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[Droid RAZR M General] steve2846:
Lost Root

OK, so i was having problems with my phone. I WAS able to unlock my bootloader and then took the OTA update. Once I was on the new update, I noticed I didn't have root access anymore.

I do have the bootloader unlocked with the annoying warning screen. I can't figure out how to get my droid razr m rooted again.

I tried downloading the SuperSU, putting it on my SD card, going into recovery mode and "install update from SD" but it aborts and error out.

What am I missing?
[Droid RAZR M General] ATTACK:
Which recovery are you using?
[Droid RAZR M General] mndooley:
Ok I just got this phone (I have to pay full price for phones cause I have unlimited data) and I just cant get it to root or anything. I have tried to run TR but it says my phone isnt supported. So I tried to reinstall the OS kk but kept getting gpt.bin errors and the phone would boot to fast boot. Then I read that you can delete lines out of the XML and proceaded to delete anything that would error out....aka delete,RDS,delete,RDS. I am now out of the fastboot but TR still does not work "phone not supported". I am currently running kk 183.46.10. I moved over from the droid charge and that was easy to root with odin and SU. If I knew this phone would be such a PITA I would have never bought it.

Thanks for all the help guys.
[Droid RAZR M General] ATTACK:
https://towelroot.com/modstrings.html
[Droid RAZR M General] steve2846:
Got it!

Never mind. It finally worked last night. I just pieced together different parts from different recommendations and it worked.

With USB debugging on, I used the MFastboot as described on the first post here (instead of the Android SDK fastboot.)

Then, from droidviews title :root-verizon-droid-razr-hd-xt926-on-kitkat

I used dhacker29′s CWM recovery: xt926-KK-CWM-6048.img (instead of recovery from CWM or TWRP)

And I used, SuperSU package and copy it to your phone: UPDATE-SuperSU-vx.xx.zip

Changed the annoying bootloader image and now all set. Never gonna update again. BTW, bluetooth and Wifi both work together agian- that was fixed with current update.

:good::good::good::good:
[Droid RAZR M General] ATTACK:
That recovery is old. You should (your choice) update your recovery to a newer version from the OP.
[Droid RAZR M General] steve2846:
Explain more, please. What is OP? Everything works right now. Would you update recovery?
[Droid RAZR M General] ATTACK:
OP = Original Post. The first post on this thread.

Yes, I always update. Updates fix problems and add features to older versions.
[Droid RAZR M General] mndooley:
Thanks for the help ATTACK but this phone is still not showing me any love. Could it possibly be that one of the lines in the xml that I deleted was boot.bin. Maybe....just maybe I am running on the 15 fastboot but have the 10 OS installed?

Thanks again
[Droid RAZR M General] mndooley:
Honestly I have no idea. Like I said this phone is completely different than my old charge....AKA phone noob. How do I go about testing it?
[Droid RAZR M General] ATTACK:
Press and hold POWER + VOLUME DOWN until you enter AP fastboot. There it will say, "Device is ***. Status code:#".

*** = Locked or Unlocked

# = 1, 2 or 3
[Droid RAZR M General] mndooley:
Device is LOCKED, Status Code:0
[Droid RAZR M General] ATTACK:
Ok, What is your Kernel build date?

Settings > About phone > Kernel version
[Droid RAZR M General] mndooley:
3.4.42-gbd361ac

dbbuild@ca88inxdroid25#1

Tue July 29 06:07:11 pdt 2014
[Droid RAZR M General] ATTACK:
That kernel build

CANNOT

be rooted with Towel Root. And with a locked bootloader you

CANNOT

downgrade the kernel. Sorry.
[Droid RAZR M General] mndooley:
GRRRR.....Ok man thanks for all the help. So I am now in a waiting game for the next exploit.

Thanks again
[Droid RAZR M General] SteveC485:
I rooted awhile back with towelroot. I installed the motopocalypse rar (from the OP link) and extracted. When I try to install the apk, I get a notification I'm out of room. Storage tells me I have nearly 4 GB free. The download was pretty quick.

