yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] small-mallet:
So that part of my experiment has failed i guess. I didn't actually think they would check (validate) the recovery partition on every boot! So does it not allow you to boot into recovery or does it stop your phone from booting entirely? Mind posting an image of how that error appears? I dont think we ever got a chance to see that error before!
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BurningKoala:
On locked bootloader you can flash any SIGNED firmware using ADB if that's what you ask:D
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d3adbroke:
Woo hope we can get a hash code safestrap recovery for us:)
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] small-mallet:
Yeah, I was wondering about that. Something that will ”validate” the custom recovery. I have no idea about that stuff though. Last I used that was in Kindle Fire HD, by hashcode.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sprockkets:
I would only think it would validate the recovery when writing it, not when booting it.

It just kicks me into the bootloader, then even if I select recovery, boots me into the OS.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] small-mallet:
I will have to relock my boot loader to test this stuff I guess. The actual root itself is working alright?
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lightningdude:
I don't think Xposed will work with tethered root, since you need to reboot after activating it. If anyone could refute my statement, you're more than welcome, because that's all I want root for.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 123421342:
Xposed will definitely work if you SOFT reboot through the app. I used this method before the M8 had the s-off exploit.

Does this work for the 4.4.2 verizon build?
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lightningdude:
I'll test this weekend, and I'm on Verizon 4.4.2.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Soul0Reaper:
Well the root worked but could not actually reboot into the twrp recovery.

Took me back to bootloader with this message:

I sure hope that rashr backup that it made had the original recovery xP
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaspreet997:
No system write access....so Xposed cannot work But otherwise a great exploit Thanks to OP and the original pie creater

After rebooting the app process thing in xposed doesn't work

P.S my boot loader is factory locked Code 0
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Trozzul:
so this is quiet not done yet? no root for the XT1028 and all the other locked bootloaders? i see that some people have rooted their XT1060s (moto x) would you guys think i should try rooting it with this and keep it on there till some the bootloader becomes unlocked somehow? i honestly dont NEED 4.4.3, its just going to cause more root problems.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaspreet997:
Okay I spoke too soon

Xposed does work

Just soft reboot every time to keep root

PS: you can copy all the four lines in root method at once and paste then press enter....after enter wait for a MINUTE ....the root works after a minute then disconnect the cable View attachment 2783404
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Trozzul:
Sweet! so we are able to use Xposed, and man how do you have 7.4gigs free? you have a XT1033, the device i was gonna get is a XT1028, think it would still be a good shot?
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] small-mallet:
Have any idea in what order you got xposed to work, installing it has been quite the hit and miss for me.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaspreet997:
Well its not easy to run xposed so its more of a Proof Of concept rather than a actual workaround

In other words you can but its too much hard work to maintain!!

Every time you restart you will not only have to re root you will have to re install xposed framework and then install framework from inside it and then soft reboot

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Root - install fresh xposed - install framework inside it- do not press yes to reboot- go back- enable all the pre downloaded modules in the list - go back in framework window and soft boot

But once you soft reboot once ....and you try to re soft boot it just gets stuck and you will have to long press power button and reboot and re do everything

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Xt1028 cannot be unlocked? Well this root method is very incomplete at the moment and you don't even get system write access so that wud stop a lot of root apps from working

Things kept force closing for me while using this method and reboots kept getting stuck So NO this is not a solution to root for you! Do NOT DEPEND on this

Rather get it unlocked or use it without root like I do ( better get used to it cause the next major release is breaking root anyway and xposed is not coming to Art )

About free space Well I have 12 GB free so 4 GB for apps 1 GB for pics and USB OTG for movies and stuff...

Music is either in cloud or via FM radio ( all the latest music for free)
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Trozzul:
my bad on the storage, i was thinking there was no 16g moto G.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] major9:
Can't this be implemented like the 2nd-Boot/Init on Moto Defy ? Once its installed the user gets root automatically on each boot, doesn't require unlocking bootloader & not permanent. Was a lifesaver when it came to claiming warranty.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] miraidensetsu:
I tried with Moto G LTE (XT1040) and it didn't work.

Android version 4.4.4, stock, with locked bootloader.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vikasb32:
is this method work in new moto g 2nd gen?
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
im not able to unlock bootloader

im not able to unlock the bootloader of my moto g dual sim variant(indian) . when it comes to the last step.. that is : opened comand window in platform tools in sdk file and typed fastboot oem unlock UniqueCode

when i do this it shows this:

(bootloader) Password incorrect!

