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[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] porkweasel:
Ok, I am beyond confused and it's hard to keep up, if anyone can offer advice I'd appreciate it.

Currently I am on 4.2.2, 12.15.15 System (MAXX), Build number SU1-15. I am currently rooted, and have used MotoWPNoMo to remove the write protection and I still have root after the process.

In order to run SlapMyMoto, I need to be unrooted and on the 12.15.15 build correct? Could I use HouseOfMoto to save data and use the 12.15.15 FXZ to put my system in the correct place to take the OTA and then run SlapMyMoto? OR do I need to do a full FXZ and save nothing before taking the OTA and then running SlapMyMoto.

P.S. I have verified that I removed write protecton after using MotoWPNoMo.

Any assistance is greatly appreciated....there's just so much information to try and sift through that I'm confusing myself. :confused:

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] Mustang02:
You are correct. I just used houseofmoto keeping data which killed my root, then ran SlapMyMoto, took the OTA and I now have root on 4.4.

Make sure you have MotoWPNomo though. I confirmed twice that it said 0.
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] needshelp101:
The adb shell commands in the first post. Are they two different commands? Meaning do I have to input them in two separate lines? They seem like they are pushing the same file.
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] Mustang02:
Under what step? Step 1 - adb push is pushing the file to your sdcard.
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] wireman2161:
Man dude, thank you! Worked perfectly I have been trying since last night to get house of moto set up, Guess Im a little slow or somthing LOL.I was about to go crazy till i stumbled up on this now I can get my kitkat on. Thanks again!
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] needshelp101:
Step 4. Where you have to use adb shell commands. My phone is bugging me to take the update. So I'm going to attempt to do slapmymoto when I get home from work.
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] Mustang02:
All separate commands. Hit enter after each one.
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] needshelp101:
Thanks :) just wanted to make sure before I tried. Since there is no fxz file. I need my root lol
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] MonkeyMouth:
Soooooo someone needs to make a bounty thread so people can start adding to the pot. Like me.
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] jfriend33:
I keep getting a "DNS Server not authoritative for zone" error running cydia impactor starting telnet on 2222.

What black window is http://rootzwiki.com/topic/107098-root-rockmymoto-yes-even-the-first-ota/ he pasting things into? I installed android SDK and copied cmd.exe into platform tools and ran as administrator.
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] mdav07:
So for some reason I finished slapmymoto all the steps an didn't take the ota and now I have wp off an I'm rooted can I just take the ota an be rooted or do I have to rsd back an start over
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] mistermojorizin:
as far as i know, the only way to root 4.2.2 after the camera update, is to use rock my moto. motoroot worked for the original 4.2.2 the phone came with, and it did not remove write protection. If you know otherwise, i'd be very interested. Otherwise, it's as stated. yes you'd end up on the same camera update 4.2.2, but the difference would be the lack of writeprotection (via write protect no more) and the total lack of root.

but i'm genuinely curious how you get write protection off with motoroot on the camera update? are you sure it's not rockmymoto?
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] pyro2677:
I have faith in JCase or someone cracking the 4.4 update. If guys can jailbreak iOS then i'm sure you guys can jailbreak motorola Droid Phones. :)
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] Brenardo:
I am getting the error Unable to chmod /data/local/tmp/install.sh: No such file or directory

Kinda lost at the moment

Edit: past that point now stuck at /system/bin/sh: can't create /sys/kernal/uevent_helper: no such file or directory

Am I not typing the correct commands?

Well I reckon I effed something up prior to installing KK. Damn

When I look in a file explorer I can clearly see the sys/kernal/uevent_helper directory... ?

EDit: yep I am an idiot. Rooted on 4.4 sry for wasting space. I was typing the echo command wrong
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] porkweasel:
Thank you! I thought I was on the right track but began to doubt myself. Everything worked great and I'm rooted on 4.4. Thank you! I will say though, Telnet was not cooperative at all! Getting my phone to connect with Impactor was a bear!
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] grecho:
Ok so i have a question,

I am currently on 12.7.7, i have root, i used MotoWPNoM, write protection is off (verified).

I have been denying the 12.15.15 update now for a long time because i did not want to lose my original root.