I normally don't use this phone. When I powered it on, I started getting notification of a system update in progress. I powered off the phone,turned off wi-fi (there is no SIM at the moment), went into Titanium and froze the Motorola OTA. I also had the Play Store trying to update everything, so I got into my apps and stopped that.

Any ideas what is up here? I have 182.46.10.
[Droid RAZR M General] mrkhigh:
Delete your Facebook and browser cache.
[Droid RAZR M General] SteveC485:
Never have been on facebook and never will :). Did clear the browser cache. However I did see that however it happened, super su was not on my app list. I found it disabled in Titanium (no idea how I did that). I assumed the lack of SU was my problem, but I got insufficient space when I went to install SU. It would do nothing when I tried either restore or uninstall from TiB. So I uninstalled TiB and still I get insufficient storage on SU installation .Now I find ANYTHING I try to install shows insufficient storage. This is a minor inconvenient as my backup phone is a Galaxy S 4 and my main phone is an LG G3. But I'd like to get a handle on what is up here.
[Droid RAZR M General] ATTACK:
Do a factory reset.
[Droid RAZR M General] SteveC485:
Thanks. I figured that was a likely recommendation. I do have one question however. After I took the last update and it looked like root was again lost, I had not used the phone until this morning when I read this thread. When I saw root and unlock was available and saw what OTA would work, I booted up to see what was on my Razr M. The latest OTA started up immediately, giving me no chance to decline to accept. I had to quickly shut off wi-fi. That may be part of the issue as far as I know. I think it also gave me an automatic update to give me the 182.48.10 I have. The question is how, after the reset, to either quickly decline or cancel the sure to show up automatic OTA?
[Droid RAZR M General] radiopayola:
downgrade to .10?

Has anyone been able to downgrade to .10? I tried tweaking the xml file to remove the getvar line. The modified XML looked almost exactly the same as my working 412 downgrade XML, but the RSD flash is failing with the downgraded security version gpt.bin error. Any ideas?

edit: I just noticed the mfastboot section... I tried doing the same steps on my own with plain old fastboot earlier and got a sparse error. Maybe this will get me past that. Will give it a shot and report back....

edit2: Permission denied on erasing system. I ended up flashing without erasing and it booted into .10, but I had no touchscreen control after booting up or in recovery. I'm out of time for now. Back to cm11 jbbl.
[Droid RAZR M General] ezknives:
Is your boot loader unlocked? It sounds like it is but I just have to ask...

We cannot teach people anything; we can only help them discover it within themselves.
[Droid RAZR M General] radiopayola:
Yea, it's unlocked. Right now I'm limited to RSDing between 412 and .15. After RSDing, I've been using fastboot to flash the appropriate twrp 2800 for the bootloader, rebooting, and then flashing a zip or restoring a twrp backup from microsd.
[Droid RAZR M General] adeel_ahmad:
ROOT

How do i install Custom Recovery in Kitkat build " KDA20.62-15.1 " , BOOTLOADER UNLOCKED , razr m xt907 ???
[Droid RAZR M General] radiopayola:
Follow section 3 of the guide.
[Droid RAZR M General] jrv2point0:
OTA Update Question

Hi everyone. This is my first time posting on XDA and I'm not sure I'm in the right place. I have an XT907 that is BL Unlocked. I had this phone for a long time and enjoyed flashing Custom ROMs and all until about a year ago. I got a new phone and this one went in the phone drawer for several months. Well, yesterday, I gave the phone to a friend to use for a while, and he apparently accepted an OTA update. Ever since the phone has been repeatedly powering off and booting in to CWM. In CWM, it immediately goes to a screen asking if I want to Install and Untrusted Update ZIP. If yes is selected it attempts to install the update but ultimately fails. I guess my question is what can/should be done to restore my phone to a usable state? I am not neccessarily a NOOB, but am definitely not on par with a developer by any means. What I mean is, I mean I am pretty good at following directions. Hahaha. Thanks in advance for any help
[Droid RAZR M General] dbreezy187:
Try to use a root explorer to delete the update from /cache then freeze rename or delete / system / priv-app / 3c_ota.apk

We cannot teach people anything; we can only help them discover it within themselves.
[Droid RAZR M General] taimur272:
Guys is there any difference between kda20.62.15.1 and kda62.15.1 ?