(bootloader) OEM unlock failure!

it says this !! what should i do ..plz help ::(:crying:
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lmf:
So disappointed i can't unlock my aio us motog 4.4.2

Can't use openvpn install roms etc...

Anyone successfully rooted their us aio motoh

-g x1034 gsm aio version

Using this method?
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] droidkeyboardfan12:
will this work for the att moto g 4g
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gecko702:
i got the cricket 4.4.4 XT1045 and i couldnt unlock my bootloader can this work on it? or try something else like the sunshine app
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sparticuz:
For those willing to spend some money, sunshine unlocked my boot loader. I have the xt1032 from aio/cricket. http://theroot.ninja/
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rjuds82:
I imagine most have probably moved on to this. If not they probably should. It's what I ended up doing as well with my Verizon XT1028. I used towelpieroot for temp-root, Sunshine to unlock the bootloader, then flashed Phil's Touch CWM recovery and used it to install the SuperSU zip for permaroot. I think the $25 was worth it for no more headaches or waiting forever for a free solution.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Archies:
Not working
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tech_Savvy:
will titanium back be able to freeze system apps with this method?
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rmendez011:
Try Using Sunshine

try this "root" method and try Sunshine it will be $25 i dont know if you thinks its worth it?

Here is the Sunshine.apk

Now this will unlock bootloader/S-OFF

remove spaces in

h t t p : / /theroot.ninja/apks/SunShine-latest.apk
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roebling:
No adb on XT1028

Moto X XT1028 (Verizon prepaid) doesn't seem to allow adb commands. Fastboot works & Motorola adb processes is running in task manager but no adb commands, not even "adb devices", work
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xdfreak:
help with rooting moto g Aio

hey guys I have a question, I have tried to root my phone twice and failed no I didn't get the same outcome, My question is what did I do wrong ? I unzipped the root file into adb but didn't download the Aio tool thing is that needed? And if it is please tell me what to do I am new to this.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blackvitriol:
no0bz

to all the "hey guys i have a question" noobs, can you noobs stop quoting the entire post ?
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Brickstin:
Motog3 Xt1540 ?

I know this is an old thread but is it possible to root ( I must not unlock the boot loader or it will wipe the internal storage user data area.) a Xt1540?

I need to try and recover deleted photos off internal user storage partition.

Kind thanks..
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d3adbroke:
Someone needs to show this info to hash code and see if he can make a safe strap recovery
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tootone:
^ This!
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lightningdude:
If you reboot your phone, you only need to redo the last command to regain root. Just did it on my phone, and Root Checker says I'm rooted. Since it didn't push the files to a temporary folder, the files are still there, with the same permissions. That'll make things easier.

On the iOS side of things, they were able to rig up a small device that you could plug in to the iPhone/iPod to execute the command to re-jailbreak on a tethered jailbreak. Wonder if we could do that with a usb-otg type of thing?

Verizon Moto G with locked bootloader
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] T10NAZ:
We very well could, I would imagine something with the Arduino mini? or something of size that can run commands
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lightningdude:
I updated some apps after rooting with this method, and I had a bunch of force closes with everything, including the System UI. It updated Google Translate and my launcher, among other things. I'll stay rooted next time I update apps, just to see what happens.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] icemank121:
Worked on my Verizon Moto G, not bad for a $50 phone! Hopefully we get a Safe Strap and some other stuff now. SuperSU and Titanium Backup tested.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kwipper:
The steps above worked for my Moto G XT1028 (Verizon)
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaspreet997:
Has anyone tried softbooting twice.... For xposed I can soft boot once but if I install a new module and soft boot again it gets stuck on boot screen then shows a blank screen

And can we flash faux kernel via rashr?
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] denzel09:
You can't use custom recovery o kernel with locked bootloader. They will don't boot.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] major9:
Will this work on 4.4.3 ?
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] meatwad0222:
Well yes and no, in the early days of htc all we could do was a safestap to bypass the boot loader, then unlock it after. It can be done it's just very difficult. I still have allot of my old Dev stuff which includes some old boot loader stuff.I plan to busy it out tonight just to see what I can do... No promises.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] T10NAZ:
I believe the exploit is patched on 4.4.3
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] classic757:
Absolutely Not! There is a new security patch on 4.4.3 that makes root impossible.

Check this out: http://www.androidpit.com/android-4-4-3-solves-old-android-security-problems

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Isn't it great to have rooted Moto G now?

I ran this on my xt1028 Verizon Moto G yesterday and it is so nice to have this phone rooted. I hope this means permanent root and maybe even bootloader unlock is soon to come. Take that Verizon! :)
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vNa5h:
Subscribing for updates..

