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[Droid Ultra General] NWKENT:
Is there a way to delete/overwrite a KK 4.4 (partition gpt.bin) file..and replace it with a JB 4.2.2 (partition gpt.bin) file.?

Without permanently bricking even a DEV Maxx..

:)

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XT1028 (aka) Moto-G
[Droid Ultra General] BladeRunner:
Not that I know of. I found out the hard way when I downgraded to 12.7.7 with the 4.4 gpt.bin then took an OTA :crying:

What's your purpose in relocking?
[Droid Ultra General] NWKENT:
I'm sorry you had trouble..

My purpose for downgrading is to test the RockMyMoto and SlapMyMoto more..a lot of people failing the crossover to 4.4 and I wish to help, goal is to have 100% success rate, less people failing and being stuck on KK without Root..

Since my last post..I have successfully "ReLocked" on KK 4.4..and then "Unlocked" again..now trying to figure out how to "Relock" on 4.2.2

:)

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XT1028 (aka) Moto-G

---------- Post added at 09:46 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:41 PM ----------

On a "Unlocked" device..RockMyMoto skips to step 3..and does not complete..So I'm trying to "Relock" to have a successful RockMyMoto on 4.2.2 and then to Rooted 4.4..I hope you understand my point with all this..

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XT1028 (aka) Moto-G

---------- Post added at 09:51 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:46 PM ----------

I purchased the DEV model for this purpose..never intended to use it as a daily driver..I have two other XT1080M Public for that..I just like to help out where I can..

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XT1028 (aka) Moto-G
[Droid Ultra General] Jaocagomez:
Finally got my droid maxx dev, i want to have android as close as AOSP but keeping the touchless and active notifications, the best for this is flash a moto x image and use it, right? there's no bugs or anything?
[Droid Ultra General] BladeRunner:
Unless you are looking at a specific ROM from the moto X there isn't much point. The stock ROM for the maxx is pretty vanilla.

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[Droid Ultra General] NWKENT:
Disregard this post..
[Droid Ultra General] Jaocagomez:
so you recommend usng maxx 4.4, install gravity box, put the white status bar and aosp signal icons or install moto x verizon, its already white statusbar and aosp icons, just flash to make the capacitive keys work
[Droid Ultra General] BladeRunner:
I prefer to use gravity box, but it's a personal preference really
[Droid Ultra General] coronanlime:
Just ordered DE off swappo. Couldn't wait for root anymore
[Droid Ultra General] Teksu:
Moto web site still showing out of stock...

but with a price of $459!

or just refresh the page to be back to 650...

why can no one at moto tell me when it will be back in-stock, or let me order one now for when they do return.
[Droid Ultra General] BladeRunner:
Moto customer service is friendly but they have no clue about anything

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[Droid Ultra General] coronanlime:
I am waiting for my dev in the mail as we speak. Is the unlocking difficult? I dont see a thread on here with instructions on how to do it.

As for ROMS, are moto x roms interchangeable with the maxx? When I had root, I would just use gravity box, but wouldnt mind seeing what some devs have got in store.
[Droid Ultra General] NWKENT:
When you are ready to "Unlock"..PM me..I can send you a step by step documentation..WARNING..If you ever take KK 4.4..then your device (gpt.bin) will not flashback (downgrade) that I can find..make sure you want to go to 4.4 before you do..Just because (eventhow) you have the DEV device, there certainly are limits even with the DEV version..

Please don't miss understand..the DEV can be downgraded from 4.4 back to 4.2.2..But NOT a pure 4.2.2..one can flash back, even RSD back to 4.2.2 but the (gpt.bin) will always be KK..and will not flash back..

I have $100 (bounty) to the one that can show, prove to me that it can, and I can do it multiple times.!!

PLEASE..Someone prove me wrong.!!

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XT1028 (aka) Moto-G
[Droid Ultra General] coronanlime:
Thanks, will do. I think I'll stick with 4.2.2. Better battery life and never got the fc I get with 4.4.
[Droid Ultra General] NWKENT:
Disregard my post..I pulled the page link..I wish not to cause anyone to be stuck on KK w/o Root..
[Droid Ultra General] NWKENT:
Disregard my post..
[Droid Ultra General] dcmarch:
play store

I not sure who to ask so I will start here. I unlocked my bootloader, loaded a recovery (twrp), and installed the SU. Now every time I try to download something from the play store it fails. The message states "could not download do to error (927)" anyone know how to fix this.
[Droid Ultra General] jfriend33:
Looks like the droid maxx sells for 375-450 depending on condition and accessories on swappa.com

I didn't see any developer editions yet. Will check eBay.