I can't figure out why my phone heats up to 111F while using 3g data ........
[Droid RAZR M General] ATTACK:
Not sure what was changed between firmware but if you're unlocked you can downgrade the boot.img back to the .10 boot.img, or you can disable Qualcomm's voltage control altogether.

On the .15 firmware I was seeing upwards of 127°F+ with very light usage. But after I disabled the QC's voltage control the heat issues stopped. So it may work for you as well. Below are two ways for you to achieve this, one being easier than the other.

APP

Use this > Device Control to disable Voltage Control

MANUALLY

1. Using any Root Explorer navigate to

/sys > /module > /msm_dcvs > /parameters > /enable

2. Open "enable" in a text editor and change

1

To

0

Save and exit. If you reboot, it will turn back on and you'll have to redo it.
[Droid RAZR M General] taimur272:
Your trick did some good ...... Thnx ..... [MENTION=4427492]ATTACK[/MENTION]
[Droid RAZR M General] taimur272:
Guys for downgrading which firmware is preferable from the 3 jb firmwares available at sbf i have downloaded 98.30.1 ....
[Droid RAZR M General] Frutke:
will OP be edited/new thread started?

Why, oh, why did I not trust my gut and ROOT that phone two months ago! Argh! :mad:

[MENTION=4427492]ATTACK[/MENTION] - Do you intend to update the OP if/when a vulnerability is found (or some other option presents itself)?
[Droid RAZR M General] ATTACK:
Yeah, I will definitely update the OP if another root exploit is found.
[Droid RAZR M General] dwbartlettjr:
Is there still developers working on finding a way to unlock the bootloader and gain root access on this phone? I know it's an older device and they get swept aside for newer and better models. But, I would love to have this thing unlocked. I just sold my galaxy note 3 on Verizon and wasn't sad to see it go because we can't flash a customer kernel to the phone because of knox & the boot loader being locked down. That's why I was glad when I got this one today and now see that I am messed up on it as well. I hope that someone finds some exploit on it.
[Droid RAZR M General] Shmaks:
Found that root-tool SRSroot since november 5 have XT907 with KDA20.62-15.1 in support list. But I can not get root with it. Someone "had to deal" with this program?

Proof: twitter. com/srsroot/status/530210680054349824
[Droid RAZR M General] ATTACK:
I dont know if anybody, at this time, is or will be working on exploiting the bootloader again, but I doubt there is. Djrbliss is the first and only person to exploit the Motorola bootloader. And that was a long time ago, way back in early 2013 and was quickly patch by Motorola.

What happened with the first KitKat update (.10 Bootlooader Unlocking) was a fluke. A huge mistake by Motorola which more then likely will not happen again. I'm quite certain that the Droid Razr M/HD is EOL (End of Line) and wont be receiving any more updates.

Root on the other hand is always a possibility. People are always working on finding a exploit to root their device, which may end up working on the Droid Razr M/HD. Like Towel Root, which was initially made for the Samsung S5 but ended up working on a whole list of other devices. People just have to try other exploits and see if they work or not.
[Droid RAZR M General] ATTACK:
As of now there are no known exploits for the .15 firmware and if there was we would know about it here a XDA. So for this "SRSroot" to have some hidden exploit that nobody else knows about, seems a little fishy to me. Also they are not open sourced so be careful using their program.
[Droid RAZR M General] bevett:
I'm on .10 but towelroot doesn't work I'm pretty sure it's because the kernal date is there any way to root my device?
[Droid RAZR M General] Shmaks:
No, because the kernel date (after june 3) is a reason. Firmware version is not so important in this case.
[Droid RAZR M General] bevett:
Is there anyway I can flash it to a different kernal version?
[Droid RAZR M General] ATTACK:
Is your bootloader locked or unlocked?
[Droid RAZR M General] bevett:
Locked
[Droid RAZR M General] ATTACK:
Then no. There's no way to downgrade the kernel.

