yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Moto X General] glarepate:
Does it expose the sections of the Settings app that allow you to turn on the GSM radios? It would be under Settings->More ... It's been awhile since I looked at a Sprint X but there are a lot more configuration options and modulation combinations available for it than there are for the AT&T model.

And now that I have asked, I remember that even though you could turn on HDPA+/GSM/LTE and a few other options and combinations of options the signal meter didn't register them and the section that allows you to choose alternate carriers didn't show anything -- because domestic GSM carriers are blocked.

Oh, well.

But thank you for the info. What Android level-equivalent is it? 4.2, 4.2.2, 4.4? I s'pose I could do a little research myself but ... do8)

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OK, I did a Google search and went to both Cyanogenmod and Clockworkmod's web sites. CM doesn't support the Moto X and CWM only supports the Moto G. So now I'm glad I asked bcuz my search mojo is definitely gimping. o^:=
[Moto X General] Cyphir:
ClockworkMod Recovery has a Moto X variant.

The Complete Moto X Guides/Information Thread

Look under Rooting Unlocked Bootloader.
[Moto X General] jc4gavejc:
If we removed the baseband check from a Sprint ROMs install script, do you think installing in CWM would work?
[Moto X General] alphahere:
Probably it will work. It would be best to ask the developers to add this support.
[Moto X General] alphahere:
Thanks worked like a charm! Unlocked bootloader! Kool!
[Moto X General] Superboy4444:
You should be able to restore everything back to 4.2.2 using either mfastboot or RSDlite. Am I right?
[Moto X General] Cyphir:
Wrong. There was a bootloader change between post camera update 4.2.2 and the 4.4.2 update. It will brick the phone if you try to downgrade from 4.4.2 to 4.2.2 even with an unlocked bootloader.
[Moto X General] Superboy4444:
Oh...ok, that's really interesting
[Moto X General] Cyphir:
I was party correct about flashing. I can just flash a system.img file just no the whole SBF, in particular the Motoboot.img (bootloader), gpt.bin ( Partition table), and the NON_HLOS (modem).

I just attempted to simply flash over the system.img file of Sprint's 4.4.2 SBF file. After reboot I was stuck in a reboot cycle. I just re-flashed over the RW 4.2.2 system.img to get my phone back into working order.

This is all I did:

mfastboot flash system system.img

then reboot. Perhaps I am missing steps or should have erased system first rather than doing a dirty flash. Any suggestions would be welcome.
[Moto X General] Superboy4444:
I believe you have to flash the system.img, and then all the partitions as well using mfastboot

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I've heard you need to flash all partitions one by one...essentially, flash everything but boot.img I believe and one by one
[Moto X General] Cyphir:
As this is my only phone right now, I am trying to avoid bricking it. I would play along further but I won't risk my phone until I get my hands on the SBF of RW's 4.4.2 update.
[Moto X General] Superboy4444:
That is a fantastic idea...totally understand man! Better safe than sorry!
[Moto X General] Cyphir:
Not a problem. I would love to flash over a Sprint ROM or a Verizon ROM if I could spare the Moto X. ><
[Moto X General] Superboy4444:
Yeah, that's my biggest thing...don't wanna waste a Moto X
[Moto X General] kicker22004:
Quick question. Now i think i know this but flashing the SBF shouldn't relock the Bootloader correct?. And if there was a change in the Bootloader between Versions then wouldn't going to 4.4 relock the phone anyways. I just got mine unlocked and am willing to test flashing things if someone can give me the order to flash the img in. I do believe that no matter what we change as long as the Bootloader stays the same we should beable to SBF back.
[Moto X General] Superboy4444:
Yeah, I'm not sure about this, my last phone came with an unlocked bootloader...Samsung galaxy reverb, so I've never messed around too much with bootloaders, but I loved download mode with Samsung...kinda like fastboot with the Moto but also different haha
[Moto X General] jong31:
Quick question. Will I be able to rsd back to stock with an unlocked bootloader? Planning on flashing busybox, etc... but need a way to get back to stock for ota's
[Moto X General] Superboy4444:
Judging from a couple of my friends using the Moto G on boost I am going to say yes, however, they are different phones and they use mfastboot and are also able to unlock/relock whenever

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Also, I already flashed busy box and my bootloader is not unlocked
[Moto X General] kicker22004:
Prior to unlocking I was safestraped with busybox and root... Yes you can use sbf but make sure to check for a matching MD5 prior to flashing.
[Moto X General] jong31:
Ok, my bootloader is already unlocked. I went ahead and flashed busybox so we'll have to see if rsd works. I can't check yet, but when I get a chance I will report back.
[Moto X General] Superboy4444:
Ok, well busybox is easy to remove anyways
[Moto X General] 2disbetter:
So I use RockmyMoto a while back to root my RW Moto X, but what I'm noticing is that root only works right after restart. After a few minutes root no longer works.

