yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] TheWhiteChallenger:
Thats what I'm trying to do rite now, a nexus theme that I'm hoping can evolve into a ROM if my skills advance enough. But I need stock recovery for factory reset and I'm hoping safe strap comes along for backup.
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] bigv5150:
I have posted this before I will post it again anyone having issues going back to stock firmware and having stock recovery use this tool http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php/topic/28162-house-of-moto/

It was created so you can do one of two things a full fxz or a save data fxz I have used the save data fxz and it works great. Basically it resets your stock system but leaves all the user data alone ie apps passwords etc. Any changes to the system you made like fonts additional sounds in the system ui basically anything that required R/W root will be erased along with root and will re-install stock recovery. It is a tool and comes with rsd and adb so all you should need is the tool and nothing else. Since I already have sdk installed I am not 100% sure but I believe it is all you need. Worst case scenario you have to install sdk or it won't work. I used this after I rooted with the first root method them did a fxz save data and re-rooted with no problems. This will also work if you say deleted system apps and such and need to take an update but don't want to lose all your user data and apps. It is a great tool to have even if you don't need it now get it up and running just in case.
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] ahjee:
Jcase - the almighty

Since the day's of the HTC Droid Eris and Motorola DROID Jcase has been top dog, he's done so much for the Android Community and has yet to stop.

Thanks a lot for giving us this apk Jcase, we really appreciate you taking the time to find an exploit a.nd then making an app that allows us to take advantage of the exploit...and very easily.

You're the man J, stay that way

I know there was a bounty, I missed it...when my finances are sorted I will send a donation....I encourage any others using this root method to do the same, it's only right.
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] 66chevelless:
Thanks darkenvar!!!

Thanks so much Darkenvar! This put everything in one spot, good instructions, and thanks for providing links to everything I needed. It worked flawlessly! Seriously, I really appreciate it. Got me back into using some old practices through RSD that I had forgotten. I am now up and running and working great!
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] NWKENT:
Please post the Fast Boot key combination..

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[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] jakereeves31:
Hold power and volume down
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] gotsaved289:
Can we make this its own thread so it's easy to find and so we have a clear walk through for the masses that will want this info? I just don't have the know how to clearly explain it, I'll gladly help in any way.
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] willyboy6:
I was able to determine this was actually being cause by Ad-Blocker Pro, and had nothing to do with the actual root. Using EasyList subscription. Not trying to go off-topic, but has anyone else experienced this before?

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Disregard - after some simple googling my issue is in APN settings. ABP currently filters port 80 traffic out. Thx.
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] Darkenvar:
Glad I could give back to the community that has helped me out of several tight spots in the past. Cheers and pay it forward!
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] luisdev:
I followed shortly development. I want to know how you can make the recovery after installing the eploit? and if you can always uninstall the eploit to go back in case you want to restore everything as it was before?

any other information useful and well accepted, this solution still does not convince me to get the root. I would like to delete the message of not-verizon sim (unknown) that annoys me every time, then there is also a message of disabled data line that disturbs. obviously these were my priorities to get root access. There are other improvements for a new release dell'eploit?
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] twinkyz1979:
Use the root method here and install the SafeStrap for the Moto X which works on all the new Moto phones. To go back to stock uninstall SafeStrap not the app but what the app does and use house of moto to return to stock.

SafeStrap replaces stock recovery with one built from TWRP.

SafeStrap - http://rootzwiki.com/topic/104161-recovery-locked-safestrap-recovery-v36x/#entry1470353

House of Moto - http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php/topic/28162-house-of-moto/
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] WaltA:
I read thru this thread (35 pages :silly: ) , and I am still not sure of the answer. Possibly, if I am not following Q&A's correctly.

JCase is pretty clear to download the .apk to your PC, and then use adb to install.

However, I have viewed a few HOWTO's over on youtube, that demonstrate that you can simply use your phone's browser, browse to this tread, click on the .apk download link in the first post, and just install. No PC, drivers, and adb required. Does that really work? And work

without odd problems

?

Sorry for being "thick", but I figure if it was really easily, JCase would include that method in post #1.

So, what's the real scoop?
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] One2thTEXAN:
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Wow! Not sure why that double posted, was trying to edit.
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] NWKENT:
Use version ( PwnMyMoto-1.2-Droid.apk ) if you are planning to SafeStrape..version 1.1. SS will not load properly..

