yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Moto X Q&A] samwathegreat:
Definitely! (so long as you are UNLOCKED)

AFTER you complete EVERTHING in my instructions...and you boot into android successfully...and confirm everything works:

Just reboot BACK into the BL, and

fastboot flash recovery twrpfilename.img

(get the latest version here: http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/ghost )

then immediately afterwards, type:

fastboot reboot-bootloader

then VOL DOWN to RECOVERY, and VOL UP to select it. (you HAVE do this immediately after flashing TWRP or it won't stick and will revert back to stock recovery...for unknown reasons. As long as you boot into TWRP IMMEDIATELY after flashing it, it sticks forever...)

When you go to exit TWRP, it will ask you if you would like to install SuperSU installer. Tell it YES! Then once rebooted, you will have an icon for SuperSU Installer. Click it, and select "PLAY STORE" method. Done. Rooted. 4.4.4
[Moto X Q&A] PhilD41:
Any idea if this will work with an encrypted phone? I believe the data partition is the only one encrypted. Mine is throwing an error trying to install the OTA. This looks like a promising second option.
[Moto X Q&A] KidJoe:
When installing the OTA via stock recovery (i.e. have OTA.zip on the /SDCard, boot to stock recovery, select install update and pick the OTA.zip) it will tell you exactly why the install is failing.

With the phone being encrypted, I would only consider doing the OTA. Doing an FXZ will over write the system and other partitions, any phone encryption settings will likely be lost.

If you do try FXZ, please copy your data to your PC FIRST!!!! just in case!!
[Moto X Q&A] PhilD41:
Thanks samwathegreat!!! That worked like a champ. Flashed the set, flashed TWRP, rooted, installed xposed and updated my build.prop. Data and encryption untouched and working as expected. Thanks again for the assistance!!!
[Moto X Q&A] samwathegreat:
Thanks for the update. I'm very glad it all worked out :)

TO ANYONE ELSE WHO COMES ACROSS THIS THREAD:

The VZW 4.4.4 FXZ is ****NO LONGER**** A "keep data" FXZ. If you download the FXZ now, you will need to modify the XML file and remove the line containing "erase userdata" if you want to prevent all of your data from being erased.

Just to clear it up: The original leaked FXZ was indeed a keep-data FXZ and did not have the lines for erasing userdata.

NOW that the new official FXZ has leaked, it DOES contain the erase userdata command.

Other than the slightly modified XML (used for flashing), ***ALL OF THE PARTITIONS ARE EXACTLY THE SAME***

So anyone who used the "old" FXZ - Don't worry! You are NOT using a outdated version, and you don't need to flash the new one. They are 100% identical aside from the additional command to erase userdata.
[Moto X Q&A] T-Keith:
Sorry it's been a while, and still haven't got this done. If I wanted to flash stock recovery and take the OTA, where can I find a stock recovery?
[Moto X Q&A] bigmook:
Right here

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B1FEL-U545XBRlM0Z1FIcWRBaVU/edit?usp=docslist_api
[Moto X Q&A] samwathegreat:
Here: Since I'm so kind ;) I will attach it here for you. (It is zipped because the forum has a 10MB size limit).

Just FYI, it is kind of silly to take the OTA since we have the full FXZ available. You can flash the full FXZ and not worry about flashing the stock recovery back - not needed with that method.

Additionally, if you want to preserve all of your data, you can edit the XML file and remove the entire line containing "erase userdata", and all your apps and data will be preserved.

OR you can use the excellent tools by [MENTION=2812087]SamuriHL[/MENTION] that will give you the option of preserving userdata without even editing the XML file....

Your choice. My recommendation is flash the FXZ after editing the XML w/Notepad, or similar (which is super-easy).

Good Luck! :good:
[Moto X Q&A] T-Keith:
Thanks, I think samuri's tools are Windows only, so no go for me. I thought taking the OTA would be the easiest route, but I could be wrong. You have been very helpful, but frankly most posts in the development section are terribly lacking in information and things can easily be screwed up when people leave out things like what operating system you can use.
[Moto X Q&A] HeroOfTime:
You are correct that they are Windows tools, but you can flash the FXZ manually using fastboot and mfastboot (one command requires mfastboot). Just don't run the command to erase user data, and you should be fine. Takes about 10 minutes to do.
[Moto X Q&A] T-Keith:
I take it those are the commands Sam posted earlier? Can I skip the recovery flash and keep twrp, or are all these required?
[Moto X Q&A] samwathegreat:
+1 !