Any suggestions?

2d
[Moto X General] Superboy4444:
Yeah, unroot and reroot
[Moto X General] achiquitachaser:
Can you access Bluetooth tethering or wifi hot-spot with root access?
[Moto X General] Cyphir:
With root you can either use a Tether app or possibly enable the native tether. I can confirm that a 3rd party tether app will work on root.
[Moto X General] achiquitachaser:
Thanks for the reply. I thought that might be the case.
[Moto X General] Cyphir:
http://xdaforums.com/moto-x/general/how-to-wifi-tether-stock-4-2-2-t2449534

That link is what I used.
[Moto X General] keypox:
What app are you using? I am going to switch to republic soon but need tether.
[Moto X General] Cyphir:
Look at the post above yours...
[Moto X General] Vahnyyz:
Since there's an update supposedly on the horizon for RW is there any idea whether or not we'll be able to modify that to make a CFW or a CM or something along those lines to make the Phone a little more "user friendly"?
[Moto X General] Cyphir:
Doubtful. Their custom software is baked right into the ROM. And unless you have your bootloader unlocked you will lose root with the update.
[Moto X General] x2h:
Rooted my XT1053 using the instructions I learned here. All is golden.
[Moto X General] kicker22004:
Mine is rooted and unlocked... I've been digging into how their apps work and have found a few....interesting tricks.... I'm waiting until 4.4 before I attempt to port a ROM over and see if I can make it work.. Do note I now know why they don't want rooted users... Them tricks I mentioned are bad in the wrong hands.
[Moto X General] Eckyx:
Some users are reporting getting the 4.4.2 OTA on the RW forum.
[Moto X General] dk20005:
Just received my ota to kitkat
[Moto X General] crafty35a:
So what is the proper process for a Republic Wireless user who is currently rooted to update to the new OTA? Do I RSD back to stock, and then follow the instructions in the SlapMyMoto thread?
[Moto X General] SubliminalME:
You RSD back to stock and don't regain root, I believe.
[Moto X General] podux:
Did you capture the update zip file before you ran it?
[Moto X General] warner125006:
kitkat

Hopefully someone captures the OTA update today.
[Moto X General] Cyphir:
I'd hope somebody was good enough to do so, however, be cautious. There were only 2k people given the update. if their system logs more than that, it will clue them in that specific users are rooted or have the bootloader unlocked.
[Moto X General] dk20005:
No I was at work so I didn't but my wife and my son haven't gotten theirs yet so if someone tells me how I'll gladly do so.
[Moto X General] :
Republic Wireless 4.4.2 update (I've given the update.zip to someone else to post; it's out there but I can't post outside links yet):

If rooted on 4.2.2, restore stock 4.2.2 using the Republic Wireless 4.2.2 SBF and RSDlite

If on stock 4.2.2:

1. Rename the update to update.zip and copy to the root of your internal storage (name it update.zip, it didn't work for me this way with the original file name)

2. Power down, then hold volume down while powering back on

3. Press volume down to go to recovery, then volume up to select it

4. When you see the red exclamation point android icon, hold volume up and press Power

5. In recovery, use the volume up/down icons to navigate and Power button to select. Choose Apply update from SD card.

6. Choose Update.zip and wait a few minutes

7. When the flashing process completed, just reboot. Remember to update the Republic Wireless app after the upgrade finishes.
[Moto X General] stevereno30:
Apparently I cannot post links yet either. This is the second part of the media fire link:

?klfakn129tyf86v

So enter Mediafire. Com /?klfakn129tyf86v

Man that looks tacky... Happy downloading!
[Moto X General] Rashed97:
PM me a link and I'll check it and post it.
[Moto X General] kicker22004:
About time 4.4!! Let's see if it relocks my bootloader.

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Can someone shot me the update.zip.. I'll get it on my cloud and post the link for users.
[Moto X General] Eckyx:
Thanks much! I actually had to go through the process twice. The first time, it seemed to update the recovery and rebooted. The second time it went through the install process to 4.4.2.
[Moto X General] SubliminalME:
Saw the update linked on Android Police. Worked as advertised!

