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[Moto X Q&A] samwathegreat:
Enabling "Developer Options" can be done on any phone. Once again, this also has absolutely nothing to do with rooting or unlocking the bootloader. If it WERE the dev edition, the previous owner would have no reason, whatsoever to install TowelPieRoot. That's just silly to use an "exploit" on a phone with an unlocked bootloader.

TowelPieRoot DOES allow you to root the phone - but that will disappear when you update to 4.4.4 -- the new update patches the exploit used by TPR. After this, it will be permanently un-rootable unless you can unlock the BL.

You are completely out-of-luck, sir. Unless you want to roll the dice and spend another $45 in hopes that the "chinaman" might have an unlock code for you. I gave you the link in my first reply to you.

Unless the phone has a Black front, with a woven white back, it is NOT the unlockable developer edition. Sorry. Anything else is just a regular Moto X.
[Moto X Q&A] Karmashock:
Thank you for your reply and do not take my stupid questions as a lack of appreciation or respect for your assistence. I'm just trying to understand if I'm mostly screwed or totally screwed.

In the sense of the princess bride... where he was "mostly dead" but not totally dead.

For example, does this work:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=45598648

Is there nothing that can root the bootloader on a verizon moto X?

If not, then thank you for helping me. If there is a way... I might be willing to try it.
[Moto X Q&A] samwathegreat:
I don't think you are understanding.....

There is no such thing as "rooting the bootloader".

Your bootloader is either unlocked, or it isn't.

There are some "Exploits" that the exploited vulnerabilities in android and allowed you to "root" or "disable write protection", but none of them are permanent solutions. Since they are "Exploits", they can be patched by future updates. They don't "root the bootloader" - they "root the android OS".

ALL exploits, including the one you have linked above HAVE BEEN PATCHED. The only working exploit is TowelPieRoot -- but it does NOT disable write protection. It isn't very useful, and it is not permanent. As I previously told you, once you update to 4.4.4 your phone will be PERMANENTLY un-rootable. Period.

The only way to gain "permanent root and write-protection disable" is to unlock the bootloader. You can NOT unlock the bootloader on a VZW device. Period. Not unless it is a Dev Edition, OR you are able to obtain a bootloader unlock-code from the china middleman that I linked you to before.

There are NO EXCEPTIONS. As I already told you, you are 100% out-of-luck, UNLESS your phone has a black front and woven white back, OR you are able to unlock through the middleman at a cost of $45. There is NO OTHER WAY. None.

Please trust me - I know what I'm talking about 100%. I've only given you the facts. Now you must choose what to do with these facts.
[Moto X Q&A] doitinthedirt:
if you can get your money back get your money back moto will FedEx you the brand new dev edition for $324.99 you will have it in 3 or 4 days probably until then get on Craigslist buy a hundred dollar droid to use until then and sell it afterwords
[Moto X Q&A] Karmashock:
*sigh* Oh well.

Thank you. I'll just get the cheapest phone I can find at the store and get my money back for this one.
[Moto X Q&A] doitinthedirt:
well im gonna order the new verizon developer edition for 324.99 than and unlock the bootloader and wipe all the verizon crap off it and permanently root it
[Moto X Q&A] KidJoe:
A couple of questions I haven't seen asked...

On the phone go to App Drawer -> Settings -> About phone... What is listed as the SYSTEM VERSION.

Next, what does the BACK of the phone look like or say? Does it have the Verizon logo on it? Does it have the words Developer Edition on the back? Does it have SMALL HARD TO READ Fine print at the bottom that says a model number? Or did it come with the original box that has the IMEI and Model on it? (the model would be XT1060, XT1053, XT1058, etc)

What carrier are you intending to use it with?

Power off the phone, then press the power and volume down buttons simultaneously NOTE: you may need to have the USB cable disconnected first. This will bring you into the AP Fastboot Flash Mode screen (aka bootloader or fastboot mode). It will say DEVICE IS... unlocked or locked. Which is it?

I am asking these questions to know 1. What model X you have, 2. if it is bootloader unlocked, and 3 what rom version is on there.

That will help us guide you further.

[MENTION=2509024]samwathegreat[/MENTION] already did a great job explaining Boot Loader Unlock vs SIM Unlock. I've got a long and deeper explaination on bootloader unlocking and effects on rooting at -> http://mark.cdmaforums.com/MotoX-Locked.html It does need to be updated to cover rooting on 4.4.4 with a LOCKED bootloader is not possible.