My question is. I'm currently on 4.2.2 rooted. I do not have the developer edition.

Now how much easier would the process be to have 4.4+ with root access on the dev edition vs standard?
[Droid Ultra General] arcanexvi:
Rooting is simple on dev editions. Just unlock the bootloader and flash twrp. On your first reboot from twrp recovery it'll ask you if you want to root. Swipe for yes. Rooting Consumer editions requires exploits to be found.
[Droid Ultra General] coronanlime:
I just got a DE. after unlocking the bootloader, flashing and rooting, how do I keep the update from taking. It came with 4.2.2 (12.7.7). How do I get it to the camera update with root without taking KK
[Droid Ultra General] arcanexvi:
You can take the kk update and still root on a device edition.
[Droid Ultra General] coronanlime:
Trying to keep it on 4.2.2 + camera update. Dont like kit kat. May upgrade when 4.4.2 comes out for it fixing the battery drain.

Also can someone link to the TWRP for 4.2.2?
[Droid Ultra General] coronanlime:
Real weird. Phone is working great EXCEPT it hangs on reboots sometimes. Anyone seen anything like this?

Also does anyone know how to get rid of the bootloader unlock warning?
[Droid Ultra General] BladeRunner:
I've had mine hang on reboot a couple of times but that was early on when I first unlocked it and it hasn't done it in a while now. Find a new boot logo either in the themes section on this or the moto x forum. Fastboot flash it and you'll get rid of the bootloader unlocked logo. The new logo won't be stock however and you won't get the cool moto logo that is a different color. You'll also lose the battery charging animation.
[Droid Ultra General] LunaticSerenade:
Does anyone have the files to make the capacitive buttons work with the Moto X ROMs?
[Droid Ultra General] arcanexvi:
Skril was working on it for a bit but I don't think they got it working 100%. Could be wrong but I think it was framework.
[Droid Ultra General] TerrorTodd:
Interesting happening with a MAXX DE. Didn't think was possible with a DE but was not able to get it to flash back to stock. Not sure what caused the problem, but here's the story....

I have a Maxx Developers Edition running Kit Kat 4.4.

I was able to change things using fastboot. I did flash a new logo to get rid of the the Unlocked bootloader one and it worked fine about a month ago. I also did flash TWRP recovery which worked fine too.

My problems seem to (probably coincidentally) have started when I tried ART decided I didn't like it and switched back to Dalvik. I had my phone unlocked and it was rooted (after installing TWRP) and after switching from ART back to Dalvik noticed some force close issues. Happened once in a while not a big deal. I thought to myself - hey I'll wipe the cache and that should make everything better. WRONG!! I wiped the cache rebooted the phone and it was a force close parade. Everything forced closed over and over - so much that I couldn't access anything and the Moto Launcher forced closed too. Tried to get into factory reset but wouldn't work because the force close pop ups ruined the sequence of the factory reset I guess. So I thought thank goodness I have a Developer phone I'll just flash the original system back and no worries all will be fixed. WRONG!! Something happened and fastboot flashing (no RSD, no House of Moto) wouldn't work so nothing changed. (I verified this by just flashing a different logo. Everything said it happened in fastboot and when I rebooted no changed logo.) Very, very odd. Shipped the phone back to Moto today for a warranty repair / replacement. UGH!! I won't be using ART again that's for sure (although I doubt that is what really caused whatever happened to happen)!!!!

Sounds like something got corrupted somehow, but not sure what or how! Very annoying!!
[Droid Ultra General] aviwdoowks:
What were the errors in rsd? System? Maybe got set read only? What?
[Droid Ultra General] TerrorTodd:
That's the thing - there were no errors. It acted like it worked and then didn't. Went through the whole process and then rebooted right back to what it was before. Crazy!!
[Droid Ultra General] TerrorTodd:
Set to read only? Is that possible and if so how and how do you set it back??
[Droid Ultra General] aviwdoowks:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2552774

Orig thread might work better for older droids?

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=48974803&postcount=156
[Droid Ultra General] aviwdoowks:
I have seen it happen here, an xt926, RSD stopped at write system img.

