yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Moto E General] fathergweedo:
It's more than likely that Verizon insisted these be locked down for use on their network. They call the shots, not Tracfone.
[Moto E General] SParker40:
Unlocking Bootloader of ST Moto E bought at Wal Mart

I was excited to develop on this device but after buying it a couple days ago I think I will be bringing it back to wal mart and trading it for a developable device. I wish I knew how to unlock this bootloader because this phone has alot of potential. Someone please talk me out of it if there is a way to unlock the bootloader of the straight talk variant of this phone. Thanks
[Moto E General] ankitkr09:
I unlocked my bootloader and rooted my moto e.. flashed cwm recovery.. and now my moto e restarts after i try to lock the screen through the lock button... and also my google play is not working .. What is the cause of this and possible solution?

Thanx in advance!
[Moto E General] qm4n76:
dumb question ;)

do I need to unlock bootloader to root using this methode?
[Moto E General] fathergweedo:
Nevermind. Had a brain fart. :eek:
[Moto E General] cahlfin:
Can't download fastboot

What gives? Any help please?

Sorry if this has been covered. 23 pages is a lot to go through and I assume the OP would've been updated...
[Moto E General] vikasbahiri123:
I am getting this message

target reportedmax download size of 299892736 bytes error: cannot load recovery.img : no error

pls help on this
[Moto E General] Prashanth Meesara::
Try this if you are flashing the recovery

fastboot flash recovery "drag and drop the recovery image into the cmd prompt "

Or

Copy the recovery file to the same folder where you have the fastboot files and then type

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
[Moto E General] Mindolen:
Thanks for the info. Yes, I looked up my number and apparently my phone does use the Verizon network. So if its the Verizon network that's keeping us from unlocking the bootloader, would it solve the problem by getting tracfone to switch my network to say sprint for instance. Is that even possible? Anyway, I would really like to get this figured out because moto e literally has a 2gb hard drive and not being able to download any of the apps I want while my 16gb SD card sits there empty is driving me crazy.
[Moto E General] adisv:
Is there any way I can root moto e without PC?
[Moto E General] pathakkapil1989:
How to Unroot and relock bootloader?

Can you please help me how to re lock boot loader and un root my moto e i'm unable to relock boot loader cause I'm unable to upgrade to lollipop..

Please help me (noob friendly)

Thank in advance
[Moto E General] KabirUnreal:
Is there any way to root moto e running lollipop?
[Moto E General] shimp208:
Provided you have an unlocked bootloader you can still root by flashing the latest version of TWRP, and then flashing the latest version of the SuperSU .zip package in TWRP to root your device. Let me know if you have any questions.
[Moto E General] KabirUnreal:
Lollipop is official. And no boot loader unlocked. Pickle,huh?
[Moto E General] shimp208:
That method will work for official Lollipop, what you can do is go to the Motorola website unlock your bootloader and then either flash or boot temporarily the latest TWRP and flash SuperSU .zip package.
[Moto E General] KabirUnreal:
Okay. Thanks man!
[Moto E General] dave7698:
When I'm in bootloader menu and I select that it should reboot into recovery, it just normally reboots.. What am I doing wrong? I succesfully flashed CWM 6.0.4.9 recovery. TWRP doesn't work neither.
[Moto E General] dave7698:
Nevermind! I selected recovery with the power button instead volume up button... Now it's just working fine :D
[Moto E General] LKGUY:
Rooting - Moto E XT1022 Dual Sim Indian Version

Hi

First of all I would like to thank XDA and all the senior members and participants who have made possible for non-technical people like me to be able to think of and be confident of doing so many technical things like rooting on their own.

I just bught a new Moto E (Android 4.4.4) which I am desperately trying to root.

However despite of searching over internet for past three days I have not been able to find any way to unlock bootloader of Indian version (Motorola official website supports bootloader unlocking in few regions only). (Please help me with any other possible way).

As I understand unlocking bootloader is a must before I can use a custom recovery to install super user. (Please correct me if i am wrong).

I have found some information that srs root (apologies for referring to other website stuff - if that is not allowed) supports one click root of moto XT1022 KXC21.5-40 which is my phone's model number. Whether this will work? How safe are one click rooting applications? there are few other one click rooting applications for Moto E.

Please help me root my Moto E

Thanks
[Moto E General] neo.ank:
Indian variant moto e has unlockable bootlaoder.

Just refer to the guide in general section and follow the steps. You can unlock the BL. Then flash a custom recovery and SuperSU and done.