So my question is this, Can i now accept the 12.15.15 update and will i be ready to run slapmymoto?

Thanks guys
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] Franzie3:
I believe the answer is no. From my understanding, and by all means someone can correct me if im wrong, you need to go back to an unrooted 12.7.7 (use house of moto and keep data i guess) then accept the 12.15.15 and root using the 12.15.15 exploit. Then run the steps to pre-root before accepting the Android 4.4 update.

Again i may be wrong but i thought you needed to be back to stock to accept the 12.15.15 update
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] grecho:
Thats where i am confused, because in the original post jcase says

and i was understanding that this was 12.15.15?

Also, I have been stopping this update because previously it was understood that root was lost by running this update. And MotoPwnNoMO keeps the write access. Therefore putting me where I needed to be? to start Slapmymoto.
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] Mustang02:
Use houseofmoto to fxz to 12.15.15(camera update). Then follow the steps to get 4.4 installed.
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] mdav07:
So did followed all steps but when it came to take the ota like an idiot I fails to accept it an then I ran the last step in slapmymoto now I'm rooted with wp off can I still accept the ota or should I start back at step 1 any help would he appreciated thanks
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] grecho:
Dont mean to be a PITA Mustang, but I havent used houseofmoto yet so forgive my ignorance, but I can use this to update? the 12.15.15 OTA update wont remove root itself while maintaining write access? I just dont want to lose my data. Factory resets suck ass (very OCD about how my phone is set up... lol)

I've been flashing since my Droid 1 days, so im familiar with RSD, but ive been out of the game for a while.

Thanks
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] Franzie3:
I think you are trying to go from step 1 to step 4 while skipping steps 2 and 3.

Agreed, My opinion is that you should house of motot to fxz to the pre camera update. Keep all your data and lose root. the accept the 12.15.15 camera update (keeps your data) Then run the root for 12.15.15. Gain root and then follow instructions for getting root on 4.4. Doing this will fill the gap of trying to go from pre camera update to kit kat update and trying to keep root.
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] jfriend33:
This is ridiculous on Motorolas and Verizons part. Why does this have to be do damn difficult. It wasn't like this on any of my other phones.

---------- Post added at 11:10 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:07 AM ----------

Could someone share a decent tutorial for adb? There are so many conflicting ways to do this.

Also this telnet thing is a joke. I was going to just say f it and update but my easy tether didn't successfully share Internet to my Nexus 7 2013 via bluetooth.
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] ihuntinde:
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[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] nubia11:
My thumbs up was for the Verizon comment and not telnet. I agree that Verizon has really made things unnecessarily difficult to change the way we want our phones to look and operate.
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] jkhouw1:
process mostly worked beautifully for me... for some reason I can never get house of moto to work but removed write protection, used RSD lite to flash the camera update from the fxz files, slapped, took ota, then finalized the slap post OTA.

thanks to all for the instructions.
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] Franzie3:
while im all for the root/unlocked bootloader party. It isnt exactly in the best interest of user security to just allow certain things. The carriers have their reasons for it, They want to protect their devices from intrusion even if that means intrusion from yourself. Also it makes it hard to support a device if they get rooted/unlocked and all sorts of hell breaks lose.
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] cmelby:
Done everything to get SlapMyMoto working. 4.4 update fails

Long process, but I followed the instructions exactly to arrive at a successful SlapMyMoto conclusion on a Droid MINI.

Write protection off, unrooted, on 12.15.15.obakem_verizon.Verizon.en.US, SlapMyMoto applied with no error messages.

I see the Verizon update is available in About Phone. Download it. Click to install it. It fails to update to 4.4 with first an Install Deferred error 252, then an Update Failed error 410.

Any clue what went wrong? Does anyone else have this issue? Any suggestions on getting the 4.4 update installed?

Thanks.
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] Franzie3:
you might have to FXZ all of 12.15.15 even the boot.img and put yourself back to stock, then run the rockmymoto and thne WP off again and see. I saw a thread somewhere where that had worked for them
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] cmelby:
Followup Question to 4.4 update failure on Droid MINI

Thanks for your quick reply! Much appreciated.

