yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[RAZR HD General] SamuriHL:
No, it just means that you don't have the updated TZ partition. So you have two options. Flash the TZ partition manually from your FXZ and try the unlock again, or, flash the KEEP DATA script with your FXZ, re-root, and retry the unlock again. Then you're golden.

If you want to flash TZ only, just drop this:

http://www.mediafire.com/view/jxf9otk8rbaryid/FLASH_TZ.xml

Into your FXZ directory and flash it with RSD. That'll update your TZ partition and you can unlock.
[RAZR HD General] compnird:
In case any are wondering it does NOT work for the Moto Droid Ultra on the latest KK update. Didn't hose anything, just didn't work. :(

Oh well... nothing ventured, nothing gained.
[RAZR HD General] iBolski:
If you're talking motopocalypse, no. It was specific to the RAZR HD, RAZR MAXX HD and the RAZR M. The exploit only existed on those phones.

As for the root, it should work on just about any phone with a 4.4.2 kernel as long as the kernel was dated before June 3rd, 2014. Any 4.4.2 kernel dated after that won't allow this exploit.
[RAZR HD General] SamuriHL:
Negative. It will not work on the 2013 Moto devices. Well, it "works" in that the root exploit is there, but, because they have system WP on, they can't persist the su binary so after the reboot root is lost. Hence it looks like it doesn't work...and in all practicality unless you're using the tethered root JCase released, it doesn't. But they are vulnerable to the exploit.
[RAZR HD General] jewbydoo:
Here's what I have gotten to. I've been juggling the news and its implications along with work and summer seminar all day.

Rooted > Unlocked > SuperSU updated binaries > downloaded the compatible TWRP recovery and CM 11 for KitKat Razr HD > Installed Flashify. Should I take the jump?
[RAZR HD General] billycar11:
i think the new motos have the system write protected

nvm 3rd time today [MENTION=2812087]SamuriHL[/MENTION]
[RAZR HD General] SamuriHL:
There is no "should I" involved here. You're on an 18 month old phone that has been given its LAST chance for an unlock and you're seriously debating? LMAO :D Do it before the opportunity is lost.
[RAZR HD General] denzig:
Thank you very much!!! I did it as you said and voila! rooted and unlocked!! Thank you very much!!!!!
[RAZR HD General] jestermx6:
i thought that might be the case but i wasn't sure. thanks. worked like a charm. Its been a while since i've had two unlocked moto phones to play with :)
[RAZR HD General] SamuriHL:
You guys are quite welcome. I've truly got a smile on my face seeing all the unlocks that have been happening today. Seriously happy for you all.
[RAZR HD General] iBolski:
Hence why I said "just about any phone" but I see what you mean. That was something I didn't know about so thanks for the info on that. :good:
[RAZR HD General] nxion:
Root and boot loader unlock on stock KK

SO I have the RAZR M and I followed the OP steps but it does not work. I can get root fin but it never unlocked the boot loader. I ran the Motopolyps apk and rebooted the phone when it told me to but still no boot loader unlock. Am I missing something?

System version 98.18.94.XT907.Verzion.en.US

Android 4.1.2

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OK, I just got a popup for a 182.46.10.XT907 update. Apparently this brings me up to KK 4.4.2. Should I update and follow the stets from the OP again?
[RAZR HD General] SamuriHL:
You can or you can follow this to get on KK:

http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php/topic/45495-how-to-xt907-upgrade-to-kitkat-ota/