As for one click root methods, haven't used any but there's a big chance they are fake. Root requires unlocked bl.
[Moto E General] topyli:
Has anyone had luck with the CWM Superuser app? SuperSU works fine but I would prefer an open source su.

For me, the app installs ok (both as a regular app and through recovery) but fails to update the su binary and leaves me rootless. Running CM12 nightlies and TWRP.
[Moto E General] bananaboat23:
Is there any update on the CDMA version being unlockable/rootable?
[Moto E General] rajdeepde77:
Can I root my moto e without PC.???plZ reply..
[Moto E General] deej_roamer:
No
[Moto E General] rookieritz:
i am currently on cm12 nightly. is the process of rooting it same as stock kitkat?
[Moto E General] raakaysh:
Remove Unlocked Bootloader Warning

See this tutorial: http://www.droidviews.com/how-to-remove-bootloader-unlocked-warning-on-moto-e-2015/
[Moto E General] Hakkinukai:
MOTO E 2º Edition Root

Hello Guys, I did the boot unlock following a Moto E tutorial and it Worked very good, Now I got my Boot Loader unlocked, but my question is, is This ROOT Tutorial procedure Works as well in Moto E 2º Edition ? I'm afraid to test :silly:
[Moto E General] joppon:
waiting for device

Hello,

No matter how I try I cannot unlock the bootloader. The problem seems to be that whenever I connect the usb cable my phone (moto e) isn't recognised. The message 'Connect USB Data Cable' does not change and in cprompt all I get is 'waiting for device'.

I'm trying to root offline, I'm using an old xp. I've made sure that I enabled usb debugging. I even went to an internet cafe to use a more up-to-date computer and from there I downloaded and installed everything that the tutorials said: the latest android sdk, and drivers from the motorola site etc. Still nothing.

Can anyone please help.

Thanks
[Moto E General] Aryancool20:
nice...!!!

:cool::cool:
[Moto E General] st@rk:
not working

​

did it 4 times bro...same again

cannot load recovery.img.

plz help
[Moto E General] rhcrco:
I, also, get message on Motorola site that says no to getting unlock key

What is the next step if Motorola doesn't give unlock key. I tried on two different computers since one person had luck on his home computer after not having luck on some other computer. THANKS

rhcrco
[Moto E General] darshandharajia:
root moto e error

i want to root my moto e xt1022 but i didnt found mfastboot.zip from google drive

then how can i root any another method
[Moto E General] shubhamb1998:
cannot flash recovery

Succesfully unlocked the bootloader but while flashing the recovery.img it shows an errow max target reported max download size of 299892736 bytes

error cannot load 'recovery-twrp.img' No error

Help!
[Moto E General] tswtech2:
recovery not booting

i have flashed twrp and cwm but neither load. phone just stays on moto screen. what can i do?
[Moto E General] Rohit99:
download the recovery from the link

download recovery fromthis link , its an old recovery try flashing it , use this

fastboot flash recovery recovery-twrp.img
[Moto E General] tswtech2:
tried it but still the same result
[Moto E General] Rohit99:
what is the message you are getting after flasing , in fastboot mode
[Moto E General] Rohit99:
download mfastboot from the attachment below and start rooting
[Moto E General] mindlesSheep:
anyone having idea why I cant download mfastboot-v2?
[Moto E General] udhy:
Guys plz help me.my phone gone soft brick. When flash a firmware its saying 'preflash validation error'but I m using twrp recovery flash ROM.but I want go back to stock
[Moto E General] giaur:
My bootloader is unlocked (I did it without any problems). But I can't install recovery. This:

fastboot flash recovery recovery-twrp.img

Result:

downloading 'boot.img'...
OKAY [ 0.240s]
booting...
OKAY [ 0.260s]
finished. total time: 0.501s

Now phone stucks on boot logo and nothing happens. If I try to flash recovery, there is no error in console, but I can't boot into recovery - it gives me error: "No command". Any ideas? I tested recovery you linked and a few others - alwasy the same. I'm really confused!
[Moto E General] marwet:
problem fastboot twrp

Phone is unlocked, but when issuing step 7 I end up with the split screen (img_0952). Any help appreciated. Tried flashing recovery as well but nothing happens.
[Moto E General] marwet:
solved

Flashed twrp, wrote fastboot reboot and held volume down power and booted, selected recovery with up arrow - not power.
[Moto E General] giaur:
Does twrp work for you? I did the same without success
[Moto E General] keerthi kumar:
is it safe to root moto e???

