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[Moto G General] whymoo:
Moto G bootloader unlock is out theroot.ninja

Too bad we still have to pay $25 but at least its $15 cheaper than the China middle man.

25 dollars seems a little too much considering I got the Moto G for $50 and iPhone jailbreaks are free

The author should just take the $250 moto g + $1200 moto x bounties instead could probably earn more.
[Moto G General] T10NAZ:
its said that it goes to all the phones that has been damaged in the process and all the fees of actually writing the apps and stuff. I'm not hating but yes he should take bounties but over his twitter and xda posts he was not really complaining I would say but hated that no one paid up which is disappointing.

In my eyes a donation page should have been set up to pay what you would like for all of the money drained from writing apps and hosting sites and for all the phones that borked in the process but thats just me.

but Im happy that it costs a little more then half and yes itll probably be pirated lol hopefully his root method that the author said he was gaining for 4.4.4 will be free at least. But who knows.

For the iPhones I think its all donation driven as well so those guys have it good :)
[Moto G General] Meuuks13:
Towelroot?
[Moto G General] shabbypenguin:
The problem with setting it to "donations" is that people are cheap and forgetful. I've seen people throw money at copy/paste kernel devs to get them a new phone year after year only to abandon it for the newest phone because they got that donated to them. Rarely think about the people that brought them the stock files they use when they mess up their phone and save their investment, or the people who port recovery and the teams behind the recoveries, the folks who make it possible to flash all your roms/mods/kernels etc.

Obviously the way things were, weren't working out, otherwise they wouldn't have switched to it. Bounties go unpaid by almost half of the people who say they will pay, add into that this was done by a team means that money has to be split. so lets say this $250 dollar bounty, every one was perfect and paid it and it was split 3? 4? ways? that means that to each of the devs who poured countless hours into it would get about the cost of the cdma phone to provide an entire community freedom and ensure their devices can last even longer than what official updates will provide.

The android community is growing and the number of people who donate is IMO staying the same or growing smaller. Ive ported recovery to 7+ devices this year, ported Cyanogenmod to one, and rooted two more. I had to purchase one of the phones i rooted but it wasnt in danger of bricking or actual risk. these guys have put some serious time and effort into it, and btw anyone who is trying to pirate it id seriously reconsider unless you dont value your device.
[Moto G General] T10NAZ:
Yea to be completely honest I did hint at people being stingy and not paying and thats cool that you have ported recoveries and I guess source built or zip pushed a cyano rom :)

I really dont care about this phone being rooted anyways since I store a few grand in cryto on my moto g, and dont want that stolen xD. If I want an unlockable phone it looks like ill be headed for a GPe device or something so I would have to go through the hassle to be paying someone :D
[Moto G General] shabbypenguin:
there is only one way to build aosp and thats by source :P

[MENTION=4802051]Somcom3X[/MENTION] has taken over and is now the official CM maintainer for the moto g 4g ;)
[Moto G General] BBotteron1:
find a fix yet?

Its been awhile so has anyone found a way to unlock the bootloader and root the moto g 4.4.4 2014 without a middleman? Just received this phone on black friday for 29 bucks if i knew it wasnt unlockable i woulda spent an extra 20 and got the other one through straight talk :/
[Moto G General] droidzer1:
FOUND! The particular Moto G XT-1028 I had could not be rooted by any method I tried (that included about everything) until a couple days ago I found a version of the Kingroot App and it rooted SUCCESSFULLY! If I don't see any other successes here I'll start a thread on it and post the app to root it. This is Kingroot_V4.5.0.803 that worked. Older versions I had tried did not work. I started a thread here and have attached the Kingroot version that worked in that thread: http://xdaforums.com/moto-g/help/moto-g-xt1028-successful-root-t3185109

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Will this qualify for the Root bounty? I will be trying to determine if the bootloader is also unlocked. Working on that right now since the Kingroot is rather automatic and I actually did not expect it would work so I wasn't even watching it close until it was done.

