motorola Droid Bionic] himan1240:
Sooooo... I have only windows... I assume this is impossible for me to do?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
Soooooooo.....you didn't go read the link I posted, huh?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] himan1240:
I actually just finished reading it. I was referring to the link to the exploit itself where Dan said something along the lines of THIS WILL NOT WORK FOR WINDOWS. I was just wanting to get a strong confirm or deny on whether I am SOL or not.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
Well, it will NOT work on Windows. Which is why, if you read the instructions, he recommends downloading an Ubuntu LiveCD image and booting from it.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] newbie40:
Thank you guys. I am somewhat new to Linux, will OpenSuse work? I have that. Or should I get Ubuntu?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] himan1240:
Oh... Sorry, I am extremely new to all of this and am still trying to figure everything out. Thank you for your help so far along the way.

Just another quick question if you do not mind answering, in the instructions, towards the end, it says "make sure you are connected to WiFi", does this mean any WiFi network, or a network that connects the phone and comp? Thank you for your patience.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
No idea. It should. As long as you can make the samba share, throw those files in it, connect to it from the remote file storage option in Files on your Bionic, you should be good to go.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] newbie40:
I will give it a whirl and let everyone know.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
The linux install and phone must be on the same local network for this to work. That's because the phone has to connect to the linux install's samba file share. The phone ALSO has to be connected to the linux install's usb, as well.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] danielrm2457:
Wow! That was very easy. Now I can get my grocery list back from Titanium. ( you know, before the wife finds out and thinks I'm stupid)
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
LMAO! :D
[Motorola Droid Bionic] johspa:
Do not have "Files" app...

I am not sure what happened but I do not have the "Files" app... All I have is the ES File Explorer which does NOT mount the share "/storage/rfs0" in order to access the "pwn" file. Am I missing it? How do I get it back to mount the share? Is there another app I could use to mount the share without root. (A number of apps will mount but not with root access). I am dead in the water until I get this figured out... :crying:

Thanks...

johspa
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
It's built in to the OS, so, if it's missing, you're install is fubar. Might be time for an FXZ.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] johspa:
Sounds like it...

Yup, that is what I thought. I will get the FXZ from the Firmware Team and flash it tomorrow.

Thanks a lot,

johspa
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
No problem. Good luck.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] renonakal:
[+] Waiting for device...

* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *

* daemon started successfully *

[+] Device found.

[+] Pushing exploit...

3860 KB/s (366952 bytes in 0.092s)

4166 KB/s (1867568 bytes in 0.437s)

1595 KB/s (64391 bytes in 0.039s)

4203 KB/s (1578585 bytes in 0.366s)

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

Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_ALREADY_EXISTS]

[+] Rooting phone...

[+] Your phone may appear to reboot. Please ignore this and continue with the exploit.

/system/bin/sh: /storage/rfs0/pwn: not found

[+] Please press any hardware button on your phone.

[+] Don't worry if the phone is unresponsive at this time.

[+] Press enter to continue once you have pressed a hardware button.

help me...
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
Your samba share isn't connected.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] renonakal:
already connected from remote storage

bionic I already SUPERUSER n no running
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
No idea at all what you just said.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] ModestMouse1312:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqsjNJntc4E anyone tried this?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
Um yes. That is the root method for jb. Someone was nice enough to make a video of how to do it.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] ModestMouse1312:
i seen where you posted after. but yeah. any ideas on why mine worked with link i posted that didnt work for anyone else?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
No it can't have worked so something else was going on there. It only works on snapdragon moto phones. I don't know how you managed to get root but I'm sure there is an explanation somewhere for it.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] ModestMouse1312:
alright cause i was confused on why everyone was saying i trolled. because i didnt. i just posted because it worked for me. glad people can root now :D
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
Yea me too. I lost root being stupid. Getting it back by working with Dan directly was pretty freaking awesome. Tomorrow I get to use his best exploit ever.. Motoapocalypse. :)
[Motorola Droid Bionic] ModestMouse1312:
let me know how it goes man. i bet it will be awesome
[Motorola Droid Bionic] himan1240:
Now that there is a video explaining the play by play, I think it will be a bit easier to root now :) I'm only 17 and in High School still... Videos are just easier for me to understand haha. Again Samuri, thank you for all of the help.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Rawk3rSix:
Guys, I just rooted my 4.1.2