Use the KEEP DATA script, NOT the UNIVERSAL script. Then root. Then unlock. Then install recovery. Then beer. :D
[RAZR HD General] nxion:
YOU ARE AWESOME. Thanks you.
[RAZR HD General] cmh714:
Then Thank (in no particular order....) geohot, DanR, SamuriHL, and many other devs

oh and also kick in a dollar or two :)
[RAZR HD General] SamuriHL:
Everyone that used geohot's root, should certainly donate. Without that you'd not be unlocked today which is an amazing thing! Besides, it'll be your last root exploit. ;)
[RAZR HD General] samari71:
thank you thank you worked perfectly never had unlocked bootloader bought mine from verizon after update that blocked unlocking bootloader but i have one question can i run pageplus and tmobile dual and switch back and forth
[RAZR HD General] nxion:
SO I just found out something interesting. It looks like I am going to have to use the second method just to update this phone. I tried to download the 4.4.2 update from Verzion and apply it but it does 25% of the way through. I did some looking around and this is what I found on a motorola site forum:

It sucks that it is like that but I guess I can try the other way that [MENTION=2812087]SamuriHL[/MENTION] suggested. Int hat same post that the quoted text came from they mention something called the "House of MoTo 2.0 fix" should I try that first to just go with your way [MENTION=2812087]SamuriHL[/MENTION]?
[RAZR HD General] lngwca:
stuck on moto-pocolypse

I have successfully rooted.

i have updated binaries

i have ran moto-pocolypse app and granted root access... however nothing else happens i have rebooted uninstalled the mot apk and reinstalled granted root access successfully but still nothing... any ideas?

update:

**** nevermind... apparently i thought it was going to do all this stuff but it does it in the back ground jeeeeesh sorry
[RAZR HD General] killrhythm09:
What does it say in fastboot? Locked or unlocked?
[RAZR HD General] alansho:
work great!!

thx u SamuriHL for great tool.. :good: :good: :good:
[RAZR HD General] SamuriHL:
Guys I don't mind helping but you gotta help yourselves by reading. Yes, the House of Moto will help. Or you can use the RSD Script Generator to generate a KEEP DATA script for the KK FXZ and flash that. After that, you will be able to root and unlock. This has been discussed a few times in this thread. Right now I've got a bunch of people PM'ing me for help across multiple forums plus several different threads, so, I can't help everyone individually. The info is out here and is fairly easy to follow.
[RAZR HD General] bweN diorD:
lol lucky you :p

gud luck with that :cool:
[RAZR HD General] SamuriHL:
Lucky....hmmm, no that's not the word I'd use. Hell I'm helping MAXX/ULTRA/MINI users with their root for crying out loud. LOL! I don't even OWN a moto device anymore! ROFLMAO! Not complaining. Just a little overwhelmed with support requests. I'm working through them all to make sure everyone who needs to can get this beotch unlocked. That is my mission. Damn MAXX/ULTRA/MINI users are gonna have to get in line I think! LMAO
[RAZR HD General] bweN diorD:
i haven't gotten a single pm :p (now ill get 30 lol)

could be my fee is too high.

i dont think a couple candid pics of their gf's is too much to ask :angel:
[RAZR HD General] SamuriHL:
Did you find the info I was referring to and get this done? You don't need the full blown House of Moto to do it. It'll certainly handle it no problem, but, you can get the FXZ, my RSD Script Generator, and flash the KEEP DATA script for your phone, root, then unlock, then beer.

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LMAO. Now why the hell didn't I think of that? :D I don't know how much easier I can make it. The script generator creates a script, flash script, one click root (holy hell that's slick), one click unlock....I mean damn. You guys have it easy. We S4 GPE owners have to go to a command line and type fastboot oem unlock. I mean, THAT is a process. ROFLMAO :D
[RAZR HD General] bweN diorD:
here you can fend off some heat my way. hot off the press.

upgrade to 100% stock KK, with keep data or wipe.

added in respective folders for the lazy, the root app, the unlock bootloader app, KK cwm recovery, and twrp recovery.

