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[RAZR HD General] n2fastbikes:
XT926 with KK build 10 rooted and unlocked-How to Keep it?

Thanks SamuriHL. Success! Device is rooted and UNLOCKED. I've spent hours reading forums and trying various tools on both Linux and Windows, I am very happy now. Let me say again MANY thanks to SamuriHL and the many forum participants who share their time and passion so we can all get our geek on!

So the next question is, what is the best way to

keep rooted and unlocked

as I try other ROMs?

Thanks!
[RAZR HD General] SamuriHL:
Do some reading. I suggest looking for "how to root unlocked phones". Once unlocked, always unlocked. Your device can't be relocked at this point so regaining root is very simple. Pro tip...forget you ever knew about root exploits from this point on.
[RAZR HD General] monkey116:
root my xt926 build number kda20.62-15

Im new to all this and I tried to root with the towelroot apk at the beginning of this thread and it says device not dupported can any one tell me why i can't root and what to use to root and unlock my boot loade.r. I dont know what all numbers you need to help determine what root method to use but

I have build number kda20.62-15
[RAZR HD General] SamuriHL:
If your bootloader is locked, the answer is none.
[RAZR HD General] gonzazugo:
Help friend

Hi friend, i have a problem. i have a razr hd xt926 with KitKat. system version ; 183.46.15 not rooted and not unlocked.

and towelroot doesnt works.

and im having problems with the apk fastdormancy. it drains a lot of battery and generate some power off when my phone is locked. (never when im using it)

what can i do? please help me.!!

pd; sorry for my rusty english. im argentinian
[RAZR HD General] SamuriHL:
No idea but you won't be rooting or unlocking it.
[RAZR HD General] monkey116:
flash stock rom

Ok thanks from the way i understand it build number has to do with the operating system, correct me if im wrong. Am i able to possible flash the old jelly bean then upgrade to the right build number?
[RAZR HD General] SamuriHL:
No you can't downgrade.
[RAZR HD General] monkey116:
new phone

Okay so if i were to buy the right phone thats compatable off of ebay. What would be the speacifics i want for a phone thats compatable with root and unlock. Is it a certain operating system on the phone im looking for or what.
[RAZR HD General] rolgar20:
Hello I have this phone and its on 183.46.15.... I understand towel root won't work, how do I root this version? Since I don't have an unlocked bootloader ....
[RAZR HD General] SamuriHL:
You don't.
[RAZR HD General] monkey116:
Which operating system has the right build number to root
[RAZR HD General] SamuriHL:
Doesn't really matter. If you're on 15, you are simply done. No root, no unlock, and no downgrade. Anything before 15 can be rooted.
[RAZR HD General] zekemo:
Copy: You can't root it. Paste: You can't root it.
[RAZR HD General] KingOfTheAsylum:
Motorola offers a unlock code for the bootloader...does that work.... sorry im in a bind with cell service right now so im looking for any hope. I usually do my homework on these things first.
[RAZR HD General] SamuriHL:
If it were a simple matter of getting an unlock code from Moto and unlocking it, what would be the point of using an exploit?
[RAZR HD General] KingOfTheAsylum:
True i understand. What Im trying to do is unlock my phone so i can use a cricket SIM card.... But im understanding that that cannot be done with my build.. Am i right?
[RAZR HD General] SamuriHL:
Completely different type of unlock. You're talking about SIM unlock which can probably be done. Maybe. I know nothing about that. This is about bootloader unlocking which has nothing at all to do with the SIM.

Because I try to sometimes be helpful....

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2487863
[RAZR HD General] KingOfTheAsylum:
Sorry about that....honestly am I know you deal with clueless people all the time lol Do you know anyone that might be of some help? Thank you though
[RAZR HD General] SamuriHL:
See my update.
[RAZR HD General] KingOfTheAsylum:
Thanks so much. Was able to watch that video and another and got the sim unlocked. Means a lot. I know you hate noobs coming in here asking 21.5 million questions but i assure you I'm not a full blown noob. Thanks a lot
[RAZR HD General] SamuriHL:
You're quite welcome.
[RAZR HD General] tasswarr:
want to unlock bootloader of motorola droid razr XT912

Hi ... every 1... I m new here.

