yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[RAZR HD General] gadsden:
It's been a long time since I've fiddled with this phone. I think I was thinking of the steps before the FXZ was available. I am really rusty with this because I have just been running my phone as is for so long. Thanks for the help, and not flaming me. :) I'm going to go back to your guide and see if I can get through it. Hopefully I'll get everything working on my own. Thanks again.

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BTW, the "flash this" you mentioned just links to your new version 1.3 of MattLGroff's utility. It doesn't specify what exactly to flash. That's why I was asking if I need to use it to go back to stock 4.1. Is that a typo in the link?
[RAZR HD General] bweN diorD:
Ahh I c, the guide implies to use the kk version.

I'll note in the guide accordingly when I get home later.

Sent from my G2 running SlimKat
[RAZR HD General] gadsden:
Ok, so while I am a little incompetent, I'm not a complete idiot! Thank god! I'll hold tight on this until I see you post the correction. Thanks so much for your time, catch ya later.
[RAZR HD General] bweN diorD:
My comment wasn't meant to be disrespectful.

I know there are multiple versions there, I made them.

No one has questioned which file to use before, so its throwing me off a bit.

Sent from my G2 running SlimKat
[RAZR HD General] gadsden:
None taken. I just felt like I was missing something that was right under my nose. Glad to see it wasn't me, that's all. Lots of people aren't as helpful as you are, and would have usually hit me with a "READ BEFORE YOU ASK", or "IT'S BEEN DISCUSSED OVER AND OVER ALREADY". So, thanks for being helpful and respectful.
[RAZR HD General] gadsden:
Ok, I see you noted to use the 1.4 or 1.41 file. I was confused before because even though it says "SOME OPTIONS ARE NOT AVAILABLE IN EVERY VERSION" in big red letters, it shows the utility options as being for flashing 4.1. I expected some options to be missing, not to be completely different. I downloaded version 1.41 and I see now that those instruction are just the generic details from the original utility and that the new version only has one option. Makes much more sense now. I'm going to give this a whirl tonight and see how it goes. Thanks again.
[RAZR HD General] bweN diorD:
yea, what happened is,

matt stopped supporting the tool,

later i got permission to continue it,

but as updates came some options were no longer relevant or possible,

so i started removing and re-adding them as applicable to the builds,

so it seems kinda jumbled, until you look at the script, and see what is available, then can find info on it in the op.

there was no easy solution, as some of the other builds there still contain options listed, so i decided to just leave the origonal list for reference as needed.
[RAZR HD General] gadsden:
I'm certainly not going to complain about something not being perfect unless I'm paying someone well to do the job. Your efforts are appreciated and imperfections are expected. I trust that it works, I just didn't trust myself to do it right unless the instructions were clarified. So, thanks for that. One more thing though......there are two options to run, wipe and nowipe. Can I get away with running the nowipe here? Or will I be wiping at some point anyway? If I can preserve my data long enough to get a nandroid backup (is that even what it's called these days?), I would like the option to do so.
[RAZR HD General] bweN diorD:
you can do a no wipe, it will usually work without issue, but not always.

if you have any issues, they will most likely be data related with the new software. you would have no option than to wipe at that point.

yea, its nandroid. but dont waste your time doing it unless things are working good, otherwise its pretty much useless.
[RAZR HD General] gadsden:
I planned to do a wipe anyway; but since it was possible to do it without a wipe, I took the opportunity to do it and make a backup just in case. It doesn't hurt to have a reference point in case I can't remember how I had things set up.

So, I followed the guide and it was incredibly easy. I am now updated to KK, once again rooted and finally unlocked! Flashing KK took longer than everything else combined. It was a piece of cake, er, uh, KitKat. :)

Thanks so much for taking the time with me today to help me get this going. I see you made a few other notes on the guide. Most of my doubts would have been resolved with the notes you added today, so hopefully nobody else will need to ask the same things. Great job on the utility and the guide, thanks again.

Edit: Oh, I did notice that things are a little sluggish. I assume it's because of some unsupported application or something. So, hopefully you're right that a clean install will resolve everything and it will be snappy again.
[RAZR HD General] gadsden:
bweN,

I did make one mistake in this process. I didn't remember the ADB commands to push CWM, so I tried Flashify for the first time. I got a little distracted and accidentally selected SU.zip and told Flashify it was CWM recovery when it asked. Now, I have two issues.