Edited to delete repetitive content in other posts.
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] citrus13:
a question for a newb to rooting

Hi all.. so when I first rooted my droid maxx xt1080 it took me forever, when I took the camera update the phone lost somehow, radio signal, as we are in Canada and something funny happened, so I reloaded software using house of moto.. anyways, wife has unrooted phone, I have rooted phone but these instructions are a bit tough for me... so my question is this... can i just accept my OTA notice? My phone is rooted, verified by root checker, have superuser installed.. and I have basically used the root to only remove bloatware.. I don't see myself needing root, was a 'test' for myself I guess... anyways, it's currently at:

4.2.2

12.15.15.obake-maxx_verizon.Verizon.en.US

MSM8960PRO_BP_2323.011.75.00R

hope thats all you need... so rooted, just wanting kitkat.. whats the easiest for me? Can I accept OTA notice?

thank you very much
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] TwilightAngel21:
Ok i assume I have everything rooted since it still give me a 0 and allows me to have access to settings you normally need rooting 1st for. But with Kitkat update has anyone been able to turn back on wifi hotspot for VZ? I was able to do it on JB but now with the settings changed it still not allowing me to use it with out paying for it
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] jfriend33:
I found a tool called puttytel. It was actually very easy to use. It was the only way I could connect with telnet.

Now my issue is cydia impactor won't even run.

Could someone please advise me with details on what exactly I need to do. I am currently on SU1-15, write protection OFF, and rooted. I know this is not the correct area to begin. But after trying many things, this is where I have ended up. It is a safe place to stay if I have to, so if I can't get this to work, its not the end of the world.

Just tell me what step to go to. If I need to go back to 12.7.7, etc. When they say camera update, what is the actual build of that? Because there are two different SBFS that can be downloaded and I fear I may have downloaded the incorrect version.

Also would it be better to not FXZ save data? If so, I will just backup my sd card. I am basically willing to start this process over completely from scratch.

Much Appreciated.
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] citrus13:
delete.. sorry
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] Franzie3:
Google search the error message. Might help a bit more. I saw a bunch of links from reputable forums and sites
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] citrus13:
sorry... you replied to someone else.. it was a similar question as I had.. sorry for the mistake.. I'm wondering if I may just take the OTA on a rooted phone that is as my post above..
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] cmelby:
Thanks especially for the repush SlapMyMoto.jar instruction, but...

Edited to delete text of similar question posted in another post.
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] jkhouw1:
No

If you want to keep root don't accept update as is.

If you've already confirmed write protection is off (0), flash back to 4.2.2 camera update so you DONT have root anymore. Then run slapmymoto steps 1 through 3. Then take update, then finalize slapmymoto AFTER the 4.4 update completes - that will restore root.
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] cmelby:
Thank you. I just saw this very helpful reply after rooting 4.2.2 by running SlapMyMoto again and following the instructions to be done "after 4.4 installs successfully," but the unsolved problem is that the 4.4 update will not install successfully (Update Failed 410 error). I went through the whole RockMyMoto, WPNoMo, SlapMyMoto process successfully, then the 4.4 update would not install. I've posted a question about what could be messing that up and how to fix it. One kind fellow suggested HouseOfMoto back to 4.2.2 then RockMyMoto (won't work since write protection is off), then WPNoMo (not sure why if the write protection is already off), then SlapMyMoto (I guess this is the replacement for RockMyMoto step) again, and then retry the OTA 4.4 update.

Looks to me as if I have to either block the 4.4 update (by freezing Motorola OTA and and and something else...) and remain rooted on 4.2.2, or wait for an answer to why 4.4 won't install successfully and how to redo something, or everything, to make it do so and then finish off the remaining steps in SlapMyMoto to restore root.

Thanks very much for your past and potential future help.
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] XxSinisteRxX:
"does not support rooted devices" what the frick? lol

Ok, my phone info is:

System Ver: 12.15.15

Android Ver: 4.2.2

I may be wrong but i did the

in PuTTytel, and i got this message:

LoL Is the phone not supposed to be rooted for this? The first part says i'm supposed to use RockMyMoto to gain root... Then says something about reverting to the 4.2.2 camera update, which i thought was 12.15.15? That's what i'm on now... My phone's rooted from when i did RockMyMoto, and i've already ran MotoWPNoMo with a "0" result.