Seems to have been a older twrp used to flash a 4.4 rom.
[Droid Ultra General] moro30:
I am about to buy a droid maxx developer edition, I wanted to know if it makes better to stay on 4.2.2 or upgrade to 4.4.2. I read that many people have an exaggerated consumption of battery and want to switch to 4.2.2. You tell me something specific?

sorry for my bad english
[Droid Ultra General] NWKENT:
Your DEV will most likely come to you with 4.2.2_12.7.7

I'd suggest upgrading to 4.2.2_12.15.15 and stay with that version for awhile..Root your device (or) Unlock it and with Titanium BackUp Pro, "Freeze" MotorolaOTA 1.0 and "Freeze" Updater 1.0..this will block any unwanted OTA updates..

The DEV model can be "Unlocked and "Locked" again anytime one wishes..and many times it can..

Don't be in a hurry to upgrade to KK..once a device is on KK 4.4 downgrading to a pure JB 4.2.2 is NOT possible at this point, one can downgrade to JB but KK overwrites partitions that downgrading cannot overwrite.. anotherwords..once on KK..there will always be KK on the device..with the DEV model, to go back to JB 4.2.2 there are particular files that are worked around to go back to JB from KK..I personally was unaware if this fact when I purchased my DEV..I went to KK without knowing this fact, thinking I can go back to JB (a pure version) but I cannot..I absolutely can go back to JB..but with adb and special/particular way to flash back (OR) with a modified FXZ..

Stay on 4.2.2_12.15.15 for awhile..til KK gets a few more updates..there are things missing in KK, I have found..a MAJOR function missing for me is the ability to read an "external microSD card"..unless an application is installed.. BUT..One shouldn't need to add an app. to read an external card..it's like Google forgot to integrate the function..if anyone is a heavy user of external SDcard..disappointment with be present with KK..other things aren't quite right with KK on the Maxx also..my opinion is JB is far superior to KK at this point..a few more updates maybe with KK and it will reach the heights of JB..just my opinion thow..

As for the DEV device itself..I absolutely adore my model..I do have two other XT1080M Public Editions..which are awesome..but having the ability to downgrade and the abilities of the DEV is definitely worth the extra cost..DEV model absolutely, over the Public model..just my opinion thow..

BTW..I have a collection of modified FXZ's that one can use with RSDLite to flash up and back..with the ability to erase or not erase, with stock Recovery or with TWRP..depending on which way you desire to flash..one needs experience with RSDLite only..no adb experience is needed with my FXZ's..just flash the regular way with RSDLite..if you wish to have any or all of these FXZ's, just PM me..and a link I will send..

SORRY so long here..but..I'd like those ones with a new DEV model to be aware of certain things, that one should know..that I did not..

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XT1080MDEV (aka) Droid Maxx DE

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[Droid Ultra General] BladeRunner:
I agree. Maybe I didn't do enough research to begin with but the brickability of this device when downgrading and then taking an OTA isn't exactly well documented or well broadcast. I think that some of us may have felt that having the Dev edition made it somewhat bullet proof and that no matter what we do we can fastboot flash back to stock but I am afraid that isn't necessarily the case.

My orginal Dev Ed. developed an error where I couldn't flash the system image and I feel that something I flashed may have borked a partition that it was never able to recover from.
[Droid Ultra General] NWKENT:
Yes Sir..that's exactly my point..the DEV model is NOT what one may think..this is why I'm mentioning all this..So (everyone) else will be aware..Even the DEV cannot do some things, and as you mentioned, NOT "Unbrickable"..I'm sorry that you had trouble with your first one..

SO..to those ones out there, that will purchase a DEV model..or whom already has one..We'd say, stay close to this thread..and ask if you are unsure..I positively say..the DEV model will do most things..but there are some, it cannot..one thing is, it cannot revert 100% back to Jelly Bean..So study what you have in mind, research and ask questions before you do..

:)

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XT1028 (aka) Moto-G

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[Droid Ultra General] BladeRunner:
It was my first hard brick, ever, and I've owned more than a few android phones and rooted all of them.
[Droid Ultra General] moro30:
please the most easy and fast method to root this terminal?
[Droid Ultra General] NWKENT:
Simplified, step by step guide to RockMyMoto and SlapMyMoto..Go center of the page, in red..click there..download the .doc format file..Print, Read..