[MENTION=2935197]T-Keith[/MENTION] : If you tell me what operating system you are using (Linux or Mac), I will provide you with the appropriate commands.

Hmm. Actually, I'm thinking that I may have already provided you with the tools and commands necessary to do this....am I wrong? I'll check and post back...

---------- Post added at 09:13 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:12 PM ----------

Ok, yeah I guess I did provide you with both the tools and commands already.

YES! You can definitely skip the "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img" command and preserve TWRP. No problem....
[Moto X Q&A] HeroOfTime:
Exactly. It looks like [MENTION=2509024]samwathegreat[/MENTION] should have you covered. He is an awesome asset to the community, so follow his directions and you will be good to go!
[Moto X Q&A] tco05:
So I'm in a similar situation, currently on 4.4.2, stock rooted w/ Xposed...only I use Windows. Do I follow the same directions above, minus erasing recovery, so I can keep TWRP and root?
[Moto X Q&A] samwathegreat:
Absolutely, with ONE minor modification. In windows, you CAN NOT flash system.img with regular fastboot. You MUST use "mfastboot" instead.(The linux variant of mfastboot is called "fastboot" also, which is why all the commands say fastboot)

Make sure you have the "mfastboot" binary -- you cannot flash system.img without it.

So follow the procedure exactly as listed (skipping recovery, if you want to preserve TWRP), and instead of using regular fastboot to flash system.img, use mfastboot instead:

mfastboot flash system system.img

If you don't already have the mfastboot binary, you can easily find it by searching...

OR!!! An easier way would be to just use RSD Lite to flash the FXZ instead. BUT if you do this, you will need to FIRST, edit the XML file and remove two lines: the one containing "erase userdata", and the one containing "flash recovery". This way you preserve userdata and TWRP. If you fail to do this, and you use RSD Lite, not only will you replace TWRP with stock recovery, but you will also erase ALL of your userdata....

Good Luck! :good:

P.S. No matter which method you use, you WILL need to re-install Xposed afterwards. Your Xposed settings should remain intact once you have reinstalled it, but you WILL need to reinstall it, since you are overwriting /system.
[Moto X Q&A] bigmook:
I don't understand why some of you don't just flash the recovery.img with flashify and take take the ota
[Moto X Q&A] samwathegreat:
Many of them don't know to what extent they have modified /system

Many have deleted "bloat" apps, installed Xposed, etc.

Using the FXZ method, you need not worry about any of these modifications you may or may not have made.
[Moto X Q&A] bigmook:
Oh I see. I just dirty flashed the stock rooted , flashed stock recovery, and took ota never touched a computer. Didn't lose root (dev unit) and reinstalled xposed . didn't lose settings so it was profit. In did however have fastboot primed and ready. Just in case.
[Moto X Q&A] samwathegreat:
Everyone: Just an FYI if you haven't already heard:

If you haven't already unlocked your bootloader: Dan Rosenburg has found an exploit to unlock the Moto X Bootloader! EXCITING NEWS!!!!!

See the threads in the General Sub-forum!!!!!

Say goodbye to the "China Middleman"!!!!!
[Moto X Q&A] as_tobaccos:
Hi samwathegreat,

I own an unlocked (germany) Moto X, I followed your guide and at the first reboot I realized I installed the Verizon firmware! :( (the original thread http://xdaforums.com/moto-x/general/fxz-moto-x-4-4-4-212-55-26-t2827307 is not carrier specific). Now the Moto is working but the phone part is dead and other little things are not working (home button, notifications, ...).

Any tip to solve the problem or restore the previous version (yes I read the diclaimer "Once you apply this update, you can NOT downgrade to a previous version."...)?

Thank you!

---------- Post added at 02:44 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:47 PM ----------

Ok, I was able to restore the 4.4.2 stock (Retail Germany) using the standard procedure via fastboot!
[Moto X Q&A] KidJoe:
Actually that thread does say XT1060 which really is carrier specific to Verizon Wireless USA. So your Germany Moto X is definately not an XT1060, likely an XT1052.