Sent by my SafeStrap'd XT1080M Droid Maxx

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[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] redpipe:
Safestrap for the Maxx? When/where did this happen?
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] One2thTEXAN:
It's for Moto X, but works for all and it's in alpha>>> http://rootzwiki.com/topic/104161-recovery-locked-safestrap-recovery-v36x/
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] NWKENT:
Sorry HashCode for the miss-spelling of SafeStrap, please forgive me, tried to edit, but something is not right tonight with the edit function :(

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[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] One2thTEXAN:
That's what mine did. Edit is crazy tonight.
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] ad fu:
I'm getting a parsing error when I try to install SS for 1060....
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] Einsteindks:
Anybody know if after installing safestrap do you lose Bluetooth radio on the Maxx?

Edit... Yep, I just took off safestrap 3.61, & I got Bluetooth back
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] bigv5150:
Why version 1.2 are you saying that the latest version 1.4.3 is what is causing the problems with SS and the BT and Wifi issues?
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] NWKENT:
Nope..I was unaware that there is a later version than ever. 1.2..I could not get very.1.1 to work, so disregard my post..sorry if I confused anyone :(

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Please Administrator.. Fix the edit post function :( We cannot edit post, only duplicate, it seems, or am I not running the correct version of Tapatalk..lol

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[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] inkdaddy66:
How stable has the device ran with safestrap?

53N7 from my DMaxx V1A 7APA7ALK
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] NWKENT:
I have two Droid Maxx's on SafeStrap, each a completely different setup, (example) the Launcher, the Apps loaded, they both function well, except no Blue Tooth, maybe other things, but only BT is obvious :) ..I'm sure HC will work it all out, as has many times before..

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[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] inkdaddy66:
Thank you for the info. I'll hold off for now because I use BT to stream audio in my truck

53N7 from my DMaxx V1A 7APA7ALK
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] bigv5150:
You can use SS now and make a backup for peace of mind as I did then with R/W permission granted open the app uninstall the recovery and boot up normal with R/W permission off. Your BT wifi etc. will all work it is just when the recovery is installed it doesn't work. Then if you need to you can reverse and restore the backup. Only pitfall at this time is if you don't have SS recovery installed and really mess up and can't boot up you can't install the SS recovery and restore the backup. You would have to do an FXZ however after the FXZ you could install the backup after you re-install SS. I would put a copy of the backup on your desktop for this reason if you FXZ you will lose the backup.
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] n1cK!:
uh-oh

so everything installed correctly, adb was fine, good to go. i use FontInstaller to change the font and restart the phone, and now it won't get past the droid eye boot-up screen. anyone have any experience with this, and if so, any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. thanks.
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] donrtownsend@gmail.com:
droid ultra took update after root

was using phone when update 12.7.7 appeared again. have been puting off daily. must have hit update now. just in an infinate reboot. can get to fastboot but just continuesa to reboot no matter what I choose. any help, hoping jcase would be able to help me get it fixed, reset whatever it takes.
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] TheWhiteChallenger:
You were already rooted?
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] bigv5150:
If you are in a boot loop just fxz.
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] donrtownsend@gmail.com:
have been trying to. Can't get it to stop.boots up for about 5 to 8 seconds, then powers off and repeats

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yes, a couple of weeks ago. was puting off the upgrade 24 hours at a time until i found a way to delete it.
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] Einsteindks:
Put your phone into fastboot mode, and FXZ From there. RSD lite can see your phone while in fastboot mode. Go ahead and take that first update, you'll still be able to root after it. However, don't take any more updates after that.
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] bigv5150:
Turn the phone off then hold down the power and (-) volume rocker at the same time for about 5 seconds. Release and you will be in fastboot mode and can FXZ. If you don't want to loose all your apps and data go here http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php/topic/28162-house-of-moto/ and download this tool it will allow you to fxz and save data. All it does is fxz the system not the user data.
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] donrtownsend@gmail.com:
I have been trying. geting to fastboot no problem, getting rsdlite or house of moto is the problem.
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] BladeRunner:
Not sure what you mean by that. You can also extract the files in the FXZ and flash with fastboot.
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] bigv5150:
If you want help then you have to give more info getting rsd and house of moto is the problem actually shouldnt be a problem. You just download them. Actually house of moto comes with rsd and adb doesnt get much easier.
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] donrtownsend@gmail.com:
Downloading them was no problem. When I plug the phone in it shows transfer mode: usb connected. Computer does not see the phone. computer shows fastboot obake S driver to have a problem. I downloaded latest motorolla drivers, still same results
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] bigv5150:
OK now where getting somewhere did you try another USB port. My Toshiba has three and only one works with rsd lite or adb. If i use another port it wwon't show the phone.