I know idone's great Galaxy Tools app may be for Samsungs but it also works on the Moto G and as you can see in the attached pic it shows the model of this phone - XT-1028, Baseband and so on AND that it has ROOT !
[Moto G General] TheManii:
This definitely does not qualify, here's why:

It's temporary, at least if you use kingroot,

you can likely permanently install kingroot/supersu/whatever into system and preserve root, but

It doesn't touch the bootloader lock status, locked bootloaders cannot run a custom recovery (at least on moto devices) even with root, it'll simply tell you theres a signature mismatch at boot since official moto kernels (and recoveries) are signed by motorola.

Kingroot itself depends on exploit(s) to gain root, unless you already have root and are simply updating the existing install.

If you update and all the exploits are patched, you can't root until more are found

2 and 3 above means that you are stuck on the current rom you are on if you want root, you cannot upgrade nor can you flash a custom rom until we have an unlocked bootloader

The only difference between kingroot and framaroot (for example) is that kingroot has exploits "a", "b", and "c", while framaroot has "x", "y", and "z". And for the moto g on KXB21, only exploit "c" works.

What we need is for someone to make an equivalent tool to sunshine that can unlock the bootloader now that we have temporary root. You can simply buy sunshine, but it costs $25 per device and I paid $20 for my moto g to begin with.

A sprint model moto g can be had for $50-80 anyway.

If you're willing to pay to unlock it, you may as well buy a sprint model XT1031 and convert it to use on vzw, at least then you'll have an official unlock as the XT1028 and XT1031 are similar enough besides the official bootloader unlock status.
[Moto G General] Guicrith:
I was able to flash misc with 0x31 with dd and kingroot it dident unlock my bootloader though just set qe: to 1/1 instead of 0/1.

PuffedCheek:~ Hoppy$ fastboot getvar all

(bootloader) version: 0.5

(bootloader) version-bootloader: 4113

(bootloader) product: falcon

(bootloader) secure: yes

(bootloader) hwrev: 0x83C0

(bootloader) radio: 0x3

(bootloader) emmc: 8GB Toshiba REV=06 PRV=51 TYPE=17

(bootloader) ram: 1024MB Samsung S4 SDRAM DIE=4Gb

(bootloader) cpu: MSM8626 CS

(bootloader) serialno: TA8810ANIQ

(bootloader) cid: 0x0002

(bootloader) channelid: 0x00

(bootloader) uid: 8B255E020F000000000000000000

(bootloader) unlocked: no

(bootloader) iswarrantyvoid: no

(bootloader) mot_sst: 0

(bootloader) max-download-size: 536870912

(bootloader) reason: Reboot mode set to fastboot

(bootloader) imei:

(bootloader) meid:

(bootloader) date:

(bootloader) sku:

(bootloader) iccid:

(bootloader) cust_md5:

(bootloader) max-sparse-size: 268435456

(bootloader) current-time: "Thu Jan 7 20:28:25 UTC 2016"

(bootloader) ro.build.fingerprint[0]: motorola/falcon_verizon/falcon_cdm

(bootloader) ro.build.fingerprint[1]: a:4.4.4/KXB21.14-L1.41/42:user/rel

(bootloader) ro.build.fingerprint[2]: ease-keys

(bootloader) ro.build.version.full[0]: Blur_Version.210.12.41.falcon_cdm

(bootloader) ro.build.version.full[1]: a.Verizon.en.US

(bootloader) ro.build.version.qcom[0]: AU_LINUX_ANDROID_LNX.LA.3.5.1_RB1

(bootloader) ro.build.version.qcom[1]: .04.04.02.048.020

(bootloader) version-baseband:

(bootloader) kernel.version[0]: Linux version 3.4.42-gaf6580c (hudsoncm@

(bootloader) kernel.version[1]: ilclbld54) (gcc version 4.7 (GCC) ) #1 S

(bootloader) kernel.version[2]: MP PREEMPT Wed Jun 25 01:50:02 CDT 2014

(bootloader) sdi.git: git=MBM-NG-V41.13-0-gdc5aeaf

(bootloader) sbl1.git: git=MBM-NG-V41.13-0-g683cb0c

(bootloader) rpm.git: git=MBM-NG-V41.13-0-g71b1aae

(bootloader) tz.git: git=MBM-NG-V41.13-0-ga27c415

(bootloader) aboot.git: git=MBM-NG-V41.13-0-g7dc8e78

(bootloader) qe: qe 1/1

(bootloader) ro.carrier: Dev

all: listed above

finished. total time: 0.065s

PuffedCheek:~ Hoppy$

The unlock status is most likely stored in /dev/blocks/***/cid

I dumped my cid and it has all the unlock data that you get with "fastboot oem get_unlock_data",device type (eg XT10**),serial number,in it along with some motorola certificates.

What we should try is get the cid partiton of someone who has an unlock code,flash it then "fastboot oem unlock <key>" with there key,then flash back our cid.

Could someone whos unlocked post there cid partition and unlock key here for me to test.

(Had this phone 2 years still cant do what i want with it (overclock and run pc linux w/minimal xserver,retroarch on it,so i will be a guinea pig))

My cid partition:
[Moto G General] billa:
The bootloader unlock is most likely tied to the HardwareID such as serial, mac, imei, etc, so it's not as easy as to just flash an unlocked CID copy.

There's more to this madness.
[Moto G General] jbrujah2004:
I will add $25 to the bootloader and $10 to the root!!!
[Moto G General] lightningdude:
[MENTION=2376614]jcase[/MENTION] was the one to create the workaround for the Moto X, I believe. I wonder if he'd try the Moto G, too?
[Moto G General] jaspreet997:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2680651

There it is...email these Chinese middle men they have unlock codes for all moto phones

And don't forget to send me some money
[Moto G General] lightningdude:
Yeah, if we went this route and paid $40 to unlock, the bounty wouldn't go to anyone. Not that that would be horrible, but I'd rather see a root exploit than have to pay $40 for unlock. Personally, unlocking isn't worth that much. $20 maybe, but not $40.
[Moto G General] NWKENT:
So..what happens when the next upgrade comes out.?

Answer >> your Root will be gone..Sir..Unlocked is everything for a device..after unlocked..the device always has Root..it also can be downgrade, upgrade when ever one wish's..can you do that with only a Rooted device.? Always having to protect Root not to loose it.!

$40 is mere pennies to pay..to be unlocked..Root exploit is only temporary..even the bounty is temporary..Rethink please..

:)

How many here with a XT1028 are on KK Rooted..and in minutes can be back on

JB Rooted.. have backups..and can modify thier OS.?

+1

sent by my 4.3_14.14.14

TWRP 2.6.3.2-falcon

XT1028 Moto G

http://waynekent.com/page6.html

Please donate to: jcase & Hashcode

(if you can)
[Moto G General] TotesMyGoats:
I, personally, would like to have root first and unlocked bootloader, but separately. Like, have the option to root or unlock. Because I have a few apps I'd like to back up with titanium first so that I don't have to start over on a couple games that I've already had to start over a few times, and I also have a litecoin wallet I don't wanna lose.

Sent from my Moto G XT1028
[Moto G General] NWKENT:
I do understand your point about Root exploit first..but..you can make a copy of your storage to computer..then copy back after unlocked is possible..Also after unlocked one can backup with Titanium, copy the Titanium folder to computer HD..unlock..install Titanium..then copy the folder from your HD onto another device..I have done those kinda things many times..I can take one Titanium Backup and copy it to any other of my devices..but they are are Motorola..that simple..check with all the experts..they will all tell you the same..unlocked is the answer to all Root needs..you can loose Root exploit with one wrong move..and never regain..with unlocked..Root is never lost..unless on updates TWRP..then in minutes..Root can be regained..