Go here >> http://waynekent.com/page6.html

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[Droid Ultra General] aviwdoowks:
Would please explain why a fastboot of twrp followed by a supersu.zip flash will not obtain root.

Then, as I understand it, the WPnoMo may be needed
[Droid Ultra General] BladeRunner:
Do you have a dev edition with an unlocked bootloader? If so then flash TWRP, reboot bootloader, boot to recovery, reboot system and it will ask you to swipe to root. If you're not on an unlocked dev edition then you need rockMyMoto and MotoWPNoMo
[Droid Ultra General] NWKENT:
There really is no reason, in particular, other than something is corrupted..one absolutely does NOT need WPnoMo..with the DEV model..

I mentioned, sometime back..that I have FXZ's available to do these kinda things..your FXZ may fail because of certain procedures that must be done in order to obtain Root..especially if your device has been on KK and your trying to revert back to JB..

Are you using adb or RSDLite.?

Also..if I remember correctly.. One must reboot the device after TWRP install..the go back to Recovery and install the UPDATE v1.93..then boot..

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[Droid Ultra General] BladeRunner:
You need to reboot to bootloader after flashing TWRP then boot into recovery. If you just reboot the device after flashing it will wipe out TWRP and you'll have stock recovery again.

Edited: to make me sound semi-literate
[Droid Ultra General] NWKENT:
Yep..what he said..

:)

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[Droid Ultra General] aviwdoowks:
Thanks
[Droid Ultra General] jfriend33:
Anyone try cyanogenmod on their maxx DE?
[Droid Ultra General] coronanlime:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2654816
[Droid Ultra General] TerrorTodd:
Apparently I hard bricked mine too. Something got "borked" as you said and I couldn't flash anything. Did Moto send you a new phone? I sent mine in but they just "received" it today and says 5 business days before knowing something...

Thanks,

--Todd
[Droid Ultra General] BladeRunner:
5 business days is optimistic. They sent me a refund which takes a few weeks. The dev edition was "out of stock" so they didn't send a replacement even though I was able to order one and have it a couple of days later.
[Droid Ultra General] NWKENT:
Where you guys installing custom ROM's onto the DEV..or all stock ROM..and bricked, "borked" your device unusable.?

:(

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XT1028 (aka) Moto-G

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[Droid Ultra General] aviwdoowks:
What did you 2 do in common? Twrp? What version & source?
[Droid Ultra General] NWKENT:
Yeah..What he said.. :)

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[Droid Ultra General] BladeRunner:
Me? I downgraded from kk to 12.7.7 then took an ota

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[Droid Ultra General] NWKENT:
So..In your situation..the OTA was probably the cause..Huh.?

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[Droid Ultra General] BladeRunner:
Yes, absolutely

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[Droid Ultra General] coronanlime:
Assuming you tried to flash 4.4 back on?
[Droid Ultra General] BladeRunner:
No, I took the 12.15.15 OTA. The bootloader/gpt.bin mismatch (because you can't downgrade them from KK) causes the brick. I am unsure on what would happen if you downgraded from KK to 12.15.15 and then took the KK OTA.

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you can downgrade from and flash bact to KK you just have to leave out flashing the motoboot image and the gpt.bin
[Droid Ultra General] jcooper_22:
Probably the wrong forum for this, but I'm on 4.4...my Bluetooth has royaly screwed up due to this update. Version is sending me a replacement hoping it will be on 4.2.2...what are the odds of this happening?
[Droid Ultra General] NWKENT:
If you are expecting a DEV edition..then good chance 4.2.2_12.7.7 will be loaded..the past few weeks the DEV has come with this OS..but they where out last week..don't know what OS the latest DEV's come with..

:)

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XT1028 (aka) Moto-G

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[Droid Ultra General] jcooper_22:
Not a Dev edition ,I don't think anyway...I went to Verizon yesterday and told them about my problem and they're sending me different droid maxx
[Droid Ultra General] NWKENT:
I doubt seriously, that it will be a DEV model..for one thing..You where in a Verizon store..and they do not sale the DEV model..must go thru Motorola only..This thread is for DEV models..there are other threads for the Public model, which you probably have..

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[Droid Ultra General] TerrorTodd:
Not sure what I did...had TWRP 2.6.3.1 from here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2534850.