Has your device been updated to the .15 firmware? You mentioned .10, but what is your kernel build date?
[Droid RAZR M General] bevett:
No I'm at the .10 firmware
[Droid RAZR M General] ATTACK:
Do you have a Razr M or a Moto Luge?

[*]What is your kernel build date?

[*]What happens when you use TowelRoot?

[*]Have you tried editing the modstrings? >https://towelroot.com/modstrings.html
[Droid RAZR M General] Shmaks:
I know the guy, that have .10 firmware but kernel build date is july 29, so it can be.

He "stuck" too, and can't rooted his Razr M.

little offtop: some users of samsung phones can flash kernel (boot.img) from previous firmwares, then root phone by towelroot, then flash again latest kernel. On Razr M can't flash it. Other protection?
[Droid RAZR M General] ATTACK:
That's weird... I never heard of it. Same firmware different kernels. :confused:

But anyway... After June 3rd all kernels have been patched and as of now, there are no known root exploits.
[Droid RAZR M General] feroz2u:
mine is already rooted, i have access to root directory and managed to install SU as system app and always gets the popup to allow root acces but motopocalypse does not work to unlock BL...
[Droid RAZR M General] ATTACK:
Have you tried the PC version of Motopocalypse? > http://vulnfactory.org/blog/2013/04/08/motorola-bootloader-unlocking/
[Droid RAZR M General] feroz2u:
Thnks mate i will definetely try this also and let u know.
[Droid RAZR M General] feroz2u:
PC version also does not work. No solution I think should wait for new exploit.
[Droid RAZR M General] AYEHAN:
we can not downgrade but cant we flash a downgraded version that can be root with RSD?
[Droid RAZR M General] Shmaks:
But is not that the same thing – downgrade vs, flash downgraded version? :D
[Droid RAZR M General] AYEHAN:
what i meant was like uninstalling the upgrade can be downgrading and we can flash and older version over the new one

BUT, i guess if i once updated to 183.46.15 kernel is upgraded already
[Droid RAZR M General] James9876543212:
I tried to use Towel Root on my Razr M with Stock 4.4.2 but it says its not supported

Any other methods?
[Droid RAZR M General] Shmaks:
If your kernel build date after june 3 – no any methods for now.
[Droid RAZR M General] James9876543212:
Dang forgot to check that. Do you think we'll be able to root again?
[Droid RAZR M General] Shmaks:
Just hope.
[Droid RAZR M General] slem182:
Hai guys.

My razr now stuck with no ROM in AP FASTBOOT.

I've download the stock rom above, when I flash the rom (4.1.2/4..4.2) with RSD, fail. Always. With the notification can't flash boot.img.

Someone can give me the correct boot.img of KK ROM above?

Anyway, the link is dead, can u reupload?

OPTION 2
-------------------------------
DO NOT UPGRADE WITH MFASTBOOT

Restoring with Mfastboot

Download current firmware [DOWNLOAD]

Thankyou.

And sorry for my bad english :D
[Droid RAZR M General] Love Cyaan:
help with locked Bootloader

Anyone know how to unlock BL of Razr M specs are;

Razr M

Android Version : Kitkat 4.4.2

System Version :183.46.15.XT907.verizon.en.US

Build Number : KDA20.62-15.1

Build Date : Tue Jul 29 5:55:21 PDT 2014
[Droid RAZR M General] RikRong:
You can't...
[Droid RAZR M General] Love Cyaan:
Sorry for below broken, links. Can't add regular links guess i am new and XDA wouldn't let me do that :P

> twitter com srsroot status 530210680054349824

> srsroot com supported

Found this in earlier Quotes of thread, just checking if someone have tried this...?