Will check out in the morning.. Too sleepy right now

Sent from THE motog
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] small-mallet:
Here is the thing I need to know. Many people were successful with installing xposed framework, which modifies a system file (/system/bin/app_process to be exact). Even the installation works only some times. Even after loosing root after a normal reboot, the modified files are still present. I really have no idea if this exploit truly has no write access to system or not. Anyone else with an idea how the xposed is working?
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Soul0Reaper:
If any of you (like me :P) derped and forget to backup the recovery. I've uploaded the verizon recovery directly here: http://d-h.st/FC2

This will save you a 500 meg download of the stock firmware xD
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] meatwad0222:
If I'm not mistaken and please correct me if I'm wrong, but it's not just about the file being there. Once rebooted it looses its permission to even talk to the file because it wasn't supposed to be there in the first place. Please correct me if I'm wrong... After my HTC vivid I went mainly nexus and was forced into this phone. So I'm a little rusty... Lol
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rjuds82:
Not working for me. Keep getting the "could not copy app_process to /system/bin" error.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaspreet997:
Accidently thanked....anyway just uninstall xposed and reboot phone then re root and reinstall xposed......Are you getting the supersu prompt that ask if you wanna give root permission to xposed??

anyone with 4.4.3 can please check and verify if the exploit is working there
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] denzel09:
It was already fixed on 4.4.3 a long time ago. There is not exploit for 4.4.3 and who know when and if there will be one. It will be more difficult than on previous 4.4.2.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaspreet997:
have you actually tried it on 4.4.3 or just saying from reading around?
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] denzel09:
It's already fixed buddy. But try yourself so you can see it and we can be sure.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] classic757:
I am on 4.4.2. The exploit works on it. As far as 4.4.3 root is not possible because it has been patched.

Check this out: http://www.androidpit.com/android-4-4-3-solves-old-android-security-problems

Hope this helps.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blcistheking:
Thank you very much OP.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Trozzul:
Anyone else see this? https://twitter.com/TeamAndIRC/status/474551944715833344 anyone think this could work with our current tethered root method? http://xdaforums.com/moto-x/orig-development/root-4-4-x-pie-motorola-devices-t2771623 please dont bark at me, im not as smart as you Fellas.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] T10NAZ:
Thank you for bringing that up! I'm not sure if it can do safe strap as it needs to be tailored to the moto but write protection may actually work but Im not too sure
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rjuds82:
I tried it last night when I randomly came across that thread while searching for other types of exploits. It didn't work. Maybe someone else will have better luck. I had to keep retrying it because in the middle wpbegone doing it's thing the phone would reboot, so I then would have to try to hurry up and re-root it before wpbegone noticed or it would quit whatever it was doing and tell me the phone wasn't rooted.

Eventually wpbegone claimed that it had finished and that all was well but running "adb shell getprop ro.boot.write_protect" still outputed "1" instead of "0".

Edit: This attempt was on a Verizon Moto G on 4.4.2.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 123421342:
Can confirm it does not work verizon moto g 4.4.2
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaspreet997:
Yeah the article clearly said that it won't work for 4.4.2 but it was worth a shot

Anyway do not update to 4.4.3 because after that even this method would stop.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zlebors:
edit

4.4.2 > ota root keeper > ota update > 4.4.3 ?? will this work?
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jayenashar:
rebooted after asking for pie

the phone rebooted after it asked for pie. checked it and it didn't have root. :( voted in the poll.

tried again. phone didn't reboot. have root. :) can't change vote. :(
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sciurius:
I tried to make a batch file but when I execute /data/local/atvc/root.sh locally (from a terminal window) it completes very fast (there's no pause of several seconds after the want to buy me pie? message) and the device is not rooted.

When executed from adb shell it works fine.

Am I overlooking something?
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RASENDU:
How to Make it permanent on Moto G - Locked Boot Loader

Is there any way we can make it permanent ?

Moto G dual Sim India
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TotesMyGoats:
I made a batch file and it works every time lol
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sciurius:
Share?
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TotesMyGoats:
Of course, just wait until I get home later :p
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TotesMyGoats:
Here is that bat file. If you dont just blindly trust any batch file off of the internet, which you shouldn't, right click and edit the file just to show you that there isn't anything sketchy in there. Then, just double click run.bat and bam, an easy, small, one-click root for you.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DaKillaWilla:
If you reboot the phone, will you lose root?
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] T10NAZ:
if you did the temp root, yes
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DaKillaWilla:
Anyway of putting a recovery image on the phone through this way?
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] T10NAZ:
Im not sure what boost variants have for unlocked bootloaders but i have the verizon version and cant do it
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rodrigo82:
Nice job everyone.