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Also do you have debugging checked in settings and usb connection set as MTP on the phone. When you plug it in to the usb it will pop up in notification bar that debugging is active and also usb connection.
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] donrtownsend@gmail.com:
I have tried multiple usb ports on 2 computers, one a windows XP, one a windows 7. both same results. USB debuggining is set to on. window does pop up but cant find driver? like I said, i downloaded latest motorolla driver I could find.
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] NWKENT:
after you plug your device into a USB slot..on your computer (Win7)..go to > Control Panel > System > Device Manager > in that list near the top (probably) will be a line of named > ADB Interface > double click on that, the you should see as follows > Not Composite ADB Interface..if you do not see this..then you do not have the proper drivers installed in Windows..

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I have "Motorola Device Manager 2.3.4 on my Dell laptops, I have reloaded OS's, (aka) Fast Boot files on, RAZR Maxx's, XYBoard 10.1's and now these XT1080M's..with absolutely no problems, also..I'm using RSD Lite v6.1.4 with absolutely no problems..

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Make sure the "Mot Composite ADB Interface line is there after you plug in your device..if not..your waisting you time..go find the drivers I mentioned above and RSD will recognize your device.!!

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[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] bigv5150:
True that everything being equal it seems to be a driver issue only thing it could be at this point.
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] mistermojorizin:
is there any way to do a nandroid or some other sort of backup of all the system partitions before doing all of this? (or even after?) Would carbon backup work for something like this (it uses the built in ADB backup)?
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] TheWhiteChallenger:
wow, holy sh*t. people wernt kidding when they said the new droids would be hard to crack. thats some complicated stuff, i cant imagine how you guys cooked this up. brilliant.
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] jcase:
All packed into a single little button on an app:D It is actually ridiculously simple
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] TheWhiteChallenger:
like i said you guy are unreal, and people said there wouldnt be another root god

i do have a question, is there any need of reason to un root or remove MotoRoot before doing this?
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] jcase:
It has the same package name as motoroot so it will overwite it, then undo all the motoroot stuff
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] TheWhiteChallenger:
Sweet
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] alee:
I'm looking to write a couple of APKs into /system/app and then have the system unroot itself... restoring AOSP email basically since the Droid line is stripped of it. I don't want to keep root because I want to retain ISIS functionality.

Any way to do that?
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] BMAF:
I was using version Motoroot 1.1, ran version 1.2 and everything seemed to go fine, but I can't boot into recovery. I tried running the adb command to fix it. Seemed to transfer and write everything ok, but still can't boot to recovery. Just goes to normal power up. Am I doing something wrong.
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] TheWhiteChallenger:
that was supposed to happen, the short hand of it is your booting to "recovery" is now booting to write protection free mode, your wont get to recovery

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on another note, dose anyone know why i cant enable soft keys, the changes stay in the build prop but nothing happens
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] 2THEXTRM:
Thanks for evolving your root exploit!

Sent from my XT1080 using Xparent Skyblue Tapatalk 2
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] CrazyRussianXDA:
Guys, I haven't seen clear instructions about running the new method with already rooted via MotoRoot phone. But what I've gathered through the posts is that:

1. This new method is OK to run with the MotoRoot rooted phone.

2. This new method, obviously, is also ok to run on a not rooted phone

3. After rooting with this new method, once phone rebooted normally - system will be read-only with root

4. If a phone rebooted into "recovery" it will boot into Android but with system read-write, and obviously, root. So, make your changes to system here, then reboot normally for everyday use.

(someone please correct me if any of the above is not correct)

What I have not seen answered clearly is this: is there an un-root with this method?

Thank you
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] traccdma:
Today's new method seemed to work since booting to recovery, I was finally able to have AdAway write the hosts file changes and have them stick when I rebooted in normal mode.

However, I am unable to use ES file Explorer to write/rename any files in /system/media. I am booted in recovery mode but I keep getting a write protected error. Perhaps I misunderstood but I thought this latest change allows access to not only /system but also to subfolders? I wanted to rename droidpu.ogg or move it to a different folder (I don't want the boot logo/audio).