I'm worried about something happens to my moto e..so plz tell me is it safe.... I'll not do any mistakes as u've given full instructions..
[Moto E General] yavapai:
the fast boot link (step 1) is broken i think. help

the fast boot link (step 1) is broken i think. help
[Moto E General] userfame:
The adb download is broken zip or something. I know this isn't place to complain either but what's with Moto needing me to get a key to unlock bootloader anyway Lol
[Moto E General] htcclay:
XT1528

Hey,

With this method work on the XT1528?

You guys rock!

Clay
[Moto E General] LastDeuS:
I'm also trying to figure this out but there is little to none info about this out there

Have you found any solutions to rooting XT1528????
[Moto E General] dvrdvr:
XT1524 : is it possible to root it ?

Hello everybody,

I have a Moto E XT1524 with Lollipop 5.0.2. I could unlock it with the unlock code, but I can't root it. I tried several images of cmw and twrp (for example twrp-2.7.1.0-condor.img), but each time I boot to bootloader, and I type the command "fastboot boot ....img", I am blocked on the Motorola logo. I am afraid to flash the recovery with that image, I don't want to brick my phone.

I would like to root my phone to move some data on the sd card. For example, I installed NOVA 3, and I would like to put the data on the sd card with link2sd (1.57 gb of data, that's big !). Does someone could help me ?

Thanks in advance
[Moto E General] jaspreet.virdi:
This thread only for moto e 1 gen. I think you flashed wrong recovery because the "condor" code only for moto e 1 gen not for 2nd Gen.

Moto e 2nd Gen recovery link

http://xdaforums.com/moto-e-2015/orig-development/twrp-moto-e-2015-recovery-t3049726

Other useful link for your device.

http://xdaforums.com/moto-e-2015/orig-development
[Moto E General] Sigma47:
Can't flash recovery

[Fixed/Solved] Looking on TWRP website. It seems that default firmware will over write the recovery on boot. I had to keep the volume up key pressed for 20 secs when I selected to boot to recovery from boot menu. All good in the hood[/Fixed] I've followed this to a T. I can't get recovery to boot. It flashes but then when I try to reboot to recovery my phone reboots to OS. I am using vol up to select reboot to recovery while in bootloader menu. When I reboot to recovery with power and vol buttons I get into the stock recovery, no command screen. I've tried both TWRP and CWM. I can't believe I've wasted a whole night trying to do this for such a cheap phone. So... how do I get this to work??? XT1022 dual sim on 4.4.4
[Moto E General] KaranBhatia:
Not booting

i have just update my moto e to 5.1 and i dont want to flash the twrp recovery. When i run the command "fastboot boot recovery.img" (i renamed the twrp rec to recovery.img), it says downloading okay, booting okay, but my phone gets stuck at boot logo. It does boot normally if i try to get out of it. Please help.
[Moto E General] Divesh ahuja:
I flashed supersu.zip viavia recovery and after rebooting it says no su binary installed

Now wht to do
[Moto E General] SashaNT86:
So my device is "not eligible" for the second unlock method for the bootloader. I'm trying to work with Motorola to fix this issue, apparently certain carriers have blocked the ability to unlock your bootloader. AT&T is one of them. (Sidenote: Do we have anybody working on this? Is there a way I can help?)

The second method won't open on my system.

I keep getting this error: "The compressed (zipped) folder *pathname* is invalid", where *pathname* is the full path to the download location. I'm on Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit. I tried scanning the file to see if my antivirus thought it was malicious and preventing the extraction, but came up with nothing.

Help?
[Moto E General] chetan_c12:
Can any1 tell me how to root Moto-E 5.1 lollipop version??

Is it same as rooted in kitkat version??
[Moto E General] rohitshakti:
While unlocking Bootloader I am getting the below error, pls Help:

D:\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>fastboot oem unlock EWQEND42A5W6ZB______

...

(bootloader) Unlock code = EWQEND42A5W6ZBU-----

(bootloader) Unlock completed! Wait to reboot

(bootloader) Unlock completed! Wait to reboot

Y

lain; charset=utf-8

FAILED (unknown status code)

finished. total time: 19.320s
[Moto E General] rohitshakti:
Can Moto E be rooted using a software in just one click:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-vhk2vf6Gs
[Moto E General] pravi_nair:
Mot e rooting

Hi there I tried to root ma moto e xt1022 following these instructions.I have unlocked the bootloeader but not able to root or install twrp image. It gives an error of "the max download is some 29854647 bytE's" . Please help me with it.
[Moto E General] rohitshakti:
Sir,

The download link of mfastboot-v2 is not working. Kindly update the same.