Thanks man! HAPPY CAMPER=ME! :)
[Moto X General] jumphour:
that was great, thanks! I freaked out a little when I got the red exclamation point Android again after choosing update.zip. But I just did the volume up/power thing again, and I was good to go. All installed, Now I just have to not freak out about being on stock. LOL
[Moto X General] glarepate:
Got an MD5 sum on that? (o:[>
[Moto X General] Rashed97:
How'd you get your bootloader unlocked? I've been trying for the past few months and no success
[Moto X General] :
Sure.

MD5: 4BA92F832A25C4F45C3DB853D07DF322
[Moto X General] glarepate:
Thank you!

I just saw it over at the RW site and was coming back here to post it. You beat me.

Also, I had already used the command line 'unzip -tv Blur_Version.139.4.17.ghost_row.RepublicWireless.en.US.zip' (in Linux) and although it wasn't as detailed as a -tvvvv scan by bunzip or it's relatives, it just said 'ok' a lot, it at least confirmed that the zip file itself was intact, so presumably the contents of it was as originally packaged.
[Moto X General] kicker22004:
It was simple lol.... that's because i didn't do anything but pay a chinaman $40 for my unlock code... Sadly the service is done now. It was for ATT and VZW but i took the risk.
[Moto X General] FallN:
Thank you to the kind soul(s) that copied and uploaded the OTA zip. It worked like a charm.

Now after over 5 months of waiting I finally have KitKat on my Moto X!!

Note: I was stock and unrooted.
[Moto X General] kicker22004:
So great news...I still have my unlocked bootloader and because of that... Root and custom recovery was cake.... Now to check out a custom kernel..
[Moto X General] kicker22004:
Well after testing i can say that RW has some work to do on a glitch i have found, It involves things that require root so as long as nobody has root it won't be an issue. The glitch is 3g on the $5/$10 plans.. i mentioned it before in this thread...And before anyone asks...NO i will not let the info out due to the fact that it's harmful to the carrier and it would cause chaos for RW... this will require another OTA to fix so i don't think that will happen anytime soon.This information in the wrong hands would kill RW because i'm betting that it will also affect the Moto G, I'll know more once i get my hands on it.
[Moto X General] Rashed97:
So any of those unlock programs should work then. Interesting piece of info. I'll try it put tonight
[Moto X General] kicker22004:
I'm not saying that..this is a leak within Moto Databases i believe... so your unlock code probably won't come from the other services as it was not intended to be unlocked.However i could be wrong...but let us know if so.
[Moto X General] jong31:
Maybe you should let RW know about said bug?
[Moto X General] Rashed97:
Will do :) need to find someone with them first
[Moto X General] The Mexinerd:
So you were able to keep your root? Also, were you able to disable write protection using safestrap?
[Moto X General] kicker22004:
I don't use safestrap.. I'm unlocked.
[Moto X General] The Mexinerd:
On republic wireless? Does it come unlocked or did you unlock it? So write protection is off?
[Moto X General] dk20005:
I wish republic would add a tethering option that's the only reason I'm even considering rooting. I need access to tethering for meetings when Wi-Fi is unavailable. I would rarely use it but it is necessary at times.

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He was lucky enough to get the Chinese guy to unlock it when the Service was still available it is not anymore.
[Moto X General] The Mexinerd:
I thought that was only for verizion and ATT
[Moto X General] kellison007:
Can someone list some steps on re-acquiring ROOT access? So far I've reset to defaults(jellybean firmware) and updated with the 'Update.zip' recommendation and now set with a working stock-Kitkat phone. Just need root back for awesomeness. The 'Cydia Impactor' tool isn't working for me when setting the telnet. I get the error 'signature bugs unavailable'.
[Moto X General] Cyphir:
You can not regain root unless you have your bootloader unlocked. Several of us used the "Middle-man" option and were able to successfully unlock our phones.
[Moto X General] glarepate:
For now you are basically out of luck until a new exploit can be developed. The error message 'signature bugs unavailable'. means that your ROM has been patched and that the Master Key exploit that Cydia relies on has been patched.
[Moto X General] revmra:
I've downloaded that update.zip. My question is: how can I be absolutely confident that it is actually the RW update and hasn't been tampered with in anyway? I'm not accusing anyone of anything, but a long time ago I learned to be wary of downloading random things from the Intarwebs, especially phone operating systems. I know people have installed it with no problems, but how do I know that nothing nefarious is going on? Is there some built-in sanity check that I am unaware of or the like?
[Moto X General] purplereign:
i can assure you it's not been tampered with and that it's running perfectly on my beautiful RW moto x.
[Moto X General] Rashed97:
Well if you trust me, I'm 100% sure it's fine. I've gone through it file-by-file and verified it (but haven't installed it yet due to no root access)
[Moto X General] kicker22004:
Guys...please learn what MD5 checks are if your worried about a tampered file... Also the stock recovery will fail to flash it due to tampering.
[Moto X General] Rashed97:
OK. Everyone who's currently rooted should like this piece of news. I've researched a bit and I've found a way to maintain root and safestrap in 4.4.2, although its gonna be a bit of a pain to setup. I'll do that tonight and post the link up here along with some instructions. Technically, you can install any ROM this way.
[Moto X General] malcolmputer:
We wait with heavy breathing.