The only think that I did was switch to ART didn't like it switch back to Dalvik and then noticed FCs and so then I went in and cleared cache and dalvik cache rebooted and then the phone continually forced closed over and over and over. Then was not able to flash anything...it would act like it would flash ok, but nothing every took.
[Droid Ultra General] coronanlime:
When you switched back to dalvik did it reoptimize the apps?
[Droid Ultra General] Alodar:
Got a new Droid Maxx DE yesterday, but even after talking to two different people on Motorola's Live Help Chat and Phoning them up, they still can't get my phone's bootloader unlocked. It keeps telling me that my phone isn't qualified to unlock even though I bought it from Motorola as a DE, and it says Developer Edition on the back. :P

At least I have it rooted and running KitKat in the meanwhile.

UPDATE:

Just for the heck of it, I just tried it again today, and it finally accepted it! Unlocked bootloader, here I come! Woo!
[Droid Ultra General] bigv5150:
Here is something to ponder. The retail and Dev version are identical in every way except one ability to unlock boot loader. Then how is moto out of stock shouldn't any maxx that they designate a Dev model be able to be unlocked. I mean they make the damn phone I could understand if Verizon sold the Dev model. Just thinking out loud any thoughts.
[Droid Ultra General] BladeRunner:
They are probably out of the back cover that says "Developer Edition"

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[Droid Ultra General] NWKENT:
Wireless charging sound OFF..when placing the Droid Maxx on a wireless charger, many have commented about the annoying sound the device makes..this link includes the files needed to silent the device when placed on a wireless charger..simply

Download zip file to your device or computer..extract..open/read .doc document for instructions..

Here >> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B67RS0BDBp_iUlZTUjEtc1JmNE0/edit?usp=docslist_api
[Droid Ultra General] TerrorTodd:
Yes it did from what I recall. I decided to wipe the caches again because I noticed some buggy stuff and a force close or two, but nothing too awful. When I cleared both caches and rebooted the phone was in force close loop...every single thing force closed over and over and over.
[Droid Ultra General] coronanlime:
Try switching back to art?

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What boot images you all use to replace the bootloader unlocked image?
[Droid Ultra General] TerrorTodd:
Wasn't able to do anything - couldn't get into factory reset, phone wouldn't accept flash changes, nothing. Sent phone back to Motorola - waiting for it to be fixed or replacement...
[Droid Ultra General] dxl880517:
Excuse me but will this be working on 4.4.2?

Thks.
[Droid Ultra General] dxl880517:
I unlocked my phone and flashed moto x Verizon rom, but once I dialed a number ,it always reboot, did you have this issue?
[Droid Ultra General] CarnivoreMatt:
Anyone have any idea how often the dev edition comes in stock at Motorola? I know I missed out a couple of weeks ago, just wondering if anyone notices a pattern there. Thanks to any guesses ahead of time!
[Droid Ultra General] dxl880517:
I am using a bootloader unlocked droid mini(don't know how it worked), and successfully flashed a moto x rom, but there are no sound, is there anything I can do to make it work?
[Droid Ultra General] CarnivoreMatt:
UUgh - This is a nugget I was missing. [MENTION=3333955]NWKENT[/MENTION] do you happen to have or can you point me in the direction of the workaround / particular files / adb sequence for a JB downgrade of the XT1080MDEV?

Let me be retarded and ask... How do I deal with an external microSD? I know I can do USB flash via an OTG cable, yes? Uncertain how to work with an external microSD - it would certainly be more handy than a USB flash drive :)

Also, what app did/are you using in KK?

Thanks for any help you can give here!!!
[Droid Ultra General] NWKENT:
Check your PM's..don't wanna get of subject here.. :)

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Jelly Bean TWRP 2.6.3.1

XT1060 Moto XDEV

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[Droid Ultra General] mutoubj:
It didn't work in 4.4.2.
[Droid Ultra General] BladeRunner:
To downgrade to JB just skip flashing the motoboot.img and gpt.bin.

the commonly used app for using an external microSD is Stickmount
[Droid Ultra General] spiral777:
How did you do that? Screenshots?
[Droid Ultra General] BladeRunner:
just flash the Moto X firmware then flash whatever Moto X ROM you want
[Droid Ultra General] spiral777:
How did you unlock the bootloader? You should be claiming a $2000 bounty right now...
[Droid Ultra General] BladeRunner:
Maybe he talked to the guy in China. My wife's consumer edition Maxx is bootloader unlocked. Try google searching "bootloader unlock imei xt1080" you'll find a forum and a guy and maybe it'll work and maybe it won't