I had rooted my moto RAZR by reading rooting forums..

Thanks to XDA DeVelopers..

But now guide me the proper unlocking boot loader method

Because I want to install 4.4.4 kit kat on my moto RAZR...
[RAZR HD General] SamuriHL:
Um, xt912? No. Just no.
[RAZR HD General] js290:
Cve-2014-7186

FWIW, sh on 182.46.15.XT926.Verizon.en.US is vulnerable to CVE-2014-7186. Not sure if it can be exploited to root the device.

CVE20147186=$((sh -c 'true <<EOF <<EOF <<EOF <<EOF <<EOF <<EOF <<EOF <<EOF <<EOF <<EOF <<EOF <<EOF <<EOF <<EOF' 2>/dev/null || echo "vulnerable") | grep 'vulnerable')
shell@vanquish:/ $ echo $CVE20147186
vulnerable

The above was slightly modified from shellshocker dot net.
[RAZR HD General] Anubis86:
Help on Moto XT907

Sir will this method work on Motorola XT907 ?

I have a new XT907 with J.B. loaded.

I upgraded it to K.K. by OTA update without unlocking Bootloader.

I want to use your method but I'm afraid about Boot loop error or any other

mishap.

Please will you guide me.
[RAZR HD General] SamuriHL:
"upgraded to kk"... Yea? Which version? It matters. Which you'd know if you took some time to read.
[RAZR HD General] twiztid_gamer:
It's the system version u need to look at not the android version because if it's 183.46.15 then u won't be able to unlock ur bootloader anymore, as far as I know there is no way around that at this time
[RAZR HD General] shemshad:
no work on RAZR HD with KitKat update
[RAZR HD General] saim4x:
Droid razr maxx with kitkat is not supported by this exploit
[RAZR HD General] RikRong:
It does work on the .10 update, not the .15 update.

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I assume you're talking about the Maxx HD? It does work on the HD, just not the .15 update. Reading is your friend. [emoji6]
[RAZR HD General] Anubis86:
Mine Kitkat version

Its 4.4.2
[RAZR HD General] Anubis86:
My phone detail.

Thanks sir for your reply.

I have recently Rooted it successfully http://cdn3.xda-developers.com/images/smilies/smile.gif

I'm attaching my phone detail.

Please guide me to flash bootloader and CWM or TWRP.
[RAZR HD General] RikRong:
Is your boot loader unlocked? If not, you won't be able to flash a recovery. You got lucky to stay rooted through the OTA, but you won't be able to unlock that system version.
[RAZR HD General] Anubis86:
Boot loader locked

Sir unfortunately my phone's Boot loader is locked yet.

Is there not any method to unlock it.

I just want to shift my phone's Apps to external SD card tried many App2SD types apps but my phone's ROM won't allow to do so.
[RAZR HD General] RikRong:
Unfortunately, there is no way to unlock.
[RAZR HD General] seen_bawl:
thank you i already unlock the phone and root it on kk 4.4.2 razr xt926 hd but the software have a problem the phone restart by it self plus the phone stuck on sleeping mood i dont know how to fix it i been looking a round i didnt find any solution
[RAZR HD General] twiztid_gamer:
I'm just curious has anyone tried using rsd lite since the Verizon .15 update cause I can't get it to work & I tried to reflash KitKat & jellybean & for a minute I was stuck in fastboot mode but eventually it booted back up into KitKat but earlier it just randomly shut down & when the screen came on it was in fastboot mode, my device is Droid RAZR M(xt907)
[RAZR HD General] markmooj75:
Why can't any of the hacker guru's find an exploit for the new. 15 KitKat update. Damn Verizon, I hate not being able to gain root or unlock the bot loader on my DROID RAZR HD Maxx!!!
[RAZR HD General] Not_A_Dev:
1. Because there is no incentive to do so.