It may be worth noting that adb shell getprop ro.boot.write_protection returns 0 when in recovery mode and 1 when in normal mode, like the instructions say it should if it's working.
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] jcase:
if adb shell getprop ro.boot.write_protection returns 0, then you are good and likely a EF file explorer issue, especially if other apps (adaway) have no problem doing it.
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] jcase:
1) PwnMyMoto will clean up MotoRoot, just install and use it.

2) Yep

3) Yep, reboot to recovery to gain write

4) System will be ro, however you can just remount it and write all you want.
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] mistermojorizin:
in the moto x thread of the same name, someone posited that you would reflash the stock firmware...guess with an adb command since we don't have CWM recovery or anything.
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] Mr_Smiggers:
I still can't get it to boot in non-normal mode. And also I still can't update SuperSU .
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] Droid_ALM2ND:
Everything worked like a charm. Was able to get the AOSP browser installed with flash and Adaway now sticks after reboot. Only question I have is how to unroot if needed be? There's not a clear answer.......
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] traccdma:
Can anyone try this to see if you have better luck than me? I tried it 4 ways now:

1) in es file explorer, selecting the directory name /media or the actual file droidpu.ogg shows readable: y, writable: y

2) in file manager (just downloaded it), the /media folder and all files inside show permissions -r- selecting that file/folder does not give a delete option. of course, selecting a different file from a folder like downloads allows deletion.

3) using my pc and phone set to allow usb development

adb shell getprop ro.boot.write_protect returns '0'

adb shell mv /system/media/droidpu.ogg /system/media/droidpu.bak returns 'failed on 'system/mdia/droidpu.ogg' - Read-only file system

4) re-pushed PwnMyMoto, ran it again, which gave the option to reboot into writable system. repeating step 3 then gave the same results.

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[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] BigMicroIndy:
I am in the same boat when I install Super SU it says "There is no SU binary installed and Super SU canot install it".Also Root checker says I no longer have root. I had it after moto1.1

Not sure what I have done wrong as everyone seems to have had no problems. Any help would be much appreciated.:confused:
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] jcase:
Run PwnMyMoto again
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] Qwertyloops:
Hey guys, Same issue as donrtownsend, I unfortunately updated the phone while the phone was rooted, ended up getting Endless Reboot. I tried everything that he was recommended, nothing works.

Like him, I can get to fastboot mode, but if i choose anything from fastboot mode, It just reboots immediately as a regular reboot. I cant access recovery or factory.

I'd really appreciate some help.

Thanks guys.
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] bigv5150:
really does anybody read on this site why are you touching anything in fastboot. just get to Fastboot and install the fxz it's that simple.
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] donrtownsend@gmail.com:
Thank you so much. I was finally able to get it be seen on the win-7 machine with new drivers. Am having an awful time trying to find the SBF file. Everytime I try to go to droid developers to download the file it tiems out after several minutes. Any other idea where I might get the file?
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] JayoH65:
Probably not the answer you want to hear but I was able to go to Google and search for drivers, xt1080 files and maxx files (for red,sbf, whatever we call it) and had numerous links presented to me. Noticed that a lot of people had been asking the same questions over and over. Easy solution while waiting for a more experienced person to re-guide you through problems.
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] donrtownsend@gmail.com:
Yea, I havwe had the same luck. Plenty of links, most go to droid developers but it just sits trying to connect then times out. I will keep trying
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] NWKENT:
Go here Friend..everything you need on one page..>>> https://mega.co.nz/#F!R5NnjZbB!BFn8XFwOBzkAZfEjJb9auQ

Answer No to the Mega install..then the next page (be patient, let the gears run) then download the file with "maxx" in the name, over 700 mb..download also..the RSD version, and the Motorola drivers version..

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[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] donrtownsend@gmail.com:
Thank you. Awsome, quick download speed. will let you know the outcome. Do I have to edit the XML file to get rid of the "getvar" command line?
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] NWKENT:
Yes..delete the whole line, then save..if you do not..RSD will display an error..

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[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] donrtownsend@gmail.com:
Never mind, answered my own question when it failed on first try. Deleted "getvar" line of code and worked like a champ. Thank you so very much. was very frustrated, thank you to all for your help.
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] NWKENT:
Glad we can help..hope you enjoy your device :)

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[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] neils27:
Some difficulties

I have everything set up but when I try to execute from the command line with adb it says it is not a file? can any one tell me do I need to rename downloaded file or?
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] bigv5150:
If your having a problem with adb just download the apk to your phone and open it follow directions and you will be rooted you don't have to use adb to push it to your phone.