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[Droid Ultra General] Al936:
KK VZW Moto X system dump

One of Droid MAXX DE owners requested in Moto X tread to provide backup of system and boot for VZW KitKat rom. I have made full system dump and boot.img of VZW KitKAt. There is flashable zip made from that system dump also. If somebody interested please visit http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2535707
[Droid Ultra General] Skrilax_CZ:
KitKat FXZs for Moto X are avaliable too:

TMO_RETAIL_XT1053_4.4-13.11.1Q2.X-69-3_MR2_CFC.xml.zip

VZW_XT1060_4.4-13.11.1Q2.X-69-3_CFC_1FF.xml.zip

http://sbf.droid-developers.org/ghost/list.php
[Droid Ultra General] AjStone:
Guys! Did you see this?

http://androidcommunity.com/motorol...anties-on-developer-edition-devices-20131121/

* Sent via Motorola Droid MAXX *
[Droid Ultra General] Skrilax_CZ:
Excellent. I have back my warranty :D
[Droid Ultra General] arcanexvi:
Great news. I wonder if they'll cover my brick Lol. Somehow I managed to relock my bootloader and it is now status zero and it will not allow me to RSD because the bootloader I'm trying to flash is older. I'm using my moto x in the meantime so it's not the end of the world.
[Droid Ultra General] Skrilax_CZ:
That's strange, because it should be status 2 when you relock it. Status 0 is locked and never unlocked or pemamently locked by qFuse. This info comes from older bootloaders for OMAP4 and MSM8960 (Razr HD and similar) so there could be some change OR it could be backup bootloader stuff.
[Droid Ultra General] arcanexvi:
I know right? Lol. I'll take a pic and show you the madness when I get home.
[Droid Ultra General] Butterxbean:
Would flashing the new Dev Edition images do anything for someone with a normal Maxx?
[Droid Ultra General] arcanexvi:
Oh I did a good job on this one :D
[Droid Ultra General] Skrilax_CZ:
Flash bootloader (motoboot.img) from SU1-15 firmware, it fails to validate both gpt and gpt_main and fails to read CID. Bootloader will require valid CID partition to set itself to unlocked state if unlock, but fails to read it, because fails to validate gpt even on backup.

Bootloader and gpt are not crossflashable between Droid MAXX and Moto X!
[Droid Ultra General] arcanexvi:
Already tried that. The bootloader on my device is newer than that included with this build. I'll need to wait until 4.4 comes out.

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Have you gotten a chance to tinker with the framework again?
[Droid Ultra General] Skrilax_CZ:
Yes, in that case you'll have to wait for 4.4 for Droid MAXX, although the bootloader version you have is the same as mine :/

Wasn't tinkering with the framework again, as I'm now on CM-10.2
[Droid Ultra General] arcanexvi:
I had a minor epiphany so I got her back up and running a bit ago. :)

Ah Okie. The VZW 4.4 build runs flawlessly. I may stay that route for a while even if I have to use the soft keys for now til the minor tweaks can be made.
[Droid Ultra General] insajd:
Hey there!

I searched this thread about Europe and GSM carriers, and came to connclusion that being in Europe, Latvia, I can order Droid MAXX DE edition, and it will work here with GSM network.

My provider has WCDMA 900/2100 network.

I don't know much about mobile networks, but my current phone shows H, H+, 3G un E icons. They all are gonna work or just H, H+, 3G?
[Droid Ultra General] Skrilax_CZ:
Yes it will work. Only Motorola store doesn't ship outside US (now), they didn't even accept my non-US debit card.
[Droid Ultra General] c8503:
does this mean the new 4.4 build will rid me of this retarded unlocked bootloader warning? Sidenote, we should be able to take OTAs with unlocked bootloaders on the DE i assume? Should unroot tho, right?
[Droid Ultra General] commando122:
Yes.

You can get rid of the boot loader warning yourself. Flash a new logo.
[Droid Ultra General] arcanexvi:
But i want the one that changes colors on boot like stock :P

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Don't really need to unroot as that'll happen when you update but if you've modified your system you need to restore the apps you've deleted/frozen/modified or your update will fail.
[Droid Ultra General] Skrilax_CZ:
The logo has three logos: one for normal, one for charging, one for unlocked.
[Droid Ultra General] arcanexvi:
Yeah but that stock logo would change colors on every reboot. Plugged in or not. And there were more than 3 colors.
[Droid Ultra General] commando122:
Is it possible to remove the unlocked one? Miss the green logo.
[Droid Ultra General] 181charan:
Could you please make the changes that you did to the at&t boot.img for this as well?! This boot.img is from 4.4 Verizon DE Moto X! :good:

I just am not able to mount my system as R/W! so wanted to know if an unsecure boot would allow me to do that? I am not able to repack boot,img even after multiple attempts..