But we already have any simple and efficient way to did root without unlocking bootloader?

Enviado de meu XT1033 usando Tapatalk
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vNa5h:
No this is the only way

Sent from THE motog
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Quentin638:
Dies this work on Verizon moto g ive seen people say it has and others say it has not so can anyone confirm it I'm on xt1028 prepaid Verizon moto g
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] major9:
Anyway to run the adb commands on the phone itself ?
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TotesMyGoats:
I have already tried running a .sh file on my phone and it comes back with errors, but then I tried it again later while my phone was rooted and it ran successfully. I guess there is just something about running the adb commands from the computer that gives it extra permissions.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] T10NAZ:
It works on my verizon moto with 4.4.2
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Quentin638:
Are you serious man holy moly I have to try this then can I record and stuff ?
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vNa5h:
Does this modify the system partition

Sent from THE motog
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] T10NAZ:
Record? like gameplay or record audio? Im sure whatever needs root could work unless it needs system write access
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vNa5h:
If system write is not possible how does exposed get installed..

Also that means no Adblock or hosts file

Sent from THE motog
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaspreet997:
Screen recording apps work fine
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] T10NAZ:
Xposed works but it takes a few tried. I got gravity box and Nexus Navbars working alright on it
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vNa5h:
Does all the modules work or is a hit and miss, trail and error kinda thing

Also what do you use for a blocking the most important use of root according to me besides Xposed

Sent from THE motog
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] T10NAZ:
for the modules that I tried it really is a hit or miss in terms that in my experience the phone just slows down and reboots then the process needs to be done over again.

and I dont really use anything else since system write protection is still there. Hopefully some day it can be removed or a free tool can be used to unlock the bootloader
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Quentin638:
All this sounds great I'm new to this and been waiting on this I will try this in like 5 hours I'll report back to y'all thanks for the info and help
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Quentin638:
Does my phone need to be off ?
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] T10NAZ:
Nope, needs to be on to do the temp root
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Quentin638:
So which zip do k grab the pie one or the one he suggested ?
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] T10NAZ:
shouldnt matter they should be all the same
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Quentin638:
Leave my phone plugged in and download either one then just run commands what about the mototrola drivers
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] T10NAZ:
you will need Motorola drivers so adb can see your phone! :)
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Quentin638:
OK I will grab them now

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can you send motorola drives i cannot find such links no where i had it before but now i cant find
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] T10NAZ:
HEre are the motorola drivers!

And do you want to add me on google hangouts or gtalk or something so we can type back and forth without cluttering this thread too much?
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Quentin638:
Sure how do I open up adb command prompt
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] T10NAZ:
What version of windows are you on? or are you using a mac?

and if you want you can PM me your gmail and ill add you so we can talk back and forth to help you get temp root working
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Quentin638:
I'm on windows all I need is how I get the adb prompt up so I can send the commands

Quentinperks13@gmail.com
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] T10NAZ:
C:\Users\YOURUSERNAME\AppData\Local\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools is the default place that the android sdk installs adb you can just cd into that using cmd or paste that into File Explorer bar
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Quentin638:
What? SDK whw files I downloaded didn't include that
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] T10NAZ:
lol I think this has everything (adb drivers etc etc)

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9MUCjEugQjgRFNOQnFjX2xoeUU/edit
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Quentin638:
Yes 55 mb file that's what I got how do i open the adb propmpt so i can type commands
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] T10NAZ:
under those files, right click and hold shift at the same time and then click "open command window here"
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Quentin638:
Thank you so much I've done all this before to record from Pc I just forgot all commands

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Matter if fact this does not work my device rebooted and when i redid commands it acted as normal but when I got device and got root checker it didn't work -_-
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] T10NAZ:
Really? running the commands over when you rebooted doesnt work?
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Quentin638:
Yes man I'm really mad had installed xposed and everything softboot went fine
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vNa5h:
Did this method allow Adblock at least temporarily change the hosts file

Tap-a-talked from the MOTOG
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tansly:
It works as expected. I ran Titanium Backup with no problems (which was why I tried this).

I did some tests too. I modified some files in system and created some files in random places. I removed all notification sounds from /system/media/audio/notifications. I checked the notification sounds at sound settings, and the phone couldn't play them. But after a reboot, they all were back :) And the files I created were gone...

That means all modifications are lost after a reboot, right? We can write to system, but the changes aren't permanent.