sent by my 4.2.2_12.15.15

TWRP 2.6.3.1 XT1080M Droid Maxx #1

http://waynekent.com/page6.html

Please donate to: jcase & Hashcode

(if you can)
[Moto G General] TotesMyGoats:
I know how to work titanium lol. All I was saying is that I'd like to have the option to root my phone JUST to use titanium and back up a few apps right before I unlock the bootloader. Having to wipe all my data could very well be a deal breaker for me on whether or not I unlock my bootloader IF I can't back up the data that I NEED.

Sent from my Moto G XT1028
[Moto G General] lightningdude:
There are ways to avoid updating, and waiting until the root exploit for the next update is found. I like this version of Android so well that all I want is to run a couple of root apps. I don't have any desire for a custom rom, or to run firmware from another phone. So to me, unlocking to root just isn't worth it. I didn't say it wasn't going to be worth it to anyone, just me. I'm content where I'm at, just patiently waiting for something.
[Moto G General] motrinHD:
2nd post updated

please confirm that you'll pledge the stated amount, that way it looks more inviting for devs that we have a 2nd confirmation from those who pledge

SO FAR WE HAVE $175 for and unlocked bootloader and $50 for ROOT.
[Moto G General] motrinHD:
thats okay, when ever you can we will be here

no worries, hopefully in 6 months we have our bootloaders unlocked!

so far no, but hopefully we starting getting some buzz now that we have sum going.

i rather give it to us the community,

completely agree, as soon as were unlocked we can decide what to do with our phones. Thats why so far i haven't changed thread title, we will be better off
[Moto G General] NWKENT:
I'm unlocked..but to help out others and maybe the purchase of another XT1028..please confirm my pledge(s)

sent by my 4.3_14.14.14

TWRP 2.6.3.2-falcon

XT1028 Moto G

http://waynekent.com/page6.html

Please donate to: jcase & Hashcode

(if you can)
[Moto G General] luna_joao:
You can confirm mine too.
[Moto G General] TotesMyGoats:
I'm surprised that no dev is interested in this

Sent from my Moto G XT1028
[Moto G General] ...Awesome...:
Just because no Dev comments doesn't mean nobody is working on it...
[Moto G General] TotesMyGoats:
True.

Sent from my Moto G XT1028
[Moto G General] damagedbits:
I'd feel a lot more comfortable donating if I knew a dev was working on it though
[Moto G General] wolfen69:
I was just at the boost mobile store, and was told that they are gsm, not cdma.
[Moto G General] damiloveu:
Yes, US Cellular version costs $79 plus tax only.
[Moto G General] lightningdude:
Customer service reps at stores have never been a good source of information. Boost Mobile operates on Sprint's network, which is CDMA. That's the reason why flashing the Verizon firmware on a Boost phone works.
[Moto G General] wolfen69:
They need to hire better help then.
[Moto G General] sprockkets:
aio model is locked as well, sucks balls. I'd give $20 as well. I thought about brute forcing the code in but since it is 20 digits long that ain't going to happen.
[Moto G General] eg0097:
Wait? you're unlocked :o was it by the chinese middle man?....
[Moto G General] NWKENT:
Yep..exactly..

sent by my 4.3_14.14.14

TWRP 2.6.3.2-falcon

XT1028 Moto G

http://waynekent.com/page6.html

Please donate to: jcase & Hashcode

(if you can)
[Moto G General] raymond4:
Find it hard to believe that you're phone is unlocked. There's no possible way that the Verizon Moto g you have is unlocked. Unless you have a different model then that's different.
[Moto G General] NWKENT:
Yes..I have a XT1028 Moto G unlocked..