In short, if your answers to my questions reveal you have a Verizon X that is not a developer edition phone, then the only way to unlock the bootloader is if you can buy a code from the China Middle Man. Unlocking the bootloader is essential these days if you want a full and working ROOT solution.

If you have a Verizon X that you are trying to use on T-Mobile, or ATT, then you might be OK as long as you don't need/want to root it, and are fine with running the stock Verizon ROM. You just might have some limits too (like not be being able to do Voice and LTE data at the same time)

Oh, but to get rid of some of the Verizon bloat, you will need to root it and delete the APK's which would impact future OTAs, or use something like Titanium Backup to freeze them. Both options need you to be rooted.

---------- Post added at 03:08 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:02 PM ----------

OK... just saw this.. so never mind what I just posted. Good luck.

If you really want an X, Let us know what carrier, and I would still recommend a Dev Edition, either the GSM or the VZW version depending on your carrier, especially while they stay on sale for $325.99. Any non-contract phone you can get is going to be near that cost, or above.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] androidfine16:
Hello guys

THIS IS A QUESTION TO ALL THOSE WHO DONT CARE ABOUT SAMSUNG WARRANTY/ AT&T WARRANTY.

I am aware that attempting to downgrade from kit kat to jellybean will trip Knox counter however I don't care for it. What will be the worst consequence of me doing so. Soft brick? Or hard brick. And if I do succeed will the triped counter prevent me from having a custom recovery.

Tripping the Knox bootloader counter to 0x1 isn't a worry of mine . But a hard brick is so if I can and be able to load custom recovery NOT SAGES TRAP. That be great. I've been rooting/flashing for years now and I never seen such measures of slavery from a company. I never bought a phone with warranty anyways.

Ps: there's no straight answer in searches. All I've gotten is mixed answer I need a straight YES or NO. If yes how.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Frankenscript:
No, you can't downgrade an ATT I337 from 4.4.2 back to Jelly bean. They locked the boot loader and it is not possible to flash a downgraded kernel. It's not a warranty issue, it's a "there's no way to do it that is known" issue.

Some folks with Canadian phones have reported success (at expense of tripping Knox) but I'm not aware of any way to do it on U.S. ATT phones. And I agree with you, it's ridiculous what ATT/Verizon are doing with these locked boot loaders. Next time, I will buy an unlocked phone...

Marc
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] androidfine16:
Is there at least some sight of relief to report in the attempts at unlocking so far. Beside Safe strap.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Frankenscript:
Everything I have read suggests no known avenue of exploit. I think this is a permanent and irrevocable thing that our wonderful devs have been unable to crack. Sigh.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] androidfine16:
Of I'm not mistaking the s5 also had a locked bootloader. So will an exploit in that aid here.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] jmjoyas:
Except for the boot loader, the rest of the system can be downgraded to MK2. Read this thread for more info http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2663545
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] androidfine16:
Yeah but there's no point in doing that if I can't load a custom recovery afterwards. Man f**Ck Samsung and att
[T-Mobile LG G3] ThePagel:
I don't have much time so Ill revisit this later and give it more details

What this update zip does

add apns

allow edit of default apn

allow edit of tether apn

add 3G

add ipv4 option (and actually work)

proper icons (E, 3G, H and 4G)

all network modes visible (probably not needed but added anyway)

TETHER BROKE FOR NOW

MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A NANDROID BEFORE YOU FLASH (works for me might not for you)

THIS REPLACES THE BUILD.PROP SO ANY PREVIOUS BUILD PROP MODIFICATIONS WILL BE LOST USE WITH CAUTION

If you want to use this with your modified build prop check back in a few days or take a look at the build prop inside the zip.