1) When I reboot from CWM, it tells me I may have lost root and asks if I want to fix it. I looked it up and some people said it may be because SU needed an update. I thought it was more likely because of the directory hierarchy created by Flashify, but I am not sure. Anyway, I let CWM try and fix it, but it still happened net time. So I updated SU through the play store and it still did it after that too.

2) This one is more serious, I think. About 50% of the time when I try to boot into recovery from fastboot, it just goes to a black screen and I have to keep pressing power to reboot.

Any idea what I could have done here?

EDIT: I went ahead and did this all over again today. This time I used the wipe utility and adb instead of flashily to flash CWM recovery. I was still having both issues I had last night. Followed this up with installing CWM SU and updating binaries. Not sure if that was the right thing to do, but it solved my issues.
[RAZR HD General] bweN diorD:
I have seen and had both issues, but I don't recall the cause or fix, if there was one.

My only suggestion would be to flash cwm then boot right into recovery and flash the su zip. Don't let it boot up in between, and don't use towl root any more, you don't need it.

Not sure if that will help, but that's the best method once unlocked.

Sent from my G3 :p
[RAZR HD General] gadsden:
I tried that, it didn't help. It went to black screen on the reboot into recovery, and still has the lost root notification in CWM. If this isn't relevant to the topic, I don't want to hijack the thread over this. I can search and post somewhere else if this is non related issue.
[RAZR HD General] SamuriHL:
For fun please try to flash TWRP and see if it boots into recovery. If it does, you can then try changing back to CWM. And make SURE you're using the proper version of CWM for your phone once you switch back.
[RAZR HD General] bweN diorD:
the black screen is annoying, but as long as you can get past it with a couple attempts, i would just go with it.

the root fix, as long as you are rooted and its working ok, i would just go with that too.

i had the same issues and just took it with a grain of salt, as i had what i needed working ultimately.

its one of those deals where im happy to have anything, even if i have to do a little extra work to get it going. small price to pay for the work it took the devs to make it. thats how i look at everything i flash to my phones really.

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he can get in, im betting. i had the same issue, took multiple tries most times and i almost know how to flash this stuff :p
[RAZR HD General] SamuriHL:
Yea, I know all about the black screen issue. It's a pain in the ass. Generally reflashing recovery 2 or 3 times and booting directly into it after flashing in AP Fastboot mode will fix it. TWRP generally doesn't have the issue which is why I recommended trying it, then switching over to CWM once that's working.
[RAZR HD General] bweN diorD:
yea, i suggested the direct reboot down there some where.

i didnt know twrp may work around the issue.

i really hate to say anything bad about development, out of respect that few seem to have.

but i am old school and will not use twrp unless there is no option.

yes it is much more user friendly, but 9/10 it hates me and i have issues no one else seems to have.

gimme my cwm and force me to click down 6 times to choose yes and i dont feel the entitlement twrp provides lol
[RAZR HD General] SamuriHL:
LOL! It's all good. I'm not religious about it. I use TWRP on my devices but I have no issue with CWM. My unlocked root tool works with either one so I don't play favorites in my tools. LMAO :D But yea, for KK, TWRP has been more stable for a majority of people. At least from what I can surmise from my threads. In any case, CWM definitely works even if it's a bit more challenging at times. :)
[RAZR HD General] bweN diorD:
i never play favorites either, my opinion stays my opinion.

thanks for the twrp info though, i didnt know that.

btw,

what was it 85? on apple? programming dos? my memory is a bit fuzzy (you remember that?)

if these newbs had that kind of respect, the development would be much more prominent.

for me its more of a matter of wont do, than cant do.
[RAZR HD General] SamuriHL:
Not sure what you're asking me there? Maybe my memory is failing me. I've had a very difficult month. As for respect in development, that's something I wish the android community would learn more of. But that's a whole big discussion. And I'm not saying that for the pitiful things I provide, I mean for things like roms that people spend TONS of time on.
[RAZR HD General] gadsden:
Will do, thanks for the recommendation.

My biggest concern was just that there is a problem that was risking the stability of the phone. If there is no reason to be concerned, a little hassle is not a big deal to me at all. I hardly ever need to get into recovery anyway, and if I do, a couple extra rocks of the volume button or a couple tries to get in is not a big deal to me at all. That is, so long as it doesn't get worse or completely lock me out one day, which doesn't seem likely. So, I am just going to roll with it because I am really happy with the phone now!