Go to YouTube right now, and paste this: How to Root the Droid Bionic on Jelly Bean 4.1.2

It freaking works. It takes a while. A LONG time especially if you read everything you need to know from start to finish. I'm telling you, do your research all around this (how to properly install, how to boot from CD, etc.), and you will successfully root your phone.

This guy is Tomsgt123 on YouTube, host of Root Junky

I've seen a few of his videos before, but this one was posted less than 24 hours ago. Please drop a like and a favorite if you try it and it works (or even if it doesn't work)
[Motorola Droid Bionic] shduong:
have root but SQLITE won't work!??

Alright guys, I DO have root but now my SQLITE won't work, everytime I click on "setting Storage" it says "No Databases found". I also noticed when I first installed it after updated to Jellybean my SU did not asked if I will allow SQLITE for permission. any ideas??
[Motorola Droid Bionic] gchahinian:
This is the method that Samurai posted a few pages back, Tomsgt just made a video of himself doing it is all.

Thanks Samurai, if i saw this thread earlier I would have brought my Ubuntu laptop to work with me but I guess I'll just have to wait until I get home to throw on some rooted goodness
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
No problem. Good luck!
[Motorola Droid Bionic] thfreedumb:
Yes, I just want to make sure credit is given where it is due. Dan Rosenberg (DJRbliss) is the one to donate to/thank.

Was anyone else annoyed by that YouTube video in that it didn't give props to Dan and kind of played it off as their own exploit?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] jcw122:
Why are people donating? The Motochopper exploit doesn't work on the Bionic. It might seem like it works from the .bat file but it does not (as confirmed by Root Checker).
[Motorola Droid Bionic] zetachi:
Really? Have you read anything here before posting that?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
Clearly not. SMDH.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] jcw122:
I was replying to the original poster....in a thread that is about Motochopper.

And the keyword was "Why?" which also happens to be a question. And that reply was not an answer. Thanks anyway.

I don't care if you guys are devs or not, the rudeness that is shown towards newbies is inappropriate and not appreciated. Condescending attitudes aren't productive in any community.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] zetachi:
Well then I apologize even though you are 80 posts and 4 days late :)
[Motorola Droid Bionic] danielrm2457:
What would be the best way to completely remove root from the JB OTA?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
Perhaps the quote button might have helped clear any confusion on that point...

---------- Post added at 04:07 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:05 PM ----------

There's a bunch of ways to do it.

SuperSU can remove root and clean it up

I think Matt Groff created an unroot utility in the play store

Or you can flash the system partition from the 98.72.22 FXZ.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] danielrm2457:
i'm a loser

I tried Universal Unroot from Matt and I tried ADB. I still have ChainsDD SU. That is what I am trying to get rid of. I did manage to make the su binaries disappear.

---------- Post added at 03:19 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:14 PM ----------

There's a bunch of ways to do it.

SuperSU can remove root and clean it up

I think Matt Groff created an unroot utility in the play store

Or you can flash the system partition from the 98.72.22 FXZ.[/QUOTE]

I tried Universal Unroot from Matt and I tried ADB. I still have ChainsDD SU. That is what I am trying to get rid of. I did manage to make the su binaries disappear.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
You're not a loser. :) You just need a little help. That's no big deal. Ok, so, get the 98.72.22 FXZ from here:

http://sbf.droid-developers.org/cdma_targa/cdma_targa_9.8.2O-72_VZW-22_cfc.xml.zip

Extract it to a folder somewhere. Next extract this file in the folder with the system.img file:

http://android-roms.googlecode.com/files/fastboot-win32.zip

Open a cmd prompt to the folder with fastboot.exe and system.img (pro tip: hold shift, right click the folder and select open command here).