Reboot into twrp

Install apn_mod.zip

Wipe cache/dalvik (do not skip this)

Reboot system

Tell me if you get stuck in 3g I think I fixed that bug but not 100% sure (temp fix: open network mode and select GSM/WCDMA/LTE)

DOWNLOAD HERE
[T-Mobile LG G3] jimmydigital00:
What is the benefit of this mod?
[T-Mobile LG G3] ThePagel:
Honestly if you need to ask you probably wont benefit from it. But you can change the default tether apn to fast instead of pcweb + 3g + mega apn pack. I need ipv4 for my vpn to work properly and not leak my ip but there are lots of reasons to use ipv4 instead of ipv6.
[T-Mobile LG G3] Harmtan2:
This is awesome. :) could you possibly add lte/wcdma to the network modes? I can get the option in the hidden menu through the dialer, would love an option for it in the network mode menu.
[T-Mobile LG G3] ThePagel:
Ill look into it
[T-Mobile LG G3] Harmtan2:
When Roaming IPV6 doesn't work that well. I had to create another APN so I could connect to the roaming network. Even that was a little finicky. This will come in handy when going to Wyoming to visit the Family.

Thanks! :) definitely buy you a beer for it.
[T-Mobile LG G3] Skizzy034:
Does this have any effect if we're using att?
[T-Mobile LG G3] ThePagel:
Probably not unless you are only seeing 2g and 4g lte if that is so you will see e/3g/lte after flashing this. but you can just go in the build prop and edit that in. I will try to update the op tonight with details but probably wont get to it until tomorrow. I guess if you already see e/3g/4g you will get a lot of apns from around the world with this package.

*Edit*

can you get ipv4 apn to work properly with this phone on att? I dont mean ipv4/ipv6 but the real ipv4? if not that would be another benefit for you if you care for ipv4.
[T-Mobile LG G3] Skizzy034:
It shows ipv4 in the APN, but I never see 3g, just LTE, 4g, and a couple times 2g.
[T-Mobile LG G3] ThePagel:
yeah then you would only be getting apns from this. If you are interested in that I'm going to make a apn only package tomorrow for the zone people.

*Edit*

sorry didn't see you don't get 3G if this phone supports that band (I think it does) you should get 3g from this.

*edit

but that's just a simple build prob edit Ill have that in the op tomorrow
[T-Mobile LG G3] flinttownbrown:
So this actually changes the tethering APN for the stock tethering app?

Does it also replace framework-res then?
[T-Mobile LG G3] ThePagel:
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[T-Mobile LG G3] behappy:
This should help out with VPN and torrents. Checking it out now!
[T-Mobile LG G3] UltimateEnd:
Does this removes the 5GB cap of tether use on T-Mobile ?

Thanks
[T-Mobile LG G3] behappy:
VPN works now, that's awesome. Still not able to download torrents though, oh well. Nice work!
[T-Mobile LG G3] zone23:
Hay boss do you have to make the changes to the build.prop for this to work? Reason is it cause poor signal and 4G to drop in and out. At least it does on my device. Had the same problem with those edits on the G2.
[T-Mobile LG G3] motoridersd:
If you can get your tethering to work with the fast.t-mobile.com APN, data will not be counted as tethered data.

I never tried VPN before, what was broken about it?
[T-Mobile LG G3] UltimateEnd:
I'm not sure that works. That's the default setting.
[T-Mobile LG G3] behappy:
I use PIA and it isn't compatible with ipv6, only ipv4.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Domunus:
Today I started getting errors with the Amazon Prime Video player. I would watch an episode or two and then attempting to watch any other videos would pop up the error stating there was an error with the amazon video player and to try again later. I've rebooted the AFTV which didn't change anything. I tested Prime video on my pc and it works fine.

My AFTV is rooted with the latest update and with autoupdate turned off. Is anyone else with Prime experiencing this?

The same thing is happening with netflix on the AFTV.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kodikas:
Are you based in US? I had the same issue yesterday but only with Amazon Prime Instant Video. I'm in UK and have UK Amazon Prime account and using unotelly Smart DNS service. My friend from US registered US Amazon account and now everything working.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Domunus:
I solved the issue by going to settings and all installed applications. I cleared data / cache of Amazon Video and it fixed the issue for both Prime video and Netflix. No restart needed.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jpage101:
I have been having the same issues as described above. I cleared the data/cache as suggested but the problem still persists with Amazon Video and Netflix
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bk2002:
i had the same issues netflix and amazon prime not working at all... i formatted everything and still nada

mines is rooted as well.. i called amazon and got a new box, xbmc is cool but i need prime and netflix to.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jpage101:
I tried the process again, and it indeed did fix the problem. I did not do it correctly previously. Here are the steps to properly clear app data

To clear app data:

1. From the Home Screen, select "Settings".

2. Select "Applications," then "Manage All Installed Applications"".

3. Select "Amazon Video".

4. Select "Force Stop" and then select "Clear Data".

5. When prompted to "Delete App Data", select "Clear Data" again.

Once you've cleared the data, restart your Fire TV by removing the power cord from the back of the device or from the power outlet, and then plugging it in back in again. (of hold down the center button + play button for 5 seconds)
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] twinnfamous:
okay I'm wondering why the bootloader is 3.18. I just converted my T-Mobile HTC one m8 to dev edition and that's what my bootloader is now.