Razr HD Utility 1.41 same script as version 1.4, only added the above files in sub folders for convenience.
[RAZR HD General] SamuriHL:
So you've been keeping the old RAZR HD util up to date, eh? Nice. The script generator works fairly well except when people can't figure out how to install java correctly. It's good to see the all in one utils updated. Some people just want one download and a run bat. LOL :)
[RAZR HD General] bweN diorD:
been keeping it up for 8 months or so, since matt stopped :)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2474393
[RAZR HD General] SamuriHL:
Nice. He did a good job on that util. It's why I never released an HD/M version of the House of Bionic at the time. I mean, I did, but, no one used it so I let it die. House of Moto just sort of encompassed everything. I wanted to see if I could truly write a util that'd work with any device with an FXZ. Seems to work. LOL :D But it's good to have that updated regularly.
[RAZR HD General] boost4life17:
quick question

Hello! I've read through this thread and the droidrzr thread by samuri multiple times. I'm currently rooted & unlocked on 4.1.2.

I want to see if it's possible to just take the update from my phone instead of flashing it using RSD?

I just don't want to mess anything up!!! Do I need to un-root first?

I'm such a noob..

AND YAYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!:D
[RAZR HD General] bweN diorD:
you need to flash root away, you cant unroot it or the ota will fail.

so, no, its not possible without flashing in some way shape or form.
[RAZR HD General] SamuriHL:
Yea, I mean my keep data script will do the upgrade for you without any data loss and is pretty easy to do. Grab the FXZ, run my script generator to generate the scripts, load the keep data script with RSD, and flash away. Since you're unlocked getting root back is academic.
[RAZR HD General] boost4life17:
I am trying to run the script generator now. It's extracting as 2 folders instead of as a .jar file. What am I doing wrong? I made sure my jre was fixed.

update: WOW! Ok I got that figured out! Sorry for the stupid question! Anyway, here goes!!
[RAZR HD General] SamuriHL:
It shouldn't be "extracted" period. It's a jar. It's not a zip file.
[RAZR HD General] SamuriHL:
No, just the RSD Script Generator after extracting your FXZ, flash the KEEP DATA, root, unlock, done. Should be fairly easy and straight forward.
[RAZR HD General] nxion:
IT WORKED!. Upgraded, rooted, and unlocked! I am so excited. No I gotta figure out what to do from here. Thanks everyone for the help and I will for sure be donating for this.
[RAZR HD General] billycar11:
start by reading what not to do yeah!!!

list is not done waiting for more suggestions but here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2785214
[RAZR HD General] SamuriHL:
Excellent. I love seeing these phones get freed from their shackles. I'm not resting until everyone who wants to be unlocked is successful. We've done countless phones so far so I'm happy.
[RAZR HD General] nxion:
In the link you gave me on droidrzr.com, there is another link to a post you made labeled [ROOT/UNLOCK] RAZR HD/M build 183 kitkat Towel Root

In there you mention installing CWM or TWRP. In the link they are img files. Am I safe to assume I can do something like this to install it?

That is from another post on XDA that is called "[How-To][tutorial] Bootloader Unlock, Custom Recovery Razr M"
[RAZR HD General] boost4life17:
Although I was already unlocked - IT WORKED :D I'm updated and rooted! Very exciting! Thanks Motorola for making this possible for everyone to unlock their devices :)

Or maybe they'll blame it on Mercury in retrograde..

Haha! THANK YOU FOR THE HELP :D

Now I to try some ROMs!

:good:
[RAZR HD General] SamuriHL:
Sure that's one way. There are others. Flashify is said to work, too.
[RAZR HD General] Not_A_Dev:
Just a quick question to the OP (or anyone else that may know the answer): Why does my Virus scanner throw a warning when I try to download the tr.apk from your dropbox or even from the original geohot website? I'm not insinuating that there is anything nefarious going on. Just curious why it's being flagged by AV.
[RAZR HD General] killrhythm09:
Probably because it's an Android exploit. Doesn't geohot mention that on the towelroot site?
[RAZR HD General] billycar11:
yeah a lot of root exploits will show up as a virus even more so because this is a Linux kernel exploit too
[RAZR HD General] Not_A_Dev:
Right you are. No, he doesn't mention it on the TR website, but on his XDA thread. Sorry, I suck at reading. :laugh: TMI today.
[RAZR HD General] newmanx4:
I downloaded TWRP to my SD card, used Flashify to install it. Phone rebooted to TWRP recovery, played around there for a minute then rebooted. After reboot I no longer had root access and had to run Towelroot again. Any ideas why this would happen? Also, this is my first time using a recovery other than CWM. How do I wipe the cache only in TWRP?
[RAZR HD General] cmh714:
Unsure on why you lost root, but you can flash SuperSU in TWRP or of course flashify.