Thanks to everyone for the replies here, I really appreciated the support.
[RAZR HD General] bweN diorD:
i was just having a flashback with the btw part.

i thought you might know what i was talking about

.butt if your younger than me you would not.......
[RAZR HD General] SamuriHL:
I'm certainly no youngin' lol but I'm not necessarily getting the reference. No big deal.
[RAZR HD General] lloydsw:
Let's go pre-dos & do CP/M
[RAZR HD General] treyshort007:
worked for me

If it helps anyone... this method worked for me I'm fairly new to the unlocking game but this method with towel root and motopacalypse seemed to work seamlessly. I don't know why I did it except just to see if I can do it.
[RAZR HD General] twiztid_gamer:
please help

Hope this doesn't sound to stupid but I just want to be clear before I try anything. Is towelroot a full root method done completely from the device or do I still need to find a traditional root method from a computer 1st
[RAZR HD General] Pow_2k:
I *THINK* you can root via towelroot on any version. All the version specific things I've seen so far have concerned unlocking the bootloader. But if you're just looking for root I don't see where downloading and at least trying towelroot will hurt anything. Does anyone have a better answer?
[RAZR HD General] twiztid_gamer:
I am also looking to unlock the bootloader, I was just unclear as to whether or not a computer is needed for this method of rooting & unlocking the bootloader because it reads that's way, if no computer is necessary that would be amazing
[RAZR HD General] gadsden:
The exploit only works with KitKat. If you aren't on KitKat, you need the computer to flash it. If you were unlocked already, you could flash through custom recovery, but you are obviously not. I think there is one other way to flash rom from SD card, but I don't know if it works. Why are you against using a computer?

The root and unlock apps both run from your phone, though, so you should be good.
[RAZR HD General] twiztid_gamer:
I'm not against using the computer really it just seemed like a computer necessary by reading the instructions & so far root checker says I'm rooted & when I reboot I get the unlocked boot loader message so now all I have to do is try installing CyanogenMod & hope I don't brick my device

Thanks for all the input though

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I'm rooted & unlocked but when I holds down all 3 buttons & the menu comes up I scroll down to recovery where I should be able to choose the cyanogenmod file I downloaded I get the little android laying down with his chest open & underneath him it says no command where I then have to hold all buttons again to reboot

Also it shows the warming your bootloader is unlock every time I reboot & I'm not sure whether or not that's supposed to happen
[RAZR HD General] gadsden:
Yes, it should, it's just showing the status of the bootloader.

I am no expert, but I'm pretty sure you need a custom recovery (CWM) to flash CM ROMs. You never mentioned wanting to flash any ROM, so I didn't think about it. You can put CWM on your SD card and flash it with flashify. However, flashify only lets you flash a few times a day for free. So if you mess up and end up doing it a few times, you'll have to pay or learn to use ADB to flash from the computer. So, make sure you keep that in mind.
[RAZR HD General] Pow_2k:
While I like Flashify, there are various flashing apps available. Rashr (I think) is another one I use. The official CWM flashing utility doesn't have the XT926 as a known device so I don't recall if it can be used.
[RAZR HD General] billycar11:
just use fastboot and the android sdk to flash
[RAZR HD General] twiztid_gamer:
I got flashify, CWM recovery, correct cyanogenmod file but when I select flash zip file choose the cyanogenmod file it acts like it's flashing it but when I reboot I'm still on stock KitKat
[RAZR HD General] gadsden:
I've never flashed a ROM with flashify. Just flash it from recovery. The ROM file is on the root of your SD card, right?
[RAZR HD General] xubeiga:
i just updated my xt925 to 4.4.2 STOCK BR, which just came out

i can't use this, the TW says that my phone isn't compatible

why is that?
[RAZR HD General] bweN diorD:
you are past the exploit, and as far as im aware, it was not confirmed working on the 925 kk (sorry if im wrong on that).

either way, with a 925 you should be able to unlock on the official moto site. that doesnt work for you?
[RAZR HD General] xubeiga:
my BL was already unlocked before upgrading to KK by OTA

i think he still is.

i just need to root it...and fix the popping noise which is annoying

otherwise i think ill back to stock JB or some custom without these problems :B
[RAZR HD General] bweN diorD:
Ohh OK, then you just need to flash a custom recovery from the original development forum then flash the su zip to get root back. There is also a popping noise thread in q-n-a forum if I remember correctly.