That device must have been s-off before if it has the 3.18 bootloader. the problem is now you're s-on with the wrong bootloader in the phone. So it's not gonna verify something it can't. U need to unlock the bootloader then try to s-off again. Let me know if u need more help
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] twill1987:
Yes, I think the device was S-off before was well. But how can I get the device S-off when I can't load any rom to establish an internet connection?

There's no way to get back to stock, or get an internet connection through the device to obtain S-off. I can unlock the boot-loader,

I've done that a few times, but how to get S-Off when the only two screens I can access are the bootloader and twrp? When bootloader is unlocked. I have used firewater before for S-off and it requires active internet connection on device.

Thanks again for helping
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] twinnfamous:
Unlock bootloader try to flash the latest open twrp recovery and try to install another Rom or backup. If you can see the roms in the sdcard then you should be able to flash the roms or backup.

If there was a way to get into adb YOU would be able to s-off again.
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] twill1987:
I've tried to flash TWRP but I get that error. I tried to flash the newest twrp but it wouldn't flash.

I think the system is no longer mounted, that's why I get this error :"E: Unable to mount 'data'" and "E: Unable to mount internal storage"
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] twinnfamous:
Is there any option in recovery to format? if so have u tried to format each partition manually?

Then try and see if it will flash. Just need something to boot so you can s-off .

You need to get s-off again so you can flash a ruu with lower hboot if formatting doesn't work or you can try to flash the new 4.4.3 ruu when it becomes available. They said the ota should be out on the 11th.

I'll keep looking for ways to s-off without adb .
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] x714x:
Well first your doing the wrong command. Its fastboot flash recovery recovery.img, not fastboot flash flash recovery.img.
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] twill1987:
Yes, that was a typo. Every fastboot flash ends with error 12. Remote Signature.

I have tried literally everything with this device. Tried flashing new TWRP, Radio, Firmware, Etc. Nothing works.

Inside TWRP everything finishes with "failed" or "E: Unable to mount cache"

I tried to select cache under the mount in TWRP and it's greyed out. I fastboot erase cache, and it is literally

the only thing that worked for me. But still no way to restore previous Android. Tried flashing stock RUU's for 4.4.2 and 4.4.3, no dice.

Both RUU's get to 6 percent and then say failed. I'm wondering if the device thinks it's a different phone possibly a GPE edition so it won't

go back to stock? Just a thought. I have unlocked, and relocked the bootloader a million times trying different methods as well, not

sure what else there is to do next. This might be the end of the road for this customers phone.
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] twill1987:
Under TWRP the only option is to format data. I formatted, but it did nothing that I'm aware of.
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] twill1987:
I just tried to reformat data again and it says same error in TWRP E: Cannot mount cache

I am able to flash Viper Rom though, but because it is S ON the rom won't boot past start up screen.

What a bizarre issue
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] twinnfamous:
There should be a way now that the new T-Mobile update to flash ruu if we can find one.

Edit: found one

http://www.htcdev.com/devcenter/downloads/P00

Just select T-Mobile as carrier and USA as region then you Wil see the latest ruu to download.
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] twill1987:
I flashed the 4.4.3 RUU update at HTCDEV.com It failed at the 6 percent mark. http://www.htcdev.com/devcenter/downloads
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] twinnfamous:
the latest viper is from New firmware base so it takes 15 to 20 minutes to boot. Have you waited that long?

---------- Post added at 10:27 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:24 PM ----------

Sorry it seems I'm getting posts in different orders.

Flash viper and wait 15 to 20 minutes. And we can go from there.

I'm pretty sure we can get this resolved.
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] twill1987:
I'll try to flash the latest Viper. The 1.6.0 it says everything flashed correctly, but gets stuck at the HTC boot screen.