Secondly in step 4 it says "copy it into the root of your internal memory" Where does it want to copy the files on PC or on mobile's root.

Thirdly can't understand point 9.

"Press power button and do swipe to unlock to get your touch working again!

As Motorola released source code for the kernel, [MENTION=4584140]cybojenix[/MENTION] has fixed the touch issue, you can skip to step 10 directly!"

regards
[Moto E General] pravi_nair:
Im getting an error try to load twrp.img recovery

Its states that the max download size is some 2989898bytes. as of now my phone is bootloader unlocked.
[Moto E General] Roger96:
Try king root u don't have to unlock bootloader and replace it with super sume
[Moto E General] Marksdan0705:
It says that flashing recovery.img was successful but it will not boot into recovery mode?
[Moto E General] Dexter00022:
unable to flash twrp recovery

It shows this error while flashing twrp recovery..now what to do...please help...
[Moto E General] himbiswas:
mfastboot-v2 file is corrupted

mfastboot-v2 file u have provided is corrupted and unable to open or unzip. please fix it if possible thank you
[Moto E General] Ansh2000:
I am unable to flash twrp over stock 5.1 lollipop, adb showing target Max space size 256 MB. error: can not load recovery-twrp.img: no error. Please help.
[Moto E General] mecoolhi:
Does this work on moto e with lollipop 5.1??

Does this work on moto e with lollipop 5.1?? because i recently updated my moto e to 5.1(official update)

---------- Post added at 07:13 AM ---------- Previous post was at 06:16 AM ----------

mfastboot file not working...kindly rectify it
[Moto E General] anastazius:
Hi everyone.

I've managed to get to the step of installing TWRP.img, but straight away my phone boots itself into phone mode and I don't get a chance to try and install SuperSU.zip. Any ideas?

Thanks.
[Moto E General] amoghj8:
Unable to acquire root access

After opening SuperSu app it says

"There is no SU binary installed and SuperSU cannot install it . This is a problem !"

Can you tell me what went wrong ? Please help.

The phone runs on Android 5.1 version
[Moto E General] mikedcracker:
Does this method work with Moto E running on 5.1 ?

the title is self explanatory
[Moto E General] ddDev009:
Moto E1 over 5.1

Does same method works for moto e1 updated to 5.1 too?? :confused:
[Moto E General] lnasc256:
What happens if i use the stock recovery and update with zip of root?
[Moto E General] sanjibrout:
U can't flash with stock recovery. And of course can't do back up. If any thing goes wrong.

---------- Post added at 10:51 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:50 AM ----------

Flash twrp latest version using adb. Though I have not tested yet.
[Moto E General] rajeshsam:
For MOTO E xt1022 lollipop??

Could someone please clarify whether the rooting procedure is same for moto e running lollipop??

Procedure

Download mfastboot-v2 extract its content and use that for unlocking Bootloader

Unlock your bootloader From Here

TIPs:

CLICK TO SHOW CONTENT

Download The TWRP recovery from here(thread) or here(Goo.im) rename it recovery-twrp.img and move it in the same folder as of step 1

Download The SuperSU from here(thread) or here(chainfire.eu)() and copy it into the root of your internal memory!

Connect your phone to PC and Reboot to bootloader by pressing VolumeDown+Power button for about 6-7 seconds.

Go to the directory in step 1, Do Shift+RightClick in empty space in the folder without selecting anything, Select Open a command window here.

Run following command

Code:

fastboot boot recovery-twrp.img

If facing errors refer to TIP No. 2 and 3

Now touch doesn't work in recovery straight away, so wait 60 seconds without touching the phone, The phone screen will go blank.

Press power button and do swipe to unlock to get your touch working again!

As Motorola released source code for the kernel, [MENTION=4584140]cybojenix[/MENTION] has fixed the touch issue, you can skip to step 10 directly!

Select Install, scroll down and find the SuperSU Zip downloaded in step 4.

Swipe to confirm, wait untill the flash is complete and then select reboot, to boot into your phone which is rooted now

Check your app drawer, There should be SuperSU installed. Congratulations you are rooted!
[Moto E General] motor0id:
It works on 5.1 lollipop

It worked for me on 5.1. Just use volume up button to choose recovery instead of power button.
[Moto E General] 0bser:
root Moto E 5.1

I'm still not sure, don't know much about rooting but trying to be cautious and want to know for sure that this method of rooting is also applicable for OTA updated Moto E 5.1 version. This method is an year old as I guess, there are tutorials on rooting 5.02 versions, but I don't want to risk it either, can someone explain how much does the android version matter generally and on this particular case?