2. Because the XT926 is a 2-year old device, and development has moved on.

3. Because every time VZW and Moto (and Qualcomm) patch an exploit, it gets exponentially more difficult to find a new exploit.

As it is, the most recent towelroot exploit was found for another device this past summer, and Razr HD owners were lucky that it worked for their devices as well. But that window is closed now. If you are on the most recent .15 firmware and are still bootloader-locked, that train has left the station. There were many devs that continuously and tirelessly encouraged Razr HD owners to bl-unlock while there was still time to do so.
[RAZR HD General] twiztid_gamer:
Ok so I did unlock my bootloader but ended up having to flash the stock KitKat firmware & then took the update before rooting my device again (xt907) so how do I go about regaining root since my bootloader is unlocked there has to be a way besides towelroot
[RAZR HD General] markmooj75:
I get all that jazz. But the fact that this phone is only 2 years old, should give devs more incentive to keep tweaking with it. Hell my old Droid Bionic got more Dev love for longer than the RAZR HD has.

We can't let Verizon get the best of us as smart phone users. There are still many users that are diehard fans of the Droid RAZR HD.

FYI: I received my current RAZR HD Maxx on exchange from Motorola. It came updated to .15 KitKat. So I had no opportunity to root or unlock. My old RAZR HD was rooted and unlocked at the time.
[RAZR HD General] twiztid_gamer:
Development has by no means been stopped for the xt926, xt907 or any of the droids from that gen as dhacker just released a lollipop build for them just within a week or so which is why I seriously need to figure out how to regain root without using towelroot
[RAZR HD General] SamuriHL:
Flash twrp. Flash supersu in twrp. Root done.
[RAZR HD General] twiztid_gamer:
I figured that was the answer I would get & I can't get fastboot to work & I have the twrp file in the same folder as the fastboot but still when I try to flash it I get am error message but when I use nrt with my Nexus that works which is essentially using fastboot also it's just doing all the work for me
[RAZR HD General] SamuriHL:
Well that isn't nearly enough information about what's wrong to help you fix it.
[RAZR HD General] twiztid_gamer:
I'll get back to u with the exact error message when I get a chance but thanks for ur time
[RAZR HD General] CoinCoin88:
use mfastboot instead of google's fastboot binary. Moto had to develop its own variant of fastboot to handle files which were to big to be addressed by G fastboot
[RAZR HD General] SamuriHL:
That's lovely advice for flashing the system partition but completely irrelevant for any other partition.
[RAZR HD General] CoinCoin88:
Indeed. Went a bit too fast in diagonal reading. Being condescendant won't help either, I guess.
[RAZR HD General] twiztid_gamer:
This is what I get just typing fastboot devices, my device is connected & drivers up to date & USB debugging is on
[RAZR HD General] SamuriHL:
What's in your moto directory? Looks like you're using moto fastboot which will work but you have to specify the correct exe.
[RAZR HD General] twiztid_gamer:
It's just a folder I made to store the twrp file I'm trying to flash, if I just click fastboot in platform tools should it stay open or run a quick script to fast to even read them close again? Of is it closing because it's not setup properly
[RAZR HD General] SamuriHL:
From your moto directory command prompt, use this syntax for fastboot:

..\fastboot.exe devices

That should get you going. Once you have that, use the ..\fastboot flash recovery recovery.img to flash it. Where recovery.img == the filename of the recovery img you downloaded.
[RAZR HD General] twiztid_gamer:
Yeah I finally figured it out & I got done downloading the ROM that I'm gonna use & now waiting for gapps to finish & I'll have lollipop on my RAZR M

thanks for ur time & help!
[RAZR HD General] SamuriHL:
Not a problem...glad I could help. Enjoy!
[RAZR HD General] twiztid_gamer:
1 more question should I wipe system data before flashing the custom ROM seeing as the rom & gapps are stored on my extremal sd or do I leave that unchecked, cause I made that mistake once on my Nexus 7 but it doesn't have external SD so by wiping system data I got rid of the ROM I was gonna use & even the backup I made, how should I proceed here?
[RAZR HD General] twiztid_gamer:
Which boxes should be checked?
[RAZR HD General] SamuriHL:
That I can't answer. I would recommend following the install procedure for the rom you're attempting to install. Some have you wipe system. Others don't. I'm not well versed in the rom scene for your phone so I don't want to give you the wrong advice on this.
[RAZR HD General] Zeljko1234:
I usually check and wipe everything except internal storage and sd card. Whatever is stored on any of them will remain. To be sure, copy rom zip to both location.

Flash latest twrp 2.8.2.0 ;)
[RAZR HD General] twiztid_gamer:
It's been on Cyanogenmod boot screen for about 20 min now should I go back into recovery & try again?
[RAZR HD General] Zeljko1234:
CM11 or CM12? Bootscreen is animated or frozen?

Anyway, 20 min is too long. I have problem with CM11 but CM12 works very nice. Now is my daily driver.
[RAZR HD General] twiztid_gamer:
It's a unofficial 12 for the RAZR M & the store is still spinning around the logo

---------- Post added at 09:26 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:23 PM ----------

Arrow still spinning
[RAZR HD General] Zeljko1234:
My /data is formated to f2fs and boot is quite quick. As I said, try to update your recover if is available for your device and then you can convert /data to f2fs.
[RAZR HD General] twiztid_gamer:
Just wanted to let y'all know I finally got it working & say thanks for everyone's help
[RAZR HD General] Not_A_Dev:
Saw this just now. Yeah, reformatting from ext4 to f2fs takes at least 10-15 minutes to boot, and then once you flash gapps, be prepared to wait another eternity (depending on how many apps you have) as ART takes its sweet time.
[RAZR HD General] twiztid_gamer:
Yeah it did take a while also I do believe my battery level had something to do with it cause when the battery was low it kept sticking on boot but as soon as I have up & let it charge up then reflashed & it booted up in normal amount of time
[RAZR HD General] Zeljko1234:
Early CM12 builds take longer to boot, recent boot much faster.
[RAZR HD General] kuntrymann:
Assist

Awesome thread but was wondering if someone could assist. Trying to get root back on a recently updated (4.4.2) Razr Maxx HD but towelroot is throwing "this phone currently isn't supported" (tried the modstrings). I read that the BL might need to be unlocked first but Motopocalypse requires root access. so... catch 22?

Do I need to find another method to unlock the BL before running towelroot?

Hopefully I'm missing something and any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
[RAZR HD General] SamuriHL:
Post the system build you're on. 4.4.2 is not what I'm looking for. It'll end in .10 or .15.
[RAZR HD General] Zeljko1234:
I have bad feeling...
[RAZR HD General] twiztid_gamer:
Yeah man I'm pretty sure ur on the Verizon .15 update & in that case there is no way to unlock the BL at this time, maybe someone will work out a solution at some point
[RAZR HD General] kuntrymann:
Sorry... on the .15 build.

If necessary, can I go back to previous version and start over?
[RAZR HD General] SamuriHL:
No. You can't root or unlock.
[RAZR HD General] Zeljko1234:
Before he tried, he cannot go back (downgrade) either?
[RAZR HD General] SamuriHL:
Not unless he's looking to soft brick it, no. Locked bootloader is not able to downgrade.
[RAZR HD General] kuntrymann:
Removed... questioned answered as I was posting.

Thanks.