Or do i even need to run SlapMyMoto since i'm already rooted, and just continue with the other steps? :confused:
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] jcase:
Read the op, dont skip steps
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] XxSinisteRxX:
I followed the steps on this thread. The only thing i didn't understand was the "restore to 4.2.2 camera update" part, and like i was saying...i'm already on 4.2.2.

So i opened Impactor and did that step, as well as the telnet step in Step 2.

Am i supposed to walk my already rooted device through the whole RockMyMoto steps on the other thread again and then come back to this thread?
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] jcase:
You read it, recognized the existence of a step, and didn't do the step because you didn't understand it. So you skipped a step...

Rooted devices rarely handle OTAs very well, especially if they do not have a recovery anymore. Restore to stop, and continue.
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] XxSinisteRxX:
Ok, clarify something for me then... Even though i am rooted using your previous method for 12.15.15 and currently on 4.2.2, you say to revert to "stop" which i'm assuming you meant "stock". Is your reference to stock meaning 12.7.7? Or just an un-rooted 12.15.15?

Your step says to run MotoWPNoMo, so i did that. Now i unroot somehow? Or RSD back to 12.7.7 or 12.15.15 unrooted somehow?

This isn't my first time rooting... Just bare with me man, there's something about this that's just not clicking in my brain. And i'm getting just as frustrated about me not getting it, as you are getting annoyed that you're having to explain it.. lol I don't mean to be a P.I.T.A.

Justin, nevermind man... 28 pages later i find out that i'm supposed to use HouseOfMoto to basically unroot it...
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] jkhouw1:
If you have removed write protection, don't worry about that piece anymore. you can't re-enable it with any method.

Get your phone back to stock 4.2.2 camera update (CFC-obake-maxx_verizon-user-4.2.2-SU1-15-3-release-keys-cid2-Verizon-US.xml.zip) - use HouseOfMoto or RSDLite. This step will remove root. Don't re-root it by any method. this is all spelled out in the original post. SlapMyMoto runs on UNROOTED 4.2.2 and provides root AFTER the OTA 4.4 is completed. I don't know how else to say it. The update should run fine on this which is STOCK 4.2.2

SO:

FLASH 4.2.2 w/camera. If you want to be really sure its stock, don't mess around trying to save your data - just wipe the phone.

AT THIS POINT YOUR ARE STOCK 4.2.2 WITH WRITE PROTECTION REMOVED AND NO ROOT - WHICH IS EXACTLY WHERE JCASE TOLD YOU TO BE IN THE OP. THEN FOLLOW THE REST OF HIS POST:

Start with the SlapMyMoto steps 1-3:

Step1)

Unzip SlapMyMoto-1,0.zip and push the jar file to your internal storage

adb push SlapMyMoto.jar /sdcard/SlapMyMoto.jar

Step2)

Use http://www.cydiaimpactor.com/ to open up a telnet session as system user on port 2222.

Connecting over telnet, and run Stage1 with this command:

dalvikvm -cp /sdcard/SlapMyMoto.jar SlapMyMoto

When the device tells you to reboot, do this manually with "adb reboot" or your power button. It will not auto reboot on this step

Step3)

Once the device has rebooted, run Impactor again and connect over telnet just like in the previous step, then run the same command

dalvikvm -cp /sdcard/SlapMyMoto.jar SlapMyMoto

Once the device has rebooted, take the 4.4 OTA.

FINALLY:

Step4)

Now that we are on 4.4, we can finish the process with adb shell:

adb shell
cp /sdcard/install.sh /data/local/tmp/install.sh
chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/install.sh
echo "/data/local/tmp/install.sh" > /sys/kernel/uevent_helper

Then either wait, or toggle your bluetooth. Once the device reboots, you will have root.
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] TwilightAngel21:
Could anyone help or maybe give insight over this?
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] gatortuba:
Every time I restore with HouseOfMoto Write protection comes back. If I root with RockMyMoto it turns back off
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] jkhouw1:
SQLite DB change no longer works - you now have to replace entitlements apk

---------- Post added at 11:36 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:35 PM ----------