With your phone connected to USB, USB debugging enabled, and MTP mode set, type the following in the command prompt:

fastboot reboot-bootloader

When the phone finishes rebooting into the AP Fastboot mode, type this:

fastboot flash system system.img

When that's done, type this:

fastboot reboot

Once your phone is done rebooting, you should be good to go.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] danielrm2457:
That certainly wasn't how it was supposed to turn out. Sorry.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
HAHAH. Don't sweat it.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] danielrm2457:
Thanks once again. I can't tell you how much I appreciate all the help.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] theistus:
Gotta expect some snark on the interwebs. The issue is that you wouldn't have posted that question if you had read beyond the first page/first post, and people get tired of having to summarize information that is already on the forums, let along just a few pages back in the same thread for people who can't be bothered to read, which in and of itself is considered rude/obtuse/annoying very often.

There is a different root method out now (in conformity with original thread title) that was kindly developed by a guy genius (Dan Rosenberg aka djrbliss) that doesn't even use this hardware anymore because legend has it his heart is made of gold, he has two halo's, is 10 feet tall, and shoots lightning from his ass.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] speedtek:
I got root using the posted method. I was able to make it work using a VirtualBox install of Ubuntu, which is nice.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] danielrm2457:
I can't seem to go past fastboot reboot-bootoader. just sits at waiting for device. Debugging is enabled and MTP. Any clues?

I have unrooted with mattlgroff's Universal Unroot (didn't work at first and he sent me an updated version that worked great, Thanks Matt). Rerooted with Voodoo and Koush's Superuser. Did it all a couple times for fun. Everything is good.

I would still like to know why I can't get past fastboot reboot-bootloader if anyone has an idea.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
Skip the fastboot reboot-bootlader and instead do this:

Power OFF the phone

Hold Volume Down and press Power

Then you'll be in AP Fastboot mode. From there skip to the next command.

EDIT: I see you just wanted an explanation. Yea, I don't know. Some people's phones it works, others it doesn't. Usually I just manually go into AP Fastboot with mine.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] danielrm2457:
I tried that also. I was doing all this in Windows 8. So I decided to that maybe I should be using Linux? I was using a Live usb stick for the original rooting from DJRBLISS. It wouldn't except my password so I am setting it up again and I will see if, well you know.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
Not sure. It's the same stuff I use in the House of Bionic so I know it works. Could be something on your machine that's different somehow.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] projektorboy:
Used an Ubuntu 12.04 LiveCD to perform the root. Worked like a charm. I messed up the first time because I didn't wait for the vibrations to finish but the 2nd time made it happen.

In case you were curious, Safestrap 3.11 works perfectly on it too.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] cchderrick:
Ubuntu 10.04

Worked perfectly! :good:

$10 Donation went to Dan.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] mjollnir2012:
I can't seem to get my phone to connect with the remote storage. I'm using ubuntu 12.10 in a VirtualBox. Is there a setting or something i need to configure with the network so i can connect?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
Make sure the smbd is started, use ifconfig to get the ip of the Linux machine, and see if you can connect to the share from a windows machine if possible.

\\ip\share

If that connects try the phone again. Also make sure the phone and Linux machine are on the same local network.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] mjollnir2012:
I've never been good at anything involving networking. I assume the "\\ip\share" is for the cmd prompt. It told me that ther network name cannot be found.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
Um you don't literally use "ip". It is the ip address you get from doing an ifconfig on the Linux machine. And no not from command line. Do it from the run Window... Windows key + r.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] speedtek:
You also need to make sure that in the settings in VirtualBox for your Ubuntu build, under "Network", it's set to "Bridged Adaper". That will make your Ubuntu box visible on your actual network.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
Very good point. I'm not familiar with VirtualBox as I use VMWare WS 9 but yes, that must be done.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] mjollnir2012:
Thanx for all the quick responses. Thats the reason i only come to XDA for anything android. The teamwork :highfive: here is amazing. I did figure it out though. I just abandoned the virtual box all together and used a live cd and it worked flawlessly. :laugh:
[Motorola Droid Bionic] himan1240:
Still a newbie