Select Wipe in TWRP then Advanced and only check Dalvik and Cache if thats all you want to wipe.
[RAZR HD General] SamuriHL:
Did you update SuperSU and let it replace the binary after installing towel root like I specify in my thread? If not, TWRP probably replaced the su binary for you. LOL. As for cache wipe, it's in there under format. Be careful what you select in there, yea? :)

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Because TWRP plays around with SU. Which is normally good. In his case, perhaps not so much. LOL
[RAZR HD General] huatz84:
Wow...I never thought it could this easy in KitKat. After BL unlock,flashing TWRP 2.7.1. Now,I'm choosing some custom ROMs around. Got lots of job to do with my new revival Razr Maxx HD. Just can't believe it's been real. Thanks a lot to Dan,Krystianp and Geohot!
[RAZR HD General] pothole:
upgraded, rooted, and unlocked...another happy customer here. thanks!
[RAZR HD General] ShadyDreamer:
I currently have a Razr M on the latest update before Kitkat. Do I have to upgrade it to Kitkat to do the bootloader unlock (and then downgrade if I want to stay on JB) or can I just upgrade tz?
[RAZR HD General] talkl:
Cant find the script generator

Hi there. I entered your thread in the droid razr forum, and I still couldn't find where to download the script generator. Can you please post a link? Thank you
[RAZR HD General] SamuriHL:
I've wondered if that could be done myself. In theory you could just update the tz partition and unlock. I just don't know if anyone's tried it. Might be a good experiment. If it fails just upgrade with the keep data script and then downgrade after unlock with the universal script. Let me know if you try it.

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Did you by chance look in the SamuriHL's House of Moto forum or use Google?

http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php?/topic/45349-RSD-Script-Generator

RSD Script Generator
[RAZR HD General] krystianp:
I tried flashing just tz on RAZR but it won't work. Tz from KK is bigger than tz from JB so it won't fit. You have to flash gpt table to be able to flash tz but at that point you have no other choice but to flash whole KK.
[RAZR HD General] SamuriHL:
That's what I was wondering about. Well, you can upgrade, unlock, then downgrade using my UNIVERSAL script. Just generate the scripts for 9.30.1 when you're ready to downgrade and you're good to go.
[RAZR HD General] nxion:
On your other post [ROOT/UNLOCK] RAZR HD/M build 183 kitkat Towel Root

There is a link to where you can get TWRP and CWM, There is also CM rom there. Should that be the one I flash to my phone r can I just grab the latest once from Cyanogen's site. The file in question is called cm-11-20140615-UNOFFICIAL-RAZR-HD_M-KITKAT-TEST.zip

Just want to make sure I don't brick my phone in the process of doing all this :)
[RAZR HD General] SamuriHL:
The ones I linked to are dhacker's "current stash". LOL. They should be the latest versions. I can't speak to how stable they are. You won't brick flashing recovery (unless you do something REALLY messed up LOL) but recovery either may not load or may not work properly if it's not the right one. Just flash another one or stock and you'd be back in business.
[RAZR HD General] samari71:
can i switch back and forth from tmobile to pageplus on my razr m just wondering
[RAZR HD General] hqbui:
Ran the Util 1.4.1, put phone in AP FastBook and select the KK update with No Data Wipe, went thru the install. Got to the Finished line and went to turn the phone off.