So you went from 4.4.4 to 4.4.2? If you used mfastboot/fastboot, I'm sure you saw at least GPT.BIN fail, if not motoboot.img too.

DO NOT TAKE AN OTA!!! (you will brick) Instead, when the 4.4.4 SBF for your model and carrier finally leaks, please flash it (in its entirety) on your phone so you are back at consistent versions of everything.
[Moto X Q&A] as_tobaccos:
True, my fault :(

Yes, from 4.4.4 (verizon) to 4.4.2 (retailer de).

Yes, both failed.

The first time I just flashed recovery and system, the phone boot but with display problems (enlarged, distorted, wrong colors, no touch).

The second time I did the full procedure (clear userdata included) and worked!

Thank you for the advice but I already tried it... and worked!

The OTA update go smoothly and now I have a working 4.4.4 without any problem. Luckily :)

I suppose the OTA updated gpt.bin and motoboot.img too. There is any way to check it?
[Moto X Q&A] T-Keith:
Thanks, for the help guys. I thought I'd post a few things I learned, in case it helps anyone. Maybe I should add this to the FXZ post, since some of this is not spelled out there. The FXZ file basically contains img files for all the partitions, plus an XML file containing the commands to install. The steps samwathegreat posted are basically the linux versions of those commands.

I extracted the files locally and installed the special fastboot he posted, rebooted to the bootloader, then ran the following commands in the terminal: I added ./ to the fastboot to make sure I was getting the right version Replace Downloads, with wherever you extracted the files. I skipped the recovery part to maintain my existing recovery.

cd ~/Downloads

./fastboot flash partition gpt.bin

./fastboot flash motoboot motoboot.img

./fastboot flash logo logo.bin

./fastboot flash boot boot.img

./fastboot flash system system.img

./fastboot flash modem NON-HLOS.bin

./fastboot erase modemst1

./fastboot erase modemst2

./fastboot flash fsg fsg.mbn

./fastboot erase cache

./fastboot erase customize

./fastboot erase clogo

./fastboot reboot

Phone booted up, updated the apps and was running 4.4.4.
[Moto X Q&A] samwathegreat:
Just for clarification, the ^above^ instructions apply ONLY to linux.

Both Windows and Mac have a separate variant of fastboot (known as Moto Fastboot or 'mfastboot') that MUST be used to flash the system.img -- and you can use it for all other flashing as well. Other than this small clarification, all of the above commands so apply to other operating systems as well. The Linux variant of "fastboot" does not have the inherent limitations that the Windows and Mac fastboot has (specifically not being able to flash the system.img).
[Moto X Q&A] T-Keith:
So I could have used the standard fastboot?
[Moto X Q&A] KidJoe:
No. Linux also has a special version of Moto's Fastboot too.

Technically, if you download the 4.4.2 Developer Edition recovery images from Moto's web site, they include Moto's fastboot (called just fasboot.exe) for Windows, Mac and Linux.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] InfinityMeep:
Kernel version is june 24th and I have an Sm-G900W8 on Wind mobile. I've tried towelroot but it didn't work.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fffft:
Yes.

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---------- Post added at 06:48 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:35 PM ----------

Okay back, food in hand.

You didn't ask for details, but no doubt you'd like to have them regardless.

There have been reports that a recent OTA update has patched CVE-2014-3153 (closed the towel root exploit).

You should be able to use Odin to revert to a stock firmware build date prior to June 3rd. Then towel root will work and your Knox flag should remain at 0x0.

It's not an issue per se with the S5, but do not attempt to downgrade to JB (pre 4.3) as Samsung set a qfuse to block that. With such an attempt tending to brick phones.

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[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] InfinityMeep:
If I downgrade via Odin, will I risk bricking my phone? And is the samsung-updates site good for downloading firmware?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fffft:
Any time you use Odin, you run a small risk of bricking a phone. You are writing critical system files and any glitch or power interruption could have dramatic consequences. But writing the correct stock firmware for your S5 /carrier doesn't add any extra or undue risk.

In the future Samsung might add a qfuse for this method. But as of today it works fine and quite a few people have done it successfully.