sent by my 4.3_14.14.14

TWRP 2.6.3.2-falcon

XT1028 Moto G

http://waynekent.com/page6.html

Please donate to: jcase & Hashcode

(if you can)
[Moto G General] eg0097:
Look it up.. its a man that has connections /w motorola's database "supposedly" and gives you a working code. For 42$ if i remember correctly.
[Moto G General] lightningdude:
I once paid $26 to unlock an Xperia Play, and a couple months later, they were free to unlock. $42 is just too steep for me, so I'll have to wait.
[Moto G General] eg0097:
Yeah also 42$ is almost half the price of the phone... so not worth it. Maybe you guys could negotiate with him i hear hes very helpful and replies quickly.
[Moto G General] zLoveXDA:
Dude he's trolling i he says the same thing on every Android website then he tells u to donate
[Moto G General] eg0097:
Look it up before you speak ignorantly. http://xdaforums.com/moto-x/general/verizon-moto-maker-bootloader-unlock-t2680651 :D
[Moto G General] zLoveXDA:
Yes but its funny how its only for the moto x/mini/maxx
[Moto G General] luna_joao:
Anyone can tether with this phone? Sorry i know it's off topic.... but it's completely blocked in mine!

At least if we could get root! Anyway I already confirmed my $20 for the unlocked BL. Update on the second post please....
[Moto G General] NWKENT:
Your request >> https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B67RS0BDBp_iLUIxY1N1d29KaG8/edit?usp=docslist_api

Here..a very poor quality video..but good enuff to be factual, and to give a clear, unquestionable answer..

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B67RS0BDBp_iSGZVTWdIOUVwejg/edit?usp=docslist_api

Sent from my 4.4_19.5.3

XT1080M Droid Maxx #2

http://waynekent.com/page6.html

---------- Post added at 11:51 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:41 AM ----------

Disclaimer..

I personally, absolutely are NOT trying to collect ANY bounty..nore is anyone else for that matter..

I am simply proving, that the XT1028 Moto G is unlockable..

Sent from my 4.4_19.5.3

XT1080M Droid Maxx #2

http://waynekent.com/page6.html
[Moto G General] ...Awesome...:
Did u use the same recovery and root method as the GSM Moto G?
[Moto G General] NWKENT:
TWRP v2.6.3.1 and SuperSU v1.93

Sent from my 4.4_19.5.3

XT1080M Droid Maxx #2

http://waynekent.com/page6.html
[Moto G General] ...Awesome...:
#Awesome thanks buddy...
[Moto G General] NWKENT:
Sorry..correction..there is a specific recovery for the Moto G..I use this >>

TWRP v2.6.3.2-falcon and SuperSU v1.93

Sorry was half asleep when I replied..

Sent from my 4.3_14.14.14

(Unlocked) XT1028 Moto G

http://waynekent.com/page6.html
[Moto G General] ...Awesome...:
Yes I found it. I ended up paying 20$ for the unlock code, I guess he gave me a discount...
[Moto G General] mvnsnd:
I'll pledge $20 for full unlock.
[Moto G General] zLoveXDA:
So how do I unlock it where do I go to get code
[Moto G General] NWKENT:
See your PM..

Sent from my 4.3_14.14.14

(Unlocked) XT1028 Moto G

http://waynekent.com/page6.html
[Moto G General] eg0097:
How about instead of everyone "pledging" you guys just ask the chinese middle man for a discount Cx or maybe show him to this thread :p.
[Moto G General] lightningdude:
If he's only charging $20 for unlock codes, it may be worth it to go that route. Unlocking isn't a priority for me at the moment, so I'm going to wait it out a bit more. Maybe once the Verizon lock-in is over, it'll be unlockable? I'll wait for that.

I'll be calling Verizon sometime this week, at the suggestion of Motorola, to find out if Verizon actually is blocking it. Gotta jump through all of the hoops, apparently.
[Moto G General] lightningdude:
So, since I work 3rd shift, I wasn't able to find a time to call Verizon and talk to the person that's been handling my case, so I sent an email instead. I just got a reply today, and in it, the CSR told me that Verizon isn't preventing bootloader unlocking. So I sent the body of that email to the Motorola CSR that I've been working with, and hopefully I'll have an answer within the next 24-48 hours. I'll definitely keep you guys posted.