Are you sure you are not confusing root with write protection? RockMyMoto doesn't remove write protection MotoWPNoMo does.
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] TwilightAngel21:
Thanks..... my bf was whining at me to get things working again since there really no good net providers where we live and all wants to charge 80USD a month just for dail-up speeds basiclly
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] gatortuba:
No when I run slap my moto it says write protection is on
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] mdav07:
So I want to let people know what I ran into. So I originally rooted my maxx on 7.7 with pwnmymoto Then I did MotoWPNoMo and got permanent wp off. I then rsd back to my 7.7 and took the camera update (15.15) once I was done and on the camera update. I ran slapmymoto and took the 4.4 update finished slapmymoto an now I'm on 4.4 with root!!
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] XxSinisteRxX:
error: device offline

I went through and re-did all the steps, including unrooting back to 4.2.2/12.15.15.

When i try to do step 4's "adb shell" command, i get a message saying "error: device offline". What causes this and how do i fix it?
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] jcase:
sounds like either a PC issue, or you dont have adb setup entirely (ie you didnt enable usb debugging)
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] XxSinisteRxX:
I've got debugging turned on. Could it have anything to do with AndroidSDK and not having 4.4 stuff installed through that?

EDIT:

Ok, i opened cmd under admin priv's. and cd'd to my C:\AndroidSDK\sdk\platform-tools and tried the adb shell command again and it seemed to connect. However, after typing the remaining commands listed, the device never rebooted. Toggling the bluetooth didn't do it either. Any idea's?
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] NWKENT:
Sometimes, a good ole fashioned computer reboot will fix alota stuff..

sent by my MZ617-32 XYBoard 10.1_SafeStrap v3.12_Jelly Bean 4.1.2

Please donate to: jcase & Hashcode (if you can)
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] mdav07:
Try to download supersu and rootchecker from the play store. Install binaries in supersu and then reboot. Just a thought
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] cantsingh:
Just wondering -- could you have just RSD's directly to 15.15, rather than flashing to 7.7 and upgrading to 15.15?
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] mdav07:
That I don't know. I was told to rsd to the version I was on before so I did
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] robbyrobaz:
I got this error a few times. Found I had to use houseofmoto to get closer to stock. It didn't like what remnants of root I had in the system it seems.

---------- Post added at 03:05 AM ---------- Previous post was at 02:53 AM ----------

This is the command I am running in adb shell...

C:\Program Files (x86)\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>adb shell

shell@obake-maxx:/ $ echo "/data/local/tmp/install.sh" > /sys/kernel/uevent_help

er

.sh" > /sys/kernel/uevent_helper <

/system/bin/sh: can't create /sys/kernel/uevent_helper: Permission denied

Everything else has worked perfectly and I have the files on the /sdcard

I also have wp off too...

C:\Users\ROB> adb shell getprop ro.boot.write_protect

0

Anybody know how I can get passed this permission denied?
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] jkhouw1:
looks like you are skipping a command - did you do the copy (cp) and permission change (chmod)?

adb shell
cp /sdcard/install.sh /data/local/tmp/install.sh
chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/install.sh
echo "/data/local/tmp/install.sh" > /sys/kernel/uevent_helper

---------- Post added at 07:29 AM ---------- Previous post was at 07:28 AM ----------

Yes - you can RSD directly to 15.15
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] robbyrobaz:
Ya those cp and chmod commands worked fine. No errors. I'm kinda stumped.
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] grecho:
Ok, so update, I did try to accept OTA as a rooted 12.7.7, DIDNT WORK put the phone in a loop, I was however able to successfully flash to 12.15.15 in houseOfmoto,

I am now currently running 12.15.15 UNROOTED, and went through steps 2 and 3, slapmymoto reset second time but the 4.4 KK update will not complete, i keep getting the 410 error, anyone have any input on this?
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] acupunk:
I'm stuck in exactly the same place.
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] Franzie3:
Might need to google search the error you are getting. They booting into stock recovery and clearing cache or removing the download somehow and re-downloading.
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] robsharp78:
Worked for the Moto Mini XT1030. The write protection "script" is a little flakey with downloading stuff from some 3rd site under the covers isn't all that great.