I just flashed the 1.8.0 OTA update and everything installs but it sticks at the boot screen.

I see the 2.2.0 update is out so I'm downloading that now, I'll flash and see how it goes.

I'll update, thanks for your help!
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] PunishedSnake:
Ruu requires the bootloader be locked
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] AjieGFX:
Hello XDA members.

I am having an issue.

I came across an S3, I see it was previously rooted, with vroot, and it wont remove easily.

I'm also only getting EDGE speeds, but that's another story.

I've tried the usual Hard Reset through the phone. Didn't work properly. I've booted into recovery and erased cache and done a wipe from there. Still not properly cleansed. Does that mean its missing a file or a certain file has been changed?

Im trying to go back pure stock and also remove the 'modified' from the status.

I'm not too hip to all the specifics and whatnot, just mainly basics with ROMs and rooting.

My only other thought would be Odin. But if I flash the stock through Odin, will it go back to 100% stock? No 'modified'?

I've rooted and Odin'd before, but I never was concerned about it being pure stock or saying modified, cause I was modifying it lol

And, as a bonus, has anyone been able to find a working solution to only getting EDGE speeds? I've read around about changing the Network Mode, and that doesn't seem to work. Seen another post saying that TMO would have to reset the tower connections, or something relative...basically saying the phone could still be locked into a certain area.. I dunno.

That's one reason I'm trying to get the phone back to 100% stock; that's another step in my trial-and-error to get back to '4G' speeds (plus to see the logo)

I sincerely thank you for your help in advance.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] serio22:
What model S3 do you have? Download the one for your model and use Odin to flash back to stock, after that, reboot to recovery and perform a factory reset. It should now say official instead of modified
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Yup. Need to know the model. Never heard of vroot so I suspect its different than ours. Factory resetting only wipes data, so it won't remove root since that is on the system partition. You need to find and flash the correct firmware for your device using Odin. Factory reset after that.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] AjieGFX:
its the standard T999 version..

I, too have never heard of vroot. It's like in 2% english and 98% chinese I suspect. Seems to be flashed into the phone.

[IMG="vroot"]https://lh3.ggpht.com/QuC6B509kzR9C72Sr8W7kxENkBTLe-nyQ-nG1J0PyaOqLK8mpmckOaaVZUcPzEq6bw=w300[/IMG]

thats the logo of it.

I will go that route [Odin] and give it a go.

And you mean once the Stock is flashed, Hard Reset from within the OS?

& Thanks for your responses.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Yup. Or from recovery. Same thing either way.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] AjieGFX:
Just wanted to say thank you for your help.

The phone has a fresh system on it..not modified anymore, along with no more vroot.

Other than that:

Now im just dealing with only getting EDGE.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Check to make sure the imei matches the sticker under the battery.
[General Questions and Answers] acanthamax:
my build is kot49h.t530nuueu1and4

kitkak 4.4.2

just got it from costco for a good price but bricks when i try to root. restored with the build above which is labeled canada.

any ideas?

thanks
[General Questions and Answers] TechMinerUK:
Is your Tab the 7" variant as this root: http://xdaforums.com/tab-4/general/vroot-t2815410 might work.

Look down the post and you will see Youtube tutorial and link. Other root methods wont work due to the Tab 4's unique hardware
[General Questions and Answers] acanthamax:
rooted sm-530 kitkat 4.4.2

thanks. it's a 10.1. i tried 3-4 different md5s all bricking them.

i changed my search and found http://rootmyandroid.org/root-samsung-galaxy-tab-4-sm-t530.html which took less than 5 mins and rooted the it.

again, thanks.
[General Questions and Answers] TechMinerUK:
Glad you got it rooted:good:
[General Questions and Answers] acanthamax:
Hey, I've got a question. After rooting everything worked but it would not charge. I put on my computer via USB; it came with a wall charger and neither worked.

I 'unrooted' it and it still wouldn't charge. I was trying to get into the download mode and the darn thing started charging - but it is unrooted again.

I'm going to root it again after charging, which seems to take forever.

Do you have any ideas as to what is going on?

Thanks.
[General Questions and Answers] TechMinerUK:
Thats strange, if its un-rooted it should start charging. Try again and see but I have no idea on that one:confused:
[General Questions and Answers] Stuart Little:
Try Towelroot app!

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