Just a question again about the wifi connection. I do not have a home wifi system and use a verizon aircard that I am almost positive I can't get to share the network. If I use an app like FoxFi or PDANet+ (which I have the full versions of) and use WiFi tether with them, will that use of the phone's mobile hotspot connect both the phone and computer as a local network or should I go about this in a different means? Thank you for the help in advanced. I am starting to love this forum, as I am very new to the scene.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] smokedkill:
Don't just come here for the Droid Bionic. Not all of our roms are available here. Check out droidhive also. In the past, XDA has been one of the last places to check for the Bionic.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
DroidRZR has a very active bionic community, as well.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SCFirefighter:
Ditch the air card. You're right, it is of no use to what you're trying to do. What you could try is booting Linux and setting up a peer to peer Wifi connection. Once it's up you can connect to it using your phone. I am not an Ubuntu person so I can't help you with setting that up.

Once you have an active Wifi connection from your laptop to your phone you can proceed with the rooting steps.

When you get to the point where you can ping your phone from your laptop you're good to go.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] himan1240:
Thank you, I will try it when I get home after doing some research on setting up a peer to peer wifi network. I finally got the ISO burned into a disk for Ubuntu. So that is the only obstacle left.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Wetzel402:
Just out of curiosity, has anyone tried mounting the system.img in the RSD lite file and just edit it for RW mount? Would it flash or does Motorola have security in place? I tried something similar with my tablet kernel changing it from read to read write so it would mount as such on boot.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SCFirefighter:
You might be able to mount them if they are in fact filesystem images. However, any change to it (on bit level) will invalidate the md5 and potentially any other digital signature not as easily recreated as the md5.

If it would be that easy I would mount the system image on my machine, copy a properly permissioned 'su' binary, and every phone would be rooted in minutes. Too easy.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
Works great...... On unlocked bootloaders. ;)
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SCFirefighter:
Right, my thoughts exactly. Bastard :)
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SamuriHL:
Hahahaha :d
[Motorola Droid Bionic] KaneOfMars:
Awesome...

Had some issues getting Ubuntu to connect to my wifi. Once I got that smoothed out, flawless victory! :D
[Motorola Droid Bionic] himan1240:
This wifi thing is killing me. Nothing is working.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SCFirefighter:
I wish I could help ya man. Maybe take your phone and laptop to a friend's house that has wifi. Note that a public wifi spot probably won't work because the way they're typically configured.

-- Android: It's a UNIX thing. You wouldn't understand.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] KaneOfMars:
Which WiFi thing? Are you having trouble getting Ubuntu to connect? Or the phone?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SCFirefighter:
he has no wifi at home and he's been trying to setup a peer wifi connection from Ubuntu so he can run the root exploit

-- Android: It's a UNIX thing. You wouldn't understand.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] vkolas:
Worked like a charm - (ran Ubuntu in VMware)

Directions by DRJbliss were spot on. You do not need to be a linux guru but you should definitely be comfortable with at least the Ubuntu desktop environment.

If anyone has any questions or needs help, let me know.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] himan1240:
Thanks again for the idea. I've been trying to set it up, and it says it is successful, but the problem has been that the phone cannot find the access point :/ are there any settings that need to be set in Ubuntu to allow it to be shared? Or is my comp just being extremely stupid? I think I may just go to a friend's house and use his wifi. Better yet, I could use his laptop also as it is newer and faster than mine. I would have to install the moto drivers to his comp correct?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SCFirefighter:
No need. All you need is wifi, Ubuntu CD or usb stick, and your phone.