Now it will only boot to the motorola logo then turns off (screen is black). Did I just soft bricked the phone?

Phone was on 4.1.2, locked, and rooted.
[RAZR HD General] SamuriHL:
Possibly but let's not jump to conclusions just yet. Were you closely watching the flash? Were there any partitions that failed? This is important. If the answer is "I don't know" then we may have to do something a little different to help you. The worse case scenario is that the data partition is corrupt and a FULL flash with data wipe could be necessary. That'd be unfortunate, but, let's not go there yet. Here's what I want you to do.

Download:

http://www.mediafire.com/download/5fygsv0t3cgn4nt/RSDLite_6.1.6.zip

http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php/topic/45349-rsd-script-generator/ <-- The download in the OP is a jar file, NOT a zip.

http://sbf.droid-developers.org/download.php?device=5&file=902

Instructions:

o) Install RSD Lite 6.1.6 if you haven't already

o) Extract the FXZ (the second link) to a folder on your hard drive

o) Copy my RSDScriptGenerator.jar to the extracted FXZ dir with the VZW_XT926_4.4.2-KDA20.62-10_1FF.xml file in it

o) Run the RSDScriptGenerator.jar (it requires java 7 or higher and requires that jars are set to open with java...your responsibility to get this to work)

o) Select the VZW_XT926_4.4.2-KDA20.62-10_1FF.xml file and press generate

o) Open RSD Lite

o) Connect your phone to a USB 2 port with it in AP Fastboot mode

o) Load the KEEP DATA script that was generated in your FXZ directory

o) Flash it

When it's done, post the SWDL.txt file in your RSD directory for me to look at.
[RAZR HD General] hqbui:
OK my mistake. I was too quick to unplugged the phone from the computer. I saw Finished after several "Writing" sequences and thought it was done. Thankfully, I was able to power shut down and reboot to AP and run the bat file again. Apologies, thank you Sam for the quick response.
[RAZR HD General] SamuriHL:
Kuel. Easy fix. "Don't do that" LOL :D
[RAZR HD General] pothole:
Does anyone know what the OTA updater file is called on KK? I'm trying to find it so I can freeze it with Titanium (like I did when I had JB) so I don't accidently take an OTA and get "fixed". The JB file had .updater or something like that at the end but I can't seem to find it in KK.
[RAZR HD General] SamuriHL:
Should be update or maybe sdm. I can't remember.
[RAZR HD General] Zeljko1234:
What's the easier way for unlocked Razr running CM11 with old kernel to get new bl and upgrade to dhacker's CM11 with new kernel? Do we really need to flash stock (because partitions are changed), root, flash custom recovery and then new CM11? Do we need to unlock radio for other carriers again?
[RAZR HD General] SamuriHL:
The easiest and safest way for you to do it would be to manually craft yourself a little script for the FXZ to flash basically the KEEP DATA version of my scripts (it's the FULL script minus erasing the data) except skip recovery. Once everything is flashed, boot into recovery and install the updated CM. DON'T flash it with RSD cause it'll force a reboot. You wanna flash the partitions, turn OFF the phone, and boot directly into recovery if possible. That'll leave your data partition with existing CM11 data untouched and not corrupt it.
[RAZR HD General] Zeljko1234:
Thanks for quick replay but I'm not sure that I understand how to flash without RSD. Could you make lazy guide for us, please?

I suppose that I need to unlock radio for other GSM networks in USA after flashing of new KK radio.
[RAZR HD General] SamuriHL:
Don't know jack about your radio thing, but...

http://www.mediafire.com/download/tp1p613rpbaahxk/SAFEUPDATE_xt926.zip

Extract that into the 183 KK FXZ for your phone, stick the phone in AP Fastboot mode, connect it to a USB 2 port with the OEM cable, and follow these directions EXACTLY. NOTE you MUST be ready to flash the new CM11 BEFORE doing this. Meaning it should be on your phone ready to flash. TWRP 2.7.1.0 or whatever the latest CWM that's KK compatible (if you're into that sort of thing LOL) must already be installed BEFORE doing this.