I was one of the 2000 and thank goodness I waited. Must have roots, and totally missed the middleman unlock train.
[Moto X General] Rashed97:
Haha same. Its painfully tedious to work around all this crap. I might try to unlock the bootloader this summer, but I don't know yet.
[Moto X General] revmra:
I know what an MD5 check is. Simply comparing the file to the MD5 that was posted only proves that the file I have is the same as the one on the server. I now know it downloaded correctly. It doesn't prove that the file was not tampered with before uploading. It would be trivial to generate another MD5 for an altered file.

It wouldn't take much to create a security problem. Even something as simple as a subtle change of permissions or editing a hosts file to redirect certain traffic, etc. I am not well-versed enough in how the Android recovery handles upgrades to know what sanity checks are involved and how hard it would be to overcome them.

Once again, I want to emphasize that I am not accusing anyone of anything. I just want to know how I could be sure that it wasn't tampered with. Once I flash it, I'm stuck with it for better or for worse.
[Moto X General] SubliminalME:
Do you know, if we installed the update, if we can use RSD Lite to go back to 4.2.2 and then take the steps you'll be laying out to retain root?

Thanks!
[Moto X General] Rashed97:
Yes I know. I just prefer not to use RSD :)
[Moto X General] malcolmputer:
I think SubliminalME was trying to ask if if was POSSIBLE to do it with RSD.

I would also like to know if I can fastboot (with the contents of the sbf/zip file) back to 4.2.2 after the 4.4.2 update, or if the update includes a recovery update that would prevent downgrades.
[Moto X General] SubliminalME:
That's exactly what I was asking. :)
[Moto X General] Rashed97:
No downgrading allowed. Period.

Oops, sorry. I'm not entirely sure, but I'm about 99% sure RSD should work on this phone.
[Moto X General] jong31:
I could be mistaken, but I thought I read somewhere that the kitkat update does something internally to the phone that prevents the jellybean bootloader from working. Therefore you wouldn't be able fastboot or rsd back to jellybean unless there was a way to install jellybean over the kitkat bootloader.
[Moto X General] Rashed97:
OK, I've done a bit of research on this, and unless I'm completely whacked (which wouldn't be too surprising seeing as I'm operating on maybe 10 hours of sleep over the past 5 days), I've found an answer to the whole downgrading issue.

If you're on 4.2.2 you can use RSD Lite all you want

If you're on 4.4 you can use RSD Lite all you want (downgrade to 4.2.2 if you want)

HOWEVER, if you're on 4.4.2 you can NOT use RSD Lite to downgrade to either 4.2.2 or 4.4. You can still use RSD Lite, just you can't flash anything less than 4.4.2
[Moto X General] jong31:
So as of right now, you cannot RSD because the 4.4.2 sbf package is not available on droid-developers.org. Anyone have any idea the timeframe in which this package may be uploaded?
[Moto X General] malcolmputer:
Heavy breathing intensifies.

Got an updated ETA on that guide? Or maybe just a point in the right direction? The "Upgrade Now" button is starting to look more and more tempting on my phone.
[Moto X General] SubliminalME:
Well, I'm a little sad that I pushed that button and took the update. I really enjoy the features of 4.4.2...but I do hate some of them, like the constant reminder that the volume is too loud, or the stupid location icon, or the fact that the audio output stinks in comparison to a rooted phone with Viper or Beats.