P.S. This seriously blows...
[RAZR HD General] kuntrymann:
So after putting off the 4.4.2 upgrade for 6 months, I finally do it and the result is:

1. I've lost root access

2. I've lost the ability to root

3. I've lost the ability to unlock the BL

4. I now have this totally ridiculous battery drain bug that is kicked in every time I launch Skype?

5. Verizon is not pushing the 4.4.3 or 4.4.4 to these phones (fixes the drain issue)?

Is this really my situation?
[RAZR HD General] kuntrymann:
Thanks..

Happy Thanksgiving Verizon. Contract is up in 6 weeks... will be dumping.
[RAZR HD General] bweN diorD:
funny how people are always mad at verizion for something they didnt do before it was too late and they couldnt do it any more.

i always get the most out of my devices, but i guess that just me, not relying on some else to keep up with whats in my best interest....
[RAZR HD General] kuntrymann:
216

Yeah, it's funny how people pick and choose which parts of the post they wish to take in and also make certain assumptions... apparently it's some need for self justification and/or to make themselves look good.

Apparently it never crossed your mind that I'm not happy with Verizon for not pushing one of the updates to fix a very well documented battery drain bug after pushing the update that introduced the bug.

Losing root is my fault although it came down to a minor update (.10 to .15) that apparently made a huge difference.

Anyhow, continue "always getting the most out of your device and not relying on anyone else". Based on this statement, you apparently came up with all the rooting/BL unlocking methods, utilities, scripts, etc yourself... since you don't rely on anyone else. You are incredibly awesome....

Tell mommy you can have a hug now.... lol.
[RAZR HD General] bweN diorD:
Yaaawn... you feel better now?

if you had been following the forum for more that a few days, you would have known this was on the way, how to fix it, and how to avoid it ever happening again.

all the rest of that crap you twisted my words into up there is moot.

i gotta go get a hug, better luck next time....
[RAZR HD General] kuntrymann:
Either way, here's the bottom line there Scooter. In 6 weeks, I get a new phone. Unfortunately for you, you're stuck being you for life.... lol.

To those who provided constructive replies to my post, you were thanked in your initial replies and I'll thank you again in this post...
[RAZR HD General] bweN diorD:
Lol and life is good.

Good luck with that flaming thing, its not going well so far.

Sent from my G3, with mods made possible by team Codefire.
[RAZR HD General] dtf1:
On my XT925 right now I have soft version 180.46.117.XT925.AmericaMovil.en.01. so I am not able to install root :(

I have unlocked bootloader but I am not able to install recovery :( due to (bootloader) Variable not supported!. I couldn`t find right version for KK. I`ve tried some versions assigned on XDA for KK.

Correct me if I am wrong. The only way to possess root I have to upload new soft using ADB ?
[RAZR HD General] hbenz2008:
All you need is the right recovery

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Try twrp 2.8.2 or 2.7.1 which ever you find. Then flash supersu with recovery
[RAZR HD General] dtf1:
It haven't worked :(

I've tried:

TWRP2710 from http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=53626077&postcount=34

and

TWRP 2.8.2.0 from http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=56989919&postcount=296

and every time the same:

C:\adb>fastboot flash recovery TWRP2710-RAZR-HD_M-KITKAT.img

(bootloader) Variable not supported!

target reported max download size of 31457280 bytes

sending 'recovery' (8910 KB)...

OKAY [ 0.676s]

writing 'recovery'...

OKAY [ 2.191s]

finished. total time: 2.868s

and reboot phone, and after that from command line adb reboot recovery to make sure that I didn't press wrong buttons.

Then auto reboot and motorola stuck RED Motorola logo for about 1 minute then reboot and system is starting normally.