Instructions:

o) Unzip the zip file above into your FXZ directory for 183

o) Connect the phone in AP Fastboot mode to USB

o) Run the SAFE_UPDATE.bat in your FXZ dir

o) When it finishes flashing, DO NOT REBOOT

o) Unplug phone from USB

o) POWER OFF

o) Hold VOLUME UP AND DOWN, TAP POWER

o) Volume down to recovery

o) Volume up to select

o) Flash the new CM11

o) ???

o) Mmmmmm, beer
[RAZR HD General] pothole:
hmm..MotorolaOTA 1.0 looks like it might be a good candidate..
[RAZR HD General] SamuriHL:
Certainly sounds plausible. :) Once you freeze it try to do an update check. If it says service unavailable then you're probably good.
[RAZR HD General] Zeljko1234:
[MENTION=2812087]SamuriHL[/MENTION] looks good, thx. I suppose that OEM cable is not ordinary USB-micro USB cable?
[RAZR HD General] SamuriHL:
It's the cable that shipped with your phone.
[RAZR HD General] Zeljko1234:
Actually I don't have original cable from Razr but I have one for Atrix and also one good cable which I used for flashing Razr already.

Many thanks. I can buy you beer if you're near :)
[RAZR HD General] SamuriHL:
As long as it's a moto cable you should be fine. Shouldn't take long to get it flashed.
[RAZR HD General] pothole:
The Check Now still seems to be working with it frozen. Hmm.
[RAZR HD General] SamuriHL:
Then that ain't the one. LOL
[RAZR HD General] pothole:
Ok, it's part of the Google Play Services which obviously can't realistically be frozen.
[RAZR HD General] SamuriHL:
Naw, there's a way to freeze it. For sure.
[RAZR HD General] brownrt:
maybe because I'm not a developer, but i originally thought it was possible for a few reasons. Agaon, I have no idea exactly how the trust zone works but:

1 Google wants free and open devices it seems

2 The sale to Lenovo

3 The retention by Google of Key Moto personnel

4 A bunch of articles talking about how kit kat and root are a bit different

5 The leap from JB to KK without increment (I felt this was the biggest reason)

6 A history of rootz and exploits AFTER updates (multiplies likelyhood of bigger gap n software continuity)

just my 2 cents. it would be nice to know exactly why this happened. not to take anything away from geohot, but I cant imagine incompetence being the lynchpin here.
[RAZR HD General] SamuriHL:
It's not incompetence. It had to be deliberate on the part of someone at Moto. Who is probably getting their ass kicked as we speak. Soak test emails went out Sunday. That likely means the end of root and unlock. This is why we're all trying to get as many people to take advantage of it as possible before it's gone forever.
[RAZR HD General] cmh714:
I used Tibu and found MotorolaOTA 1.0 and froze it and thats the one.

search for ota and you should find it

EDIT: I see you tried that.....but that is the one. It worked here.
[RAZR HD General] newmanx4:
No doubt in my mind it was done intentionally. Has anyone that unlocked in the last couple of days received the unlocked bootloader warning? I haven't and it appears several others have not either. Its like they removed it.
[RAZR HD General] MrPib:
So the clock is ticking?

I have a RAZR M running rooted JB (so I can't take KK OTA).

Could I trouble you for a step-by-step to get from here to unlocked, rooted KK?

I've seen various instructions for various devices, but I really don't want to

**** up my phone.

THANK YOU!
[RAZR HD General] SamuriHL:
Some have, some haven't. No idea what the rhyme or reason is.

http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php/topic/46155-rootunlock-razr-hdm-build-183-kitkat-towel-root/

Has everything you need. Read read read.
[RAZR HD General] onestoploser:
Thanks for the heads up!
[RAZR HD General] pothole:
When you go into system updates and hit check now, what does it do?