Update: Apparently my incident was closed automatically, and so instead of emailing the same guy, I ended up chatting online with someone else. The only thing she could tell me is that due to security reasons, blah blah blah. I countered with the fact that the US and Global GSMs are unlockable, as are the Boost Mobile CDMAs. I told her that Verizon told me that they weren't blocking unlock, and asked why not that specific one. She told me that the security crap was the only thing she could tell me, but she would pass my feedback on through Motorola. Fingers crossed, but not too hopeful.
[Moto G General] motrinHD:
i have a question! so my gs3, power button is on the fritz. making it very annoying to use. Can the cdma Moto G be activated on a regular Verizon line? (i dont have the phone yet)

i'd rather give that money to the community who uses/develops for the phone
[Moto G General] eg0097:
Yeah but the community isn't advancing or providing unlock codes. The community is moving along without the verizon moto g..
[Moto G General] Whiteboy_cannon:
Anybody able to just share the c code they get? I would be willing to pay but I just don't know if I trust the method of getting the code.
[Moto G General] shorenster:
I have XT1033 (Brazil) and pay U$ 20 to bootloader unlock
[Moto G General] TotesMyGoats:
We need to get this phone unlocked

Sent from my Moto G XT1028
[Moto G General] NWKENT:
Truly is an awesome device unlocked..but..for most..the opportunity has probably been missed..I certainly hope the chance returns..

Sent from my 4.3_14.14.14

(Unlocked) XT1028 Moto G

http://waynekent.com/page6.html
[Moto G General] jam0688:
$42 is a little extreme to pay for something that may or may not work. what works for other doesn't necessarily mean it will work for all. the way i see it if the motorola website supports unlock for the boost version its only a matter of time for the to release it for the verizon version wouldnt make much sense doing it for all version except one seeing as its the same phone. i went to the website just to see how much i would actually be charged and cant get past the first page cuz it wont translate from chinese to english even though it says it has. just have to be patient. im not sure if theres a dev working on this or not but if one is there is always a way around the unlocked bootloader it just a matter of getting the right vulnerabilities for an exploit. i believe jcase is working on one now for 4.4.2
[Moto G General] denzel09:
About jcase: exploit only for root, no for unlock bl. It't impossible to crack now the bl protection.
[Moto G General] jam0688:
well even with an locked bootloader root is better than nothing. more than likely wouldnt be able to install a custom recovery without but there would be small amounts of customizations with just root. id rather have an unlocked bootloader myself with root bec that means being able to flash custom roms via recovery when they become available even if none for the verizon version are made theres always been a way to make gsm roms work on cdma its just a matter of changing codes
[Moto G General] lightningdude:
There are other phones out there that have been "bootstrapped," that have custom recoveries and roms, but they're not messing with the stock side. Similar to a dual boot.
[Moto G General] JooseyJay:
It is bugging the crap out of me not being able to remove the bloat on this phone.
[Moto G General] migueldbr:
and so many other things..remove the operator logo, resize and change the nav buttons, change system font, edit autobrightness values without resorting to a 3rd party app and so on and so on...
[Moto G General] sprockkets:
I guess you guys have all the carrier crap ware - aio has absolutely none. Not even their apps are preinstalled - they send a txt to let you know about them.

But I wish they didn't kill tethering. That's really about it.
[Moto G General] hexed6:
I'll contribute $25 towards a bootloader exploit. Put me down as confirmed.
[Moto G General] motrinHD:
thank you, I'll update the list sometime today
[Moto G General] JooseyJay:
10$ each from me
[Moto G General] migueldbr:
Can anyone confirm that there really is already an exploit or its being worked on?i am thinking of rooting my phone(and lose warranty...) but if there is something on the horizon i might wait...