& what is the outcome..?

@Attack please comment do u still not recommend ...?
[Droid RAZR M General] ATTACK:
The problem with SRSroot, is that there are no sources. Without sources for the community to examine you end up with unknown software. So for now I'm calling it malware/Adware.
[Droid RAZR M General] djbluntmagic:
Hi, I've been trying my god damnedest to update my firmware but I can't get past "Select [Decompress And Start Flashing]," because the option is grayed out; unselectable. All other steps have been followed without difficulty until this point.
[Droid RAZR M General] ATTACK:
Is your device booted into AP fastboot and connected to your PC?
[Droid RAZR M General] djbluntmagic:
yyyyep
[Droid RAZR M General] ATTACK:
Does your device show up in RSD Lite, when connected?

Screenshot:
[Droid RAZR M General] djbluntmagic:
Aha: no.
[Droid RAZR M General] ATTACK:
Now you need to debug why it's not connecting.

Make sure you are using the factory OEM cable.

[*] Make sure you are using a USB 2.0 port.

[*] Make sure your factory OEM cable is in good working condition ( Allows you to charge your device.)

[*] Make sure you have all the proper drivers install correctly.
[Droid RAZR M General] djbluntmagic:
Text on the fastboot screen indicates it is connected, and I have no trouble connecting usually, accessing internal storage, etc. Installed latest drivers, same result.
[Droid RAZR M General] jinjola:
Not able to unlock bootloader

Hi guys my razr m system version is 183.46.10.xt907.verizon.en.us and Android version is 4.4.2 and i have rooted my device , i have tried all the methods to unlock bootloader but i am not successful in unlocking BL , so please help me out. :( Thanks n regards and MERRY CHRISTMAS.:D
[Droid RAZR M General] RikRong:
What is your kernel date? There were 2 different builds on that system version, the newer one can't be unlocked.
[Droid RAZR M General] PalmCentro:
Root

Towel root doesn't work on my phone.

What should i do??
[Droid RAZR M General] jinjola:
The kernel date is Fri May 2 00:30:06 PDT 2014
[Droid RAZR M General] RikRong:
Need a lot more info than that.

Motopocalypse should work. Are you using the .apk or PC process?
[Droid RAZR M General] jinjola:
i used both of them but no success.

---------- Post added at 01:07 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:03 PM ----------

I used both the process but no success.
[Droid RAZR M General] PalmCentro:
Here you go!

System version 183.46.15.xt907.verizon.en.US

Build number KDA20.62-15.1

Baseband version SM_BP_101031.042.32.86P

Kernel 3.4.42-gbd361ac

dbbuild@ca88inxdroid25 #1

Thanks for your help!!

Can't wait for your reply!!
[Droid RAZR M General] RikRong:
Are you sure you're rooted?

You can't root or unlock that system version.
[Droid RAZR M General] jinjola:
Yes i have successfully rooted by towelroot. Now what shud i do to unlock bl. Pls help me out
[Droid RAZR M General] RikRong:
Motopocalypse is the only way to unlock. Something is going wrong in the process, I'm not sure what.
[Droid RAZR M General] djbluntmagic:
So no love for my problem anymore? Just wanted to make sure before it got buried
[Droid RAZR M General] ATTACK:
I'm not sure what the problem could be, as I can not replicate it. You just need to run down the list and make sure everything is inline.

Use the OEM cable that came with your phone. (Certain cable won't work.)

[*]Be sure that you are using a USB 2.0 port.

[*]Are you on Windows 7 or 8+? (RSD Lite doesn't work well on 8+.)

[*]Proper drivers installed.

[*]Granting Admin Rights to RSD Lite.

[*]...
[Droid RAZR M General] djbluntmagic:
Well thanks for trying anyway
[Droid RAZR M General] PalmCentro:
Impossible??

:crying:
[Droid RAZR M General] ATTACK:
Have you tried using House of Moto or RSD Flasher?