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[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stealth_nightshade:
Do you mean that downgrading from official stock firmware by carrier provider going back to previous version also official stock firmware will be successful?

Currently I'm in 6.0.1 marshmallow, can I download to KitKat directly? or should I go to lollipop first before going to kitkat?

Is this still possible at present?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andreoide:
You do not have to walk the path back, just flash KitKat in ODIN and all will be fine
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brianmoyano:
Hi, the other day went on a vacation and can't record anything because when i stopped the video it said 'Camera has stopped working' and the video was saved to the gallery but corrupted, so the phone wont play it.

Is there a way to fix/repair this files? Because it seems that the file weight a lot, like it contain the video, but it lack of something (i think) and the pc and the phone don't wanna play it.

Does anyone know something? In advance, thanks.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cinnamngrl:
I have the same problem. Help!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Darke5tShad0w:
Theres no way to "decorruptify" it that I no off.

The only thing I can suggest is copy the file to the computer, give it an extension like .avi and see what vlc can do with it.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cinnamngrl:
how do you get these files to your computer. they are clogging up my phone now. I really need to delete them out of the phone and even if it was hopeless I would like to save the files.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Darke5tShad0w:
Use a file manager to copy them to your sdcard then plug into your computer.
[General Questions and Answers] DaveNH:
Hi, first post here so please mind my ignorance. I recently rooted my Sprint HTC One m7 and installed the latest TWRP recovery. Since I found out that I have no /system write permissions and I wanted to use apps like the Xposed framework, I decided to flash a custom kernel which disabled the protections, because I didn't feel the need to get a new ROM. So, I am running the stock Sense 6 ROM on 4.4.2 with the stock kernel 3.4.10-gf22c859 and S-On. I tried to flash flar2's ElementalX 14.12 for Sprint. I created a nandroid backup and cleared my cache and dalvik. Then I flashed the kernel, and the install went fine. It said it was successful, and once again I cleared the cache and dalvik. I rebooted my device, and it started up, updating all the apps. and I rebooted the device again like the installer had said to. However, when I tried using the new features like logo2menu nothing happened. I checked what my kernel was in the settings, and it had not changed. The only thing that did change on my phone was the fact that all of my paid apps said they had not been installed, and when I did try to install them, I would get an error saying my SD card did not give them permission to do so (or something similar to that, I don't remember the exact message). I thought that it was a problem with the kernel, so I restored to the nandroid, and flashed the Kangaroo kernel the same way I did with ElementalX. Once again, the set up process went fine. When I booted my device, I was greeted with the same results as before. Apps updated, kernel didn't change, paid apps gone. I am really confused with what is going on. I feel like I am missing something obvious :( (This is my first time installing a kernel on an Android device). Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks is advance.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] arse45:
I have installed and re-installed Bad Boyz 1.4 multiple times and after each install Lookout is showing riskware with some of the core HTC apps, specifically Task Manager and Blink Feed. I verified the zip MD5 and I know the BB ROM is clean but I can't figure out why Lookout is complaining about these. Anybody else see this behavior before?
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] Captain_Throwback:
Uninstall Lookout. It's a RAM hog and completely unnecessary.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] arse45:
Found this thread which includes a response from Lookout.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2680780
[Themer General Discussion] btort1:
Ok so I have a S5 and I don't really like the default messaging app since it lags during group texts.

When I install a theme, when I try to change it to Hangouts, the only option it gives is OK or cancel to use the default sms app....it does not let me change it to Hangouts. Is there any way I can change it?
[Themer General Discussion] ahmad290:
wt?
[Themer General Discussion] btort1:
It does not give me the option to use Hangout (google hangout is a sms app) the only option it lets me is the STOCK SMS app
[Themer General Discussion] ThemerSupport:
Try this:

Long press on the homescreen - Themer Settings - App Preferences - SMS - Hangouts :)
[Themer General Discussion] jpcloudsurf:
Hangouts suck
[Themer General Discussion] santosjb:
have you tried disabling the alerts of your default messaging? with that way, the alerts from Hangouts are the ones that you are going to receive. Also, if your phone is rooted, you can use Titanium backup to freeze the messaging.
[Themer General Discussion] ArkLab1:
yes, Hangouts suck
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] nowseewhatudid:
Is there a way to dual boot seeing that this app is down
[HD2 Ubuntu Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and General] sherlockpwnz:
So for myself it has been a long long time since I've messed with my HD2 and I have found it sitting around in a box. On my HD2 I have Magldr 1.13