Maybe I did something wrong :(
[RAZR HD General] hbenz2008:
You could try room flash with fastboot, or Android sdk for Windows
[RAZR HD General] SamuriHL:
No no no no no. The issue is "rebooted phone." DO NOT DO THAT. It overwrites what you just flashed with stock recovery. Instead:

o) Flash TWRP as you did

o) Disconnect from USB

o) Power OFF

o) Bring up the menu by holding volume up + down, press power

o) Boot to recovery

DO NOT let it boot the system normally before going into TWRP otherwise it'll keep looking like "it didn't work" but that isn't the case.
[RAZR HD General] dtf1:
BINGO :)

SamuriHL you were right :)

I use Button Combo: How To Access Recovery Mode:

While device is powered off, hold both Volume Up and Volume Down key then press Power key to access Bootloader menu.

Use Volume Down key to scroll the cursor onto "Recovery" then use Volume Up key to confirm to access official Recovery.

First time looked like phone is bricked but after maybe 2 minutes recovery started. After that recovery started instantly :)

So, my next step is installing a new IOS due to the fact that I need ROOT.

Or maybe I can use some exploit but I think my IOS version is not supported to be rooted.
[RAZR HD General] SamuriHL:
Just flash supersu zip in twrp. Also, don't call it IOS. LOL :)
[RAZR HD General] twiztid_gamer:
In glad u said something about the iOS thing cause that 1 erked me LoL but I suspect his auto correct was prob the culprit behind that blasphemy
[RAZR HD General] SamuriHL:
I hope so. LMAO :D
[RAZR HD General] dtf1:
Done, thanks to you guys ;)

I used this SU app

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=56946380&postcount=261

A should have used OS instead IOS ;) I know....

Next step is strugel with LTE :( I live in Europe but my phone is from Puerto Rico.

Any sugestions ??

3rd December 2014

I think, I know the answer:

http://xdaforums.com/droid-razr-hd/help/xt925-modem-files-xt926-lte-t2843858/page2
[RAZR HD General] twiztid_gamer:
Does anyone know what's going on with my RAZR M(xt907) I several days ago I tried to use RSD lite to restore my phone back to stock KitKat & it while flashing it said failed at 3/24(24 might not be correct number of processes that it had to perform but u get the idea) now any time I power of the device & try to them it back on it goes into fastboot on its on or even if I went into the recovery & hit reboot system it will still go into fastboot where I'll then have to hold all 3 buttons down till it goes into bootloader & select start normally, I know it's a bootloader issue so what should I do

Also I can still flash Roms & I still have the stock KitKat backup on my SD card but I don't think flashing back to stock will fix the bootloader issue
[RAZR HD General] twiztid_gamer:
Sorry for the bad pic quality but it's all my Nexus 7 will do
[RAZR HD General] Pow_2k:
Look up "sticky bit". If memory serves there is a flag in the software that keeps telling the device to boot to fastboot. You need to reset that flag. Think it can be done through ADB.

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Or the fix might be to simply get a successful flash of something. If so, something small and simple should do it, like logo.bin via fastboot.
[RAZR HD General] twiztid_gamer:
Thanks I'll try that, so I just type fastboot flash logo. bin?
[RAZR HD General] Pow_2k:
fastboot flash logo [path to logo.bin]
[RAZR HD General] SamuriHL:
It doesn't matter. I posted a link to the very source of the unlock tool. You should be good to go now.
[RAZR HD General] bweN diorD:
link works fine for me, just tried it.

had you told me you were having issues, i would have mirrored it.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/2vtzq3ckjm5avi1/Motopocalypse.apk
[RAZR HD General] drkdeath5000:
Thanks it worked.

New link is working fine thanks but in future lets just avoid such comments as it just pisses people off. The last thing i want to be seeing after a 5 hour session is a comment like that as your likely to just snap as i have. Especially when you've carefully researched and searched everything.

Anyway thanks for the help guys couldnt have done it without you. :good:
[RAZR HD General] SamuriHL:
A RAZR M user just confirmed unlock, as well, on a new RAZR M that shipped with 4.4.2. WOW, just wow.
[RAZR HD General] pete355sb:
Is it as easy as two apks?
[RAZR HD General] billycar11:
yes