House of Moto

http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php/topic/28162-house-of-moto-32/

RSD Flasher

http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php/topic/48904-rsd-flasher-beta-windows-only/
[Droid RAZR M General] djbluntmagic:
Hi - thanks for the response- just not sure what have these tools to do with my issue. Care to enlighten?

EDIT: Are these meant to be alternatives to RSD Lite?
[Droid RAZR M General] ATTACK:
Yes, these are alternatives to RSD Lite.

Since you were having difficulty connecting your device to RSD Lite, I figured you may have better luck with one of these programs.

Sent from my Moto G
[Droid RAZR M General] djbluntmagic:
RSD Flasher worked a treat - thanks! So psyched; this is the first update I've had since I got the phone two years ago!
[Droid RAZR M General] rsk_kelkar:
Coming soon....

Hey guys, seeing this active forum I am inspired to go for Razr M and have already ordered on in India with unlocked gsm.

I come from using Motorola Defy for 4 years and xda (of course awesome devs) has made life so much better. Looking forward to Razr M.
[Droid RAZR M General] mrkhigh:
Just try to get one one with an unlockable boot loader.
[Droid RAZR M General] NasiJagung:
hey my M always ask to update but always unsuccesfull and it keep trying to install the update. can i disable it wit tutorial "DISABLING THE OTA POP-UP" ??
[Droid RAZR M General] feroz2u:
has any one got success to un lock boot loader???:)
[Droid RAZR M General] RikRong:
No, just like it's said in the multiple posts where people have asked the same question, prior to you.
[Droid RAZR M General] s5610:
You can disable OPA (and much more) with Debloater

Works on non-rooted devices! :cowboy:
[Droid RAZR M General] yes_thisis_joey:
okay so now i've unlocked my bootloader (on 183.46.10) and took the OTA update to 183.46.15. now i can't figure out how to root it. my build date is July 29 2014, does that mean i can't root again?
[Droid RAZR M General] RikRong:
I'm about to put my head through the wall....

Please read the OP, it explains how to gain root...
[Droid RAZR M General] rsk_kelkar:
Help unlock bootloader

Hey guys, I've got a rooted Razr M.

System version: 98.18.78.XT907

I rooted it with towelroot.

Can someone please guide me to unlock the bootloader?

I read somewhere that kitkat .10 version opens the exploit again. How can I get to kitkat from jb?

Thanks
[Droid RAZR M General] rahimali:
could you not be bothered to read the OP (first post) before asking?
[Droid RAZR M General] rsk_kelkar:
Yeah I read this OP and read many other threads too before I asked the question here.

I am new to Razr M, though not new to development. I am coming here from 4 years experience of Motorola Defy Development.

The information about this phone is very scattered and I knew I had to go to kitkat XXX.10 version to unlock bootloader which I tried. But I got flash failures multiple times. Tried using rsd lite and house of moto too with no success. Searched multiple threads, multiple websites.

Was getting flash failures on gpt sometimes in sbl1 or sometimes some other thing. So I asked the question here to find out if at all I was doign something wrong.

Finally I have managed to flash kitkat and also unlock the bootloader this morning. Only thing that changed in the PC I used. Flashed kitkat stock rom with rsd lite and it was successful in the first go.

Anyways thanks for your tip. Hope to have a good time on this forum :)

Cheers :highfive:
[Droid RAZR M General] rahimali:
[MENTION=4427492]ATTACK[/MENTION], I have a suggestion for the OP.

I've read a lost of posts where people appear to have wiped out their IMEIs in the process of flashing their phones. I've had the same misfortune of screwing up my IMEI but on a Samsung Galaxy Nexus a.k.a. maguro. Well, anyways in the process of trying to recover that, I came across this tool which helps you backup the partitions containing your critical (radio) information (while you still have it :D ).

It works well on our phones and I have successfully backed up my (two) Razr M's. Maybe you could add this to the OP as well?
[Droid RAZR M General] mrkhigh:
Sorry people sometimes just like to complain.