So I have searched around to try and figure this out but I haven't found any luck on the answer I'm looking for. Some roms require Clockwork Mod or some form of recovery. I am coming up short on how to install a recovery with magldr present and how to do it. Can someone please point me in the right direction?
[HD2 Ubuntu Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and General] specter16:
replace magldr with clk because clk supports device off charging

install clk

install cwm recovery (latest)

i recomend nexusHD2 roms becaus they are the most stable one

google for the last nrxusHD2 ROM (curently its android 4.4.4 )

follow the rpm instruction to partition the /system partition as mentioned in the rom page

flash the rom

enjoy your native android device :)

Sent from my HTC SENSATION XE
[HD2 Ubuntu Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and General] sherlockpwnz:
Okay well that helps. Now to my next question. I was also looking for how to upgrade to CLK but I can't find an up to date link or sticky that has downloads that aren't broken. Am I just not looking hard enough?

Edit: Could I flash CLK over Magldr using HD2 toolkit I found?
[HD2 Ubuntu Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and General] specter16:
you flash clk while device is on bootloader mod (tri color screen) then you flash clk with the hd2 tool kit

Sent from my HTC SENSATION XE
[HD2 Ubuntu Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and General] philipped346:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1402975 :fingers-crossed:
[HD2 Ubuntu Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and General] specter16:
here is the latest clk version

https://www.dropbox.com/s/qvnnrcvrti9e0s5/black_lk_20130506-NoRec.zip

Sent from my HTC SENSATION XE
[HD2 Ubuntu Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and General] T-Macgnolia:
Hello sherlockpwnz from your OP I suggest you have a good read in this thread as it may be of help to you.
[HD2 Ubuntu Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and General] sherlockpwnz:
Thank you everyone for the replies. I have been working a new job and will be checking these out. I may have to use the SD card method because I'm assuming my cable isn't working right I keep getting the port change error once it goes to reboot after installing clk and rebooting. Maybe I'm wrong but I will try these and hopefully get it running.

Thank you everyone for steering me in the right direction. I am now up and running and this thread can be closed. This is why I love you guys and gals at XDA Developers. Thank you thank you thank you for the help.
[General Topics] huntman69:
Dear Friends & Helpers,

I'M using the Cingular 3125

Is there an option or REG. edit, changing font size of the ID Caller in the front screen, and after we "open" the phone, the info of this ID caller too.

Thank You
[General Topics] asz344:
i hope some one will reply.

thanks
[Verizon LG G2] squidder:
What does the screen max mean? Why is it lower than my average? I know this doesn't really matter but I have to know what the deal is because I am ocd and it is driving me craaaaaaaazy.
[Verizon LG G2] squidder:
Well at least I know I'm not going crazy.
[Verizon LG G2] tommyizzo:
wow!!

how do u manage almost 6 hours of screen time with with 33% left?
[Verizon LG G2] xttapolatakettle:
2333

I think it means that GSam calculates that you will get 5hrs 55min with the screen always on, but only 5 hrs 28 min (even less) with the screen at MAX brightness.
[General Questions and Answers] wolverine97:
I have a gs3 and I tried to update twrp through twrp manager, but for some reason it downloads 2.3.1 version. I currently had 2.6.3 version. I also downloaded the version of busybox it recommended, but I still get older version. can anyone help? thanks.
[General Questions and Answers] andreiav:
Install the latest version through ODIN or download the img file and manually choose the recovery image you want to install in TWRP manager.

Get your latest version from here: http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/

Click on "Get TWRP for your device", enter your device model and download the odin flashable tar or the recovery img for twrp manager.

I personally use and prefer flashing with Odin.

Cheers
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dragonballz2k:
I used this thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2391611 and how I get back to regular lite firmware without having a hard brick. I am s-off and I have att model
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alray:
the safest and easiest way is to flash the ruu.exe that match your phone, in your case an at&t RUU I guess
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Seanie280672:
Post your fastboot getvar all please, remove imei and serial number before posting as it's dangerous to post this info.