BOOT.IMG
[Droid Ultra General] Y_Yan_C:
dev ed or no contract

Hi, i want to get a maxx to replace my current Photon Q, I am in Canada so I am looking to buy a Maxx without carrier, So there are two options:

The one on Amazon, which is consumer edition

679.99 without contract

or

The one on Motorola.com, which is the Developer Edition

649.99 without contract

but the thing is that it is out of stock, and i dunno when it will be available again. I have to get it before christmas.

any suggestions? if i get the consumer edition, i can get ss on it and then i can install more than one rom in the device, but the developer edition is much more easy to root and rom. And is the sbf files for these two devices different? I know the sbf for the consumer edition will be easier to find for sure. me need suggestions :crying:
[Droid Ultra General] arcanexvi:
Dev editions have been coming and going from stock. Looks like they take about a week or 2 before they pop back up.
[Droid Ultra General] Skrilax_CZ:
Wow it's out of stock again. Was about 2 weeks the last time.
[Droid Ultra General] arcanexvi:
Also I forgot to mention earlier that sbf files are easier for Dev than consumer... They're right on the moto site. I haven't bothered to check to see if they're the same as retail yet.
[Droid Ultra General] Y_Yan_C:
thanks, and you guys know how long does it normally stay in stock for? and its true that with ss you can install more than one rom at the same time while the dev ed cont coz it doesnt need ss?
[Droid Ultra General] Skrilax_CZ:
More ROMs only if they share kernel atm. (no kexec for MAXX)
[Droid Ultra General] TheWhiteChallenger:
Hey guys. I think this was discussed already but I can't find it. Can I flash the Moto x system.IMG on the maxx de?
[Droid Ultra General] arcanexvi:
System radio and boot but yes. It's what I'm running now (4.4)
[Droid Ultra General] TheWhiteChallenger:
OK sweet. Would I need to flash all 3 to have every thing work right? Im Trying to figure out what is easier, mod the maxx ROM to enable the nav bar, that has been challenging, or mod the moto x ROM to enable wireless charging. Although Im stuck in a couple places on modding the maxx I have a feeling wireless charging would be harder.
[Droid Ultra General] arcanexvi:
I don't think the radio is mandatory but I flashed them all. Wireless charging should work regardless.
[Droid Ultra General] TheWhiteChallenger:
Really? You think it would? If you get a chance give out a try. I don't have me Dev ed. Yet so I can't. But I would be sorrows of it work ed because for all the missing code in the framework-res and system ui
[Droid Ultra General] arcanexvi:
I don't think it has software dependencies. It works with the phone off. I can test at work Friday as that's where my charger is.
[Droid Ultra General] TheWhiteChallenger:
OK cool I would appreciate that. If it works off that would make sense. It's probably just notification stuff in the coding then.
[Droid Ultra General] TheWhiteChallenger:
I have a question, if locked bootloaders are all about signature verification, would it be possible to flash the system/boot imgs from the moto x fxz files on a locked device since it is signed by Motorola or will it see it is for the wrong device?
[Droid Ultra General] arcanexvi:
I believe they do work. The problems arise when updates release and the wrong bootloader installs.
[Droid Ultra General] TheWhiteChallenger:
So theoretically I should be able to flash the fastboot moto x IMG files it my locked device w/o issues. Just don't take any otas, pretty standard for any mods. Now of course I won't hold anyone responsible this experiment but myself... So if I'm going to try this should I flash all IMG files (system, recovery, boot, motoboot)? What about the bin file files? Any advice would be helpful. I'm thinking I'll rsd lite back to to stock 12.7.7 then take the ota before trying this...
[Droid Ultra General] arcanexvi:
Absolutely do not flash motoboot. It will (soft) brick. System boot nonhlos (erase modemst1 and modemst2) fsg should be all you need. Those partitions are also not usually date stamped do you should be able to roll back. Only one that might stop you would be boot (kernel) but i doubt it.
[Droid Ultra General] TheWhiteChallenger:
So to clarify, NO - motoboot.img, YES - boot.img, system.img, fsg.mbn, NON-HLOS.bin Correct? What about recovery.img? And am I to understand that you are saying that the NON-HOLS.bin erases modemst1 and modemst2?
[Droid Ultra General] Gundabolu SC:
Recovery can be flashed but doesnt matter even if you dont... And he meant you have to manually wipe after updating modem.. ie. use the following fastboot commands and you are set!

fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash modem NON-HLOS.bin
fastboot erase modemst1
fastboot erase modemst2
fastboot flash fsg fsg.mbn
fastboot reboot

That should be it! All the best! :good:
[Droid Ultra General] TheWhiteChallenger:
Gotcha. I'm trying out here so I'll let you guys know if it works
[Droid Ultra General] arcanexvi:
Yep this.
[Droid Ultra General] TheWhiteChallenger:
oh just wondering why will motoboot.img soft brick?
[Droid Ultra General] arcanexvi:
Bootloader for the wrong device.
[Droid Ultra General] TheWhiteChallenger:
ah i c

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epic fail. failed to flash everything, fastbooting back to stock now. so new question. wish i thought of this be for trying this. can i restore my 12.7.7 backs now that im on 12.15.15 in safe strap?
[Droid Ultra General] Skrilax_CZ:
About the Moto X compatibility on KitKat, there are further differences between MAXX and Moto X (the audio, (in-call speaker volume), giving me hard time on when nailing CM-10.2 now). Mostly configuration files, just 2 libraries (libaudcal.so and libacdbdata.so, use libacdbdata_obake-maxx.so and rename it - for some reason, audio files are different between Droid Mini (obakem) / Ultra (no suffix) / MAXX (obake-maxx); the version is in stock firmware determined by "ro.audio.init".

I would get why Droid Mini has different files, but not really getting where the difference for Ultra / MAXX comes from.
[Droid Ultra General] arcanexvi:
Perhaps due to the larger battery there are some minor differences in hardware between the two to make everything fit properly.
[Droid Ultra General] TheWhiteChallenger:
Hey you guys what are you using for a recovery? Is there a TWRP avalible?
[Droid Ultra General] BladeRunner:
I am using the TWRP from this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2458449 dhacker29's link is down but further in the thread someone posted another link
[Droid Ultra General] arcanexvi:
Dhacker has one up that works on the 2013 motos and 4.4
[Droid Ultra General] BladeRunner:
page 7, post # 63 has the good link
[Droid Ultra General] TheWhiteChallenger:
OK so to clarify dhacker also has a real twrp for unlocked devices? Not safe strap, correct?
[Droid Ultra General] arcanexvi:
Yeah. It's in his moto x thread.
[Droid Ultra General] TheWhiteChallenger:
Sweet now I just need to get a couple phones sold and wait for the dev edition to come back in stock
[Droid Ultra General] arcanexvi:
His server went down. Someone may be able to mirror it for you
[Droid Ultra General] Skrilax_CZ:
Yeah I'm recovering the server due to HDD failure over time ... (currently messing with firmware site).
[Droid Ultra General] BladeRunner:
It's all good. I can handle the on screen keys for a while.

Sent from my XT1060 using Xparent BlueTapatalk 2
[Droid Ultra General] arcanexvi:
4.4 is coming shortly so it won't even matter anymore :P
[Droid Ultra General] Gundabolu SC:
If you want here you go attaching a flashable zip.... Technically it should work! But be sure to have a nandroid, just in case... And i mapped the recents key to the Menu....
[Droid Ultra General] TheWhiteChallenger:
Gonna have a freak out! What the *blank* is taking moto so long on restocking the Dev editions. ;}
[Droid Ultra General] arcanexvi:
Verizon said they had enough dev editions floating around and said no more.

In all seriousness I dunno. They are made in China so it's likely that they actually did run out and are waiting for them to show up at a dock.
[Droid Ultra General] TheWhiteChallenger:
Damn ships, Sail faster or else! Lol
[Droid Ultra General] arcanexvi:
Can someone on stock 4.2 please grab the unmodified install.recovery.sh from the system/etc folder for me? Much obliged.
[Droid Ultra General] Skrilax_CZ:
Why do you need that file? It only exists if you previously took OTA update.
[Droid Ultra General] beelow319:
Earlier it was said if we were rooted that particular file is changed and thats what might be stopping us from updating. I unrooted and flashed stock recover but did not fxz. My update fails every time and now I'm unable to fxz back bc of the partial update.
[Droid Ultra General] arcanexvi:
Updates are failing because of "unexpected contents" in the file.
[Droid Ultra General] Skrilax_CZ:
Can't you just wipe it? There should be no such file if you FXZ to stocj 4.2.2.
[Droid Ultra General] arcanexvi:
Didn't bother. Just flashed the system image over my current one and applied the update. Flashed twrp back on and re-rooted.
[Droid Ultra General] beelow319:
So just flashing sytem through adb will work to allow the update to come through?
[Droid Ultra General] arcanexvi:
I didn't wipe anything. All I did was flash the system image to repair the damaged file(s) and run the update again. Since I didn't wipe it didn't bump me off the update schedule.
[Droid Ultra General] beelow319:
Okay. So just do fastboot flash system system.img? Sorry if thats a stupid question.. Just want to be sure i have it right. I already have the latest available fxz
[Droid Ultra General] arcanexvi:
Mmhmm
[Droid Ultra General] beelow319:
just gave it a shot, failed. This is what im getting:

sending 'system' (1061253 KB)...