Thanks
[Moto E General] 16kingsman16:
My device shows error while rooting is there any app for rooting
[Moto E General] rdnatty:
Hi, the reason I want to root my Moto E 1st gen is because of the low internal memory. I've heard that one can partition the SD card and make it behave like internal memeory. How do I go about it? I'm a noob.
[Moto E General] zahinziya:
I done root my MOTO e sucessfuly as above method.after it device was repaired due to some issue. Device was formated and motherboard was changed. How i can root it again?

Will any software like kingroot work?
[Moto E General] abhishek8888:
Hey if I take back up of my stock unrooted lolipop from twrp and flash custom rom and if any ota update is available then will it be possible to flash the backup to get it or I need to download stock rom.
[Moto E General] swapnil14:
not able to unlock bootloader
[Moto E General] 9988338275:
bro how to root moto e

plz tell me how to root moto e because when i put the code in moto official website for 20 digit unique code then it says uh r not eligible so plz help me :confused:
[Moto E General] Aditya Sher:
is this method applicable for moto e manually updated to 5.1

is this method applicable for moto e manually updated to 5.1 without root can i root it
[Moto E General] Rafiqi:
Root without installing recovery

can we just root it without flashing recovery i mean we just unlock bootloader and then simply root without installing twrp recovery. Twrp recovery can be installed later. if this procedure is available can you please show this to us. thankx
[Moto E General] manojj:
U connect in your moto id in ur phone that id used in moto link
[Moto E General] Mr. Makk:
Hey Bud,

I cant open the zip file. Its corrupted?
[Moto E General] avi851218:
cannot access the internal memory of my phone how to copy the dwnloaded supersu file

i cannot access the settings menu or anything on my phone, only flash option can be accessed. how to copy the downloaded supersu file to the internal memory of my phone as usb debugging wasnt enabled..

i have successfully unlocked the bootloader. plz help..
[Moto E General] justind91:
Does anyone have an alternate download location for step 1?
[Moto E General] mutharasum:
Unable to unlock the bootloader

i am having the moto e 1st gen retail version... motorola site shows that your device doesn't qualify to unlock bootloader.

.i am new to this.. pls help me
[Moto E General] alpenglow:
I am in the process of rooting 5.1 moto E (1st), no matter twrp or cwm, it always struck at the moto log screen without entering recovery. It is OK to reboot into os. Need help. Thank you
[Moto E General] ronaktandi:
Help me I am new to this
[Moto E General] LimePrism:
Thank you for the guide, I've successfully rooted mine :)

Also, there seemed to be few users, who faced the same issue as I have during booting the TWRP recovery, and the solution, even though somewhere in the middle of the thread it was mentioned, was to flash the TWRP instead of just booting into it. Using the suggested boot command for TWRP resulted in being stuck on M logo (I tried multiple times).
[Moto E General] Anonymous_Gamer:
Noob Friendly?

Thanks for taking time in writing this, however I believe if you added pictures along with the step, would make the guy easier to understand.
[Moto E General] Vologue:
Check if superuser is set to 'deny root access' if its not set it to 'grant always '
[Moto E General] gednoww:
Hi Guys,

I have the XT1021. I unlocked the bootloader, I have the screen that comes up at the startup (The bootloader is unlocked) but I Twrp states that it needs 'root'. I am guessing that something has gone wrong. any help?:confused::confused:

EDIT:/ Sorry, ignore this! I got it working ;)
[Moto E General] dpool94:
Haha this was ages ago man. I have an Mi3 now. Thanks anyway.
[Moto E General] belovedson:
a bit confused.

unlocked bootloader

flashed twrp and cwm but cant get into new flashed recovery?

whenever i fastboot and enter recovery i get a dead robot with exclamation mark. i have tried both twrp and cwm? what the heck is going on
[Moto E General] Flagers:
To bad I use a Verizon phone that can't be bootloader unlocked.
[Moto E General] Angelik2014:
was having the same problem, what worked for me was rename the twrp recovery file to recovery.img, so the command looks like this

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

I'm on android 5.1 moto e xt1021
[Moto E General] cerberusss:
Here is a noob question, shall I use the last version of TWRP for a stock Moto E running Kitkat ? Thanks.
[Moto E General] giaur:
You can't have custom recovery with stock rom. Once booted, custom recovery will be erased and stock motorola recovery will be installed and there is nothing you can do with this. To prevent reverting recovery to stock, you need to install custom rom, like Cyanogenmod.