Oh well...at least I have tap to pay. ;)
[Moto X General] dk20005:
Have you messed with the audio effects settings in the sound menu?
[Moto X General] SubliminalME:
Yeah...they're ok...just not the same.
[Moto X General] Rashed97:
Lucky... My beats sounds screwed up here. And as for the ETA on the update, tonight hopefully. If I don't post by 12 PM tomorrow spam my inbox with reminders :)

EDIT: Gimme until 5 PM tomorrow actually (at time of posting this it is 12:08 AM). I'm gonna have to test some stuff before I release this.
[Moto X General] Rashed97:
BTW, quick little something. SBF has uploaded the 4.4.2 update for RW. I'm gonna take a look and see if that will better serve our purposes (because the other release is a MESS... I've never seen anything this bad)
[Moto X General] jong31:
New 4.4.2 sbf worked great. Helped eliminate a couple of issues I was having after using the update.zip posted earlier. Hopefully this will be useful for some of you!
[Moto X General] glarepate:
New kernel?

Have you made any progress on this? [Pant, pant, pant!]

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I'm downloading the new SBF now. :p

What sort of problems were you having the installing the full ROM cleared up?
[Moto X General] jong31:
One was that the nav bar wasn't transparent on homescreen. Another was WiFi issues. Little things, but nothing like a fresh install!
[Moto X General] malcolmputer:
I know I should give you some more time because of the new SBF, but it is 9PM here :)
[Moto X General] Rashed97:
Yeah same here, sorry. My internet blew out today (goddamn Belkin routers) so I've been fixing it all day. I'll post it before the end of tomorrow, promise.
[Moto X General] glarepate:
Did you know that the RW Dashboard app needs to be updated after the OTA in order for VOIP to work?

This may not have been the issue since the full ROM cleared it up.
[Moto X General] jong31:
Yes, thank you. VoIP was working fine, I was just having some sporadic connection issues. One of those things that tends to happen when you don't do a fresh, clean install
[Moto X General] LARBIFY:
Could someone help me out? I flashed the zip found in this thread and was having some bluetooth problems with my pebble and the new update and saw that flashing the rsd lite update fixed some various problems for people so I tried to flash it but it failed every time and now I cant boot my phone past the fastboot/ bootloader mode and I cant boot into recovery to do an adb sideload.

Any Ideas?

EDIT: Nevermind worked it out myself, I used the batch file instead of using RSD lite and it worked fine
[Moto X General] jong31:
Glad to see you figured it out, but in case you were curious, your issue was probably that you need to edit a line out of the xml file for RSD to work. See step four at the link for more information.[GUIDE][VIDEO] Moto X - Return to 100% stock (using RSD Lite OR manual flash)
[Moto X General] LARBIFY:
If you are talking about this line "<step operation="getvar" var="max-download-size" />" I already tried that before using the batch file and it got further than before but stop at flashing the recovery and it said something along the lines of failed pre validation or something.

Thanks though
[Moto X General] jong31:
That's interesting. I used fastboot to flash as well, so I cannot say whether this issue is specific to you or not. Has anyone else had this issue flashing the kitkat sbf with RSD or had success?
[Moto X General] DANIEL AMBRUSO:
Thanks

Originally that's a great guidance.. I have already fix my wireless problem.. thanks
[Moto X General] kicker22004:
No sorry I haven't had time.. My build box is in the progress of being built lol. I do know we shouldn't flash the kernel that's on this forum lol. Lucky I save backups.
[Moto X General] malcolmputer:
If there is anything I can do to help you out let me know.
[Moto X General] Rashed97:
If you could get the stupid system.img from the SBF unpacked, that would be great. But even I'm having trouble getting it to work (possibly because I'm trying to do it on Windows when I know I should be doing it on Ubuntu)
[Moto X General] malcolmputer:
I got a lot of linux machines, let me know what you want done, and I can do it. (PM, so I can reply with download details).
[Moto X General] glarepate:
I have Slackware and Debian Wheezy but I was unable to mount the system.img as ext4 even though /proc/mounts says:

/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/system /system ext4 ro,relatime,data=ordered 0 0

dmesg reports that it is unable to find an ext4 filesystem and just using mount and trying to let it decide based on heuristics didn't work either.

I'm willing to help but I'm not seeing the clues I need to get anything useful done.

Am I confusing system.img with the /system filesystem when they are not the same things? unyaffs segfaulted on it and I don't have f2fs support in Slackware. Haven't booted into Debian to see what's available there.