Sent from my G2 running SlimKat
[RAZR HD General] SamuriHL:
You should see my hilarious post about unlocked bootloader people asking about using root exploits that I posted on droidrzr. LMAO
[RAZR HD General] xubeiga:
oh, thank you so much for your time.

i will do it :good:
[RAZR HD General] bweN diorD:
link?
[RAZR HD General] SamuriHL:
http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php/topic/54379-fxz-442-1834615/page-2#entry462471
[RAZR HD General] twiztid_gamer:
This is what happens when I try install custom rom from recovery mode but if I flash say supersu zip file it completes the installation
[RAZR HD General] hbenz2008:
yo make sure you installing the right recovery for your kk man

use this one

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2776515
[RAZR HD General] billycar11:
that looks like the stock recovery you need twrp or cwm for kkbl to install custom roms or flash su
[RAZR HD General] Nabirius:
Motarola Razr M issues

So I've put the stuff on my phone, used appinstaller and hit 'make it ra1n' and the button turned orange. Now it seems to not be doing anything, nothing has rebooted, I can use my phone as normal etc. When I hit the little ... symbol on the bottom right it informs me that towelroot isn't responding. How do I fix this?
[RAZR HD General] billycar11:
i think the wave of i cant root and unlock is coming what system version are you on?
[RAZR HD General] Nabirius:
183.46.15.XT907.Verizon.en.us

Android version 4.4.2
[RAZR HD General] billycar11:
you can not unlock or root on that version and it is unlikely you will ever able to.

have you unlocked?
[RAZR HD General] Nabirius:
No, I haven't, that sucks.
[RAZR HD General] splat10:
So I towel rooted and unlocked with motopocalypse but I haven't had time to flash a recovery yet but my phone is bugging me incessantly to ota. Now that I've unlocked I can safely take the ota and be able to still load a custom recovery later and reroot right? This is my first time routing but this phone has gotten worse over time and I'm hoping a custom Rom will help plus the ability to use ti backup
[RAZR HD General] twiztid_gamer:
I can tell u that I rooted & unlocked the boot loader & was unable to install the ota for some reason & then I messed up trying to install cyanogenmod & had to flash back to stock KitKat & accepted the new update, now root checker says I'm not rooted & towel root says my device isn't currently supported
[RAZR HD General] SamuriHL:
http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php/topic/54379-fxz-442-1834615/page-2?p=462471#entry462471
[RAZR HD General] twiztid_gamer:
Thanks for the info!
[RAZR HD General] masters1222:
Glad that I did this when I could since the new update appears to fix the root exploit. I'm already unlocked, so should be pretty easy to get it back :)
[RAZR HD General] Mooseff:
question???

Will this work on the XT912M?

Sorry, I am a NOOB to this.
[RAZR HD General] SamuriHL:
No
[RAZR HD General] Mooseff:
thanks

Thank you. I guess this phone is NOT gonna get cracked! :crying:
[RAZR HD General] kuzagar:
Thanks
[RAZR HD General] iBolski:
Once your bootloader is unlocked, you can root via sideloading (no exploit needed anymore). Once unlocked, always unlocked. However, since you are currently rooted, your files in the /system partition have been modified, so the OTA will fail. You'll have to obtain the latest SBF and flash your phone that way. The OTA will fail since the /system partition will fail a checksum check.

Read my response above. Once unlocked, you do NOT use towel root. Also, since you are probably now on the latest OTA, Towelroot doesn't work with it. But, you don't need to. Just sideload root via TWRP and adb. You don't need the exploit anymore. You can just flash the regular root zip image.

Get the latest SuperSU from here -> http://download.chainfire.eu/supersu
[RAZR HD General] pothole:
I haven't flashed the latest FXZ yet either..does the hotspot hack still work with .15?

nevermind..found it.. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2785106
[RAZR HD General] beefytr:
custom recovery vs stock recovery

Brother,

Here is what I am going thru:

1. I had rooted and unlocked phone with 183.46.10.Verizon.en.US. just before the recent OTA.

2. The OTA disliked the root and it became annoying every two minutes the phone prompted for update; I decided to RSD to stock tostop the OTA hassle. ALL went OK.