-- Android: It's a UNIX thing. You wouldn't understand.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] vkolas:
you just need to make sure the phone and the linux virtual machine are on the same wifi network (subnet is the technical term). so if your phone is on 192.168.1.124, the linux machine (or virtual machine) has to be on 192.168.1.xxx (where xxx is any number between 2 and 254). wifi speed in this case is not important. You don't need to worry about the moto drivers on the linux side because they get installed as part of the rooting instructions from drjbliss. however, if you are running linux in a virtual machine in Windows then you do I am pretty sure you need to install the moto drivers in windows (i'm not 100 percent sure but better safe than sorry).

good luck!:D
[Motorola Droid Bionic] himan1240:
Thank you very much! I have prearranged a date with my friend's wifi and computer for today. So I will report back if I have any problems :) any idea how long this should take?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SCFirefighter:
10 minutes. 15 minutes if you have to try it a few times like me.

-- Android: It's a UNIX thing. You wouldn't understand.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] vkolas:
altogether it took me about an hour but probably would have taken less time if i did the live boot way. i went the VM route because i was working on a work related project in windows and could not reboot at the time

.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SCFirefighter:
Congratulations on getting root back :)

-- Android: It's a UNIX thing. You wouldn't understand.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] himan1240:
Okay so I have a problem now... I can't get it to boot from the disc...
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SCFirefighter:
That depends on what computer you have. Google it.

-- Android: It's a UNIX thing. You wouldn't understand.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] DanRyan85:
Anyone use the new exploit get through all the steps fine got your superuser apk and go root checker and you have no root? Also phone keeps prompting that my superuser binary is out of date and wont allow install of update? Any ideas?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SCFirefighter:
Yep. Several times. Just try again. You have to hit the hardware button just right, and wait for the vibration. Just try again.

-- Android: It's a UNIX thing. You wouldn't understand.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] himan1240:
Yeah I found it was due to using a 32 bit version on Windows 8. I'm going to try again Monday on a different friend's computer.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] projektorboy:
Yeah some Windows8 machines come with the windows equivalent of a locked bootloader so it prevents any other OS from booting. Apparenlty it's so restrictive that even LiveCD's get blocked. That's pretty wild.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SCFirefighter:
Yep. Another thing I'll never buy. Corporate greed galore

-- Android: It's a UNIX thing. You wouldn't understand.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] DanRyan85:
I ended up setting up Ubuntu as a alternate OS boot option. In the future if I need it, its there. This was after wasting loads of time with the CD and flash drive...finally I just set 200 gigs aside for Ubuntu and I can use it whenever. Of course you could use less. Just saying its not a bad option
[Motorola Droid Bionic] skister77:
Can I ask for someone to summarize this root thing for the Bionic Jellybean 4.1? I have Win 7 box and after reading 14 pages, I am still lost. lol (nothing new there).

Thanks in advance,

Mark
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SCFirefighter:
Follow the link to droidrzr.com.

1) download Ubuntu live cd

2) burn it and boot from it

3) create file share on Ubuntu

4) Run exploit

-- Android: It's a UNIX thing. You wouldn't understand.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] himan1240:
I give up on rooting. The wifi is such an issue that I can't get it to work no matter what I do!
[Motorola Droid Bionic] smokedkill:
Its been a while since I've worked in ADB. Any link for directions would be appreciated. I'm sure if I had the instructions, that I could do it within minutes. Due to so many posts from people who don't read, its hard to find anything on here (I do use tapatalk and rarely access XDA from a computer so that makes finding things more difficult).
[Motorola Droid Bionic] moto32:
are you on a private home network or public/ office?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] skister77:
Where and what is exploit?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SCFirefighter:
*cough*followthelink*cough*

-- Android: It's a UNIX thing. You wouldn't understand.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] himan1240:
I don't have a home network, and Ubuntu cannot find the network at my school, which I doubt would work anyway.