(bootloader) Data size exceeds download buffer

FAILED (remote failure)

finished. total time: 0.314s
[Droid Ultra General] arcanexvi:
You have to use the fastboot included with the fxz. Regular fastboot can't handle files that large.
[Droid Ultra General] Skrilax_CZ:
Use moto fastboot.
[Droid Ultra General] beelow319:
looks like its working now...its actually downloading the system.img to the phone. THANK YOU!!!!! I learned something new today :D
[Droid Ultra General] arcanexvi:
Beat you to it :P
[Droid Ultra General] beelow319:
BOOOOOM! got me some kitkat goodnesss. Thanks for your help!
[Droid Ultra General] arcanexvi:
Enjoy
[Droid Ultra General] hajabooja:
Any chance you could pull the update.zip for the rest of us?
[Droid Ultra General] arcanexvi:
If i had hosting that accepted files this large I would. Alas...
[Droid Ultra General] beelow319:
I think it deletes itself after the update. I didn't think to pull it first because of my semi panic trying to get mine updated.
[Droid Ultra General] hajabooja:
How big is the file?
[Droid Ultra General] arcanexvi:
A shade over 500
[Droid Ultra General] hajabooja:
Damn... that is pretty good size. I just did a quick search and came up with this. http://www.filedropper.com/ It might be temporary, but at least it could get the update into more hands.
[Droid Ultra General] arcanexvi:
I'm sure that's why it hasn't popped up elsewhere
[Droid Ultra General] commando122:
Can you upload it to google drive on a burner account?
[Droid Ultra General] goldsmitht:
DEV Edition availability

ok, sorry if this is a noob question, but read a few pages and have a few questions: Can you purchase a DEV edition from VZW stores, or do i need to go on line. AND, is the MAXX rootable (sounds like it from the forum) or is that only on DEV editions? sorry, i'm going to be getting new phone, coming from SIII and want something a little more durable (mine was disintegrating) and has better battery and antennas. tired of not getting signal when my wife's razr maxx has great service.

thanks!
[Droid Ultra General] AjStone:
Hello and no problem with the questions.

You can only purchase the DE (Developer Edition) from www.motorola.com. I believe they are currently out of stock but will return in a week or two. It's been an ongoing problem since it went on sale.

Yes you can root the non-DE but actually you cannot do it currently as the exploit required Android 4.2.2 and the current Droid's are on 4.4. I believe a new exploit is coming soon.

I have always believed that Motorola makes far superior devices than Samsung. Then again I've always strongly dislike Samsung. I've owned the Droid RAZR MAXX and the Droid RAZR MAXX HD and now the Droid MAXX. I love them all but the latest one is just dumb not to buy. Battery life is insane. Signal is always reliable.

Good luck with whatever you do.

* Sent via Motorola Droid MAXX *
[Droid Ultra General] Skrilax_CZ:
Droid MAXX developer edition is in stock. Yeah, battery life is excellent :)
[Droid Ultra General] arcanexvi:
I actually have a hard time killing the battery in the Maxx. It's like an accomplishment to do so.
[Droid Ultra General] TheWhiteChallenger:
Oh yea, ordered on Sunday came home today and it was waiting on the portch. Although now I'm really gonna have to try to not kill the FedEx guy since he left it sitting in a foot snow!!!
[Droid Ultra General] TheWhiteChallenger:
so since my dev edition is here im preping to unlock and install twrp. then take another crack at this, so should i flash all this same stuff just not the recovery?
[Droid Ultra General] bendrum30:
Awesome! Glad you got yours!
[Droid Ultra General] Lebowski13:
Ditto that...I have tried too!
[Droid Ultra General] AjStone:
I am getting worse battery life since the 4.4 update. Still easily lasts a day though, but once or twice I have become worried a bit since I was down to 40% by 3 PM. Anyone else notice this? I haven't wiped since I got the phone when it was released.
[Droid Ultra General] Lebowski13:
I haven't found this to be the case at all. Do you use BetterBatteryStats? I wonder what the cause is?
[Droid Ultra General] AjStone:
Negative. I'll look for it. I have been lost since the 4.4 update killed battery information. I'm not rooted.