3. Now that I have unlocked bootloader (bootloader screen status code: 3) with the latest 183.46.15.Verizon.en.US

4. I am trying to re-gain the root; hence I attempted to flash the recovery to be custom.

5. No matter what I have done, the phone has not sucked up the custom recovery although the computer tells me everything is OK (This phonema looks like Atrix 4G one; despite the bootloader was unlocked you had to re-flash the pudding to load teh custom recovery).

Any good idea that you may suggest how I cheat the bloody small gadget :)

All the best...

UPDATE!!!

TWRP2710... worked :)
[RAZR HD General] iBolski:
That's what I was going to ask - which recovery were you trying to flash. Seems like you figured it out. :good:

Glad it all works for you now.

BTW, it seems you stated you felt you had to unlock it again when you upgrade to 183.42.15. Nope. Once unlocked, always unlocked. That is, unless I read what you stated incorrectly.

In any case, glad you are back up and running.
[RAZR HD General] beefytr:
many thanks for the prompt response mate, much appreciated.

i knew once unlocked, unlocked forever...

all i wanted to say was similar stuff caused some bug thru atix in the past; never mind :p

by the way, is there any zip package for the stock rom to flash thru twrp (or cwm) in case i wish to go back rather than hassling with RSD?

all the best and thanks in advance for your response...
[RAZR HD General] iBolski:
Nope. To go back to actual stock you have to RSD flash it (or fastboot flash it). Either way, you have to use the SBF files.

There are stock image ROMs, but most are de-bloated and de-odexed.
[RAZR HD General] hqbui:
If my Razr HD is on 182.46.10.XT926, rooted and unlocked.

Where can I find instructions on how to get it to latest and keep root. I see all these terms on sideloaded root and flashing to latest. How can I find step by step on doing it?
[RAZR HD General] beefytr:
thanks for the update bro.

i was expecting such an answer actually.

given the latest OTA being 183.46.15 and the existing sbf file 183.46.10.xml.zip, i presume flashing 183.46.10.xml.zip again having done a previous OTA won't brick the phone, right?

cheers,
[RAZR HD General] iBolski:
Correct. Since you have an unlocked bootloader, you can flash back to 183.46.10. However, there is a .15 SBF. You can get it here:

http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php/topic/54379-fxz-442-1834615/

SamuriHL provides the instructions on how to use it.
[RAZR HD General] beefytr:
beautiful...

all the best mate :good::laugh:
[RAZR HD General] RikRong:
There's a .15 FXZ in the general section, right above this post...
[RAZR HD General] n2fastbikes:
Rooted but not Unlocked

Hello, thanks for the good instructions. Rooted phone with tr.apk, but motopocalypse.apk doesn't unlock the bootloader. Fastboot status code = 0. What should I do next to unlock bootloader?

Thanks!

Droid RAZR HD

System 9.16.6.XT926

Android 4.1.2

SuperSU
[RAZR HD General] SamuriHL:
I can't possibly imagine why it didn't work. SMH. You should read the instructions. What I bolded in your post is the big hint here.
[RAZR HD General] n2fastbikes:
Thanks SamuriHL, I think I get the hint. I should be trying to unlock KK. Now that I've rooted I don't think I can do OTA. What is best way to upgrade from 4.12 to KK?

Thanks!
[RAZR HD General] SamuriHL:
As long as you didn't change any system files with root you might be able to take the ota but make damn sure you stop at 10 and do not go to 15. Personally I'd use the 10 FXZ with a keep data script then reroot.
[RAZR HD General] beefytr:
cheers mate.
[RAZR HD General] n2fastbikes:
Rooted/Locked JB 2 Unrooted/Locked KK - tr.apk No Dice

Thanks again SamuriHL. Instead of OTA I used RSD method elsewhere in thread to flash 10 FXZ. I learned a lot and it worked flawlessly, and phone works great too, but tr.apk doesn't root phone now. So I went from rooted (but locked) JB to unrooted and locked KK. What is next? Matt's DROID_RAZR_HD_Utility_1.21? Something else?

I am so close to root and unlock I can taste it--just need a little training sensei--thanks!!

Model DROID RAZR HD

System 183.46.10.XT926.Verizon.en.US

Kernel 3.4.42-g4ee8163 ddbuild@ca88lnxdroid25 #1

Build KDA20.62-10.1
[RAZR HD General] SamuriHL:
TR definitely roots build 10, so, try again.