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So I need root to use it? Not helpful.
[Droid Ultra General] Lebowski13:
Root will let you use all the features...but even without root, you will get more data than you have now. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1179809
[Droid Ultra General] AjStone:
Ok I bought it and will check it out. I was using Battery Widget (BETA).

As an example, I have been unplugged for 3 hours and I'm at 84%.
[Droid Ultra General] Lebowski13:
Yeah, that seems like a problem...I've been unplugged for 4 and 95%.
[Droid Ultra General] AjStone:
Even when I check my morning messages when I wake up (Facebook/E-mail/Instagram, etc.) I'm already down to 95%.
[Droid Ultra General] Lebowski13:
I'm interested to see what you find in the stats...might take a day or so to get good ones.
[Droid Ultra General] AjStone:
Thanks for your help. When do you want me to post it? I also have a Moto X on my account with pretty much the same problem, only much worse because the battery is smaller. It's making the owner very upset.
[Droid Ultra General] Lebowski13:
LOL, I hear you on the X...maybe Thursday, give it some time. Usually get better results that way personally.
[Droid Ultra General] AjStone:
This is what my Battery Widget is currently telling me. 1% lasts about 11 minutes. Not cool. Today seems to be dying faster than normal.

* Sent via Motorola Droid MAXX *
[Droid Ultra General] LunaticSerenade:
That's weird man. What apps do you have actively syncing?

Mine's been off the charger for about 9 hours, and I've been streaming music off of it for maybe 3 hours, and I'm at 71%. GSAM is reporting a delta of about 3.2%, so I'm not sure why yours would be so high.
[Droid Ultra General] doogald:
Yes, my battery life was losing about 1% more per hour than before the update. On 4.2.2 I'd go to bed with about 55% battery life typically; since the 4.4 update it's been more like 40%.

I just did a factory data reset last night to see if that would make a difference. I suspect it'll be a few days before I know for sure.
[Droid Ultra General] arcanexvi:
Guys please keep in mind that signal strength and screen on times are going to be the biggest drains on your battery.

If you have **** reception your battery will drain significantly faster.

If you're freaking out and constantly checking the device to see where your battery is at... you're being counter productive since you're forcing the screen on and ramping up the CPU to check.

I'm not saying that 4.4 has better or worse life as everyone's mileage is going to vary. I've been running it for quite a while now and I've noticed no noticeable difference in battery performance either way.

Factory resets can clear misbehaving apps but if you re-install that same app that isn't quite KK friendly you may have the issue return. Check your stats and see if there are any apps draining power that seem unusual if it persists after your reset.
[Droid Ultra General] AjStone:
Thanks for the tips. As for today, I unplugged 35 minutes ago and I'm down to 94% already. According to Battery Widget, my rate of decrease is 1% every 8 minutes. As for battery info in settings, it points to the screen as the culprit. That doesn't seem legitimate. My brightness is on lowest (NOT automatic). As for Better Battery Stats, I'm not sure how to get info from it.

* Sent via Motorola Droid MAXX *
[Droid Ultra General] arcanexvi:
BBM is a bit of a whore.

I also notice you're in a 3G area or fighting to sustain 4G. If the phone is constantly searching for a 4G tower that's likely the reason you're draining faster than most of us. If you tap on the time since unplug on the batt screen how is your signal strength over time?

Also note that the first 10% can be thrown off by charge mechanics. Every battery is a little different. My MAXX HD would drop to 94% right away due to recharges and age but then it would slow down to normal drain rates.
[Droid Ultra General] phositadc:
Had your screen been on the entire 35 minutes? If so that's on pace for 10 hours screen on time. I think that's pretty good.

Sent from my Nexus 7
[Droid Ultra General] BladeRunner:
I have noticed facebook, even when notifications are set to off, constantly syncs (hundreds of times a day) and creates wakelocks. Google search sometimes is a culprit as well. I have Greenify and hibernate both of them along with many other apps.
[Droid Ultra General] Y_Yan_C:
the dev version is back in stock on Motorola's website!
[Droid Ultra General] Gundabolu SC:
Guys sometime flashing stuff on DE on the wrong partitions could screw up your efs partition or your IMEI and if u have no backup then it can make ur phone useless as you will loose service...!

CHECK OUT THIS LINK OF THE NEXUS 5 and use the flashable zip from the lower end of the post which says efs backup

It worked for me... Its just flashing a zip in twrp... Nothing can go wrong..But if it does don't blame me!. And then you can move the file to a secure location on your PC or somewhere where u won't loose it! And don't share it with others!!!

I guess the efs is stored on the same partitions for the nexus 5 and Maxx... So it works perfectly for me!